Archive for June, 2007
Motor Mouth Gets V8 Chairman Sacked
TONY Cochrane, the most powerful person in Australian motor racing, was sensationally relieved of his position as chairman of V8 Supercars at the Eastern Creek round in Sydney yesterday.
TEGA, the association of team owners is headed by independent former politician John Hewson, has agreed that a change at the helm of the category is set [...]
Skaife Wins Race One at Eastern Creek
Mark Skaife may not have been at the top of anyone’s list when it came to predicting a winner for the opening race of round five of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship, but the 40-year old veteran came out on top at Eastern Creek.
The Holden Racing Team star may have qualified second fastest, but has [...]
Lowndes Sets Eastern Creek Pace
Craig Lowndes set the early pace in the fifth round of the V8 Supercar Championship at Eastern Creek, the former champion topping the practice session.
Returning to the circuit he won at in 2005 when the championship last competed at the Sydney circuit, Lowndes overcame continually changing track conditions to record to the fastest lap of [...]
A 100% Promise is Hard to Keep
Paul Radisich has quit as Team Kiwi Racing’s driver for the 2007 V8 Supercar series.
”TKR is in breach of contract and I have therefore terminated my contract with immediate effect,” Radisich said today.
The New Zealander issued to further comment about his reasons for quitting the team.
Team owner David John fired back at Radisich.
“I couldn’t care [...]
Ambrose Turns Up the NASCAR Heat
Austraila’s Marcos Ambrose has earned his best ever NASCAR Busch Series finish with a sixth in the Dover 200 in Delaware.
Ambrose drove a superb race in his Ford at the challenging 1.6km concrete speedway known as “The Monster Mile“ to better his previous best finish in the second-tier Busch Series, an eighth on the Mexico [...]
Kiwis Race in Shadow of Legends
The Nurburgring is steeped in history. It was here that driving greats such as Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart rose to the occasion and dominated.
It’s also where some of the worst crashes and deaths in grand prix history happened - Nicki Lauda was scarred for life, and Peter [...]
MAM: We are Within our Rights
THE Motorsports Association of Malaysia (MAM) strongly believes that its formation and activities are done within the laws of Malaysia and not governed by those set by international motorsports bodies.
Thus, the question of MAM’s duties overlapping with that of the Automobile Association of Malaysia (AAM) does not arise, said Motorsports Commission of Malaysia (MCM) chairman [...]
Fast Fuad breaks lap record
Ahmad Fuad Baharudin clocked a confidence boosting fastest lap in the first timed practice session of the Petronas Sprinta FIM Asian Grand Prix at the Sentul Circuit in Indonesia today.
The Petronas Sprinta Yamaha Malaysia ace set an impressive time of one minute 33.759 seconds on his third lap out to put a dent in the [...]
