Garry Rogers Motorsport TCR driver Dylan O’Keeffe has travelled to Zurich, Switzerland and will test the latest-specification Vukovic Motorsport Renault Megane RS TCR car at Austria’s Salzburgring circuit this Saturday. As well as testing the Renault, O’Keeffe will also spend time at the Vukovic Motorsport workshop during his stint abroad. As the homologated international constructor [...]
Young-based racing driver Tom Sargent has made a triumphant return to the driver’s seat, winning all three races in the opening round of the NSW Formula Ford Championship at Sydney Motorsport Park on the weekend. The 18-year-old, who finished third in last year’s Australian Formula Ford Championship, was intending to contest another season at national [...]
Matt Braid is CEO of the Australian Racing Group (ARG), which runs a suite of national categories including TCR Australia, S5000, Trans Am Australia and Touring Car Masters, along with the Bathurst 6 Hour and Bathurst International events. In our chat, Matt talked about his time at Supercars, and prior to that, his roles in [...]
The Australian Formula Ford Championship has been in existence for more than half a century and it’s still going strong. In our category critique, we look at Formula Ford's history, advantages and disadvantages and investigate why it has such an amazing record for breeding future stars of the sport. 2015 Australian Formula Ford Champion Cameron [...]
The Benalla Auto Club is unique among Australian car clubs in that it owns not just one, but two permanent racing circuits – Winton and Wakefield Park. It also controls the Australian Auto Sport Alliance (the AASA) and the Australian Motor Racing Series (the AMRS). Our guest this week is the CEO of the BAC [...]
Jason Miller has scored a pair of NSW Production Sports Class A victories in today’s pair of 30-minute races at Wakefield Park, highlighted by an enthralling battle in Race 2. After qualifying fastest of the Class A cars for Race 1, Miller made a speedy start, jumping ahead of the GT Class Audi R8 of [...]
Jason Miller is excited to be making his racing return in Round 2 of the NSW Production Sports Car Championship at Wakefield Park tomorrow, aboard the Stokes Skis Australia Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. Like many other drivers, Miller has been on the sidelines since March as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has [...]
What will the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic be on the Australian motorsport industry? How will the current circumstances change the progression pathways for young racing drivers aspiring to forge a professional career? How will state and national categories be affected? On this episode of Chequered Flag Chat, Lachlan Mansell and Dave Stillwell tackle the [...]
He may not have quite reached the household celebrity status of his son Grant, but Craig Denyer has an extensive CV that includes program director roles at some of Australia’s biggest commercial radio stations, motorsport commentary at some of Australia’s largest events and administration for categories such as V8 Utes, Australian GT and TA2 and [...]
Tim Slade and Ben Grice have given the Ashley Seward Motorsport Alfa Romeo Guilietta TCR car the thumbs up, after two days of testing at Winton Motor Raceway. With yesterday’s running hampered by damp conditions, the team elected to stay in the region overnight; fortunately, the weather improved and today both drivers were able to [...]
