Archive for February, 2008
Baird’s Australian GT3 Battle Not Over Yet
Defending champion Craig Baird heads to the penultimate GT3 round at Timaru with a healthy points lead - but the battle is far from over.
Gunning for the two-time Battery Town title holder are Toyota Racing Series graduate Daniel Gaunt who is second overall in the points standings, young gun Jono Lester who is third, and [...]
Ambrose Survives Rough Nascar Race
Australian driver Marcos Ambrose has endured handling problems as he stumbled to 22nd in the second race of the Nascar season.
Ambrose, racing in Nascar’s second-tier Nationwide Series for the JTG Racing team, managed to hang on to record his first finish of the season, at the Stater Bros 300 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, [...]
Asia Supercar Challenge to Join AFOS
Supercar Club Hong Kong held its Race Drivers Meeting, together with our two new partner promoters, March 3 International Inc., and Motorsport Asia Limited . In attendance were the representatives from the three companies, and most of the ASCC drivers and new team managers. The new changes and rules and regulations for the 2008 Asia [...]
Engstler will defend ATCS title
One week after presenting their World Touring Car Championship team, Liqui Moly Team Engstler announced their driver line-up for the Asian Touring Car Series for the 2008 Season.
For the team, being in the ATCS is as important as being in the WTCC. “We have to defend two championship titles in Asia and to advance the [...]
Pressures on NZV8’s McIntyre
New Zealand V8s motor racing champion John McIntyre is looking back to lessons learned last year to ensure the road ahead of him remains free of obstacles.
McIntyre has built a handy 79-point lead as he works towards retaining his championship title. The Nelson driver said he would use last year’s high-pressure win to help him [...]
V8 Supercar War of Words and Sheet Metal!
NASCAR, take note what follows is what many fans think has been missing from America’s premier tin-top series. Trash talkin’!
The V8 Supercar Series last weekend featured both a war of sheet metal between the sports biggest stars and afterwards a war of words has ensued.
First the on track melee: The biggest incident occurred on lap [...]
Asian F3 Super Racing Festival
Asian F3 will now end the 2007-8 season with a bang, the Super Racing Festival at the challenging Batangas Race Circuit will take place over five days from March 26th to March 30th. Two days of practice will be followed by two races per day from Friday to Sunday.
The event will also feature the first [...]
Zhuhai Brolly Babes
Will V8 Supercars Mimic NASCAR after Death
It took the death of NASCAR’s biggest star Dale Earnhardt Sr. in 2001 to add urgency to the sanctioning bodies efforts at producing a safer vehicle. The resulting car is getting its first full season test this year and at this point has generally received passing grades.
This past weekend saw the tragic death of Ashley [...]
Carrera Cup Asia Update
The Porsche Carrera Cup Asia has announced the strongest line-up in its history for its sixth season as the region’s premier sportscar series, and arguably one of the best ever seen in Asia. With entries yet to close, eighteen of the finest racers in the category from Asia, the Pacific and Europe have already signed [...]
