Author: Dean Thompson

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…

Redline Raceway is all set to go this Saturday night to start their season after terrible weather seen cancellation of their first planned show a couple of weeks ago, this time Sprintcars and the Junior Standard Saloon Series headline the show along with competition from Street Stocks and the AMCA Nationals (Australian Motor Contest Association). Sprintcars competing are powered by CT 525 crate motors from the Chevrolets. Local Delacombe man Sam Wren leads the nominations which includes Bacchus Marsh based Victorian champion Steven Horton and Victorian Sprintcar Association champion Adam Greenwood and his teammate Alistair Bastian a former Victorian champion.…

In the second of its twilight Saturday race day shows this season Drouin Speedway fires up from 1pm until the early hours of the evening with a huge Crash and Bash and Dog leg racing event. The annual War on Wheels for the Crash and Bash Opens and the Race for Yarnie for the Ladies Crash and Bash contingent headlines the program with a packed venue from top to bottom of the viewing area expected. Drivers will compete around the speedway until the enter turn two where they will then cross through the infield dog leg before re-entering onto the…

Public knowledge shows that a traumatic and tragic racing accident occurred on Saturday (February 11th) that has resulted in the death of popular Standard Saloon competitor Stephen ‘Dougo’ Douglas just a few hours after he earlier won a heat race on his way to qualifying for the Chivers Memorial feature race. This is the hardest media release the media representative and Daylesford Drivers Association have had to do. All the competitors, the fans, the officials and volunteers and Daylesford Drivers Association members send their deepest condolences with a heavy heart to all of Stephen’s family and close friends, especially to…

Nyora Raceway on Saturday night (11th February) attracted a huge crowd of motorsport fan’s when the All Star Sprintcars came into town for their annual show with a troupe of eighteen flyers and fans went home delighted when Brett Milburn from Somerville who had developed as a race driver at Nyora from a young age went on to take the feature race win. Also winning on the night was Mornington Peninsula racer Daryl Hickson who secured victory in the Dirt Modifieds, Poowong racer Harry Cecil the winner of the Junior Standard Saloons, Rhys Lansdown now from Wahgunyah winner of the…