Stewart wins on home soil

Michael Stewart drove Bohud Racing Team to more success by taking victory on home soil at Canberra’s ACT Speedway.

Stewart scored a sixth feature race victory of the 2024/25 season in a 410 sprintcar race on Saturday night.

After winning both of his qualifying heat races and scoring second in the dash before driving to victory from the outside of the front row in the 30-lap event where the Mad Harry’s Steel Sprint Car Shootout was on the line.

The Bohud Racing Team driver overcame Mick Saller and Lachlan Caunt.

For Stewart, who classifies himself as a Canberra boy, it was very special to record back-to-back wins.

“It’s always an unreal feeling to be racing at my home track in front of a large crowd, including many of my family, friends and supporters,” said Stewart.

“Racing at my home track in front of all of my supporters comes with a bit of extra pressure, but I like to use it as extra motivation to go out there and put on a show, especially since the Sprintcars only race at ACT Speedway once a season.

“I can’t thank the Bohud Racing team enough for putting a great car under me all night, and it’s great to be able to reward them for all of their efforts with the best possible result.

“In the feature race, the track was fantastic and quite fast, so starting from the front row I was able to get to the lead early on and hold it all the way through to the finish. 

“We struggled a little bit to get good speed off the corners in the feature race, but it wasn’t enough to deny us of the win, but I had a good battle with minor podium finishers Mick (Saller) and Lachlan (Caunt).”

Also on show was the Legend Cars ACT title where Australian champion Rob Rawlings Jr beat Tyler Humphries and Brad Rawlings.

Meanwhile in the Sedans James Hodak was consistent all night to beat Johnny Ralph and Mitch Coulson.

The next meeting at ACT Speedway is on April 5.

Image: We Love Cars Photography

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