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Katherine wrap up.After travelling down to Katherine for the Pink Night fundraiser meeting, Ava came away with a second ...
04/10/2026

Katherine wrap up.

After travelling down to Katherine for the Pink Night fundraiser meeting, Ava came away with a second place in the feature after a consistent night with the most speed and car control she's shown all season.

A great turnout of junior sedans (6 Top stars and 6 New stars) travelled either down from Darwin or up from Tennant Creek to support the club and put on some fast and clean racing.

Some teams went over and above to dress up either themselves, their cars....or even their dogs!
Jump over to the KMSC Katherine Speedway page and check out some of the great pics.
At rough count last night, this little club raised over $8,000 to go towards the Allan Walker Cancer Centre.

Well done to Kaleb Beurskens for winning the New star feature and to Charlie Jones for bringing it home in third and making huge gains over the night.
Commiserations to Tommy Harte and Ryder Morgado who both suffered part failures and had to retire from the feature and to Isobella Murrell for her first real skirmish with the wall. A bit of shock...mostly by mum and dad, but all smiles afterwards like always.

Congratulations to Riley and Rhys King and Kade Beurskens for the podium placings Top stars.

Thank you Mel for the help and support all weekend.
Well done to the comittee, stewards and volunteers at KMSC for a great track all night.
Guest commentator Rossi Johnson Racing did a fantastic job on the microphone. Good luck next week at Bathurst!

Thank you to our amazing supporters

Kylie Westbrook - Real Estate Central
Harker Haulage Rhianna Harker
Wombarra Civil
Moose Johnston Dawn Johnston
PBI Haulage
TML Transport

Next meeting is in two weeks back down in Katherine for their last and title night and then onto Tennant Creek a week later.

Unloaded and ready for Pink Night at Katherine Speedway.
03/10/2026

Unloaded and ready for Pink Night at Katherine Speedway.

Round 11 wrap up.Saturday night saw Ava's last meeting at Northline Speedway.Other than a half spin on the first lap whe...
07/09/2026

Round 11 wrap up.

Saturday night saw Ava's last meeting at Northline Speedway.
Other than a half spin on the first lap when she went a bit too low and hit the only moisture on the whole track, it was a positive night. Staying on the lead lap in the feature was a huge win for us considering a few of the nights lately.

Two more meetings in Katherine and one in Tennant Creek next month to go.

Congratulations to Caiden Weaver for the deserving win in the Top stars feature, and to Tommy Harte for taking out the New stars.
You both drove well all night.

Thank you to the committee, stewards and all the volunteers at Northline Speedway for not just this season, but for the last five years. There's been lots of ups and downs, but without the behind the scenes work that goes on, none of it would be possible.

Thank you Cheryl Dennis for your contribution each week with the kids. Its a thankless job, but your efforts haven't gone unnoticed.

To our sponsors, thank you. We'll do our best over the next three nights to finish the season on a high.

Thank you Mel and Lotti for getting the car looking shiny

Kylie Westbrook - Real Estate Central
Harker Haulage Rhianna Harker
Wombarra Civil Construction
Moose Johnston Dawn Johnston
PBI Haulage
EB Graphics

Unloaded and ready for Ava's (and the teams)last race meeting at Northline.Fingers crossed for a trouble free night!
05/09/2026

Unloaded and ready for Ava's (and the teams)last race meeting at Northline.
Fingers crossed for a trouble free night!

30/08/2026

Katherine Speedway Blue night wrap up.

A more positive night out for the team after venturing down to Katherine for the KMSC annual Blue Night to raise funds for the local Men's Shed.

With a couple of changes in a different direction and some driving tips....from someone other than dad, Ava managed to have a clean night with no spins or damage and more speed every time she went out.
Massive thank you to Damo and Megsy for the different ideas and words of encouragement.

The track ended up being really racey once the sun went down and a great crowd witnessed some fast racing amongst all the divisions.

Well done to Riley King being the first Top Star home and Tommy Harte being the first New Star over the line.

Massive congratulations also to Harrison Turnbull and the Bluedog team for taking out the $2500 win in the first ever 50 lap wingless A main in the N.T.

Thank you to KMSC all the sponsors that help make the season possible as we wind down to our last event.
Moose and Dawn
Wombarra Civil
Harker Haulage
PBI Haulage
EB Graphics
TML Transport

We also forgot to say a huge thank you to River Spitzbarth for taking the time to give Ava some tips last week to help her out with her cornering. And to Miah and Mel for pit crew and support duties.

These are the little things that we'll miss about this sport.

Racing again this Saturday night for our last event at Northline. Hopefully some of the confidence and the gains made last night can translate to more consistency on the higher banking of Darwin.

26/08/2026

Round 8 & 9 Northline wrap up.

A double header this past weekend did not bring the change of fortune we were hoping for.

