The Road to Bathurst Program has produced its latest Mount Panorama rookie, with young gun Jake Lougher set to make his debut on the iconic circuit at next weekend’s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, where he will compete in the Toyota 86 Series support races. The 22-year-old burst onto the circuit racing scene last year in [...]
It’s Bathurst time! In a special Great Race preview episode of Chequered Flag Chat, sports journalist Shane Jones joins Lachlan Mansell to discuss some of the variations and rule changes for this year’s event, as well as assessing the chances for each of the 25 cars in the field. Download via Apple Podcasts Download via [...]
An excited Jay Hanson has made his return to driver’s seat of the Ashley Seward Motorsport Alfa Romeo Guilietta TCR car, completing a two-day test at Winton Motor Raceway on Tuesday and Wednesday. Like a lot of motorsport competitors, Hanson’s opportunities to turn laps have been severely limited by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 17-year-old [...]
He has more than four decades of experience racing in events such as the Bathurst 1000, Bathurst 12 Hour and Nurburgring 24 Hour, and now Phil Alexander is using that expertise for the benefit of the motorsport community, providing the knowledge and logistics to help new people enter the sport. On this episode of Chequered [...]
Nash Morris has delivered a trio of impressive race performances in his maiden Supercar race meeting, driving his Motorsportsales.com.au Ford FG Falcon to second overall in the Motorsportsales.com.au Aussie Tin Tops Class at The Bend on the weekend. After qualifying 19th outright in a damp session, Morris progressed to 12th in Race 1. In Races [...]
Dylan O’Keeffe will make his debut in Australia’s Great Race, the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 next month, joining the Kelly Racing squad where he will team up with Andre Heimgartner in the NED Whisky Ford Mustang. The 22-year-old will shortly travel back to Australia after competing in the opening WTCR – FIA World Touring Car [...]
Motorsportsales.com.au, Australia's new way to buy and sell race cars and parts, has thrown its support behind Nash Morris, who will make his Supercar racing debut in this weekend’s Motorsportsales.com.au Aussie Tin Tops races at the Repco Bend Supersprint. Morris – the son of 2014 Bathurst 1000 winner Paul – will drive the Ford FG [...]
Dylan O’Keeffe says he is proud of his Vukovic Motorsport team’s maiden WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup race meeting at Zolder after driving his Renault Megane to 13th and 12th-place finishes in today’s two races. In the opening race, O’Keeffe demonstrated strong pace in the early laps, battling with German racer Luca Engstler [...]
Touring car aces Tim Slade and Paul Morris and third-generation racer Jett Johnson have turned laps in Begg Motorsport’s Mustang TA2 car and BMW M4 production car during a test day at Queensland Raceway yesterday. During the test day, Begg and co-driver Steve Burridge both gained valuable miles in the BMW M4, benefiting from Morris [...]
Motorsport sponsorship used to be solely about exposure and brand awareness – put a sticker on a race car, spectators will notice and recognise the brand. These days though, sponsorship is about so much more than that – it involves elements such as staff and customer incentives, business-to-business networking opportunities and various other benefits. On [...]
