Kicking Up The Dirt – Queensland Title Decider Monday   June 8, 2009. Joanne White James McFadden is Queensland #1!!! After a brilliant weekend of racing at Maryborough Speedway twenty year old James McFadden took out the feature race win and the 2009 Queensland Sprintcar Title in spectacular fashion, stealing the race lead from Andrew Scheuerle with a massive outside pass through turns one and two at about half race distance. The crowd erupted in a cheer of enormous support for the young racer with an awfully big future infront of him. Garry Brazier finished second ahead of Andrew Scheuerle with Ian Loudoun and Cameron Gessner completing the top five finishers.

Kicking Up The Dirt – Maryborough Speedway Style Sunday   June 7, 2009. Joanne White It’s been 33 long years since the Queensland Sprintcar Title has been held at Maryborough Speedway and things have sure changed since then. Lap times are at least five seconds a lap faster, the cars have changed in their design and manufacture and we have a whole new field of contenders, many of whom were years, even decades, away from being born. With 37 Sprintcars turning at Maryborough Speedway to contest the Title, with more than half of those a serious Title contender, there was never any doubt that it would be one thrilling weekend of racing action. Peter Thorley is the defending Title holder, but it was Andrew Scheuerle who took the win in last night’s preliminary A-Main event. Scheuerle is perhaps one of the most favoured drivers to win the title race tonight, but Todd Wanless, Peter Thorley, Bryan Mann, Garry Brazier, James McFadden, Cameron Gessner and the rest are sure to have something to say about that.

Kicking Up The Dirt – Comp Cams Series Finale Sunday   May 31, 2009. Joanne White The Sprintcar racing season at Brisbane International Speedway drew to a close last night, and the twelfth and final round of the Comp Cams Sprintcar Series was run and won in spectacular fashion, but not without dramas. Andrew Scheuerle went in to last nights competition almost certain to take out the series, and after yet another consistent performance took out another Comp Cams Sprintcar Series crown. But it wasn’t all Andrew Scheuerle. An uncharacteristic mistake from Scheuerle with only about five laps left on the board saw him slip from the race lead and back to fourth, letting the freight train of Darren Jensen, Peter Thorley and Steven White through to secure the podium for the night. Scheuerle salvaged fourth in last nights race ahead of Todd Wanless in fifth.

Kicking Up The Dirt – East Coast Pipeline Dash For Cash Sunday   May 17, 2009. Joanne White Thirty-one Sprintcars rolled into Brisbane International Speedway last night for the East Coast Pipelines Dash for Cash event. In front of a packed spectator hill the teams put on a spectacular show of exciting action-packed racing, full of thrills, spills, wheel-to-wheel racing that kept fans on the edge of their seats. And that was just the heat events! The feature event was something else entirely, with one not quite sure where to look – the front of the field to see James McFadden take over the race lead before crashing into the turn three wall only a couple of laps later – or the mid-race battle for the minor placing between cousins Cameron Gessner and Andrew Scheuerle, that left Gessner in the turn two wall – or the intense mid-field battle between Darren Jensen, Todd Wanless and Brad Hilder. In the end it was Andrew Scheuerle who eventually took the win, from Bryan Mann and Todd Wanless, with Garry Brazier and Darren Jensen rounding out the top five.

Kicking Up The Dirt – Second Annual Crispy Memorial Sunday   May 10, 2009. Joanne White Thirty-One Sprintcars turned up at Brisbane International Speedway last night to contest Round 11 of the Comp Cams Sprintcar Series. The feature event also doubled as the Second Annual Crispy Memorial in memory of the late Greg ‘Crispy’ McLennen who sadly passed away a little over a year ago. Cameron Gessner was the inaugural winner of the event last year, and was determined to take the prize home again this time around. With a full moon in the sky, points on the line and the season rapidly drawing to a close, it was chaos and excitement all night, and the intense battle for A-Main honours between Cameron Gessner and James McFadden was well worth the admission price. Todd Wanless lead the early stages of the race, before Gessner took over the race lead, while McFadden worked his way into second before stealing the lead from Gessner. McFadden looked certain to take the win, but got caught up in lap traffic with only two laps to go and spun in turn three. He was relegated to the rear of the field, and handed the lead back to Gessner, who was thrilled with the win. Andrew Scheuerle finished second ahead of Garry Brazier, Todd Wanless and Peter Thorley.

Kicking Up The Dirt Sunday   April 19, 2009. Joanne White Round 10 of the Comp Cams Sprintcar Series at Brisbane International Speedway last night saw some thirty-one cars turn up ready to put on a show for the large crowd in attendance for the last race night of the school holidays. It was a race program packed with Sprintcars, Fireworks, rollover cars, and a blues versus maroons State of Origin demolition derby and the venue was packed. Sprintcars Queensland didn’t disappoint, and with double-points on the line for the evening, it was obvious from the outset that it was going to be one firecracker of a night. Peter Thorley went on to win the A-Main event from Peter Lack and Danny Reidy with Andrew Scheuerle and Bryan Mann completing the top five.

