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Lamborghini Super Trofeo driver survives horrific crash at Brno

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 Posted in Lamborghini, Motorsports | 22 Comments »

The driver of this Lamborghini Gallardo competing in a Super Trofeo race in Brno yesterday has survived with relatively minor injuries. Unconfirmed reports suggest the lucky driver escaped with a broken arm and first degree burns to his legs. (See ...

Points amendment for MINI Challenge

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 Posted in MINI Challenge | No Comments »

MINI Challenge organisers have issued a press release with a revised points table following a post-event decision from CAMS. The third race of the Round 3 meet at Queensland Raceway was red flagged short of full race distance due to ...

Team Australia set sights on Spain’s MINI Challenge

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 Posted in MINI Challenge | 3 Comments »

The MINI Challenge has many great aspects about it. One is the fact you can buy a MINI John Cooper Works from your local MINI dealer that is pretty damn close in performance to the track-only racecars. Another is that ...

Green hell

Thursday, May 20th, 2010 Posted in Lotus, Motorsports, Random videos | 7 Comments »

Ever wondered what you would do if your car caught fire and you didn't know until it was almost too late. Imagine some Benny Hill music with this clip from last weekend's Nürburgring 24 hour race and you could almost ...

BMW M3 GT2 wins 2010 Nürburgring 24 hour

Monday, May 17th, 2010 Posted in BMW, Motorsports | 2 Comments »

This year's Nürburgring 24 hour race was won by the #25 BMW M3 GT2 driven by Jörg Müller, Augusto Farfus, Uwe Alzen and Pedro Lamy. It was Lamy's fifth victory at the Ring and he joins Marcel Tiemann as the ...

2010 Nürburgring 24 hour race

Friday, May 14th, 2010 Posted in Motorsports | 1 Comment »

One of the world's greatest endurance races is on this weekend—the Nürburgring 24 hour. You can follow the race with live radio, live streaming pictures and twitter updates from drivers and manufacturers—see AUSringers.com for details. There's even a couple of ...

2010 MINI Challenge - Round 3, Queensland Raceway

Sunday, May 9th, 2010 Posted in MINI Challenge | 4 Comments »

At the end of an action packed Round 3 Chris Alajajian still leads the 2010 Australian MINI Challenge. But he didn't have it all his own way. A qualifying infringement cost Alajajian points and sent him to the back of ...

Another MINI Challenge crash at Ipswich 300

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 Posted in MINI Challenge | 6 Comments »

The MINI Challenge series has seen another spectacular crash at the Ipswich 300 event held at Queensland Raceway today. Sarah Harley's car reportedly had a sticking throttle, forcing her car to understeer off the track and into the tyre wall. ...

Targa Tasmania 2010 update - Day 5

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 Posted in Lamborghini, Porsche, Targa Tasmania | No Comments »

Jason White driving a Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo Strada has held on to claim the 2010 Targa Tasmania trophy. It is his second Targa victory and he finished 1 minute 5 seconds ahead of Ray Vandersee in a Skelta G ...

Targa Tasmania 2010 update - Days 3 & 4

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 Posted in Targa Tasmania | 1 Comment »

Targa Tasmania competitors have just set off on the final day of competition. Wet and windy conditions are expected for the race into Hobart. Jason White in a Lamborghini Gallardo continues to lead the field, but as you can see ...

Two spectators injured after MINI Challenge crash

Saturday, May 1st, 2010 Posted in MINI Challenge | 5 Comments »

An incident in the first race of this weekend's MINI Challenge round at Queensland Raceway has resulted in injury for two race goers. A statement from MINI Challenge organisers reads, "Two spectators were injured and transported to Ipswich Base Hospital. The ...

Targa Tasmania 2010 update - Days 1 & 2

Thursday, April 29th, 2010 Posted in Targa Tasmania | 2 Comments »

Tasmanian based Jason White in his Lamborghini Gallardo continues to hold the outright lead in Targa Tasmania 2010 at the completion of day two. However, it was defending champ Tony Quinn in his Nissan GTR who set the early ...

2010 MINI Challenge - Round 3 Preview

Thursday, April 29th, 2010 Posted in MINI Challenge | 1 Comment »

This weekend's MINI Challenge round at Queensland Raceway includes a few firsts for the series. The most obvious is the debut of the John Cooper Works MINI Challenge racecars on the Ipswich circuit. In addition the usual three race program ...

2010 MINI Challenge - Round 2, Melbourne

Thursday, April 29th, 2010 Posted in MINI Challenge | No Comments »

This MINI Challenge wrap of Round 2, held during the Australian Grand Prix weekend at Albert Park, has been a little delayed because I was waiting for the television highlights. However, due to a few reasons it looks like the ...

Targa Tasmania 2010

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 Posted in Targa Tasmania | 1 Comment »

Targa Tasmania 2010 kicked off in earnest today with the first leg of the event taking place. Wet and wild conditions greeted the field and while most crews did manage to make it back to Launceston safely, some crews are ...