Asian Motor Sports

Mark Krashos used a strong start and some turn one excitement to his advantage during today’s first race in the final round of the 2009 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Series, at Sandown Raceway.

It’s not Christmas, but there is a definite feeling of giving in this years’ Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Series.

Seasoned driver Craig Baird won two of the three races in the opening round at Pukekohe this weekend to hit the front in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge.

On Friday James Moffat (Bob Jane T-Marts/Trueline) was in hospital, today he was on cloud nine after he won Carrera Cup Australia’s final race of the year at the Nikon Indy 300 Sunday.

Former world champion Formula One driver Alan Jones is well known for his driving skills.
However, his passenger skills were put to the test on Saturday morning at the Nikon Indy 300 when his son Christian Jones invited him along for a hot lap with his Porsche Carrera Cup team.
And it took some effort to get [...]

Carrera Cup Australia has attracted many famous racing identities throughout its six-year history and at the Nikon Indy 300 this weekend another will be added to the list.

Dean Fiore (Complispace/Advance Energy) might have won the first Carrera Cup Australia race at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 today but it was Craig Baird (ACER/Leading Solutions) who created history at the famous circuit.
Baird finished second behind a masterful Fiore performance in wet and slippery conditions, clinching the 2008 Carrera Cup Australia Championship.
Baird is now [...]

Sometimes it all comes down to one decision.
When Aaron Caratti’s (Parklands on Bertram) team decided to change from wet tyres to slicks in the last few minutes of qualifying this morning at Barbagallo Raceway he thought they were crazy.
Heavy showers had proceeded the session and with a wet track Caratti wasn’t too keen on heading [...]

Given Aaron Caratti’s performance in the third round of Carrera Cup Australia, he would be the favourite no matter where Round Four of the championship was being held.
But considering the event is at Perth’s Barbagallo Raceway — Caratti’s home track — he is going to prove hard to beat when the championship heads there for [...]

West Australian Aaron Caratti has produced the perfect race weekend on his way to claiming his first ever Carrera Cup Australia round win.
Round Three of Carrera Cup Australia, held at Goulburn’s Wakefield Park this weekend, belonged to the affable Sandgroper, who dominated the round from Friday’s practice session to the final race today.
Caratti was the [...]

Aaron Caratti has claimed his second ever Carrera Cup Australia race victory after taking out Race One at Wakefield Park in Goulburn this afternoon.
The Perth based driver led the 18 lap race from start to finish, beating home the second placed Dean Fiore (Complispace/Advance Energy) with Craig Baird (ACER/Leading Solutions) in third.
Bryce Washington (ADRAD) was [...]

The gauntlet has been thrown down to Carrera Cup Australia championship leader Craig Baird (ACER/Leading Solutions) as the category heads into Round Three at Wakefield Park, Goulburn, this weekend.
Baird has been in excellent form winning the first two rounds of the season in Adelaide and Melbourne, but he has been put on notice from his [...]