Since their inception in the early 70’s in QLD the Litre Sprintcars quickly grew to expand their footprint to NSW and VIC by the early 1980’s. Crowing our first Australian Litre Sprintcar Champion, Terry Thomas in 1982 Litrecars or Lightning Sprints as they are known today have held a firm place in the Australian Speedway scene.

The Lightning Sprint class is regarded as one of the most exciting and affordable classes of “Open Wheelers” in Australian Speedway. These midget sized winged rocket ships speak for themselves. There is nothing this fast, for this cheap. This is sprintcar style, for street car money.

It’s a place where aspiring sprintcar drivers can cut their teeth among a field of class and experience that spans decades. You will soon see why most of us are hooked, but if you are dreaming of 410 sprintcars, then we encourage you to earn your wings with us first.

If speedway karts are renowned as the school yard, then Lightning Sprints is where you get your apprenticeship.

In their early years competitors favoured highly modified small car and motorcycle engines, giving the cars a very broad appeal to many competitors from the purist to the innovators.

Today’s drivers favour stock motor cycle engines given their advancement in performance and reliability. That aside the class still offers unparalleled diversity to suit any racers budget based on:

driveline – quick change diff or chain drive;
engines – offering multiple manufactures, with flexibility around management systems;
methanol delivery – mechanical or electronic injection and carbs too.

While the cars continue to evolve as new engines, chassis and technology becomes available, all cars currently racing remain competitive and an affordable rate. This division offers exceptional value for money that is run by the drivers, for the drivers.

After almost 40 years the class objective remains the same:

Close & fast paced racing for a wide range of competitors in an enjoyable environment.