Team TRTYoung gun for SVG Falcon
THE Kumho V8 Touring Car Series will welcome another young up-and-coming star at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst International, with Queenslander Cameron McLeod to tackle the mountain in a former Stone Brothers Racing FG Falcon. While previously owned and run by Bradley Neill in the Kumho Series, the striking blue Falcon is well known for its time in the Repco Supercars Championship where it was piloted by none-other than reigning champion, Shane van Gisbergen in 2012. Purchase your tickets for Supercheap Auto Bathurst International But come November, it will be McLeod’s turn to take the wheel as he looks
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Richard CraillFrosty on Bathurst and The Bend’s big weekend
Bathurst is in the rear-view mirror but we're still breaking down the Great Race, this time with former winner Mark Winterbottom who had a challenging end to his Bathurst campaign. Still, he's upbeat about what is to come. Then the team breaks down a huge weekend of racing at Tailem Bend, discusses why Speedway is so good in spite of itself, and breaks down the Hot's and Not's of the week that was.
Continue readingEntrepreneurial Flair Driving Motorsport Forward
Motorsport is forever on the hunt for venues to play at. However, by their very nature, they are expensive and difficult beasts to operate. A majority are driven by clubs or community organisations, but a growing number are coming under the control of entrepreneurs who have the finance, flair, connections, and willpower to bring pipedreams into reality. Look no further than the Shahin family in South Australia, with Shell V-Power Motorsport Park standing as an incredible tribute to what is possible in Australian motorsport, with the family also controlling Mallala, the grand old airfield track, giving it another lease on
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ARON SHIELDS has claimed a remarkable Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge enduro in South Australia that saw the race result change after the flag and the round result tipped on its head in dramatic fashion. The wild race had seen Lachlan Bloxsom cross the line first only to be penalized post-race, handing win to Shields and his TekworkX Porsche. Shields had led the race briefly on two separate occasions before initially crossing the line third behind Bloxsom and Oscar Targett. A further time penalty for young star Oscar Targett then denied him the round win, handing that honour to series leader
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OSCAR TARGETT has added his name to the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia winners roster, charging from pole position to a pair of commanding race victories today at the Shell V-Power Motorsport Park in South Australia. The Grove Racing driver was in stunning form on Saturday as he swept to back-to-back wins in The Bend’s sprint races, leading home series leader Marco Giltrap and Marcos Flack in both races today. A further 45-minute enduro race completes the penultimate round of the series tomorrow. In the Pro-Am class, home-town hero Sam Shahin won both races today, while Lachlan Harburg and Brad
Continue readingBathurst 1000: TRT’s Race Week Diary
Do you ever finish a work week and feel rather tired? Right now, we’re a week on from the Bathurst 1000, and we’re still not in a great spot… This is our yearly recap of race week from behind the curtain, recapping what it’s like to work in the media at our biggest motor race of the year as told from the author’s perspective at my 17th Great Race appearance. You can compare and contrast the below with the diaries from 2021 and 2022 – which both had their quirks. In 2021, we arrived well in advance of the biggest
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OSCAR TARGETT has become the first repeat pole sitter of the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia season, edging Marco Giltrap for the top spot in qualifying today at Shell V-Power Motorsport Park in South Australia. The pair traded blows at the top of the times in the 20-minute qualifying session with Targett on top early, before Giltrap responded with less than three minutes remaining to go to the top spot. The series' leader didn't remain on top for long, however, with Targett's final flyer returning the Grove Group-supported car back to the top with his 1m50.4916s flyer. It means the
Continue readingHow AI improved Bathurst’s TV product
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE played a significant role in this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 broadcast on Fox Sports and Channel 7. Supercars Media, the in-house Supercars Production company that produces the world feed broadcast at each round, engaged the services of Xtramotion over the event - a video services business that uses AI to create slow-motion images from standard broadcast cameras. It was a significant step forward, which enabled the stunning super slow replays from more camera angles than ever before. Usually, the slow-motion vision seen in broadcast is shot with special camera equipment that captures the action at a much higher
Continue readingHow the Indy 500 can fix Bathurst’s Soft tyre issue
HERE’S HOPING that Sunday was the last time the use of Dunlop’s Softest compound Sport Maxx tyre is made mandatory in Bathurst’s Great Race. This isn’t a black mark on Dunlop, Kevin Fitzsimmons and his hard-working team or even the tyre itself – just a commentary on the fact that the race would have been better without it. Supercars opted to run the soft tyre this year because – and let’s be honest here – they were concerned that on the harder compound tyre the new Gen 3 cars would be too slow. And ultimately, it worked. Brodie Kostecki’s 2m04.2719s
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