PODCAST: We’re giving away a Supercars hotlap
Yes, you read that correctly. This week we're giving away a Supercars hotlap at Sandown! All the details are in the pod about how you can enter for an experience of a lifetime. Aside from that big, breaking news, we also dissect the week that was - it was a big one and there are plenty of our usual hots and nots to come from it. But also, Hotlap. Listen via your favourite podcast application or via the link below.
Continue readingPorsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport lands in Australia
PORSCHE MOTORSPORT'S latest and greatest contender designed for global GT4 competition has landed in Australia. The Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport represents Porsche's latest iteration of its global contender for GT4 competition, with significant if evolutionary gains over previous models. With a further allocation secured by Porsche Motorsport Australia, eight cars have now landed in Australia with a majority already sold to either returning or brand-new customers. These include the car currently utilised by 2023 GT4 Australia winner Shane Smollen, who currently leads the Pro-Am standings in the 2024 series aboard his Method Motorsport-run entry. The 718 Cayman GT4
Continue readingJCRE to make Aussie Racing Car return
JOHNSTON CRAILL RACING ENTERPRISES will return to competition this weekend, locking in an on-track return in the penultimate round of the Battery World Aussie Racing Cars series at Phillip Island. It’s a comeback six months in the making following an unscheduled second complete rebuild thanks to moments unfortunately outside of the team’s control. The return comes following a lengthy process to regroup following a challenging introduction to the category that saw the team’s #8 Check it out Graphics / theracetorque.com Mustang first blow an engine and then be crashed into by another competitor – caught out on the oil -
Continue readingAustralia’s Current Day Motorsport on Airfields
Here at The Race Torque, we love motorsport and aviation, so naturally, mixing the two is one of our favourite pastimes. From collating collections of images from some of the best pre-event flyovers we’ve seen, we have also pieced together an immensely popular yarn on fantasy airfield racetracks around the country, which we can probably attribute to a pandemic lockdown, perhaps inspired by the legendary Burke Lakefront Airport from Indycar’s prime time. Then there are the stories on the airfield that, over the years, have been converted for motorsport use. For instance, there is Point Cook, the birthplace of the
Continue readingThrowback: National Motor Racing Museum
It forever remains one of our favourite places on earth - the National Motor Racing Museum in Bathurst continues to provide an incredible tribute to our motorsport history. One of the important facets of the collection is that it is ever-changing, with new vehicles constantly rotated through the display, including special exhibitions, with a fleet of new arrivals rolling in this week. Here we go back to 2008 when we wandered through the museum. Which machine is your favourite? Hit us up on the socials @theracetorque with your take!
Continue readingPODCAST: News! Brodie, Cooper, Anton, Frosty, SVG & more
MIRACLE of miracles, we've actually got news! One of the biggest silly season weeks of the year kicked off on Tuesday and with whispers of more to come, we held the pod back at day to make sure we got it all fresh to podcastland. So, we delve exclusively into the joint Kostecki / Murray announcements that will reshape the Supercars grid for 2025 with the man who pulled it all together, talk Winterbottom out and Anton de Pasquale in at T18 and even talk SVG's new deal in NASCAR and the F1 shuffling. The news gods have never been
Continue readingSVG: In the Box Seat for Success
Confirmation that Shane van Gisbergen has locked in a full-time drive in the NASCAR Cup Series for 2025 is a significant one – here we break down what it means and what his chances are as he steps up to stock car racing’s elite level. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVdw0UuCcDo SVG’s NASCAR Story to Date After his victory in his NASCAR debut in Chicago last year, things have moved fast. A double-duty weekend in Indianapolis in the Truck Series and Cup followed, and then it was announced that he would be moving to America to compete in a mixed program of Cup, Xfinity, and
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