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THE RETURN OF THE SANDOWN 500

Friday, December 17, 2010

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The return of the Sandown 500 is one of the highlights of the 2011 Australian Manufacturers Championship announced today. The series will be held over six rounds including an eight hour race at Sydney’s Eastern Creek, a six hour race at Phillip Island and the return of the 500 kms event at Sandown. The series will be [...]

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EVANS ON TOP AT EASTERN CREEK F3

Saturday, September 11, 2010

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EVANS ON TOP AT EASTERN CREEK F3

New Zealand teenage sensation Mitch Evans has returned to form sweeping the Saturday action at round six of the Formula 3 Australian Drivers Championship at Sydney's Eastern Creek. Evans took his fifth pole of the season and held out teammate Ben Barker to win the first sprint race  under perfect conditions at the 3.9km circuit. It was Evans’ first win since round three at Phillip Island and elevated him to within one point of the championship leader (Barker) with Tweedie’s third place keeping him in contention, just a handful of points behind in third. “It was a good race and really works well for the point’s situation,” A confident Evans’ said after his return to the top of the results sheet.

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MITSUBISHI WINS SYDNEY SIX HOUR

Sunday, July 18, 2010

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MITSUBISHI WINS SYDNEY SIX HOUR

Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Australia has dominated the innaugural Australian Six Hour Production Car race at Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney. Warren Luff and Stuart Kostera dominated the event, starting from pole and leading home a Evo X one-two. The winners finished two-and-a-half laps clear of Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X stable mates Inky Tulloch and Steve Jones, with third place going to Peter Conroy and Mark Brame in another EVO X. Incredibly, the six hour long marathon went caution free, with the lack of a safety car intervention allowing the winning duo to walk away from the field. “It was a great day start to finish,” Warren Luff said.

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A1GP READY TO FILL THE GOLD COAST BEACH…UH, BREACH

Sunday, October 26, 2008

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A1GP READY TO FILL THE GOLD COAST BEACH…UH, BREACH

The A1GP series has approached organisers of the Gold Coast Indy car race expressing an interest in replacing  the Indy cars should they decide not to return next year. Speaking to the local newspaper “The Sunday Mail”, former World Formula One Champion and A1GP team franchise holder Alan Jones said that the self proclaimed World Cup of Motorsport was eager to fill the breach should the American based Indy series pull out. “I have made no secret of the fact that we would love to take their place,“ said Jones. “Our cars lap three to four seconds quicker than the IRL cars going around the Gold Coast this weekend, We have 25 countries competing,... and many of the countries are in the preferred trading area for Australia – Asia and the Middle East.“ Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has said that an International Openwheel event was crucial to the events future but few International series of any note have shown interest in the Australian market with the exception of A1GP.

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OPPOSITION GROWS TO SYDNEY V8 RACE

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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OPPOSITION GROWS TO SYDNEY V8 RACE

A who's who of Australian motorsport has signed a petition in support of improvements to the Eastern Creek circuit over the recently announced Homebush Olympic Park Sydney Street Race. Racing legends led four-time Australian Touring Car champions Allan Moffat (a member of the ARDC which currently runs the circuit) and Bob Jane are among the signatories on a petition presented to the NSW government calling for greater investment at Eastern Creek. Other signatories include former touring car champions Colin Bond, John Bowe and Glenn Seton, as well as Bathurst 1000 winners John French, John Harvey, Barry Seaton and Bob Holden.

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