Peter Lack steps into a V8 Dirt Modified this weekend

Posted 28th April, 2009

World Series Sprintcar driver Peter Lack is a surprise nomination this weekend, as he steps into a V8 Dirt Modified in the $15,000 "King of the Ring" to be held at Maryborough Speedway this weekend. 

Above: Peter Lack ready to hit the track (photo by Laurie Erhart)

Lack, who will drive the Ray Klarich owned #Q95 Bicknell, can't wait to mix it with some of the very best V8 Dirt Modified drivers in the country this weekend. 

Above: Peter Lack & the boys. R:car owner Ray Klarich, (photo by Laurie Erhart)

"I drove the thing last weekend in Toowoomba and I had so much fun. They are really fun car to drive and you really have to throw the car around to be fast."  Lack said.

Although this will only be the second time Peter Lack has driven a V8 Dirt Modified, he isn't coming up here to make up numbers.

"The field is as good as any Australian Title, but I will give it by best and I will be disappointed if I don't perform well.  I have a great team and thanks to the awesome support of Ray Klarich we are planning on putting the #Q95 up the front." Lack stated.

Lack a former 3 time Australian Modified Production Champion and now a World Series Sprintcar feature race winner and one of the main stays on the National V8 Sprintcar scene, will be one man to watch as he man-handles a V8 Dirt Modified around Maryborough Speedway this Saturday and Sunday night.

Lack will be extremely busy over the weekend as on Sunday night four lucky people will win a ride with him in the G&W Racing 2 seater V8 Sprintcar.

Nominations for this weekend

Posted 27th April, 2009

Below is the huge list of Nominations for all divisions running this weekend. And here is a recap on what is running what night.

V8 Dirt Modifieds "King of the Ring" - both nights
Formula 500's "Stallard Qld Nationals" - both nights
Modified Productions "G&W Racing Series" - Sunday night only
Super Streets "AMT Series" - Saturday night only
Dwarf Cars - Saturday night only
4 Cylinder Sedans - Saturday night only
Nostalgia Sedans - Sunday night only

V8 Dirt Modifieds "King of the Ring" (24) - Both Nights

Formula 500's "Stallard Qld Nationals" (36) - Both Nights

Modified Productions "G&W Racing Series (40) - Sunday Night Only

Super Streets "AMT Series" (25) - Saturday Night Only

Mod Lites / Dwarf Cars (16) - Saturday Night Only

4 Cylinder Sedans (12) - Saturday Night Only

Nostalgia Sedans (11) - Sunday Night Only

Racing gets underway both nights (this Saturday and Sunday) from 4PM SHARP.

Maryborough Crash Crew gets new Fire truck

Posted 25th April, 2009

Thanks to the fantastic generosity of local business's and through the hard work of the Maryborough Crash Crew in particular the Fennell Family, the Maryborough Speedway would like to introduce our new Fire truck.

In a quest to further enhance our sport and to ensure that the safety of all drivers, crew, officials and spectators are always kept to the highest levels, the Maryborough Speedway needed to add a specialized fire fighting unit to its artillery.

The Maryborough Sporting Car Club and the Maryborough Speedway Crash Crew would like to thank the following business for there assistance in getting the fire truck operational.

Without the business mentioned above, the brand new fire truck would not have been a possibility.

From everyone at the Maryborough Sporting Car Club we would once again like to sincerely thank everyone involved in making the new fire truck a reality.

V8 Dirt Modified "King of the Ring" is going to be huge!!!

Posted 22nd April, 2009

With only a couple of days until nominations close in all divisions, this years running of the V8 Dirt Modified "$15,000 King of the Ring" is shaping up to be a huge weekend next Saturday and Sunday night (2nd & 3rd May). 

The nominated drivers already include, the current Australian Champion Peter Britten, former Australian Champions Mark Robinson, Scott Cannon and Andrew Pezzutti, the current Queensland Champion and defending King of the Ring champion Luke Oldfield, and the Victoria superstar Steven Milthorpe just to name a few.  This will be the battle of the very best V8 Dirt Modified drivers in the country who will be all gunning to be crowned "King" and grab a share of the $15,000 on offer next Saturday and Sunday nights at the Maryborough Speedway.

Over 30 Modified Productions have already nominated for the final round of the G&W Racing Series on Sunday night and close to 30 Formula 500's are ready to fight it out in the Stallard Queensland Nationals.

Don't forget that on Sunday night you could win one of four rides in Peter Lack's 2-seater V8 Sprintcar, so make sure you keep next weekend free.

2010 Modified Production Australian Open

Posted 17th April, 2009

Modified Production racing in Queensland is already big, but in 2010 it is about to become huge, when the Maryborough Speedway hosts the 2010 Modified Production Australian Open.

The Australian Open will be held at Maryborough Speedway, over the Queensland Labour day long weekend which will be Saturday 1st May & Sunday 2nd May, 2010.

The event will be contested over 2 nights with five rounds of heats (3 on the first night & 2 on the second night), along with the C & B Mains and the all important 50 lap Australian Open. 24 cars will contest the 50 lap feature, but it gets better. The top 4 cars after all the qualifying heats will automatically go to the back of the A Main and if any of those 4 cars go on to win the Australian Open they will pocket double prize money. The race will pay $2500 to win, so if the winner comes from the back two rows of the 50 lap feature race, they will pocket a massive $5000.

