Australian driver Chris Atkinson ‘Atko’ has finished fifth in his first World Rally Championship event in a MINI John Cooper Works Countryman at Rally Germany. The Queenslander was the top non-Citroen or Ford in the rally and gave the MINI team its best result of the year. “I’m stoked with […]
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Craig Lowndes wins the first V8 Supercars race at Sydney Motorsport Park
TeamVodafone Holden driver Craig Lowndes has won the first V8 Supercars race Sydney Motorsport Park (formerly Eastern Creek Raceway) in four years. His reigning champion teammate Jamie Whincup didn’t have a similar performance however, his Commodore suffered a flat tyre late in the race to drop him to 23rd by […]
Chris Atkinson to drive MINI for remainder of 2012 WRC season
Australian Chris Atkinson has finalised a deal with WRC Team MINI Portugal to contest the final five rounds of the 2012 FIA World Rally Championship. ‘Atko’ will be the number one driver for MINI after former driver Armindo Araujo left the team for “sporting reasons”. Atkinson has taken part in two WRC […]
Marcos Ambrose wins NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen
Australian Marcos Ambrose has taken his first victory in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship after a thrilling last lap stoush at the Watkins Glen road course in New York. Ambrose was running third on the final lap of the 355-mile race behind Brad Keselowski and leader Kyle Busch, but after […]
Lowndes wins V8 Supercars Ipswich 300 at Queensland Raceway
TeamVodafone driver Craig Lowndes has stretched his Queensland Raceway winning streak to five after taking the clean sweep at the Ipswich circuit. After taking an easy win from pole yesterday, the five-time Bathurst 1000 winner had to do it from the second row after Ford Performance Racing duo Mark Winterbottom […]
Craig Lowndes wins race one V8 Supercars Ipswich 300
TeamVodafone driver Craig Lowndes has won his fourth straight V8 Supercars race at Queensland Raceway after leading from start to finish in the first of two races for the Ipswich 300. The five-time Bathurst 1000 winner got a perfect start from pole while his teammate Jamie Whincup dropped down to […]
TeamVodafone first V8 Supercars team to test ‘Car of the Future’
Triple 8 Racing has become the first team in V8 Supercars to test their new “Car of the Future” ahead of the new specification debut in 2013. V8 Supercars champion Jamie Whincup got his first taste of his new car, which is to be one of nine 2013 Holden Commodore-silhouetted COTF […]
Chris Atkinson’s Citroen DS3 ready for WRC Rally of Finland
While plenty of Australians will be flying the flag in London for the next two weeks at the 2012 London Olympic Games, rally driver Chris Atkinson will be doing the same in Finland as he makes his much awaited return in the World Rally Championship. Atkinson unveiled his southern cross […]