2018 Jun 10
Last night at our annual prize giving we picked up 3rd place for season points , 1st place in the Central Motor Speedway Champs but the real surprise was the Competitor of the year award for Central Motor Speedway. A huge honour and very humbling to say the least.
It capped off a rewarding and successful season for our team as we welcome a new pony to the stables.
Congratulations to all the award winners especially Andy and Mandy Erskine and Jason Scott on their well deserved life membership awards.
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2018 Winter - Shed Update #1
We have hole where an engine once lived.
Engine is heading up state highway 1 for a complete freshen. A heap of maintenance to take care of on 21t. Shed in Cromwell is almost ready for a new arrival. All going to plan.

2018 April 22 - Season Round Up

That's it folks for season 17 /18. So some people to thank a summary of our season and a quick insight into what exciting things are coming up for next season.
Results wise we are reasonably satisfied with our season.
A couple of rain outs at one or two of the big shows left us thinking what if and a disappointing showing at the SI Champs but apart from that we were in amongst the lollie scramble the majority of the time.
Season highlights.

1sr Rod McLaren Memorial.
1st Xmas Champs ( Riverside).
1st Saloon best pairs ( with 51i)
1st Central Otago Champs.
1st Southern Saloon Series.

Qualified in the top 20 for the Saloon Nationals.
Selected to represent the South Island in the North v South Challenge.
Selected for the Holden Trade Club Speedweek.

Feature Race wins = 2
Feature Race podiums = 3
10 wins 13 2nd placings and 7 3rds gives a total of 30 podium finishes.

We travelled from Invercargill to Huntly and pretty much everywhere in between and can honestly say not one cross word or one bit of toy throwing took place during the whole season..... Remarkable..
I could not be more proud of my crew.
A heart felt thank you to
Paul, Chris, Nigel , Kate , Scott , Connor, Connor , Lynley and Robin who all help out during the season on some level. You guys rock.

To our sponsors.
K and D Automotive. Darcy and Jason always there day or night.
Concrete Worx. Kyle thanks for the drive way buddy.
Southland car and commercial painters. Wilson and his team. It's about to get busy lol.
Nees Graphics. Cheers Flash without you I wouldn't be doing this crazy thing.
Southland Tyre Center. Cheers Daryl and team. Nothing is ever a problem.
X Factor Cars. Thanks Scott for keeping the Mother ship on course.

I especially want to thank Kate who for seven months of the year her life is literally dominated by speedway on so many levels.

So a super busy winter ahead preparing two Saloons that will race side by side next season in a team format.
Stay tuned for our shed updates through out the winter.
We've got something special planned when we unveil the two cars in the spring.

Thanks everyone for your support and encouragement during the season.
Winter well and we will see you all in turn one cone October.

Cheers from X Factor Racing.

2017 Aug 18 - Shed Update
Just coming out of turn four and onto the chequer with 21ts winter freshen.
It's about now you wish it was October

2017 July 13 - Shed Update
Getting there....it's winter outside "but it won't be long till summer comes".
Less than a 100 days and we all will be chasing that black n white wavy thing.

2017 June 24 - Shed Update
A big day fitting up all the new panels etc. The plan is to have 21t completed and ready to roll by July 31, park it up in the corner and wait for 21t ( Super Saloon) to hit X Factor Racing HQ for its new paint job and livery.
Can't wait for summer to roll around.

2016 Jun 11 - Central Motor Speedway - Prize Giving
Our season was capped off by a great night of celebration at our annual awards night.
The highlight being awarded the Sportsperson of the year trophy. A total surprise it must be said.
Our crew and supporters were a little worse for wear this morning....some more than others but that's how it goes.
On behalf of all of our crew thanks to everyone who has made our fantastic season possible.
Thank you to our club for putting on a fantastic night of celebrations. Thanks to the bar staff !!!

2017 May 17
North v South Saloons - Eastern States Speedway Blenheim
Part 1:

Night one went pretty well for X Factor Racing and the South Island team. Qualified 9th for the feature but with both groups inverted we started 16th(last) on the grid. We managed to pick up four spots to finish 12th.
The racing was fast and clean all night with some pretty wicked lap times getting rolled out. Not a mark on 21t so a pretty laid back day until we do it all again tonight. Cheers from the crew at X Factor Racing.

Part 2:
An amazing weekend of racing!! Extremely fast paced and crazy busy in the pits. Learnt heaps now just have to try to remember it all - was a great experience and who would have thought Euan would have got a chequered flag! ??.
Our main aim was to finish and not cause any carnage. Was really clean racing with very few stoppages - really well run meeting.
Special thanks to Shane and Paul for all your help and advice, and also to Victoria for being my live streaming girl (never short of a conversation that girl!??) - very proud of all the southerners Kylie Ivan Murdoch Graham Williamson Steve Robertson and Euan. You all looked so good on the track and proved that you all deserved to be there. Now for the trip home and back to work!!

Part 3:
The North v South Saloon Challenge had the makings of a great event and man did it deliver. The racing was right out of the top draw....clean and fast on a belter of a track. The south team did themselves proud especially on night two when every heat was won by a South Island driver. The willingness of drivers and crews to share gear, bits and crew at times along with the usual banter and funny moments made it the most enjoyable ,fun and relaxing time we have had since we started racing three seasons ago. In terms of our own results and performance we learnt bucket loads.
Number 1. We have enough pace to foot it with the best.
Number 2. The starts are extremely critical when passing options are limited because every car is fast.
Number 3 Events such as this one are up several levels in terms of intensity and speed.
Number 4 We would love to be part of it again. Our best moments were the first heat finishing 2nd, the last heat when finishing 4th and recording the fastest lap time of the race.Taking out the 20 lap feature race was the icing on the cake.
I cannot thank Crew chief Riley, Chris Kirkwood and Kate enough. Three seasons on and not one cross word says it all. One amazing young man I must send a special shout out to is William. Thanks buddy for all the tips, words of encouragement, keeping me entertained in the grand parade and the cool flag that you made (it will hang out in trailor as a reminder of your commitment to X Factor Racing)
Congrats to the North Island team....well deserved. Cheers from everyone at X FACTOR RACING.

Previous Season Results HERE