Author: Dean Thompson

Drouin Speedway is back, and this Saturday from 1pm fans will be thrilled by the headlining Wingless Sprints competing in the Eastern Wingless Sprint series Drouin Wingless Classic with a cool $2000- up for grabs for first passed the line. Fans will also see all their favourite local Gippsland and Southeastern Suburbs based sedan heroes in Standard Saloons for the open, ladies and junior classes plus Sports Sedans in their Gippsland Cup annual feature. Wingless Sprint competitors includes the likes of Wayne Logue from Morwell, Thomas McDonald from Koo Wee Rup, Ricky Mills from Traralgon, Nathan Orton from…

A terrific ‘Wyatt Mechanical’ opening race night was held for race fans as Wahgunyah Speedway entertained a healthy crowd to watch race drivers set about their battles for victory with the Super Sedan class the headlining event in a class Victorian point series event. Lucas Roberts from Bendigo claimed the win in the class whilst Aiden Cunningham from Henty won Junior Sedans, Scott Hawkins from Leeton won the Production Sedans and Danny McCarten from Albury won the Goulburn Ovens Sedans. Whilst the Super Sedans did not have a large field, they had very strong competitors in attendance with Lucas…

The New South Wales Grand Prix Midget Racing Association, together with Goulburn Speedway have successfully held this season’s NSW Grand Prix Midget Title with Adam Buckley coming up trumps as he was able to secure the victory ahead up and coming stars of the class Riley Bowyer and Dylan Lees. A number of NSW based drivers and teams were unavailable to compete which had an effect on overall numbers for the event and Victorian class counterparts were also unable to commit to the event having raced just last weekend themselves, however eight determined racers were on hand to…

After spending his early Speedway racing career in local sedan competition in the north-east, Corowa businessman Billy O’Donoghue will this season step into one of the national scenes most popular classes, the Modified Sedans and test himself out against Victoria’s best including current Victorian champion Numurkah ace Tristan McGraw and possibly venture interstate and to go up against the nations toughest scene up north. During this past offseason with the help of Justin McGraw and Trevor Mills, O’Donoghue and his crew spent time on some critical conversions and set up changes to his race car to allow him to…

The NSW Grand Prix Midget Racing Assoc kicked off it’s 2025-26 racing season, at the beautifully scenic Cullen Bullen Raceway for round one of the NSW Super Series championship. A long season is ahead with and Australian title in the associations backyard and support in the heat of Sydney at the impressive Sydney International Raceway amongst some of the race dates to look forward to. The Super Series is back bigger and better, this year, the championship is proudly sponsored by Valvoline Global in combination with the impressive Six String Brewery. Starting the season, In all nine drivers made it…

Speedway in east Gippsland got underway for the new season with the formula one class of dirt track racing the Sprintcars drawing a significant crowd into the venue to start the Bairnsdale Speedway Association season. Geelong racer Jordan Rae left town with the Sprintcar victory to his name whilst Jayden White in Limited Sportsman, Kate Stuchbery in Ladies Standard Saloons and Jack Yeomans in Open Standard Saloons took wins and records in their classes and Beau Stuchbery took his first ever Division 2 Hot Rod victory. Sixteen powerful Sprintcars from all bar one with LS Chevrolet engines, including one driver…

This coming Saturday, Redline Raceway’s second show of the season is set to be action packed and stacked with huge numbers nominated across four classes which includes the Australian Motor Contest Nationals for state points, Standard Saloons for club points, Sports Sedans for the latest round of the Dirt X Industries supported state series and the Street Stocks in the ‘Daimler Trucks Ballarat Gold Cup’ as part of the Victorian state series. Across the four classes are one hundred and four nominations. It stacks up as a show you do not want to miss. The Dirt X Industries Victorian state…

Alexandra and District Speedway Club’s second show of the current season is fast approaching with this Saturday night headlined by one of the nations leading national classes, the Super Sedans. The Victorian Super Sedan Association bring their state series to Alexandra, Compact Speedcars are on the show along with the Junior Sedan Promotional Association series second round and local supporting classes. Led by Jamie Collins the Victorian champion and including the likes of Mick Nicola Jnr and Eastern Suburbs based racer Dave Mackenzie, the Super Sedans with high powered eight-cylinder engines up to 366ci thrill the fans usually hiking up…

This Sunday at Drouin Speedway a full day of racing will be headlined by the Eliminator Cup for the Open Standard Saloons where drivers in the feature race need to stay in the top eight cars for the first two segments of a three-segment race or be in the top eight cars by the third and final race segment in order to be able to race for the prizemoney on offer.

Along with the featured event for the Standard Saloons, will be the popular high powered Unlimited Sedans and the modified performance Sports Sedans plus Junior Standard Saloons, Junior 1200cc Sedans and Ladies Standard Saloons.

Nyora Raceway this Saturday from 4pm has a huge show packed with family fun with the Sprintcars headlining the racing portion of the program in the ‘Battle at the Bullring’ whilst club President Marcus Reddecliffe has made a special call to Santa Claus, and he will make an appearance for all the kids that are in attendance. The fun doesn’t stop there with Standard Saloons, Ladies Standard Saloons, Junior Standard Saloons, 1200cc Junior Sedans and Sports Sedans all in competition with the night closed down by a spectacular Fireworks show put on by the team at Kangaroo Fireworks Company to send everybody home happy.

In Sprintcar action early signs are that all of Gippsland’s best drivers will be in town to compete for the $2000 cash up for grabs for winning the race with Travis Millar from Wandin and Frankston man Kim Gosling whom both call Nyora Raceway their home track coming up against the likes of Victorian champion Nigel Laity from Wiseleigh in East Gippsland, Jett Bell, Dennis Jones from Morwell a four-time state champion, Alistair Bastian from Lucknow, and Adam Greenwood from Sale. Competing with Chevrolet LS CT525 engines these machines make all the noise that we come to expect from any Sprintcar no matter the powerplant.