Motorsport Australia has confirmed two date changes for the 2024 Shannons SpeedSeries calendar.  The fourth round of 2024, held at Shell V-Power Motorsport Park, will now take place one week later than listed in the draft calendar, with competitors heading to The Bend on 31 May – 2 June. Meanwhile, the Shannons SpeedSeries’ second visit to Queensland Raceway will now be held two weeks later, with the sixth round of 2024 now being held on 2-4 August to avoid a clash with Supercars. The September round listed as a TBC in the draft calendar is still yet to be locked away while

THE BIGGEST ever Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship season awaits following confirmation of the 2024 racing calendar for Australia’s top one-make category. An international trip, night racing and positions at five of the largest motorsport events in the country are set to set to position Carrera Cup once again as one of Australia’s premier racing categories. Following the traditional start at the Formula 1 ® Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, the championship will cross the Tasman and head to New Zealand for the first time in series history. Carrera Cup Australia’s second ever international round will be held

THE PORSCHE Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship will race in New Zealand for the first time in 2024. Embracing a huge groundswell of Kiwi interest in the series, Australia’s top one-make category will follow the Repco Supercars Championship across the Tasman in 2024 and join the ITM Taupo Super400 program on 19-21 April next year. It will be just the second time that the championship will have competed outside of Australia. Porsche Carrera Cup Australia has remarkable New Zealand heritage dating back to the inaugural champion, Porsche Motorsport Australia hall of famer, Jim Richards. Eight Carrera Cup Australia titles

Following last week’s news of a potential greyhound track to be built in the camping grounds at the base of Mount Panorama, comes the lodgement of a development application for a go kart track in a similar area, set to be located near The Chase. The battle to build a karting facility in Bathurst has been ongoing for some time, with previous attempts to create a circuit at McPhillamy Park not making it past the planning phase. The proposed area, covering the track, pits, paddock area, acoustic mound, batters, and detention basin, totals 8.9 hectares. Set to be built to

Shannons Insurance will once again support the Shannons SpeedSeries until at least the end of 2025, with Motorsport Australia confirming the leading insurance provider for motoring enthusiasts has extended its naming rights partnership. Having been the key partner for the popular national-level race meeting since 2007, this renewal further cements Shannons’ support of Australian motorsport. Alongside its longstanding naming rights partnership of the SpeedSeries, Shannons will again be the Official Pit Lane Partner at each event in 2024 and 2025. New Motorsport Australia CEO Sunil Vohra thanked the team at Shannons for their ongoing support. “To have Shannons continue its

THE SUPERCHEAP Auto TCR Australia Series has confirmed a seven-round 2024 calendar that will see the series compete at a host of Australia's best permanent circuits next year.  The announcement was made on the grid at Mount Panorama ahead of the first joint Supercheap Auto TCR Australia and Kumho TCR World Tour race to be held at the iconic circuit. TCR Australia will continue to race exclusively with the Shannons SpeedSeries in 2024. The SpeedSeries program will be bigger and better than ever next year, coming off the back of a season with strong attendance and broadcast growth this year, capped

Nash Morris has survived a late race safety car restart to claim victory in the first race for Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst International. Morris held off Marcos Flack in a race-long battle, whilst Marco Giltrap in third wrapped up the Jim Richards Enduro Cup and became the 2023 Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge champion-elect. Meanwhile, Sam Shahin also did enough to seal the Pro-Am title, now mathematically unbeatable in tomorrow's two races. Morris made the most of his pole position to head the field into Hell Corner, whilst Marcos Flack fell behind Oscar Targett who made