With some of the fastest cars in the country including Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and a huge host of Queenslanders already showing plenty of interest, this event could be the biggest “non-title” Modified Production events, ever held anywhere in the country. A huge car count is expected, and the Maryborough club has ensured that every car will receive at least $200 prize money for making the trip to the Maryborough Speedway for the 2010 Modified Production Australian Open.

With Gympie’s, Mothar Mountain Speedway hosting the 2010 Queensland Title the weekend before (Anzac weekend), this will give plenty of people an opportunity to take some annual leave, plan a holiday and head to South East Queensland for two massive weekends of Modified Production racing at it’s best.

Maryborough's Scott Thomsen wins Qld Street Sedan Title

Posted 13th April, 2009

Maryborough's Scott Thomsen has raced home to win the 2009 Queensland Street Sedan Title held on his home track over the last two nights of racing.

Thomsen started off the front row of the feature race and got to the lead and was never trouble, leading every single lap of the feature.  Craig Franz came on strong at towards the back end of the feature race and finished second.  Steve Thomsen (Scott's father and a former Qld Title winner) rounded out the top three. 

Brisbane's Mark George won a thrilling Queensland Midget Speedcar Title, ahead of Brock Dean and Michael Harders.  New Zealander Stevie Walsh and Sydney's Mark Brown had a fantastic battle at the start of the feature race, until the two came into turn one side by side with lap car in between them and Stevie Walsh rode a wheel, sending him cart-wheeling into the turn one catch and ending up out of the race and another case of "so close".  Brown looked as if he would run away with the feature until motor problems forced him out of the "Polar Ice" Queensland Midget Speedcar Title.  George hung one as Brock Dean came from the clouds to just about chase down the him.  Matt Greenwood ended his night in spectacular fashion after climbing the back straight fence sending himself and his car into a big rollover along the back straight.  Matt suffered minor burns from hot oil.  Brendan Palmer also had a weekend he would rather forget after setting quick time in the hot lap session and then crashing out in spectacular fashion while leading a heat race on the Saturday night.  Palmer completely destroyed his race car, but walked away unhurt.

In the Junior Sedan President's Trophy Mitch Thomsen captured a great win ahead of Steve Rowell and Sam Roza.  This capped of a great weekend for the Thomsen family.

The 4 Cylinder Sedan Wide Bay Grand Prix was taken out by Blake Hancock, ahead of Bevan Burton and Paul Redman.  The 4 Cylinders put on some great racing over the two nights.  The Late Models made a return to Maryborough and Gavin Northfield took out an awesome feature race ahead of Frank Armstrong and Geoff Phillips.

Maryborough Speedway roars back into life over the May long weekend with the V8 Dirt Modified "King of the Ring".

Mighty Midget Speedcar Madness, is just about here.

Posted 8th April, 2009

We are only days away from the 65th running the 2009 "Polar Ice" Queensland Midget Speedcar Title to be held at the Maryborough Speedway this Saturday and Sunday night.

Sydney's Mark Brown will be one of the red-hot favourites going into this weekend's 2009 "Polar Ice" Queensland Title

The very best drivers in the country along with New Zealander Stevie Walsh are all vying to be crowned the new Queensland Champion.  Maryborough Speedway hasn't hosted the Qld Midget Speedcar Title since 1993 when Stan Burrows was victorious on that occasion.

New Zealand Superstar Stevie Walsh has been in devastating form of late, so keep an eye on the "Kiwi Kid" this Saturday and Sunday night

Heading into this weekend as one of the red hot favourites is Sydney's Mark Brown who has dominated the early part of the series winning the National Speedcar Super Series and more recently winning the 67th New South Wales Title in Lismore a month of so ago.  Brown, who is the only driver to break into the 12 second bracket in a Midget Speedcar around Maryborough Speedway, is hoping to go one better this time round, after being narrowly beaten by teammate Harley Bishop in that memorable feature race in that round of the National Series back in November.  Brown will also be keeping an eye on is arch rival, in Western Australian Dene McAllan who comes into this event in red hot form after winning a last few big shows including the Danny Davidson Memorial and the LJM held at Bunbury Speedway in Western Australia last Saturday night.  McAllan, the highline specialist is hoping to become the first WA driver to win a Queensland Title.  The Maryborough fans can only hope that Brown and McAllan get a chance to face off in the pole shuffle on Sunday night...

West Aussie Dene McAllan is one man on a mission, in his quest to become the first ever WA driver to win a Queensland Midget Speedcar Title

Another man who has been having a solid run this season is Victoria Peter Ghent who makes the big journey up the East Coast take part this weekend.  Ghent has finally got his Hawk powered Spike firing and is looking forward to finishing up the pointy end after the 35lap feature to be held on Sunday night.  Another Sydney flyer who is magic behind the wheel, is Matt Young who on any given night is as good as chance at any to take out the win and pocket the $3500 first prize cheque.

Throw in a fantastic list of Queensland drivers including Brock Dean (runner-up in this seasons National Series), Brendan Palmer, Grant Draney, Michael Harders, Michael George, Clayton Walker, John Davison and a whole host of others, this is going to be one of the biggest and best nights of Midget Speedcar racing that Maryborough Speedway has ever seen. 

