Richard Craill28 years later: Revisiting the Wellington Street Circuit
FOR a vast majority of the population, the fading yellow markers that sporadically appear across Wellington’s Commonwealth walkway, a public walkway / running track that borders the waterfront and the battlements alongside the elevated Frank Kitts Park, would mean absolutely nothing. There are perhaps six or eight that you can spot, but only if you look. Some elements of yellow are reasonably strong, but in many places they are just blobs of colour on a windswept bitumen, neither connected to anything else nor obvious in their meaning or purpose. They could be survey lines painted by the council, showing where
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Mark WalkerBathurst Kart Track: Costly Business
Have you ever wondered what it takes to get a new motorsport venue approved? It turns out it is an incredibly convoluted process, with many hoops to jump through. A point in case is the new karting facility at Mount Panorama, with all of the critical paperwork, including the details of the price increase, publicly available on the Bathurst Regional Council website. When first released in November last year, we reported that the venue's projected price tag was $4,729,940. Come May 2024, the total project cost is now valued at $5,841,833 inclusive of GST, some $1,111,903 higher. The BRC website
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Team TRTJay Robotham: Asian Experience
Jay Robotham is taking an alternate route in his motorsport career, with a contrasting array of programs on his 2024 roster. From Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia to the Thai Super Series with a wild Ford Ranger Super PickUp and a MARC Mustang, Jay plans to put the miles to good use when he lines up in the Supercars enduros with Bryce Fullwood at Brad Jones Racing. From luring monkeys with bananas to a cracking Thai lifestyle, it’s a top chat. Plus, the team breaks down a massive week in sports, including F1, NASCAR, and the greatest race you’ve never
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TRT Media ReleaseShahin for Supercup
Sam Shahin will contest the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in 2024. A multiple Pro-Am Champion in Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia and Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia, the South Australian will contest the eight-round international championship with Dutch team, GP Elite. Shahin won the SP Tools Pro-Am class in the 2022 Carrera Cup Australia Championship, while also claiming the 2019 and 2023 Sprint Challenge Pro-Am titles in style. His 41 Carrera Cup Australia rounds have delivered 7 Pro-Am round wins and 22 race victories. He will contest the Porsche Supercup Pro-Am championship amidst an the incredibly competitive field this
Continue readingThe Bathurst Lap Record Chase
NO CIRCUIT in Australia has a lap time so passionately chased and coveted as Mount Panorama. The lap record at the iconic circuit has long been a target for individuals, brands, corporations and more as the ultimate arbiter of what is quick in Australian Motorsport. Bathurst is the one circuit where just about anyone can remember off the top of their head what a decent lap time is - mostly because of Greg Murphy's 'Lap of the Gods' heroics. Go quicker than that and you're impressive. Get close to two minutes and you're a hero. Go slower? Come back next
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The Battle of Bathurst: Death Threats and Regrets
The solution to the woes of the traditional long weekend Bathurst 1000 was simple: the event needed V8s, but when the V8 Supercars were otherwise occupied later in November, the race had to look outside the box. In the first four parts of this deep dive into the Super Touring versus V8 Supercars war, we examined the mechanisms behind the power plays and the twin editions of the Bathurst 1000 in 1997 and ’98. Read: Part 1 – The Battle of Bathurst: V8s Vs Super Touring, TV Wars & Council Plays Read: Part 2 – The Battle of Bathurst: Lawyers Engaged,
Continue readingIntroducing the Toyota Champ
Please meet the Toyota Champ, one of the wildest concepts for a racer we have seen. Set to debut this weekend in the Super PickUp class in the Thailand Super Series from the Chang International Circuit, it is sure to be a head turner, with unique styling that makes it more at home on a construction site than a racetrack. Share your feedback on our socials @theracetorque! Unlike the tightly controlled V8 SuperUtes in Australia, the Super PickUp category sees a proper arms race carried out between the different brands, who pump big boost into their diesel-powered racers. With the
Continue readingRacing a Championship-Winning IndyCar
IMAGINE racing one of the most successful IndyCars ever? That's what Aussie Jordan Roddy is doing having recently purchased and now raced the famous Macca's Newman Haas Lola raced to a pair of Champ Car titles by Sebastien Bourdais. Jordan joins the show to discuss some of his incredible car resto projects, including a Cadillac LMP1 car, V12 Jaguars and how he's reassembled lots of Newman Haas Racing to run his latest purchase. It's a great story with some cool moments along the journey. Then it's the hots and nots of the week that was, including serious chats about cheating,
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Dale Rodgers
