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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 »
Posted in: Latest News, Touring Car Masters
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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 »
Posted in: Supercars, Latest News
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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 »
Posted in: Supercars, Latest News
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TCM Mustang Sally Offered for Sale
The most successful car in Touring Car Masters may now be available for sale after owner Tony Warne placed TCM Mustang Sally on the market this week. A six-time winner of the TCM category with John Bowe (2011, 2012, 2014) and Steven Johnson (2017, 2018, 2019), the 1969 Ford Mustang Trans Am has taken 36… Read more »
Posted in: Latest News, Touring Car Masters
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Jim Fife Phase II XW GTHO Falcon Drag Car
Fancy buying a brand new Phase II XW GTHO Falcon for $3800? I‘ll take ten right away! In 1970 that was the asking price when a 29 year-old Sydney engineer by the name of Jim Fife decided that his attempts to build something outstanding for the quarter mile was too complex and he would be… Read more »
Posted in: Latest News, Drag Racing
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The Shaker HK Monaro takes GMH to the Quarter Mile
The Shaker HK Monaro takes GMH to the Quarter Mile. Drag racing in Victoria had been the seed bed for the new motorsport of drag racing. It provided home to the first drag strip, first organised drag racing, first dragster, first this, first that, mostly under the tutelage of a couple of highly organised hot… Read more »
Posted in: Latest News, Drag Racing
