Kicking Up The Dirt Sunday   January 24, 2010. Joanne White With the busy festive season now behind us, and our American and Interstate visitors now moved on to the next challenge, it was time for the local Brisbane stars to get back into there own Series Points race at Brisbane International Speedway last night. Twenty-five cars and drivers turned up to put on a show for the large crowd who came to witness the locals battle it out in Round Six of the Queensland Speedway Spares Sprintcar Series and race fans did not leave disappointed. While there was plenty of thrilling racing action to watch, it was hard to take your eyes off Richard Morgan in the red and white #54 racer. Morgan was clearly on a mission right from the start and the way he drove through lapped traffic while leading the A-Main race is testament to his ability behind the wheel of a Sprintcar and how much he has learnt in recent years. An ecstatic Morgan went on to take the feature race win, his first A-Main victory, with Peter Lack and Peter Thorley joining him on the podium. Todd Wanless was fourth across the line, with Darrell Hodges making a triumphant return in his own car, to cross the line in fifth and round out the top five.

Kicking Up The Dirt Sunday   January 10, 2010. Joanne White Night two of the 2010 Australian Sprintcar Open (doubling as a Performance Wholesale World Series Sprintcars Round) rolled into Brisbane International Speedway last night, and with $20,000 on the line for the winner, a swag of series points, and the chance to get their name in the record books, not one of the 36 drivers competing last night was going to go down without a fight. And what a fight it was! Donny Schatz, as always, was brilliant all night, taking the win, though Brooke Tatnell challenged hard in the final ten laps. Tatnell finished second ahead of Garry Brazier, who drove a truly magnificent race after qualifying through the B-Main and working his way into third in the A-Main. The ever-popular Max Dumesny finished fourth ahead of Danny Smith and David Murcott, with Cameron Gessner doing Queensland extremely proud, being the first Queenslander home in seventh after a drag race with Murcott as they exited turn four on the final lap.

Kicking Up The Dirt Saturday   January 9, 2010. Joanne White World Series Sprintcars rolled into town and nearly 40 drivers took to the track to put on a show, and set tonights finale up to be one of the most thrilling nights of Sprintcar competition for the season. And the Queenslanders were determined to steal the show on their home soil, determined not to let one of the many interstate or international drivers have a look in. Most thought Donny Schatz starting from pole position in the preliminary A-Main would mean an almost certain win, but local star Cameron Gessner, who started out of position two, had other ideas. Much to the delight of the crowd that gathered at Brisbane International Speedway, Gessner lead every lap of the preliminary feature event, with Donny Schatz in second and an impressive James McFadden, who calls Queensland home, rounding out the podium. Brooke Tatnell and Kerry Madsen rounded out the top five.

Kicking Up The Dirt Thursday   January 7, 2010. Joanne White Thirty-three of the best Sprintcar drivers in Australia, plus six American super-stars, turned up at Brisbane International Speedway last night for the annual Capalaba Wreckers $10,000 Sprintcar Cup. Thirty-nine methanol powered machines, designed to thrill drivers and fans alike, ready to put on a show. And with Midget Speedcars the only support section of the night, race fans were not left disappointed. Bud Kaeding, doing double duty driving in both the Sprintcar and Speedcar divisions, took a thrilling victory from Max Dumesny and Brooke Tatnell, with Jason Johnson and Garry Brazier rounding out the top five. Current Queensland Champion James McFadden was sixth, and the best placed Queenslander, while David Muir in 10th was the next best and leading home fellow Queenslanders Cameron Gessner, Andrew Scheuerle and Todd Wanless.

Kicking Up The Dirt Saturday   January 2, 2010. Joanne White Sprintcars Queensland, and our three American friends, returned to Brisbane International Speedway last night, and, despite light rain that began falling on the track early in the evening, several program reshuffles and the cancellation of the dash event, the boys still put on a thrilling show for the large BIS crowd who had braved the weather. Bud Kaeding took the win at the end of an intensely exciting 30-lap A-Main, with team-mates Peter Thorley and Todd Wanless filling the rest of the podium, coming home in second and third respectively. Kevin Titman and Allan Woods completed the top five finishers.

Kicking Up The Dirt Thursday   December 31, 2009. Joanne White Well, Christmas has been and gone and we’ve entered the silly season of racing. Sprintcars Queensland were all set to run their annual Boxing Night spectacular, joined by three American friends, but Mother Nature had other ideas, continuing her week-long deluge that made the Brisbane International Speedway track un-raceable. The boxing night show was moved to Monday night, but once again The heavens opened and flooded the track. With a few clouds in the sky, and several drops of light rain that fell during the night, we finally got to race last night. It was American racer Jesse ‘the rocket’ Hockett who eventually took the win for John Weatherall and the Motorguard Motorsport team, while Allan Woods had a magnificent night to finish second with Brisbane Foundry racer Steven White having his best performance of the season to finish third. USA’s Bud Kaeding finished fourth, with White’s team-mate Tim Garrett rounding out the top five with a career-best result.

Kicking Up The Dirt – Queensland Speedway Spares Round Five Sunday   December 13, 2009. Joanne White It’s been four long weeks since we had the previous round of the Queensland Speedway Spares Sprintcar Series, and we’ve raced club shows at Maryborough and a few rounds of World Series Sprintcars, and some of us even headed down to Tyrepower Parramatta City Raceway last weekend, but after all that it was back business for the 29 Sprintcar stars that pulled into Brisbane International Speedway last night. In a night that saw several surprises and a couple of hard-luck stories, it was Todd Wanless who eventually topped the podium at the conclusion of the A-Main event. Todd lead from green to chequer, with Richard Morgan having an unbelievable drive to come home in second with Peter Thorley filling the final podium position. Peter Lack and David Muir were next across the line, but it was Dan Murray, who finished sixth who had everyone captivated with an awe-inspiring thrilling drive from first-reserve to sixth.

