Tag: supercars
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RUSSELL STILL SEARCHING FOR A DRIVE AFTER NEWCASTLE 500
He’s just competed at the first Newcastle 500, but local driver Aaren Russell isn’t sure whether he’ll be back on the grid in 2018. Despite a few incidents on the track, Russell rated the event as a success.
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NBN PODCAST: NEWCASTLE 500 EDITION
NBN News producer Colin Baldwin is joined by reporter Meredith Gibbs and cameraman/ resident revhead Jack Antcliff to discuss the inaugural Newcastle 500. Also Meredith goes trackside to interview Holden’s Shane van Gisbergen and Ford’s Chaz Mostert.
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JOHN LODGE PREPARES FOR HIS V8 UTE DEBUT IN NEWCASTLE
He’s used to dominating on the dirt – but this week Hunter speedway driver John Lodge will tackle the tar in the V8 Ute series. Lodge beat more than 100 rivals in a driver search contest to earn his place on the grid, at the Newcastle 500.
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WHINCUP EXPECTING A BATTLE FOR SUPERCARS TITLE
As we reported earlier, Jamie Whincup was in town today, inspecting the Newcastle 500 track, just two weeks from the Supercars decider. The Holden driver leads Ford’s Scott McLaughlin in the title race by a narrow 30 points. ” I think if it was his first or second then potentially my experience would be valuable…
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HUNTER DRIVERS READY TO PROVE A POINT AT GOLD COAST 600
The Gold Coast 600 course is one of the most unforgiving in the Supercars series… but Hunter driver Aaren Russell is hoping a bit of luck can finally go his way this weekend. He’ll fly north tonight after two races he’s described as “bitterly disappointing”.
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SUPERCAR GREAT MARK SKAIFE INSPECTS TRACK
As we reported earlier,Supercar great Mark Skaife was in town today, to inspect the Newcastle 500 circuit he helped design. 164 drivers from six categories will hit the track during the three-day event. ” we’ll see those starting to arrive from the weekend before some of them will have media commitments, a lot of them…
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NEWCASTLE 500 CIRCUIT STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE
The race to build Newcastle’s Supercar circuit is entering its closing stages. Just six weeks out from the big event, today construction crews started to turn the town’s roads into a race track.
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RUSSELL HOPING TO MOVE ON QUICKLY FROM SANDOWN RESULT
Hunter driver Aaren Russell has arrived in Bathurst to prepare for the great race. Following his team’s disappointing outing at Sandown, Russell is determined to turn things around at Mount Panorama.
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RUSSELL CO-DRIVER CRASHES ON FIRST LAP
In the Supercars, and it wasn’t a good day at the office for Newcastle’s Aaren Russell, after his co-driver Taz Douglas hit the wall at turn six following a tangle with Ash Walsh on the very first lap. It was almost the same spot as Todd Hazelwood’s horror crash yesterday.
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COLD CHISEL TO HEADLINE NEWCASTLE 500
Australian rock legends Cold Chisel will headline the inaugural Newcastle 500 Supercar event in November this year. It’s the first time the band has played in Newcastle since their Light The Nitro tour in 2011. It’s anticipated the band will perform many iconic hits, as well as songs from their recent albums ‘No Plans’ and…