The new racing season gathers more pace this weekend with the Bay Super Bowl and family favourite Fireworks Extravaganza night at Baypark Speedway.

With the North Island Sprint Car Championship looming at Baypark in early December, the fastest class of dirt track racing has gathered a bumper entry of 29 cars for this Saturday night, all eager for more laps on the fast new Baypark track surface.

Sprint car teams from the Auckland, Kihikihi, Palmerston North and Christchurch tracks will join the strong local ranks for the second night of the 2022-23 season.

Opening night feature race winner Daniel Thomas and podium finishers Ryan O’Connor and Rodney Wood will be back in action. And joining the fray for the first time this season are former NZ champion Dean Brindle while 2020 NZ Grand Prix winner Daniel Rogers hard charging Kihikihi racer Brian Edwards also make their first appearance of the season.

A second serving of top level open wheel racing will be provided by the Midget Cars with a 20-strong grid being headlined by opening night feature race winner Brad Mosen along with nine-time national champ Michael Pickens, former NZ champ Peter Hunnibel and reigning North Island champ Hayden Guptill.

The Super Stock ranks are also boosted with Baypark front runner Kerry Remnant and Rotorua’s  Damian Orr joining the action for the first time this season.

The racing programme precedes the Bay of Plenty’s largest fireworks display.