Race spectators were metres away from a flying wheel that tore through a fence after detaching from a sprint car at the Fireball Derby last night near Geelong.

The incident occurred at Avalon Raceway during the Sprintcar C-Main on Friday night. It is believed a tyre from racer Brenten Farrer’s car tore free from his vehicle and flew into the spectator ...

POINT Cook sprintcar champion David Murcott has thanked his early competition days at Avalon Raceway for his stunning World Series victory. Before a capacity crowd, including and a large section of ...

Champion driver James McFadden stamped his authority at Avalon on Saturday night, storming to victory in the Combined Waste $10,000 Sprintcar Jackpot. Crowd favourite and heavy World Series Sprintcars ...

An Avalon Raceway meet came to an abrupt early finish after a scary crash caused significant damage and left the driver in Geelong hospital. Frontrunner Harley Bishop, 41, was taken to Geelong ...

Developers have unveiled plans to build a new caravan and camping park in the city’s north, just meters from Avalon raceway and a nearby greyhound racing track. A planning application lodged with the ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Geelong. Followed categories will be added to My News. Frontrunner Harley Bishop, 41, was taken to Geelong hospital after his car flipped several times on lap six ...

Crews were called to the Old Melbourne Road racetrack at Lara about 12.30pm when an excavator carrying more than 200 litres of diesel fuel and up to 100 litres of hydraulic oil caught fire. Abour ...