The drivers will contest 3 rounds of heats on Saturday night, and then on Sunday night contest the final round of heats along with the always exciting top 8 pole shuffle, and the "Polar Ice" 35 lap Queensland Title feature race.

Not only will fans get to see the Midget Speedcar Qld Title over the two nights of action, they will get to see the 24th running the Queensland Street Sedan Title.  Close to 60 cars have nominated and close to 20 locals are all in the hunt to become the 2009 Queensland Champion.  The entire field will be trying to take the number one of the defending Qld Champion Tim Atkin, who is hoping to become only the third person to win a Qld Street Sedan title back to back.  The Street Sedans will also have 3 rounds of heats on Saturday night, and then return on Sunday night for the final round of qualifying heats, then will fight it out in the C, B and all important 40 lap Queensland Title. 

Along with Midget Speedcars and Street Sedans on Saturday night, the Super Street Sedans return for the Ford vs Holden Showdown.  It will be good old fashioned match racing with 3 fords taking on 3 Holden's and you can expect war on the track on Saturday night.  The 4 Cylinders will be contesting the Wide Bay Grand Prix over both Saturday and Sunday night.

Sunday night sees the final qualifying heats and championship races for the Midget Speedcars and Street Sedans, but added to the program will be the Junior Sedans and the awesome V8 Late Models.  These awesome V8 machines put on a fantastic show a month ago and can't wait to "turn up the heat" this Sunday night, when they give Maryborough fans another 'taste' of what is to come when they return in the new season with bigger numbers.

The awesome V8 Late Models return for only the second time on Sunday night and they are ready to "turn up the heat".

Gates open both days at 1pm and racing will start at 4pm SHARP on Saturday and Sunday.  As normal the FREE jumping castle is back for the kids and full bar and improved canteen facilities will be in operation.

Admission prices (per night) will once again stay at the normal price, with Kids under 12 still FREE, Pensioners & Students only $18 and Adults only $22.  A family pass (2 Adults & 2 Students) is only $55.  So bring the family along for two fantastic nights of Queensland Title madness this Saturday and Sunday nights at the Maryborough Speedway.

Huge Nominations for Easter weekend - 11th & 12th April, 2009

Posted 5th April, 2009

Practice / Street Sedan Calcutta is still on tonight

Posted 4th April, 2009

Practice for tonight is still on...

Maryborough still hasn't received any rain or showers and at present, although a little dark on the horizon, has some blue skies and the sun is out. 

In the last three days, Maryborough has only had 1.8mm of rain.  Even if we do get a few showers this afternoon, it won't stop practice from going ahead tonight.

Just a reminder that the QSCA will be running transponders for all drivers that are interested in getting some data from there runs.

Practice starts at 5pm and will finish around 9pm...

Practice / Street Sedan Calcutta is still on for Saturday

Posted 3rd April, 2009

Just a reminder that the practice session scheduled for Saturday night (4th April) is definitely still on.  Maryborough hasn't received any rain over the past few days unlike the rest of the South East Qld, and is ready and raring to go for another big practice night.

Gates will open at 3pm with practice starting at 5pm and finishing at 9pm.  The Calcutta for the Qld Street Sedan Title will start at the bar at 9:15pm.  The cost to practice is only $30 per car and admission is free for everyone. 

Come along, it is going to be a great night.

Late Models are back for Easter

Posted 31st March, 2009

The awesome Late Models return to Maryborough Speedway over the Easter weekend for another hit out. 

These awesome V8 machines put on a fantastic show a month ago and can't wait to "turn up the heat" next Sunday night (12 April), when they give Maryborough fans another 'taste' of what is to come in the 09/10 season.

Although only 5 or 6 cars will be at the track on Easter Sunday, you can be assured of plenty more ultra quick, super competitive Late Model racing. 

Practice - 4th April - next Saturday night

Posted 26th March, 2009

The Maryborough Sporting Car Club will host another practice session at the Maryborough Speedway next Saturday night, 4th April, 2009.

The practice will start at 5:00pm and will finish around 9:00pm.  The cost of practice will be $30 per car and admission will be free.  All cars will be sent out division by division and all cars should get plenty of track time.

A limited canteen will be in operation on the night.  The bar will be also in operation on the night and will kick on into the night after practice has finished.

After practice has finished, the club will be holding the Calcutta for the Queensland Street Sedan Title, which will be great time sit back, have a few drinks and have a few laughs, before the serious stuff starts the following weekend.  So come along and enjoy some practice and then you might pick up a bargain in the Qld Title Street Sedan Calcutta.  The Calcutta will be run as per an auction were the highest bid will win that driver.  We will be adding in a prize for last running car in the 'B' Main as well as last car running the 'A' Main, along with 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Qld Title. This should in courage plenty of bidding and an increased change of a solid return on your money.  Anyone can bid on drivers in the Calcutta.

The Maryborough club look forward to seeing plenty of faces next Saturday night.

Mann, what a win...

Posted 22nd March, 2009

Bryan Mann has raced home to win the Allweld Custom Race Trailers V8 Sprintcar Dash 4 Cash in front of over 3000 people. Mann was flying all night and was never troubled leading from flag to flag in the 30 lap feature race. 

