Supercars change venue for Anzac weekend
The Virgin Australia Supercars Championship will venture to a new circuit in 2020 with the ITM Auckland Super400 to now run at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park. The relocation from the championship’s regular circuit in Pukekohe was due to the Auckland Unitary Plan’s rule of restricted motorsport noise at Pukekohe Park Raceway on Anzac Day. […]
McLaughlin goes back-to-back
After more than eight months and 32 races at 15 different stops around the country, Scott McLaughlin is now formally the 2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Champion. The DJR Team Penske driver enjoyed a dominant season in the CAMS Australian Touring Car Championship, securing 18 wins and an extra four podiums – along with Bathurst 1000 […]
Supercars Super Preview: Newcastle
The final round of an entertaining 2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship season has arrived with the Coates Hire Newcastle 500 wrapping up the season. SINCE LAST TIME Circuit tweaks The Newcastle street circuit has undergone a small change ahead of this weekend’s season finale aimed at improving overtaking. Following feedback from drivers, […]
Whincup and Lowndes win Sandown as McLaughlin crowned champion
Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes have secured the Pirtek Enduro Cup after winning their first Penrite Oil Sandown 500 together in more than 12 years, while Scott McLaughlin ended the round as champion elect. Whincup and Lowndes went into the round trailing fellow Triple Eight Racing teammates Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander but […]
Supercars Super Preview: Sandown
The Virgin Australia Supercars Championship is reaching the tail end of the 2019 season with just two events remaining, as the PIRTEK Endurance Cup holds its final round at the Penrite Oil Sandown 500. Since last time Reynolds gets serious David Reynolds will head up a new road rage road safety campaign, which will […]
Maximum points for Red Bull HRT
The Red Bull Holden Racing Team has capped off a brilliant weekend with back-to-back wins at the Vodafone Gold Coast 600. With the Pirtek Enduro Cup in its second round for the 2019 season, the team had each of their cars cross the finish line first in both races with Shane van Gisbergen and […]
Supercars Super Preview: Gold Coast
Only three stops remain in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship with two of those rounds part of the Pirtek Enduro Cup. This weekend the endurance racing continues with the Vodafone Gold Coast 600. Since last time Bathurst records tumble More than 200,000 passionate motor sport fans went through the gates of the Supercheap […]
McLaughlin, Premat & DJR Team Penske Kings of Bathurst
Scott McLaughlin, Alexandre Premat and DJR Team Penske have won the 2019 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 after the drama-filled race finished with a one-lap dash. It was a frantic end to the great race, with McLaughlin holding off second-placed Shane van Gisbergen and co-driver Garth Tander in the final stages after two safety cars […]
Bathurst 1000 Saturday Wrap
It was a memorable day at the mountain as the six categories put on a show for the attending crowd with a number of drivers breaking category records. It wasn’t just on track that saw history being made with CAMS officially announcing its new trading name, Motorsport Australia, which will come in effect as of […]
Bathurst 1000 Friday Wrap
It was a wet and wild day at Bathurst, as the grid was partially set in the Virgin Australian Supercars Championship and number of support categories enjoyed their first races. Supercars Wet conditions meant the drivers were quite off the day’s earlier record breaking practice sessions pace, however it was still a highly entertaining […]