Kaidon brown to drive for matt wood racing at select midget. Sydneys mark brown holds the record with six victories 2004, 09, 012, 0, 014. The most successful drivers in the event have been speedcar legends john fenton, the late michael figliomeni and current racer big rev neville lance, all with 7 wa speedcar titles to their names. South australian speedcar championship wikimili, the. Its great to have the tollgate hotel come onboard for the sydney speedcar scene. On the same track where he won his 1983 australian speedcar title, geoff pilgrim took out the 1984 world speedcar derby. The wa speedcar title has been hotly contested for over 65 years.
As drivers and crews are no doubt busy in the shed doing those last few adjustments to their cars, saturdays racing looks set to be spectacular. Brown will be joined on woods team by shane golobic, ryan bernal, colby copeland, and fifth driver to be named later. What a better way to spend new years eve than bringing in the new year with some speedway action. South australia is a state in the southern central part of australia. Ray continued his successful career in a sprintcar. Mark brown 31, of skerryview in craigahullier near. Travis mills and the mills motorsport team were also acknowledged for becoming the first victorian team to win the speedcar super series, and joe lostitch was also recognised for. The feature was a 20 lap flagtoflag achievement which saw andy hassan in the 5 monster energy car jump out to a length of the straight lead only to be chased down by jaimie mckinlay in the number 42 grd speedcar taking th the lead on lap 14 and andy wasknocked back to 3rd place by mark brown in the number 9 lucas oil car.
Mark is fighting for the tightly contested sa title in 2015 and will race at various tracks around sa and vic. Victorian speedcar drivers association president tim fisher said a new champion would be crowned with 2016 winner domain ramsay racing in america. They are the george tatnell from sydney who won the speedcar title in 197273, 197374 and 197677, plus the sprintcar championship in. Brown, who won the nsw title at parramatta raceway in 2007, will drive for the high profile rinkin racing team from sydney. The current 20182019 australian speedcar champion is western australian driver dayne kingshott, who won the title at the perth motorplex in kwinana beach, western australia. The current 201415 australian speedcar champion is nsw driver adam clarke who won his fourth national championship. The single championship meeting, run over two nights in either late january or early february, has been held each year since. While there have been drivers who have won more than one australian speedcar championship, only three drivers have ever won both the national speedcar championship and the australian sprintcar championship. He won that event from wa team mate todd waddell and lee redmond. Michael figliomeni has won the australian speedcar championship on four occasions, along with one second place and one third, statistically placing him as the greatest midget driver in wa history. Victorian compact speedcar title compact speedcars. He achieved those victories in three states, wa 1996, victoria 2002, and twice in queensland. The 201112 australian speedcar championship was due to be held on 1617 march 2012 at the maryborough speedway in maryborough, queensland. At just 18 years of age and recently finishing high school kaidon is the son of australian speedcar standout mark brown.
This saturday 27th january sees the running of the 20172018 victorian compact speedcar title at bairnsdale speedway. Perth motorplex speedcar slamfest this saturday perth. There is a worldwide tour and national midget tours in the united states, australia, and new zealand. Speedcar super series invades tyrepower p c r by rod britton the worlds best speedcar drivers will unleash their take no prisoners, cutthroat racing at tyrepower pcr tomorrow night, as new zealand and americas best storm into sydney to stamp their authority on australias elite with drivers coming from every mainland state in australia to claim speedcar super series glory.
