How The Government Is DESTROYING Their Own Speedway

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4 ай бұрын

Sydney has not had an operating Speedway for 3 of the last 4 Summers.
From physical venue problems to a ridiculous lease agreement, the $110M speedway build at Eastern Creek Speedway has been riddled with issues since it began.
In this update from the saga, Toby talks through what has happened since the venue shut in September.
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@brettmorley6522 4 ай бұрын

For someone that claims he "just wants to go racing", you have done an EXCELLENT job of investigative journalism. Well done Toby! As long as people like you keep fighting the good fight, there is some chance of resurrecting this venue. As a former sprint car competitor in Australia, it always seemed to me that the vast majority of the general public viewed our sport as a bunch of yokel's, bashing around the paddocks. Its a breath of fresh air to see intelligent, articulate and well informed people sharing facts, voicing opinions, and fighting that good fight. Your efforts go a long way to showing just how professional this sport really is. My hat's off to you sir.

@joshschuberth2609 4 ай бұрын

Toby, I'm guessing that without really wanting to, you've just become a brilliant investigative journalist! I can see the huge amount of work that went into this video mate, a bloody fantastic effort. I'm glad there's someone out there that cares enough and has the connections/history in the sport to be able to investigate this properly. Keep up the great work 👏👏👏

@Thefactory333 4 ай бұрын

How frustrating!!! For the speedway community. Im from perth blessed with a motorplex 👌 greatful. Again, good onya! Toby!,dont stop!

@ashwb1 4 ай бұрын

What an absolute clusterfuck....

@johnharriss3414 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Toby. Like you, I'm so frustrated that our sport AND industry is becoming a political football. Disgusting.

@ZeroFox1970 4 ай бұрын

To bad it's not treated like football it would of been running without a hitch from day one

@cameronware3188 4 ай бұрын

Great video mate, well done and thank you 🙏

@SprintCarHub 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, Cam! Just wanted to be informative. I want anyway in that position to be successful but I am skeptical of how it'll all play out. -Toby

@frenzalrhomb6919 4 ай бұрын

@@SprintCarHub ... Toby, first up, I have to say that was one the BEST rants I've heard ANYWHERE, about our Sports (to put it mildly) lacklustre performance, since the "Wicked Witch of the State," Empress Gladys, sold Parramatta out from underneath our very bums.I couldn't believe it then, and I'm only just coming to terms with it now. Surely, if and when someone is trying to do business with another entity, ANY other entity, and they're "negotiating with them IN GOOD FAITH," surely there's some kind of contractual obligation on the part of BOTH PARTIES TO the NEGOTIATIONS, to KEEP those negotiations in the GOOD FAITH that they started with, and that by NOT having done so, or even TRIED TO DO SO, then surely to goodness (I'm toning this down just SOO MUCH here) someone, somewhere is guilty of some sort of Crime, Malfeasance, or in the very least some kind of breach of Contractual Obligations and Arrangements. Look clearly, I'm no bloody "Ambulance Chaser", but even the bloke that went into bat for the bloke on the Australian Movie, "The Castle" could have given them better legal "advice" than they seem to have had, but perhaps they'd been given some "under the counter cash" just to "walk away and say nothing more about it," because it seems to me that they would have been the most aggreaved Party, legally speaking, in all of this, and then they just seem to have disappeared into the "Dark Night," like some Goul or Ghost. All seems very strange to me, but more than just "advantages" for them, from a certain point of view, of course!! Just something to think about, cheers!! P.S : - What a pair of legend's, to get it up and running (if it ever does again) and that's Dennis Newlyn and Garry Rush!! Be a thing of wonder to see them get it up to scratch as a track,and then as a real "going concern," the "Star Pulling Power" just having those guys on board for the place, the contacts, Worldwide, that those two Men could call upon, "just for a bit of "Auld Lang Sign," would be worth 5 Leprechauns worth of Gold, and then some, and I'd like to think that they'd do it just for the "shits and giggles," if you know what I mean!! Anyway, enough is enough, I'm off this time. Good night. 😜

