Ireland’s North West 200
Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports | No Comments »Anyone who knows what the North West 200 is will know the event was held in mid-May this year, however, I just caught a few minutes of highlights on FoxSports 2 here in Australia. I don't know a hell of ...
Neal Bates and Coral Taylor end 13 year drought
Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, Toyota | 5 Comments »Australian rally stalwarts Neal Bates and Coral Taylor won their fourth national title by claiming the 2008 Australian Rally Championship over the weekend. Confirmation of their title came after some cautious driving in difficult conditions during the Coffs Coast Rally. ...
Mark Skaife announces retirement
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 Posted in Holden, Motorsports, News | No Comments »Mark Skaife took centre stage today as he announced his retirement from full time V8 Supercar racing. His decision will take effect at the completion of the 2008 season, with the Oran Park round (4-7 December) being his last. Skaife ...
MINI CHALLENGE update on Darren Berry
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge, News | No Comments »Media statement – October 12, 2008 UPDATE ON DARREN BERRY’S CONDITION MINI CHALLENGE driver, Darren Berry, underwent surgery on his broken ankle at Orange Base Hospital this afternoon. Following on from yesterday’s incident coming down the Mount Panorama course, Berry has spent ...
2008 MINI CHALLENGE - Round 6 wrap up
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge | 1 Comment »Hard to go past the most spectacular imagery from this round, Ryan McLeod and Darren Berry's accident. The incident has been covered here (including a MINI CHALLENGE press statement on Darren's condition). The good news is, despite the horrific looking ...
MINI CHALLENGE race cut short at Bathurst
Saturday, October 11th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge | 2 Comments »The Australian MINI CHALLENGE had a great position in the television broadcast today. Race 3, the final race for Round 6, was to be beamed live into Australia's lounge rooms as the last event before the Top 10 Shootout for ...
Grant Denyer monstered by big truck
Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge, Motorsports, News | 3 Comments »MINI CHALLENGE driver and Seven Network personality Grant Denyer recently suffered a back injury when a monster truck drive went, well, a bit wrong. Denyer has been driving the big rig for Clive Featherby for the last six months, just ...
2008 MINI Challenge - Round 5 wrap up
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge | 1 Comment »Jason Bargwanna's recent dominance of the 2008 MINI CHALLENGE continued in Round 5 with the former Bathurst champion taking a clean sweep of all three races. Bargwanna started Race 1 on pole and never looked back. Nathan Geier was equally ...
Ricardo Patrese gets his wife talking dirty
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 Posted in Honda, Motorsports | 7 Comments »Ricardo Patrese, former Formula 1 driver, thought it might be a nice idea to take his wife for a nice Sunday drive. They were in a small Japanese hatchback on a quiet road with no traffic. Isn't that nice. Fortunately, for ...
Australian MINI CHALLENGE under new management
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 Posted in MINI, MINI Challenge, News | 4 Comments »Good news from the world of the Australian MINI CHALLENGE today with confirmation of a new management team securing the future of the series. Toleman Motorsport has been given the seal of approval from MINI Australia and CAMS to act ...
Audi R8 GT3 - purpose built customer racecar
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Audi, Motorsports | 5 Comments »Remember when you were a kid and you had your dream car, a car, that in your mind, you would take from the factory and make it the fastest damn thing the world had ever seen. Well Audi has gone ...
BMW M3 race version
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in BMW, Motorsports | 2 Comments »Regular trawlers of motoring websites will know information on this BMW M3 race version is not new. This does not mean its late arrival on AUSmotive is any less worthy however. A replacement for the awesome BMW M3 GTR the ...
Eastern Creek reveals plans for new ’supercircuit’
Saturday, August 9th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, News | No Comments »The Australian Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) has revealed major redevelopment plans for Sydney's Eastern Creek International Raceway in a bid to make it Australia's premier closed circuit motor racing facility. If the plans go ahead the new circuit would have ...
Track day report - Spa Francorchamps
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, News, Renault | No Comments »There's track days, and there's track days. Sure, Eastern Creek is good, and Wakefield Park is not too bad either. However, in our wide brown land you just can't hit the road for a couple of hours and arrive at ...
2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed - image gallery
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, News | 2 Comments »I just stumbled across this excellent image gallery (54photography.com) from the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Put the kettle on, set aside a 10 minutes or so and enjoy the slideshow. There's some fantastic images in there, covering a big ...
