McDONALD'S KIHIKIHI SPEEDWAY

Posted 8 February 2012
NZ Saloon Entries Closed

Entries for the CRV AmBreed NZ 2011-2012 New Zealand Saloon Championship have now closed

Full entry list can be found here

Qualifying groups will be posted on the week of 20 February or thereabouts

if anyone has to withdraw or for any other entry inquiries please contact James Ford on 021 391 329 or

Posted 7 February 2012
NZ Saloon Entry List

Entries for the NZ Saloon Champs now stand at sixty-one (61) with the addition of a further five (5) drivers

4A Anita Sloot
24H Daniel Davis
46S Mark Hinton
68A Dan Oliver
808H Joe Lunchbox

Full entry list can be found here

Posted 2 February 2012
NZ Saloon Entry List

Entries for the NZ Saloon Champs now stand at fifty-six (56) with the addition of a further fifteen (15) drivers

1NZ Brent McClymont 2NZ Phil Towgood 5K Nepia Anaru 5R Graham Brockelsby 5T Daryl Ainsley 6A Doug Torrey 6H Kevin Moore 7S Peter Ingram 8K Kevin Williams 8S Craig Korff 10K Bob Leslie 11A Lynette Yates 12C Arjen Schouten 14A Owen Alvey 14M Brett Kaye 15M Murray Belz 16M Steve Muir 16S Thomas Korff 17M John Lourie 18B Mark Hayman 18M Chris Taylor 21H Steve Williams 22A Tim Hood 24W Gary Marshall 25H Reece Clements 29B Steven Martin 34M Graham Keatinge 37M Stu Neave

43H Aaron Tonks 45M Paul Cressy 46A Nigel Ross 47M Graham Logan 49H Bodie Abrahamson 51M Tony Houvel 55T Steve Robertson 66M Geoffrey Webb 69K Mike Wilson 69M Jeff Barron 74A Scott Lansdowne 75M Michelle Wymer 77G Daniel Cook 77K Rossco Cresswell 78H David Fisher 78M Mark Balsom 82M Paul Managh 88S Brent Barron 89M Colin Dyer 92B Kevin Martin 96S Nigel Perrett 98M Bryan Fraser 98T Adam Gent 124M Daniel Corrin 146A Paul Wright 271M Steve Cowling 272M Chris Cowling 277B Ian Mudgway

Posted 23 January 2012
January Newsletter

Kihikihi Speedway January newsletter available to download here (480KB)

Posted 16 January 2012
Membership Loyalty Discounts

As a part of our ongoing commitment to the speedway community, we are please to announce further membership loyalty discounts from The Hire Centre, Te Awamutu and TyreCo, Te Awamuta. We encourage members to support the businesses who support speedway. Click here for more info

Posted 13 November 2011
4K Sidecar team, David Gannon and Raymond George

Well done to the 4K team of David Gannon and Raymond George, a couple of thirds amongst the best Sidecar combo's in the world. A DNF and DNS look to have kept the combination out of World Championship contention but I'm sure, the experience will be invaluable

Full results can be found here

Posted 11 November 2011
Financial Update

Well the new season has started for us which means we're back into paying off our club's debt

Quick review on last season we started off with a grand total debt of $129,467.26 and finished up the season with a total of $56,831.07 which meant the club had reduced it debt by $72,636.19. Thank you to everyone for that effort

This season we have to stay focused on our target which is to pay back the $56,831.07 which working on last years numbers should be easily done, we hope!!

The opening meeting was a little less then what we budgeted with only $10,700.00 coming through the gate's but not to be laughed at. We'll be putting $4,000.00 towards the debt so that's a good start to it and lets hope for the same again on our second race meet on the 12th of November

Cheers, James
(Club Treasurer)

Posted 8 November 2011
Lyall Harvey 18K Stockcar

Lyall Harvey 18K Stockcar was injured racing at Huntly on the weekend and has broken a bone in his leg as well as damaging a knee cap. The club wishes Lyall a speedy recovery and we looking forward to seeing you trackside as soon as possible

Posted 29 October 2011
FORTUNE FAVOURS THE CRUSADERS

Crusaders have begun their teams season with a victory over the Stormers in Stratford

After majors last night with Dave Moore and Lee Patrick's cars, the Crusaders were down to three and in stepped Rhys Beaumont

4 on 4 over 12 laps, Rhys got away off grid two and was relatively untouched on his way to the chequered flag

Well done to Ben, Bruce, Rhys and Lindsay... well done!

