Citrus Bowl Oval Racing - Friday Night
FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2026

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If you are feeling unwell, please stay away from event. We will have plenty more.

Event information


Location

21 Raukawa Road, Ashhurst, Palmerston North

RD10

21 Raukawa Road, RD 10




Directions

Enter via Innerwell lane, off Raukawa Road. Look for signs, drive into the paddock and park up

Spectators

Free to watch.

We have 1 Traxxas Modified available for hire for $30 for the night.

Dates

FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2026


Friday

1600 Track open
1745 Registration opens
1815 Heat 1

If you have to much fun or forget to breathe while racing, we can't be held responsible.

Event Information

Dirt Oval Racing is back at NZ's home of the Dirt Oval Speedway, the Citrus Bowl.
The wildest racing on the bull ring that is the Citrus Bowl is now racing Friday nights for club racing and Saturday day/night meetings will be Championship Trophy meetings for the 2026/27 season.

Entry Details

Bring warm clothes, and head torches. It is dark. We will have some pit lighting, but more is good. Power on site.

Classes Offered

Visit the website to see the rules for our Dirt Oval Racing.


https://www.rir.nz/dirtoval

Buggys: Any buggy is allowed, any motor, any tires.

Trucks: Any 2wd Stadium or SCT truck is allowed. Any motor, any tires, any body.

Ebuggy: Any Ebuggy or 4WD SCT. Any motor, any tires.

Juniors. Must run at 50% speed, equivalent to Traxxas Slash 12T on training mode.

Contact Information

Julian Hardy 0274 434343

Payment Instructions

Make payment when you register. $10 regardless of number of classes.

Practice

Before racing starts 1600-1715

Qualifying

For Friday Club Nights

1x 15 lap qualifiers.

Best single lap over the qualifier rounds sets Mains.

For Saturday Championship Trophy meetings we will have a different qualifying format, decided and advised the week prior to the event.

Finals

Lowest Main 4 cars x 20 Laps

B Main 4 cars plus 2 bumps from lower finals 20 Laps

Feature race 4 fastest cars plus 4 bumps from the B 30-50 laps

Race Director

Julian Hardy

Time Keeper

Julian Hardy

Rules

For Speedway class rules raced here

https://www.rir.nz/dirtoval

Scruitineering

Will be conducted for Saturday Championship meetings.

Lap Timing

VOSTOK Timing.
Reads Vostok transponders or MRT, or AMB 2Wire. Cost $1000 for decoder, loop, test loop, software to operate. If you are in the market for a timing system, you should seriously consider these units. Call us for details.
We have also purchased 14 additional transponders that are transferable from car to car during the night if you don't have one of the ones listed above.

Marshalling

Marshall after your qualifying and races please.

Pits

Power, Some lighting, bring a head torch/lamp to make moving around easier. Few tables. LED race display and TV for results.

Food

None

Weather

Cancel if wet

Alternative Venue

None

Cancellation

On FB if needs to happen.

Other info

We will try and stream on LiveRC so you can all see what we are up to here with Dirt Oval racing in the Manawatu.


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Entries

Name Club Sponsors Paid

Losi 360 Sprints "High Limit A Drivers"

Traxxas Modified/Saloons "USAC Series"

2WD Trucks "AMSOIL PRO Series"

Losi Late Models "Lucas Oils Series"

4WD SCT & Ebuggy "CORR Series"

Juniors "NASCAR Youth Series"

Losi 360 Sprints "High Limit B Drivers"

Damon Facoory mrccc Stringfellow Contracts Ltd
Martyn Crooks mrccc
Darren Wickham mrccc Down On The Mat!
James Wickham mrccc Super Mario Bros, Down on the Mat


Entries by class


Losi 360 Sprints "High Limit A Drivers" (0)

Traxxas Modified/Saloons "USAC Series" (2)

Martyn Crooks0
Darren Wickham7595607

2WD Trucks "AMSOIL PRO Series" (2)

Damon Facoory 1
Darren Wickham0

Losi Late Models "Lucas Oils Series" (1)

Martyn Crooks0

4WD SCT & Ebuggy "CORR Series" (0)

Juniors "NASCAR Youth Series" (1)

James Wickham8478180

Losi 360 Sprints "High Limit B Drivers" (2)

Damon Facoory 1
Martyn Crooks0




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