03/13/2026
🏁A NEW AGE PARTNERSHIP FOR AMBROSE SAUER
By Dennis Newlyn
An Australian made product has joined forces with Sauer Family Racing to herald young Ambrose Sauer's entry into Formula 500 racing this weekend at Muswellbrook's Lake Liddell Speedbowl.
Gonzo Racing Pipes based in Gatton, Queensland (Gonzo mufflers and headers) are very well known in Australian motor sport and will be in their corner in what also represents a new age presentation that Gonzo has taken to the next level.
“The advantage of what we are doing with Ambrose is that we can colour code the muffler to the car. This is his first meeting in a Formula 500 and he will be the only kid there with a green muffler,” Gonzo's head honcho Bruce Agate said.
Bruce certainly knows what he is talking about, having been providing racing mufflers for over 30 years. His products have been used in a lot of forms of speedway competition and also in the Australian Supercar and drag racing ranks.
“With our mufflers, we have a state by state arrangement and we have also worked very closely with the 410 engine Sprintcar builders. – and that represents a power gain. When we compare our muffler to the American product that they all use in gauging a power gain, ours is twenty to twenty-four horsepower better through the RTM range.
“Ambrose not only has one on his racecar but when noise testing, our product has passed all DBA requirements,” Bruce further explained.
For Ambrose, 11, this is the next step in his speedway career after he initially entered the sport in the Junior Sedan division. He is a very accomplished Go-Karter with plenty of track time that also serves as excellent preparation when he buckles into the his Formula 500 powered by a four cylinder Yamaha engine at Lake Laddell Speedbowl, Saturday, March 14.
Gonzo Race Pipes has its own T-shirt merchandise range under its sisterhood-brotherhood promotional banner. Produced by the Wildink company, there's pink T-shirts for girls/ladies and the boys/men's range comes in black, grey and white.
“Gonzo’s experience in motor sports is very decorated and it's a proud partnership with the Sauer family. The new age is what it's all about with presentation,” Kim Sauer added.
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