MEGA DRIVE NETS AUSSIE WEBBER SECOND PLACE IN ISTANBUL

Wednesday June 10, 2009, by Staff

8 June 2009 | 11:45am

MEGA DRIVE NETS AUSSIE WEBBER SECOND PLACE IN ISTANBUL

Australian Mark Webber equalled his best-ever F1 result to date by finishing runner-up in today’s 58-lap Turkish Grand Prix at a sweltering Istanbul Park. Although the 32-year old Red Bull Racing driver wasn’t able to take the fight to runaway championship leader Jenson Button who scored his sixth win of the season, he did beat his German team-mate Sebastian Vettel who had to settle for third despite starting from pole position.


Webber happy with Podium again

Webber’s second place has moved him to within 1.5 points of Vettel as the teams head to Silverstone in two weeks time. With Rubens Barrichello failing to score for Brawn GP for the first time this season, Red Bull Racing was able to take advantage of having both its drivers in the points to snatch back a handful of points, although the gap is still a massive 40 points.

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AUSSIE WEBBER BACK ON F1 PODIUM WITH THIRD PLACE AT BARCELONA 2009

Tuesday May 12, 2009, by Staff

Mark Webber bounced back from a disappointing qualifying to take a well-earned third place in today’s Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, his best result at the Catalunya track. The 32-year old Australian was the first Red Bull driver across the line, finishing behind the dominant Brawn GP cars of Jenson Button who claimed his fourth win of the season and Rubens Barrichello.

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SnowMan SAU-VIC takes Targa Tasmania Pure Tasmania Rookie Rallye Modern

Friday May 1, 2009, by Staff

Well it looks like Andrew ‘Snowman’ Richmond has proved he has the right stuff to take on the sometimes treacherous roads that have claimed many experienced competitors in the past. With the prior experience in the Dutton Series and the valuable help from his Navigator combining to get the job done for the Targa’s Rookie Modern trophy.

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Feel The Power For A Day - Octane Supercar Events Launches Track Days

Wednesday April 22, 2009, by Staff

In an Australian first, Octane Supercar Events Launches Track Days
Have the thrill of your life in the passenger seat of the Ariel Atom, or jump behind the wheel of an Italian exotic, Octane Track Days are a one of a kind offering in Australia, giving drivers the only opportunity to experience European supercars at the high speeds they were designed for.

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Featured Turbo Models

No the car is not turbocharged, its just that the driver is!

Mark Webber Red Bull Racing www.markwebber.com.au /formula_one/car.cfm RBR TEAM 2009 – Mark bucks his own trend by returning for a third season with the same F1 team in 2009. Together with Red Bull Racing in car RB5, Mark hopes to capitalise on the drastic rule changes and challenge for podiums in his eighth season of Grand Prix racing.

Audi Quattro AWD Turbo

This was the inspiration for Japanese & other global Automobile Manufacturers to look seriously at AWD & TurboCharging in relation to drawing the public eye to their own offerings. Dominant in its day on the road and rally tracks around the world, the Audi Quattro was ahead of its time and the competition.

Lotus Espirit Turbo

In 1988 a new version Lotus Espirit Turbo incorporating rounder styling cues by designer Peter Stevens of McLaren F1 fame was released. The addition of a water to air intercooler known as the chargecooler produced up to 264 horsepower with 280 available on overboost, and zero to sixty miles per hour times reduced to 4.7 seconds, with a top speed of over 160 mph (260 km/h).

Mazda Familia GTX & GTR

Un-Familia to most in Australia, GTX and GT-R are very fast AWD Manual 1.8 Ltr Turbo hatchbacks that were designed to challenge the worlds best WRC turbo car manufacturers in the early nineties. GTR featured a stronger gearbox (G5M-R), sodium filled exh. valve stems, aggressive front bumper and bonnet vents, stronger engine internals, and larger upgraded roller-bearing turbo.

Nissan Skyline R32 GTS-T

THE HR32 Skyline GTS-t is blessed with an RB engine of lesser capacity than the RB26DETT GTR, but still turbocharged to power the two litres of high revving ECCS RB20DET. As most owners want to have the power of “Godzilla” as well as the looks, there is many ways to improve the output toward standard GTR levels to try to give that ultimate GTR experience (although only RWD) at less cost.

BMW 2002Ti

BMW engineers claimed 0-60 Mph (0-100 Km/h) in 7.0 seconds and 130 Mph (211 Km/h). It caused quiet a storm in the mid-70’s. BMW had successfully produced Europe’s first turbo-charged production road car that could only be beaten by a Porsche Carrera with 210 Bhp. Enhanced with a boot spoiler to aid high-speed stability, wide arches to house 185 ×13 wheels, and aggressive front spoiler and no front bumper.

Toyota Supra Turbo

The Toyota Supra Turbo JZ engine series have been the subject of extensive mods over the years worldwide having been sold into the US as LHD. The JZ engine is an amazing straight six cylinder of three litre & Twin Turbos, but usually these are replaced with a large single as the natural low down torque will overcome lag issues. 500HP is not enough to kill the standard bottom end of a 1&2JZ.

Subaru WRX

The first Subaru WRX appealed to the drivers that wanted a fast and capable mid sized four door sports vehicle. The AWD chassis seemed to come alive with the turbocharged flat four ‘Boxer’ 2.0ltr engine with more power than seemed possible for those addicted to performance. Even more power was possible with few mods and many were enhanced to provide almost supercar performance.