Borderline Speedway expanding for 2026 Aussie title
Work is already underway to make Mount Gambier’s Borderline Speedway bigger and better when it hosts the Australian Sprintcar Championship in 2026.
On Tuesday night Borderline Speedway was named as the host of the 63rd running of the SCCA Australian Sprintcar Championship.
It will be just the third time the nation’s best have come to the “Bullring” after 2018 when Kerry Madsen took a hat-trick and 1995 when Garry Brazier went back to back.
The 2026 event will take place from Friday, January 30 to Saturday January 31.
Borderline Speedway president Cary Jennings said it will be an honour to bring the national title race back to the “Blue Lake City.”
“It is a big deal to put in a submission and the peers in the sprintcar world agree for us to host it and think we are capable of doing it,” he told AUTO ACTION.
“We have been involved in sprintcars for nearly 50 years.
“It will be a big job and will form a committee shortly.
“It is equally as big as the (Grand Annual) Classic and it is like doing two Kings Challenge races in a row.
“It is good for our city and the sprintcar fraternity in Mount Gambier and surrounding areas.”
In recent seasons there has been plenty of work at Borderline Speedway and Jennings promised the venue will be improved by the time the sprintcar world arrives in January 2026.
With bigger grassed banks and better pit facilities in the works, a big crowd should be expected when the national title returns to Mount Gambier.
“We always make improvements each season and there is always something new happening at the speedway,” Jennings said.
“Just recently we finished a new toilet facility which accommodates wheelchair access, first aid and a female changing room.
“We will keep pushing forward and by 2026 there will be a few more improvements.
“We have just enlarged the viewing bank in the last six months and as we talk another area is being improved with banking and irrigation systems about to be put in, so we will have another bigger grassed area and be able to accomodate more people.”
Borderline Speedway is currently finalising the 2024/25 calendar and has a focus on growing its junior competitor base.
The 2025 Australian Sprintcar title will be held at Murray Bridge from January 31-February 1.
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