Ashton Mineeff Racing

15/06/2026

The Sprintcar Association of NSW season 2025/26 Awards night was held over the weekend on Saturday evening, it was an absolute credit to the SANSW committee and members for such an enjoyable, professional evening which included celebrating the year that has been.

For Ashton, it was an opportunity to celebrate a successful season in the SWF NSW Sprintcar series, collecting our 3rd place in series trophy, which included a $1,500 cheque, a Saldana Oil Tank, and a fantastic new welder thanks to Lincoln Electric Australia!

We are gracious to have received 2 additional awards over the evening, which was unexpected!
First was the most improved driver award - which was much appreciated for the consideration, which included a prize of a full set of shocks from DIRT X IND MotorSports - thank you team!

The second, and very humbling award, was being voted drivers-driver, which is voted by fellow drivers to recognise sportsmanship, skill and respect. To be appreciated by our fellow competitors who we race hard, but with respect, is something we are very proud of. The prize for this award was thanks to Jamie at Pinnacle Graffix, who put up a $3,000 credit towards our car signage requirements for the upcoming season! Something like this is certainly appreciated by our team who looks to present ourselves in a great light.

Congratulations to all the other place getters and award recipients. With such exceptional prizes/awards, valued sponsors, an exciting 20+ race calendar in the upcoming season for SANSW, and huge respect for competitors from a hard working and friendly committee, NSW Sprintcar racing is certainly on the way back up 📈🚀🏁

Thanks must also go to our team, sponsors and supporters who made our 25/26 season possible. We have another post coming up shortly to cap off our huge season!

Won on Saturday, put to work Monday! Our new Lincoln Electric welder is being put to work by Ashton this week on an exciting project that will form the first part of our 26/27 Sprintcar season that’s right around the corner next month - any ideas? 👀

10/06/2026

It might now be off season, but that means the AMR shop is as busy as ever, with our cars having bits off being serviced, checked and overhauled.

What content do you want to see from us as we prepare our cars for a return to racing?

Technical walkthroughs - what off season prep looks like - how an LS Sprintcar works - what our race schedule is looking like for 26/27 - AMR Shop tour - or something else?

Let us know in the comments!

08/06/2026

LS Sprintcar Racing - the numbers!

As we conclude our second season with our LS3/CT525 Sprintcar engine power plant, our experience has been nothing short of amazing with this package.

With the interest of seeing more of these fantastic engines out on track, especially in NSW against open 410 competition, we thought we would share some stats behind the single engine we have used in the 14.

- S/H engine purchased: 4 shows old
- Meetings on engine now: 35 shows
- Engine unopened since new
- No engine components replaced in our ownership, including alternator, drive belts, water pump, ignition & fuel system, even spark plugs!
- Engine serviced using oil and filter from Supercheap Auto at approximately $140 per service. Engine oil/filter change every 3 events.
- Purchase price of engine: $27,000.
- Brand new LS3/CT535 ready to race at current pricing: $35-40k, second hand pricing $25-35k.
- This can see a complete car assembled for $45-60k ready to race.

We will look to have our engine get to 50+ meetings before rebuild. When factoring $15,000 for a rebuild (which will be of higher spec than engine is now), our engine rebuild allowance will be $300 per night, compared to $2,500 for a 410.

During our time with the LS, we have raced approximately 10 LS/360 shows, and 20 Open 410ci shows. Utilising the LS engine, we have the opportunity to race significantly more due to much cheaper running cost (including reduced tyre wear), and more events as we can race in either competition.

The LS/360 class is a fantastic way of going Sprintcar racing. However, the LS in open competition shouldn’t be dismissed. In our time with the LS, we have had 3 outright podiums in 410 competition, including a win. The complete engine we are using, costs less than a rebuild on a 410. Of course with a 300 horsepower deficit to the 850-950hp 410’s, you need things to go your way, but there’s no denying the LS engines can hold their own on country tracks.

The Sprintcar Association of NSW have put on a huge calendar for season 26/27 including 12 country races, and with healthy prize money, and the LS/360 top finisher bonus, it’s a seriously attractive proposition to race competitively at the top class of dirt speedway racing, at pennies in the dollar. Every competitor’s circumstances are different, but once established, and when prize money is factored in, our nightly costs can be as low as $800-1000 per event, up to $2500 for longer distance events including accommodation etc. When factored against other Motorsport, there’s no better time to go Sprintcar racing!

We’re open to any positive questions or discussion in the comments, we’re keen to see Sprintcar racing reach its past highs in 2026/2027! 🏁💪🏽

29/04/2026

Picture this, it’s an evening at Sydney Motorsport Park, and you’re thrown in for 2 laps in one of these Chev LS V8 powered beasts, as both pictured at Turn 3 under sunset, are you choosing…

LIKE 👍🏼 for Dirt Sprintcar..?
LOVE ❤️ for V8 Supercar..?

Let us know why in the comments…

Thanks to 4wheelfeels for the pic of our Sprintcar laps on Sunday night, and credit to Edge Photographics for the Supercar pic.

27/04/2026

SPRINTCAR - CIRCUIT LAPPING

You guys have loved the pictures coming from our night yesterday at Sydney Motorsport Park, putting on a demonstration at the Legend Car Nationals thanks to Australian Autosport Alliance (AASA), so here’s some video from the telecast with thanks to Clay-Per-View!

This is not AI! 🤣

It’s a special thanks to the AASA event promotion and Marcos Ambrose for the invite - it’s fantastic to see collaboration between Dirt, and Road Racing, for the betterment of Motorsport as a whole!

As you can see, it’s unique seeing a dirt Sprintcar run on a pavement circuit with Left (mainly) and Right hand turns. We had the tallest gear ratio we would use on a dirt track installed, which ran out of puff on the main straight, which is to be expected in a single speed car, however the car was extremely fast in the corners, even for Ashton’s first time driving on a full size pavement circuit.

The smoke at the end of the clip is due to the oil breather setup not optimal for right hand turning loads which isn’t an issue on the dirt.

Sit back and enjoy the footage!

Sydney Motorsport Park
Sprintcar Association of NSW

26/04/2026

Watching a Sprintcar go left and right is a new experience for a lot of people here at Sydney Motorsport Park with Australian Autosport Alliance (AASA),

Southern Star Truck Centre
Carrera Signs
Monarch Tattoo Studio
Sprintcar Association of NSW
Australian Autosport Alliance (AASA)
Dynamics
Trucksmart

26/04/2026

&Sunsets

This is Motorsport at its best

Sprintcar Association of NSW
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26/04/2026

Rolling through the Sydney Motorsport Park post for an engine start,

Getting plenty of looks, so it a good thing,

Australian Autosport Alliance (AASA)
Sprintcar Association of NSW

26/04/2026

The N14 sprintcar supporting the Australian Autosport Alliance (AASA) at Sydney Motorsport Park

More to videos to come.

Sprintcar Association of NSW
Monarch Tattoo Studio
Southern Star Truck Centre
dynamics
Purple Sector
Carrera SignsCarrera

14/04/2026

Thanks for keeping us looking sharp, Carrera Signs 🤜🏽

First feature win for Ashton Mineeff Racing down at Wagga speedway on Saturday night. Such a massive achievement for this small team running the lower horsepower LS motor against all the 410s in the field.
Very proud to be supporting such a great team and a very fast driver