The weekend’s round five of the Heffernan Motorsports Winter Series at Nepean Speedway saw Canberran speedway rider James Dimmock endure a character-building day at the track amongst the prestigious ‘pool one’ group.

In speedway, riders are split into pool two and pool one, with the more successful riders in pool one.

With much rain in the area preceding the weekend’s event, a challenging track caught out the 19 year old, but he was determined to see the weekend in a positive light.

“It is true that we had quite a difficult weekend on the face of it, as we struggled with bike set-up throughout the meeting,” said Dimmock.

“However, we were classified in pool one which is a good sign of improvement, and we were able to take a point in that along with some valuable experience which is sure to serve us well in the future.

“With a lot of rain at the speedway leading up the track conditions were quite difficult, but the track team did a great job to enable us to run despite that adversity, and as a team we are thankful for their enduring efforts.

“Experience is so valuable in this game, and despite the challenges I am thoroughly enjoying the series thus far – I am certainly looking forward to the next round on the 4th of July. To be held on my home track of Kurri Kurri, I am certainly hoping that we will do really well.”

The Heffernan Motorsport Series is being held over ten rounds in 2015, with Dimmock set to contest all rounds as well as the Under 21 New South Wales Championships, the Under 21 Australian Championships and the Kurri Kurri Speedway Club Championship across the year. Considered one of the best speedway development series in Australia, the Heffernan Motorsport Series provides competitors the chance to ride at different oval tracks around Australia while experiencing a high standard of competition against both domestic and international riders. Races consist of four riders competing in heats before proceeding to A and B Finals, with champions crowned at the end of the ten events.

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Committed to reaching his ultimate dream of representing Australia in the World Championships, nineteen year old Speedway competitor James Dimmock is not only a racer ‘through and through’, but also an accomplished leader and public speaker despite his young years.

Racing since the age of four, James was ranked amongst the country’s top five dirt bike racers before he decided to make the switch to speedway at the age of 17. That same year – his last as a Marist College student – the Canberran was recognized through not only his appointment as a School Captain responsible for representing his school and regularly speaking to crowds of more than 2000, but also with prestigious awards for both leadership and community service.

With proven skills when it comes to both racing on the track and representing his supporters off it, James is now laser-focused upon building an international speedway career representing his beloved Australia on the world stage. In pursuit of this dream, James is currently undertaking intensive training with three-time world champion Jason Crump while competing in a comprehensive race program in Australia as he makes plans to travel to Europe to begin an international assault.