A night of Speedway Bay’hem

Baypark Speedway 2024-25 season

Meeting number 10 preview, Bay Mayhem, Saturday, March 29, 2025

Entry lists have filled up rapidly for the summer’s penultimate night of racing at Baypark Speedway this Saturday.

The Bay Mayhem night is headlined by the annual Super Stock Rumble, the Harry Fredrickson Memorial Stock Car Gold Cup, and 2025 Bay of Plenty titles for Sprint Cars, F2 Midgets, and Youth Mini Stocks as part of a packed program.

A full grid of 31cars for the Super Stock Rumble is headed by Baypark’s recently crowned national champion Todd Hemingway with visiting drivers from the Huntly, Rotorua, Stratford, Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne tracks.

Todd Hemingway will drive the 1NZ Superstock registered to Baypark out on the track, a first in over 50 years for the Speedway

Among the highly rated visiting drivers are Taranaki’s Blair Uhlenberg and Hawke’s Bay racer Quin Ryan while the full 2024-25 Baypark Busters squad will be in action.

The contact racing action is doubled up for the Bay Mayhem night with a 34-strong field Stock Car assembled for the Harry Fredrickson Memorial Gold Cup, Baypark’s major annual event for the class.

There are Kihikihi, Rotorua, Auckland  and Gisborne drivers making the trip to challenge the Baypark locals.

The quality of Sprint Car competition remains at a high level, and this weekend’s BOP Championship field is headlined by California teenager Joel Myers Jnr making his second Baypark appearance.

American Teen Sensation Joel Myers Jnr racing alongside Matthew Leversedge from Christchurch at Baypark Speedway

The 18 year-old, who won the North Island title on his Baypark debut earlier this month and raced to victory in the Western Springs Last Lap finale last weekend, lines up in a 22-strong field. The competition for Myers includes former New Zealand champions Daniel Thomas, Jonathan Allard, Dean Brindle, Rodney Wood and Jamie Larsen.

The F2 Midgets have delivered some of the most competitive racing of the summer and the open wheel category returns with an 18-car grid to contest their BOP title.

Aotearoa NZ Formula 2 Midget Car Champion James Earl will be hard to beat on his home track this weekend

And it’s the same story for the BOP Youth Mini Stock title with the young home track racers facing visitors from the Huntly, Rotorua, Palm Nth, Auckland and Kihikihi tracks.

Racing starts at 6.30 pm. Parade of Champions starts at 6pm