Kicking Up The Dirt - Woodstock Bourbon Easter Challenge Finale Monday   April 13, 2009. Joanne White The finale of the Woodstock Bourbon Twin-City Easter Challenge, held last night at Toowoomba’s Charlton Raceway, was a raging success with a fast track, thirty-six cars, fierce racing and a 30-lap green to chequer feature event with 17 cars – it was never going to be anything but intensely exciting Sprintcar racing competition. Young James McFadden walked away with the feature event win, despite mechanical dramas in time trials, but it was Toowoomba-bred Andrew Scheuerle who walked away the official winner of the weekend.

Kicking Up The Dirt Sunday   April 12, 2009. Joanne White Despite the threat of bad weather, it was one of the largest Sprintcar car-counts ever seen at Brisbane International Speedway, and with a stack of prize money and points on the line there was never any doubt that the 42 Sprintcars who rolled into BIS yesterday afternoon were going to put on a spectacular show. It was the first night of competition in the Woodstock Bourbon Twin-City Easter Challenge and the track was wet, hooky, and fast. It was clear from hotlaps that Andrew Scheuerle’s one lap record may well be lowered – and it was indeed with Darrell Hodges setting the new one lap record at a blistering 11.210 seconds! And it was game on from there…

Kicking Up The Dirt Sunday   March 29, 2009. Joanne White It was a night of action-a-plenty at Brisbane International Speedway last night for Round 9 of the Comps Cams Sprintcar Series and with 28 cars there to put on a show and gain valuable series points as we head into the business end of the season, it was nothing short of breath-taking to watch.

Kicking Up The Dirt Sunday   March 15, 2009. Joanne White Round eight of the Comp Cams Sprintcar Series proved to be an intensely entertaining night of Sprintcar racing at Brisbane International Speedway last night. With some 29 high-quality contestants, the series heading into it’s closing stages and the points battle heating up, there was never going to be any doubt the racing would be anything short of fiercely competitive, but when the random marble draw at driver’s briefing decided it would be a night of double points it was game on. Andrew Scheuerle had a healthy lead in the series going into the night but Todd Wanless, Peter Thorley and Darren Jensen were hoping they could narrow the gap with the aid of double points. Darren Jensen went on to win the A-Main event from Todd Wanless and Peter Thorley, with Andrew Scheuerle an impressive fourth after some misfortune early in the night.

Woodstock Bourbon Twin Cities Easter Sprintcar Challenge Monday   March 9, 2009. Sprintcars Qld Need some sprintcar racing to go with your hot cross buns this year? Well you're in luck with the inaugural Woodstock Bourbon Twin Cities Easter Sprintcar Challenge set down for two explosive nights of racing at Titan Garages Brisbane International Speedway and Charlton Raceway on April 11 and 12.

Kicking Up The Dirt Sunday   March 1, 2009. Joanne White What a long month it has been! For most of us with Sprintcars Queensland it’s been a long month since we had our last injection of methonal-fuelled fun, but boy was it worth the wait. Twenty-Six Cars turned up at Brisbane International Speedway last night of Round 7 of the Comp Cams Sprintcar Series and last start winner Darren Jensen has become very comfortable in the Titan Garages #36 racer and was clearly one of the favourites to win the event last night.

Kicking Up The Dirt Sunday   January 25, 2009. Joanne White With all our American guests gone home or interstate, and World Series Sprintcars having blown out of town once again, the local boys, with a few additional North Queensland visitors, were left to put on an entertaining show at Brisbane International Speedway last night for Round 6 of the Comp Cams Sprintcar Series. The large crowd on hand at BIS was witness to some incredible racing, with Darren Jensen in the new-look Titan Garage and Carports #21 racer taking out the feature race win after a very impressive night of racing and a spectacular passing move on Darrell Hodges late in the feature. Jensen won the event from Peter Thorley and Andrew Scheuerle with Richard Morgan, BIS Promoter John Kelly, Steven White, Kevin Titman, Jordan Dougherty, Dan Murray and Clem Hoffmans rounding out the top ten.

Kicking Up The Dirt Sunday   January 11, 2009. Joanne White Donny Schatz is not human. At least that seemed to be the consensus at Brisbane International Speedway last night after the 50-lap A-Main event. Whatever he is, it’s nothing short of incredible and left just about everyone speechless.

Kicking Up The Dirt Saturday   January 10, 2009. Joanne White If last night’s opening night of competition for Round 13 of World Series Sprintcars and the Australian Sprintcar Open is a preview of what tonight’s finale will hold, then tonight will be one night you definitely don’t want to miss. Thirty-nine cars turned up last night ready to put on a show, and what a show it was indeed – the was dry and slick right from time trials, but dust in the eyes was a small price to pay to see that kind of Sprintcar racing action.

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