With the newly laid race track, the racing was sensational with plenty of passing in all the heats and in the A Main. Peter Lack laid the Q58 over in the opening lap of the feature race and had to restart from the rear.  Lack was flying on the high line making his way all the way to finish fifth.  Darren Jensen finished in second position after starting from the fourth row.  Pete Thorley finished third after crashing out in the Dash.  Darryl Hodges finished fourth after having a great battle with Jensen and Thorley lap after lap after lap.

James McFadden had a massive rollover in the opening heat race after his front wheel broke causing him to go into the a big rollover.  While mid-rollover, McFadden was hit from below by Ronnie Barber.  Both walked away okay, but both will be sore today.

The Modified Productions where as fantastic as always with a action packed night of racing in the final round of the Fraser Coast Series.  Mark Raymont took the win from Aidan Raymont with Jason Boss from Mackay finishing third.  Glenn Pagel did enough to win the Fraser Coast Series from Aidan Raymont, Adrian Stott and Maryborough's Steve Thomsen.

Hervey Bay's Paul Redman took out the 2009 Queensland Title with a comfortable win where he didn't put a foot wrong the entire night.

Aussie Champ Charlie Brown took a trilling Junior Sedan A Main win after passing Hamish Redman on the last couple of laps to win yet again another feature race.

With another race meeting done and dusted, the Maryborough Speedway now turns its attention towards the Easter long weekend where the Queensland Title for the Midget Speedcars and the Street Sedans will be held.

Allweld Custom Race Trailer V8 Sprintcars "Dash 4 Cash"

Posted 19th March, 2009

Are you ready?  The wait is almost over, as over 30 of the very best V8 Sprintcars explode onto the Maryborough Speedway this Saturday night for the 2009 "Allweld Custom Race Trailers" V8 Sprintcar Dash 4 Cash.

The line up includes some of the biggest names in the business with Queensland Champ Pete Thorley, Terry Bracken, Ricky Mitchell, Brad Hilder, Darrell Hodges & Andrew Scheuerle, being joined by Peter Lack, James McFadden and Bryan Mann who are all returning to Queensland after a lengthy season on the road chasing the big shows throughout the Country.

Another driver who is expected to do well is Darren Jensen who will be once again piloting the Titan machine, who is coming off his third feature win of the season at Brisbane International Speedway last weekend. 

A surprise nomination is former world 500cc Super bike legend and channel ten sports personality Daryl Beattie who will be contesting the event in the Phil Foster Q66 V8 Sprintcar.  Although Beattie has only raced the race a handful of times, performed very well last weekend and only narrowly missed out on the A Main.  Beattie is no stranger to competitive motorsport after years in the World 500cc Championship series.  Beattie finished third in his first full time season in 1993 behind Kevin Schwantz and Wayne Rainey.  1995 was his best year where Beattie finished second to Mick Doohan, only finishing second after a fall ruined his series lead with only a handful of race meetings to go.  Beattie now works as a part of the Channel ten Motorsports team and can be seen on RPM and all of channel ten's coverage of Moto GP.  The Maryborough Speedway is very excited to have Daryl Beattie race this weekend, and if rumours are correct, the channel ten camera's might make a surprise appearance this Saturday night.

If 30 plus V8 Sprintcars isn't enough, we have 27 Modified Productions nominated for the final round of the Fraser Coast Series.  Series leader Glenn Pagel has a narrow lead coming into Saturday night, but has the likes of Adrian Stott, Steve Thomsen, Aussie Champ Todd Doyle and Cooroy brothers Mark & Aidan Raymont hot on his heels, he will have plenty of work to do, if he wants to bring home the Series win. 

19 Four Cylinder Sedans will contest the Queensland Title and 23 Junior Sedans will make up the big, big program this Saturday night at the Maryborough Speedway.

All the action gets underway at 4pm with V8 Sprintcars hitting the track for hotlaps around 5:30pm.  Kids under 12 are still FREE to get in, and a full bar and numerous food outlets will be in operation.  The pits will be opened up at the end of the night for free, and all V8 Sprintcar drivers will be on hand to sign autographs and they will also have plenty of give-aways and a great range of team merchandise on sale.

This will be a massive night of Speedway, so get yourself along to the Maryborough Speedway this Saturday night.

V8 Sprintcars on display this Saturday morning

Posted 18th March, 2009

The Maryborough Speedway is very pleased to announce that we have numerous V8 Sprintcars on display this Saturday morning.

Pete Thorley and Terry Bracken will have there cars on display at Supercheap in Maryborough.  Kevin Titman and the Titan machine of Darren Jensen will be on display at Tinana Hot Bread Shop & the newly open John's Wood Fired Pizzeria (next door to the bakery) and Ronnie Barber will be on display at Greg's Quality Meats (next to the Westside Tavern).  All the display will commence around 9-9:30am and finish around noon.

This will be a great opportunity to see these fantastic race cars up close and personal.  You might even get an autograph or a few free give-aways.

Thanks to the business above and to the drivers and teams for supporting the V8 Sprintcar "Allweld Custom Race Trailers" Dash 4 Cash.

Huge nominations for V8 Sprintcars this Saturday night

Posted 16th March, 2009

A massive car count of 31 V8 Sprintcars has nominated for the "Allweld Custom Race Trailers Dash 4 Cash.

Supporting the V8 Sprintcars will be the Modified Productions (27), Junior Sedans (23) and the Qld Title for the 4 Cylinder Sedans (19).

