A vastly experienced Motorsport Public Relations operator, journalist, commentator and photographer, Mark brings his unique angle to The Race Torque in both words and imagery. As well as serving as our key photographer on the ground at major events around Australia (and overseas), Walker will often chime in with his unique and pin-point sharp viewpoint of the racing world via the keyboard too.
Power Rankings Team TRT November 6, 2023

Caltex Power Rankings: Race Sydney

Welcome to Australia, the home of the world's biggest sheep stations, which apparently were on the line for the TCR World Tour races at Sydney Motorsport Park. This is the 20th Caltex Power Rankings for 2023, where we break down the HOT, NOT and WHAT from a highly entertaining Race Sydney. 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

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News Team TRT November 6, 2023

Sprint Challenge Bathurst Decider

CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON has come to Porsche Motorsport Australia, with the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia Series to kick off an amazing two weeks of title-deciding action this weekend at Mount Panorama. The sixth and final round of a record-breaking Sprint Challenge season will see the category race three times at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst International this weekend and decide the Pro, Pro-Am and Class B titles. That will be followed two weeks later by a climactic Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia showdown at the VAILO Adelaide 500 on the Adelaide streets. The Sprint Challenge season has been an unpredictable

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Feature Mark Walker November 4, 2023

How to make Motorsport TV

Have you ever wondered how the pictures from the racetrack arrive on your screen? As it transpires, there is a lot more to it than meets the eye. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYJbwj6GONU Even casual fans of motorsport would have stumbled across the incredible array of content that is produced by the team at Blend Line TV, which focuses on broadcasting a wide range of grassroots motorsport from around the country. From circuit racing state championships to historics, hillclimbs, khanacrosses, offroad, rally and more, Blend Line has been there and shot that. Take, for instance, the time Robby Gordan’s Stadium Supertrucks dropped by Sydney

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News Mark Walker November 3, 2023

Sandown Turns Historic

Sandown Raceway is once again bringing back the best of historic motorsport next weekend, with the annual Victorian Historic Racing Register showcase event. Over the weekend, a total of 50 on-track sessions are scheduled, covering racing, supersprints, regularity trials and parades. The roster features a mix of staples from the historic racing scene and more contemporary staples from the state championship roster. From the latter, expect competitive fields from both the MGs and Invited British Sports Cars, which will be backing up from their recent run at the Calder Vic State Race event, and the evergreen HQ Holdens. Furthermore, from

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News Team TRT November 2, 2023

Meeting the Locals

Drivers from the Kumho TCR World Tour have met the locals in the lead-up to the return of International Touring Car Racing to Australian soil this week at Sydney Motorsport Park.  A vast majority of the international drivers competing this weekend were joined by Aussie ace Ben Bargwanna for a visit to Sydney Zoo, adjacent to Sydney Motorsport Park in Eastern Creek.  There, the drivers met the local Koala population and then hung out with a group of friendly Kangaroos as a proper 'Welcome Down Under' before they hit the track for practice, qualifying, and race one tomorrow.  Sydney Zoo

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News Team TRT November 2, 2023

Race Sydney Preview

The long-awaited Kumho TCR World Tour double-header kicks off this weekend with Shannons SpeedSeries competitors to unite for Race Sydney.  A record 25 competitors will take to the track when both TCR World Tour and Supercheap Auto TCR Australia enter the pointy-end of their respective 2023 campaigns, with Race Sydney the first of two international rounds for the year.   The field will comprise 10 international drivers from 10 different countries, all serious contenders for this year’s title race. Tickets for the event can be purchased at motorsporttickets.com.au The exciting category will see a slightly modified format for Race Sydney,

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Podcast Richard Craill November 2, 2023

Porsche’s newest rising star Bayley Hall

YOUNG GUN Bayley Hall has launched from zero to success in his Porsche Carrera Cup career, claiming his first race and overall victory in the tough one-make championship at the weekend. We get to know the young man from Queensland, talk pathways to the top and racing in America, plus an incredible weekend at Surfers that delivered him a maiden Carrera Cup win. Then it's the Hot's and Not's from a massive week of motorsport.

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Power Rankings Team TRT October 30, 2023

Caltex Power Rankings: Gold Coast 500

After 500km of racing around the concrete canyon of the Surfers Paradise, a grand total of 0.3834sec split Ford from Chevrolet. And that is much more like the Supercars we all love. Here is our deep dive into the HOTs, NOTs and WHATs that transpired in the concrete canyon, in our Power Rankings Fuelled by Caltex. 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

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News Team TRT October 30, 2023

Bumper TCR Word Tour Field Set

AN entry list including six manufacturers and drivers from ten countries has been unveiled for the return of International Touring Car competition to Australian soil this week.  A 25-strong grid has been locked in for Race Sydney, which doubles as Round 6 of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia and the first of two Australian rounds of the Kumho TCR World Tour. Six different brands - Honda, Peugeot, Audi, Cupra, Hyundai and Lynk & Co - will compete across three races at Sydney Motorsport Park on November 3-4, commencing under lights on Friday night at the Western Sydney venue. It’s the

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News Mark Walker October 29, 2023

Calder Return Complete

Calder Park Raceway made a triumphant return to the Motorsport Australia circuit racing scene, with the successful hosting of the sixth and final Vic State Race Series meet for 2023. This year, the venue has undergone a significant reworking, with improvements continuing at pace. The latest efforts have tidied up the end of the run-off areas at the opening turn and the end of the back straight, significant works have shored up the track edges in many places, mainly in a move to keep drifters on the island, further new signage has been installed, while the overall presentation of the

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