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 …
We love our statistics here at CFM HQ, and with just one week remaining until the 10th edition of the Deputy.com Wakefield 300, we decided to take a look at some of the key numbers from the last nine years. Stats Summary Most wins: Jake Shelley (3) Most poles: Adam Burgess and Ric Shaw (3) Most …
Competing in motorsport could save your life on the road, according to a prominent Canberra driving instructor. Daniel Flanagan, a successful racing driver and owner of the Fifth Gear Motoring driving school, says the authorities should do more to promote motorsport as a means of experiencing the limits of their vehicles in a safe and …
Leading Australian employee management software provider Deputy.com has thrown its support behind the popular Wakefield 300 endurance race, signing on as naming-rights sponsor for the 2017 event. This year marks the 10th running of the Wakefield 300, which has steadily grown in popularity since it was first held in 2008 – co-incidentally, the same year …
Aaron Zerefos will make his Toyota 86 Racing Series debut this weekend, joining Central Coast-based Brian Hilton Motorsport for the Coates Hire Sydney 500. The Sydney 500 is the fifth and final round of the inaugural season of the popular one-make series, and marks the first-ever street race format. Zerefos is best-known for his Porsche …
Emily Duggan has recorded the fastest-ever timed lap for a Hyundai Excel at Australia’s most famous racetrack, Mount Panorama, setting a 3:00.674 in her Penrite/Supashock/Winmax race car at yesterday’s Challenge Bathurst event. The Dural driver punched out a time more than a second faster than the previous best for an Excel at the mountain, and …
Tony Bates has completed the 2016 Carrera Cup season with a second-place finish in the TAG Heuer Carrera Challenge class aboard the Moveitnet/C-Tech Laser Porsche Cup Car at the Castrol Gold Coast 600 on Sunday. Starting fourth on the grid, Bates made a blinder start, overtaking both Marc Cini and James Bergmuller before the first …