Pit Gates open at 1pm with Racing commencing at 4pm SHARP.

Nominations for all divisions are as followed:

V8 Sprintcars - (31)

Q5 Darrell Hodges
Q6 Jason MacDonald
Q10 Craig Stevenson
Q12 Tony Michell
Q14 Mark Pholi
Q16 Bryan Mann
Q17 Darren Silcock
Q19 Ricky Mitchell
NQ24 Jordan Dougherty
Q25 Andrew Scheuerle
Q27 Brad Hilder
Q28 Allan Woods
Q29 James McFadden
Q36 Darren Jensen
NQ38 Aidan Gee
Q44 Dan Murray
Q46 Scott Baker
Q48 Tony Wynne
Q49 Adrian O’Connell
Q51 Pete Thorley
NQ52 Paul Reddacliff
Q54 Richard Morgan
Q55 Ronnie Barber
Q58 Peter Lack
Q59 Kevin Titman
Q64 Paul Rooks
Q66 Daryl Beattie
NT67 Terry Bracken
Q71 Matthew Butler
Q77 Brent Kratzmann
Q91 Murray Gibson

Modified Productions - (27)

A1 Todd Doyle
M8 Steve Thomsen
M18 Brendan Bayfield
M46 Steven Zahl
B42 Mark Ferguson
G4 Glenn Pagel
G5 Brett Baxter
G8 Lee Steffens
G11 Gavin Lorensen
G27 Mark Raymont
G28 Aidan Raymont
G55 David Kent
BB81 Dennis Shallcross
BB82 Kane Heidke
BB92 Tim Gaffel
SC0 Paul O’Neil
SC23 Adrian Stott
SC37 Rodney Midolo
SC63 Russell Bonsey
SC71 Troy Ware
T21 Jarvis Menzies
C10 Aaron Broadbridge
C14 Trent Humphreys
C24 Dale Grotherr
C78 Warren Lawrence
RK12 Darryl Etherden
MK2 Jason Boss

4 Cylinder Sedans - (19)

Trevor Troth
Robert Smith
Al Mathers
Paul Redman
Brittany Redman
Darrel Retschlag
Toby Cryer
Stephen Leigh
Toby Holtom
Mick Killeen
Blake Hancock
Bevan Burton
Tim Weir
Wayne Fischer
Frank Packer
Ray O’Neill
Shane Allen
Cameron Taylor
Wayne Petersen

Junior Sedans - (23)

A1 Charlie Brown
M8 Brodie Thomsen
M8 Mitchell Thomsen
M72 Hamish Redman
G22 Stephen English
G66 Brendan Learoyd
G99 Michael Learoyd
C4 Dillon Whitford
C23 Lilian Smith
C24 Jeremy Booth
C28 Dan Smith
C74 Natalie Peacock
C76 Jayden Peacock
C99 Jack Kay
SB17 Nathan Barbeler
SB18 Renae Barron
B3 Cody Maroske
B14 Steve Rowell
B19 David Morrow
B24 Kristy Bonsey
B32 Brody Fraser-McGee
MK2 Brodie Boss
TAS32 Aaron Read

Good Luck kids...

Posted 13th March, 2009

Six Maryborough Junior Street Sedan drivers are off to Mothar Mountain Speedway in Gympie this weekend for the running of the 2009 Queensland Junior Street Sedan Title. 

The Maryborough club has never had a local Junior driver win a Qld Title, and this Saturday night we are a real good chance of changing that record when six of the best hit the track, flying the flag very high for the Maryborough club.

Mitch Thomsen, Hamish Redman, Ryan Packer, Danielle Harris, Gary Harris Jnr and Kurt Murdoch are all looking forward to running the Qld Title, and from everyone in the Maryborough Sporting Car Club, we would like to wish them the very best luck.

Brock Hallett wins Aussie Formula 500 Title

Posted 9th March, 2009

Last night at Bordertown Speedway in South Australia, the 17 year old rookie sensation, Brock Hallett has raced home to win the 2009 Australian Formula 500 Championship.  Hallett, hails from just up the road at Woodgate, has become a crowd favourite at the Maryborough Speedway, in only his second season of speedway racing.

Brock started out of position four in the Australian Title feature race and was able to get to the lead and race away to become the youngest ever winner of the National Championship.

Brock convincingly won the last feature race at Maryborough Speedway on the 31st January, beating home Qld rivals Wayne Moller, Nathan Pronger, Mick Pronger and Dale Shilleto, Dan Moes and Garry Hart.

From everyone at the Maryborough Sporting Car Club we would like once again congratulate Brock Hallett on his awesome effort and we look forward to him returning to Maryborough Speedway on the  May long weekend  with the A1 on the top wing and tail tank for the 2nd annual running of the Queensland Formula 500 Nationals. 

V8 Sprintcar "Allweld Custom Race Trailers" Dash 4 Cash

Posted 6th March, 2009

The Maryborough Sporting Car Club is very pleased to announce that Allweld Custom Race Trailers has signed on as major sponsor of the upcoming V8 Sprintcar Dash 4 Cash to be held at the Maryborough Speedway on the 21st March.

A big, big field of V8 Sprintcars is expected for the "Allweld Custom Race Trailers" Dash 4 Cash, and with over 20 early nominations being received, Maryborough Speedway can count on a huge night of V8 Sprintcar action on 21st March. 

