Queensland's Lachie McHugh secures first Premier Speedway win

And on the opening night of the inaugural Fifty for 50 event the 22-year-old broke his duck in fine style.

His Friday evening began with the quickest qualifying time and under the Fifty for 50's rules he started fourth for his heat, which he would go on to win.

The heat victory ensured he took part in the Dash, which he also won from the first row to secure pole position in the 30-lap feature.

From the green flag the Gold Coast resident streamed away from more experienced races in Matt Egel, Darren Mollenoyux and James McFadden and never looked back to claim the win.

"I'm really pleased to get a win at Premier. It's my first win here and to do it in such stiff competition was really good," McHugh said after the race.

"From the get go we set quick time and that's a good way to start your night and we manged to move forward from fourth to win that heat and then win the dash so kinda clean swept the night. I'm really happy."

Egel would finish second after starting on the fourth row while Mollenoyux would also finish on the podium. McFadden and Jye O'Keefe rounded out the top five.

McHugh, who is studying actuarial science at university in Queensland, was pleased to put in such a strong showing against some popular names Warrnambool like McFadden, Veal and Molloneyux.

"At their home track is a place they always go quite well. I've beaten them at home before but never in their backyards," he said.

"I have been coming for years but I wouldn't know how many races I have done here but it would probably be around 10 to 15 I'd say.

"This (win) is probably a highlight so far in my career."

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The Fifty for 50, which replaced the postponed 49th Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic, was run in a slightly different format to other meets Premier Speedway run.

Qualifying begun unseeded and the driver who posts the quickest time is inverted to fourth in their heat.

Second and third move up to the front row for the heat while fourth jumps up a place in the second.

From the five 10-lap heats the winners advance to the Dash Re-Draw.

The fastest driver transferring directly to the A-Main from each heat will also advance to the Dash Re-Draw as will the next two fastest cars from qualifying.

The remaining eight direct qualifiers fill positions 13 to 20 in the A-Main lined up on finishing position with heat one.

The Dash Re-Draw will be conducted with the heat winners and the remaining fastest overall qualifier drawing first for positions one to six in dash A.

Then the remaining six drivers draw for positions one to six in dash B. The marbles are marked one to six.

The finishing order of dash A will set the top eight starting positions for the A-Main.

The top two in dash B will fill positions seven and eight in dash A. Those finishing third to sixth in dash B will fill starting positions nine to 12 for the A-Main.

McFadden and Grant Anderson progressed into dash A while Corey McCullagh failed to start dash B after damaging his car prior to the green flag. He would start the feature in 12^th.

Earlier in the night McHugh, Veal, Egel, Glen Sutherland and Jock Goodyer secured wins in their respective heats..

Brett Milburn, Jordyn Charge, Dennis Jones and Bobby Daly progressed from the C-main.

Tate Frost won the B-main and transferred to the feature race along with John Vogels, Robbie Farr and Brad Warren.

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