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RALLY AUSTRALIA BOSS IN SEX SCANDAL
Former CAMS CEO and Rally Australia Chairman Graham Fountain has been forced to step down as CEO of Melbourne’s Metropolitan Fire Brigade after claims of sexual harassment by a female employee. Mr Fountain tendered his resignation this morning (Thursday Dec. 16th) , which was accepted by the president of the board, Neil Comrie. According to a report [...]
Continue reading...TOYOTA COMMIT TO AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING
Friday, September 10, 2010
In a major boost to the Australian Auto manufacturing industry Toyota Australia have committed to manufacturing a new engine for its Camry and Hybrid Camry sedans at its Australian engine plant in Altona, Victoria. More than 100,000 engines will be produced each year commencing in the later half of 2012. Approximately $300 million of project expenditure will be injected into the Australian economy. According to Toyota securing the next generation engine provides a foundation for on-going vehicle production at the Altona plant. It also provides Toyota Australia with significant opportunities to export the new engine to other Toyota manufacturing plants in ASEAN countries that produce Camry and Hybrid Camry. Toyota Australia President and CEO, Mr Max Yasuda, welcomed the decision and praised the efforts of Toyota Australia's employees, unions and suppliers in ensuring the project went ahead.
Continue reading...AUSSIE ICONS BACK IN PIT LANE
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Classic Car Specialists Brooklands Classic Cars and iconic Australian Sports and Racing Car manufacturer Elfin have joined forces to bring C31's popular live motorsport tonight show In Pit Lane back to Melbourne's TV screens. The new series of In Pit Lane will commence 9.30pm Tuesday night September 7th, live from the studios of RMITV in the heart of Grand Prix City, Melbourne. Special guest will be popular V8 Supercar star Jason Bright driver of the Trading Post Commodore for Brad Jones Racing. Paul Sabine of Brooklands Classic Cars said that the sponsorship of In Pit Lane was a great choice for the company. “In Pit Lane has developed to be an icon in Australian motor sport and Brooklands Classic Cars are delighted to assist in fostering IPL’s ongoing success." he said. Mr Sabine said that Brooklands had been catering to car enthusiasts and owners of interesting and sporting cars for many years and clients could rely on that experience when searching for that special car. "The sort of hard core enthusiast and classic car lover that buys our cars and uses our services are the very same people who regularly tune into In Pit Lane." he said. In Pit Lane host Brett Ramsey said he was delighted to be able to continue with the show which is now in it's 15th straight year of production. The show finished it's last season in May and looked set to disappear forever due to a lack of sponsorship. Now thanks to Brooklands Classic Cars and Elfin, the show returns for a new 13 week series to cover a busy three months of local and international motorsport.
Continue reading...RICCIARDO RUNS HOT IN HUNGARY
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Western Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo has won his second race in the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series taking the chequered flag at the Hungaroring. Starting from pole Ricciardo led from start to finish. The victory now moves the young Aussie to within six points of Mikhail Aleshin who was second. Sten Pentus finished third, despite the best efforts of New Zealand's Brendon Hartley. With a track temperature of 46°C, the hot conditions suited the young Aussie perfectly. "It was very hot, but having grown up in Australia certainly helped me today. Coming two days after my 21st birthday this is an important win. I had the support of my family who are here today." he said. Ricciardo started on pole for the fifth time this season, ahead of Mikhail Aleshin and Brendon Hartley . The Australian took command of the race from the start, leading his Russian rival into the first turn. Sten Pentus made a successful getaway, ousting Brendon Hartley from 3rd place in the first metres of the race.
Continue reading...HOSSACK’S AUDI WINS CLEM SMITH CUP
Monday, May 31, 2010
Darren Hossack has won the 2010 Clem Smith Cup with a last to first drive, at South Australia'sMallala Motor Sport Park. After damaging his new set of tyres for the weekend during qualifying, Hossack was forced to start his Audi-Chevrolet from the rear of grid with four new tyres for the feature race. Undeterred, the former champion scythed through the field, taking advantage of a spin by rookie JamesSera (Saab-Chevrolet) to take the win. “Finally, it’s been one that’s been hard to win for some reason,” Hossack said. “It would have been interesting had James not spun, but he did a really good job regardless. Hossack won all three races for the weekend, although multiple karting champion Sera was very impressive during his circuit racing debut, finishing second overall.
Continue reading...TURBOS BACK IN FORMULA ONE ?
