Mark WalkerInside Nissan’s V8 Breakthrough
The 24th of August 2013 is a notable date in the history of Supercars competition—it was the first day that a manufacturer other than Holden or Ford won a race in our homegrown V8 touring car category. Having seen the Car of the Future introduced at the start of the season, the new inclusions in Nissan and Erebus-AMG were up against the Holden and Ford opposition, which had a proven baseline to work from, especially in terms of powerplants. Finding parity was a tough ask - especially regarding fuel economy. Saying that, up until Winton, there was a real mixed
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Team TRTPODCAST: The Brendon Leitch story
RETURNING to Australia to race this year, Brendon Leitch has made a huge impact in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia championship with a series of stirring performances alongside Tim Miles in an Audi R8. In the leadup to the GT Festival at Phillip Island, Brendon joins the show to tell us his fascinating career story and how a kid from the far, far south of New Zealand's South Island ended up racing at places like Spa Francorchamps. It's a great yarn and well told! Then it's the week that was in our usual style of putting everything into baskets
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TRT Media ReleaseMotors & Masterpieces Charity Auction Launched
Motors and Masterpieces is pleased to announce Challenge as the official charity partner for this year’s highly anticipated event. Renowned for its steadfast support of children and families living with cancer, Challenge will receive 100% of the proceeds from the Motors and Masterpieces Charity Auction, which will be expertly managed by the respected auctioneers at Donington Auctions. “Partnering with Challenge allows us to make a significant impact while celebrating the rich history of the automotive world,” said Carlos Piteira, Event Promoter, Motors and Masterpieces. “We are honoured to support an organisation that provides vital assistance to families 365 days a
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Richard CraillIt’s time for a Symmons spend..
AS WE already know, Tassie sports fans are a hardy lot. Whether it's sitting on the hill at Bellerive Oval watching the Big Bash Cricket in ten-degree temperatures when it's supposed to be summer, or watching the Hawks play York Park in a Launceston winter, they'll generally turn up regardless. Hence the solid turnout, Sunday especially, to the Tassie Supercars round at the weekend despite borderline insulting mid-winter scheduling at a racetrack that at its worst can make Phillip Island's 'gateway to hypothermia' feel like a tropical resort on Hamilton Island. Symmons Plains is a fantastic place for car racing.
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Three National Classes Headline Sandown Vic Sate
This weekend’s round of the Victorian State Race Series at Sandown is shaping up as a significant one on the local calendar, with three national touring series joining the party. In addition to the host of usual local classes taking to the home of horsepower, perpetual Sandown favourites, the National Sports Sedans will be joined by the Australian Formula Ford Series and the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Scholarship Series. MORE DETAILS > Entry List | Event Schedule The Sports Sedans see an interesting mix, with favourites set to include Daniel Tamasi, the Mazda-mounted Peter and Matt Ingram, Steven Tamasi, Ash
Continue readingPower Rankings: Tasmania
We can confidently say that this edition of the Power Rankings features an unprecedented list of HOTs and NOTs, plus many things that fit into both boxes. So strap in, this is a big 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
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Oscar Masters Symmons
OSCAR TARGETT and Brock Gilchrist will battle for the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia series in the final round at Sydney Motorsport Park, following a thrilling conclusion to Round 5 of the championship at Symmons Plains. The pair battled out another hugely entertaining encounter today, continuing the theme of the weekend where the pair were inseparable across the three races. After trailing early, Targett claimed the race and the round over Gilchrist and Clay Osborne, while Andrew Georgiadis took his first Pro-Am Round victory in style by claiming the third race. The final sprint was a thriller from the outset
Continue readingThe Evolution of a Motorsport Precinct
Last time out, in our prologue to the tale of Queensland Raceway, we looked at the beginnings of the Ipswich Motorsport Precinct, and how grassroots hard work saw Willowbank Raceway grow from a cow paddock to one of the world’s leading quarter-mile drag strips. In this final instalment, which sets the scene for Queensland Raceway, we look at the Precinct as a whole and how the various motorsport disciplines have converged on Willowbank. The Story of Queensland Raceway Quick Links Preamble 1: Ipswich’s Remarkable Motorsport Heritage Preamble 2: Building a Motorsport Precinct: Willowbank Raceway Meet the Neighbours The Ipswich Motorsport
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