A vastly experienced Motorsport Public Relations operator, journalist, commentator and photographer, Mark brings his unique angle to The Race Torque in both words and imagery. As well as serving as our key photographer on the ground at major events around Australia (and overseas), Walker will often chime in with his unique and pin-point sharp viewpoint of the racing world via the keyboard too.
News Team TRT November 9, 2023

SpeedSeries ’23 Wraps Up

All eyes will be on Supercheap Auto Bathurst International this weekend as the 2023 Shannons SpeedSeries season comes to a thrilling conclusion. Six exciting national categories will come together in large numbers to participate in the event at the renowned Mount Panorama Circuit, which includes the second leg of Kumho TCR World Tour down under. Less than a week after Race Sydney, the international category, alongside Australia’s own Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series will headline the weekend’s action with a record 24 cars to take to the track for three days of jam-packed action. The round will have serious implications

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Podcast Richard Craill November 9, 2023

World Champion Touring Car Star on his Aussie adventures

ROB HUFF joins the show - the first World Champion to do so - to reflect on his successful weekend in the TCR World Tour races in Sydney and his incredible Touring Car career in general. Plus, how close he came to racing Supercars, his sneaky pre-Sydney test and how he's got his own museum in Macau! Huffy is a legend and a great chat - this is well worth a listen! 

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News Team TRT November 8, 2023

Big Grids at Bathurst

THE GRIDS are set for this weekend's Supercheap Auto Bathurst International.  Strong fields among the six categories competing this weekend are set to put on a great show with titles on the line and storylines aplenty. Five categories - Supercheap Auto TCR Australia, Trans Am, Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge, Kumho V8 Touring Cars and Mobil 1 APC / Monochrome Invitational - will decide their 2023 winners this weekend. SUPERCHEAP AUTO BATHURST INTERNATIONAL: ENTRY LISTS Meanwhile, the Gulf Western Oil Touring Car Masters Series will welcome a host of Kiwi competitors who have crossed the Tasman for the event this weekend. International

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News Richard Craill November 8, 2023

A New Era: Driver-Engineer Duo Unite with Apogee Motorsport Services

South Australian based SuperUte driver, George Gutierrez, will join forces with driver and engineer Scott Stephenson to create Adelaide’s newest motorsport team in Apogee Motorsport Services. Apogee has only been in operation for 18 months and has already helped countless motorsport teams and drivers achieve success in state and national level motorsport. With the addition of George and the crew from George Gutierrez Motorsport (GGM), Apogee will be a force to be reckoned with in 2024. We have a bumper lineup of drivers and cars to support for the 2024 season including Hyundai Excels, Formula Fords, Toyota 86s, V8 SuperUtes

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News Mark Walker November 7, 2023

Mount Panorama Campground to be Repurposed

There’s a new twist in the ongoing saga of development at Mount Panorama, with a greyhound racing facility being proposed for land that is currently utilised as a campground near The Chase section of the famed circuit. The subject of a Greyhound Racing Centre of Excellence has been bouncing around the New South Wales political scene for some time, with both Bathurst and nearby Orange putting their hand up to be home to the proposed $15 million facility. Bathurst has been left without a greyhound track since severe flooding in November 2022 destroyed the previous facility at Kennerson Park. Yesterday,

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Photos Mark Walker November 6, 2023

Summer of Speedway has Landed

To kick off our Summer of Speedway, we've taken the trek out to Nyora Raceway for their season opener, with a tasty selection of classes turning on the action.

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Power Rankings Team TRT November 6, 2023

Caltex Power Rankings: Race Sydney

Welcome to Australia, the home of the world's biggest sheep stations, which apparently were on the line for the TCR World Tour races at Sydney Motorsport Park. This is the 20th Caltex Power Rankings for 2023, where we break down the HOT, NOT and WHAT from a highly entertaining Race Sydney. ABOUT THE RANKINGS: The TRT Power Rankings are compiled by your nominations from social media and edited by the TRT editorial team. They’re designed to give a balanced, as fair as possible critical overview of those things that excelled and those things that struggled, at each event. It’s (mostly) a

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News Team TRT November 6, 2023

Sprint Challenge Bathurst Decider

CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON has come to Porsche Motorsport Australia, with the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia Series to kick off an amazing two weeks of title-deciding action this weekend at Mount Panorama. The sixth and final round of a record-breaking Sprint Challenge season will see the category race three times at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst International this weekend and decide the Pro, Pro-Am and Class B titles. That will be followed two weeks later by a climactic Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia showdown at the VAILO Adelaide 500 on the Adelaide streets. The Sprint Challenge season has been an unpredictable

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Feature Mark Walker November 4, 2023

How to make Motorsport TV

Have you ever wondered how the pictures from the racetrack arrive on your screen? As it transpires, there is a lot more to it than meets the eye. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYJbwj6GONU Even casual fans of motorsport would have stumbled across the incredible array of content that is produced by the team at Blend Line TV, which focuses on broadcasting a wide range of grassroots motorsport from around the country. From circuit racing state championships to historics, hillclimbs, khanacrosses, offroad, rally and more, Blend Line has been there and shot that. Take, for instance, the time Robby Gordan’s Stadium Supertrucks dropped by Sydney

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News Mark Walker November 3, 2023

Sandown Turns Historic

Sandown Raceway is once again bringing back the best of historic motorsport next weekend, with the annual Victorian Historic Racing Register showcase event. Over the weekend, a total of 50 on-track sessions are scheduled, covering racing, supersprints, regularity trials and parades. The roster features a mix of staples from the historic racing scene and more contemporary staples from the state championship roster. From the latter, expect competitive fields from both the MGs and Invited British Sports Cars, which will be backing up from their recent run at the Calder Vic State Race event, and the evergreen HQ Holdens. Furthermore, from

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