‘My First 1000’

Richard Craill October 13, 2017

It’s that moment when you descend through the mountains, and reach the Bathurst plateau. That moment when your eyes squint to see the outline of

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RODGERS: A calendar shuffle

Richard Craill October 12, 2017

Could a rethink of the Supercars calendar usher a new era?    Motorsport is predominantly played out around the world in the summer, right? Formula

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#MondayArvo – It’s a tough gig but someone has to do it

Richard Craill October 9, 2017

THE DOUBLE LIFE lived by a Supercars endurance season co-driver is no more apparent than in the instant aftermath of the annual Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000

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BATHURST ’04: FIREWORKS, FALCONS AND GRENADES

Richard Craill October 6, 2017

SITTING in the lunch room at work on the Wednesday of Bathurst 1000 race week 2004, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

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#MondayArvo – The fans we want

Richard Craill October 2, 2017

THANKS to many years attending sporting events of many kinds, and a need to protect a hairline that is (rather disturbingly) thinning very quickly, I

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GALLERY: F1 On the city streets

Richard Craill September 29, 2017

CLASSIC Formula One machinery, a genuine ex-HDT Torana A9X and even a fully-blown Ducatti Superbike took to the Adelaide city streets on Wednesday night, filming

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RACING RULES: TIME TO SIMPLIFY?

Richard Craill September 21, 2017

TIM SLADE and Ash Walsh finished ninth in the Sandown 500 last weekend, only to have their Freightliner Racing Holden disqualified a day later due

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RODGERS: THE AERO OBSESSION

Richard Craill September 19, 2017

Is the aero obsession in Motorsports hindering the entertainment?   One of Dick Johnson’s greatest quotes was, ‘the only thing you get from looking backwards

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THE MADNESS OF THE RACING DRIVER

Richard Craill September 16, 2017

THERE are no points given for bravery in Motorsport, but lets pretend for a moment they exist and then give them all to Todd Hazelwood.  We

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Retro round more than just a look back

Richard Craill September 13, 2017

ROLL into Sandown Raceway this weekend and you could be forgiven for thinking that you'd taken a trip back in time.  Aside from the fact

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