At Drouin Speedway on Sunday a huge crowd found themselves at the racetrack to cheer on their favourite local hero’s. With the Drouin Speedway Ladies Championship and the big Demolition Derby to close out the season. Also in action was the Junior 1200s for a points round event, Open Standard Saloons, Limited Sportsman and Junior Standard Saloons. Wins in racing events went the way of Ella Sheedy in the Drouin Speedway Ladies Championship, Cooper Irons in Junior Standard Saloons, Matt Leek in Open Standard Saloons, Dillon Siely in Limited Sportsman, and Ryder Taylor in Junior 1200 Sedans. The end of…
Author: Dean Thompson
Motorsport fans witnessed another successful night of race action at Wahgunyah Speedway on Saturday night with the annual Lachy Howie Memorial for Standard Saloons, and the Goulburn Ovens Sedan Association 1000, and Wingless Sprints feature events supported Hot Rods, Division 2 Hot Rods, Junior Sedans and Humpy Holdens, A healthy crowd settled in for the afternoon at 3pm with racing finished by 10 later that evening with visiting Gippsland racer Mitch Foster a winner in the Lachy Howie Memorial, local club member Brandan Lovell claiming the spoils in the Goulburn Ovens Sedans and Mark Blyton from Dubbo the Wingless Sprints.…
Australian Racing Products Redline Raceway once again staged a terrific nights racing for motorsport fans in Ballarat and the greater community with locally raised Modified Sedan racer Darcy Wilson claiming victory in another Ern Overall Memorial in front of family, sponsors, and friends whilst Allan Pitcher stormed to victory in the Super Rod tour’s latest round. Also winning were Brad Marshall and Charlie Fallon in Juniors and Dillon Siely in Limited Sportsman. A great crowd enjoyed non-stop action which unfortunately for Sally Woolstencroft and Jamie May included aerial acrobatics for the two who went flying through the air in turn…
A terrific afternoon and evening on Easter Sunday warmed motorsport fans who arrived to watch the last Bairnsdale Speedway Association event of the season, with the Wingless Sprints Gary Bowden Cup the headlining event producing a local winner in Dillon Siely. Other winners included Dillon’s father Mal claiming a win in Limited Sportsman, Trafalgar woman Bree Walker winning Ladies Standard Saloons, Alex Vanduren a winner in Junior Standard Saloons, another local Daniel Argoon won the final in Open Standard Saloons and Victorian champion Beau Stuchbery was a winner in Division 2 Hot Rods. With the late Gary Bowden being honoured…
Bairnsdale Speedway Association and the Victorian Speedway Council pulled together to push through with the ‘Lakes Hydraulics’ Victorian Sports Sedan title after weather decided to throw a spanner in the works on the 21st and 22nd of March. Brendan Miller on day two of what was supposed to be a one-night show thrilled fans that returned for Sunday’s action going on to win the big title event. Drizzle during the week had the track perfect for Saturday, on one condition, that the drizzle did not continue all day. Unfortunately, that is exactly what the weather did and after an attempt…
Wahgunyah Speedway held a terrific Maverick Marine race night on the weekend (March 14th) with the final round of the annual Colin Young Memorial the latest event promoted by the Goulburn Ovens Sedans Association for their competitors, taking top billing. A cracking nights racing from the competitors seen Nathan Shortis, Brandan Lovell and Marty Bassett thrilling fans. They were not the only competitors putting on a show, with Bryce Leek and Micheal Fleming-Robertson in Standard Saloons outstanding in their final and Kade Brockley won all four Junior Sedan races to sweep the evening for his class. Samantha Lord was the…
A field of seventy plus Victorian Speedway Council Standard Saloons have completed battle across two nights at Australian Racing Products Redline Raceway in their quest to be crowned Victorian champion for the next twelve months and at the conclusion, It would be Mitch Foster from Morwell in Gippsland that would come out on top ahead of Kacey Ingram, Redline member Scott Whittle, Jack Braz, and Ballarat racer Austin Chivers. Over the two nights Mick Kiraly arrived and won the Australian Motor Contest Associational Nationals, and Zac Macdonald won the Dirt Modifieds. Healthy crowds enjoyed the two nights of competition with…
Saturday night (28th of February) at Bairnsdale Speedway was attended to by over eighty race drivers with three big events highlighting the evenings racing after over fifty mils of rain had soaked the track prior to race day. Damien Miller from Melbourne’s southeast took the win in the JP Asphalting Extreme Sports Sedans Series round after his brother lost a wheel whilst leading, causing the final stoppage of the race handing the win to big brother Damien. Mal Siely from Bairnsdale won yet another King of the Rock final for Limited Sportsman, Ella Sheedy from Bunyip won the latest Ladies…
Race fans at Redline Raceway in greater Ballarat were treated to a terrific nights racing on (February 21st) Saturday night with Standard Saloons, Unlimited Sedans and Wingless Sprints all producing great racing. Mitch Foster would win the Gold Rush feature for Open Standard Saloons, Riley Taylor come out on top in the Lucky Sevens series for Unlimited Sedans and Christopher Temby on his way home from Bordertown South Australia dropped into Redline to claim the win in round eight of the Wingless Super Series. With a Victorian title at Redline Raceway on Labour Day weekend, some of the states best…
Drouin Speedway Club have held their latest race meeting (on February 21st) with the Victorian Junior Standard Saloon title up for grabs, the Race for Dougo for Open Standard Saloons, and a mini feature for Street Stocks, along with some freestyle Motorcross performances. Southeast Melbourne racer Hunter Carey claimed top honours in the state title Jack Yeomans winning the Drive for Dougo and Leigh Gooding claiming victory in the Street Stocks. The crowd was entertained by the freestyle MX riders with high flying jumps and flips and twists bringing new people to the speedway complex on Jindivick Road in Drouin…