The Top Cat Contracting 2025 North Island Minisprint Championship will be hotly contested from 6pm on Saturday 24th January at the Robertson Prestige International Speedway, with a quality field of drivers attending it's anyone’s guess who will stand on top of the podium! Add in the future of speedway competing for their Manawatu Youth Ministock Championship and the return of metal crunching Stockcars and spectacular Saloons - what an awesome night it will be.
Local heroes may have the home track advantage and are likely podium contenders, with drivers including 2nzp Glen McCutcheon, 3nzp Nathan Jefferies, and 54p Jayden Williams all in serious contention for the title. Defending champion 18p Daniel Nickel will be looking to go back-to-back, coming off the high of earlier in the month winning the New Zealand Minisprint Grand Prix at Oceanview Speedway and a second placing at the recent Manawatu Championship, he is surely one to watch come this Championship! With drivers from Stratford including 1nzs Karl Uhlenberg, 82s Cameron Hurley, 85s Erin Uhlenberg and Wanganui drivers including 53v Dylan Smith, 66v Flynn Whittaker and 92v Roger Smith rounding out a quality field, this Top Cat Contracting North Island Minisprint Championship is likely to go down to the wire.
The future of speedway, the Youth Ministock class, will also be competing for their Manawatu Championship. Youth Ministocks have fostered many speedway competitors into other classes, and the skill of these young drivers is something to admire. Many New Zealand Champions started their speedway racing career driving in the Ministock class, with a new Manawatu Youth Ministock Champion crowned this weekend.
The youth class this season has seen an excess of 40 cars registered with the Robertson Prestige International Speedway, including many local hard-charging drivers who will be in with a real chance of taking the podium honours. Coming off success at the Oceanview 5000, 52p Boston Joblin, 23p Kobe Dorn and 21p Mason Taylor will all be drivers to watch come this championship and are likely to be at the pointy end of the field. With some stiff competition likely from 294p Charlie Newman, 77p Will Carroll-Holland and 18p Aiden Waihi who all are inside the top six in the Travel Managers Season Points Chase, the competition will be tough!
Local cars will be given preference to make the 60-car field. Please register your intention to compete, and any available positions for out-of-town cars will be filled by ballot from online registrations. The final field will be posted on the week of the event.
Adding to the spectacular night at the Robertson Prestige International Speedway, metal-crunching Stockcars will be battling it out for the chequered flag. Side-by-side and bumper-to-bumper, the drivers are always willing to put on a show for the fans! These fearless drivers have had a few weeks off the dirt, so expect them to make their impact felt at the Robertson Prestige International Speedway. Rounding out the stellar night the return of Saloon racing in their Mustangs, Camaros, and Corvettes wheel-to-wheel around the CET Arena.
Classes in action are Minisprints, Youth Ministocks (60 car field), Stockcars, Saloons.
Drivers, please follow this link to register your intention to race on the 24th of January 2026 - www.pnspeedway.co.nz/forms/24-01-2026
Admission prices are $30 for an Adult (16 years and over), $10 for Children aged 8-15, and $70 for a Family pass of 2 adults and up to four children. Kids aged 7 and under are FREE.
Tickets are available to pre-purchase online from www.eventfinda.co.nz, (tickets purchased incur an additional service fee) or on race day from Gate 1 (Waldegrave Street), Gate 2 (Cuba Street - Bridge) and Gate 3 (Cook Street) from 5pm.
Minisprint practice from 5:15pm, racing starts at 6pm.
Click here to view a full list of the terms and conditions of entry (130KB pdf).
