Night 1 of the Lucas Oil ASCS Eagle Nationals from Eagle Raceway in Nebraska.
The race is full of incidents and regular Ruapuna fans will recognise Ricky Logan
(10 - Lucas Oil Car) in the field, Ricky has been a regular competitor at Ruapuna
Speedway for the last few years.

Danny Smith (USA) takes a wild ride in his sprintcar after bouncing through some heavy ruts and jamming his throttle wide open.

Despite initial concerns around security and safety the winter skids organised by Southern Car Culture and run at Ruapuna Speedway
for the first time was a success with an estimated 1000 spectators watching the 30 entrants performing on the purpose built skid pad
for prize money.

Ruapuna Speedway Club President Darren Nankivell was pleased with how the event was run and is now looking forward to another
possible event being run later in the year.

The 2009/10 Speedway season seen some good racing and from the archives we have dragged out another feature race. 

The 2010 NZ TQ Title repecharge sees Dick Webb starting from grid 18 after mechanical issues forced him into the repecharge. The formula is simpe Webb must finish in the top three placings to advance into the NZ TQ championship.

Watch the video to see how he goes.

Glenn Everett is adamant he will be racing next season despite a massive TQ crash at Ellesmere Speedway earlier this year.

The former hard charging Sprintcar driver traded in the 850 horsepower Sprintcar for the 120 horsepower TQ and despite the massive power reduction Everett concedes the TQ punches well above its weight for speed and excitement.

What originally was suppose to be leisurely meeting sorting engine issues out turned to disaster when Everett rode a wheel in the turn three corner.

Several years of disappointing returns at the Speedway Promoters
Association conference came to an end today when Ruapuna was
allocated the 2011-12 New Zealand Sprint Car Championship, which
is sure to be the centre piece of the Ruapuna Speedway's 50th
anniversary.

While Ruapuna closes down for winter we will try and bring a few speedway stories to the website and recently several kiwi midget car drivers crossed the ditch to compete in the speedcar 50 lap classic at paramatta speedway needless to say the kiwis put on a great show.

The TQ racing in canterbury this year produced some memorial racing, heres your chance to take a ride with Ryan Stone as he holds out Ricky Brett in a heat race at Ruapuna Speedway earlier this year. 

Speedway in general lost a great friend when Selwyn Francis Burt passed away on Sunday May 16. Selwyn, a life member of the Christchurch Speedway Association was one of the founding members back in 1958.

With winter about to set in Ruapauna Speedway will be quiet for a few months but on saturday afternoon Ray Baughan and Matt Honeywell hired the track and gave there sponsors a chance to experience the thrill of driving a sprintcar.