Mark WalkerThrowback: National Motor Racing Museum
It forever remains one of our favourite places on earth - the National Motor Racing Museum in Bathurst continues to provide an incredible tribute to our motorsport history. One of the important facets of the collection is that it is ever-changing, with new vehicles constantly rotated through the display, including special exhibitions, with a fleet of new arrivals rolling in this week. Here we go back to 2008 when we wandered through the museum. Which machine is your favourite? Hit us up on the socials @theracetorque with your take!
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Team TRTPODCAST: News! Brodie, Cooper, Anton, Frosty, SVG & more
MIRACLE of miracles, we've actually got news! One of the biggest silly season weeks of the year kicked off on Tuesday and with whispers of more to come, we held the pod back at day to make sure we got it all fresh to podcastland. So, we delve exclusively into the joint Kostecki / Murray announcements that will reshape the Supercars grid for 2025 with the man who pulled it all together, talk Winterbottom out and Anton de Pasquale in at T18 and even talk SVG's new deal in NASCAR and the F1 shuffling. The news gods have never been
Continue readingSVG: In the Box Seat for Success
Confirmation that Shane van Gisbergen has locked in a full-time drive in the NASCAR Cup Series for 2025 is a significant one – here we break down what it means and what his chances are as he steps up to stock car racing’s elite level. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVdw0UuCcDo SVG’s NASCAR Story to Date After his victory in his NASCAR debut in Chicago last year, things have moved fast. A double-duty weekend in Indianapolis in the Truck Series and Cup followed, and then it was announced that he would be moving to America to compete in a mixed program of Cup, Xfinity, and
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TRT Media ReleaseEarly Bird Discount Now Available for Motors & Masterpieces Festival
Motors and Masterpieces, Australia’s most anticipated motoring extravaganza, has launched special early bird discounted ticketing, with the event set to take over the Melbourne Showgrounds from November 22-24. By using the code EARLYBIRD at the checkout on the official online ticket portal at motorsandmasterpieces.com, until the 30th of September, visitors can lock in a 15% discount off the standard gate prices of day pass tickets, with the exception of tickets providing access to the VIP lounge and Cocktail party. “As we inch closer to the inaugural Motors and Masterpieces, things are really coming together to make it the must-see motoring
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The Case for Budget Endurance Racing
Motorsport is an expensive and serious business. But it doesn’t have to be. Last weekend, we were exposed to our first dose of Motor Events Racing’s budget endurance motorsport with the Sandown Showdown, and we are all in on the concept. Dollars and Sense For forever and a day, one of the most significant barriers of entry to motorsport has been cost. Take, for instance, the humble Hyundai Excel in circuit racing. At the category's infancy nearly 15 years ago at Lakeside in Queensland – the machinery was cheap – picture a pack of cars fitted out with half cages
Continue readingInside Nissan’s V8 Breakthrough
The 24th of August 2013 is a notable date in the history of Supercars competition—it was the first day that a manufacturer other than Holden or Ford won a race in our homegrown V8 touring car category. Having seen the Car of the Future introduced at the start of the season, the new inclusions in Nissan and Erebus-AMG were up against the Holden and Ford opposition, which had a proven baseline to work from, especially in terms of powerplants. Finding parity was a tough ask - especially regarding fuel economy. Saying that, up until Winton, there was a real mixed
Continue readingPODCAST: The Brendon Leitch story
RETURNING to Australia to race this year, Brendon Leitch has made a huge impact in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia championship with a series of stirring performances alongside Tim Miles in an Audi R8. In the leadup to the GT Festival at Phillip Island, Brendon joins the show to tell us his fascinating career story and how a kid from the far, far south of New Zealand's South Island ended up racing at places like Spa Francorchamps. It's a great yarn and well told! Then it's the week that was in our usual style of putting everything into baskets
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