The GWR Australia/Hobson Motorsport Nissan GT-R has finished the 2020 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour fifth in the Silver Cup Class, and 21st outright, after what team owner Garth Walden described as a demonstration of the crew’s never-say-die attitude. Starting 31st on the grid after battling a series of niggling brake issues throughout practice and [...]
Bostik Audi R8 GT3 driver Tony Bates is satisfied with his team’s preparation for tomorrow’s Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, and is predicting a high attrition rate after an incident-packed day of qualifying at Mount Panorama. Bates, along with Geoff Emery, Max Twigg and Dylan O’Keeffe will start tomorrow’s race from sixth in the Silver [...]
Bostik Audi R8 drivers Tony Bates, Geoff Emery, Max Twigg and Dylan O’Keeffe have enjoyed a solid day of practice for the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour today, making significant gains across the four sessions on their way to seventh-fastest in the Silver Class. While the team’s “Pro” driver O’Keeffe completed a handful of early installation [...]
GWR Australia’s drivers for this weekend’s Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour have been confirmed, team owner Garth Walden joining Brett Hobson and Dunlop Super2 Series front-runner Kurt Kostecki in the Hobson Motorsport Nissan GT-R for Australia’s premier international endurance race. Kurt’s brother, Jake Kostecki, was originally slated to drive the car, but a late withdrawal [...]
Tom Sargent says a national title will be firmly in his sights when he returns to the race track for the 2020 Australian Formula Ford Championship. The 18-year-old driver from Young has confirmed he will again drive for the Canberra-based CHE Racing outfit in his third season of competition in the junior development category. Over [...]
An energised Tony Bates has unveiled a bold livery, announced a new major sponsor and confirmed an accomplished driver roster for his assault on the upcoming Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour. Bates has secured support from renowned industrial and domestic adhesive manufacturer Bostik for his 2020 campaign, and can barely contain his excitement about the season [...]
Ashley Seward Motorsport has secured the services of 16-year-old Jay Hanson for the 2020 TCR Australia Series. Hanson, who won the final race of this year’s Australian Formula Ford Championship, will move into his first competitive season of touring car racing, driving the Alfa Romeo Guilietta TCR car campaigned by Dylan O’Keeffe this year. Hanson [...]
Tony Bates has completed his first season of international racing with a sixth-place finish in the final race of the Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup at Sepang today. After qualifying the AFS/Moveitnet/Local Roadways/C-Tech Laser/Bryant & Bryant Audi R8 sixth, Bates made a typically strong start, surging to fifth on the opening lap. He was challenging [...]
Jason Miller has been crowned the 2019 Cue Endurance Super Series Champion, after scoring the Class A victory and finishing seventh outright in the final one-hour race of the season at Phillip Island today, aboard his Porsche 997 GT3 Cup car. After starting eighth, Miller made a rapid start and moved into fifth position outright [...]
A brave gamble by Tony Bates to start on slick tyres for Race 9 of the Audi R8 LMS Cup at Sepang overnight has not yielded the desired outcome, an incident on the slippery circuit forcing the AFS/Moveitnet/Local Roadways/C-Tech Laser/Bryant & Bryant driver into retirement. The Malaysian circuit had been soaked with a heavy rain [...]
