Archive for June, 2006
Toll HSV happy after hot day in Darwin
The Toll HSV Dealer Team kicked off its Hidden Valley campaign by putting both of its Commodores into the top four in Friday practice for the SkyCity Triple Crown.
Rick Kelly, who had been 28th fastest in practice at the same event last year, breezed into second place on the timesheets with a best lap of [...]
Firman Takes Japanese Super GT Win
A1 Team Ireland star Ralph Firman took the podium in round four of the Japanese Super GT Championship for Team Honda Racing this weekend in Malaysia, taking the championship lead in the process.
Firman, the principal driver for A1 Team Ireland last season, claimed pole position and won the race despite gruelling conditions which saw his [...]
Garth Tander Quietly Leads V8 Championship
Unassuming V8 Supercar Championship Series leader Garth Tander is quietly going about his business heading into the Sky City Triple Challenge in Darwin this weekend. Come the end of the year, that business could well be a maiden V8 Supercar title.
Team Betta Electrical’s Craig Lowndes remains the series favourite and, while the Holden Racing Team’s [...]
A1 Team Malaysia to Demo A1 Car at Japan GT event
A1 Team Malaysia has annouced that it will carry out a five lap demonstration drive of the A1 Team Malaysia car at the Japan GT event at Sepang International Circuit this Sunday 25 June 2006.
The A1 Team Malaysia car driven to victory by Alex Yoong at the Shanghai International Circuit on 2 April 2006 has [...]
Al Fardan Dominant in the Rain
A heavy rain shower 10 minutes before the start set the stage for an action packed and incident filled Formula V6 Asia by Renault Sprint Race.
Pole position man Hamad Al Fardan managed a textbook start. “Luck was on my side. It was a tricky race but I managed to hold on to my position and [...]
Ben Clucas Grabs Mallala Pole Position
British driver Ben Clucas proved at Phillip Island a month ago that he only needs the smallest amount of time to win a Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship race – in that case .0031s.
This weekend at Adelaide’s Mallala Raceway, Clucas proved that he only needs the last thirty seconds of Qualifying to take the [...]
Marcos Ambrose Milwaukee Recap
Team Australia NASCAR Truck driver Marcos Ambrose has had his best finish yet in the Craftsman Truck Series, finishing 18th in the Milwaukee 200 at the classic Milwaukee Mile in Wisconsin today.
After qualifying ninth in his Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards Ford F-150, the dual Australian V8 Supercar champion battled for a position inside the top 10 [...]
A1 Team Canada’s Car Heads Home
A1 Team Canada will take their race winning car home for the first time this weekend, giving race fans their first opportunity to see the car, as well as to meet the team’s star drivers. A1 Team Canada drivers Sean McIntosh and Patrick Carpentier will be in Montreal to meet fans and sign autographs.
As Montreal [...]
A1GP Drivers Storm Turkey
After spending the winter racing in A1 Grand Prix, five A1 drivers are now well into their summer programmes, racing in the World Series by Renault championship. It was a mixed weekend for Kerr, McIntosh, Shimoda, Parente and Tocaccelo, with Parente taking his first World Series win on the Istanbul circuit.
Alvaro Parente, who drove for [...]
Dado Pena Cops Round 4 Asian Formula 3 Win
Dado Pena took the lead from Tyson Sy on the last corner of the last lap after the pair had swapped the lead several times in the previous four corners. Ali Jackson led into that lap but a mechanical gremlin saw him slump to third. Satrio Hermanto won the Promotions Class from LouMeng Cheong.
Jackson made [...]
