Team TRTJaxon Evans: On the Bathurst Double
Jaxon Evans very nearly scored a podium in the Bathurst 12 hour last weekend, and now he'll try the same as he makes his Supercars solo debut at the same venue five days later. He joins us to discuss his big career change and much more. And then it's all the Hots and Nots from the week that was, and what is to come this weekend from The Mountain… Spotify: Click HereApple: Click HereDeezer: Click Here
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TRT Media ReleaseB6HR TV Confirmed
THE HI-TEC Oils Bathurst 6 Hour will be broadcast live and free on national television in 2024. The event is pleased to confirm that SBS will broadcast coverage on both Saturday and Sunday of the event this Easter long weekend. Coverage will commence on Saturday at 1pm AEDT, covering support race action and Bathurst 6 Hour qualifying through to 5pm local time. Sunday's coverage will commence at 11:30am AEDT on Easter Sunday and include the entire 6-Hour race through to its conclusion just prior to 6pm. It's the most broadcast coverage ever dedicated to Bathurst's biggest enduro, which this year
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Mark WalkerSupercars and Growth: The Calendar Killer
We recently took a look at how the motorsport media in Australia operates, and how, with the growth of the internet, the news cycle has changed forever. Going deeper, a factor that significantly impacts the way the sport is covered is its calendar – and it is possible that Supercars has become its own worst enemy. Having only 12 events in a season, it is difficult for the sport ever truly to break into the mainstream and maintain momentum. Looking around the sporting world and the news cycle for various professional leagues, the focus is typically based on the constant
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Media ReleaseOver $3.5 Million Under the Hammer
More than 50 fine, rare and collectible cars estimated to bring in excess of $3.5 million will go under the auctioneer’s hammer at Donington Auction’s live simulcast Summer Car & Number Plate Auction this Sunday, 25 February. And a further 18 lots of automobilia, garagenalia, and ephemera are expected to take that auction tally to more than $4 million. An undoubted star of the live, simulcast Donington auction will be the globally significant 1926 Bugatti Type 37, which was campaigned in six successive Australian Grands Prix and is out of 60 years of continuous ownership. It is estimated to bring almost $1
Continue readingCaltex Power Rankings: Bathurst 12 Hour
Spoiler alert: The Bathurst 12 Hour was once again HOT. Fortunately for us, there were a good deal many things to Power Rank from this epic event, once again brought to you by Caltex. 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
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Cooper Inducted into Hall of Fame
The VHRR is proud to announce that the founder of Elfin Racing Cars, Garrie Cooper, will be posthumously inducted into the prestigious Motorsport Australia Hall of Fame for his remarkable contributions to motorsport engineering and innovation. Garrie Cooper, a visionary Australian engineer and entrepreneur, founded Elfin Sports Cars in 1957. His passion for motorsport and relentless pursuit of excellence led to the creation of some of the most iconic and successful racing cars in Australian motorsport history. Under his leadership, Elfin Racing Cars became synonymous with innovation, performance, and success on the track. Throughout his illustrious career, Cooper engineered, produced
Continue readingDaytona 500 Retrospective
The Great American Race roars back into life this weekend, as the NASCAR season kicks off at the Daytona International Speedway. Back in 2018, The Race Torque trekked across to the other side of the world to take in the spectacle - and it's the sort of stuff you should put on your bucket list.
Continue readingBathurst Extravaganza is GO!
The 10-day extravaganza at Mount Panorama, the Bathurst SuperFest is underway with opening practice for the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour today. The international endurance race will see 97 drivers from 18 countries do battle on Australia's spiritual home of racing in Central NSW. Today's practice is critical - and in 2023 the fastest driver in opening practice was two-wheel legend turned endurance sensation, Valentino Rossi. Seven-time MotoGP Champion Rossi will be behind the wheel of his Team WRT BMW again in 2024, taking on the world's best endurance racers and Supercars stars. US IndyCar legend Paul Tracy will be amongst
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