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
On a night when a 30 year old TV show made it's return to Australian television screens, now comes a report that Formula One may soon return to the days of the 1.5 litre turbocharged engine. According to the popular motorsport website Pitpass, serious consideration is being given to introducing a four cylinder 1.5 turbo engine for F1 from 2013. The 1.5 litre turbo era saw some of the most powerful and fastest F1 cars ever built with some engines claimed to be putting out well in excess of 1000 BHP. The cars were however often unreliable and very expensive to build and maintain. What do you think? Would you like to see a return to the turbo era of F1? That, and many other issues will be just one of the subjects we'll be talking about in our In Pit Lane Live Forum Thursday April 15 at 8.30 pm Australian EST here on the In Pit Lane website. To join just check out the chat box on the right hand side of the page and enter your email to register. It's free, and we hope it'll be fun.
Continue reading...BUTTON WINS, MELBOURNE MEDIA LOSES
Monday, March 30, 2009
The sensational win by Jenson Button of the Australian Grand Prix has reinvigorated the sport. The team formally known as Honda faced extinction only six weeks ago and yesterday in front of over 105'000 people the new Brawn GP team dominated as Button led team-mate Rubens Barrichello home in a Brawn Mercedes 1-2. Toyota's Timo Glock crossed the line in third but was later penalised for passing under a yellow flag giving reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton the final podium spot. Local hero Mark Webber again had a dire home GP after tangling with Barrichello into turn one forcing him into the pits and well out of contention. After the race an emotional Webber couldn't hide his intense disappointment. "For all the fans to come and watch today, I wanted a good result for many reasons today." Drivers were critical of the race's new start time with glare from the setting sun causing problems for several drivers including the winner. It was really difficult, you know a few of the corners, it's strange for such an open circuit you could not see the exit of the corners at all," he said. "I used a visor that was slightly tinted and that was the correct thing to do, but with the glare from the sun and the change in light from the trees it was so, so difficult - so easy to put a wheel wrong." Toro Roso driver Sebastian Bourdais was one of the most vocal critics "We do half of a lap with the sun in your eyes," he said. "It's not the most enjoyable racing. Visibility is quite poor. Turn one is difficult, turn three is difficult. The shade from the trees makes it tough to get your eyes accustomed." Despite the current economic crisis and a clash with the local AFL football ( a regional curiosity much loved by the simple folk) crowds were down only about 16'000 overall. The race day crowd of 105'000 was only 3000 down on last year yet the Melbourne mainstream media have seized upon the downturn as a clear sign that the GP has passed it's use by date and that it should be shut down. Led by the taxpayer funded ABC, who launched into a tirade of the evils of taxpayer funding, and the inner-city broadsheet The Age, the football dominated Melbourne media spent most of the weekend trying to find any reason real or imagined to attack the race. Well known and respected football journalist Caroline Wilson was totally dismissive of the event when it came to discussion on the myopic ABC gabfest "The Outsiders"
Continue reading...BRABHAM SNUBBED BY HOME GRAND PRIX
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Next weekend at Sebring in the USA the achivements of Australia's own three times World Champion Sir Jack Brabham will be honoured on the 50th anniversary of his first title win. No such fuss in his home country as Australia's most celebrated racer hasn't even been invited to this year's Australian Grand Prix. According to Ian Tate of the Victorian Historic Racing Register, of which Sir Jack is Patron, as of Monday night Sir Jack had not received any invitation to the event. Brabham is Australia's most famous and successful international racing driver with three World Titles including two in cars of his own manufacture. His legendary status though is celebrated more outside of his home nation than it is in it. At Sebring, Sir Jack's son David, a champion international driver in his own right will drive his Father's winning Cooper Climax to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of his first World Title. One would hope that Sir Jacks snub is an unfortunate oversight on the part of Grand Prix organisers and one which we have no doubt will be fixed very soon.
Continue reading...NEW SMALL HOLDEN PLAN REVEALED
Monday, December 22, 2008
General Motors' Australian division Holden has today announced the building of a new small car at the companies plant in Elizabeth in South Australia. The new car which at this stage has not been named will be built on the company's global Delta platform was announced by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd whose Government has provided the Australian Auto Industry with millions of dollars of financial assistance. The new car will be supported by the Australian taxpayer with the Commonwealth contributing around$149 million over three years starting in 2009-10 to the project. Money will also come from the South Australian Government. Mr Rudd says the move gives confidence to a struggling industry. “If you look at the downturn in auto sales in the last 12 months, this is really tough,“ he said in a yet another triumph of stating the bleeding obvious. The new front-wheel-drive vehicle will be built in both sedan and hatch form, with design and engineering work takeing place at the company's Australian headquarters in Port Melbourne, Victoria.
Continue reading...POWERFUL PASSAT JOINS AUSSIE VW LINE UP
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Volkswagen Australia have released the latest addition to their high performance R series with the Passat R36. The new car joins the Touareg R50 and the Golf R32. The Passat is powered by a 3.6 litre six cylinder direct injection petrol engine with a claimed 220kW of power and 350 Nm of torque all put to ground by Volkswagen’s six speed Direct Shift Gearbox and the 4MOTION all wheel drive system.
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