TRT Media ReleaseEarly Bird Discount Now Available for Motors & Masterpieces Festival
Motors and Masterpieces, Australia’s most anticipated motoring extravaganza, has launched special early bird discounted ticketing, with the event set to take over the Melbourne Showgrounds from November 22-24. By using the code EARLYBIRD at the checkout on the official online ticket portal at motorsandmasterpieces.com, until the 30th of September, visitors can lock in a 15% discount off the standard gate prices of day pass tickets, with the exception of tickets providing access to the VIP lounge and Cocktail party. “As we inch closer to the inaugural Motors and Masterpieces, things are really coming together to make it the must-see motoring
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Mark Walker
The Case for Budget Endurance Racing
Motorsport is an expensive and serious business. But it doesn’t have to be. Last weekend, we were exposed to our first dose of Motor Events Racing’s budget endurance motorsport with the Sandown Showdown, and we are all in on the concept. Dollars and Sense For forever and a day, one of the most significant barriers of entry to motorsport has been cost. Take, for instance, the humble Hyundai Excel in circuit racing. At the category's infancy nearly 15 years ago at Lakeside in Queensland – the machinery was cheap – picture a pack of cars fitted out with half cages
Continue readingInside Nissan’s V8 Breakthrough
The 24th of August 2013 is a notable date in the history of Supercars competition—it was the first day that a manufacturer other than Holden or Ford won a race in our homegrown V8 touring car category. Having seen the Car of the Future introduced at the start of the season, the new inclusions in Nissan and Erebus-AMG were up against the Holden and Ford opposition, which had a proven baseline to work from, especially in terms of powerplants. Finding parity was a tough ask - especially regarding fuel economy. Saying that, up until Winton, there was a real mixed
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Team TRTPODCAST: The Brendon Leitch story
RETURNING to Australia to race this year, Brendon Leitch has made a huge impact in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia championship with a series of stirring performances alongside Tim Miles in an Audi R8. In the leadup to the GT Festival at Phillip Island, Brendon joins the show to tell us his fascinating career story and how a kid from the far, far south of New Zealand's South Island ended up racing at places like Spa Francorchamps. It's a great yarn and well told! Then it's the week that was in our usual style of putting everything into baskets
Continue readingMotors & Masterpieces Charity Auction Launched
Motors and Masterpieces is pleased to announce Challenge as the official charity partner for this year’s highly anticipated event. Renowned for its steadfast support of children and families living with cancer, Challenge will receive 100% of the proceeds from the Motors and Masterpieces Charity Auction, which will be expertly managed by the respected auctioneers at Donington Auctions. “Partnering with Challenge allows us to make a significant impact while celebrating the rich history of the automotive world,” said Carlos Piteira, Event Promoter, Motors and Masterpieces. “We are honoured to support an organisation that provides vital assistance to families 365 days a
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Richard CraillIt’s time for a Symmons spend..
AS WE already know, Tassie sports fans are a hardy lot. Whether it's sitting on the hill at Bellerive Oval watching the Big Bash Cricket in ten-degree temperatures when it's supposed to be summer, or watching the Hawks play York Park in a Launceston winter, they'll generally turn up regardless. Hence the solid turnout, Sunday especially, to the Tassie Supercars round at the weekend despite borderline insulting mid-winter scheduling at a racetrack that at its worst can make Phillip Island's 'gateway to hypothermia' feel like a tropical resort on Hamilton Island. Symmons Plains is a fantastic place for car racing.
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