Two competitors killed in Classic Adelaide Rally

Two competitors in the Classic Adelaide Rally have been killed when their 1974 Porsche Carrera RS hit a tree on Hill Rd, Kersbrook, just after 3.30pm yesterday.

The two Victorians, Gary Tierney, 60 and David Carra, 43 will be honoured with a minute’s silence and prayer ahead of racing today. All cars will wear a black-tape [...]

Porsche 911 GT3 R developed for GT motor sport in 2010

Porsche has further developed its 911 GT3 for the 2010 motor sport season with a model specifically designed to comply with international FIA GT3 regulations.

The new 911 GT3 R, which will succeed the 911 GT3 Cup S, is powered by a 4.0-litre, six-cylinder ‘boxer’ engine to develop a maximum output of 353kW.
Mated to a sequential [...]

Valentino Rossi takes BMW M3 GTS for first steer

At the season finale of the 2009 MotoGP in Valencia last weekend, BMW honored nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi with the ‘M Award’.

Rossi was the fastest man over the seventeen rounds of this year’s MotoGP – his prize? A standard BMW M3 Sedan.

The weekend also allowed Rossi the opportunity to test the brand new lightweight [...]

Volkswagen Amarok will be official support vehicle for Dakar Rally

The Dakar Rally runs from the 1st to the 17th of January 2010, covering a distance of 9,000km through Argentina and Chile starting and finishing from Buenos Aires.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is the Official Supplier to the Dakar Rally and have chosen the Amarok to be the support vehicle. Organisers will use 20 Amarok with another [...]

Mercedes-Benz F1 sells McLaren, buys Brawn

Formula One powerhouse Mercedes-Benz is selling its share of McLaren and has bought a majority stake in Brawn GP.

Team principal Ross Brawn – who led Jenson Button to this year’s title and was technical director for Michael Schumacher’s seven world championships – will remain at the helm of the new team.
The takeover creates “Mercedes Grand [...]

Mercedes-Benz aims for a Classic Record in Adelaide

The Classic Adelaide Rally kicks off next Wednesday with Mercedes-Benz entering the grueling event for its thirteenth consecutive year.
This year Mercedes-Benz will have four cars competing in the “Thoroughbred Touring” category.

Leading the charge is Vern Schuppan who will be driving a new 285kW AMG Sports Mercedes-Benz E500 coupe. Schuppan comes from Adelaide and competes in [...]

Volkswagen Touareg set to defend ‘Dakar’ title

Volkswagen will field not one but five race-spec Touaregs early next year as the team bids to defend one of the most challenging international motorsport events, the Dakar Rally.
Taking place across the South American continent for the second consecutive year, the 31st ‘Dakar’ Rally will see the five Volkswagen teams encountering some of the most [...]

Kia unveils US motorsports program

“One Hot Ride” is the new US slogan for Kia’s Forte Koup (Cerato in Australia) and it couldn’t be more apt as Kia Motors America (KMA) previews plans of its motorsport program at the SEMA Show in Los Angeles, California.

Kia has teamed up with Kinetic Group and built two Forte Koups which will race in [...]

Renault considers withdrawing from F1

Hot on the heels of Wednesday’s announcement that Toyota was withdrawing from Formula One comes new rumours that Renault is also seriously considering leaving the championship before next season.

It is believed Toyota’s exit sparked an emergency meeting at Renault to decide the French company’s future in the sport.
Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn refused to speculate on [...]

Toyota to withdraw from F1

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has announced over night that it plans to withdraw from the FIA Formula One World Championship (F1) at the end of the 2009 season.

TMC, which had viewed its participation in F1 as contributing to the prosperity of automotive culture, remained dedicated to competing at the pinnacle of motor sports, even in [...]

Stokell Motorsport Track Day

By Anthony Crawford & Alborz Fallah
It’s amazing how very few people have ever spent a day at a race track but still call themselves motoring enthusiasts or skilled drivers.
Let’s be honest, we all think we are good drivers and I’m not saying you need to be out at a race track every weekend to be [...]

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