Mark WalkerBathurst 1000: Mega Notebook
Well, we're better late than never! Here's a massive deep dive behind the scenes from the Bathurst 1000, covering all of the things you missed from home... Enjoy! Beer Here Our good mates at Reckless Brewing knocked one out of the park with their limited edition range of Walkinshaw Andretti United lager, celebrating some of the classic liveries from over the years. It's good stuff! Scenes from the Camping Grounds and Spectator Areas Aurora Australis?!At this time of year?At this time of day?In this part of the country?Localised entirely above Mount Panorama? Those in Bathurst early on Thursday morning or
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TRT Media ReleaseElf Lubricants to become major partner of Meguiar’s B12hr
THE BATHURST 12 Hour is proud to announce ELF Lubricants as a major partner of Australia’s International Enduro. ELF Lubricants will become the Official Oil Partner of the event in a multi-year partnership that aligns two renowned international brands at Mount Panorama. The new relationship rekindles a longstanding partnership between the Event and MotorActive, the newly appointed ELF Lubricants Australian distributor. Previously, MotorActive managed the title sponsorship of the 12 Hour from 2013 to 2019 and will do so again from 2025 thanks to the new partnership with premium car-care brand, Meguiar's. ELF Lubricants are closely linked with high performance motorsport
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Team TRTPower Rankings: Gold Coast 500
It's the HOT, the NOT, the WHAT and oh so many memes recapping a big outing on the streets of Surfers Paradise... so here goes! 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, @theracetorque on Facebook, Twitter and Insta. Look
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Hall sweeps, two Carrera Cup titles sealed in Surfers shootout
BAYLEY HALL swept all three races to claim Round 7 of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship on the streets of Surfers Paradise, while Harri Jones (Equity One Pro) and Adrian Flack (SP Tools Pro-Am) did enough to seal their respective championship titles with a round to spare. Hall looked in complete control across Sunday's two races, to go one better than his pair of wins at the same location in 2023 to sweep the weekend in absolute style. He fended off race-long pressure from David Russell throughout the final race to complete the job and take the
Continue readingGold Coast local continues home-track form with Saturday win
FRESH from scoring his maiden Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship pole position, Bayley Hall's immense Gold Coast form has continued as the local driver stormed to yet another win on his home streets on Saturday at the Gold Coast 500. Hall led the opening sprint race from lights to flag on Saturday afternoon, extending an early lead before consolidating his position as leader of the Equity-One Professional class pack as Dylan O'Keeffe (second) and David Russell (third) battled for the minors. Adrian Flack led a tight battle in the SP Tools Pro-Am class as he fended off Dean
Continue readingWild day of practice points to intense Surfers weekend ahead
A TYPICALLY crazy day on the streets of Surfers Paradise points to a typically intense weekend of racing in Round 7 of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship on the Gold Coast. An incident-filled day saw several high-profile contenders - including both the Equity-One Pro and SP Tools Pro-Am championship leaders - find the unforgiving concrete walls across a pair of 25-minute practice sessions. Those sessions were headed by Bayley Hall (Practice One) and Marcos Flack (Practice two) respectively, the former setting the quickest time of the day and the latter leaping to the top of the charts
Continue reading2025 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia calendar confirmed
AN EIGHT-round 2025 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship will see Australia’s top one-make category return to iconic circuits new and old next year. As well as maintaining a presence at Australia’s largest motorsport events, Carrera Cup will also compete at some of Australia’s best permanent circuits in a well-balanced 2025 schedule. Carrera Cup will retain its position as the premier support category on the Repco Supercars Championship program in 2025 with every round hosted at major Supercars events and broadcast live on Fox Sports and Kayo, with selected key rounds also broadcast on the Seven Network. The championship
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