Thanks to Mathias for highlighting this image of the Mal Rose Racing Holden Commodore in action at this weekend’s Spa 12 hour race. Mal and his team suffered some bad luck at the N24 a couple of weeks ago and, unfortunately, it looks like things haven’t improved with the trip across the border. The official [...]
It’s been a big week for Stu Jones and his mates at Osborne Motorsports. A long haul flight from Sydney to Frankfurt, a massive effort from everyone in the team to prepare, drive and repair the racecar in the 24 hour race and, now, another long haul flight back to Australia. But, if you’re like [...]
The race is now over and a massive congratulations for all the teams who took part, not just the winners. As you can see in the banner above the Osborne Motorsports Toyota Corolla managed to overcome its transmission issues and get in the final gaggle of cars to cross the finish line behind the Manthey [...]
There’s just two hours left to go and all is looking good for the #1 Manthey car. Most of the Aussie teams are holding station since the last update. Although car #170, the BMW M3, has only done two laps in the last couple of hours. The Results Database doesn’t show them as being in [...]
The reality of endurance racing has bitten hard for a lot of competitors in the last five hours. As you can see from the banner graphic above the #117 Volkswagen Scirocco R has crashed out after coming over a blind crest at Pflantzgarten and smashing into a BMW which was driving slowly in the middle [...]
N24 is now well over half complete and, sadly, some of the Australian teams have retired or are struggling due to misfortune. According to Radio Le Mans the #44 Mal Rose Racing Holden Commodore has suffered clutch problems and is out of the race. Car #10, the “crowd favourite” M3 with Australian Rodney Forbes in [...]
The 2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race is now well underway with over 10 hours of racing gone. At the head of the pack the #1 Manthey Porsche RSR is currently looking good for a fourth consecutive outright win. Of course, there is a long way to go yet, so let’s focus on the Australian teams. [...]
Pre-race nerves and waiting are the theme of Stu’s latest update, filed earlier this morning (German time). It’s a great read and gives a very good insight into the task ahead. He’s also included some images from their pit garage taken during yesterday’s qualifying session. Sadly, one of the cars sharing their pit space won’t [...]
Stu has just sent in his qualifying report and the good news is the car is running well and all gremlins appear to have been sorted. [Pic from 2008]
Another report from AUSringers’ man on the scene driver Stu Jones. This one takes us through night practice and the inevitable mechanical gremlins that tend to appear from time to time. UPDATE: New pics added. Take note of how tight the pit garages are. There’s not a lot of room to move!
