The season-opening round of the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup took place at the Misano World Circuit in Italy over the weekend. A faultless drive in the main race gave Audi pairing Laurens Vanthoor and Frederic Vervisch victory after 38 laps in the opening round. The Belgian drivers crossed the …
Read More »Ten Cool Cars we caught at Custom Cars & Coffee
What’s better than having cool cars, friendly people and good food all gathered under the same roof? A car show with a twist, Custom Cars & Coffee is where hundreds of proud owners come to show off their pride and joy, while having a chat over a cup of coffee, and …
Read More »Event: Drift School [video]
If you love the smell of burning rubber in the morning, then you’ll love what Drift School Australia have to offer. Hosted once a month at the Western Sydney International Dragway is a drift training event open to the public; and we think this is the perfect gift/bucket list item …
Read More »Event: Driver Dynamics Track Day
The first Driver Dynamics track day of 2016 took place last month at Sandown Raceway with no less than 30 cars in attendance. The pit lane saw a good mix of cars, from hot hatches and all-paw performance to V8 muscles and exotics. There was even a surprise appearance by …
Read More »Audi R8 LMS wins Dubai 24 Hours
Audi Sport customer racing has started the 2016 racing season with a strong result, as the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT won the 11th Hankook 24H Dubai endurance race at the Autodrome with the Audi R8 LMS. Crossing the finish line with 588 laps on the board, the squad of …
Read More »Bentley takes on Bathurst 12 Hours with two Continental GT3s
Bentley has announced it will return to Mount Panorama next month with two Continental GT3s to take on the Bathurst 12 Hours. Bentley Boys, Guy Smith and Steven Kane will once again be joined on the mountain by Matt Bell, while Andy Soucek and Maxime Soulet will welcome Aussie V8 …
Read More »Formula SAE-A 2015 news and live stream
The Formula SAE-A event is a 3 day student engineering competition focusing on the design and construction of internal combustion and electric race cars up to 600cc/80kW. Universities from across Australia develop these vehicles every year and compete head to head in both racing and judged design presentations. The learning …
Read More »High profile drivers fire up Toyota 86 Racing Series
A trio of high-profile racing drivers bearing some of the most famous names in Australian motorsport has combined to give the Toyota 86 race car its official track debut. Steven Johnson, Leanne Tander and Aaron Seton performed demonstration laps in three Toyota 86 race cars at the Sydney 500, held …
Read More »Nissan confirms return to Mount Panorama for 2016 Bathurst 12 Hour
Nissan will return to Mount Panorama next February to defend its Bathurst 12 Hour win with the all-conquering Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3. The Nismo Athlete Global Team will field a single factory entry for the third consecutive year, with support from the Nissan Motorsport V8 Supercars race team, as well as Nissan …
Read More »Nismo Festival 2015 puts on a treat for Nissan fans
The 18th annual NISMO Festival was held on the weekend at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Japan. Over 30,000 Nissan race fans were drawn to the event this year, getting up close and personal with historic and current Nissan and Nismo models, even with the cars travelling at speed. Held towards …
Read More »Nissan wins back to back Super GT Championships
The final round of this year’s Super GT Championship was held on over the weekend at Twin Ring Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture in Japan, where the #1 MOTUL AUTECH Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 of Tsugio Matsuda (JAP) and Ronnie Quintarelli (ITA) accomplished an amazing come back from 12th to finish second. Displacing …
Read More »Event: Something for everyone, MotorClassica 2015
MotorClassica 2015 has come and gone and as expected it didn’t disappoint. The exhibition was outstanding, something we can only describe as ‘eyegasmic’. It was difficult to contain our excitement as we wandered from vehicle to vehicle. We at ForceGT embrace the old and the new. We feel that to …
Read More »Nissan GT-R finishes 1-2 in Round 7 Super GT Championship
The Nissan GT-R has finished 1-2 in both the GT500 and GT300 in Round 7 of the 2015 Super GT Championship at Autopolis, Japan. After a white-knuckled head-to-head battle that spanned over two hours, the #1 MOTUL AUTECH Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 (Tsugio Matsuda / Ronnie Quintarelli) came out on …
Read More »Nissan to run ‘retro’ livery at Bathurst 1000
Nissan will celebrate its first Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) title by running a special ‘retro’ livery on its #23 Nissan Altima V8 Supercar at this year’s Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama on 8-11 October 2015. The #23 NISMO Nissan Altima V8 of Michael Caruso and Dean Fiore will race …
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