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Team Mirage breaks new ground at 2008 Nürburgring 24 hour

Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Mitsubishi, Motorsports | No Comments »

The Australian crewed Mitsubishi Mirages, that have raced at the Nürburgring 24 hour race since 2004, may appear humble enough, but their impact on Australians competing at the 'Green Hell' has been extraordinarily profound. This year, in their fifth successive ...

“Mal’s Big Green Hell” to air in Melbourne

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Australia, GM, Motorsports | No Comments »

The documentary Mal's Big Green Hell, the adventures of a group of Australian racers, featuring Aussie Nürburgring pioneer Mal Rose, at Germany's famous 'Green Hell' race circuit during the 2006 Nürburgring 24 hour race, will be telecast on Channel 31 ...

Mal Rose Racing Commodore at 2008 Nürburgring 24 hour

Sunday, June 1st, 2008 Posted in Australia, GM, Motorsports | 2 Comments »

Congratulations to Mal Rose and his team for bringing their VY Commodore V8 Supercar home in the 2008 Nürburgring 24 hour race. The Mal Rose Racing Commodore finished 31st outright from the 230 entries and was the highest placed of ...

Osborne Motorsports - Friday-Sunday update

Monday, May 26th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports, Toyota | 7 Comments »

After the last update it was all happy smiles at Osborne Motorsports as their car, after arriving in Germany over a day late, had been rushed to the track in time for the race. The first qualifying session had been ...

Pictures from the Osborne Motorsports pit

Monday, May 26th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports | No Comments »

While the final result may not have been what the Osborne Motorsports wanted, they actually did a bloody good job considering the adversity they faced prior to and during the event. Here are a few images from the crew from ...

2008 Nürburgring 24 hour - Australian placings

Sunday, May 25th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports | 2 Comments »

The 36th ADAC Zurich 24 hour race has just finished, and here are the results to hand for crews with Australian drivers. Unfortunately the Osborne Motorsports team had brake troubles with just over an hour of racing to go and ...

Nürburgring 24 hour - Australian update (hour 17)

Sunday, May 25th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports | 1 Comment »

The 36th ADAC Zurich 24 hour race is in it's 17th hour and below is a current list of all Australian entries. You can keep up to date with live placings HERE. 37th overall – 16:25:49.029 elapsed time – 88 laps ...

Osborne Motorsports - Monday-Thursday update

Friday, May 23rd, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports, Toyota | 5 Comments »

That row of pics above may look innocent enough, but I can tell you they almost didn't happen. Since the Osborne Motorsports team arrived in Germany to take part in the Nürburgring 24 hour race I have had a couple ...

Osborne Motorsports - Team update

Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports, Toyota | 4 Comments »

Osborne Motorsports team driver Stu Jones has been in touch to give a travel update as the lads get ready to depart for their journey to the Nürburgring for the 24 hour race. The race will take place next weekend ...

Aussie V8 ready to excite Nürburgring locals

Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports | No Comments »

Around this time next week the 36th running of the Nürburgring 24 hour race will be nearing completion. German website GT-Eins has a few snippets of news in the lead up to the race and Australia's Mal Rose has been ...

2008 Nürburgring 24 hour race: The Australians

Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports | 2 Comments »

With a little over a week to go until the running of the 36th ADAC Zurich 24 hour race I thought I would list all the Australians entered in the event, as sourced from the official entry list. Some of ...

Mal Rose Racing set to thunder around Nordschleife

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports | 2 Comments »

Sydney's Mal Rose, from The Supercar Experience, is all set to, once again, lead an Australian contingent to the Nürburgring 24 hour race (May 22-25). This will Rose's fifth consecutive appearance at the German enduro event and this year he ...

TV documentary: Mal’s Big Green Hell

Saturday, April 26th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports, Sabine Schmitz | 4 Comments »

Attention to all Sydney readers: AUSSIES IN NURBURGRING DOCUMENTARY TO AIR ON TVS Mal's Big Green Hell, the adventures of a group of Australian racers, featuring Aussie Nürburgring pioneer Mal Rose, at Germany's famous 'Green Hell' race circuit, will be telecast ...

AUSringers heads to Targa Tasmania

Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Site news | No Comments »

Read more at our sister site AUSmotive.com.

Osborne Motorsports heading to the Nürburgring

Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports, Toyota | 10 Comments »

Colin Osborne, current CAMS president, and keen racer in his own right, has just packed up his trusty Osborne Motorsports Toyota Corolla to the brim and sent it off to Germany for the 36th Nürburgring 24 hour race, to be ...