Shane Bracken 858
Born December 1990 in RotoruaStarted Racing Ministocks at Rotorua in 2001
He has raced at Rotorua, Huntley, Kihikihi, Baypark, Gasbourne, Napier, Palmy, Nelson and Christchurch Speedways in many classes including Ministocks, Superstocks, Stockcars and Streetstocks
Achievements include being Top qualifier at MIP 2003, First Place at 2007 Easter best pairs and racing for the 2015 Maulers Superstock Team.
But his most memorable moments have been Teams racing and being the only car from Rotorua to Qualify for the North Island champs.
Shane has raced in all of the "stock" class in New Zealand
Shane currently runs out of Rotorua in a Streetstock
Race Number: 858
Make: Ford
Body: Falcon
Engine: 249ci ford 6
Gearbox: Ford 3 speed
Built: 2016
Shane has previously qwned the 78r ministock, 878r superstock, 868r Westbury Copy stockcar, 868b tri rail stockcar, and has raced the 95r, 14b, 74b, 47b Stockcars, and 52b Superstock.
Unique Speedway Engineering Toolshed, Rotorua is a low budget race team. To keep the costs down they build their own Chassis, Engines, and Suspention. And do a lot of work on other cars to cover racing expences.
This is made possible with the help of Shanes Dad, Mum, Erin, Luke and Damian.