Posts Tagged "Bathurst"
Gentlemen, start your engines: F1 season is here
By wogs, 17 Mar 2012
If last season was a wee bit boring for everyone, except Sebastian Vettel, the new Formula One season promises to be quite intriguing.
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A-League regional round another pointless initiative
By Cappuccino, 16 Dec 2011When the A-League draw for 2011-12 became available, one of the new developments was the introduction of a ‘regional round’ for the league.
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What took top billing on a huge weekend of sport?
By Luke Doherty, 10 Oct 2011Usually when the NRL and AFL go into hibernation, sports fans return to being normal members of society. Individuals, who since March have been unable to converse with partners, suddenly take an interest in what is being said.
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Bathurst 1000: Live blog, updates
By Mark Young, 9 Oct 2011
Before you watch the Wallabies get wet in Wellington, join us for a massive live blog of the iconic Bathurst 1000 today. We will be providing updates, news, informed discussion and wild speculation from the moment the lights change at 10:30am EDST until the chequered flag 161 laps later.
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Where have the V8 Supercars gone, again?
By The Radical, 5 Sep 2011 For the motorsport which is supposedly the most rapidly growing, V8 Supercars haven’t exactly been roaring into our living rooms too much in recent weeks or months.
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Jenson Button the new King of the Mountain
By AAP, 23 Mar 2011 It’s not often Craig Lowndes gets overshadowed at Mount Panorama, but that’s what happens when you face off with a Formula One champion.
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Motor-racing heaven at Bathurst as F1 hits track
By Mark Young, 23 Mar 2011 Yesterday a Formula One car roared around the iconic Mount Panorama race track nine times. Thousands of devoted fans flocked from around the country to witness one of the greatest publicity stunts ever undertaken in Australian sport.
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V8 Supercars rivalry will sizzle in desert
By OneHD, 10 Feb 2011 It sounds more like a Shakespearean drama – nimble young talent plucks the crown out of the hands of the ruling monarch and immediately abdicates, taking his new trappings with him.
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Tander takes a shot at the Grand Slam
By Tristan Rayner, 23 Mar 2010 The V8 Supercars competition hotted up with a $2 million bounty announced for any driver that can win the newly-created ‘Grand Slam’ in a season. Following Garth Tander’s win at Clipsal, is there any chance of him completing the Slam?
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V8s move into prizemoney big league
By Guy Hand, 13 Mar 2010 V8 Supercar racing will offer one of the richest prizes in Australian sport, with a $2 million cash bonus for any driver who can win the newly-created Grand Slam in a single season.
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V8’s grand plan for its own ‘Grand Slam’
By Adrian Musolino, 7 Feb 2010 V8 Supercar drivers have an extra reason to be motivated for four of the biggest races this season – 2.5 million reasons, to be exact. Should a driver win the Clipsal 500, Bathurst 1000, Gold Coast SuperCarnivale and the Sydney 500, they’ll win the ‘V8 Grand Slam’ and one of the biggest paydays in Australian [...]
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FFA must heed Pim’s warning and move season
By Adrian Musolino, 5 Jan 2010In all the debate and discussion surrounding A-League based Socceroos candidates needing to look overseas to keep their World Cup dreams alive, the most frustrating aspect is how it all could have been avoided.
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How low can they go the big question at Bathurst
By Guy Hand, 10 Oct 2009 The title of fastest man ever around Mt Panorama is set to finally change hands on Saturday if the weather in Bathurst stays kind.
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Ingall confident new pairing can win Bathurst
By Ed Jackson, 7 Oct 2009 V8 Supercar veteran Russell Ingall says a new combination with Owen Kelly for Sunday’s Bathurst 1000 will be his best chance to win the race since joining the Supercheap Auto team.
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These great moments in sports have made me a convert
By The Crowd, 3 Feb 2009Most of us have grown up having a limited list of sports to which we hold an allegiance. In my case, it was predominantly Australian Rules Football.
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Bill Gunther, one of rugby’s true ‘Old Fellas’
By Andrew Logan, 20 Jan 2009Three weeks ago, I took advantage of the holidays to slip up to my old home town of Orange and visit a few rugby mates. I spent a couple of days with Des Taylor, a relentless flanker who played with Wallabies David Codey and James Grant for Orange City and Central West in the 1980s [...]
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Brothers duel in V8s
By Robert Grant, 7 Jan 2009 Brotherly love will be put on hold this year as Alex and Will Davison rub bumpers in opposing V8 Supercar teams.
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Whincup times his bad run to perfection
By Guy Hand, 8 Dec 2008 Champions need perfect timing, and new V8 Supercar champ Jamie Whincup even managed to find the right moment for his Ford to self-destruct.
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Skaife prepares to hang up his helmet
By Guy Hand, 6 Dec 2008 When Mark Skaife knew retirement was imminent, he started putting together a plan for life after driving. Other sportsmen would have come up with a laundry list of options, maybe written on a sheet of note paper or the back of a beer coaster.
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Bright back to Stone Brothers for ’09
By Robert Grant, 5 Nov 2008 Ford star Jason Bright will return to Stone Brothers Racing next season in a bid to challenge the cashed-up V8 Supercar pacesetters.
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