Interesting noises coming from the V8 Supercar megalopolis this week, with the Indy 300 race rebranded as the Gold Coast SuperCarnivale, and the announcement of a $2.5 million V8 Grand Slam prize.
The end for GC’s Indy 300
at 4:16 pm on Friday February 5, 2010If you build it, will no one come?
at 2:26 pm on Monday February 1, 2010
The V8 Supercar season kicks off again in three weeks with a double-header in the Middle East. And while the Supercar crowd are making a lot of noise about it, is it something to get excited about? Not judging by the lack of fans…
Oran Park – a love story
at 1:06 pm on Friday January 15, 2010Punting cars around a track is, without a doubt, as addictive as cigarettes laced with heroin. So to lose one of my main suppliers is a big deal…
Two days to build, milliseconds to wreck…
at 6:56 pm on Sunday January 10, 2010Check out this quick vid of USF1 crash-testing its nosecone. Very cool… now it just needs to produce the rest of its car in time for testing next month!
GARLAND OUT OF DAKAR…
at 2:31 pm on Friday January 8, 2010An errant spare wheel has ended the gallant 2010 Dakar Rally effort of Australian driver Bruce Garland and co-driver Hiroaki (‘Harry’) Suzuki on the event’s 418 km sixth special stage from Antofagasta to Iquique in Chile.
His Isuzu D-MAX’s spare wheel dislodged from its special rear tub mounting on the rough trackless wastes after being hastily [...]
V8’s playing a dangerous game
at 10:04 am on Friday January 8, 2010
Another permanent Aussie circuit has lost the ‘right’ to host a Supercar race – Queensland Raceway is out of the 2010 championship. Why? Money, as always…
Dakar Day Three – Garland moves forward
at 11:31 am on Tuesday January 5, 2010
(With thanks to Liz Swanton, Team Isuzu’s PR guru…)
Bruce Garland and Harry Suzuki and their Isuzu D-MAX ute have moved further up the field on the third full day of competition in the 2010 Dakar Rally and are now knocking on the door of the top 20.
The Garland MotorSports pair finished [...]
Aussies take on Dakar 2010
at 2:19 pm on Monday January 4, 2010
It’s Dakar time again! Yeah, it’s only been a few weeks, but Dakar helps me get through to the start of the next motorsport season. Once again, we’ll track the progress of Bruce Garland and the Isuzu team, as they tackle the 9000km monster rally through Argentina, into Chile and back over the Andes for [...]
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