Team TRTPower Rankings: Sandown SpeedSeries
Big hots, significant nots, and several more whats than normal: this is the Power Ranking from the Shannons SpeedSeries at Sandown. 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 media channels, @theracetorque on Facebook, Twitter and Insta. Look for the call out
Continue readingSpeedSeries Expands
Motorsport Australia has outlined its plans for the 2024 Shannons SpeedSeries with the release of next year’s draft calendar. Featuring a mammoth ten rounds across eight different venues, the season will begin in Victoria at the iconic Sandown International Raceway on 9-11 February, before a trip south for Australian Racing Group’s Race Tasmania event on 15-17 March. While the calendar is subject to change, Phillip Island is then expected to welcome the Shannons SpeedSeries at the iconic Victorian venue on 12-14 April before the series makes its return to Shell V-Power Motorsport Park (The Bend) in May. That will be
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Mark Walker
French Invade Australia
FRENCH Brothers Teddy and Jimmy Clairet will join the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia field when the Kumho TCR World Tour arrives in Australia later this year. Meanwhile, Ben Bargwanna will continue his international journey with news that he will contest the final round of the TCR World Tour at Macau later this year. Both announcements were made today at Sandown's Shannons SpeedSeries round ahead of the opening race in Round 6 of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series. The French Clairet brothers will share the Hangcha Forklifts Peugeot in the pair of rounds - Race Sydney at Sydney Motorsport Park
Continue readingWild Wildcard Revealed
The Blanchard Racing Team (BRT) Supercars endurance race wildcard Ford Mustang for Aaron Love and Jake Kostecki at Sandown will carry major backing from Racer Industries, the leading retailer of motorsport equipment, parts and supplies. A key provider of components for the Supercars Gen3 platform, Racer Industries has grown a reputation as Australia's leading motorsport online store, stocking a wide range of parts for all motorsport participants, from novice enthusiasts to professionals. Established in 2004, the Racer Industries offering features the highest quality products backed by competitive pricing and fast shipping. The livery for the campaign was unveiled today at
Continue readingLe Mans Celebrations Continue
Centenary celebrations for the Le Mans 24 have continued across Europe, with TRT recently dropping by this display at the remarkable Technical Museum in the German town of Sinsheim. While this showcase isn't a pimple on the extraordinary celebrations that our editor Richard Craill covered earlier in the year at Le Mans, it's not a bad effort. From contemporary pieces from recent players such as Porsche, Toyota, Audi and more, the special display covers the breadth of the classic twice-around-the-clock enduro. A highlight is the winner from 1926, the genuine Lorraine Dietrich B3-6 as driven by Frenchmen André Rossignol and
Continue readingSandown SpeedSeries Showdown
The Shannons SpeedSeries will light up Sandown International Raceway this weekend with six national categories to grace the popular circuit for three days of jam-packed action. Regular categories including the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series, National Trans Am Series, Kumho V8 Touring Car Series and the combined Mobil 1 Australian Production Cars (APC) and Monochrome GT4 Australia will all return after rounds at Queensland Raceway, while Australian Formula Open and MARC Cars Australia join the Shannons SpeedSeries bill for the first time this year. Tickets for the event can be purchased at motorsporttickets.com.au Each category will take to the track
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Richard CraillThe third generation Richards racer making his mark
CLAY RICHARDS has made an impression in 2023, fast in the Toyota 86 Series and on the podium in TCR Australia on his debut, he's very much following in the footsteps of his famous father and grandfather. Clay drops in to preview this weekend's TCR round at Sandown raceway, talk his career ambitions, racing with family and a whole heap more. Then we're joined by a SPECIAL GUEST HOST to help break down the Hots and Nots of the week that was.. Spotify: Click HereApple: Click HereDeezer: Click Here Or listen on the Radio Show Ltd channel RS1 at 9pm (UK time) on Thursday
Continue readingTCR Sandown Showdown
JUST one point splits HMO Customer Racing Hyundai teammates Josh Buchan and Bailey Sweeny as the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia field heads to Sandown this weekend. The sixth round of the 2023 calendar also represents the final domestic-only round of the series prior to the arrival of the Kumho TCR World Tour field prior to the next round at Sydney Motorsport Park this November. The Sandown storylines are plentiful, ranging from the inter-team battle between the Hyundai pair to the GRM Peugeot teammates Aaron Cameron and Jordan Cox who are chasing them. HMO Customer Racing's Josh Buchan leads the series
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