Author: Dean Thompson

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…

The Victorian Speedway Council Standard Saloon class makes its biggest appearance of the season at Daylesford Speedway this Saturday with the running of the Chivers Memorial honouring the father of David and the grandfather of Austin and Lachie who will all be competing in the race themselves along with a host of competitors from as far as Bairnsdale making the trip to compete. All the local Daylesford member classes and the 1200cc Junior Sedan class make up a show with more than seventy competitors nominated so far. In the Memorial race for Standard Saloons a number of the entrants have…

The Victorian Compact Speedcar Club hosted the ‘Ringwood Mazda’ Victorian Compact Speedcar title in partnership with Wangaratta Speedway Club on Saturday the 4th of February at Wangaratta City Raceway with over twenty entrants arriving at the track for competition, defending champion Justin Paull was unable to survive the tough competitive night with Victorian member drivers Trevor Perry, Michael Conway, Mark Cecil and Joe Lostich all figuring in the final result, whilst Queenslander Matt O’Neill drove away with the top spot spoils. Drivers from Queensland, New South Wales, Canberra and Victorian clubs were amongst the twenty six nominations and it would…

Sprintcars return to action this Saturday night at Nyora with the visiting ‘Mainline Dynolog Dynamometers’ All Star Sprintcar show coming into town supported by a great field of Dirt Modifieds, Mini-Lightning Sprints, Junior Standard Saloons and Standard Saloons. Chris Temby a South-Eastern suburbs racer leads the Sprintcar point score and done much of his Junior racing at Nyora in Speedway Karts before progressing into Wingless Sprints and now Sprintcars. He will be aiming for what would be a home track victory as he tries to solidify his lead; however, he will be up against some stiff competition including Mark Caruso…

Wangaratta has a new Victorian champion; a new local hero and that man is Brendan Harper as he went on to win the Speedway Sedans Victoria Production Sedan Victorian title on Saturday the 4th of February whilst also on the program Queenslander Matt O’Neill crossed back over the border with the prized Victorian title after winning a twenty-lap super race with a margin less than .2 of a second between first and second. Wangaratta has long been Sedan land when it comes to their dirt track racing and the premier class is Production Sedans, the only national class that is…

It is the time of the year where many of the state and national championships are decided and with that, Wangaratta Speedway Club will host two Victorian titles out at Wangaratta City Raceway this Saturday night with the Victorian Production Sedan title and the Victorian Compact Speedcar titles to be decided this weekend, with support from the Standard Saloons and the Junior Open Sedans. Wangaratta and Northeast Victoria are heavily represented in the Production Sedan title with former Australian champion Chris Lack leading local representation that includes Chris Fitzgerald, Leighton Evans, Brendan Harper, Felicity Roycroft, Tom Barnard, Kenneth Mankey and…

After a delayed start to the current season at Redline Raceway due to facility renovations and restructuring, the committee and volunteers are excited to get the start of the speedway season for greater Ballarat and its surrounds underway this Saturday night with the Modified Sedans and Street Stock classes taking centre stage with the along with a round of the Super Rod tour and supporting Standard Saloons. The Modified Sedans will compete in the annual Ern Overall Memorial recognising the late Ballarat businessman who had a strong affiliation with the Modified class as a competitor and as an administrator along…