The wait is nearly over. Saturday 5 September is the first time cars turn a wheel in the 2026/27 New Zealand speedway season, and it is Ashburton Speedway that goes first.
That is not an opening meeting in the proper sense. September is when clubs shake the cobwebs out: practice, greensheeting, licensing, a burnout night. The real openings come later, and most are in late October and early November.
Every September date
| Date | Meeting | Track |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 5 September | Test & Tune + Greensheeting | Ashburton Speedway |
| Sunday 13 September | Double Points All Grades + Invitation Speedway Karts | Ashburton Speedway |
| Saturday 19 September | Practice / Greensheeting | Central Motor Speedway |
| Saturday 26 September | Annual Burnouts | Central Motor Speedway |
| Saturday 26 September | Practice One | Eastern States Speedway |
| Saturday 26 September | First Practice | Tahuna Beach Holiday Park Top of the South Speedway |
| Saturday 26 September | Practice 1 (Wellington cars only) | Max Motors Family Speedway |
| Saturday 26 September | Woodford Glen Speedway Practice 1 | Woodford Glen Speedway |
8 nights in September, and 5 of them fall on the same Saturday, Saturday 26 September. If you are in the South Island you have a choice to make that weekend.
October, when it gets serious
October carries 43 race nights, the busiest month of the season. Here is how it starts.
| Date | Meeting | Track |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 3 October | Practice | Central Motor Speedway |
| Saturday 3 October | Practice Two & Three | Eastern States Speedway |
| Saturday 3 October | Practice / Street Car Race | Greenstone Park Speedway |
| Saturday 3 October | Practice #1 | Stratford Speedway |
| Saturday 3 October | Second Practice | Tahuna Beach Holiday Park Top of the South Speedway |
| Saturday 3 October | Woodford Glen Speedway Practice 2 | Woodford Glen Speedway |
| Wednesday 7 October | Woodford Glen Speedway Practice 3 | Woodford Glen Speedway |
| Saturday 10 October | Bathurst | Central Motor Speedway |
| Saturday 10 October | Opening - Trophy Challenge + Youth K.O.C | Greenstone Park Speedway |
| Saturday 10 October | Practice 1 & 2 | Huntly Placemakers Speedway |
So when does my track open?
That depends where you are. Practice nights start in September in Canterbury and Otago, while several North Island clubs do not run until late October or November. The calendar has every confirmed date, and each track page shows that club's own season.
The fastest answer is to stop checking. Put your email against your track on the home page and you get told when new dates go up, when a start time changes, and when a meeting is rained off.