Motor Racing Australia – Issue no 102

V8 Straight :The latest from the Just Car Sandown 500.

Jason Bright : They said he was crazy to start his own V8 Supercar team – why bother trying to reinvent a wheel that even the likes of Prodive and Triple Eight, with all their resources, had found extremely difficult to get rolling properly, especially at a time when top drivers were earning higher salaries than at any time in the history of V8 Supercars? But that’s what Jason Bright did, and after season one driving for his own team, the signs are there that Bright might be about to prove his critics very wrong.

Who you gonna call?
Glenn Seton on Enduro Co-drivers :
It’s the team manager’s nightmare. It’s an enduro and one of the lead drivers is ill. The team needs to find a replacement quick-smart. Glenn Seton, now semi-retired but a part of lasts year’s Holden Racing Team squad, has some answers…

Anatomy of a V8 Supercar Pitstop : Where would V8 Supercar sprint races be these days without the blessed Compulsory Pit Stop? Danny Gardner dotted the I’s and cross the T’s of the pit-stop stomp with team managers from either end of pit-lane – Holden Racing Team’s Robbie Starr and Brad Jones Racing’s Kim Jomes.

Wodonga TAFE Motorsport Course : It you’ve always wanted a career on the technical side in motorsport but weren’t quite sure just where to start, there is now an easy answer. Think Wodonga TAFE, whose curriculum includes a specialist motorsport course.


Sebastien Bordais – F1 At Last : He was widely expected to be the next big thing in F1 five years ago, but he was overlooked for the Renault drive for a young Spaniard named Fernando Alonso. Four successive Champ Car titles later and the F1 world can no longer overlook Sebastien Bordais.

Adelaide’s F1 Legacy – Adelaide Alive : Adelaide is now host to the hugely successful Clipsal 500. But the V8 Supercars race on a track that was originally built to host F1 cars a whole 22 years ago. Memories of Adelaide’s F1 AGPs might be fading, but the legacy, the sheer impact F1 had on the quiet little City of Churches is still there on the streets of Adelaide, as Adelaidian Adrian Musolino explains.

Retro Race 1981 National Panasonic Formula Pacific Series : ‘Why the hell didn’t CAMS make this decision four years ago?’ was the question reportedly asked by an enthusiast at Lakeside in July of 1981. Des White’s enthusiastic report in Racing Car News goes on to describe a race full of interest and excitement. The first race of a four-round series that put the Formula Pacific cars on the map in Australia.

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