Team TRTAustralian Formula Open Calendar confirmed
The inaugural Australian Formula Open Series calendar has been released with a mixture of state level and national events for its first full season. After a successful launch at Island Magic in November, which saw 28 cars on the grid, AFO looks to build on the success of that event and bring ‘wings and slicks’ open wheel racing in Australia into a new era. As well as directly replacing the Australian Formula 3 Championship; the class caters for Formula 4, TRS FT50, Formula Renault and other junior open wheel categories with its class structure, with Formula 3 machinery being the
Continue readingAussies United for Asian Le Mans Series
With just two months until the Asian Le Mans Series – the first fixture on United Autosports’ 2023 race calendar – the driver line-up for the team’s second LMP2 entry can be revealed. The Anglo-American team will field multi-championship winning trio Yasser Shahin, Garnet Patterson and Oliver Jarvis in the #23 ORECA 07 in four races across two weekends in Dubai and Abu Dhabi next February. The series will mark an exciting team debut for Yasser Shahin – two-time GT World Challenge Australia champion, Audi R8 LMS Cup winner, part-owner of The Bend Motorsport Park in Adelaide and Entrepreneur. The
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Mark WalkerKings of Wings Return
It's summertime, which means one thing: it's speedway season. On Saturday night, The Race Torque trundled along to Nyora Raceway for a night of classic action...
Continue readingBathurst’s Grand Prix in the Snow
Before Mount Panorama and prior to the Vale Circuit, Bathurst’s foundation in motorsport stretched to the very dawn of the automotive era. Over the coming weeks, The Race Torque will delve into the early days of the sport at its spiritual home in Australia, with this opening leg focusing on the very first Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix and Bathurst’s AGP in the snow. “The greatest motor-cycle road race ever held in this continent” The Referee Newspaper, Wednesday, September 30th, 1914 The author would like to acknowledge Mark Windsor for his assistance with this series. The earliest days of motorsport in
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Richard CraillJames McFadden set to launch into Australian sprintcar season
James McFadden will return to the Australian speedway scene at Max’s Race at Premier Speedway, Warrnambool this weekend. Following a successful World of Outlaws campaign, McFadden will debut the new NAPA Auto Parts Hodges Motorsport entry at Max’s Race as build up to the prestigious 50th Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic at the same venue in January. McFadden and Hodges Motorsport will have a brand new Triple X Race Co chassis at its disposal as the Warrnambool local aims to secure a third Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic title. Coming from a successful World of Outlaws campaign in the US where he
Continue readingSandown Future Remains Up in the Air
The long-term future of Melbourne’s Sandown Raceway for motorsport remains up in the air, with mixed signals emanating from its owner, the Melbourne Racing Club (MRC). At the start of August, The Race Torque took a deep dive into the green papers, planning permissions and mechanisms at play in the wrangle over the future of the historic suburban venue. To that point, the MRC had sought from the City of Greater Dandenong planning permission to convert the multi-use venue into 7,500 dwellings for 16,000 residents, in a project with a possible value of $3.5bn. The wide-ranging application was essentially for
Continue readingOur Top 10 Podcasts of 2022
On the Grid is taking a week off as we prepare for our massive season finale', so in the downtime it's a good chance to dive into the archive and listen back to the shows that were the highlights of a truly massive 2022. As picked by the OTG team, here's 10 (ish) of our favourite episodes of the 2022 year that was. Hit play on any of the players below, or just search for an episode on your favourite podcast application and you'll find what you're looking for - and don't forget, there's more than 40 episodes from this
Continue readingOld School F1 Smorgasbord Coming to Australia
Motorsport on Island Australia appears to be coming out of the pandemic with a bang, with some heavy metal from around the world set to converge Downunder at the start of 2023. With international borders opening up and the cost of freight coming down, three significant events are set to see multiple pieces of interest once again tour south. Getting the ball rolling will be the 34th Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport on March 11th to 13th, followed the next weekend by the Rob Roy Revival (March 17th to 19th), with the Adelaide Motorsport Festival set to see the
Continue readingStars Rise for Vic Enduro
The big guns from the karting scene combined with some key figures from the circuit racing scene, as Todd Road played host to the annual Shamick Go Kart Club of Victoria Enduro meet. Topping the notable folks on the entry list was Nick Percat, fresh from a podium at Adelaide, Jordan Boys, Josh Fife, Elly Morrow, Trent Harrison, Glenn Wood, Conor Somers, and Tim Monte, amongst many. For the record, after 4.5 hours and 278 laps of racing, Declan Somers and Jace Lindstrom led home Harrison Hoey and Sam Houston, ahead of Bradley Jenner and Percat. The Junior preliminaries also
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Dale RodgersWhen Henry’s Mustang Raced the General’s Camaro
In 2023, the battle lines will be redrawn with Ford’s Mustang GT taking on the Generals’ Chevrolet Camaro. These two brands have featured in Australian Touring Car Racing since 1964, although not always racing against each other. The road leading to next year’s new-look Supercars grid has been a fascinating one. While both the Mustang and Camaro brands feature heavily in Touring Car history, they have yet to actually compete head-to-head for Championship success in more than a handful of years. The Race Torque looks back at the ATCC and Supercars Championship to reveal the intense battles as we move
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