GILLMAN SPEEDWAY  CLASSIC MEETING CANCELLED

(Gillman Media October 25, 2025)

If the poor farmers crying out for rain want help, they just need to build a speedway in their back paddock…That seems to guarantee rain.

After a couple of very nice days in Adelaide, and a warm morning with blue skies Saturday, October 25, the forecast of wild weather hit at about 2.45pm and heavy rain fell for the next hour. The downpour did enough damage to the track surface to cause the cancellation of Saturday night’s classic meeting at Gillman Speedway.

A permit extension was available to run the meeting the next day if need be, but the weather forecast was just as bad and it is unlikely the track can be repaired in time anyway, so the meeting was called off for this weekend but the club is looking to reschedule the fixture later in the year.

So now, attention turns to the opening summer meeting in a fortnight’s time, on Saturday, November 8.

Early nominations are good with Reid Battye, Beau Bailey, Alex Adamson and Lachlan Russell (all NSW), Ben Whalley and Jake Turner (Vic), and local rider Harry Sadler the early Solo nominations, and Taylor Green (NZ), Kym Menadue, Jason Mordaunt, Justin Plaisted, Josh Pascoe and Shane Rudloff the first of the Sidecar nominations.

Fans are reminded the nominations are published on the Gillman Speedway website daily for every meeting.