History

Rodney Pammenter

Rocket Rodney Pammenter began racing at the drags in a turbo 6 cylinder EH in 1990. In 1994 he won the Performance Streetcar Shootout in Sydney, and in 1995 was runner-up in this same event. In 1996 Rodney was convinced by then girlfriend Cathy to give speedway a go, so he returned the EH to his Dad who has since restored the car to its original glory.

Rodney, unwillingly at first, joined the Burke family in their heavy involvement in speedway. Father-in-law Bryan a champion in his day, and brother-in-law Matthew a Sprint Sedan champion at that time. Matthew kept with family tradition and raced under his father's number 82.

Cathy's first race in 1993 was in a number 8 torana and so #8 was chosen to be added to the side of Rodney's new torana which he raced in the lower division of club cars for 2 seasons.

He then moved up into Sprint Sedans in a VL commodore which he raced for 2 seasons, before giving this car to wife Cathy and purchasing Graham Erhart's ex Modified Production VN commodore. This car was originally Harry Brazier's Modified Production, before passing into the hands of Peter Jacobson, who won the 1997 Australian Title in it. Graham Erhart then owned the car for a short while until methanol was ruled out of V6's in Modified Production, making way for Rodney to purchase the car and turn it into a Sprint Sedan. It was in this car that Rodney won many titles and championships.

In 2000/01 Rodney first campaigned his VN commodore in Sprint Sedans and, with Cathy in his old car he added #28 to the team. This season proved to be very successful with Rodney winning the seasonal pointscore in Sprint Sedans, and Cathy winning the seasonal pointscore for both the Division 2 and the Ladies classes.

The team then cut back to one car with the arrival of the new pit crew, Mitchell & Mason. Since then Rodney has concentrated on his Sprint Sedan winning back-to-back Australian Outlaw Titles in Mackay in 2003 and 2004, the Australian Title for East Coast A-grade in 2004 as well as numerous club seasonal pointscores and championships.

Now ready for a bigger challenge, Rodney has sold his Sprint Sedan and is currently building a VS commodore which he will race in the Modified Production class.