Richard CraillTom Randle on his podium sweep
TOM RANDLE was a star of The Bend's Supercars weekend, scoring his first solo Supercars podium. Then the second. Then the third! The Castrol Racing Tickford driver swings past for a chat about his performance, how he has built to this moment, enduro season and how his Simulator is a handy tool to have.. Then the boys break down the weekend that was with the usual chat and Hot / Not rundown - which includes several self-inflicted Not's.. Spotify: Click HereApple: Click HereDeezer: Click Here Or listen on the Radio Show Ltd channel RS1 at 9pm (UK time) on Thursday nights.
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Dale RodgersTim Blanchard: Focussed on Success
Fairy tales followed by despair – it’s probably the only way to describe the very first race meeting in 2021 for Blanchard Racing Team’s baptism of fire at Mount Panorama. With a CoVid shuffled calendar, the Repco Supercars Championship kicked off at Bathurst for the first time as a Championship ‘non-enduro’ round since 1996. Twin 250-kilometre races faced the teams, and the new kids on the block were the Blanchard CoolDrive Team with experienced driver Tim Slade in a superbly presented ex-Tickford Mustang. The fairy tale, of course, was Slade Qualifying in position five for the first race, then improving
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Team TRTPower Rankings: The Bend
THE last sprint round of the year is done and endurance season is now firmly on the agenda. As always there's a lot to get through when it comes to the OTR SuperSprint, so we have once again broken it down into bite-sized chunks, as easily digestible as a Balfour's frog cake or a Farmers Union Iced Coffee. Welcome to the TRT Power Rankings from The Bend Shell V-Power Motorsport Park. 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
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CALLUM HEDGE needed a big weekend at The Bend in Round 4 of the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship - and boy did he deliver. The young Kiwi completed a clean-sweep of the round at the South Australian venue to not only become the fourth Equity-One Pro class winner from four different rounds this season, but rocket himself into the championship and Michelin Junior series standings in the process. Hedge claimed the round over Simon Fallon and Christian Pancione - who took his first round podium - as erstwhile series leader Jackson Walls spun out of podium contention on the
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Mark Walker
Hedge Flies at The Bend
CALLUM HEDGE scored pole, lost three spots with a penalty but rebounded perfectly to claim the opening race in a busy day for the young Kiwi, as the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship launched into Round 4 at The Bend. Meanwhile, a fairy tale story unfolded behind as The Bend’s own Sam Shahin jumped from second on the SP Tools Pro-Am grid to lead Adrian Flack the whole way to claim the race victory in his 100th Porsche Carrera Cup race. The 11-lap opener at The Bend was a straightforward affair that was highlighted by a blinding opening
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SA to the Top
A FRIDAY afternoon happy hour with all the intensity of qualifying highlighted the opening day of running in round four of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship at The Bend Motorsport Park. Taking advantage of a fully dry circuit and new slick Michelin tyres, the South Aussie form guide was established in a flat-out practice session that ended with local hero Max Vidau quickest with a 1m49.9507s flyer aboard his Tyrepower / TekworkX Motorsport entry. That lap was two-tenths quicker than Aaron Love's 1m50.12s pole time from 2022. The first of two practice sessions was staged on a
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Patterson returns to United Autosport for LMP3 drive
There’s an exciting one-off entry heading for Aragon, as competitive LMP3 duo Josh Caygill and Garnet Patterson team up with United Autosports for the fourth round of the Michelin Le Mans Cup. United’s regular MLMC #22 team Gerry Kraut and Scott Andrews are unable to compete in Aragon due to business and a clashing racing commitment respectively. Yorkshireman Caygill, a former Supersport biker and Bronze-graded driver, celebrated two LMP3 podium finishes with United Autosports in the 2022 European Le Mans Series, taking second place at the 4 Hours of Le Castellet and third place at the season finale in Portimão
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