Mark Walker
TRT Media ReleaseFerrari Returns to Mount Panorama
THE PRANCING HORSE is coming back to Mount Panorama. Arise Racing GT has confirmed the official entry of their pair of Ferrari 296 GT3 cars in 2025 Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour, returning the brand to Australia’s longest race for the first time since 2020. The West Australian-based team will enter one car in each of the Pro and Pro-Am classes in the January 31-February 2 event, marking both the team’s 12-hour debut and the debut of the latest and greatest Ferrari GT3 contender in the race. Arise Racing GT launched into the Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia scene in
Continue readingAussie All-Stars Return to B12HR
STILL FRESH from contending for victory in the 2024 race, Scott Taylor Motorsport will return with an unchanged lineup for the 2025 Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour. Two-time race winner Craig Lowndes and Tickford Racing teammates Cameron Waters and Thomas Randle will again return to drive the STM Mercedes-AMG GT3 following a stunning performance this year. The team led 11 laps on their way to seventh position in the 2024 race, finishing on the lead lap and less than eight seconds behind the winners. 2024 saw the Ashley Seward Motorsport-prepared STM Mercedes running as a full-pro combination against some of the
Continue readingFamiliar Faces Return for B12HR
A FAMILIAR quartet will return to lead the Tigani Motorsport charge at the 2025 Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour. The Supabarn Supermarkets Mercedes-AMG GT3 prepared by the Wollongong-based team will again see Canberra brothers James and Theo Koundouris joined by former Repco Bathurst 1000 winner Luke Youlden and two-time Great Race podium finisher David Russell next February. The Supabarn squad enters the 12-Hour in strong form, fresh from a top three finish in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia AM class in the 2024 season. Following years of competition driving an Audi R8, 2024 represented the first time the Supabarn team
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Prostate Cancer Foundation announced as official B12HR charity
THE PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION of Australia will become the official Charitable Partner of the Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour in 2025. Already a well-known participant within the race, via their partnership with Scott Taylor Motorsport, the event is proud to announce a multi-year relationship with the Foundation moving forward. That will see the event dedicated to raising funds and awareness for a disease that effects around 26,000 men each year, with over 3,900 losing their lives. Fundraising points and volunteers will be in place around the circuit to support fundraising efforts, while the extensive broadcast and media coverage will help raise
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Richard CraillWith NextGen, it’s thrusters ahead for Kiwi Motorsport
TIMES have been pretty tough of late for New Zealand Motorsport. Not, of course, for their ever-increasing fleet of international superstars who continue to dominate in global Motorsport, but moreso their domestic scene which has endured years of struggle since the demise of the Super Tourers - a brilliant but all too brief domestic version of Supercars that was ultimately ripped apart by politics and division. There have been but a few highlights of late. Toyota, via the remarkable Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceana (TRS to you and I and everyone else) and their incredibly strong GR86 series, have shone
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