@SuperRoo_22 4 ай бұрын

@SprintCarHub To state the obvious, the slate needs to be wiped clean here. Just start again. A big investor needs to get involved with the funds to make it happen and slowly become successful. Some one like Gina Rinehart or Twiggy Forrest for example. They provide the funds & hve "Real" Speedway people like yourself to advise what needs to done to make it happen. They will obviously have sponsorship rights & a final say in all decisions. So yes, private ownership. The NSW government obviously don't give a toss. What a fuckin joke. So lucky to hve the Motorplex here. So well run by Gavin & his team. It's makes me so proud in hving this world class facility as my home track. Sort of suprised you weren't over here for the Festival Of Sprintcars. Great video Toby. Telling it how it is.

@icethebreak 4 ай бұрын

great work Toby, keen on digging and stirring up the shit!

@SprintCarHub 4 ай бұрын

The aim certainly isn't to "stir shit" but just inform the public and keep people accountable. Thanks for watching! -Toby

@shaunqueale282 4 ай бұрын

Concise, factual, fair....and brutally honest. Excellent report, Toby. Hope things get a bit brighter for race starved Sydney.

@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS 4 ай бұрын

X Sprintcar driver, This makes me really sad, Archerfield gone plus others, now this 😢 and they complain when it's on the streets 🤔

@Gibvoice 4 ай бұрын

FANTASTIC reporting!! I hope the (obviously) MASSIVE effort you've put into not only this video, but the entire ongoing saga is appreciated by those who share your passion for sprint car racing. As an American who has watched Australian sprint car racing evolve over the past 25+ years, it saddens me that the country's largest metropolitan area doesn't have a functioning venue. If/when this entire fiasco is sorted, I believe the sport will owe you a huge debt of gratitude! Cheers, Mate...

@LongLiveTheChaz 4 ай бұрын

#LearnToCode Great video!! Tons of time and effort into this one.

@stylesfamilyracing8537 4 ай бұрын

Really well put together Toby. I can't praise Garry Wilmington enough he is working hard in there while copping pressure from all sides. That needs to be clearly understoodby everyone. On the same page though all this stuff needs to be made clear and in factual context which is exactly what this just did. You have very carefully laid it all out for all to understand. The sport needs to get back on track now. Government clearly dont even want to understand what this sport is.

@michaelgleeson1198 4 ай бұрын

Awesome update thank you Toby

@SprintCarHub 4 ай бұрын

Glad you got some info out of it. Thank you mate. -Toby

@ajfmaughan 4 ай бұрын

Toby this well-researched piece, complemented by a great video, effectively addresses the sorry state of speedway in Sydney. The comprehensive delivery and attention to detail make it a truly well-done presentation. The continued misuse of public money is nothing short of a disgrace. One wonders if Dan Andrews was a consultant in this whole saga; he's known for these sorts of stuff-ups!!

@paulhall170 4 ай бұрын

Do some digging on the Wollongong Karting Track; you might be interested in what you will find.... Thanks Toby for your continuing passion for the sport and your incisive commentary. Thankfully I can still go to Goulburn and Nowra Speedways and enjoy well-run and honest race meetings...

@sportsrewinddigital 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for another great video with the facts!

@WicksyGaming 4 ай бұрын

Cheers for all the info mate! Depressing that it was “impossible” to know what was going on

@orangeLJ 4 ай бұрын

Id love to see private hire days during off season. We do it with racetracks and drag strips- how good would it be to have our clubs be able to hire the place for a day and run full day practices and trials.

@mick9371 4 ай бұрын

The motorplex seem to run a drag way and speedway side by side brilliantly Why can’t these guys ? Seriously the motorplex have made us on the east coast look like dicks

@damienpahl1310 4 ай бұрын

Motorplex had its issues. And I think the Speedway and dragway were built together. So never had the issue of integrating. I think the main issue is finance, and having sydney dragway put there hands in the jar has just added to the costs of whoever finally becomes manager of the Speedway side of things

@orangeLJ 4 ай бұрын

Dragway has its own huge range of political and business dramas- it's been that way for decades. Cluster fucks all round, but at least the drag strip is functional and used 😢

@MrBigfella1234 4 ай бұрын

@damienpahl1310 what issues has the motorplex had ?

