UPDATED: 2024 Bathurst 12 Hour Entry List
The Repco Bathurst 12 Hour is coming your way from February 16-18 - and in the build-up to race week, we will be tracking the various car and crew combinations as they are announced. Check in regularly as this post updates, and please keep in mind that this is not an official list... Entry #Car #TeamDriver 1Driver 2Driver 3Driver 4CarClass175SunEnergy1Kenny Habul Mercedes-AMG GT3PRO225Method MotorsportChaz MostertMarcos FlackJesse Bryan McLaren Artura GT4INV3230Method Motorsport McLaren Artura GT4INV444Valmont RacingMarcel ZallouaSergio PiresLuke YouldenBrad ShielsAudi R8 LMS GT3SILV515Volante Rosso Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3?623Volante Rosso Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3?7701VortexLionel AmroucheJulien BoilotPhilippe Bonnel VortexINV893Wall RacingAdrian DeitzDavid WallTony D'AlbertoGrant DenyerLamoborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2SILV9702Innovation Race Cars Paul TracyNash MorrisDanny
Continue readingFestival of Motoring 2024
Over the weekend, the Association of Motoring Clubs held its annual Festival of Motoring at Cruden Farm, with plenty of eye candy coming out to party.
Continue readingB12hr Caffeination Sorted
McCafé will return to Mount Panorama to fuel race fans attending the 2024 Repco Bathurst 12 Hour. Australia’s International Enduro is also proud to confirm that Ronald McDonald House Charities will once again be the official charity of the event. A McCafé location will once again be established in Harris Park at the event, providing barista-made coffee to all fans attending the event. The McCafé outlet will be established in the Bathurst 12 Hour’s popular Chemical Guys Rides & Coffee area in the main Harris Park precinct throughout the event. 100% of all funds raised from McCafé coffees sold during
Continue readingDrag Boat Racing
Now for something completely different. Over the weekend, the Victorian Drag Boat Racing Club opened their 2024 season at the National Water Sports Centre in Melbourne's bayside suburb of Carrum. Here is some of the action.
Continue readingKiwis Coming to Carrera Cup
IN a Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship first, four wild-card entries from New Zealand will join the grid when the series competes at Taupo this April. Carrera Cup will join the Repco Supercars Championship at the ITM Taupo 400 on April 19-21, a full field of Type-992 Porsche GT3 Cup Cars to cross the Tasman in what will be the second round of the 2024 championship. They will be joined by four New Zealand-based Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Cars run by top outfit International Motorsport, driven by Sam Fillmore, Rick Armstrong, Luke Manson and Matt Whittaker. While 'wildcard'
Continue readingThe Bathurst 1000 Non-Qualifiers
Over the years, many Bathurst 1000 campaigns have failed to make it to race day, with some unfortunately listed against the dreaded Did Not Qualify. Some were slow cars or those who encountered mechanical tears, others with drivers off the pace, but each with their story to tell. Here, we have made every endeavour to compile a thorough list of the cars that DNQed for The Great Race, however, it is a rather tough task. Firstly, the state of time-scoring and reporting in the early editions of the event was not up to the standard we enjoy in the modern
Continue readingBorland Sells Vee Business
Prolific Australian open-wheeler constructor Borland Racing Developments (BRD) has sold its successful Sabre Formula Vee brand to long-time racing associates, Junior Racing Developments (JRD). The sale inaugurates a new name for the brand in Sabre Racing Cars, and will see JRD taking over manufacture and development rights of the Sabres 01 and 02 from BRD – including the production of fresh chassis and spare parts. BRD and Sabre founder Mike Borland said of the sale, “It is now the right time to pass the baton to a younger team to push the brand forward to the next level. “The Reinhardts
Continue readingMatt Stone does the 12hr
Matt Stone Racing will field an entry in the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour including its Supercars drivers Nick Percat and Cameron Hill. The new Supercars team-mates will join John Holinger, of Holinger Engineering, in a brand-new MARC GT, competing in the Invitational Class. Holinger Engineering supplies the top of the line transaxles for the very MARC GT that will be raced by the trio. This year’s Bathurst 12 Hour takes place over February 16-18, the weekend before the Supercars season kicks off, also at Mount Panorama (February 23-25). With an eye on track time for Percat and Hill, MSR will
Continue readingB12hr Schedule Unveiled
THE SCHEDULE for the 2024 Repco Bathurst 12 Hour has been set, with four days of on-track action and off-track events locked in at Mount Panorama this February 15-18. The 12-Hour event kicks off the broader Bathurst SuperFest this February. An iconic part of the Repco 12 Hour weekend, Track to Town returns on Thursday, February 15 and will officially commence the fortnight of on and off-track activities. The full 12-Hour field will travel in convoy from Mount Panorama to Russell Street in the Bathurst CBD. Fans will have the opportunity to meet with their favourite local and international drivers,
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