Archive for June, 2008
Japanese Motorsport Hunting No.1 spot at Eastern Creek
Japanese Motorsport is set make a huge impact this weekend at Round 4 of the Toyo Tires Drift Australia Series at Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney NSW. This is the same track that JMS driver ‘Turbo’ Tom Monkhouse won at last year, and the whole crew is itching to return for back to back victories.
At [...]
Sepang: Two from Two for Woodwon Advan Nissan
The SUPER GT International Series MALAYSIA race, Round 4 of the 2008 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, was run at the Sepang International Circuit (lap = 5.542 km) in Malaysia on June 22. In the GT500 class, the No. 24 WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R driven by the pair of Joao Paulo Lima De Oliveira and Seiji Ara [...]
Christian Jones Scores Second PCCA Win at Zhuhai
Australian Christian Jones took his second Porsche Carrera Cup Asia victory of the day, winning Round 6 with another faultless performance on the 4.2km Zhuhai International Circuit. Jones crossed the line with a comfortable margin of more than four seconds from GruppeM Racing’s Tim Sugden. Hong Kong’s Darryl O’Young was 3rd for the second time [...]
Ebrahim Claims His Second Formula V6 Asia Win of the Season
Armaan Ebrahim claimed his second win of the season in another close race during the Formula V6 Asia Round 4 at Sepang International Circuit today. The weather changed midway through the race with a slight drizzle that came down to make the conditions hard to manage by the drivers, leaving streaks of slippery track surface [...]
PCC: Zhuhai Round Five Race Report
Christian Jones scored a perfect lights-to-flag victory in Round 5 of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia at the Zhuhai International Circuit today, opening up a margin of more than two seconds from GruppeM Racing’s Tim Sugden by the flag. Team Jebsen’s Darryl O’Young was third, after an oil pressure warning light gave him a scare [...]
Super GT Driver Sasaki Wins Aston Martin Asia Race
Super GT driver Kota Sasaki led from start to finish the opening race of the Aston Martin Asia Cup at Sepang Circuit today; ending Dilantha Malagamuwa brief winning streak at the inaugural series.
Starting from pole, Sasaki, who drives for Team Cusco Racing in the GT300 category, had a perfect to open an immediate lead over [...]
Asia SuperCar Challenge: AVILA Aims First Overall Victory
Having finished in the podium three times in the inaugural round last month, Macanese driver Rodolfo Avila is back to action in this weekend’s Asia Supercar Challenge (ASCC) rounds in Sepang, Malaysia.
After a storming championship start Avila wants to keep his momentum in the second event of the season. The #20 Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge [...]
Yoshitaka Kuroda Gains First Podium Of The Season
Yoshitaka Kuroda managed to conquer the first podium of the season for Asia Racing Team (ART) Motorsports during the Formula Asia 2.0 Round 2 at Sepang. The Macanese team increased its points haul with six more top ten results in the two races in Malaysia.
After a troublesome Qualifying, Race 1 had the ART drivers line [...]
Jamie Whincup Rules Sandown
A Late decision to ditch an “improved” engine part rescued Jamie Whincup’s day in the V8 Supercar series opener at Sandown.
Whincup led home a Ford trifecta when he won from start to finish to clinch the first of the round’s three 39-lap races. He beat home the Falcon of Mark Winterbottom while his teammate Craig [...]
Garth Tander Leads Sandown Midas 400 Practice
V8 Supercar series leader Garth Tander turned a dismal start into a dramatic conclusion yesterday when he grabbed the quickest practice time for this weekend’s Sandown Midas 400 round.
Tander got off to a bad start in his Holden in the opening session when he clashed with the Falcon of Michael Patrizi and was forced to [...]
