On the weekend I was fortunate enough to have my first experience of commentating speedway racing, thanks to Legend Cars Australia. I called the popular motorcycle-powered vehicles in action at two popular speedway venues – Simpson Speedway on Saturday night, and Premier Speedway Warrnambool on Sunday night. These venues are based in a regional area …
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Australian GT Championship and Formula Ford; two categories holding the first round of their national series on the weekend (GTs – Clipsal 500, Formula Ford – Sandown) , two categories with competitor bases at polar opposite ends of the spectrum (GTs – gentleman drivers with an average age of about 45, Formula Ford – aspiring …
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Max Vidau and Jayden Ojeda have prevailed in a mammoth 31-car contest for the opening round of the Australian Formula Ford Series at Sandown this weekend, sharing the race wins and ending the event level on points. Ojeda won the weekend’s first two races aboard his newly-built Spectrum 015 but Vidau took the lead early …
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Tony Bates has secured his maiden Australian GT Championship round victory by winning the weekend’s third race at the Clipsal 500 today, in his Moveitnet/C-Tech Laser/Transtex/Bryant & Bryant Mercedes-AMG GT3 prepared by Eggleston Motorsport. Today’s triumph, combined with Friday’s win and yesterday’s third-place finish, saw Bates taking overall honours ahead of Roger Lago, and claiming …
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Tony Bates has taken his 10th straight race win at the Clipsal 500, with a commanding performance in Race 1 of the Australian GT Championship today. After starting ninth on the grid in his Moveitnet/C-Tech Laser/Transtex/Bryant & Bryant Mercedes-AMG GT3, Bates progressed to sixth in the first few laps before a Safety Car intervention. At …
Matt Stockwell has dominated the Series X3 NSW opener at Wakefield Park on the weekend, with pole position, four race wins and a new lap record for the category. Stockwell was closely challenged by Ben Bargwanna and Emily Duggan in the first three races, but marched to a comprehensive eight-second victory in the 15-lap feature …
Emily Duggan has continued to set the standard for women racing drivers in Australia, making a stunning start to her 2017 motorsport campaign with second place overall in the opening round of Series X3 NSW for Hyundai Excel race cars at Wakefield Park on the weekend. Duggan qualified third, and finished third in all four races. …
The father-and-son team of Craig and Adam Burgess has taken back-to-back victories in the Deputy.com Wakefield 300, prevailing in a thrilling 10th edition of the iconic endurance race at the nation’s spectator track yesterday. The Burgess’ Ginetta G50 started on pole position after a blistering lap from Adam in Saturday afternoon’s Top 10 Shootout and …
Reigning Australian Carrera Cup Challenge Champion Tony Bates has opted for a change of scenery in 2017, and will contest the Australian GT Championship in an Eggleston Motorsport-prepared Mercedes Benz AMG GT3. While it will be Bates’ first full-time season in the category, he is no stranger to GT cars, having driven an Audi R8 …
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The most affordable racing series in NSW, Series X3 NSW will kick off as a major support category for the Deputy.com Wakefield 300 on 25-26 February. The entry list for the opening round of the series includes a mixture of familiar faces and newcomers, with reigning series champion Adam Bryant returning aboard a freshened-up Excel …
