Team TRTBig Grids at Bathurst
THE GRIDS are set for this weekend's Supercheap Auto Bathurst International. Strong fields among the six categories competing this weekend are set to put on a great show with titles on the line and storylines aplenty. Five categories - Supercheap Auto TCR Australia, Trans Am, Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge, Kumho V8 Touring Cars and Mobil 1 APC / Monochrome Invitational - will decide their 2023 winners this weekend. SUPERCHEAP AUTO BATHURST INTERNATIONAL: ENTRY LISTS Meanwhile, the Gulf Western Oil Touring Car Masters Series will welcome a host of Kiwi competitors who have crossed the Tasman for the event this weekend. International
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Richard CraillA New Era: Driver-Engineer Duo Unite with Apogee Motorsport Services
South Australian based SuperUte driver, George Gutierrez, will join forces with driver and engineer Scott Stephenson to create Adelaide’s newest motorsport team in Apogee Motorsport Services. Apogee has only been in operation for 18 months and has already helped countless motorsport teams and drivers achieve success in state and national level motorsport. With the addition of George and the crew from George Gutierrez Motorsport (GGM), Apogee will be a force to be reckoned with in 2024. We have a bumper lineup of drivers and cars to support for the 2024 season including Hyundai Excels, Formula Fords, Toyota 86s, V8 SuperUtes
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Mark WalkerMount Panorama Campground to be Repurposed
There’s a new twist in the ongoing saga of development at Mount Panorama, with a greyhound racing facility being proposed for land that is currently utilised as a campground near The Chase section of the famed circuit. The subject of a Greyhound Racing Centre of Excellence has been bouncing around the New South Wales political scene for some time, with both Bathurst and nearby Orange putting their hand up to be home to the proposed $15 million facility. Bathurst has been left without a greyhound track since severe flooding in November 2022 destroyed the previous facility at Kennerson Park. Yesterday,
Continue readingSummer of Speedway has Landed
To kick off our Summer of Speedway, we've taken the trek out to Nyora Raceway for their season opener, with a tasty selection of classes turning on the action.
Continue readingCaltex Power Rankings: Race Sydney
Welcome to Australia, the home of the world's biggest sheep stations, which apparently were on the line for the TCR World Tour races at Sydney Motorsport Park. This is the 20th Caltex Power Rankings for 2023, where we break down the HOT, NOT and WHAT from a highly entertaining Race Sydney. 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
Continue readingSprint Challenge Bathurst Decider
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON has come to Porsche Motorsport Australia, with the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia Series to kick off an amazing two weeks of title-deciding action this weekend at Mount Panorama. The sixth and final round of a record-breaking Sprint Challenge season will see the category race three times at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst International this weekend and decide the Pro, Pro-Am and Class B titles. That will be followed two weeks later by a climactic Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia showdown at the VAILO Adelaide 500 on the Adelaide streets. The Sprint Challenge season has been an unpredictable
Continue readingHow to make Motorsport TV
Have you ever wondered how the pictures from the racetrack arrive on your screen? As it transpires, there is a lot more to it than meets the eye. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYJbwj6GONU Even casual fans of motorsport would have stumbled across the incredible array of content that is produced by the team at Blend Line TV, which focuses on broadcasting a wide range of grassroots motorsport from around the country. From circuit racing state championships to historics, hillclimbs, khanacrosses, offroad, rally and more, Blend Line has been there and shot that. Take, for instance, the time Robby Gordan’s Stadium Supertrucks dropped by Sydney
Continue readingSandown Turns Historic
Sandown Raceway is once again bringing back the best of historic motorsport next weekend, with the annual Victorian Historic Racing Register showcase event. Over the weekend, a total of 50 on-track sessions are scheduled, covering racing, supersprints, regularity trials and parades. The roster features a mix of staples from the historic racing scene and more contemporary staples from the state championship roster. From the latter, expect competitive fields from both the MGs and Invited British Sports Cars, which will be backing up from their recent run at the Calder Vic State Race event, and the evergreen HQ Holdens. Furthermore, from
Continue readingMeeting the Locals
Drivers from the Kumho TCR World Tour have met the locals in the lead-up to the return of International Touring Car Racing to Australian soil this week at Sydney Motorsport Park. A vast majority of the international drivers competing this weekend were joined by Aussie ace Ben Bargwanna for a visit to Sydney Zoo, adjacent to Sydney Motorsport Park in Eastern Creek. There, the drivers met the local Koala population and then hung out with a group of friendly Kangaroos as a proper 'Welcome Down Under' before they hit the track for practice, qualifying, and race one tomorrow. Sydney Zoo
Continue readingRace Sydney Preview
The long-awaited Kumho TCR World Tour double-header kicks off this weekend with Shannons SpeedSeries competitors to unite for Race Sydney. A record 25 competitors will take to the track when both TCR World Tour and Supercheap Auto TCR Australia enter the pointy-end of their respective 2023 campaigns, with Race Sydney the first of two international rounds for the year. The field will comprise 10 international drivers from 10 different countries, all serious contenders for this year’s title race. Tickets for the event can be purchased at motorsporttickets.com.au The exciting category will see a slightly modified format for Race Sydney,
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