Benny Stevens Amputee - Fuelled Motorsport

The Big Banger is back together and ready for testing!

She’s come up looking killer!

Underwent a big strip down, clean, Phuematic and electronics checks, engine rebuild, and everything else that goes with it!

A huge thanks to John Zahra from Filta-wash for all the Anodising and Zane from AM7 Coatings for the Cerakote work.
You guys have done an exceptional job, thankyou!

This machine looks absolutely amazing, photos do not do it justice.

We will we running a few laps at the Nitro in the cane meeting 28/29 August.

Thanks to our Marketing Partners:

Naming Rights:
Dananni Haulage - danannihaulage.com.au

Major:
C&C Civil & Mining Construction - cccivilandmining.com.au
Darling Downs Drilling - darlingdownsdrilling.com.au
89's The Garage Door Specialists- 89s.com.au
The Shademaker- theshademaker.net
Lexon Maintenance Service
Filta-Wash Mackay- filtawash.com.au
Ready Resources- readyresources.com

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Qualifying at the IHRA Triple Crown in Columbus, Ohio is officially done and dusted!

Benny locked in 9th out of a stacked field of 16. The competition is incredibly tight with zero room for error.

Bring on the finals!

Tune into the live broadcast on speedsport.com or catch the stream on YouTube at youtube.com/
Ohio is 12 hours behind WA and 14 hours behind the East Coast.

Thanks to our Marketing Partners:

Naming Rights:
Dananni Haulage - danannihaulage.com.au

Major:
C&C Civil & Mining Construction - cccivilandmining.com.au
Darling Downs Drilling - darlingdownsdrilling.com.au
89's The Garage Door Specialists- 89s.com.au
The Shademaker- theshademaker.net
Lexon Maintenance Service
Filta-Wash Mackay- filtawash.com.au
Ready Resources- readyresources.com

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For anyone wanting to follow back home, tune in to the live broadcast on Speed Sport speedsport.com or YouTube - youtube.com/

Saturday and Sunday morning AEST

Well, I’ve just landed in San Francisco, en route to National Trail Raceway, Columbus, Ohio, to race in the IHRA Triple Crown against some of the best riders in the world. Man, I’m excited.

Stewart Top Fuel USA gave me an opportunity that was simply too good to pass up - the chance to come over and ride one of their bikes at all three events. I’m so grateful for the opportunity and can’t wait to get out there and see what we can do.

To top it off, my mate Beland is coming over to crew for me, which makes the whole trip even better.

The bike is very similar to my Big Girl - Weekend chassis and Romine engine, so hopefully I can adapt pretty quickly and get down to business.

I’ll be posting updates throughout the weekend on Fuelled Motorsport, along with Stewart Top Fuel and A1 Cycles. I’ll also share the live YouTube, Facebook and broadcast links as soon as I have them.

I want to personally thank all of my Marketing Partners for backing me on this new adventure. Opportunities like this don’t come around every day, and if it wasn’t for your support, I wouldn’t be here doing this. Thank you all so much.

Naming Rights:
Dananni Haulage - danannihaulage.com.au

Major:
C&C Civil & Mining Construction - cccivilandmining.com.au

Darling Downs Drilling - darlingdownsdrilling.com.au

89's The Garage Door Specialists- 89s.com.au

The Shademaker- theshademaker.net

Lexon Maintenance Service

Filta-Wash Mackay - filtawash.com.au

Ready Resources - readyresources.com

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Now it’s time to settle in, get familiar with the bike, and see what we can do.

Bring it on 💪🏾

Dananni Hotshots – Fuelled Motorsports | Winter Nationals Recap

The team was pumped to welcome American rider Michael Beland back on The Gorilla, while Benny continued his charge aboard the Big Bike.

Michael came out swinging in the warmups, throwing down some strong laps. Unfortunately in qualifying, we found it hard to gain traction just after the hit, he powered through and locked in a 7.13 to qualify P3.

In Round 1, Michael took the win over John Zahra, setting up a semi-final clash against none other than the boss himself—Benny! With no team orders in this camp, Michael was fired up to take his shot.

Meanwhile, Benny set the tone early at the warmup with a 6.7 test pass. The main event started rough, with an explosion sidelining the Dananni hotshots Big Bike on qualifying Day 1. True to form, the crew dug deep, rebuilt overnight, and came back strong with a 6.95 to lock in P2.

Round 1 of eliminations saw Benny face off against Greg Durack, laying down a 6.91 for the win and a ticket to the semi-finals—where teammate Michael was waiting.

Side-by-side one-handed burnouts set the stage for a true Dananni Hotshots showdown. With identical reaction times, Mike launched hard while lining up slightly off-centre determined to get the Dananni Hotshots Gorilla down the track and took an early lead. But he was forced to abort early, opening the door for Benny to storm past with a nice 6.83.

With the team buzzing from another killer pass, they turned the Dananni Hotshots Big Bike around once more knowing we would need everything we had to take down Damian on his 5 second in-line 4 cylinder.

Benny got the jump with the holeshot and dropped a solid 6.70, but it wasn’t quite enough to hold back Damian’s 6.32 run.

We gave it everything—and we’re proud of the fight.

What a season it’s been — definitely not without its challenges. We battled through a few mechanical blow-ups and the learning curve that came with dialing in the new electrical system and clutch. But we’ve turned a corner, and this past weekend proved it.

Each lap was stronger than the last, and we chipped away at the timeslip, knocking off a solid tenth — exactly the kind of progress we were aiming for.

Massive thanks to my crew for your dedication, not just this weekend but all season long. Your hard work never goes unnoticed.

To Holly, Alicia, Josie, and Erin — thank you for keeping us fed and fuelled behind the scenes. Legends.

Big thanks to Carole and the team at TFMA for the continued support, and to Willowbank Raceway for hosting another top-tier event.

And of course, to our incredible sponsors — we couldn’t do this without you.

🔥 Naming Rights Sponsor:�Dananni Haulage

🏁 Major Sponsors:�Perth Harley-Davidson
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We’re building momentum. Onwards and upwards from here.

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