With four DNF's over the two nights, we're struggling to make the car go straight ahead at the moment.
There's plenty of speed at times. Sometimes too much! But something just isn't clicking at the moment and we're running out of ideas to remedy the situation.

With that said, this season will be the last for the team as we step away and take a break from racing.
Its a huge commitment to run one of these cars as many parents can attest, and there are a few factors that have led to this decision.

Ava will race the last meeting here in Darwin in a couple of weeks and the remaining few shows in Katherine starting this weekend. With the final meeting for the team being the Tennant Creek titles in late October.
Following that, everything will be put up for sale.

There'll be more to come as the meetings wind down and we go through and thank everyone that's helped us over the journey the last few seasons.
But for now, we're focusing on having some fun in the last few shows.

Cheers
Matt

Northline Rounds 5 & 6 wrap up.Two weekends of racing at Northline Speedway saw some mixed results.A disqualification fr...
26/07/2026

Northline Rounds 5 & 6 wrap up.

Two weekends of racing at Northline Speedway saw some mixed results.
A disqualification from last weekends feature and a snapped steering rack end in last night's final from being unable to avoid a crash just in front of her, meant Ava watched the rest of both races from the sidelines.

There were some positives from last night though.
We took a big swing at the start of the night and changed quite few things. That, and a different approach in driving style seemed to make her more settled in the car.
So we'll see if we can put a full night together next meeting and hopefully finish the feature race!

Well done to Riley King for taking out the Darwin title last night in the Top stars, and to Kaleb Beurskens for winning the New stars class.

Thank you to everyone that contributes to getting the car out on the track each meeting and to the Northline officials and volunteers for making it all happy.

Moose Johnston and Dawn Johnston
Kylie Westbrook - Real Estate Central
Harker Haulage
Wombarra Civil Construction
PBI Haulage
EB Graphics

Special thanks to Miah and Mel for being down there to help as always.

Next meeting for us will be back at Northline on the 22nd of August

Northline Round 4 recap.With 13 cars starting the night, Ava managed an 11th, 9th and 11th in the heats and 9th in the f...
14/06/2026

Northline Round 4 recap.

With 13 cars starting the night, Ava managed an 11th, 9th and 11th in the heats and 9th in the feature overall (3rd in New Stars).

Some over driving at times will require a fair bit of debriefing and watching of race replays before the next meeting.
On a positive note, speed isn't the issue!

Ava's new suit finally arrived. Thank you Emma from EB Graphics

Congratulations to Caiden Weaver for taking out the Top Star feature and Ryder Morgado for coming home first in the Newstars.

Thanks to all the DSRDA members and volunteers and supporters that make it all possible:

Kylie Westbrook - Real Estate Central
Moose Johnston and Dawn Johnston
Harker Haulage Rhianna Harker
Wombarra Civil Construction
PBI Haulage
Morrison Fabrication
EB Graphics

A few weeks off now to repair and regroup.

09/06/2026

Weekend wrap up.

The long weekend saw Katherine Speedway host their annual two night teams challenge.

Ava came away fourth in the features on both nights after a bit of luck and also some bad luck throughout all of the heats.

No major damage to speak of luckily after initially thinking we'd killed a motor on the first night. It just refuses to die...even without any coolant in it!

Congratulations to Kade and Kaleb Beurskens for taking out the Top Star and New Star features on Saturday night, and to Riley King and Ryder Morgado for the wins on the Sunday.

Glad to see Zara Morrison walk away from her second roll-over at the track. It's testament to how these cars are made and the safety gear the kids have to wear.

Well done to the KMSC members and volunteers for all their hard work and a great track both nights.

Thanks to the supporters that make it all possible:

Kylie Westbrook - Real Estate Central
Moose Johnston and Dawn Johnston
Harker Haulage Rhianna Harker
Wombarra Civil Construction
PBI Haulage
Morrison Fabrication
EB Graphics

Back racing at Northline Speedway this weekend.

Round 3 of the Northline track championship was a torrid evening with quite a few cars needing some attention either thr...
31/05/2026

Round 3 of the Northline track championship was a torrid evening with quite a few cars needing some attention either throughout the night or before the next meeting.

Happy to report no major damage to the 44 other than a failed trailing arm bush and some fibreglass.

We changed a few things to try and make Ava more comfortable in the car. They seemed to work. Now its just more laps and experience.

Thank you to River Spitzbarth for jumping in and driving for the third heat to give us some feedback on the handling. Good job coming from the back to finish 3rd.

Glad to see Ryder Morgado walk away after getting tangled up in the feature and taking a heavy hit to the wall.

A huge thanks to Kylie Westbrook - Real Estate Central and Trav for coming down to support Ava.

As always, thank you to everyone that helps to make it happen.

Dawn Johnston Moose Johnston
Mel Clarke
Kylie Westbrook. Realestate Central
Harker Haulage
Wombarra Civil
PBI Haulage
Morrison Fabrication
TML Transport
EB Graphics

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