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Round Three of the Yokohama V8 Ute Racing Series kicked off Friday at Perth’s Barbagallo Raceway with two practice sessions lead by combined fastest time setter Kim Jane.
“It’s great to start the weekend on a high” explained Jane in the Trading Post/Bob Jane Commodore. “We’re just having a ball and with the team and car [...]

After a glittering launch of Glory Team Racing’s stunning new United Industries supported MINI CHALLENGE racecar, Perth’s David Turner scorched around the Barbagallo Raceway to set the fastest lap of the first two practice sessions in MINI CHALLENGE Friday.
The experienced campaigner set the fastest lap in the cool temperatures of this morning’s first practice, ending [...]

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 [...]

A1 Team Great Britain’s Robbie Kerr put in a sensational performance to qualify in pole position for tomorrow morning’s Sprint race at the A1GP Brands Hatch, Great Britain, much to the delight of his home fans.
The British racer will also start the Feature race from the front row of the grid, lining up in second [...]

Toyota Australia has put an end to long-running media speculation by announcing it will enter the Aussie Racing Cars Super Series with the TRD Aurion, making it the first manufacturer to directly support one of Australia’s most exciting racing categories.
Using a scaled-down body shell of the new TRD Aurion performance sedan, Toyota intends to have [...]

Look past the front gaggle of cars at this weekend’s third round of the Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship and you’re likely to see a battle just as intense as the one raging for the outright lead.
The Formula 3 National class has exploded in 2008 with a depth of competition and ferocity of racing [...]

Earl Bamber has scored a clean sweep of the Toyota Racing Series events at the Hamilton 400.
Bamber, 17, was fastest in testing, took pole in dominant form in the two qualifying sessions and won both races. It was his first clean sweep of the 2008 season and included a new race lap record [...]

Bamber makes no mistake to win at Hamilton 400
Wanganui driver Earl Bamber made the most of pole position to win the first Toyota Racing Series at the Hamilton 400 Saturday.
He got a clean start on the damp track and defended a mid-race challenge from Australian Nathan Antunes to lead all the way to the chequered [...]

Toll Holden Racing Team’s Garth Tander won the first race of this weekend’s Hamilton 400 in New Zealand.
Tander ran in second for most of the first half of the race but looked set for victory thanks to a confusing opening to the race. Tander was followed closely home by HSV Dealer Team’s Rick Kelly, pole [...]

Heavy rain (”Ooame”) forced the cancellation of Friday’s qualifying and the track was still wet on Saturday.
Organizers tried to get the track ready but “weepers” (I think I’ve heard that term somewhere before - ed) caused by more than 2 inches of rain the previous 30 hours forced Saturday’s race to be called off after [...]

After a dominant performance during Friday’s qualifying sessions at the Hamilton 400, New Zealand V8 champion John McIntyre went on to win the first rain-shortened race.
Having set a qualifying time more than eight-tenths of a second faster than Angus Fogg, his closest rival - the biggest qualifying margin all season - McIntyre led from start [...]

The 2007-08 A1GP championship will be decided at Brands Hatch next month after leaders Team Switzerland failed to clinch the title in Shanghai.
Driver Neel Jani dominated Sunday morning’s Sprint Race from pole position and, with New Zealand’s Jonny Reid failing to finish, Switzerland needed to take another two points from their nearest rivals in the [...]

Johnny Herbert scored his second race victory of the weekend at the Dubai Autodrome on Saturday to seal the inaugural Speedcar Series title. Herbert actually ended the season level on points with David Terrien, but scored more wins than the Frenchman throughout the season. Title rivals Uwe Alzen and Jean Alesi, who both started the [...]

The good folks at A1 Podium are reporting a new A1GP team will be announced from the Asia-Pacific region Sunday, reportedly at a cost that runs to seven figures.
Also, there will be about three new venues next season with a couple of the current ones being dropped. David Clare said that they basically already know [...]

Neel Jani gave Team Switzerland the perfect qualifying result in their bid to wrap up the A1GP title by bagging pole position for the sprint race in Shanghai.
The ex-Toro Rosso F1 tester pulled a great late effort out in the closing stages of the second 15-minute session to take the top slot from the impressive [...]