Mark Walker5 Wow Factors Behind SVG’s NASCAR Entry
Today's Confirmation of Shane van Gisbergen’s drive at the NASCAR Cup Series event on the streets of Chicago with Trackhouse Racing’s Project 91 is a big deal. And he has a genuine shot at success. Here we break down some of the factors that play into his favour, as our three-time champ takes on the best tin-top heroes from North America. The NextGen NASCAR When NASCAR set about designing their latest generation Cup Series Car, they deliberately copied much DNA from the Supercars architecture. Bigger wheels, bigger brakes, similar horsepower, oh, and the same Xtrac transaxle from Supercars, with an
Continue readingThrowback: Symmons Plains Biffo
This weekend we are back at the Tassie bullring known as Symmons Plains, which means that action will likely be on the agenda. For this throwback, we showcase 2014, a meet where everyone was seemingly in some sort of strife...
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Richard CraillJude Bargwanna and one Island to another
JUDE BARGWANNA is the guest On the Grid this week as the latest in his broad racing family to give V8's a crack. Jude joined the Kumho V8 Touring Car Series for the first time at Phillip Island and - despite some challenges - managed to claim the round win on debut. He's a laconic young lad and good value so this is a fun chat. Then we review all the action from the Shannons SpeedSeries at The Island, and preview Tasmania's Supercars sojourn this week. Spotify: Click HereApple: Click HereDeezer: Click Here Or listen on the Radio Show Ltd channel RS1 at
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Team TRTPorsches Tassie Bound
THE most wide-open Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia field in years will return to Symmons Plains Raceway in Tasmania this weekend for the second round of an already compelling 2023 series. A 23-strong field will head to the Apple Isle to contest three races at this weekend’s Ned Whiskey Tasmania SuperSprint event, competing alongside the Repco Supercars Championship for just the second time in the series’ history. It comes following a compelling opening round at Phillip Island in late February that saw 18-year-old New Zealand rising star Marco Giltrap claim two of the three races and win the round. Giltrap
Continue readingPower Rankings: SpeedSeries The Island
Good grief, that one had it all. Some of the things we unpack in this edition of the Power Rankings from the SpeedSeries at Phillip Island include: An epic race finish An epic crowd reaction An epic driver meltdown This is our Hot/Not+What from a big one at the Island. 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,
Continue readingNew Aussie Circuit Opens
The long wait is over for North Queensland to receive its first permanent race track, with the DriveIt venue outside Townsville playing host to its first laps over the weekend. First look: the DriveIt layout Some 17 years in the making, the multi-purpose venue services a prominent motorsport-mad audience that has grown exponentially since the Supercars Championship first raced on the downtown temporary street circuit back in 2009. That support came to the forefront during the pandemic when local enthusiasts bolstered the undercard at an event in 2020, with some wild machinery taking to the track in super-sprint format sessions.
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The Great Bathurst Tragedy of 1955
1955 was an awful year for motorsport. Infamously, on the 11th of June, the world was rocked by the tragedy at Le Mans. When Lance Macklin’s Austin Healey swerved to avoid the slowing car of Mike Hawthorn, the Brit came into contact with Pierre Levegh’s Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, which hurtled into the crowd, killing Levegh and 84 spectators, injuring scores more. Consequentially, many countries banned motorsport, some temporarily, others long term, including Switzerland, which remained steadfast in its sanctions through to 2022. The unpacking of that event has been the subject of books, movies and much analysis, with the learnings
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12 Traits of Highly Effective Rally Co-Drivers
So, you want to be a rally co-driver – but where do you start? The Race Torque recently attended a rally co-driver forum as hosted by the Pakenham Auto Club, with presenters Rick Hood, Adam Wright and Martin Warneke providing a brilliant insight into the sport. There’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes preparing for an event, with the co-driver typically at the heart of a well-functioning outfit. This story merely outlines some high-level points to consider – there are a lot of intricate details for each event type – but fortunately, there is a lot of good
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