Darren Kane - Driver Dominator RX8 Ian Boettcher Race Parts
Darren Kane came prominence in 1991 being the youngest ever Tasmanian Super Sedan Title winner. In the same year he represented Tasmania against the USA Valvoline Super Sedan Team. He represented Tasmania through the nineties and visited the mainland on a regular basis. In 1999 he was the runner-up at the Australian Titles in Mt Gambier. The year 2000 was another successful year with another Tasmanian Title and another runner-up at the National Titles. He was also awarded the Tasmanian Motor sport Driver of the Year. In 2001 he again won the Tasmanian Title.
Darren is the current lap record holder at Latrobe and Derwent Valley tracks. Darren is the 2004 Australian Super Sedan Champion, 2008 Qld Champion and 2009 Australian Champion
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 - 2008, Jamie McHugh 2008, Darren Kane 2008 - Current
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 Wayne Randall
Queensland Champion 2003 Wayne Randall
Australian Champion 2004 Darren Kane
Australian Champion 2008 Jamie McHugh
Queensland Title Winner 2009 Darren Kane
National Super Sedan Series 2009 Darren Kane
Australian Champion 2009 Darren Kane
Tasmania Grand National Champion 2009 & 2010 Darren Kane
Grenville Champion 2009 Darren Kane
NSW Title Winner 2010 Darren Kane
Parramatta City Raceway Winter National Title Winner 2010 Darren Kane