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Supercars rule variations for Sydney SuperSprint COVID restrictions
Supercars rule variations have been sent to teams today ahead of the upcoming Sydney Motorsport Park SuperSprint. The variations are in line with COVID restrictions. Each team will need to adhere to these rules for at least the Sydney event, which will feature three 130km sprint races. At SMSP, teams will be required to make… Read more »
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Three 130km races confirmed for Supercars Sydney SuperSprint
Three 130km sprint races and a top 15 shootout headline Supercars return to racing at the Sydney Motorsport Park SuperSprint in three weeks’ time. The official schedule and session times were released this morning. The event at Sydney Motorsport Park will open on Saturday June 27 with a 20-minute rookie-only session, followed by two full-field… Read more »
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“Big Ed” Stipanovich Sedan Drag Racing
“Big Ed” Stipanovich was one sedan drag racing’s biggest names through the 1970s after an early apprenticeship in the Sydney street racing scene. Ed would thrash his Ford Single Spinner ute or his Triumph motorcycle around the old airstrip at Castlereagh, along the new entry road into the factories at the Brickies venue at Homebush,… Read more »
Posted in: Drag Racing
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TCM CONFIRMS REVISED 2020 CALENDAR
THE GULF WESTERN OIL Touring Car Masters Series will return to the track this August for the resumption of the 2020 championship. Commencing at Sydney Motorsport Park, TCM will complete an additional four rounds this season, racing alongside key Australian Racing Group (ARG) categories at Shannons Motorsport Australia Events and the Bathurst International event in… Read more »
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The Leprechaun Monaro Pro Stocker
At his home track at Adelaide International Raceway Peter D’Alessandro was a star in his “Leprechaun” Monaro. The conventional wisdom, for good reason, is that most people who come to drag racing do so from a base in street performance. It was certainly that way for Adelaide sedan specialist Peter D’Alessandro in the early 1970s…. Read more »
Posted in: Drag Racing, Modified
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Supercars back on track in June
After a four-month break from the track, the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship will be roaring back to racing, starting in Sydney on June 27. Supercars today confirmed the details of a rescheduled 2020 Championship calendar which includes 11 more events to run between June and February 2021. Supercars CEO Sean Seamer said his team had… Read more »
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Blue Meanie Plymouth helps shape Australian Drag Racing
This week’s installment is against the strictures of our esteemed editor, who said to keep this Australian, but we need somewhere to have a discussion about the three American sedans which set up much of Australia’s drag racing from 1964 into the 1970s. These cars were known locally as Ramchargers, a name adopted from an… Read more »
Posted in: Drag Racing, Modified
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Mopar Charger Aussie Pro Stocker
Mopar Charger Aussie Pro Stocker! There haven’t been that many attempts to make for a fast Chrysler product in Australian sedan drag racing over the past 50 years. Ford and Chevy (Holden) products seeming to dominate the field. One of the few serious attempts was that of the Sydney-based Bob Reischl and Bill Gilmore team… Read more »
Posted in: Drag Racing, Modified
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DJR EF Falcon wrecked Panels up for sale
Twisted and dented metal from the DJR EF Falcon campaigned by John Bowe in 1996 have gone on the market after being uncovered by The Motorsport Trader. Bowe suffered one of the biggest crashes of his career at Phillip Island in 1996 when he dropped a wheel into the wet grass exiting The Hayshed, hitting… Read more »
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