Richard CraillPODCAST: Ford’s Brendan McGinniskin on winning in the West plus the Perth fallout
FORD found themselves back in victory lane in the Perth Supersprint last weekend, their first wins of the 2024 season. We welcome Ford's Motorsport Engineering lead, Brendan McGinniskin, to the show to discuss their rise to victory for the first time this year, plus how the global elements of Ford Motorsport are contributing to their Aussie program - and vice-versa. Then we debrief the weekend that was - including the proverbial elephant in the room about a certain Aussie Racing Car - and work through the Hot's and Not's of the event, including a deep-dive into what the Supersprint format
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Mark Walker2+4 Historics Return to Winton
The 47th Historic Winton blasts into Benalla this weekend, and with it, a return to classic 2+4 competition on the rural venue’s short circuit. Once again, the Austin 7 Club, with assistance from the Historic Motorcycle Racing Association of Victoria, is promoting the meet, which features nonstop on-track action and the usual array of sideshows and displays. Click here for the full entry list | Click here for the weekend schedule A highlight of the car section of the program will be the Cortina Challenge, with a full field of classic Blue Oval badged pocket rockets set to turn on
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Team TRTPower Rankings: Perth
Ford was HOT, while the NOTs were incredibly hard-hitting. Wrapping up a big weekend in The West, here is your serving of the TRT Power Rankings... 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 say next event via our social media channels, @theracetorque on Facebook, Twitter and Insta.
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Restoring a Cult Hero: The Supercheap AU
It’s been 25 years in the making, but the AU Falcon is now an overnight classic. Although the model never enjoyed the championship success of either the EL or BA for the Blue Oval, one of the slippery Fords that tasted success in both the main game and development series is being restored to its period-correct trim. Through the process, the car has garnered a loyal online following, with fans being given a special insight into the restoration of a classic. In return, home viewers have provided a treasure trove of information to assist in the build. SER 1 on
Continue readingPhillip Island Museum
It's an attraction often overlooked by visitors to the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, but the facility's motorsport museum is worth checking out. Clearly skewed toward motorcycle racing, which is entirely understandable given the venue's MotoGP and WSBK feature events, the museum delves into the rich history of the development of the motorsport on the Island dating back to the 1920s. It's not the biggest museum in the world, but there are plenty of items of interest immerse yourself in. To find the museum, simply head to the visitor centre on the outside of the race circuit confines, with the
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Craill & Johnston in the Spotlight
This week, for something completely different, our interview guest under the spotlight is none other than Aussie Racing Car part team owner and part-time commentator/PR operative/podcaster Richard Craill! RC is joined by Johnston Craill Racing Enterprises team pilot Asher Johnston, with the dynamic duo breaking down their venture into national-level motorsport - unsurprisingly, it's a highly insightful chat! In part two, we break down a big weekend in sports, look forward to Supercars heading west, plus F1 at Imola, and all of the usual shenanigans in the weekly serving of Hots and Nots. Tune in with your Podcast player of
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JOHNSTON CRAILL RACING Enterprises will return to action in round three of the Battery World Aussie Racing Cars Series this weekend at the Bosch Power Tools Perth SuperSprint in Western Australia. All four races will be broadcast live on Fox Sports 506 and Kayo this weekend, while the @johnstoncraill social media channels and theracetorque.com, will provide regular updates online. Here’s the preview from the Craill and Johnston elements of said Racing Enterprise. CRAILL: In what is clearly the second-most anticipated return by a competitor to a circuit this year, the stunning Orange and Black JCRE Mustang will be back on
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