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Fricke speeds away with another crown

MANSFIELD’S Max Fricke is Australia’s Senior Solo Speedway champion for the second year in a row after clinching the 2020 title on Saturday night at Gillman Speedway in Adelaide. The 23-year-old was second overall behind Jack Holder on the night...

Kellys pitch in for fires

RICK and Todd Kelly’s Kelly Racing Supercars Cham-pionship team has launched a campaign to support the victims of the Australian bushfire crisis. The team, in conjunction with its major partners, is aiming to raise significant and much-needed...

High praise for Fricke

JAIMON Lidsey says 2019 Belle Vue Aces teammate, reigning Australian champion and 2020 Australian Senior Solo Speedway Championship series leader Max Fricke deserves his standing. Fricke sits on 55 points after three completed rounds going into the...

Lidsey aiming for podium finale in SA

A PODIUM finish is all that is on Jaimon Lidsey’s mind ahead of the conclusion of the Australian Senior Solo Speedway Championships tonight at Adelaide’s Gillman Speedway. The 20-year-old Mildura rider sits equal third in the title race on 43...

Tough task ahead: Adams backs Lidsey in title

MILDURA speedway legend Leigh Adams says finishing top three in the Australian Senior Solo Speedway Championship should be young star Jaimon Lidsey’s aim going into tonight’s penultimate round at Olympic Park. Lidsey sits on 31 points, equal...

Lidsey in lead after completed solo speedway round

MILDURA Speedway rider Jaimon Lidsey was leading the Australian Senior Solo Speedway Championships heading into last night’s third round at Undera.

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Dakar champ shrugs off tough day’s ride

FIVE-time Hattah Desert Race winner and reigning Dakar Rally champion Toby Price dropped to ninth overall in the motorcycle section after stage two of the iconic event.

Another title for speedway sidecar pair

SIDECAR speedway duo Warren Monson and Andrew Summerhayes have added another title to their full cabinet with the 2020 Victorian Sidecar Title at Olympic Park on Saturday night.

Speedway meet abandoned in heat

EXTREME heat forced the cancellation of round one of the Australian Senior Solo Speedway Championships in Kurri Kurri on Saturday night. Temperatures that reached the high 40s during the day played havoc with track preparation for the scheduled race...

Tough competition no deterrent for Lidsey

JAIMON Lidsey is a rising star on the national and international speedway racing scene. This weekend the two-time Australian Under 21 champion will battle it out against the best-of-the-best at the 2020 Australian Speedway Solo Championship. Lidsey...

Kurtz top in Crump solo speedway trophy

Australian Senior Solo champion in 2016 Brady Kurtz showed his dash in the last major event before the 2020 Australian Senior Solo Speedway Championships, winning the Phil Crump International Trophy at Olympic Park on Sunday night.

Stewart looking for change of speedway luck

MILDURA’S Jordan Stewart is hoping for a turnaround in fortune at the Australian Senior Solo Speedway Titles starting this weekend at Kurri Kurri in New South Wales.

Loan bike kicks off career

IT was half a century ago when Phil Crump got his first speedway bike for a meeting at Mildura’s Olympic Park. As former Mildura Motorcycle Club president Gavin Sedgman recalls, it was his own father, also Phil, who helped start the career of one...

Meeting name a real honour, champion says

PHIL Crump won many honours over his speedway career but says having a meeting named after him remains something special. The now Gold Coast-based speedway legend’s name will forever be mentioned as one of the best ever out of the Mildur...

Sunraysia’s best drivers on show this Saturday

This Saturday night racing, Timmis Speedway will host the previously rained out Col Beasley Classic for the Australian 360ci All Stars Sprintcar Series.

Dream team: Motorsport stars join forces

KELLY Racing’s Rick Kelly is excited to be teaming up with a couple of motorsport stars from different disciplines. The 2006 Supercars champion will share the R-Motorsport Aston Martin GT3 with DTM star Jake Dennis and five time IndyCar champion...

AJ living the dream

THERE are always two opposing points of view when someone first sees speedway sidecar racing.