Mark Walker
First Look: Phillip Island Upgrades
Track and safety upgrades have continued at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, with racers on the weekend sampling the fresh look for the first time. Outside of the renewed track surface, ripple strips and verges, competitors at the closed PIARC Pathways event also enjoyed significant safety barrier upgrades. Gone are the much-maligned earth-filled tyre barriers on driver’s right exiting Siberia, on the outside of the Hayshed, where Craig Lowndes crashed in practice in 2017, and on driver’s right exiting MG Corner, a wall that had previously been the subject of multiple timely rebuilds. Additionally, work has been carried out
Continue readingThe Bathurst Riots: The 1980s War
Come the 1980s, the battles between the patrons and the police at the Easter Bathurst motorcycle races ramped up to the next level. Multiple parties were involved in the drama, from a minority of trackside fans to the police and the media – it was a complicated melting pot of conflict. Further Reading: Part 1 - The Bathurst Riots: A History of Conflict Part 3 - The Bathurst Riots: The BYOG Ban https://twitter.com/MarxOutThere/status/756310744052838400 Checkpoints that encircled the town were the first point of tension, which in 1980 nabbed five .22 calibre rifles (which were to be returned after the weekend),
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Team TRTThe Hot and Not bits from Darwin, Le Mans & more
This week, we dive straight into the Hots and the Nots from a massive weekend in motorsport, in the Top End and over at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. There's plenty of good stuff to review, plus some stuff that needs some improvement. Also, we will discuss why Mark left our group chat, why Craillsy didn't know about it, and several Darwin-hangover-related discussions you don't need to miss. Tune in with your Podcast player of choice, or listen below. Spotify: Click HereApple: Click HereDeezer: Click Here
Continue readingBathurst’s Worst Warm-Up Lap: Take 2
A few years ago, these pages ran a yarn asking the question: was this the worst Bathurst warm-up lap ever? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CirTHbLUj40 To summarise: on a sodden first Sunday in October 1996, the Super Tourers took to Mount Panorama for a warm-up lap ahead of their curtain-raising support race. Craig Baird got as far as turn two before he binned his BMW. Later on in the lap, it became awfully apparent that the Audis were in stife - despite their Quattro four-wheel drive system, imported factory ace Tamara Vidali was battling slick tyres, and subsequently had the mother of all moments
Continue readingPower Rankings: Darwin
It was a predictably HOT one in the Top End, but that's not to say that there wasn't plenty of NOT and WHAT thrown into the mix, too. So strap in, here is your 12th Power Ranking breakdown for 2024. 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 democracy, and what you nominate generates the order, so have your
Continue readingRegional Motorsport Facility Expands
The DriveIt facility, just outside of Townsville, has continued down its expansion path, with a recent photo showing progress on the facility’s quarter-mile drag strip. To be operated by the Northern Drag Racers Club, the drag strip is the third phase of development on the 306ha site following the construction of a driver training/skid pan, and the basis of the 2.75km long race circuit, which opened for business last year. Last May, we covered the opening of the 12-corner layout, which was 17 years in the making, and the first all-new facility in the state since Queensland Raceway opened in
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TRT Media ReleaseJones Darwin Sweep
HARRI JONES has placed an early marker as the man to beat in the 2024 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship, sweeping round three of the championship at Hidden Valley Raceway in one of his most dominant displays yet. The 2022 Carrera Cup champion scored pole and all three race wins in commanding fashion in the Territory, powering his Hastings Deering CAT / Porsche Centre Melbourne Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Car to his second win of the season and third of his career. It also extends his title lead after three rounds of the championship as the series heads
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