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There’s always a but[t] isn’t there? You can be the butt of jokes, and there’s always the popular pork butt if you’re into the BBQ scene.
With the reunification of the American open wheel scene comes a number of buts that have come to the fore, but for my purposes I’ll deal with the Gold Coast’s [...]

Fujitsu Racing’s Jason Bright is confident of a strong showing at the second round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series at Sydney Eastern Creek on March 7-9.
Bright brought his Fujitsu Racing Ford Falcon home in 10th position in race #2 at the recent Clipsal 500 in Adelaide. He is confident of an even better performance [...]

Today’s opening race of NZ V8s action has seen HPM Racing team driver Paul Radisich finish on the podium in a rain shortened race at the Timaru International Raceway. Turning to sodden conditions for the fifth round in the 2007/08 championship season, Radisich started the 777 HPM Racing team car from third position for the [...]

New Zealand V8 drivers John McIntyre and Andy Booth, along with Porsche GT3 driver Craig Baird, enjoyed a unique opportunity to fly with the Royal New Zealand Air Force ‘Red Checkers’ aerobatic team on Friday.
The New Zealand V8s race at Timaru’s Levels circuit this weekend (1-2 March) and during Friday’s testing sessions, the offer came [...]

Andy Booth led from the front to win the weekend’s first New Zealand V8s race at the Timaru International Motor Raceway in the VnC Cocktails 200.
With fresh support from Big Ben Pies for his Tasman Motorsport Holden, the two-time V8s champion took pole position in the rain-affected qualifying sessions from defending V8s champion and current [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) has confirmed V8 Supercar driver Ashley Cooper has passed away in Royal Adelaide hospital.
Cooper 27, of Ulladulla in NSW, died following a crash in last Saturday’s Fujitsu development series race at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide.
An experienced motor racing competitor, Cooper was critically injured when his vehicle impacted [...]