@ignatiusnoirant8174 4 ай бұрын

The motorplex was built 25 years ago, for just over 18 million, with the state government listening to dirt track experts, then leaving it to the experts to run. Without trying to profit from it.

@Ygottabjokkin 4 ай бұрын

Well done Toby, keep up the good work ol’mate 🤝🫡

@robertmarshall7938 4 ай бұрын

What a stuff up unbelievable such a mess badly need experience speedway people involved

@motorracingpassion4123 4 ай бұрын

Would love to hear a quote from Andrew Constance on where it’s all currently at, given he was the public face of the start of all this and claimed building a speedway was easy

@1959cadillacdan 4 ай бұрын

Love your work Toby.

@ARyan-ln1db 4 ай бұрын

What passion. Great video Toby.

@SprintCarHub 4 ай бұрын

Thank you mate. I love Sprint Car racing and just wanna see the place thrive! -Toby

@damiencooper1050 4 ай бұрын

Great work Toby you really do keep the masses informed, how goods Ray Hadley 😂😂

@ZeroFox1970 4 ай бұрын

That was brilliant great work without people like yourself nothing will be done keep it up mate best of luck cheers

@SprintCarHub 4 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍 -Toby

@nathanainger3916 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Tobby sad to hear this.

@notavailable4926 4 ай бұрын

Great information Toby, just goes to show how tanked this speedway is.

@stefantrnacek1394 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant report. If this was AFL or NRL, the government would have stepped in long ago.

@prettyvacant2729 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Toby. Lots of facts there that most people would not be aware of - especially the Beuk connection. I am going to write a letter to the Ministers involved asking them to Please Explain. If others do the same, it may well stir something up. Remember, Ministers and their departments will always take the easy option so don't expect much more than a vanilla response full of crap.

@colinmay151 4 ай бұрын

There is only one reason you draft a 647 page plan. So that no one reads it. Anyone with business experience and common sense can smell that from a mile away where's Gov bureaucrats typically look at the cover page then weigh the submission to gauge its authenticity. Good Luck Toby

@Boxer.34 4 ай бұрын

My head really hurts, I pray that this gets resolved quickly 🙏🏻

@1ihws 4 ай бұрын

This is exactly why “the modern era” has cocked things up totally!

@pat88c 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for update This has not been handled well by dragway or nsw government Needs control plan over from planning to sport minister to get this working to be worls class venue

@ryanbosworth2782 4 ай бұрын

Great video mate. Unfortunately, the government is disgustingly corrupt.

@SprintCarHub 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, Ryan! It's just not a great situation which is why I wanted to bring it to light. Not to piss people off for the sake of it, but for the sake of the sport. -Toby

@lukehiggins4 4 ай бұрын

Great video mate. Sad news though, sounds like a cluster f*ck

@ldnwholesale8552 4 ай бұрын

Very well presented and researched Toby. Clearly the new speedway was built very incorrectly on the wrong place. Govt to take blame for that one. Too small a venue. Track is ok once and if the drainage is fixed. It seems a couple of blokes with some idea is trying to improve the track but without the drainage fixed it is useless. But to me crowd capacity is too small for a big city. Speedway Park could take near twice that many and did on occasion and that in Adelaide a smaller city. The car park is far bigger, the pits are bigger and it WAS the best venue in the country. So how the hell did they come up with what they have? Dust, to me an overstated problem. Speedway Pk and AIR drags ran on the same night often with seemingly no issues. I have road raced, in the dark at AIR on the same night as a speedway meeting and the track was no different. Maybe on a cold dewey night there may be some issue. But drag strips get very slick on cold nights as well. I have watched wild bunch cars on a cool night. Tailem Bend slightly less a dusbowl seem to be doing ok. And their opening day for road racing I could see the dust 30k away. Going to the Mount [to get rained out] and on our way back sunday morning.