Allweld Manufacturing is a locally owned and operated company that is an experienced manufacturer of high quality, customised, aluminium, stainless steel and mild steel solutions.  They have become one of the market leaders and utility trailers and with Allweld's experience and lifetime involvement in speedway, they have a solution for your transportation needs.  Whether its a Formula 500, a Speedcar, a Street Sedan or a 2-car Sprintcar team, the team at Allweld Custom Race Trailers will use there vast experience and design a customised transport solution for you and your race team.

Business people and tradesmen have been coming to Allweld for over 10 years to get customised fabrication solutions for their businesses, equipment, machinery and vehicles. Our talented team build everything from tool boxes to complex truck solutions to luxury boats...what's your need?

For more information check out there website www.allweldmanufacturing.com.au, or pick up the phone and give them a call on (07) 4123 4244.

Wow.. what a night !!!

Posted 1st March, 2009

Finally blue skies arrived for a Maryborough Speedway race meeting and wasn't it great to see the pits overflowing with competitors in the massive 45 event program.

Another big crowd packed into the venue to watch some action packed racing in all the divisions.

The Late Models put on a awesome display and have got Maryborough Speedway fans wanting them to come back for more, as these excellent pieces of machinerary, powered around the track at great speeds, constantly running 2 cars wide, lap after lap after lap.  Geoff Phillips went on to win the final from Nick Girdlestone and Paul Carlish.  Plans are already underway to schedule the Late Models on numerous occasions next season.

The Queensland Compact Speedcar Title was a fantastic race with Steve Swingler taking out yet again another title, after a dominating performance in the 25 lap event.  Rob Jackson finished second and Gary Hudson rounded out the top 3.  Maryborough flyer Geoff Scott, finished his title campaign after hitting the main straight fence and rolling out of contention. 

The Litre Sprintcars once again put on some fantastic racing, right throughout the night and it was great to see 17 cars line up for the feature race.  After an earlier problem which forced the home town hero, Scott Harth to the infield, Harth raced through the field to finish in fourth position in the shortened feature race.  Toowoomba's Keith Blatch was awarded the win.

The Street Sedan Mary 1000, was yet again another old style "bash em' up" with only a handle of cars going the 50 lap distance.  19 year old Jason Slade from the Sunshine Coast drove a faultless race to lead every single lap of the race to record his maiden senior feature race win.  Hervey Bay's Sam Lack showed that the old Cortina has still got it as he powered on the finish second ahead of a fast finishing Russell Cowley, Paul Redman and Martin Ritchie.  After finishing on top of the points, Jim Cowley accepted the "Steve's Dvds" Back of the Bus Challenge and started the feature race from position 24.  Jim was up inside the top ten when the Commodore lost power sending him to the infield and out of the race.

Wondai's Josh Harm won an entertaining Junior Street Sedan final from Hervey Bay's Ryan Packer and Kingaroy's Nathan Barbeler.

All in all, the crowd enjoyed a very big night of action and now all attention turns to March 21st, when the V8 Sprintcars return to Maryborough Speedway for the "Dash 4 Cash".

Will they take the Steve's Dvds "Back of the Bus Challenge" ???

Posted 26th February, 2009

Not only will the 60 Street Sedans line up for the Mary 1000 "the 50 lapper" this Saturday night, the top points scorer after the 3 rounds of heats, will have the opportunity to go to the "Back of the Bus" in the A Main and start from position 24.  If they choose to accept, they will pocket a cool $500 which has been kindly sponsored by Maryborough's official DVD Team - Steve's Dvds.

Steve & Tracey from "Steve's Dvds" have always been big supporters of the Maryborough Speedway and the Maryborough Sporting Car Club are very happy to have them on board as a sponsor this weekend.  For those wishing to pre-purchase a copy of the meeting or grab a copy of a DVD from any of the meetings that you may have missed, you can do so by contacting Steve or Tracey on 0429 990 702.

SKM Motorsport head to Maryborough

Posted 26th February, 2009

Press release courtesy of Oz Motorsport Promotions

ABOVE : Neil Wallace behind the wheel of the SKM Motorsport # 97 Rocket Dirt Late Model.
Image courtesy of Jim Hersey of www.motofoto.com.au

The SKM Motorsport Dirt Late Model Team is putting aside the disappointment of two consecutive rainouts at Tyrepower Parramatta City Raceway (NSW) and heading north to the ‘sunshine’ state for a race meeting at Maryborough Speedway (QLD) Saturday February 28.

ABOVE : Neil Wallace is aiming to put on a good show at Maryborough.
Image courtesy of Jim Hersey of www.motofoto.com.au

Compact Speedcars on Display this Saturday

Posted 25th February, 2009

The Compact Speedcars will have 2 cars on display this Saturday morning from 9am at the Supercheap store on the corner of Alice & Ferry Street in Maryborough.

This will give budding fans a chance to get up close and personal to check out Compact Speedcars and get find out how they make them stick to the track and go so fast.

The display will finish at noon.

Huge Nominations for this Saturday Night

Posted 22nd February, 2009

Nominations have poured in for the next massive race meeting to be held at Maryborough Speedway this Saturday.  Racing will start at 4pm SHARP and just a reminder that gates open at 1pm.

