Author: Dean Thompson

Ballarat’s home of motorsport Redline Raceway kicks off the new season this Saturday with local club racers given an opportunity to compete as club classes Street Stocks, Unlimited Sedans, and Standard Saloons providing that opportunity whilst the Grand Prix Midgets return to Redline with round two of their state series attracting a dozen entrants from the Goulburn Valley, Eastern Melbourne, and Geelong. Whilst the Grand Prix Midgets are the only class with a series round or blue-ribbon feature event, the Sedans will dish up no shortage of action with everybody wanting to win at Redline no matter the occasion. The…

With Melbourne Cup day coming up next Tuesday and many in the community given the opportunity to take Monday off work, Nyora Raceway will hold competition Sunday and Monday this weekend with major events across both days for the Open Standard Saloons, Crash and Bash Association and Wingless Sprints and Dirt Modifieds. All four classes will compete on both days of racing whilst Ladies Standard Saloons, Sports Sedans and Division 2 Hot Rods will also have a run on either of the two days. Fans of eight-cylinder engines and the noise and power the cars with them produce will be…

Rosedale International Speedway played host to round one of the ‘Shake and Bake Diva’s Victorian Ladies Standard Saloon series for 2023/24 and after three hard fought qualifiers and a speedy feature event it would be Warragul racer Caroline Allen that would leave Rosedale victorious. Rosedale club members Bree Walker and Tahlia Campbell filled in the podium positions in second and third respectively as the season got off to a fast and furious start. The racing from heat one through to the final on the Pakenham Radiators supported race night increased to a faster pace race after race with Allen setting…

For the second season running, Ladies from around Gippsland Victoria have put together a self-promoted series in which the competitors will race throughout the 23/24 season to determine a series champion. This season the series starts at Rosedale International Speedway this Saturday with thirteen competitors set to entertain. The series is an opportunity for the Ladies to be in the limelight more than ever before as their numbers continue to increase with more Ladies each season becoming race drivers. Differing from years of the past, many of the drivers now have their own cars dedicated to themselves instead of sharing…

The Victorian Grand Prix Midget Racing Association has started it’s Stinger Chassis Masters Series season with the first night of action at the Goulburn Valley situated Rushworth Speedway complex and the battle came down to last season’s Stinger Series champion and Goulburn Valley favourite Alex Myers and Geelong racer Chris Fowler after a night of great battles all the way through. Former Australian Compact Speedcar national champion Peter Robotham raced for the Mark Shiells run ‘Pitstop Mowers’ team in the Ross and Danny Stainer built race car the team owns, Robotham started rear of field in the heat races as…

The first of two Memorial races on the NSW Grand Prix Midget Racing Association’s calendar saw seven GP Midgets entrants, crew and supporters travel to Goulburn Speedway for competition in the Bart Wilkinson Memorial doubling as round three of the Gulf Western Oil Super Series.

Motorsport fans headed back out to Kalkee and the Blue Ribbon Raceway on Saturday night (March 4th) for the latest high octane event headlined by the Pro-Sprints, Unlimited Sedans and Junior 1200 Sedans and were treated to a terrific night of racing. Daniel Storer from Portland was the winner in the Sprintcar series round whilst Corey McDonald travelled from the north east of Victoria to win the Unlimited Sedan final and Arthur Hutchinson was awarded the victory in the Junior 1200 Sedan feature event after a post-race disqualification. Sprintcar action came by way of the Sprintcar Racing Association C &…

Bairnsdale Speedway Association action on Saturday (February 25th) was once again terrific with a new Victorian Sprintcar champion determined in the thirty-five-lap final when local East Gippsland born and raised racer Nigel Laity stormed to the finish line in front of another local Andre Nielsen and Dennis Jones from the Latrobe Valley. Other winners on the night included Bobby Devine in the Division 2 Hot Rods, Elise Halliday in Ladies Standard Saloons and Victorian Standard Saloon champion Jacob Vuillermin in that classes feature event. Sprintcars held four qualifying races to determine the title race grid positions with Nigel Laity benefitting…

Saturday night (February 25th) at Alexandra Speedway the hard working volunteers and officials with a contribution from determined competitors made the track raceable a second time after they waited for the rain to finish after it hit the area as qualifying races were almost finished. Track repreparation and packing allowed every class to continue on and have their finals. Race night was the annual Junior Sedan and Wingless Sprints feature night which included the ‘Pakenham Towing’ supported visiting Junior Sedan Promotional Association series for the Top Star and New Star drivers in the Speedway Sedans Australia category. Winners included Linken…

Redline Raceway finally began their 22/23 season of Speedway on Saturday night with a very full house of speedway starved Greater Ballarat fans and on a terrific show the four individuals that won their class of racing include Redline’s own member Jason Degoldi who won the Street Stock final, visiting East Gippsland based Sprintcar racer Adam Greenwood won his class, Dean Heseltine won the Australian Motor Contest Association class and Harry Cecil from Poowong won the Junior Standard Saloon class in their first ever appearance at Redline Raceway. Also during the night the Street Stock competitors whilst running for individual…