@arthur4493 4 ай бұрын

Ray Hadley sums it up at the end well said ray

@paulyb0409 4 ай бұрын

nsw gov has some explaining to do, or resolve the problem promptly. Like you said its the sport itself that is suffering

@Clynikal 4 ай бұрын

Ray Hadley 69 years old; “76 years old, what is she running it from a nursing home?”. Funny bastard

@Headknocks 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Toby. Who knows what these grubs would be up to if you weren't in their case

@terrencejbishop 4 ай бұрын

@sprintcarhub - when Sydney speedway has done its first full year of successful racing - I’m going to partition for Ray Hadley to come reveal the statue or plaque of Toby!!

@michaelfeist745 4 ай бұрын

Great video toby what a shitshow 😵‍💫

@SprintCarHub 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I just wanted it to be informative! -Toby

@Salty60 4 ай бұрын

Having gone to Parramatta since 1978. yes i know im getting old. Sydney definitely needs a Speedway up and running. So, I believe to NSW Government should save face and at least charge NO COST to the new promotion team for at least 2-5 years. Find a company that is totally interested and financial to run the venue. And be like any entertaining venue. GET BUMS on seats . The seats/parking/track condition can be altered over time. But just get the fans what they are craving for.

@mattvaughan7245 4 ай бұрын

Whilst I agree with everything you have said, Don't forget that the Dragstrip was also built to substandard and that the monies earmarked to fix the innumerable problems at the dragstrip ... Conveniently ended up at the race track ... Hello Musco lighting for the whole place .. Thanks you ARDC .... Fucked over every one again

@horizonxx_1 4 ай бұрын

If this was football or cricket, it wouldn’t be such a debacle

@setituptoblowitup 4 ай бұрын

As an American who saw WoO run last knight 💫 while this kinda stuff can seem boring it's nesacery for the next generation to be able to enjoy the same freedoms keep up the good fight SH.

@NathansDailyDose 4 ай бұрын

The Government should fund a 3-5 year contract to get the corrections done and make it established. That way a promoter can take it into the future under it’s own merit, especially after their blunder of a build. This would win back public opinion and show their support for the sport. Maybe they could establish a control board over that 3-5 year period with someone like yourself attached to manage it? Something needs to happen, that’s for sure.

@vaughanoke1059 4 ай бұрын

It's noboby's business about bankruptcy and the circumstances surrounding it!! Gary Wilmington has spent his entire life involved in motorsport his son races a midget and sprintcar, give him the fair go he deserves.

@robossuperchannel9434 4 ай бұрын

Not even the creditors business? Bankruptcy is on the public record for good reason.

@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS 4 ай бұрын

I was at the understanding that the Kelly group from Archerfield was taking this on 🤔

@davidmclucas2970 4 ай бұрын

They were running it, but had to walk away from it

@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS 4 ай бұрын

@davidmclucas2970 ok thankyou, appreciate the info David, Sad days 😢😪 for speedway in Australia 🍻🍻🇦🇺👋🍻🍻👍

@merkeynerk 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like Sydney dragway took the lease to make sure the speedway never operated.

@JustinMorrisV82 4 ай бұрын

To sub lease it to skim a little off the top to fix up the financial situation from previous years

@user-np3mb4lu1j 4 ай бұрын

Any thing the government has anything to do with terms to shit look at our country

@Nathan-vp1ug 4 ай бұрын

you should reach out to Tony Stewart and ask what he would do with this situation.

@bmcshane80 4 ай бұрын

He'd laugh at the Government owning it and go about his day hahaha

@darryllspalding9680 4 ай бұрын

leave the ads till the end fella

@nickyn4076 4 ай бұрын

It's Australia

@trevorjohnston9504 4 ай бұрын

The son of rod bowen?

@SprintCarHub 4 ай бұрын

The one and only!

@trevorjohnston9504 4 ай бұрын

@@SprintCarHub did your dad race in Victoria

@icethebreak 4 ай бұрын

quite ironic that my former local MP in London (who went onto become a government minisiter) was Paul Scully...and he is just as useless!