Our cookies are friendly and dont collect personal information but helps to improve the user experience. What makes it even more interesting is that although this weekend provides opportunities for a whole host of drivers to etch their name into the already impressive history of the title event, there are also a number of drivers looking to make their own mark on wa speedcar history as we know it. The field included visiting us drivers including defending magic man 34 champion alex bright former usac champion jerry coons jnr and casey shuman. All licences and log books will be collected by melissa at the speedcar drivers briefing and will be returned at the conclusion of the night. This all started probably 60 or 70 years ago with my grandfather, stated mark brown, and i know he would have loved to have been here now to see this. I think its time to party on in the fox camp after the meeting, noted brown in thanking his car owner brendan fox. He achieved those victories in three states, wa 1996, victoria 2002, and twice in queensland 1995 and 2002. Mark brown driver costco, amazon, dominos linkedin. The speedcar repechage saw a rather depleted field of only eleven line up to face the russell goode green flag. Brown takes nsw speedcar midget championship macgors nz. The meeting was cancelled due to inclement weather conditions caused by cyclone yasi. Mills motorsport lucas oil southern speedcar tour youtube. This is without a doubt my best chance to mix it right up there with the best of them in australia such as mark brown, nathan smee and troy jenkins by far, commented grant.
It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. Australian speedcar championship wikimili, the free. Matt jackson, adam clarke, nathan smee, mark brown, brendan palmer, jamie mckinlay, matt greenwood, ben hall. Every driver wants to win the prestigious australian speedcar grand prix, which will be held at castrol edge lismore speedway. The sydney driver was in involved in an incident with fellow racers troy jenkins and braydan willmington which resulted in all three cars flipping over on the opening lap of the speedcar feature race. Driver mark brown joins protest at the sydney speedway in. Tonight the south australian speedcar association sasa in conjunction with the crouch family, murray bridge speedway and the speedcar super series are set to honour the memory of one of our own local speedcar stars, tim crouch tim, who tragically lost his life in a road accident in april 2010, was not only a well respected. He leaves that to his father, mark brown, who is obviously aware of the dangers of the sport and is very nervous before his son buckles in for a race. The speedcar association of nsw are pleased to announce their new 0910 season sponsor. The current speedcar pro series champ kingshott, sydneys mark brown and current powri sss champion brett thomas from queensland. The australian speedcar grand prix is an annual dirt track racing meeting held in australia for speedcars. It is very important that young drivers such as kaidon brown are encouraged to continue in speedcar racing as they are the future of the sport. Mark brown has been one of the best speedcar drivers in australia for a numbers of seasons, lismore speedway promoter david lander said.
Saturday, 29 february 2020 australian speedcar championship warrnambool vic. Mark makes no secret of the fact that he places the nsw speedcar championship as a higher priority than the australian speedcar championship. The track record set by super series star mark brown in the 69n machine of a 12. Page 4 of 5 speedcar super series posted in midgetmadness forum. Speedcar pro series talking speedway, speedway news from. Michael the magic man figliomeni was without a doubt one of was best ever speedcar drivers. Mark brown has won the mighty midgets national speedcar super series for the past four years. The sydney driver was in involved in an incident with. Shocked fans of sydney speedway at granville last night gathered, angry. Last month he raced to victory in the timehonoured australian speedcar grand prix at geelongs avalon raceway and also retained his super super series national tournament crown. This saturday night november 30 speedway city will dish up an open wheeled triple treat featuring australias best speedcar drivers in action at round 4 of the speedcar pro series along with healthy fields in both the sprintcars and wingless sprint divisions. Open wheel triple treat phil michell posted tuesday november 26, 20. Jan 06, 2017 a fourth generation speedcar driver will join his father on track at the victorian title at premier speedway on sunday. Bairnsdale speedway have put mammoth hours of labour into the track surface.
Adding to the agp domination, current era driver troy jenkins has posted three victories 1993,97, 99. Here you will find all the details of what neville is up to when racing here in western australia or around australia. The geneve name in speedway goes back to 194344, when rays father, former solo rider and parttime speedcar driver mick geneff started racing speedway. The name brown is deeply imbedded in the history of victorian and australian speedcar racing with mark brown an icon of the sport for three decades. The fascinating statistic surrounding the agp relates to the number of winners. This saturday night november 30 speedway city will dish up an open wheeled triple treat featuring australias best speedcar drivers in action at round 4 of the speedcar pro series along with healthy fields in. The plan was to build on the progress the sss made last. Kingshott has proven to be one of the best racers in the country over the last couple of seasons having won backtoback speedcar pro series championships. He started out of pole position after scoring 2 wins and a second place in his heat races.
