Team TRTLove and Courtney Combine
The Blanchard Racing Team (BRT) has confirmed its driver line-up for the 2024 Supercars Championship, with 2010 series champion James Courtney and rookie sensation Aaron Love joining forces for the upcoming season. While Love will step into the CoolDrive Auto Parts-backed #3 Ford Mustang, Courtney will continue his association with Snowy River Caravans when he takes to the track in the #7 BRT entry. Since the formation of the standalone squad for 2021, BRT has punched above its weight in claiming 31 top-ten finishes to date. Love anchored the team’s Wildcard entry in the 2023 Supercar endurance races, which saw
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Richard CraillDrag Racing is back! Inside the revitalisation of the sport
More than 35,000 people turned out to watch Drag Racing at The Bend for the first time at the weekend, an event that doubled as the launch of the new National Drag Racing Championship (NDRC). One of the series' main players, Nathan Prendergast, is our special guest to download the weekend and the exciting future a unified sport has moving forward. Then it's our Gold Coast preview and a particularly scathing Hot and Not segment to not be missed. Image: National Drag Racing Championship / Cackling Pipes Photography
Continue readingJones’ Fulltime Return
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup driver and reigning Carrera Cup Australia Champion, Harri Jones, will return to Australia full-time in 2024 with ambitions to forge his new team, Jones Motorsport, into one of the greats of Porsche Motorsport Australia. The 24-year-old Queenslander will return to familiar territory next year to compete in his fourth season of Australia’s top one-make category. However, this time his pursuits on track will coexist alongside his commitments as a Team Manager and Coach. Jones said that options were in front of him to remain in Europe for 2024, but the opportunity to return to Australia and
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Mark WalkerCalder Park Rises this Weekend
After a 15-year hiatus, Calder Park Raceway returns to the Victorian State Race Series roster this weekend, with state-level Motorsport Australia sanctioning returning to the historic Melbourne circuit. The meet follows a successful first hit out for the AASA-supported Victorian Motor Racing Championship at the venue back in August, an event that allowed us to take a deep dive into the recent changes at the venue. To date, A massive effort has seen the circuit outfield presentation brought up to spec, with the works including a raft of safety improvements, with an emphasis placed on the end of the straights
Continue readingPorsche Blockbuster on the GC
NEW and returning faces will join a Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia grid heading towards a title showdown, this weekend on the Gold Coast City streets. As leader Callum Hedge and closest rival Jackson Walls resume their battle for the 2023 championship, the Surfers grid gets an injection of new and existing talent for the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 this weekend. The Gold Coast has traditionally hosted the series' finale, the title being decided on the challenging street track every year except for the Covid-affected 2021 season, however, with two rounds remaining in 2023, this weekend offers the
Continue readingNoise and Motorsport Venues: A Deep Dive
Noise may be the natural byproduct of motorsport, but it’s also one of its biggest hindrances. On multiple occasions over the past fortnight, the subject has hit the headlines, for better or worse. On Monday, we took a deep dive into the latest developments at Wakefield Park, now One Raceway, to resolve the decades-long noise issues at the rural Goulburn circuit. A little further north, the streets of Newcastle have ground to a halt as a fixture on the Supercars calendar – although the blame for the pin finally being pulled on the project can be put at the feet
Continue readingYoung gun for SVG Falcon
THE Kumho V8 Touring Car Series will welcome another young up-and-coming star at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst International, with Queenslander Cameron McLeod to tackle the mountain in a former Stone Brothers Racing FG Falcon. While previously owned and run by Bradley Neill in the Kumho Series, the striking blue Falcon is well known for its time in the Repco Supercars Championship where it was piloted by none-other than reigning champion, Shane van Gisbergen in 2012. Purchase your tickets for Supercheap Auto Bathurst International But come November, it will be McLeod’s turn to take the wheel as he looks
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Frosty on Bathurst and The Bend’s big weekend
Bathurst is in the rear-view mirror but we're still breaking down the Great Race, this time with former winner Mark Winterbottom who had a challenging end to his Bathurst campaign. Still, he's upbeat about what is to come. Then the team breaks down a huge weekend of racing at Tailem Bend, discusses why Speedway is so good in spite of itself, and breaks down the Hot's and Not's of the week that was.
Continue readingEntrepreneurial Flair Driving Motorsport Forward
Motorsport is forever on the hunt for venues to play at. However, by their very nature, they are expensive and difficult beasts to operate. A majority are driven by clubs or community organisations, but a growing number are coming under the control of entrepreneurs who have the finance, flair, connections, and willpower to bring pipedreams into reality. Look no further than the Shahin family in South Australia, with Shell V-Power Motorsport Park standing as an incredible tribute to what is possible in Australian motorsport, with the family also controlling Mallala, the grand old airfield track, giving it another lease on
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