TRT Media ReleaseGun Chinese Porsche Incoming
Phantom Global Racing, a new team formed in partnership with Timo Bernhard’s Team 75 Motorsport, is set to make its racing debut at the 2024 Bathurst 12 Hour. The Chinese squad will enter a trio of talented young drivers into the famous Australian event, with 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour Pro-Am runner-up Jaxon Evans, 2023 Porsche Supercup champion Bastian Buus and Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) race winner Joel Eriksson aboard the #13 Porsche 911 GT3 R (Type 992). Backed by Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific, Phantom Global Racing will also count on Porsche Motorsport’s comprehensive technical support, along with Bernhard’s Team 75
Continue readingMorris Steps Up
NASH MORRIS will join Scott Taylor Motorsport to contest the 2024 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship. Morris will drive the #222 STM machine for the full championship, following a successful debut in one-make Porsche racing in 2023 with a partial Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge campaign. Despite missing the first two rounds of the series, Morris finished sixth overall in the Sprint Challenge Series this year, claiming eight race victories and round wins at Queensland Raceway and at Mount Panorama, Bathurst. Morris’ rapid acclimation to one-make Porsche racing ensured he was ready to make the leap into Australia’s top
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Team TRTOn the Grid Podcast: 2023 Top 5
It was another bumper year for the On the Grid Podcast - and to prove it, here are your top five downloaded pods for the year. Haven't tuned in? These are some rippers - give them a download, and subscribe to make sure you get all of the latest eps in 2024. Thanks once again to the TRT family for tuning in during the year, we truly appreciate the ongoing support, and can't wait to keep the roll going next year. #1 The SVG debrief with NASCAR journo Jeff Gluck & Owen Kelly Ep summary: We reached across the oceans
Continue readingCaltex Power Rankings: SpeedSeries Hots & Nots
It was a massive year for the Shannons SpeedSeries, with oh so many HOTs and NOTs to fill the Power Rankings pages following its eight-event season. To arrive at the below lists, we have simply scored the respective Rankings from the season on a ten-to-one sliding scale, with the number one HOT or NOT each week receiving ten points, and so on. As always, we thank you, the readers of The Race Torque, for your ongoing input, support and patronage of the Power Rankings, plus Caltex for their backing of the project. ABOUT THE RANKINGS: The TRT Power Rankings are compiled by
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Mark WalkerFormula SAE Australasia 2023
Formula SAE Australasia found a new home this past weekend at Calder Park, with the region's best and brightest tertiary institutions battling out for significant bragging rights. As first-time visitors to the event, we could be nothing but impressed on multiple fronts. From the different engineering philosophies to brilliant craftsmanship and genuine camaraderie among competitors, it was all there. From internal combustion to pure electric and even autonomous vehicles, the showcase painted a fascinating look into the future tech coming to the automotive world. This time next year, mark it in your diaries - it is very much worth checking
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Dale RodgersThe A to Z of Supercars 2023
Dale Rodgers takes a deep dive into season 2023 with a comprehensive A-Z of everything Supercars. Enjoy! A – Adelaide 500. The precinct was immaculate, the added features well thought out, and the concerts sensational. Having the likes of Richard Childress in the Erebus bunker, Dave Kindig and Kevin Schiele hosting the Kindig Custom Car Show bought a lot to the event. Oh, the 2 x 250 km races to close the season were also highly entertaining. In its second year since the hiatus, the crowds flocked to the parklands—a great way to finish 2023 and crown a new champion.
Continue readingGerman-US Collab for B12hr
HEART of Racing by SPS will enter to the 2024 Repco Bathurst 12 hour, making their debut in Australia's International Endurance race next year. The collaboration between German-based SPS Automotive Performance and the US-based Heart of Racing have entered a Mercedes-AMG GT3 into the February 16-18 event. British drivers Ian James and Ross Gunn will be joined by Spaniard Alex Riberas in the event that doubles as the opening round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. Team principal Ian James contested all races for Heart of Racing by SPS last year and celebrated two class victories and a class podium in
Continue reading2023: A Season in MEMEs
It sure was a year to write memes about. Here are the best bits of silliness from the Caltex Power Rankings throughout 2023. Enjoy. Classic Simpsons https://twitter.com/DrMitchellAdam/status/1633677774350331904 https://twitter.com/SupercarsBert/status/1670329133245800449 https://twitter.com/supercars/status/1669515542653452289 https://twitter.com/LloydGSR/status/1651776738110881792 When T8 had a fight with ATB... https://twitter.com/markwa1ker/status/1634689506560606208 Kenny sure says some rare things... https://twitter.com/HiPSIMotorsport/status/1622356157808656384 https://twitter.com/DrMitchellAdam/status/1727577276743815225 When Foxtel flaked out during the F1 hot laps at the Bathurst 12 Hour, the rock tumbler was subsequently plugged in. https://twitter.com/markwa1ker/status/1621703597896650755 https://twitter.com/markwa1ker/status/1709650202062417922 But wait, there's more! Applicable to many races DJR sure use the same livery a lot When SuperCheap Auto gave away all of the tickets to the PI SpeedSeries event Very
Continue readingBreaking Down SVG’s NASCAR Prospects
Overnight, Shane van Gisbergen’s NASCAR 2024 program was announced. Here, we run our rule over what the different facets of his schedule mean for the three-time Supercars champ on the next step in his motorsport journey. https://twitter.com/KauligRacing/status/1734968594675450288 NASCAR Xfinity Series The bulk of SvG’s NASCAR program next season will be based in the second-tier Xfinity Series – think of it as the Dunlop Series, but on steroids. It’s kind of a big deal... in terms of TV numbers, the most watched races during the season are viewed by more punters than all of the F1 races in the USA, and
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Richard CraillThe HOTs and NOTs of 2023
It's our grand finale for 2023! We close out a massive year of On the Grid stories with our all-time HOT and NOT power rankings from the year that was.
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