Few children can claim to have a mum who drives race cars. But Hunter Leersen, 4, can use that line at school this week after watching his mum speed around a racetrack at the weekend. Megan Leersen drove a racecar for the first time [...]

Colac district driver Phil Lock was in a panic hours before he claimed his maiden Victorian sprintcar title. The popular Timboon driver was without his brother and regular pit crew chief Murray and car problems almost stopped his race before it started. But after [...]

A Colac district racing driver hopes home track advantage will help him climb the leaderboard in a sprintcar series. Timboon’s Phil Lock will take to Simpson Speedway for round six of the Fire Service Plus Sprintcar Allstars series tomorrow night in front of his home crowd, poised to jump up the [...]

A Colac district speedway driver has credited hard work off the track for his success behind the wheel. Winchelsea’s Geoff Leigh, 32, has experienced a dream start to a Victorian Super Rods series, winning four of the opening five races of the season – his latest the prestigious Super Rod Cup at Warrnambool’s [...]

Colac district racing driver Phil Lock has beaten 37 other competitors to claim his first win for the 2009-10 season. The Timboon speedster won round three of the Fire Services Plus Sprintcar All-Stars Series at Warrnambool. Lock beat South Australian Colin Brooks to the finish line to claim [...]

Colac Motorcycle Club looks to have a bright future with five of its star junior riders successful at a regional motocross event. Eight Colac riders finished on the podium of a Western Region Motocross series after the final round at Ballarat. Riders accumulated points after competing in eight rounds [...]

A Colac district motorbike star is Colac’s sports star of the month for September. Adam Larson, 15, won the award at the Colac Sportsmen’s Club’s monthly meeting on Wednesday night. Carlisle River’s Larson won the Australian Quad MX Championship at Murray Bridge in September this year. [...]

A group of Colac motocross riders are among favourites for the seventh round of a regional motocross series in Colac this weekend. Colac Motorcycle Club will host the round as part of the Western Region Motocross Series at Rye Reserve on Sunday after officials postponed the event due to bad weather. [...]

Colac’s Kurt Spence has collected two motocross trophies after winning two classes at a Colac inter-club competition. Kurt won the 65cc A Grade junior class and the small wheel 85cc A Grade junior class in Colac Motorcycle Club’s two-day motocross event at Barongarook. Club secretary Veronica Wetemans said Kurt won [...]

Lorne’s Callum Norton has claimed a silver medal at a national junior motocross title. Callum raced in the seven to nine years boys’ 65cc race and finished second overall in the Australian Junior Motocross Titles at Maffra. Colac’s Kurt Spence raced in three events with his best place a sixth [...]