National Modified Title: Victorian hard-charger Mark Carlin chasing third national crown

Albany is more than just another speedway track for Mark Carlin. The Victoria hard-charger has enjoyed brilliant success at Attwell Park Speedway, winning two national titles at the venue. Albany will hold the National Modified Sedan Title for the sixth time this weekend and Carlin is hoping his love affair with the track continues. He won national crowns in the division at Albany in 2009 and 2014 and has made the trek from Lara in Geelong to chase a third. Carlin enters the event as a three-time winner and is one of the heavy hitters in a talent-stacked field of entries. “We haven’t done a great deal of laps in this car we are running,” the 42-year-old said. “I think all the good guys are there and a lot travel to most of the big events so it should be interesting. We didn’t come all this way to run second, we want to win. “We’ll try the best we can, hopefully results come our way and the place is still good to me.”