Mark WalkerQuality & Quantity
While the Gold Coast Motor Museum is only a recent addition to our fantastic national roster of motoring museums in late 2020, its showcase is a standard setter in terms of quality and quantity. Let’s face the facts, the various theme parks of the GC have been done before – located just up the hills behind Movie World in Upper Coomera is the Gold Coast Motor Museum, and it's a great addition to the holiday of any rev head. Featuring 75 vehicles from the collection of brothers Carl and Grant Amor, the display features machines from the full breadth of
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Team TRTSupercars Perth in Pictures
Our friends at Unlabelled Photography were on the ground at Carco.com.au Raceway on the weekend and captured all of the action across all five classes for your enjoyment. Head over to their Facebook page and give it a like!
Continue readingNew Date for Bathurst 12 Hour
AUSTRALIA’S INTERNATIONAL ENDURO will return with a new date in 2024. The Bathurst 12 Hour will be held on February 16 – 18 next year. The revised date is two weeks later than the 2023 event, with the change coming following extensive consultation with teams, fans, key stakeholders, manufacturers and international partners to ensure the growth of the event. Event partners SRO Motorsports Group have confirmed that the Bathurst 12 Hour will remain the opening round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli, with the outright class remaining for all-professional driving combinations. Positive discussions are already underway with potential
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Richard CraillSuper Utes: Super Start
THE UTES are back! Okay, they never really went anywhere, but the V8 Ute racing of old returned in Perth with the SuperUtes sporting a bigger field than ever and some great entertainment. One of the categories leading lights, Dave Sieders, joins the show to talk not only about his own racing, but how they've rebuilt the category from unappealing diesels to something much more spectacular. After that it's the full rundown of the massive weekend with all the usual high and low points that we attack - plus a surprisingly in-depth chat about racing car drivers hair. Spotify: Click HereApple: Click HereDeezer: Click
Continue readingPower Rankings: Perth
FIVE different race winners from the first nine races and a Saturday battle for the ages - this new era of Supercars is starting to deliver.. especially if you like Camaro's. And while we're not willing to put parity under NOT yet - we'll wait for Ford's friendly fire to cease first - there's a lot to take away from the third event on the Repco Supercars Championship tour this year. As such, here's the HOT, the NOT and (perhaps most importantly) the WHAT from a weekend in the West. Don't agree? Even the score (politely) via our social media
Continue readingMini Aussie Racetracks Flourish
Multiple provincial motorsport facilities around the country are flourishing, with examples in Victoria and Queensland coming to life. Late last year, the Albury Wodonga & Districts Car Club (AWDCC) took over the control of Wilby Park Raceway, a multi-purpose venue 35km northwest of Wangaratta, or a three-hour drive north from Melbourne via Benalla, and have subsequently swung into action tidying and upgrading the grounds. Featuring an eighth-mile drag strip, a short 1,015m long road circuit, and a burnout pad, the Wilby Park facility has been a long-serving staple of the local scene since around 1964, playing host to modern events
Continue readingToowoomba v Avalon: race track battle lines drawn
THE BUSINESS brains behind Queensland's latest race track development say they are at risk of being beaten to the punch by Avalon, unless the Federal Government comes to the party. Speaking to regional Queensland media outlet the Country Caller, Wagner Corporation Executive General Manager Damian Bell said the recent announcement of a $1.6million funding package from the Victorian Government to support the feasibility study into the new motorsport precinct near Avalon, added to the urgency of securing federal support for their own circuit. That's despite a confirmed $40 million in funding that appears to have been already secured by the
Continue readingInside engineering with Wes McDougall + Perth preview
This week on the pod we go behind the scenes of the sport to find out what makes racing drivers tick. It's a deep-dive into the world of engineering as Wes McDougall, who engineered Jamie Whincup's final season, joins the show to discuss his fascinating career and a new business designed to help drivers from all walks of life continue to develop and improve - it's fascinating insight into the sport from another angle! Then it's into the massive weekend ahead as we look at Perth and Baku plus everything else going on in the big bad world of motorsport. Spotify: Click HereApple: Click
Continue readingStan Sport to broadcast Kumho TCR World Tour in 2023
STAN SPORT will broadcast all nine rounds of the 2023 Kumho TCR World Tour in Australia, expanding their support of the global Touring Car formula this year. Commencing this weekend at the Autodrómo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão, Stan Sport will broadcast each round live as the series builds to the Aussie double-header in November this year. Australian interest in the series will be high given the participation of Ben Bargwanna, who will tackle two rounds alongside his existing Supercheap Auto TCR Australia commitments. Bargwanna will race a Burson-supported Peugeot 308 TCR for Team Clairet Sport in Portugal this weekend and
Continue readingGrassroots Battle of the Disciplines
Where else on earth can you see a Ford Falcon speedway car battle it out with a Nissan 350Z drift car, historic rally cars, thorough bush-bashers, and slick road cars, all on an even playing field? Welcome to the world of khanacross. On Sunday, the Pakenham Auto Club hosted a grass khanacross under the Group 5 banner, essentially a joint gathering of different car clubs from across Victoria, who regularly meet for dirt and paved events at the very grassroots level of the sport. Encompassing both khanacross and the shorter, more technical motorkhana events, the G5 calendar features events at
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