Posted 26 October 2011
MINISTOCK CONTRACTED & SOCIAL MEMBERS FULL!

We're leaving a few spots open so visitors can have the opportunity to race with us. As always, drivers MUST contact the Ministock Rep(s) to book a place on race day - give as much notice as possible. If a 'new' or 'late' driver wants to contract to Kihikihi, please contact one of the Ministock Reps to discuss membership

Jennifer Trotter - 027 571 8995 or 07 871 8995 (H)

Linda Hayes - 027 712 0463 or 07 871 7871 (H)

Posted 11 October 2011
Rays BIG Saturday of Racecars and Hangi

Well, what a great day. A few of us arrived around 8 o'clock, Ray started preparing the track almost immediately. The boys started on the hangi and Bob and Darren went about mixing the grout to repair the wall.

The Bike guys and girls arrived soon after to set up and prep the bike track

Once a productive four or five hours had passed the track was ready, the concreting was done, the night's dinner was in the hangi pit and the riders and drivers had lined up for practice two

A few hours later, the hangi was close to ready. It was back to the clubrooms to watch the world cup and hoe-into the biggest $10 feed you'd ever seen!

We had hoped to serve 80 friends, families, members and visitors and we were on the money! 80 TICKETS SOLD, all on the day and by all accounts, everyone enjoy themselves and the meal.

An awesome way to end the day and another fundraising success! Between the meals, raffles and bar take we've raised $1600!!! Thanks so much to everyone who contributed - the donators and helpers, the cooks and food preparers, the dishwashers and servers and of course, everyone who stayed to enjoy each other's company and another social fundraiser. Thank you for your support.

Posted 22 August 2011
2K Quiz Night a big success

What an awesome night Friday night was. In true Kihikihi-styles, we kicked off a few minutes late but that was no concern. The evening was well patronized and organized. Once the questions started rolling, the energy levels lifted along with the noise and the night flowed superbly amongst the banter and bribes.

About 80 friends, members, helpers and caterers came along and made this a great fundraising success for us. Thanks to the team that tidied up Thursday night, the helpers on the bar, the people that donated items for the raffles, the caterers, the folks that ran the quiz and all the teams that entered. Also, a special mention to our supporters who travelled from Tauranga and Auckland, etc. to be a part of what will now become a regular off-season event for the Kihikihi Speedway Club.

Congratulations to team Te Awamutu Tractors for their Quiz Night success - they'll be back to defend the title in 2012.

MONEY RAISED
Bar and Entrance fee $1794
Raffles $291
Bribe money $329
TOTAL $2414

Team Te Awamutu Tractors from left to right - Russel Hayes, 'Pa' Frost, 'Frosty'
Linda Hayes, Selena Trotter, Lindsay Trotter, Jen Trotter & 'Ma' Frost

Pix courtesy Selena Trotter

Posted 21 July 2011
July 16 Working Bee Pix

A big thank you from the Kihikihi Speedway Club to all that took time out of their day and attended the working bee at the weekend. The weather was ideal, head count got up to 35 and just about all the jobs were completed by about 3pm. Awesome effort Guys and Girls, Thanks heaps

He brought the digger... then did all the work! What's up with that?


The tractor work is done, bobcat to come


The motor is out and the replacement is on its way


No more slipping down 'that' bank. Woohoo!!


Most of this got dumped... and we got our shed back!!


Even the control tower got a clean up

Pix courtesy Chris Bailey

Posted 13 July 2011
2011-2012 Membership Application Form

2011-2012 Membership Application Form now available to download here (52KB)

Posted 12 June 2011
Kihikihi Speedway Finacial Situation

The club began the 2010-2011 season with debts totalling $129,467.26

Following a massive effort during the season by the committee and club members and with the support of visiting drivers, crews and many others, the club has reduced debt to $55,758.87

That's a total of 73,708.39 of debt retired in twelve months

Many thanks to all who have supported the club over the past twelve months

Copy of the club's interim 2010-2011 balance sheet available here