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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 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 [...]

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 [...]

Formula BMW Pacific has announced the final round of the 2008 season will be run as part of the prestigious Macau Grand Prix from November 13 to 16, giving the region’s finest junior single seater racers a unique opportunity to tackle the legendary Guia street circuit.
In what will be an exciting opportunity to showcase the [...]

Declaring that the Super GT International Series is the best racing series in the world, visiting GT Queens Ayami Sasaki and Kotomi Kurosawa say that they are enjoying every moment of their association with the series and are very excited with the upcoming Malaysian round at Sepang Circuit from June 20 to 22.
As the official [...]

Days after Scott Dixon’s grand Indy500 triumph, the latest Kiwi go-kart prodigy was making the big move to follow in his superstar tracks.
Thirteen-year-old Nick Cassidy, from Whenuapai, secured the licence this week enabling him to compete in the four-race Formula First winter series at Manfeild.
The Cassidy story is of a youngster who, after being initially [...]

Richie Rappa has dominated the inaugural Aussie Racing Cars Need For Speed event at Oran Park on the weekend, while TV personalities got a taste of the Aussie Racing Cars action themselves.
With almost 30 cars entered for the non-Series event it was pride that was on the line as the ‘pocket rockets’ took the short [...]

The extent of NASCAR’s influence never ceases to amaze me.
The latest wonderment comes via Australia and the brand new, never seen before, never raced before NASCUP racing car.
Behold - NASCUP racing cars.
Following in the tradition of Aussie Racing Cars (ARC) which is now recognized as Australia’s most successful motor racing category comes a new class [...]

The grid for the inaugural Aston Martin Asia Cup’s opening race at Shanghai on 25 May will boast drivers from across the region and beyond in a packed weekend of motor sport action. The series, in partnership with Michelin, Dura, Racing Logistics International, Auto Media China and Graham, is the first ever Aston Martin one [...]

Black Tara’s Armaan Ebrahim won the Formula V6 Asia Super Sprint race on Saturday at Sepang. In second place was Earl Bamber, driving for The Pizza Company Team QI-Meritus. Completing the podium was Earl’s teammate James Grunwell in third.
It was a joyous day for birthday boy Ebrahim, who started the race with a clear track [...]

Formula BMW Junior Simon Moss (RSA/16/Mahara) strengthened his championship lead by taking victory in Round 3 at Sepang International Circuit, his second win in three races, while pole-sitter Malaysia’s Melvin Moh (19/Team Holzer PFX) held off ferocious attacks from a determined Ryuichi Nara (JPN/19/Team E-Rain) to record his first podium finish.
Hong Kong’s Ross Jamison (18/Meritus) [...]

Malaysian driver Eddie Lew took home his first win in Round 2 of the Asian Touring Car Series at Sepang International Circuit today. It was a good clean race in which 18 of the 25 starters completed the 10-lap outing.
Lew beat the Thai favourite, Jack Lemvard, who suffered from a tyre valve tear after [...]

Young New Zealand racing driver Earl Bamber has reunited with the Meritus team for a tilt at the Formula V6 Asia championship which begins this weekend in Malaysia.
Bamber, 17, drove the Malaysian-based team to victory in the 2006 Formula BMW Asia championship in his rookie year.
The Wanganui teen says this year’s V6 championship is crucial [...]

The Asian Touring Car Series is back and the grid will be full next weekend when Asia’s best touring car drivers line up for the season opener at Sepang International Circuit.
The 2008 season of ATCS will see drivers competing in 12 rounds at five of the best race circuits around Asia, beginning with the first [...]

Leanne Tander returns to the scene of one her best ever drives this weekend as the fight for the 2008 Australian F3 Championship heads to Mallala Raceway this weekend for the latest round of the season.
Tander was involved in a first lap altercation with championship rival Tim Macrow in last years’ first race at Mallala, [...]