The meeting will feature the 2009 Qld Compact Speedcar Title, Litre Sprintcars, Late Models, Street Sedan (Mary 1000 - "the 50 lapper") and Junior Street Sedans

Nominations are as followed:

Compact Speedcars "2009 Queensland Title" - (20)

Q2 Chris Singleton
Q3 Michael Hunter
Q6 Shane Malt
Q7 Richard Mules
Q9 Audie Malt
Q11 Rob Stewart
Q12 Darren Vine
Q16 Steve Swingler
Q26 Wayne Corbett
Q27 Gary Harris
Q33 Mark Maczek
Q34 Darren Gardner
Q47 Scott Warry
Q55 Rob Jackson
Q59 Geoff Scott
Q69 Gary Hudson
Q76 Trent Usher
Q85 Craig Smith
Q88 Scott Jeynes
Q95 Warren King

Late Models - (8)

Q0 Geoff Phillips
Q3 Robin Baines
Q4 Blair Granger
Q21 Frank Armstrong
Q37 Paul Carlish
Q81 Nick Girdlestone
N71 Ken Croft
N97 Neil Wallace


Litre Sprintcars - (19)

QLD 2 Darren Ashford
QLD 4 Bruce Ayers
QLD 5 Mike Davis
QLD 7 John Cariola
QLD 8 Scott Doyle
QLD 9 Brad Ayers
QLD 12 Scott Harth
QLD 15 Jason Busk
QLD18 Scott Genrich
QLD 24 Greg Polzin
QLD 26 Ben Hilder
QLD 27 Dave Whell
QLD 31 Dave Fanning
QLD 48 Sid Whittaker
QLD 63 Chris McGurk
QLD 69 Peter Nankervis
QLD 77 Keith Blatch
QLD 82 Luke Harper
NSW 2 Jason Bell

Street Sedans Mary 1000 "the 50 lapper" - (60)

Q1 Tim Atkin
M2 Travis Barron
M6 Travis Hutchison
M8 Steve Thomsen
M12 Daniel Wilson
M13 Nathan Allison
M15 Josh Arthur
M16 Sam Grundy
M21 Frank Packer
M22 Richard Brosnan
M26 Keryn Goodwin
M27 Gary Harris
M33 Mark Ferguson
M35 Tyler Mertin
M36 Sam Lack
M38 Martin Ritchie
M39 Samuel Cordie
M61 Brian Grundy
M69 Chris Collins
M72 Paul Redman
M88 Scott Thomsen
G7 Kristian Walker
G10 Shane Jurss
G14 Garry Thomas
G17 Doug Rigby
G19 Jason Slade
G23 Tegan Jennings
G33 Kent Shelford
G68 Allen Nottage
G88 Robert Middleton
SB4 Simon Barbeler
SB6 Colin Jenkins
SB7 Laurie Wicks
SB19 TJ Horne
SB28 Lance Hadley
SB29 Jeffrey Hadley
SB34 Neil Klien
SB43 Shane Wicks
SB46 Max Marshall
SB65 Greg Akers
SB87 Neil Harm
SB88 David Barbeler
SC10 Russell Cowley
SC22 Shannon Blackburn
SC23 Darren Lyon
SC32 Peter Lyon
SC35 Craig Franz
SC36 Sarah Franz
SC61 Jim Cowley
SC92 Brenden Gillan
C24 Clinton Lawrence
C46 Bjorn Ahlstrom
C96 Michael Budgen
BB12 Michael Jenner
BB34 Richie Woodrow
BB39 Mostert Woodrow
CR9 Adam Cochrane
CR52 Alan Murphy
CR72 Lee Volk

Junior Street Sedans - (15)

Q1 Brad Jennings
M8 Mitch Thomsen
M17 Gary Harris
M27 Danielle Harris
M35 Kurt Murdoch
M77 Ryan Packer
SC35 Michele Blavius
G19 Mitchell Slade
SB7 Danni Wicks
SB15 Jason Hadley
SB34 Josh Wicks
SB87 Josh Harm
SB88 Nathan Barbeler
F50 Daniel Smith
CR42 Michael O’Reilly

The awesome V8 Late Models added to next meeting

Posted 16th February, 2009

The awesome Late Models are set to make there Maryborough Speedway debut at the next meeting on 28th February.  The Late Models although very big in America (bigger then Sprintcars in some states) are in its early stages of development up here in Queensland.  They are establish now in Sydney and Perth, but are on the build up here in there first season in Queensland.  Speedway people all over the world are talking about Late Models being the next biggest thing in Speedway. 

Maryborough Speedway fans will get there first taste of this awesome V8 class when 8-10 drivers will "turn it on" in there first official Queensland race meeting this season. 

Late Models are bigger, faster, lighter & more affordable (as these are the exact same spec as the Late Models in America) then Super Sedans and at the last practice meeting, they absolutely set the track alight with lap times in the low 13 second bracket.

Late Models run a big V8 motor (no restrictions) most of them are all over 400 cubic inch, with the only rule being 2 valves per cylinder and must run a 4 barrel carby.  No supercharges or turbo's etc.  They are left hand drive cars and have the most amazing suspension set underneath them which allows them to get all the horsepower to the ground and still beagle to fly through the corners running two and three cars wide.

A lot of people are excited about having the Late Models at Maryborough Speedway on the 28th February.  Make sure you can say, you where at the first ever Late Model race meeting in Maryborough...

