Articles tagged with: Touring Cars
24 Hours of Le Mans winner and Formula One star Chris Amon is in the midst of a reunion with his 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL ‘Batmobile’. The pair are among an impressive line-up of drivers …
8380 Laboratories have put together a series of seriously groovy retro motorsport t-shirts based on the idea of a food chain for classic racing cars.
Interview: John Harvey
In this interview John reveals his favourite race cars, his toughest rival and why he supports electric car racing.
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John Harvey is one of Australia’s most versatile and accomplished racing drivers. He won numerous Speedway titles in the 50s and 60s, before switching to road racing where he successfully campaigned Brabham’s in the Australian …
Today the V8 Supercars unveiled their Car Of The Future (COTF) concept, in the hope of attracting new manufacturers into the sport.
Dick Johnson, five-time Australian Touring Car Champion (’81, ’82, ’84, ’88, ’89), three time Bathurst 1000 winner (’81,’ 89, ’94), Ford folk hero, and all ’round Australian racing royalty.
Dick sprung into the national consciousness after …
Known to motor racing fans simply as Gricey, this two time Bathurst 1000 winner (1986, 1990) was a hard charging, blisteringly quick, no nonsense racer.
Allan Moffat’s immortal 1969 Trans Am Mustang is one of the greats of Australian motorsport. The car won 101 of 151 races it contested, and today it continues to thrill crowds as part of …
In celebration of Chevrolet’s Centennial, the famous American brand takes a look back at its greatest racing moments over the past 100 years.
The final race of the debut round for the Touring Car Masters on the Gold Coast, and again the concrete canyon would both bring happiness and heartache, biting hard before the first turn …
Back in the day when an illustrator utilised paint, brushes, pencils – plus their own natural flair and talent – comes a small sample of Racing Car News covers.
Today, with Tour Classica winding its way through Melbourne’s city streets, RACV Motorclassica finally starts with a bang and a cough of smoke from the exhaust.
For those heading to the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne …
Early morning fog greeted the Touring Car Masters field as they took to the mountain for race three, opening the program for the greatest day in Australian motor sport, the day of the …
1. Dick Johnson – 1983
Johnson had this monumental trip into the scenery during qualifying in 1983. The accident …
Part 1 video contains the Touring Car Masters Race 2 and an interview with Jim Richards from the 2011 Muscle Car Masters at Eastern Creek
This great video series takes a look at BMW’s rich Motorsport history.
Part 1 looks at the Brabham BMW’s and the evolution of the turbo 4 cylinder stock block engine.
The Historic Sports and Racing Car Association of New South Wales took over Wakefield Park this past weekend, letting a glorious collection of historic sports and racing cars loose on a slippery circuit and producing …
The 2011 Australian Muscle Car Masters annual Father’s Day celebration is a unique showcase of Australia’s rich racing heritage.
Mark Pryor captured these fantastic photos from the 2011 event at Sydney’s Eastern Creek Raceway.
This video explores the history of BMW M racing from 1972 to 2009 and looks at BMW’s success in Formula 1 , Touring Car and Sports Car racing.
Back in the early 1990s Barry Sheene and Dick Johnson became household names in Australia, thanks to a series of TV commericals for Shell.
In this interview, Andrew Denton talks to them about shooting the commercials, …


