@darryllspalding9680 4 ай бұрын

wilmington? theres a name

@travsfishnsafaris7315 4 ай бұрын

❤

@travsfishnsafaris7315 4 ай бұрын

Farrk

@robertmarshall7938 4 ай бұрын

Can

@scottnz411 4 ай бұрын

fuck and i thought western springs situation was bad,

@JPMTB100 4 ай бұрын

It doesn't matter which side of the coin; neither gives a fark. All they care about is Taylor Shit. Don't worry about a billion dollar industry in NSW.

@camf7522 4 ай бұрын

0:34 How you ask? The NSW government is involved.

@gtomunro5670 4 ай бұрын

Glad i'm done racing Speedway , you could not make this shit shit up . Just look at the players here and you expect a different outcome . come on ! Wake up people .

@harmichaelkunt2358 4 ай бұрын

Ch9 spring car hub🤦🏻‍♂️😂

@SprintCarHub 4 ай бұрын

Hahaha. We spent a couple hours with those people and they were great. I was surprised the editor got the name wrong though. I even sent them footage to use and was wearing a shirt with the name on it. The way they collect info so quickly and knock out a video for that day is very efficient. It'd be so hard to get everything right though. -Toby

@colinmay151 4 ай бұрын

Its an insight into the possibilities of what they may get wrong when we are not aware @@SprintCarHub

@markgrimley9004 4 ай бұрын

🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺👍🏼❤️

@Errol.C-nz 4 ай бұрын

Yeeeee Gaaaards.. ONLY political minds could F¥€k things up THIS MUCH ! ! !.. all the best God help speedway Aus.. 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿 NZ ✊💪

@DirtySlapper99 4 ай бұрын

So it's business as usual in the oz dirt scene. You poor barsteds have always had 50 clowns who don't have half a clue fighting for ummmmm 🤔 IDK just for the fight 🤷

@waynecooling2433 4 ай бұрын

Drag racing over the past few decades have become so political within itself make only sense they get tied up with politics outside their own sport.

@darryllspalding9680 4 ай бұрын

the entire country has become a political football!!! vote 1 Pauline.

@colinmay151 4 ай бұрын

She did lobby the Lib Gov for 11 million funding to Willowbank drag racing

@joshbee6712 4 ай бұрын

The more you people bang on, the longer you will wait. Dig really really deep inside yourself, and decide if making your points about a bankrupt bloke is more important than strapping belts on and going racing? Just get over it. Let them at it. Why the fuck do you care if his wallet is empty?

@SprintCarHub 4 ай бұрын

I can't decide if my favourite part of your comment is "just get over it" or "why the fuck do you care if his wallet is empty?" 🤣 I appreciate you watching and for the laugh -Toby

@user-ic7cu6eh4b 4 ай бұрын

You have to be kidding. Gary Wilmington is the Manager. You have no clue if you don't know about him, his racing career, his involvement in Speedway and his extensive experience in operating a Motorsport complex. Get a clue ffs. This is just a paid promotion attention getter.

@myrx2 4 ай бұрын

Obviously you wonna remain anonymous (or to scared to put a name to your face) since your account was created a few hours after this video came out

@BillRinOz 4 ай бұрын

I thought better from Sprint Car Hub. Bringing the operators and sport into disrepute. This bloke really has no clue. Stick to reporting on Sprint Cars and Sprint Car racing

@SprintCarHub 4 ай бұрын

What part was not to your liking? Thanks for taking the time to watch anyway!

@OTCHooly 4 ай бұрын

Great video Toby, keep it up! 👍

@BillRinOz 4 ай бұрын

@@SprintCarHub The whole purpose of it and your attempt to discredit the new operators before they have had a fair go. If you've got something positive to contribute why don't you actually work with them? They need volunteers and are open to input.

@cambaw5 4 ай бұрын

Hows he got no clue? The entire video is built off publicly accesible facts 😂

@ignatiusnoirant8174 4 ай бұрын

@@BillRinOz Toby does more for this sport than most. Keep your lounge chair comments to yourself.