The sydney driver was in involved in an incident with fellow. Sponsoring driver mark brown in the south australian lightning sprints series, these methanol burning v6 engines sit in a speedcar chassis and use similar wings to a sprintcar. View mark brown s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. All driver intending to run maryborough sss rounds. Brown raced home to win the opening round of this years series after winning the 30lap final by a. He retired in 1983, only to make a comeback 12 season later on boxing day 1994 and remarkably won the feature race that night. Only twice in the events history has the race been taken out by a driver coming from outside of western australia, once to a new south welshman and once to a victorian. Individual driver statistics for the 2015 74th australian speedcar championship. If you have any questions regarding this weekend please feel free to contact ashleigh.
They originated in the united states in the 1930s and are raced on most continents. Who are some of great speedcars drivers people remember. His son kaidon brown, at just 16 years of age, made his speedcar debut at parramatta the previous week. Welcome to the official 0809 speedcar super series website. Queensland speedcars page 23 queensland speedcar racing. The meeting has traditionally been held in sydney, but on occasions has been held on tracks in victoria and in 2000 the race was held at perths claremont speedway, not long before the mile showground track closed. Neville lance racing, 1440 abany highway cannington, perth. A father and son duo will compete in for victorian speedcar. Anthony chaffey is set to return in the terry holland 4q along with adam wallis in the 11n with both guys looking for strong runs just before the big shows in the next couple of months. Stars from the past, such as sid hopping, sid middlemiss, and rocket rod bowen were present, along with the current stars of the day, australia 1 garry brazier, current tpcr track champion, mitchell dumesny, one of the countries leading speedcar drivers, mark brown and along with numerous other driver s were scattered through the room. Mark brown from new south wales will be here once again to compete and he. Phil michell this saturday night november 30 speedway city will dish up an open wheeled triple treat featuring australias best speedcar drivers in action at round 4 of the speedcar pro series along with healthy fields in both the sprintcars and wingless sprint divisions.
The sydneysider showed why at tinanas maryborough speedway on saturday night. Speedcar star mark brown sustained a broken collarbone following a nasty multiple car accident at sydneys valvoline raceway last night. The fourth generation racer made history in the 77th australian speedcar championship, becoming the y. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover mark s connections. New south welshman, mark brown, driving the tapout energy drink speedcar, will be hitting the carline speedcar pro series in top form, following saturday nights 50lap feature race win at margaret river. The south australian speedcar championship is a speedcar championship held in the state of south australia on an annual basis during the australian speedway season south australia was the third australian state behind victoria and new south wales to race speedcars when races began at the camden motordrome on 28 december 1935. He was a 4 time australian champion, 7 time wa champion, 3 time laurie matthews memorial winner, a 6 time new years speedcar derby winner, a winner of the austraian speedcar grand prix and recorded at least 40 all time feature wins at claremont speedway and the kwinana motorplex alone.
Brown was the 2018 australian speedcar champion and won the new south wales title in 2019. Perth motorplex kingshott heads up tough speedcar field. Speedcar drivers association inc wasda en facebook. Mick sadly lost his life in a race accident at the cavesham circuit outside perth in 1959. The former leader of the national front in northern ireland has been convicted of a vile racist attack on a taxi driver in co antrim. The australian speedcar championship is a dirt track motor racing championship held in australia each year to determine the australian national champion in midget car racing. Fisher rated mark brown, matt jackson, paul farrell, travis mills and troy jenkins as the main contenders.
Raymond ray stephen henry revell 9 march 1911 18 november 1968 is recognized as one of australias most respected speedcar midget drivers. South australia was the third australian state behind victoria and new south wales to race speedcars when races began at the camden motordrome on 28 december 1935. Bunbury ace dayne kingshott is one driver many race fans are tipping will win the title after he won this event last year from sydneys mark brown and former wa champion scott glazebrook. Warrienne a different style, but quick aggressive and always a threat in any major race, wish they were both racing midgets still. Brown had worked so hard and he would defend his lead to the finish. Mark brown from new south wales will be here once again to compete and he would love to take the wa title back home with him, one of the few.
