The Thunderdome Lives!
Reports of the death of the Thunderdome have been greatly exaggerated. The 2023 season is shaping up as a massive one at Calder Park Raceway, with the facility set to see long-term plans put in place that will have the venue once again return to the motorsport roster, with early moves seeing the road circuit brought up to spec for Motorsport Australia and AASA use. Although not in the initial plans for reinvigoration, the grand high banks of the Thunderdome remain in place, and indeed are serviceable for a range of tasks, including a schedule of drifting and public drive
Continue readingThe big 36: Those tackling the Daytona-Bathurst double
THIRTEEN drivers will contest 36 hours of Sports Car racing in two weekends when they attempt the Daytona-Bathurst double this coming week. The return of the LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour to it's traditional February date means that it falls one week after the traditional US Motorsport season opener, the famous Rolex 24 at Daytona. It means a host of drivers, key media and some members of the broadcast team will jump on a plane soon after the conclusion of the around-the-clock Floridian epic to fly the 15,134km from Daytona Beach to Bathurst, New South Wales. Here are the drivers
Continue readingKiwi Ace for Red Bull Bathurst Run
New Zealand rising star Liam Lawson will lead Oracle Red Bull Racing's highly anticipated demonstration sessions at the upcoming LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour. The 20-year-old, a Red Bull Junior Driver, will drive the 2011 Red Bull RB7 Formula 1 Car in demonstration sessions across the weekend. Lawson is well credentialed to drive a Red Bull Formula 1 car, having proven himself among the current crop of F1 talent in several outings last year. He completed Friday practice sessions for Alpha Tauri at last year's Belgian and Mexican Grands Prix, before jumping into the Oracle Red Bull Racing car for
Continue readingWakefield Park Hope with $1mil Election Pledge
If it worked in South Australia, it might just pay off in New South Wales, too. Following in the footsteps of Peter Malinauskas sweeping Labor to power in 2022 on the back of a promise to revive the Adelaide 500, New South Wales Labor has similarly announced its intentions to back a resumption of racing at Goulburn’s Wakefield Park Raceway. With the NSW state election looming on March 25th, the opposition Labor party has announced that it plans to spend $1 million on sound mitigation measures at the facility. The venue was closed by its custodians, the Benalla Auto Club,
Continue reading12 Hour Entry Revealed
A STAR-STUDDED field packed with some of the best racing talent from around the world will tackle the 2023 LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour, Australia's International Enduro. The final field includes 18 teams from six countries representing eight world-class brands including Audi, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche, Lamborghini and BMW. The 84 drivers assembling hail from 15 different countries and represent some of the world's best racing talent. Final additions to the field include 2022 Allan Simonsen Pole Award winner and Supercars star Chaz Mostert, who will drive with Fraser Ross and Liam Talbot in an Audi R8 LMS. The experienced Josh Hunt
Continue readingRoar before the 24 at Daytona
Sports Car Racing's incredible new era kicks off at Daytona this week - the remarkable photographic talents of the great ANDREW HALL were on hand to capture the pre-event test known as 'The Roar' last weekend. These were the incredible results..
Continue readingThe Kiwis are Coming to Bathurst
New Zealand team, International Motorsport will cross the ditch in support of an Audi R8 GT3 entry in the LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12-hour on February 3-5. Entered by Melbourne Performance Centre, and run by International Motorsport crew from New Zealand, the My Land Partners Audi R8 GT3 Evo 2 will be driven by car owner Andrew Fawcet, fellow Kiwi Daniel Gaunt and Australian driver Dylan O’Keeffe – with the trio competing in the silver class. The Bathurst race is a continuation of the driving partnership of Fawcet and Gaunt who shared a McLaren 720 S GT3 in New Zealand in
Continue readingTCM Team Switch for Bowe
AFTER Seven years, John Bowe will switch teams for his final full season of Gulf Western Oil Touring Car Masters. Bowe and the Holden Torana he has raced since 2015 will now be prepared and run by Melbourne-based Ravage Raceworks, headed up by TCM race winner Dean Lillie. It marks the first change in a relationship with Bendigo Retro Muscle Cars since the pair joined forces to run the Torana in the early stages of the 2015 season. Since then the relationship has delivered three titles and 56 race wins. The move comes purely for logistical reasons; Ravage's Melbourne base
Continue readingFEATURE: Classic dreaming..
There’s so much to look forward to in 2023 in motorsport, both here and globally. So much excitement in the air – that’s what a new season and new opportunity brings. Next week the icon Valentino Rossi will take to Mount Panorama in a BMW. In a little over a month the Supercars will unveil largely untried, perhaps unfinished, but seriously beautiful Gen 3 machines in an historic new dawn for the sport, when the series returns to the streets of Newcastle. And talking about streets, perhaps the biggest moment of the motorsport year will come towards the end of
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