The team is based out of Devonport, Tasmaina, a small island just south of Australia.Ĭraig Munday is the wrench behind the scenes, he has many years experience on full size sprints. Marcus is joined by Matthew Redpath as the other team driver. Marcus is a new customer with Hyper mini sprint in 2011, but his racing team consists of two brand new Hypers (one panhard bar and one Jacob's ladder and they already have 3 wins between them. Charlie works at the Shock Doctor building race shocks. Kristin works at the family business Aussie Track Wear. Both have enjoyed a lot of success in the Junior Sedan division and both have feature wins in the 600's. Kristin (20) is in her 3rd year of 600cc sprint racing while Charlie (18) is in his second. On the plane ride home,ĭave realized he needed to find a way to become our dealer in AU. They did very well racing and had a good time. The intensity and speed of the small track after the 600cc feature persuaded Dave to say “that was the best racing I have ever seen anywhere!” Then we were off to Arkansas to race the $10,000 race on a track that was more their size. Then we went to Lanco Saturday and they were speechless. We started them off at Path Valley, when they saw the track they called it a really small track. The real eye opener for them was not only how many parts Hyper has on the shelves but also the size of our tracks. Here is how Dave was sold on Hyper:īen Devlin (driver) and David Hedington (car builder) came over from Australia with an engine and shocks to bolt in my back up car and race the best in the US. Before Dave was associated with us, he built his own brand of chassis called Track-Rite. Not only is Dave a really nice guy, but he knows how to fabricate and wrench on a car as well. Dave owns and operates Hyper Racing Australia, located in Perth (West Australia). Here is more about my trip.Ġ417 900 presence in AU would not be nearly as strong if it were not for one major king pin, Dave Hedington. ![]() Dave Hedington and Wayne Moller hooked me up with a crew and transportation. I prepared my car and shipped it over in a crate. ![]() It is similar to our speedweek with lots of racing in a short amount of time. In 2009, I made a trip to Australia to race the famed Oval Express Series. Hyper Racing has been on top of the wave of the micro sprint 600cc class in AU thanks to our many great drivers. After this race, the transition began from the 2-stroke engine to the 600cc engine. ![]() And it just so happens that Hyper Racing had the first 500cc across the line as well with Michael Wise behind the wheel. Before this race, the Formula 500 class, as they call it, was dominated by 500cc 2-stroke engines. Send to story in AU really got going back in 2006 when Ben Devlin won the Australian Nationals in his Hyper 600cc Chassis. If you race a Hyper Chassis in Australia or New Zealand and you want to be immortalized on this page, please send us your high quality pictures and some words to go with them. This page is dedicated to our customers in Australia. Hyper Racing has the greatest customers in the world!
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