Team TRTGALLERY: Day 1 on the streets of Newcastle
Flames are back. The cars look good. It's close. Super2 doing Super2 things and a spot of TCM - it sure is good to be back in Newcastle! Nathan Wong from SpeedShots Photography captured these images from the opening day of a new Supercars year.
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Richard CraillFIRST LOOK: Gen III cars, trackside
TRT is in Newcastle for the opening round of the Repco Supercars Championship this weekend, and ventured trackside in the opening session to get the first real look at the Gen III era. Here's what we found.. SO GEN III is finally here. Thank god for that. For all the hand-wringing, hair-pulling and name-calling that has occurred in the last however many months it’s been, Supercars delivering a trouble-free, interruption-free first practice session of the brave new era was the best possible outcome for everyone involved, if not the small cadre of journo’s probably still looking for a tear-up. In
Continue readingRanking the liveries + Will Brown on Newcastle
ON THE GRID is back with another hard-hitting investigative deep-dive into.. the completely subjective world of race car liveries. Anyway, we've ranked the Supercars field in our customary way and we explain them in depth on this week's show. Fortunately, Will Brown also drops by to have a natter about all things Newy and Generation 3 Supercar action and just what to expect this weekend (hint: It's the unexpected). All that, our usual HOTs and NOTs of the week and so much more. Spotify: Click HereApple: Click HereDeezer: Click Here Or listen on the Radio Show Ltd channel RS1 at 9pm (UK time)
Continue readingTwo-pronged ARC attack
CoolDrive Auto Parts will continue its wide-ranging support of the motorsport ladder in 2023, with confirmation that the brand will once again be supporting young guns Josh Anderson and Reece Chapman in the Aussie Racing Cars. After respectively finishing first and third overall last season, the second-generation duo will be looking to continue the success that CoolDrive has experienced in the series since its first start in 2019. The Aussie Racing Car class is one of the most exciting in Australian motorsport, with the 1,300cc Yamaha motorcycle engine-powered pocket rockets providing incredible entertainment, with capacity fields a regular feature of
Continue readingSargent, McElrea quickest in Carrera Cup USA Testing
PORSCHE Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia champion Thomas Sargent and Aussie squad McElrea Racing have launched their foray to the United States in the best possible fashion in Florida this week. Sargent topped the two-day pre-season Porsche Carrera Cup North America test at Sebring International Raceway, ahead of the opening round of the championship at the same venue next week. Sargent’s 2m02.170s best was a full 0.5 seconds quicker than the next best, while his McElrea Racing teammate Thomas Nepveu was seventh outright, with a 2m03.158s. “Really stoked with how it turned out,” Sargent said. “We finished up P1 overall on
Continue readingPower Rankings: The Livery Class of 2023
The Supercars liveries of 2023: black is the new black, and less is definitely more. Here, The Race Torque team have been locked in a room and had to rank this year's livery set from best to worst. Agree? Disagree? Hit us up on the socials @theracetorque with your hot take! Nulon/PremiAir Hire Exhibit one shows that simplicity works. Remember the retro round, when they threw simple old-school liveries on the cars, and everyone frothed? Big contrast between the black and white with the red highlights simply doing that - adding a highlight, but not a distraction from the branding.
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Mark WalkerSix Hour Schedule Revealed
THE TRACK schedule for the 2023 Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour has been confirmed, one month out from cars hitting the iconic Mount Panorama Circuit this Easter. A full track program, commencing on Friday, 7 April, includes the opening round of Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia, the debut of GT4 competition in Australia along with Australian Production Cars, plus Circuit Excels and Nissan Pulsar one-make racing. The second round of the 2023 Shannons SpeedSeries will be broadcast live, ad-break free and on-demand on Stan Sport on Saturday and Sunday, with live coverage on the Nine Network on Saturday afternoon. The
Continue readingHistoric F1 Grand Prix Race Set for PI
The 34th annual Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport roars back into life this weekend, with an incredible ensemble of exotica collated from around the world set to converge at the southern hemisphere’s biggest all-historic race meet. Last year’s event was big, but this one is shaping up like the days of old, with international visitors dropping in Downunder to compete. A sign of the scale of the festivities, it encompasses a full four-day program, with Thursday’s practice followed by qualifying on Friday morning, with two and a half days of racing kicking off on Friday afternoon. The icing on
Continue readingAwesome Access at the Island
Awesome racing was the dominant theme at PIARC's March Access meet at Phillip Island, with all classes turning on a show. Headlining was the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia, joined capably by the incredible BMW E30s, two fields of Hyundai Excels, a mixed back from the Victorian Sports Cars, plus the visiting NSW Supersports.
Continue readingGlenn Ridge’s Incredible Motorsport Story
There’s no doubting it, Glenn Ridge is a rev head through and through. After a decade of hosting the prime-time TV quiz show Sale of the Century and a long career in the media spotlight, Glenn became a household name nationwide. And it was this success that paved the way to multiple opportunities in the motorsport world. From a successful competitor, both on and off-road, to dabbling in drifting, to hosting dedicated motoring TV shows and being a circuit racing category manager, Glenn has been there and done that in automotive circles. And after 30 years in the sport, his
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