Richard CraillPODCAST: David Reynolds. That’s it. That’s the podcast
DAVID REYNOLDS is the guest On the Grid this week, which should be all the incitement you need to tune in. He's classic Dave in good form despite a challenging Bathurst weekend, and returns this weekend to the Gold Coast where he went supremely well last year. Plus the debrief from the weekend SpeedSeries antics, a look ahead to the Surfers stoush plus everything else in the world of motorsport.
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TRT Media ReleaseTitle-defining weekend in store for Carrera Cup on the Gold Coast
A POTENTIALLY title-defining weekend could see two Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia champions provisionally add a second crown to their respective tallies this weekend on the streets of Surfers Paradise. With two rounds and six races remaining in the 2024 title race, Equity-One Professional class leader Harri Jones and SP Tools Pro-Am point man Adrian Flack could both mathematically seal their respective championships this weekend should all go their way on the streets of the Gold Coast. With 181 points up for grabs at each event, Jones' Hastings Deerings Porsche Centre Melbourne Motorsport entry leads David Russell's Hire a
Continue readingIRON BOATS to support JCRE Aussie Racing Car
JOHNSTON CRAILL Racing is proud to announce IRON BOATS Queensland as their major partner for this weekend’s final round of the Battery World Aussie Racing Cars Series on the Gold Coast. Originating in Sweden, IRON Boats are renowned globally as one of the most stable and high performing Powerboats on the global market and have recently burst onto the local scene. IRON Boats are perfect for Queensland conditions and especially the waterways that snake in and around the Gold Coast 500 street circuit – perfect for cruising or more active exploits like waterskiing, watersports or swimming. Powered by Mercury engines
Continue readingTwenty years on tour – a Gold Coast anniversary
FORGIVE, if you will, this indulgence and reflection, but today is one of those milestone, core memory generating kind of days. You see, 20 years ago today, a pimply faced and most definitely beard-free kid from Lyndoch in country South Australia lobbed at his first proper car racing job away from home. Yes, there had already been Adelaide 500s for Community Radio, Mallala Development Series and PROCAR rounds for Motorsport News Magazine and rallies and other events for Community TV, but this was different. This was Indy. Indy on the Gold Coast was and remains the stuff of legend, a
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Team TRTPower Rankings: SMP SpeedSeries
It's been a minute since we've seen the SpeedSeries on track, with the series having its penultimate blast in the west of Sydney. 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.
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Mark Walker
Targett on Top
OSCAR TARGETT is the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia Series champion, sealing his maiden national racing title in style today at Sydney Motorsport Park. At 18 years 10 months, the Queenslander is the second youngest ever one-make Porsche champion in Australia, trailing only Jordan Love – who won the 2017 Sprint Challenge title aged 18 years, 4 months. Targett’s title came as the Sprint Challenge season was concluded at Sydney Motorsport Park today, the Grove Racing Junior also claiming the prestigious Jim Richards Endurance Trophy - decided across the longer, 45-minute enduro races held at each round of the championship.
Continue readingTargett Wins in the Wet
CLAY OSBORNE drove the race of his life, but the results will show Oscar Targett as the winner of the first Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia race at Sydney Motorsport Park this weekend. In sultry and increasingly wet conditions, Osborne raced his way into the lead in Friday night's sprint race that kicked off the final round of the 2024 Sprint Challenge season - however a five second penalty applied post race for a start line infringement handed the win to Targett. Ramu Farrell claimed the Pro-Am class victory in style over Lachy Harburg - who provisionally claimed the Pro-Am
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