Mark WalkerJunior Top Guns Fire
THE karting season is underway, with the Morris Junior Top Guns kicking off the season at Oakleigh Kart Club over the weekend. For something completely different, the event was run in mint conditions, with the on-track action red hot amongst the various junior classes. Bring on season 2023...
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Richard CraillEXCLUSIVE: Rare chance to secure Mount Panorama property
SAVE YOUR PENNIES - a rare chance to live every motorsport fans dream and tell people your address is 'Conrod Straight, Bathurst' will soon be a possibility. A large property called 'Grey Gums', Number 402 Conrod Straight, is soon to be placed on the market by its current owner, Mark Rayner. Mark is the current Mount Panorama Circuit Manager and has resided at the Conrod Straight address for 27 Years. A desire to downsize has seen the well-known Bathurst figure place the significant property on the market, with expressions of interest being taken. The large holding is accessed via a
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Team TRTLIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12-Hour broadcast details set
THE 2023 Australian Motorsport Season will launch spectacularly this February 3-5 with two days of live coverage of the LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour. Coverage will air locally and around the world on Saturday and Sunday of Australia's International Enduro. In Australia, local audiences can watch the race live and ad-break free on Fox Sports and Kayo Sports, with live, free-to-air coverage on the Seven Network and 7plus around Australia. Coverage begins at 12:30pm AEDT Saturday on both networks, with coverage of LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour qualifying, followed by support race action and the Pirelli Top-10 shootout. Fox, Kayo
Continue readingStriking livery for JB’s final TCM season
A STRIKING new livery and additional backing from one of motorsport's great supporters will highlight John Bowe's final Gulf Western Oil Touring Car Masters campaign this year. Bowe's Holden Torana A9X sedan will sport a technicolour livery this year, with hints of 1960s-1970s retro throughout. Meanwhile, Tony Quinn will join Bowe's legion of long-term backers with his Local Legends brand to appear on the Torana for the first time this season. Bowe explained that the new livery was something of a tribute to a classic era of music, TV and entertainment. "There's a bit of a 'The Partridge Family' theme
Continue readingMERCEDES-AMG returns as official Safety Car provider of LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour
MERCEDES-AMG will enjoy their largest-ever presence at the iconic Mount Panorama circuit, as the brand returns to support the 2023 LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour. As well as having a record on-track presence in the race itself, Mercedes-AMG and Mercedes-Benz Cars Australia will continue to provide the Safety, Course and Medical cars to be used across the February 3-5 weekend. A pair of Mercedes-AMG E 63 S 4MATIC+ cars will serve as the official Safety Car for Australia's International Enduro this year, continuing a relationship that commenced in 2015. With 450 kilowatts and 850 Newton Metres of Torque from its
Continue readingS5000, Australian Formula Open link up
S5000 and the new Australian Formula Open series will join forces to promote 'wings and slicks' racing progression in Australia in 2023. S5000 will offer key prizes to the winner of the all-new series, which combines Formula 3 cars, Formula Renault / Toyota racers, Formula 4 cars and other 'wings and slicks' racers in one big field. The 2023 Australian Formula Open (AFO) Champion will receive a fully funded test in a Tim Macrow Racing-prepared S5000 and free entry to their first round of any subsequent S5000 campaign. The pathway is designed to promote progression through the categories and to
Continue readingT8 Boosted for Bathurst, Stanaway called up early
TRIPLE EIGHT Race Engineering has confirmed details of their second LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour entry, running in partnership with Johor Motorsports Racing and Boost Mobile. The #99 Mercedes-AMG GT3 will see Prince Jeffri Ibrahim joined by former 12-Hour winner Jamie Whincup and newly-signed Triple Eight Supercars enduro driver Richie Stanaway. It joins the teams Pro class entry to be driven by Shane van Gisbergen, Broc Feeney and Maximilian Götz. The 2023 12-Hour will mark Prince Jeffri's second 12-Hour, the Johor driver finishing third in last year's race with van Gisbergen and Feeney on his debut. He and Feeney then
Continue readingBates Love Reynolds for 12 Hours
TONY BATES will make the switch to Mercedes-AMG and join Volante Rosso Motorsport for a strong campaign at the 2023 LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour. The experienced Victorian, a regular contender in GT racing and a former Pro-Am champion in Carrera Cup Australia, will tackle Australia's International Enduro with a new Mercedes AMG GT3 this February 3-5. The team has also secured an elite pair of co-drivers to aid Bates' chances at success in the Bausele Watches Pro-Am class. Supercars hero David Reynolds and Aussie International Jordan Love will partner Bates this year, adding significant firepower to the team and
Continue readingSummer of Speedway Continues
The summer of speedway rolls on, and we are absolutely all about it. Over the weekend, The Race Torque dropped by both Nyora Raceway and Drouin Speedway for their local shows, with both turning one some brilliant entertainment.
Continue readingBefore the Great Race: Bathurst’s First Enduro
After three formative years beating around the Phillip Island Circuit, Australia’s Great Race transferred to Bathurst in 1963 – however, that wasn’t the first time an enduro was contested on the undulations of Mount Panorama. The 1962 Armstrong 500, plus that blasted bridge... Images: State Library of NSW and the Victorian Collections Island Origins In the beginning, the event we now love as the Bathurst 1000 was founded with a trio of 500-mile races for production touring cars at Phillip Island from 1960 to ’62. With backing from Armstrong shock absorbers, the original idea was to hold a long-distance race
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