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 [...]

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 [...]

The opening round of the 2012 Australian Superbike Championship took place over the weekend in Phillip Island, Victoria with action from start to finish in both races. Contested alongside the Australian round of the Superbike World Championship, Waters was relentless in his pursuit for victory at the season opener, claiming pole position and 1-2 finishes [...]

Australia’s greatest active touring car driver, Jim Richards, will relive the first of his four National titles when he returns to the wheel of one of his 1985 Championship-winning BMW 635 CSi at the 2012 Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport from March 9-11. Richards will race the former John Player Special team car against [...]

As the year comes to a close and the off season begins to take effect, there is nothing much to do but to start looking forward to the next year in motor sport. The 23rd annual Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motor Sport is running from March 9-12 and has a record grid of up [...]

Craig Lowndes fought hard for the 2011 V8 Supercar Championship only missing by 35 points, but overnight he had a reason to smile with his third Barry Sheene Medal at the 2011 Gala Dinner Awards inSydney.   Lowndes took the prestigious medal named after the late great Sheene for his all-round appeal with fans and [...]

Yamaha Factory Racing rider Jorge Lorenzo will not participate in this weekend’s season finale at Valencia. The Mallorcan is still recovering from finger surgery following a crash in warm up in Australia. Lorenzo continues to make good progress in recovery following plastic surgery to repair damage to the ring finger of his left hand sustained [...]

Straight back to work after claiming the 2011 MotoGP title with victory in his home GP at Phillip Island just five days ago, Casey Stoner was joined by Repsol Honda team-mate Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati’s Valentino Rossi, Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Colin Edwards and Rizla Suzuki’s Álvaro Bautista in the Thursday press conference ahead of [...]

The race for the 2011 QBE Australian Superbike Championship crown is fast becoming a numbers game. The series heads to Symmons Plains Raceway as part of the V8 Supercars Falken Tasmania Challenge on November 11-13, but unlike last year, there is still a round to follow. If Procon Maxima BMW’s Glenn Allerton gets enough points [...]