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Olympic Park hero in a coma

FAN favourite at Mildura’s Olympic Park Speedway and three-time Speedway World Champion Tai Woffinden has been placed in a medically induced coma following a high speed crash while racing in Poland. The 34-year-old British rider, originally from...

05 Apr 2025
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Waters a class above

JOSH Waters’ domination of the 2025 Australian Superbike Championship continued at Sydney Motorsport Park, with the reigning champion again a class above on his McMartin Racing Ducati. It was a classic playbook from the 38-year-old from Mildura in...

02 Apr 2025
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Champions crowned for fourth time

SPEEDWAY sidecar team Mark Plaisted and Ben Pitt are now four-time Oceania Speedway Championship winners. A perfect night for the duo on Saturday night saw them win every one of their five heats at Adelaide’s Gillman Speedway, before riding home in...

01 Apr 2025
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Wet holds no fear for stronger Waters

THE perfect start to his Australian Superbike championship defence has Mildura star Josh Waters buoyant about his prospects of a fifth title. Gaining the maximum amount of points from last month’s opening round at Phillip Island gave the 38-year-old...

29 Mar 2025
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Temby triumphs in WOW series

NARRE Warren wingless sprintcar driver Chris Temby secured the honours of the AWSR Wide Open Wingless Series following a dramatic finale for the series on Saturday night at Mildura’s Timmis Speedway. Warrnambool’s Luke Weel became the first man to...

18 Mar 2025
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Martin’s eyes on another major prize

WINNING his maiden national title at his home venue was “a bit of a fairytale” for wingless sprintcar star Tyson Martin. After claiming the A1 during the biggest Australian Wingless Sprintcar Title yet at Mildura’s Timmis Speedway, the 24-year-old is...

15 Mar 2025
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Waters keeping calm

MILDURA Supercars star Cam Waters won’t be fixated too far ahead despite his epic start to the 2025 championship. A clean sweep of the opening round at Sydney Motorsport Park earned him a perfect 315 points, a feat only achieved before...

12 Mar 2025
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Sprintcar titles best ever

TIMMIS Speedway and the Mildura Speedway Drivers Club helped deliver arguably the biggest Australian Wingless Sprintcar Titles ever at the weekend, with a new national number one crowned along the way. The Sunraysia organisation and the...

12 Mar 2025
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Home track hopeful

TAKING on the best speedway drivers around the country in his own backyard is an opportunity Jordon Bolitho can’t wait to take. The 27-year-old is one of five Sunraysia racers who make up the record field of 110 competing in the AWSR Australian...

08 Mar 2025
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Sprint to spark economy

THE nation’s best wingless sprint speedway drivers will descend on Mildura for two consecutive weekends beginning today. Timmis Speedway is hosting the 2025 Australian Wingless Sprint title across two nights of racing on Saturday and Sunday...

08 Mar 2025
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Biggest ever field for Aussie speedway title

THE biggest ever field for the AWSR Australian Wingless Sprint Title will take to the Timmis Speedway track in Mildura this weekend. A record of 110 drivers will descend upon the iconic Sunraysia venue in a bid to be named Australia’s best across...

07 Mar 2025
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Waters revs up title defence

THERE were no signs of his pre-season injury as Mildura Superbike star Josh Waters began his championship defence in epic fashion. The 38-year-old flew around his favoured Phillip Island circuit for a clean sweep of the opening round of the 2025...

03 Mar 2025
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Bringing the power back

IN a major coup for Mildura, some of the biggest and baddest power boats on the planet will descend upon Sunraysia next year. The Mildura Ski Club will host the opening round of the biennial USA v Australia BAD Boat Challenge in January...

01 Mar 2025
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Record four-in-a-row for duo

SIDECAR stars Ben Pitt and Mark Plaisted have overcome a dropped race in the heats and a restart in the final to claim a record fourth consecutive South Australian Sidecar Championship title. The win brings Mildura-based Pitt’s total to...

28 Feb 2025
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Falland finishes first in sprintcar spectacular

RIVERLAND driver Keke Falland conquered Timmis Speedway in an entertaining night of sprintcar racing last Saturday. Despite not winning either of his two heats, the 37-year-old took the lead of the 360-LS Sprintcars A Main final with about 10 laps...

28 Feb 2025
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Waters pulls off Supercars wet whitewash in Sydney

RED-hot Cam Waters has completed a clean sweep at the Sydney 500 in wet weather to continue his barnstorming start to the Supercars season. The Tickford star completed three race victories from three pole positions at Sydney...

26 Feb 2025
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Waters set for season despite injury

A BROKEN collarbone sustained during testing ahead of the new Australian Superbike season won’t stop reigning champion Josh Waters from his title defence. The 38-year-old could have hung up the helmet after becoming the first rider to...

23 Feb 2025