TRT Media ReleaseA Vortex is coming to the B12hr
A UNIQUE addition to the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour's Invitational Class will see a V8-powered, French-built Sports Car join Australia's International Enduro for the first time in 2024. Vortex, a racing car constructor based in Pézenas in the South of France, has entered the race with one of their unique Sports Cars for the first time. Created in 2015 under the leadership of Olivier and Arnaud Gomez, Vortex's leadership have more than 50 combined years of racing experience between them. While Arnaud Gomez is a champion French driver - with six French championships to his credit, as well as multiple
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Team TRTChampion Kai Allen and an enormous Adelaide debrief
KAI ALLEN sealed the Super2 series crown in Adelaide so we had to get this impressive young bloke from Mount Gambier back on the show to discuss his achievements - and find out the odd reason why he couldn't have the chat at our usually scheduled time.. Then it's a massive debrief in and around the Adelaide 500 and the end of the Supercars Championship for 2023. It's a big one, this..
Continue readingPorsche Champs Celebrated
NEWLY-crowned Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Champion Callum Hedge has revealed just how close he came to losing the championship in Sunday's final race at the VAILO Adelaide 500. A dramatic start to the deciding race of the year saw Hedge and the championship leader at the time, Jackson Walls, leap across the famous Senna chicane as they battled, nearly side-by-side. On landing, Walls' car tore a tyre from the left-rear wheel rim on his Objective Racing Porsche, causing him to spin across the circuit and out of the race, ending his title hopes. Hedge's car landed heavily however
Continue readingTrans Am Takes to the Streets
THE 2024 Trans Am Series calendar will conclude with an incredible season finale' at the VAILO Adelaide 500 next November. The season finale' at one of Australia's largest motorsport events culminates a seven-round national series planned for next year set to continue the strong growth of the category into the new season. The Trans Am Series launched at the famous Adelaide Parklands Circuit in 2020 before that season was ultimately shut down due to the pandemic. That weekend, Aaron Seton won the weekend - scoring pole and winning all three races in the first ever Trans Am round in Australia.
Continue readingCaltex Power Rankings: Adelaide 500
With thanks to our friends at Caltex, let's give the Adelaide 500 the full HOT, NOT and WHAT treatment. And wowee, isn't there a lot of things to rank from that one... ABOUT THE RANKINGS: The TRT Power Rankings are compiled by your nominations from social media and edited by the TRT editorial team. They’re designed to give a balanced, as fair as possible critical overview of those things that excelled and those things that struggled, at each event. It’s (mostly) a democracy, and what you nominate generates the order, so have your say next event via our social media channels,
Continue readingHedge Seals the Deal
DALE WOOD swept the weekend at the VAILO Adelaide 500 as Callum Hedge became Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia champion in dramatic fashion in the final race of the year. It was a day of double delight for the Earl Bamber Motorsport team as Adrian Flack also sealed the SP Tools Pro-Am title in the final race of the year, adding to Hedge's win in Equity-One Pro. The team also recently claimed the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia Series with Kiwi driver Marco Giltrap. The Carrera Cup title was decided in the first 500 meters of the race as
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Mark Walker
Weekend Notebook: Adelaide 500
We've taken our Notebook series on the road to Bathurst and the Australian Grand Prix - here, the Adelaide 500 received the behind-the-scenes TRT treatment. Around the Grounds The Adelaide 500, more than any other race meeting in Australia, is a true event. The local promoters tie together so many facets, activities, sideshows, and attractions, so there is truly something for everyone. Below is a mere cross-section of some of the happenings around the grounds. https://twitter.com/V8GirlCara/status/1727924452296704309 https://twitter.com/emsbourke/status/1727947637046063170 Included in the parklands is a full frisbee golf course... we have yet to see any 500 patrons partake in a round. How
Continue readingRepco Backs B12HR
REPCO will support the Bathurst 12 Hour as naming rights partner in 2024. Announced today at the final round of the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship in Adelaide, Repco will add its name to Australia’s International Enduro for the first time next year. It builds on their remarkable and expanding support for Australian Motorsport, which includes Bathurst’s crown jewel, the Repco Bathurst 1000, and the Repco Supercars Championship itself. Next year the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour will launch a spectacular 10-day Bathurst SuperFest event at the spiritual home of Australian motorsport, the GT3 endurance classic to be followed by
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