Gillman Speedway Airfence Sponsorship - May 2014

May 7, 2014 by Gillman Media

There have been many improvements at Adelaide’s Gillman Speedway in recent years, but without doubt the best investment has been the Speedway Safety System Airfence which has been in place since the start of the 2011/12 summer season.

Made up of 66 three metre panels which absorb the impact of a rider by the air inside them being compressed on impact and transferred between internal chambers, the fence is the most up-to-date and safest Speedway fence that is manufactured, and has proven its worth many times over. The photo above of Jason Doyle at last season’s Australian Solo Championship is just one example of a rider being saved from serious injury.

The cost of the fence, with all associated costs such as freight to Gillman, etc., was in excess of $100,000 and was made possible by a large number of supporters of the Speedway who bought sponsorship packages. In return for donations the supporters, who are listed below, have had their names on the fence panels for the past three seasons.

The Gillman Speedway management would like to once again acknowledge, and thank, those people who made the purchase of the fence possible, but also advise that the initial sponsorship deals have reached their conclusions, and it is now possible for other supporters to have the chance of sponsoring the fence panels.

The sponsorship money goes towards maintaining and, if necessary, replacing fencing panels and interested supporters or businesses should contact Speedway manager David Parker on 0403 364 658 or email <dave@gillmanspeedway.com>.

The “Airfence” sponsors for 2011-2014, who can feel proud they helped save many riders from serious injury, were:

CBS Bins (Baker family)

Office of Sport & Recreation

CBS Temporary Fencing (Baker family)

Motorcycling SA

Speedway Star Racewear (Wayne Meyer)

Speedway Sidecar Riders Association of Victoria (SSRAV)

Axelent

Armour Fire Protection

Ferrous Forgings, Vic (John Heaviside)

Paintmaster SA (David Adams)

Hawthorndene Electrical

K Trans Racing

John Titman Racing / Talon

Keyneton MCC

Sturm’s Mechanical & Manufacturing

Chloe Sophie Miller Lewis Olivia

Mick Headland and Paul Waters Racing

Evans, Waters & Frith families

Don, Des and Paul Marker

Performance Promotions

SCF Promotions

Territory Marine, NT (Steven Blair)

Transcomp Engineering

Waters & Evans Families

Leigh Adams Racing

Ivan Mauger OBE MBE

Rush Engineering

Herb’s Concrete

Peter Menz

Andrew Menz

Stumpy and Grumpy

Sime Tyres (now Sailun)

Littlehampton Bricks (Mark Fiora)

Speedway City

Northern Track Promotions (Neil Burston & Geoff Brown)

Edinburgh Monarchs Speedway Club (Scott Somerville)

CCG (Jeff Fisher)

Vintage Tin (Dave Hatcliffe)

J.D. Couriers (John Dawson)

Gilbert Event Management (Mark Gilbert)

National Dirt Racers Association Inc. (NDRA Inc)

Motocross Riders Association (MRA)

Dean Bell

Dave McMinn

Longtack (John Hewitt)

Commercial Driving Centre Murray Bridge (Rod Webb) and Mark Evers, Peter Vipond, Kev & Joy Waters

Cottrell family, Rooney family, Dennis family (Homehill), Riddington family, Bichard family

BFD (Dave Puxley), Howard Williams, Ron Bauer, John Taylor, Deb-lone, Ken Walker, David Graham, In Memory of Harry Denton