Mark Walker
Team TRTPower Rankings: Race Tasmania
Well. From HOT brain explosion emojis to NOT brain explosion emojis, the SpeedSeries visit to the Apple Isle and Symmons Plains for AWC Race Tasmania turned on a heck of a show. 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,
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TRT Media ReleasePorsches Launch into Albert Park
THE FIGHT for Australia's top one-make championship commences anew this weekend as Round 1 of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship descends on Melbourne and the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix. Albert Park will see 27 cars contest the opening round of what is set to be another captivating title chase among the field of identical Type-992 Porsche GT3 Cup Cars. As always the field will be split into two classes, with the Equity One Professional Class to be contested by 17 drivers, both established stars of the sport and a fleet of young, rising stars. The always
Continue readingAdelaide Motorsport Festival 2024
All images courtesy of the Adelaide Motorsport Festival
Continue readingClassic Motorsport Advertising
If you are anything like us, you love a good quality piece of old-school motorsport advertising. Thanks to the incredible newspaper archive curated by the National Library of Australia, here is a small selection of ads that have caught our eye during our research for various feature stories. Do you have any favourites of your own? If so, hit us up on the socials @theracetorque, we would love to add them to the pile. April 1931 March 1932 October 1935 September 1936 October 1936 April 1938 April 1938 December 1938 January 1939 February 1953 November 1954 April 1955 November 1955
Continue readingPorsche Juniors Named
THE Porsche Michelin Junior Program will be elevated to a new level this year, with a record group of talented young drivers from Australia and New Zealand today announced as those to have been awarded a contract for the 2024 season. They will be supported with a record level of investment from Porsche Cars Australia, Michelin and new Porsche Michelin Junior camp partner BWT to support the journeys of the talented young pilots competing in one-make Porsche racing in Australia. 23 drivers, aged between 17 and 23, will be supported by Porsche and Michelin this year competing across the Porsche
Continue readingPhillip Island Classic: Open Wheelers
Across a wide array of machinery covering multiple generations and categories, the 2024 Phillip Island Classic featured a sensational array of open wheelers.
Continue readingPhillip Island Classic: Group N
Forever a crowd favourite, the Group N Historic Touring Cars turned on a big show at the 2024 Phillip Island Classic, with two full fields of cars and plenty of action.
Continue readingPhillip Island Classic: The Videos
Although there was a lack of TV or streaming from the 2024 Phillip Island Classic, there appears to have been a lot of cameras rolling! Do you have a clip to include? Shoot us a message on the socials @theracetorque, and we will add it to the mix. An expensive clash of Indycar and F5000... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyeoKuWNEWY&t=87s Some classic Group A battles at the front of the field... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ2LtHsPFkg Fancy sharing the racetrack in your Mini with a mega-dollar Ferrari 230 LM... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CCpDEeaqJA There was a massive field of Formula Fords in attendance, with Johnathon Miles turning on an absolute clinic
Continue readingBloxsom Confirmed for Carrera Cup
PORSCHE Michelin Junior Lachlan Bloxsom will continue his rise through the one-make Porsche ranks this year, confirming he will step into the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship with McElrea Racing in 2024. Bloxsom, 19, makes the step to Carrera Cup following two strong learning seasons with McElrea in Sprint Challenge competition, that included several podium finishes. The Queenslander, who alongside his racing is currently studying a double degree at the Queensland University of Technology, has also gained significant experience in one-make Excel and Toyota 86 competition ahead of his Porsche debut debut. Bloxsom joins McElrea's strong four-car squad
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