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FORD’S AUSSIE PULLOUT: HEAR THE FULL MEDIA CONFERENCE
In case you missed it, here is the full audio of the Ford Australia media conference announcing the company’s decision to end manufacturing in Australia. ford-press-23rd-may-2013ford-press-23rd-may-2013
Continue reading...THE FALCON IS DEAD! FORD TO END AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING
23. May 2013
NO DECISION ON MOTORSPORT FUTURE, YET! Ford Australia have announced their decision to withdraw from manufacturing in Australia with both Geelong and Broadmeadows plants to close in October 2016. Rumours of the withdrawal have been rife within the local car industry for several years now, with most talk centring around the future of the iconic Ford Falcon. The move comes after years of declining sales for the Falcon and the failure of other nameplates to capture the market. Bob Graziano, president and CEO of Ford Australia, told the media that the company had lost $144 mil. Last year alone making a loss of $600 mil. Over the past five years. Mr Graziano confirmed that the Falcon nameplate would cease when production of the car ends in 2016. He sais the the decision to end local production followed a comprehensive review process of the companies operations in Australia. In it's media staement Ford said: "Given the changing dynamics of the auto industry, a number of business scenarios were reviewed during the past year to determine next steps for Ford’s Australian business....
Continue reading...WIN TICKETS TO SENSATIONAL SANDOWN MAY 18 - 19
7. May 2013
To win tickets to the second round of the Victorian Circuit Racing Championships at Sandown Raceway on May 18 - 19 just go to the In Pit Lane Competition page and answer the very simple question. HINT: She was a recent guest on In Pit Lane. The In Pit Lane Competition Page
Continue reading...WILD FIAT/SUZUKI HILLCLIMB SPECIAL IN ACTION
20. March 2013
This is just insane. Check out this wild looking and even better sounding Fiat 600 Sports Sedan running in the European series. Powered by a Suzuki engine this thing just makes you want to smile from begining to end.
Continue reading...THE RETURN OF THE IN PIT LANE PODCAST
6. March 2013
[podcast format="video"]https://archive.org/download/IPLPodcastAudio030213/IPLPodcastAudio030213.m4a[/podcast]
Continue reading...SVG STUNS AS A NEW V8 ERA BEGINS
1. March 2013
New Zealand driver Shane Van Gisbergen has returned to V8 Supercar racing in style with an impressive pole position for Saturday's first leg of the Clipsal 500. After surprising the V8 Supercar community by announcing his decision to quit V8 racing for 2013, "The Giz" infuriated Ford fans, and his former team Stone Brothers Racing, by moving to the smaller Tekno Autosports team and Holden. In front of a massive Friday crowd of just under 68,000, the 21 year old Kiwi again showed why he is considered one of the best in the business with a scintillating lap in the top ten shootout. "All day we have been in the top five or there abouts and it felt amazing," Van Gisbergen said. "The car and the team atmosphere is really good, I'm really enjoying myself and just going racing, my phone's broken so I haven't read any media at all, it's been great, so I'm just going out and doing it.
Continue reading...MERCEDES V8 CHALLENGE STARTS THIS WEEKEND
26. February 2013
With the Australian V8 Supercar season kicking off this weekend in Adelaide, the new Erebus Racing Mercedes team are getting ready for their debut event.
Continue reading...NOW IT’S OFFICIAL: STONER WILL RACE IN V8 SUPERCARS
27. January 2013
Now it’s official. Former two-time World Moto GP Champion Casey Stoner will race in the 2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Development Series. Stoner, who retired from MotoGP racing at the end of last year, will drive a car entered by Triple Eight Race Engineering in the Dunlop V8 Series – the development category for the V8 Supercar [...]
Continue reading...THE GIZ RETURNS TO V8 SUPERCARS
23. January 2013
New Zealand driver Shane Van Gisbergen has announced his return to V8 Supercar Racing less than two months after announcing his intention to quit. Van Gisbergen will drive a Holden for the Gold Coast based Tekno Motorsport team alongside Jono Webb. The 23 year old shocked the V8 Supercar community with his announcement late last year that he was leaving the sport due to personal reasons. He said today though that while he had walked away from V8s he had never permanently retired from the sport. “I was never retired, retirement is final and that was never my consideration. I said I was leaving the sport for a bit. I’ve considered my options and this is the next chapter in my career.” The news of Van Gisbergen's sudden return is sure to infuriate his former boss at Stone Brothers Racing Ross Stone who released the Kiwi from a recently signed three year contract.
Continue reading...V8 SUPERCARS: TELL ‘EM THEY’RE DREAMIN’
10. January 2013
With the wrangling over their television rights continuing, and faced with falling ratings and crowd numbers, you might think that V8 Supercars Australia might be keen to make as many friends as possible in the wider media. However judging by the new terms and conditions imposed on those requiring media accreditation for the 2013 season, it would appear that VESA is intent on making coverage even harder and more restrictive. With accreditation opening for the 2013 season, the updated terms & conditions make for some very interesting and sometime concerning reading. First cab off the rank is this gem: "V8 Supercars only accredits publications and agencies: a) with a minimum circulation of 20,000 for magazines and 50,000 for newspapers" That one is bound to send a few shockwaves through the ranks of those at Australia's longest serving motorsport publication "Australian Auto Action" With a ACB audited circulation of only "10,370" per issue, Foges and the AAA crew will have to get used to the somewhat less rarified air of the Shannons Nationals Media Centre, as by my very basic maths they fall about 9630 short of the minimum requirement. Oh and whose figures are we using here? The independent Audit Bureaux of Australia or the notoriously unreliable "publisher's estimate"? If we are looking for audited, independent figures, then that pretty much rules out all those publications who are not a part of the ABA system.
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