about scg

Sport Compact Group has been involved in the Sport Compact scene for over 19 years.  The Jamboree event was started in 1991 by a group of drag racing enthusiasts from Volkswagen Drivers Car Club of QLD.  Ray Box and Mark Stanbury ran the Jamboree as club members for over 5 years.

After this time Ray and Mark formed Small Car Productions and then the Sport Compact Group to run and promote Sport Compact events throughout Australia.

The Jamboree has established itself as the Premier Event on the small car enthusiast’s calendar in Australia with many spectators planning holidays around the event.  The Jamboree has become the 2nd largest event on the Willowbank Raceway calendar with the multi day event, the Winter Nationals being the largest.   The Jamboree has grown to a level when we see close to 500 competitors and approx 13,000 spectators through the gate.

In 2004 the event calendar was expanded into NSW with the opening of the Western Sydney International Dragway and the introduction of the Compak Attak event.  The Compak Attak has grown from strength to strength and is widely recognized by racers, sponsors, spectators and WSID as the best Sport Compact event in NSW.  In 2006 a 2nd Queensland event was established in the form of the Mini-Jam giving Australia’s Sport Compact Capital a 2nd event for hungry enthusiasts.  In 2007 our 1st Victoria event was launched with the Summer Slam at the Heathcote Park Raceway.

The development of the Sport Compact Group Drag Racing Series in 2007 was the biggest thing to happen in Australian drag racing for many years and Sport Compact Group is proud to have pioneered the way for this to become a reality.

No less than 12 new classes have been established to better cater for the unique Australian Sport Compact and Sports Bike community allowing opportunities for the Sport Compact and Sports Bike racers to express themselves through their cars and bikes like never before.

In 2009 we are taking a strategic step back to our two main events, the Sydney Compak Attak and the Brisbane Jamboree.  The Victorian Summer Slam event at Heathcote Park Raceway is not a viable option at this stage due to the distance away from the population of Melbourne plus track surface not meeting safety standards and requirements for the performance of our Pro class racers. With so many events in the countries drag racing calendar, it has become harder for racers economically to take in 2 events in the same state.

We see this move as a positive one, for our business and the Sport Compact scene in general, allowing for more lead up planning and promotion, creating these 2 major events even bigger.