Mark Walker
Team TRTVegas debrief, Adelaide Preview
A simple show this week and most of it is centred around the Las Vegas Grand Prix and the VAILO Adelaide 500 this week. A typically comprehensive and opinionated breakdown of the Vegas highs and lows is mirrored by a typically comprehensive and opinionated breakdown of this weekend's Supercars decider. A lengthy Hot / Not breakdown features as well, of course.
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J-Mac is back for summer
In Australian speedway, James McFadden is considered royalty. J-Mac’s Ned Kelly inspired bushy beard is his trademark. The Yanks love him for bringing the shooey to victory lane. He’s the lone Australian running full-time on the prestigious World of Outlaws championship, and in 2023 he’s statistically the most successful Aussie abroad in motorsport. And the good news – he’s back home for a holiday and will again run a bunch of races across summer, with the same team of high-profile owners from last year. It was a cool one-off concept last January to target the 50th anniversary edition of the
Continue readingRed 3 for ADL 500
The Blanchard Racing Team (BRT) has unveiled a new look for the Supercars season-ending Adelaide 500, with South Australian electronics company REDARC Defence & Space coming on board as the naming rights partner for Todd Hazelwood’s Ford Mustang. A local success story, REDARC has over 40 years of experience in the research, design, development and manufacture of electronic voltage converters and associated products, solar panels, inverters, power supplies, battery chargers, brake controllers, trailer braking products and more. Famous for rugged, adventure-proven gear, especially in the 4WD space, REDARC’s products have been deployed across a wide array of industries, with the
Continue readingCameron Shoots for Gold
AARON CAMERON will look to seal his name into the record books when he looks to claim the S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship this weekend at the VAILO Adelaide 500. Meanwhile, a racy field including a returning international and a new rising star will battle for the Tasman Cup across three races on the Adelaide streets. Former Formula 1 driver Roberto Mehri will return to the grid this weekend to drive the 88Racing / ACM Finance #88 car prepared by Adelaide-based Team BRM, adding international firepower back to the S5000 grid. He'll be joined at the Adelaide squad by 18-year-old Formula
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Dale RodgersBruce Stewart – A Shark’s Game
Team bosses and owners in the Supercars Paddock are most likely to be former drivers, like Brad Jones, Jamie Whincup, Tim Blanchard or Dick Johnson. Former engineers such as Tim Edwards, Barry Ryan and Matt Stone, plus a spread of successful business owners like Charlie Schwerkolt and Peter Xiberras. Header Pics: AN1 Images/Ross Gibb It is not often that you see a successful Commercial Manager take the reins. Over at Walkinshaw Andretti United you do, however find such a person. Bruce Stewart. The likeable Victorian has a long and distinguished career in Motor Sports, much of it not that publicised.
Continue readingThe Livery Winner of 2023
THE PORSCHE Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia's newest round winner has got himself a brand-new livery. McElrea Racing's Bayley Hall will sport the colours of long-time Porsche Motorsport Australia partner TAG Heuer this weekend at the VAILO Adelaide 500, which doubles as the final round of Australia's top one-make championship. Hall powered to a pair of race wins and the overall victory in the most recent round of the championship on the streets of Surfers Paradise, his first in Porsche competition and the seventh different winner from as many rounds to date this year. His stunning recent form has been
Continue readingAU Vs NZ ADL TCM
A MUSCLE CAR title bout as if from the history books awaits when the Gulf Western Oils Touring Car Masters Series heads for a championship showdown at the VAILO Adelaide 500 this week. Two famous surnames, owned by the sons of two Aussie motorsport legends, will battle for the title and they'll do it with one in a Holden and one in a Ford. It will be the key storyline among many as a strong 27-car field line up on the Adelaide streets this weekend. Three-time TCM champion Steven Johnson will look to add a fourth title aboard his 1969
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