Team TRT2023: A Season in MEMEs
It sure was a year to write memes about. Here are the best bits of silliness from the Caltex Power Rankings throughout 2023. Enjoy. Classic Simpsons https://twitter.com/DrMitchellAdam/status/1633677774350331904 https://twitter.com/SupercarsBert/status/1670329133245800449 https://twitter.com/supercars/status/1669515542653452289 https://twitter.com/LloydGSR/status/1651776738110881792 When T8 had a fight with ATB... https://twitter.com/markwa1ker/status/1634689506560606208 Kenny sure says some rare things... https://twitter.com/HiPSIMotorsport/status/1622356157808656384 https://twitter.com/DrMitchellAdam/status/1727577276743815225 When Foxtel flaked out during the F1 hot laps at the Bathurst 12 Hour, the rock tumbler was subsequently plugged in. https://twitter.com/markwa1ker/status/1621703597896650755 https://twitter.com/markwa1ker/status/1709650202062417922 But wait, there's more! Applicable to many races DJR sure use the same livery a lot When SuperCheap Auto gave away all of the tickets to the PI SpeedSeries event Very
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Mark WalkerBreaking Down SVG’s NASCAR Prospects
Overnight, Shane van Gisbergen’s NASCAR 2024 program was announced. Here, we run our rule over what the different facets of his schedule mean for the three-time Supercars champ on the next step in his motorsport journey. https://twitter.com/KauligRacing/status/1734968594675450288 NASCAR Xfinity Series The bulk of SvG’s NASCAR program next season will be based in the second-tier Xfinity Series – think of it as the Dunlop Series, but on steroids. It’s kind of a big deal... in terms of TV numbers, the most watched races during the season are viewed by more punters than all of the F1 races in the USA, and
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Richard CraillThe HOTs and NOTs of 2023
It's our grand finale for 2023! We close out a massive year of On the Grid stories with our all-time HOT and NOT power rankings from the year that was.
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TRT Media ReleaseWalls to Middle East
PORSCHE Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia vice-champion Jackson Walls will continue his big year of Porsche racing, contesting the remainder of the 2023-24 Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East Championship with Lechner Racing. Walls will contest the remaining five rounds of the series driving an Objective Racing-supported Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Car for the famous European squad, one that was home to Walls’ former Australian teammate Harri Jones this year. It was through Jones’ that the link to Lechner – who also promote the Middle East Series – came about. Walls’ finished a close runner-up in the Carrera Cup championship, his
Continue readingLowndes Joins Tickford Aces
CRAIG LOWNDES will headline an all-star squad as Scott Taylor Motorsport launches an outright attack on victory in the 2024 Repco Bathurst 12 Hour next February. The well-known STM Mercedes AMG GT3 will be entered in the outright class in 2024, with a driving squad including Lowndes and Tickford Racing Supercars Championship drivers, Cameron Waters and Thomas Randle. The shift to outright contention comes after running in class competition for the last two years, finishing 10th outright and first in class in 2022 driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car, and then running strongly before failing to finish last
Continue reading2023: A Season in WHATs
This season, more than any other, we were asking one question: WHAT? Here, we have hand-picked the best bits of our Caltex Power Rankings WHAT section, as supplied by you, the fans of The Race Torque. Enjoy... From our Travels Fine dining, ala Erebus When Marcus Zukanovic scored the Bathurst TCM pole by a LOT Which one is Barry Rogers? When you see it... From the Net All-time clubhouse leader https://twitter.com/Fox_Motorsport/status/1710783940490080742 Rat meat https://twitter.com/Steph_Coombes/status/1685155603008884736 He's everywhere you wanna be... https://twitter.com/Dan_0wen/status/1657286926687424517 Matt Naulty absolutely being put in his place https://twitter.com/Craillsy/status/1629272439418146816 Express train, not stopping at any stations, now passing turn one
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KARL BATSON - HALL OF FAME INDUCTION VIDEO A LEGEND of the Porsche paddock will be the next inductee into Porsche Motorsport Australia’s hall of fame. Championship winning engineer, team manager, mechanic and noted Porsche legend Karl Batson was recognised for his 20-year contribution to Porsche Carrera Cup Australia at the annual Gala in Adelaide earlier this month. Batson, who battles the rare degenerative disease Friedrich’s Ataxia, will retire from full-time racing this year after 20 years in the Carrera Cup paddock and longer in Porsche Motorsport in general. In recent years, Batson has been the driving force behind Porsche Centre
Continue readingCaltex Power Rankings: Supercars Hots & Nots
It has been a big year for the Caltex Power Rankings – here we kick off our end-of-season celebrations with a countdown of the top ten HOTS and NOTS from the Supercars season that was. To arrive at the below lists, we have simply scored the respective Rankings from the season on a ten-to-one sliding scale, with the number one HOT or NOT each week receiving ten points, and so on. As always, we thank you, the readers of The Race Torque, for your ongoing input, support and patronage of the Power Rankings, plus Caltex for their backing of the
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Motorsports new CEO and Speedway ace James McFadden
Two key interviews this week as Motorsport Australia's CEO, Sunil Vohra, drops in and believe us - he's a race fan. We quiz the new boss about his passion for the sport and what his plans are moving forward. And then, with the summer of speedway almost here, James McFadden drops in to chat his return with the NAPA Hodges Motorsport entry, fills is in on his World of Outlaws campaign and talks his big summer of Speedway ahead. It's a big show with fun, interesting chats!
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