Colac speedster Andrew Stoddart has abandoned the rest of the 2009 off-road racing season but might still win a state title. Stoddart and navigator Chris Clarke are leading the Victorian off-road racing pro-light class title but will not compete in the final two events of the season after the car engine malfunctioned. [...]

Colac’s Kane Finn says his love for motorsport outweighs the cost of his passion. Finn, who won the Heathcote Nostalgia Drag Racing 2009 Series competition class last weekend, said money was no object when it came to his car. “I bought my car 17 years ago,” he said. [...]

Colac Drag Racing Club is in trouble after membership dwindled in recent years. The once-prosperous club is now “going backwards” after membership numbers dropped from 70 to 19 in two years. Club committee member Justin Russell said reasons behind the decline in members included costs and location. [...]