Mark Walker
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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Team TRTWinton Wonderland for Shannons SpeedSeries
Tickets for the new-look 2023 Hi-Tec Oils Race Winton round at Winton Motor Raceway are now on sale via motorsporttickets.com.au. It can also be confirmed the fourth round of the Shannons SpeedSeries event will be supported by Hi-Tec Oils as event naming rights partner, with a sleek new event logo also revealed. The Hi-Tec Oils Race Winton will feature a host of V8 racing, including Trans Am, S5000 Australian Drivers’ Championship, Kumho V8 Touring Car Series, Gulf Western Oil Touring Car Masters and Precision National Sports Sedans. The best drivers from around the country will also be on show with
Continue readingBritish Invader: Tom Oliphant
SUPERCHEAP Auto TCR returns to action this weekend at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, with some new cars set to star - including the Lynk & Co, as piloted by British ace Tom Oliphant. A multiple race winner in the BTCC, Oliphant has a hot piece of TCR kit at his disposal, which is sure to turn heads in a very competitive field. Following that, the lads break down a massive weekend of motorsport, including the F1 from Miami and the biff being brought back in NASCAR - plus hot, not and WHAT in our weekly Power Rankings wrap.
Continue readingLynk & Co Colours Revealed
A striking Auotglym livery has been unveiled on the Ashley Seward Motorsport prepared Lynk & Co 03 TCR which will make its Supercheap Auto TCR Australia debut at Phillip Island with Tom Oliphant behind the wheel. Autoglym takes centre stage on the livery, which has been updated from the scheme that previously adorned the team’s Alfa Romeo in which Oliphant contested the season's opening round. The #115 entry is further supported by AWC, WIN Network and i98 FM. Oliphant was impressive in his Australian racing debut in round one of TCR Australia at Symmons Plains. The British Touring Car Championship
Continue readingNew Honda TCR Driver Named
Brad Harris will make his Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series debut at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit this weekend, as the world-famous venue hosts the Shannons SpeedSeries. Harris joins a Phillip Island field that will also feature two brand-new cars to TCR Australia, in the form of Tom Oliphant's Lynk & Co entry and Michael Clement's Cupra Leon. The series heads into the second round led by Round 1 winner, HMO Customer Racing's Bailey Sweeney, with Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R driver and defending champion Tony D'Alberto in close company. Harris joins the series aboard the same
Continue readingBathurst 1000 Lap Time Analysis
There is one place in Australian motorsport where lap times really matter – Mount Panorama Bathurst. The quickest of the quick laps are landmarks in the history of the sport, think Greg Murphy’s Lap of the Gods or when Scott McLaughlin completely whacked it in 2017. Here we take a deep dive into qualifying, top-ten shootout and race fastest laps for V8s at the Bathurst 1000 over the past three decades, with a focus on the year-on-year changes in lap time. For the purpose of the exercise, we are starting the count from 1992, the debut year for five-litre touring
Continue readingMore GTs for PI
THE RETURN of Lamborghini, a second outright-contending Porsche, key Mercedes-AMG and Audi combinations and the debut of a brand-new Invitational car highlight the field assembling for the third round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS. Just two weeks after the most recent round in Perth, a 21-strong field will assemble at the iconic Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit in Victoria next weekend for the continuation of what is shaping as a thrilling battle for the championship this year. Current championship leader Liam Talbot will reunite with regular co driver Fraser Ross at Phillip Island aboard their
Continue readingQuality & Quantity
While the Gold Coast Motor Museum is only a recent addition to our fantastic national roster of motoring museums in late 2020, its showcase is a standard setter in terms of quality and quantity. Let’s face the facts, the various theme parks of the GC have been done before – located just up the hills behind Movie World in Upper Coomera is the Gold Coast Motor Museum, and it's a great addition to the holiday of any rev head. Featuring 75 vehicles from the collection of brothers Carl and Grant Amor, the display features machines from the full breadth of
Continue readingSupercars Perth in Pictures
Our friends at Unlabelled Photography were on the ground at Carco.com.au Raceway on the weekend and captured all of the action across all five classes for your enjoyment. Head over to their Facebook page and give it a like!
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