Rain wins in Rocky !!!

Posted 15th February, 2009

The freight train of competitors are on the way home from Rockhampton after rain prevented any racing to occur in the 2009 Qld Junior Sedan Title and the 2009 Four Cylinder Sedan Title. 

It was a real shame from everyone involved, as even practice on Friday got washed out, and after not being able to race on Saturday night, they even tried to run the event this morning (Sunday), however Rockhampton club deemed the pits and surrounding areas too wet as was the track as it was unable to be prepared. 

While Junior and Four cylinder competitors are heading home, the state body and the Rockhampton club are busily trying to set a new date for the re-run of the Qld Titles.

Photos from last Saturday's Practice Night

Posted 13th February, 2009

Here is a quick look at some great photos taken from the Practice Meeting held last Saturday.  These images have been captured through the lens of Steve's Dvds.

Click here to view the images from the Practice Meeting.  Thanks to Steve and Tracey from Steve's Dvds.

Below is a great picture of one of the awesome V8 Late Models that put on a great display and set the track alight, at the Practice Night.

Good Luck in Rocky !!!

Posted 10th February, 2009

The Maryborough Sporting Car Club would like to wish the local trio, Mitch Thomsen, Kayla Barron and Hamish Redman the best of luck at the Queensland Junior Sedan Title this Saturday night.

The three drivers and their families will travel north to Rockhampton to compete in the Title and are all looking forward to taken on the big field of over 30 drivers from all over the state.

The club would also like to wish Paul Redman, Glenn Richters, Brittany Redman & Trevor Troth the best of luck as they fly the flag for the Fraser Coast in the Queensland 4 Cylinder Sedan Title also being held at Rockhampton this Saturday night. 

Everyone down here will be cheering you all on and let's hope some big trophies are brought home on Sunday... 

How good was Practice ???

Posted 8th February, 2009

A staggering 70 cars lined the pits for tonight's practice session which saw some fantastic action on track.  Not a cloud in the sky made for a beautiful night at the Maryborough Speedway.

Over 15 Modified Productions turned up for the practice and didn't they find some speed throughout the night.  Eight V8 Super Sedans fronted as did three V8 Late Models that made the journey to Maryborough and it was great to see the 410 cubic inch race cars put on a great display.

The pits also had Super Streets, Street Sedans, Compact Speedcars, NOS Sprints, Junior Streets, Junior Sedans, AMCA's, Nostalgia Sedans, Formula 500's, Mod Lites and even a few Vintage Midgets.

It was a great night and the entire team would like to thank all the drivers and teams that supported the practice meeting.  It is obvious that these nights are a huge success and something that our club will continue to do, periodically during the season.

Practice - this Saturday night

Posted 3rd February, 2009

Just a reminder that the Maryborough Sporting Car Club will host another practice session at the Maryborough Speedway this Saturday night, 7th February, 2009.

The practice will start at 5:30pm and will finish around 9:30pm.  The cost of practice will be $30 per car and admission will be free.  All cars will be sent out division by division and all cars should get plenty of track time.

A limited canteen will be in operation on the night.  The bar will be also in operation on the night and will kick on into the night after practice has finished.

Latimer wins a thriller and lap records tumble

Posted 1st February, 2009

Darren Latimer has raced home to win the opening round of the Roosters Cup in a nail biting finish with American Jimmy Phelps finishing in second.  Former Aussie Champ Andrew Pezzutti rounded the podium, in what was another awesome night of V8 Dirt Modified racing.

The heat racing was amazing with plenty of side by side racing and drivers running up on the boards.  Peter Britten put his name into the record books by breaking the old lap record of 13.186 seconds (previously held by Tim Morse), with a new time of 12.969 seconds.

The lap records didn't stop there with Scott Thomsen going under the old lap record held by Jason Slade (16.402 seconds), but he would only hold it for one race, as Queensland Champion Tim Atkin bettered it down to the new mark of 16.197 seconds.  But it was Hervey Bay's Frank Packer who showed a clean set of heels to comfortably win the feature race from Jim Cowley and Hervey Bay's Josh Arthur finishing third in the drive of the night, after coming second in the B Main and starting the feature race from position 20th.

Maryborough's Mitch Thomsen continued his good form to race home and win the Junior Street Sedan feature race.  In doing so, Thomsen set a new lap record for Junior Street Sedans with a 16.573 second lap.  Josh Harm finished second and Brad Jennings had a great drive through the field to finish third.

The Nostalgia Sedans turned up the wick with an extremely entertaining feature race that saw a bit of biff and barge and plenty of action.  Cyril Bates took the lead on the final lap to win the feature race from Steven Barsby and John Watson.

Woodgate's teenage sensation Brock Hallet won and action packed Formula 500 feature race from 18year old lady racer Kristin Brown ahead of Nathan Pronger.  Maryborough's Dan Moes made a welcome return to racing to win Round 6 of the Qld stampede Series and also win the hard charger award for passing the most cars in the feature.  Gary Edwards, Barry Gibbs and Garry Hart all had nights they would rather forget after ending there nights in the "up side down club".

For the 1500 people that braved the very ordinary conditions, they where treated to an another excellent night of Speedway action.

Maryborough Speedway hosts a practice night next Saturday night, but returns for racing on 28th February for the running of the Qld Compact Speedcar Title.