Motorsport: Australia’s $2.9 Billion Industry
A 2020 Queensland Parliamentary Committee Inquiry into Motor Recreational Activities has collated the true economic scope of the motorsport industry, from Supercars to grassroots. Covering
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9 Random things we’re following in 2021
LET’S GET ONE thing straight before we delve into this particular piece – we’re not counting our 2021 chickens before they hatch. 2020 may have
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THE DROPPED SUPERCARS RACE TRACKS
THERE is nothing more devastating for race fans than their local championship round being dropped from the schedule. Here, we analyse the tracks that have
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JLB: MY BEST YEARS OF RACING
IN our look back at the 2012 Australian Formula Ford Championship, we charted the career progress of a highly competitive, and talented, group of racers.
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SCHNITZER BTCC CHAMP FINDS AUSTRALIAN HOME
IN the week in which it was announced that BMW had split with the famed Schnitzer squad, The Race Torque can reveal that one of
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THE MAGIC OF LAKESIDE
THE thing about Lakeside is that it is properly old school. IMAGES: Mark Walker It has character and consequences, elevation and scenery, lumps, bumps and
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MEMORIES FROM THE ADELAIDE STREETS
DATING back to the mid 1980s, Adelaide's famous street circuit redefined the way people went racing in Australia and, indeed, around the world. TRT's Dale
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THE (LAP) RECORD BREAKERS – MALLALA
EVERYONE loves a lap record – it’s a fact. Look at the frenzy of emotion any time someone nudges the Supercars or outright benchmark at
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SPEEDWAY IN THE SUMMER OF COVID
HERE at The Race Torque we have documented the devastating effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the motorsport world, but where does it leave
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THE TIME THE GOLD COAST INDY BOEING 747 NEARLY SHUNTED
THE inaugural visit by the Indycars to Surfers Paradise in 1991 was surrounded by controversy, with an even bigger drama high above the Pacific Ocean
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