Working full time in the motorsport industry since 2004, Richard has established himself within the group of Australia’s core motorsport broadcasters, covering the support card at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix for Channel 10, the Bathurst 12 Hour for Channel 7 and Porsche Carrera Cup & Touring Car Masters for FOX Sports’ Supercars coverage. Pretends to be a PR guy / Journalist and sometimes photographer to make ends meet when not yelling at a television in a padded room.
Insight Mark Walker February 3, 2024

The Case for Lang Lang

Since the 1950s, the Lang Lang Proving Grounds have been the mysterious test track for all things General Motors, and now, in a post-Holden era, the venue presents a wonderland of automotive opportunities. When the pin was pulled from GM Downunder at the start of 2020, the fire sale of company assets saw some prize jewels up for grabs. Enter VinFast, a rapidly expanding Vietnamese-owned automotive brand, which made a swift move into the Australian market, picking up ex-Holden, Ford and Toyota engineers for their Port Melbourne office. Concurrently, the company invested $36.3 million into securing the Lang Lang facility.

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News TRT Media Release February 2, 2024

Aussie Pros with a Cause

SCOTT TAYLOR MOTORSPORT has shown off the impressive new livery that their Mercedes-AMG GT3 will sport in the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour this year. To be driven by Craig Lowndes, Thomas Randle and Cameron Waters and run by Ash Seward Motorsport the #222 Mercedes-AMG carries the traditional STM green and black primary colors - with silver and red highlights – but in a new design for this year’s race. The dynamic new scheme, created by well-known livery designer Tim Pattinson, includes the Southern Cross – showcasing the team’s proud Aussie roots and all-Aussie driving squad – plus support from BP

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News TRT Media Release February 1, 2024

AGP Legends Hit Market

Multiple racers with Australian Grand Prix heritage, including an ultra-desirable 1926 Bugatti and the 1951 handicap-winning MG TC Special, headline the Donington Auction’s live simulcast Summer Classic Car & Number Plate Auction on 25 February. Estimated at just short of $1 million and offered for sale for the first time in 60 years, the incredible 1926 Bugatti Type 37’s legacy includes six Australian Grand Prix starts, from which the car finished second in 1930, ’31 and 33. One of only a handful of genuine examples of the model remaining in Australia, the Bugatti heads a comprehensive list of classics being offered for

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News TRT Media Release January 31, 2024

Big Bimmer Leads B12hr

An exciting new partnership will see BMW Australia further its involvement with Australia’s International Enduro, joining the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour as an official partner and Safety Car / official vehicle supplier. The multi-year agreement will see high-performance BMW M vehicles feature as the event’s official on-track cars for at least the 2024 and 2025 events. For this year, the new BMW XM will lead the field as the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour Safety Car while also filling the roles as Course Car and Medical Car. BMW M will additionally have significant on-track presence via branding at the iconic Forrest’s

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News Media Release January 31, 2024

Sonic out of Formula Ford

Sonic Motor Racing Services has made the difficult decision to not compete in the 2024 Australian Formula Ford Series. The 13-time champion team of the national Formula Ford category will not compete in the series, instead focusing on its burgeoning stable of entries in Porsche Carrera Cup and Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge. Sonic has been a mainstay of Australian Formula Ford for the past 25 years, and team owner Michael Ritter has been involved in Formula Ford for over 30 seasons of competition. Michael began his motorsport career in the early 90s assisting the likes of Russell Ingall and John

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News TRT Media Release January 30, 2024

12Hour Entry List Launched

THE Repco Bathurst 12 Hour entry list has been revealed with another world-class field of GT machinery ready to tackle the 21st running of Australia’s International Enduro this February 16-18. The field is larger and more competitive than took the starter in 2023 as the race continues to grow and entrench itself as one of the world’s premier long-distance events. The Repco Bathurst 12 Hour will open the 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge, a global tour that includes key endurance races at iconic venues like Spa Francorchamps, the Nürburgring and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It also doubles as the opening round of the

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News TRT Media Release January 30, 2024

Aussie Watches for 12hr Victors

AUSTRALIAN watchmakers, Bausele, will return to partner the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour in 2024 as the official watch partner of the event. Bausele will also continue to be the major partner of the Bausele Pro-Am class, a key element within the ‘race within a race’ that is long-distance endurance racing. In doing so they will create a timepiece as iconic as the race itself - as the ultimate prize for those lucky to claim not only the outright race win but victory in the Bausele Pro-Am class as well. The bespoke and exclusive timepiece for the outright and Bausele Pro-Am

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Insight Richard Craill January 28, 2024

Changing a little league outlook with big sport vibes

AS LACHIE MCHUGH, Jamie Veal and Jock Goodyear battled for Saturday night’s 61st annual Australian Sprintcar Championship, the thought came to mind that motorsport really doesn’t get much better. Three young, impressively talented stars of the Sprint Car scene quite literally manhandling their nine hundred horsepower weapons as they bucked and bounced like boxing Kangaroos across a spicy Premier Speedway surface, energized by a rain shower as if the water charged it with electrical energy. With the correct context around it, only a rough understanding of the storylines and the excellent narrative provided by misters Neylon and Naulty, it was

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Feature Mark Walker January 27, 2024

Weekend at the Races: Lakeside 1998

The 1998 Australian Touring Car Championship's third round was notable on multiple fronts. Firstly, it was the final ever ATCC event contested at Lakeside Raceway, a venue that had been a fixture on the tour dating back to 1964; also, it was one of the last times Dick Johnson was truly competitive at the front of the touring car field, although he snagged a podium at Mallala later in the season. While we didn't know it at the time, it was to be Steven Richards' final V8 start on these shores for a while, the second-generation racer soon to take

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