The Valvoline sponsored Pedders Racing team took to the Phillip Island Australian Production Car Endurance round with excitement and high hopes for victory in their class E Proton Satria. The weekend began with the team trialling some new set ups and tyre combinations that appeared to work well. With practice sessions and qualifying taking place [...]

Tony and Klark Quinn were well on the way to victory in the first round of the 2012 Australian Production Car Endurance Championship at Phillip Island, until a freakish pitlane incident put them out of the race. The Gold Coast father-son team’s V.I.P. Petfoods Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X had to be retired after it fell [...]

Seasoned Targa Tasmania competitor Gavin James and long-time co-driver Tim Kulhanek have achieved an impressive debut in their privately owned Mégane R.S. 250. Competing in the two-wheel-drive showroom category for the first time since the 1980s, James comfortably held his own against the favourites.  As the event unfolded the Renault was trading stage wins with [...]

On a day when MotoGP fans around the globe were treated to three absolutely thrilling races, reigning World Champion Casey Stoner took his first premier-class victory at the Jerez track at the Gran Premio bwin de España, as he fought an epic battle with championship rival Jorge Lorenzo. With rain throughout much of the practice [...]

Team MRF has had a successful weekend at Rally New Caledonia, the second round of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), with a 1-2 finish. Driving a Race Torque-prepared Skoda Fabia Super 2000, Gaurav Gill, with Australian co-driver Glenn Macneall, won the rally, with their team-mates, Chris Atkinson and Stephane Prevot, finishing second. The weather [...]

Carlton Dry Honda Thor Racing rider Brad Anderson has broken through for his first Monster Energy MX Nationals, Australian Motocross Championship, victory of the season at Wonthaggi in Victoria this weekend, 28-29 April. The two-time British champion boosted himself right back into championship contention with a consistent effort at round three of 2012, winning the [...]

Nissan and NISMO have announced that their Japanese Super GT star, Satoshi Motoyama, will be the third driver in the ground-breaking Nissan DeltaWing Le Mans 24 Hours race car. NISMO driver and triple Super GT champion, Motoyama, will join Briton Marino Franchitti and German Michael Krumm, who won the 2003 JGTC (currently SUPER GT) title [...]

What had been anticipated as a wet qualifying session after the rainy conditions so far, turned out to be a psychological battle with the elements, as a drying track and hovering dark clouds made conditions far from easy in MotoGP qualifying at the Gran Premio bwin de España. It was an absolutely thrilling affair as [...]

Mazda Motorsport celebrated another Showroom win at Targa Tasmania in 2012 and its first Australian Targa Championship victory after Simon Evans Mazda3 MPS crossed the finish line in Hobart more than 26 minutes ahead of his nearest rival. On his way to securing Mazda Motorsport’s fifth consecutive Showroom title, Evans was the fastest showroom car [...]

Pedders Racing has spent a month preparing for this weekend’s upcoming Australian Manufacturers Championship Endurance round at the iconic Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. “The team has had to remove the engine after the last round at Eastern Creek when it developed oil pressure issues and was down on power compared to previous rounds last [...]