Baypark Family Speedway promoter Bernie Gillon says he has no option but to cancel this weekend's speedway after the world jet sprint champs left the track un-driveable.

However, New Zealand Jet Sprint Association president Paul Gaston disputes the claim, saying they have gone above and beyond all requirements set down for the reinstatement of the Baypark Speedway.

The state of the track Bernie Gillon says is not up to a standard for speedway to race on. Photo: Supplied.

The claim comes after a contractor helping to prepare the jet sprint track, cut into a power cable used to operate the pumps which drain water from the track, says Bernie.

The promoter, who was expecting to hold the Super Saloon Car Bay Championships, Sprint Cars and Stock Cars at the ASB Baypark Stadium this weekend, is cancelling the event because he says he can't make it suitable to race on in time for Saturday's event.

'It will be impossible for me to provide a race track that is safe for the competitors and enjoyable for the spectators.”

Bernie is putting the blame at the feet of the ENZED 2016 UIM Jetsprint World Championship organisers and Bay Venues who oversee the venues preparation.

But Bay Venues commercial manager Ervin Mc Sweeney says Bernie has jumped the gun calling a halt to the event and believes the track could have been ready in time for race day.

Bernie says he's been left frustrated and annoyed with the whole incident.

'Following the jet sprints, they just have not reinstated the speedway track in a timely manner. Both ends of the track are still under water.

'They cut the wire to the submersible pump when digging the jet sprint track out and have not yet repaired it, so it can't pump the water out. So I'm just not going to have the track ready for racing. I'm hugely frustrated and annoyed,” Bernie says.

'At this point I think [the blame] has got to be shared between the jet sprint people. Most of the fault is theirs because they were meant to be overseeing the reinstatement.

'But there is also got to be a certain amount of liability, for want of a better word, to Bay Venues who should have been overseeing them.”

Paul from the Jet Sprint Association says they met all time frames given.

'A safety meeting and pack out brief was held at 8am on Tuesday February 2, with BVL (Bay Venues), where the reinstatement was confirmed to be managed by BVL as this is a service the NZJSA are paying BVL over $20,000 for.

'Our people have been onsite every day and the reinstatement was completed on Wednesday, February 9.

'The contractor that did all the earthworks was finished and offsite last Friday, the same day Bernie had the grader out on track prepping it for this weekend's event. So his claim of having to cancel the event due to us holding him up doesn't stack up,” says Paul.

'The issue of the pumps not being reinstated is 100 per cent BVL's responsibility. NZJSA personnel have drained the affected areas three times, ready for the appropriate repairs to take place yet BVL's engaged contractor has not shown up.

'When you run the biggest and most successful event that comes to Baypark each year there will always be someone looking to pin something on you, however, in this case the speedway promoter needs to look at the real cause of why he thinks the event should be cancelled.”

Bernie says he will now have to try and book another date for the event.

He says competitors and speedway fans will equally be annoyed the event has been cancelled.

'I get daily reports off Eventfinda with the number of pre-sale tickets, in the last few days there has been some really, really good sales. Obviously these people are going to have to have their money reimbursed.

'I've also got entries from all over the North Island for this weekend's event and I'm going to have to ring up all the drivers and say sorry guys it's not happening.”

Ervin says while there are elements of truth in 'everything that's been said”, he feels the track could have been ready.

'What we're saying is ‘yes there is no doubt it's a fact that a pump cable got severed and we've been finding it challenging to get it repaired. But that's not the only way you can get water out of the track.

'We've been getting water out of the track, using other means since the jet sprints and we're still working on the track to get it right. It's our belief that Bernie has been slightly premature cancelling the speedway.”

Ervin says he's been working for Bay Venues for about six years and has seen speedway tracks prepared anywhere between one day and two weeks.

'Whilst we would have liked the track to be in better condition earlier. It doesn't mean it wouldn't have been in good condition for Saturday night.”