Team TRTPower Rankings: Bathurst 500
Three Power Rankings in three weeks, with the Supercars season opener from Mount Panorama giving us plenty to dissect. 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. Look for the call out each evening
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Richard CraillJCRE UNVEILS DEBUT LIVERY FOR BATHURST DEBUT
IN FRONT of the iconic statue commemorating the motor racing legend that inspired their passion for motorsport, Johnston Craill Racing Enterprises (JCRE) has shown off their first ever racing livery ahead of the opening round of the Battery World Aussie Racing Cars Series this weekend in Bathurst. In front of the National Motor Racing Museum’s tribute to the King of the Mountain, Peter Brock, a distinctive and bright livery carrying JCRE’s primary Orange and Black colors was unveiled for this weekend. With the wrap material provided by JCRE partner Graphic Art Mart in Adelaide, the livery includes backing from key
Continue readingRANKED: 2024 Supercars Liveries
Here are all of the Supercars liveries from 2024 as they are released. Agree or disagree with our order of favourites? Hit us up on the socials @theracetorque with your take! 3 - Aaron Love Blanchard Racing Team 96 - Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing 20 - David Reynolds Team 18 18 - Mark Winterbottom Team 18 87 & 88 - Will Brown & Broc Feeney Red Bull Ampol Racing 25 - Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United 55 - Thomas Randle Tickford Racing 11 & 17 - Anton De Pasquale & Will Davison Shell V-Power Racing 6 - Cam Waters
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TRT Media ReleaseMotors & Masterpieces Launches
Australia's most anticipated motoring event, Motors & Masterpieces, is gearing up to make its debut at the iconic Melbourne Showgrounds from November 22-24, 2024. Curated by the esteemed team behind the renowned Motorclassica event, the festival promises to be a celebration of the pinnacle of design and engineering achievements in the automotive age. The showcase is set to chart the history of the motor vehicle from its earliest days and into the future, with over 300 cars and motorcycles to be displayed around six distinct themes that reflect significant evolutionary stages and cultural settings for man and the machine. Included
Continue readingJaxon Evans: On the Bathurst Double
Jaxon Evans very nearly scored a podium in the Bathurst 12 hour last weekend, and now he'll try the same as he makes his Supercars solo debut at the same venue five days later. He joins us to discuss his big career change and much more. And then it's all the Hots and Nots from the week that was, and what is to come this weekend from The Mountain… Spotify: Click HereApple: Click HereDeezer: Click Here
Continue readingB6HR TV Confirmed
THE HI-TEC Oils Bathurst 6 Hour will be broadcast live and free on national television in 2024. The event is pleased to confirm that SBS will broadcast coverage on both Saturday and Sunday of the event this Easter long weekend. Coverage will commence on Saturday at 1pm AEDT, covering support race action and Bathurst 6 Hour qualifying through to 5pm local time. Sunday's coverage will commence at 11:30am AEDT on Easter Sunday and include the entire 6-Hour race through to its conclusion just prior to 6pm. It's the most broadcast coverage ever dedicated to Bathurst's biggest enduro, which this year
Continue readingSupercars and Growth: The Calendar Killer
We recently took a look at how the motorsport media in Australia operates, and how, with the growth of the internet, the news cycle has changed forever. Going deeper, a factor that significantly impacts the way the sport is covered is its calendar – and it is possible that Supercars has become its own worst enemy. Having only 12 events in a season, it is difficult for the sport ever truly to break into the mainstream and maintain momentum. Looking around the sporting world and the news cycle for various professional leagues, the focus is typically based on the constant
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