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Ian Boettcher |
Team Owner/Race Shop Manager |
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Ian
Boettcher commenced his association with Speedway in 1966 racing a Speedcar in Brisbane, Australia. This Speedcar was totally designed and
built by Ian’s racing team in his own workshop, starting with a few
tubes of chrome molly and a Peugeot 203 engine, which was re-designed from
a 1600cc engine to a 2200cc race motor. This
Speedcar was raced competitively for three years and then replaced by a
Volvo engine, which proved much more competitive. The Speedcar was raced
all along the East Coast of Australia.
In
the mid-seventies Ian switched his racing interests to Saloon Car Racing.
Having launched the Mazda franchise for Ipswich, Ian was looking for a
challenge and decided to race a Mazda RX3. The car was the first in
Australia to offer fuel injection in a rotary using alcohol for fuel. The
majority of the competitors at the time were running V8 Chevy’s and the
going was very tough for the rotary. Throughout
the seventies and the eighties much development when into the rotary to
make it competitive. The progression of development has been from side
port fuel injected to 13B peripheral port and then to a Super Charged 13B
fuel injected with a boost of 5 PSI & progressed to 20PSI produced
450-500HP. This
has now progressed to a 3 Rotor engine with produced 500HP @ 9500RPM.
After
researching the idea for a number seasons, 1999 saw a major commitment to
the industry with the commencement of retail Speedway business in Ipswich.
Ian Boettcher Race Parts had come of age, with a state of the art showroom and
Race Car Fabrication Facility. The division offers high performance
race parts from leading Australian and overseas manufacturers.
The division focus is on Dirt Track Speedway, but also offers Drag,
Touring and Go Kart high performance products. The division also
manufactures cars, offering basic chassis and tinware through to turn key
status for Super Sedans, A.M.C.A & V8 Dirt Modified
cars. All
vehicles manufactured comply with ASCF regulations. The Division
represents the largest Speedway focused outlet in Australia and has become
the No 1 Super Sedan specialist in Australia. Ian’s current race car
is a Mazda RX7, powered by a 366 Chevy with modified chassis and
suspension. Over the 25 years of racing Ian has had only
five
different drivers in his Race Cars. Les Pascoe 1974 –1985, Mervyn Dixon 1985 – 1987, Wayne Randall 1987 – 2005, Darren Kane 2005-2007, Jamie McHugh 2008
ACHIEVEMENTS
OF NOTE
Queensland
Champion 1978
–1979 Les Pascoe Top Point Scorer at Australian Titles, Toowoomba & Perth
Queensland
Champion 1987 – 1988
Wayne Randall
Queensland
Champion 1989 – 1990 2002-2003
Wayne Randall
Australian
Champion Runner-Up 1991 –
1992 Wayne Randall
East
Coast Grand National 1997 –
1998 Wayne Randall Queensland Champion 2nd Runner-up 1999 – 2000 Wayne Randall Titan $15,000 Winner 2001 Wayne Randall Titan $10,000 Winner 2002 Wayne Randall
East
Coast National Champion 2002
Queensland
Champion 2003 Wayne Randall Australian Champion 2004 Darren Kane Australian Champion 2008 Jamie McHugh |
