Mark WalkerCaltex Young Stars Qualifying for First Bathurst 1000
THE Caltex Young Stars will start the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 from 26th position after successfully surviving a wet weather qualifying session at Mount Panorama. On a gradually drying circuit, Matt Chahda was a late improver in the 40-minute qualifying with his twelfth and final 2m28.2437s flyer his personal best of the session. It ensures the Caltex with Techron® Holden Commodore will line up on the 13th row of the grid for Sunday’s 161-lap Bathurst 1000, as both drivers make their respective Bathurst 1000 debuts this weekend. The solid qualifying performance capped off another straightforward day for Chahda and
Continue readingBathurst 1000: Friday Notebook
The big wet rolled into Bathurst today, which fortunately gave us plenty of fodder for our third notebook this week from Mount Panorama. Don't forget, these pages are fuelled by you - hit us up on the socials with your red-hot content tips at @theracetorque. Crowds back, corporates too The crowds are back on the Mountain, sure, but so are the other end of town up in corporate land. After businesses tightened their purse strings during the pandemic, this year there is no shortage of very busy corporate suits filled with lucky people who don't need to worry about mud
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Team TRTInside the Wildcard: Practice makes perfect
We've sent TRT's young gun reporter Erin McCarthy to the inner sanctum of the Caltex Young Stars wildcard entry in the 2022 Great Race. Here's how Thursday played out for Matt Chahda and Jay Robotham. Day 1 at mount panorama started in wet and miserable conditions for the first practice session. Matt Chahda headed out in practice one on a damp track, but quickly adapted to the conditions: “Everyone is on the same bit of road, just about maximising it really.” Chahda completed a total of 18 laps during the session, amid a number of red flags, and completed his
Continue readingStrong Start for Caltex Young Stars in Fast Bathurst Thursday
THE first day of on-track running at Mount Panorama has seen the Caltex Young Stars hit all their marks in a strong opener ahead of the Repco Bathurst 1000. The Caltex with Techron® Commodore completed 38 laps across two hours of running - split across two sessions - on one of the quickest days of practice ever recorded at Mount Panorama. Despite unsettled weather and morning rain, the sessions were dry, allowing for both Matt Chahda and Jay Robotham to gain plenty of confidence ahead of qualifying tomorrow afternoon. Primary driver Chahda took the wheel for the first session, held
Continue readingBathurst 1000: Thursday Notebook
Welcome to the second edition of TRT's Bathurst 1000 Notebook for 2022. Fortunately, there was ample fodder presented as the rains didn't quite arrive. Yet. As always, if you see anything of interest for this feature, or the Doric Power Rankings don't forget to hit us up on the socials @theracetorque, with the best tidbits and insight getting a run! Bathurst's Tyre Grand Prix When Kai Allen's right front wheel departed from his car at the Elbow in the opening Dunlop Super2/3 practice session, few had any idea that particular wet weather Dunlop would enjoy such a journey that would
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Bathurst 1000: Wednesday Notebook
It's back, bigger and better than before - The Race Torque's own patented Bathurst 1000 race week notebook has been dusted off for another run in 2022. Before we lose track, you can check out our 2021 Bathurst 1000 race week notebooks right here: Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday As always, The Race Torque truly operates on a community basis, if you see anything at all of interest, don't forget to hit us up on the socials @theracetorque, with the best bits featured on these pages in the coming days. So sit back, crack
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