TPCR SWAP MEET – SUNDAY, JUNE 29

Calling all vendors, sellers, race car product dealers and anyone else who wants to buy or sell, the annual Swap Meet at Tyrepower Parramatta City Raceway will be held on Sunday, June 29.

This is the one time of the year to literally take stock of your spare parts inventory or showcase the latest in race car technology. It's also the ideal time to clean out the workshop and replenish or update stocks for the 2008-2009 season.

The annual Swap Meet brings together the speedway fraternity in the off-season and site bookings can now be made by contacting the TPCR office on (02) 9637-0411.

The Swap Meet officially ends the 2007-2008 season that will unfortunately be remembered for rain and more rain!

Eleven fixtures fell foul to wet weather, while 28 of the 41 race nights were rain-affected.

There have been seasons in the past where rain created havoc with the TPCR schedule, but nothing compares to what the TPCR team and Sydney speedway endured during the summer (?) of 2007-2008.

ROD BOWEN PRESTIGE SMASH REPAIRS AUSTRALIAN SPRINTCAR CHAMPIONSHIP – OCTOBER 4

On a more positive note, the big wet has meant that the Rod Bowen Prestige Smash Repairs Australian Sprintcar Championship has still to be decided and will be conducted as a one-night show on Saturday, October 4.

The championship will pick up where it left off after the completion of heats in the one and only full night of racing in the three-day show that was completed without a rain interruption.

SEASON SCHEDULE

Planning is well underway for the 2008-2009 season that will again see all of the major sections that have been programmed in recent years as part of the new schedule.

While a full Sprintcar fixture date fixture list has yet to be announced, a full season of Sprintcar racing is currently being mapped out, with only a slight reduction in the overall number of shows than in past years.

There is still a lot of planning to be done before a final fixture calendar is released, but TPCR Managing Director Steven Green has already been hard at work, piecing together the upcoming summer season race dates.

Racecar categories that will be used and their respective number of appearances also have yet to be decided.

Another event that still has to be allocated is the 2008 New South Wales Sprintcar Championship that also fell victim to rain.

Serious consideration is being given to hosting the rescheduled state title at the beginning of the 2008-2009 season as a lead-in to the running of the Rod Bowen Prestige Smash Repairs Australian Sprintcar Championship.

More news will be posted as information comes to hand on the 2008-2009 season at Tyrepower Parramatta City Raceway.