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

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

A last-minute double-duty call-up for Jay Robotham has paid dividends at the opening round of the 2023 Thailand Super Series, with the Aussie young gun claiming victory in the Supercar GTC class aboard a Corliss Race Engineering prepared Ford Mustang. After suffering a mechanical issue while leading the opening race, the 20-year-old bounced back in the second encounter. The heat was punctuated by a red flag to clean up a significant oil down created by Manasseh Manuel Caceres’s Toyota Supra. Upon the restart, Robotham had to overcome the McLaren 570S GT4 of Thanapongpan Sutamno and resist the advances of Ford

MARK WINTERBOTTOM will notch up his 600th Supercars / ATCC start when he rolls into Perth next week, so it seemed like a good excuse to catch up with the Supercars Champion and Bathurst winner to reflect on his journey so far. Frosty talks about his sustained run of success at Tickford, his evolution from young gun to experienced veteran and just how much delivering Team18 their first Supercars win would mean alongside all his other remarkable achievements. Then it's a look back at the weekend that was plus and some more fiery Hot & Not nominations for our weekly

Supercars young gun Jay Robotham is heading back to Asia to contest this year’s Super Pickup category in the Thailand Super Series. After last year sharing the Caltex Young Stars wildcard at the Bathurst 1000 with Matt Chahda, Robotham has been picked up by the Ford/CRE squad to pilot a tough-looking Ranger. The four-round series features meets at the Chang International Circuit, with a highlight being the mid-year Bangsaen Grand Prix, contested on a wild beachside street circuit. The Thailand Super Series is a homecoming of sorts for the 20-year-old, who claimed victory in the 2019 TA2 Asia Series. Robotham