Aeroflow National Sportsman Champions Celebrated at Winternats

The NDRC’s 2024/2025 Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship drew to its epic conclusion at Willowbank Raceway over the weekend, where more than 350 sportsman racers took part in what is the largest championship drag racing event outside of North America.

Not only were championships decided and confirmed across 10 sportsman championship brackets, but coveted Gulf Western Oil Winternationals event wins were also up for grabs.

The sportsman racers entertained the packed stands alongside 11,000hp/500+kph Top Fuel Dragsters and XPRO Nitro Funny Cars, Top Doorslammers, Pro Alcohol, Pro Stock Motorcycles, Top Fuel Motorcycles, Pro Stock, and FuelTech Pro Mod over four days of non-stop two- and four-wheeled drag racing action.

Modified Bike

Championship winner: Dean Jamieson
Championship runner-up Sean Ricketts

Winternationals winner: Dale Marshall
Winternationals runner-up: Geoffrey Marshall
Winternationals Top Qualifier: Johnny Lewis

Dean Jamieson came into the Winternationals weekend with a significant points advantage over his closest rival, Sean Ricketts. Jamieson would go on to secure the championship win, despite being knocked out in round one by Cody Rolton while Ricketts locked up in the runner-up position. Rickets was dispatched by Johnny Lewis in round three, but prior to that took wins over Phil White (round two) and Cody Rolton (round one).

Taking out the highly coveted event honours was Dale Marshall, who first dispatched Donald Hagan in round one before sending Travis McCleverty packing in round two and enjoying a bye in round three to get to the final match-up against Geoffrey Marshall. In round one, Geoffrey Marshall took the win over Tammy Goldthorpe, before a bye in round two and win over Top Qualifier Johnny Lewis in the semi-final.

“It has sunk in a bit now and we are pretty happy!” Jamieson said.

“Last year we were the runner-up to Sean Ricketts in the NDRC and this year we took another step forward and got the win over Sean, so that felt really great to make that step.

“It caps off a pretty good season for me too – I won the Dragway at The Bend Track Championship, also Dragway at The Bend’s outright championship, the ANDRA Championship, and now the NDRC Championship.

“It is certainly very rewarding as we put in a lot of work behind the scenes and it is a great effort for all of that effort and work.

“I would like to thank my daughter Marissa, and also Top Shop Casterton and Casterton Motorcycles, for all of their support.”

Junior Drag Bike

Championship winner: Lillian Hagan
Championship runner-up: Lawrence Raschella

Winternationals winner: Cooper Ashelford
Winternationals runner-up: Jayden Badcock
Winternationals Top Qualifier: Marcus MacDonald

The next generation of Australia’s two-wheeled drag racing champions certainly put on a show this weekend, with Lillian Hagan taking out the 2024/2025 Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship honours over runner-up Lawrence Raschella. Both Hagan and Raschella were knocked out in the first round of eliminations runs, but their strong points position coming into the weekend was more than enough to seal the deal for them both.

Winternationals winner Cooper Ashelford raced through all three rounds of racing to get to the final match-up against eventual runner-up Jayden Badcock. Ashelford took wins over Xavier Mansfield-French (round one), Scarlett Mansfield-French (round two), and Kye Badcock (round three) on the way to the final. Badcock meanwhile, sent Hagan packing in round one, before doing the same to Maddison Schofield in round two, and Jetayah Chalk in round three. Top Qualifier Marcus MacDonald was knocked out by Kye Badcock in round two.

“It feels pretty good to win the title, and being a two-time Australian champion and the first female to do that in NDRC in bikes as far as we know of, that is pretty cool for a nearly 16 year old,” Hagan said.

“As soon as October’s final last year and we got the Grand Final win we thought we would chase the next season a little bit, we went to Benaraby and then to Willowbank, and then Adelaide, Sydney, and back to Willowbank for the Winternationals, and it all paid off.

“I would like to thank my sponsors – Outback Flooring Solutions, BAR Welding, Flemings Auto Bits, Boy Expresso, Dave Oliver Motorcycle Tyres, Royal Precision Lubricants, Motorcycle Towing 24/7, and McLeod Accessories – and also the Hagan clan, H2Racing, and Mandy and Brett Collins.

“I would also like to thank all of my fellow competitors, and everyone who signed my helmet.”

Performance Bike

Championship winner: Ken Collin
Championship runner-up: Cheryl ‘MsVrod’ Beddoes

Winternationals winner: Pete Farnell
Winternationals runner-up: Ken Collin
Winternationals Top Qualifier: Chris Allen

Ken Collin raced through all four rounds of Performance Bike eliminations at the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals to claim the 2024/2025 Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship title and Winternationals runner-up position.

Collin started the day by showing David Finlayson the door in round one and doing the same to Bobbie Schluter in round two before enjoying a bye in the semi-final to line up against the eventual Winters winner Peter Farnell, where Farnell got the job done.

To get to the final pairing, Farnell first successfully lined up against Beau Strikes and Aaveen Autar in rounds one and two, before then sending championship runner-up Cheryl ‘MsVrod’ Beddoes packing, ending her title chase. Beddoes had earlier dispatched Top Qualifier Chris Allen in round one.

“It was great to win the championship, it has been my goal, I just enjoy racing so much. I suppose it was an unexpected win in some ways, because it was in light of a couple of other bikes being so far under their records,” Collin said.

“I want to thank my engine builder Ken Peaty with Rascal Race Engines, my tuner Blaze Hansen, my wife Mary, and my pit crew – Trent Singleton who helps me all the time and Dave Finlayson who was at the Bend with me; he is the one I raced in the first round at the weekend now that he is competing also!

“It was a really enjoyable weekend at the Winternationals and I appreciate what the NDRC is doing for the sportsman racers, where we can race between the two sanctioning bodies. I will be back next year!”

Also joining in the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals fun this weekend were the non-championship Real Street and Extreme Bike classes, Steven Warren and Matt Walker taking out the event win over runners-up Paul and Nathan Neilson in their classes respectively.

Dates for next season will be announced on Thursday, 17 July 2025. To learn more about the NDRC, visit www.ndrc.tv

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