WEATHER WINS AT Hi-TEC OILS TOOWOOMBA SPEEDWAY

By David Budden

Hi-Tec Oils Toowoomba Speedway fans were treated to a triple treat on Saturday night, May 10, with the grand final of the Field the Label Series for 360 LS Sprintcars, SEDL Contractors Queensland 410 Sprintcar Championship and the V8 Dirt Modified Champion of Champions event.

Mother nature was also a part of Saturday night’s program providing some misty showers at various times that made life frustrating for the track crew, drivers and teams. Thank you for working tirelessly to try and make the racing possible with the help of the V8 Dirt Modifieds to assist track packing. 

A big thank you also to the die-hard fans for waiting it out and although the end result was not what we were wanting, qualifying and the heats were certainly worth watching.   

Luke Oldfield came agonising close to Lockie McHugh’s track record of 10.404 when he stopped the clock at 10.996 seconds ahead of Brock Hallet while Tarhlea Apelt was again at her best setting third quickest  with Daniel Sayre and defending Champion Nicholas Whell rounding out the fastest five. While in the heats Harry Stewart was the only driver to win both his heat races.

Twelve laps into the feature race despite best efforts, during a red light stoppage showers continued to fall resulting in the title declared a non-event due to not being able to complete 50 percent of the 35 lap feature race.  At the time the race was declared, Brock Hallett had a commanding lead ahead of Lockie McHugh, Luke Oldfield and Nic Whell who was on the move forward destined for a spot on the podium and with Jy Corbett and Luke Oldfield running wheel to wheel with momentary swapping of positions it was shaping up to be an edge of your seat finish. The final result meant that rain won the 2025 Queensland 410 Sprintcar Title and that the $20,000 in prize money would be paid out evenly spread across all 20 drivers that contested the A Main. The 360-LS Sprintcar feature race was won by Kye Jensen who wrapped up the Field the Label Series. Brodie Tulloch who earlier in the night broke the 360-LS Sprintcar lap record of 11.581 seconds beat home Luke Manttan.

Earlier in the night, David Clark won the Super Rooster V8 Dirt Modified Champion of Champions event from Brayd Stephenson and Kyle Armstrong.  Brayd Stephenson and Kyle Armstrong.  An emotional Clark thanked Ray Klarich for his support and dedication to V8 Dirt Modifieds over many years and dedicated his win to Ray’s wife Elena who passed away after a long illness last Tuesday morning.  Elena was a huge supporter of Ray’s racing and in healthier times enjoyed travelling  between tracks and various trips to Perth to spend time with family and friends. The Speedway family sends its sincere condolences to Ray and the Klarich family during this time.  Elena will be laid to rest on Saturday morning the 17th of May at 10am at Burstows Funerals Ruthven St Toowoomba.

Action returns to Hi-Tec-Oils Speedway this coming Saturday night for the  GSA Advanced Machining Speedcar 50 lapper.  The night also includes the Queensland Title for Compact Speedcars, Formula 500s, junior and senior and the Everyday Finance Solutions Ultimate Modlite Series plus the AMCAs Stow’s Transport Prelude to the Australian Title to be held in Toowoomba on May 31 and June 1st.

As always for more updates on what’s happening this weekend go the Hi-Tec-Oils Toowoomba Speedway Facebook page.