Understanding Australian Sprint Car Racing 

See the kid Manders came third and then jump into a speed cars and won the 20 lap race so proud of my nephew ❤his also won the title to

We definitely have curfews here in California. At my local track being 10pm, the shows are usually scheduled with a few different classes and over by 930.

From a competitors perspective, it's thriving. From a track & promoters perspective, it's circling the drain. It's a bizarre contradiction. The last half decade has seen entry numbers explode across categories. Archerfield was averaging 40+ sprint cars turning up week in & out when it shut down (but racing to 3/4th empty stands outside of big events). So the racing and competition is better then it has ever been, but spectator attendance is at the lowest it has ever been in history, most tracks are struggling to pay expenses and are basically circling the drain. It's truly bizarre.

​@Db_SpaceFace if Archerfield was promoted like Eastern Creek wasn't, it's no surprise. Most of the time we had no idea EC was even running

It’s the same for us over in Sydney, the new track is just a disgrace, the government shouldn’t be allowed to build things like this, even when the circuit was running they placed the pits on the wrong side so all the dirt gravel mud and clay and dust is all sent straight into everyone’s faces, back at valvoline the pits were at the east end and the stands were at the south which provided such little dust that you didn’t even had to wear glasses, I’ve been to the new one and I’m not going again, I’ve been going to valvoline since I was born, I’m only 14 but I had a connection to that track so loosing was detremental

I think it comes down to laws in AU/NZ, we have much stronger duty of care on the promotors meaning you can't just sign a waiver of rights,

Like they had the International sprint car series in nz but they do it in nz

Or Canadian sprintcar drivers

Pickens does. But in a Speedcar with Graham Jones Racing based in Perth.

At the Australian championship event you'll normally see a few number 1's as each state gives out the number 1 for winning a state title as well. They're just prefaced with the letter from their state. ie the Australian champion is A1, Queensland champion is Q1, New South Wales champion is N1 etc etc. It's a pretty cool number system. You instantly know who to look out for at any event.

It's primarily because of the different beginnings of dirt racing in Australia and USA. In the states, until actual tracks were built, most races were run on half mile horse racing tracks or large fairgrounds. Because of this, the first purpose built tracks were built to similar specs and it evolved from there as new tracks were built. In Australia, our first tracks were the circular trotting courses which circled the fence at small town showgrounds (like where they'd hold things like rodeos, cricket/sports, community events etc). The first purpose built tracks where built replicating these and then it kept evolving from there. Its why half of our tracks are more circles rather than ovals, particularly in regional areas and most of our tracks are 1/3rd mile or shorter tight bullrings.

@@Db_SpaceFace Thank you for the explanation.

Where, exactly, is this place called "there" that you speak of? Oh well yes, of course!! You mean Narvik in Norway, didn't you? Yes, yes of course, my bad!!

for NZ anyway, most tracks started life as Speedway bike tracks, which are 1/4 mile, and gradually added cars starting with midgets, nz used to have a 1/3 mile track just south of Auckland that is rumoured to be coming back,

@@scottnz411 one of my brothers lives on the south island so I hope to maybe see a track down there when I visit!

@@TomBoi for sprintcars, Ruapuna which is on the outskirts of Christchurch, and Cromwell which is not far from Queenstown are the 2 tracks in the South Island,

do speedway Australia not supply officials for title?, Speedway NZ does, so its not local officials involved

@@scottnz411 That's not the issue, there is a long history of track preparation and other tricks of the trade. Rather like when teams used to go to India to play cricket, remember?

In most motorsports around the world, there is provision for a race to be declared, and a full result declared after a certain percentage is run. In Formula 1 and IndyCar, I think it's 75%. It's the same for V8 Supercars and most road racing, including MotoGP. As a fan, I'm usually pretty sick of whatever class is running by the time the stewards declare it.

So again, as a fan i pay to watch the full length of a race and at race speed not under caution. I mean if every racer is competing in same condition not sure why the stewards would be able to make the call anyway. Weather and checkered flag only thing that should conclude a race.

​@dirtworxphotography245 this entitled "customer is always right" stuff dosn't really exist outside America and Canada. They have a curfew, get over it snowflake

The trucks that transport them from track to track generally do...

Free tip: most of us never had guns before the change in laws anyway. And most Australians will tell you that you're talking nonsense.