Murray Bridge Speedway held it’s opening race night of the 2025-2026 season with 70 competitors taking to the track.
Jack Bell flew to a new track record in Heat 2 of the Formula 500s, clocking 2.09.296 for the 10 lap journey, before also claiming the feature race win ahead of James MacDonald and Harrison Pftizner.
The Wingless Sprints section was hotly contested with 34 entries for the opening event. Joel Chadwick didn’t miss a beat, debuting for the Andrew May Racing team to take out the 25 lap feature event ahead of Rylan Furler and Jordon Bolitho. Bolitho picked up 2 heat wins, with the other heats going to Chadwick, Furler, Robert Heard and Lachlan Evans.
Despite being a late entry to the night’s field, Drew Flatman claimed the feature win in the Street Stocks ahead of Nigel Reichstein and Neville Nitschke. Terry Brown would top the field in the Modified Sedans, while Henry Brumfield started off his season strongly to take out the Junior Sedans event.
20/9/25 RESULTS:
Wingless Sprints:
Heat 1 – Rylan Furler
Heat 2 – S50 Jordon Bolitho
Heat 3 – S57 Robert Heard
Heat 4 – S50 Jordon Bolitho
Heat 5 – S33 Lachlan Evans
Heat 6 – S47 Joel Chadwick
B Main – S29 Hayden Mason
Feature: 1. S47 Joel Chadwick; 2. S26 Rylan Furler; 3. S50 Jordon Bolitho; 4. S19 Michael Spoljaric; 5. S57 Robert Heard; 6. S8 Darryl Sloan; 7. S38 James Rodda; 8. S24 Ross Miller; 9. S29 Hayden Mason; 10. VX41 Aaron Kennett; 11. S49 Darryl Knuckey; 12. S66 Sam Martin.
Street Stocks:
Heat 1: S14 Nigel Reichstein
Heat 2 – S112 Drew Flatman
Heat 3 – S17 Carey Weston
Feature: 1. S112 Drew Flatman; 2. S14 Nigel Reichstein; 3. S25 Neville Nitschke; 4. S17 Carey Weston; 5. S19 Phil Watson; 6. S24 Curtis Brown; 7. S42 Thomas Garner; 8. S31 Jayden Garner; 9. S3 Keith Moore; 10. S72 Kye Richardson; 11. S11 Ryan Buchanan; 12. S13 Ashley Carver; 13. S85 Thomas Claxton; 14. S28 Jarryd Farrell.
Junior Sedans:
Heat 1 – B9 Oscar Conder (New Stars)
Heat 2 – S6 Hannah Harris (New Stars)
Heat 1 – SA91 Henry Brumfield (Top Stars)
Heat 2 – S14 Brodie Reichstein (Top Stars)
Feature – 1. S91 Henry Brumfield; 2. S14 Brodie Reichstein; 3. MSA12 Ryan Burns; 4. S22 Violet Thorne; 5. S10 Aidan Gartner; 6. B9 Oscar Conder; 7. MDA42 Chloe McCarthy; 8. S74 James Becker; 9. S25 Cody Gartner.
Modified Sedans:
Heat 1: S9 Terry Brown
Heat 2: S18 Brandon Elphick
Feature – 1. S9 Terry Brown; 2. S18 Brandon Elphick; 3. S24 Darren McCarthy; 4. S31 Tony Hardy; 5. S12 Philip Hayes.
Formula 500s:
Heat 1 – S14 Jack Bell
Heat 2 – S14 Jack Bell
Feature – 1. S14 Jack Bell; 2. V37 James MacDonald, S31 Harrison Pfitzner; 4. S59 Jeff Martin.
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