Teenage racer kaidon brown and his father mark are among the 30strong field. Brown also nominated the west australian speedcar championship to fill the void of missing state titles on his cv, but its the nsw speedcar title that is top of the list for brown. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres 379,725 sq mi, it is the fourthlargest of australias states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population. Kartsportnews karting news and features go kart racing. Warrienne a different style, but quick aggressive and always a threat in any major race, wish they were both racing. Brown, who previously took out the nsw speedcar championship in 2007, is enjoying one of his bestever seasons in national speedcar racing. Mark brown, anthony chaffey, adam wallis, paul farrell, todd waddell, graham knuckey, jamie crouch, ben dillon, tim caddy, jamie matherson, craig smith 11 individual driver statistics for the 2014 64th sa speedcar championship. Perth motorplex speedcar history on the line perth. Kaidon brown to drive for matt wood racing at select. Starting out of position 6 manders did not let the reputations of the visiting us drivers or the seasoned australians to intimidate him. He was an inaugural inductee into the australian speedway hall of fame in 2007, and the australian motor sport hall of fame in 2016. Speedway net australias number 1 speedway web site. The single championship meeting, run over two nights in either late january or early february, has been held each year since first being run at the traceys speedway in melbourne in 1935.
Mark brown s son its out there, neville finished th for sure. Of the past i find it hard to go past rocket rod bowen, john field, tony stewart, gavin leer and scott jenkin. Midget cars, also speedcars in australia, is a class of racing cars. From my days of going to the speedway, id have to say my favourites of the current crop would have to be jason gates, mark brown, paul farrell, steven graham and dene mcallan.
This annual event is held in memory of australias greatest speedcar driver. A father and son duo will compete in for victorian. National front northern ireland exleader guilty of vile. Perth motorplex speedcar history on the line perth motorplex. The victorian compact speedcar club 1stop property services victorian title has been run and won at rosedale speedway with the nations number one driver mark heaton visiting from new south wales and adding to his new south wales and australia number one accolades when he secured victory ahead of defending champion louis rodriguez and former national champion justin paull. The archerfield track saw pilgrim repeat his championship winning drive with what was a marvelous display of racing. This weekend race fans the polar ice midget series returns to archerfield speedway for round 3 in the locally based championship. Its not an easy race to win as only 44 drivers are members of this exclusive agp club due to the fact that over the years there have been some dominate winners. The cars are very small with a very high powertoweight ratio and typically use four cylinder engines. Mark brown, duane kingshott, michael stewart the 50 lap classic podium. The 2018 speedway australia sportsperson of the year is awarded to 17 year old kaidon brown from sydney, who also received the 2018 open wheel competitor of the year. Feb 01, 2018 valvoline raceway speedcar crash 112016 braydan willmington, mark brown, troy jenkins duration. Mark browns son, former national titleholder kaidon, has entered this weekend.
Mark brown rod francis crash sydney speedway 291211. Speedcar driver injured in multiple car accident speedcafe. Friday, 28 february 2020 australian speedcar championship warrnambool vic. Valvoline raceway speedcar crash 112016 braydan willmington, mark brown, troy jenkins braydan willmington. Its mark browns 50 lap classic talking speedway, speedway. Sydneysider mark brown held off a stellar field to take victory in the 50lap speedcar challenge at sydney speedway, defeating a fast finishing west aussie, dayne kingshott and young canberra. Oct 29, 2019 brown was the 2018 australian speedcar champion and won the new south wales title in 2019. The home of speedcar midget racing in western australia. Speedcar super series invades tyrepower p c r midgetmadness. Mark brown from new south wales will be here once again to compete and he would love to take the wa title back home with him, one of the few races in the country that he has not yet won.
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