Team TRTPODCAST: Toyota in Supercars, plus Race Director James Taylor
It's a massive week On the Grid as we break down the massive Toyota announcement as the brand prepares to enter Supercars for the first time as a competing manufacturer. Why it's big news, where they have strengths and everything else is discussed. We're also joined by Repco Supercars Championship race director James Taylor, who helps break down the much-discussed Safety Car and Full Course Yellow regulations and why they are always finding ways to make them better - especially in time for the Great Race. That and our usual bout of Hot's and Not's are locked and loaded in
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Richard CraillThe perfect timing of the Toyota news
SUPERCARS have landed their biggest fish, and the timing could not be more perfect. Toyota’s entry into the championship in 2026 is an enormous coup for Supercars still-new ownership and management, who will rightfully spend the next 14 months trumpeting the forthcoming advent of Australia’s largest vehicle brand into the sport at the highest level. More than that it is a masterstroke of timing perfection with the news and subsequent entry coming exactly when the sport needed it. At a time when Supercars have begun negotiating a critical new media rights deal for the 2026 season and beyond, Toyota’s entry
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Media ReleaseToyota to enter Repco Supercars Championship
Toyota Australia is set to shake up the Repco Supercars Championship when it enters Australia’s premier motorsport category in 2026 with its GR Supra. Toyota will field a minimum of four GEN3 GR Supras. Two will be run by Toyota’s homologation team partner, Walkinshaw Andretti United, with Supercars drivers Chaz Mostert and Ryan Wood behind the wheel. The brand’s entry into the Supercars Championship significantly extends its commitment to supporting Australian motorsport that already includes its one-make grassroots TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Australia (TGRA) Scholarship Series and GR CUP, and the TGRA Rally Team alongside Neal Bates Motorsport, which currently leads
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Mark WalkerSandown 500: Notebook Edition
It's all of the things you don't get to see at home: this is the Sandown 500 Notebook. Everyone's Favourite BBQ was Back! Many Tickford racing machines were sacrificed to make the best BBQ setup in the history of motorsport. Sadly, the old girl will need a good Gerni after the Sunday commute into the circuit... Sandown 60th Celebrations The festivities were noted with some branding around the venue, which was a nice touch. There was also a merchandise drop, with some lines significantly discounted by the end of the weekend. TV Host Desk The old 1984-spec pit garages are
Continue readingPower Rankings: Sandown 500
There was so much to Power Rank from the Sandown 500 - so here we go with all of the HOT, NOT and WHAT from the pre-Bathurst warm-up. 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
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TRT Media ReleaseJones, Flack extend their margins via Sandown Carrera Cup victories
HARRI JONES and Adrian Flack have once again emerged the big winners from a Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia round, though it was by no means easy. The pair of championship leaders - Jones in Equity-One Pro and Flack in SP Tools Pro-Am - won the third and final race of round 5 at Sandown and by virtue of that also claimed the round. Jones completed a perfect launch into a comfortable win over Dylan O'Keeffe and Jackson Walls on Sunday, breaking the lap record on his way to career win number 15. He led home that same duo
Continue readingWinning streaks halted on dramatic Carrera Cup Sandown day
TWO of among the longest race winning streaks in Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia championship history have dramatically come to an end in a typically unpredictable day of racing at Sandown Raceway. Two dramatic races saw a pair of winners each in Equity-One Pro and SP Tools Pro-Am, with the second race of the day delivering fresh winners in both classes. Harri Jones and Adrian Flack claimed the wins in the first sprint race of the day, before a wildly unpredictable Enduro Cup race saw their winning runs ended. Jackson Walls ended Harri Jones' winning run at seven straight
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