Kicking Up The Dirt - W S S Round 2 Sunday   November 29, 2009. Joanne White Thirty-two Sprintcars and their teams turned up to Toowoomba’s Charlton Raceway for Round Two of the 2009-2010 Performance Wholesale World Series Sprintcars competition. It was almost as you would expect of Charlton Raceway – Top competitors, somewhat dubious looking weather (at least at first) and flies. But the infamous ‘chill’ that Charlton has become so well known for didn’t make it trackside. True to WSS form, and with Wade Aunger back on board, the racing was breath-taking, the carnage big and the results unpredictable. Brooke Tatnell took the win again, with Robbie Farr in second, James McFadden in third, with Darren Jensen having a brilliant night to come home in fourth as the best-placed Queenslander. Garry Brazier was fifth.

Kicking Up The Dirt - World Series Sprintcars Opening Round Sunday   November 22, 2009. Joanne White Thirty-two of the best in Australian Sprintcar Racing rolled into Brisbane International Speedway last night for the opening round the Performance Wholesale World Series Sprintcars. The much-anticipated event didn’t disappoint the large crowd that filed through the BIS gates, with thrills and spills starting in hotlaps. But it was the battle between veterans Brooke Tatnell and Max Dumesny in the final few laps of the feature event that had the crowd on their feet for what has set the scene for the rest of the World Series campaign. Tatnell led, and despite Dumesny coming on strong with about half a dozen laps remaining. Went on to take the win. Dumesny was second with Ryan Farrell filling the final podium position. Andrew Scheuerle was the best of the Queenslanders coming home in sixth.

Kicking Up The (maryborough) Dirt Sunday   November 15, 2009. Joanne White It’s not often Sprintcars Queensland get a chance to venture north to Maryborough Speedway, and last night was one of those rare occasions. Twenty-five of Queenslands finest turned up to put on a scintillating show for the large Maryborough crowd and, despite a few noticeable absences from the nominations list, did not disappoint. James McFadden was the hot favourite from the very beginning and it didn’t take him long to prove why. James set quick time in times trials, then moved from eighth to first in about five corners in his first heat, before starting the A-Main from the front row and ultimately taking out the win in the 25-lap main event. Darren Jensen was second in the feature event with David Muir in third.

Kicking Up The Dirt - Qss Round 4 Sunday   November 8, 2009. Joanne White Of the 31 nominations for Round Four of the Queensland Speedway Spares Sprintcar Series at Brisbane International Speedway last night, there were probably a good fourteen-to-sixteen cars who could take out the win. And a further eight-to-twelve cars who, if they were having a particularly good night, could feature prominently in the results. It was anyone’s race and with a field so rich in both talent and experience, it was clear that whoever was to take home the win would have to work hard for it and really earn it. That man last night was Bryan Mann, who finally managed to take home a win at is home track. Cameron Gessner made his return to BIS last night, with a very striking new-look #68 racer, and crossed the line in second ahead of Danny Reidy, Andrew Scheuerle and Peter Lack.

Kicking Up The Dirt Sunday   November 1, 2009. Joanne White David Murcott. Kerry Madsen. Peter Lack. Bryan Mann. Andrew Scheuerle. Peter Thorley. Darren Jensen. David Muir. Allan Woods. Darrell Hodges. The list goes on. And with those kind of names scattered on the nominations list for Round 3 of the Queensland Speedway Spares Sprintcar Series at Brisbane International Speedway last night there was never any doubt it would be a thrilling night of racing action. It was a night when anyone of a dozen or more drivers could walk away with the win, but in the end it was race favourite Kerry Madsen who took the win from David Murcott and defending Series Champion Andrew Scheuerle.

Kicking Up The Dirt Sunday   October 18, 2009. Joanne White Round two of the Queensland Speedway Spares Sprintcar Series at Brisbane International Speedway last night proved to be a night of carnage, chaos, misfortune and the kind of competitive racing commonly reserved for the end of a season’s points chase not the beginning. Some thirty-two drivers and their teams showed at BIS ready to put on a show, and put on a show they did. David Murcott was clearly on a mission right from the start and spent the entire night setting himself up to be in a prime position for the A-Main. Murcott eventually won the A-Main from Andrew Scheuerle, Peter Thorley, Todd Wanless and Darren Jensen (who had come through the A-Main field from position 11).

Kicking Up The Dirt - Queensland Speedway Spares Round One Sunday   September 27, 2009. Joanne White For some of us it has been a long off season, some months since we last raced. For others it’s almost as if there was no off-season. However we each spent our winter – racing or pit-crewing in the USA, competing in North Queensland and/or the Northern Territory, playing with our Vintage race cars, or having a life outside of speedway, we all returned to Brisbane International Speedway last night for the opening night of the 2009-2010 race season and Round One of the Queensland Speedway Spares Series.

Kicking Up The Dirt - Pre Season Practice Sunday   September 20, 2009. Joanne White Practice night at Brisbane International Speedway and Sprintcars Queensland were out in force for the final chance to dial their cars in and get a couple of laps under their belts before the season officially kicks off next weekend. Nearly 20 Sprintcars turned up at BIS with experience levels from Sprintcar novice to seasoned competitor, and if the speeds turned during practice (some lap times have already dropped into the 11 second bracket) are anything to go by – well, we are in for one heck of a season of fast, frantic and exhilarating racing that will keep us all on the edge of our seats for the next nine or so months.

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