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 held over the weekend of 22–25 May 2008. He was kind enough to spend a [...]

Dutton Rally’s Ultimate Nürburgring Tour is getting closer. Well, actually, the dates have been pushed back about a month from previous advice, but this awesome looking tour is still getting nearer to emptying the wallets of those who can most afford it. Places are limited to just 16, and of those, nine spots are already [...]

This weekend saw the world racing debut of the new R56 MINI Challenge cars. The 2008 Australian series kicked off at Sydney’s Eastern Creek and Neil McFadyen from the M3 Motorsports team has taken the round win. McFadyen claimed the chequered flag in Race 1 and Race 3, with Race 2 being won by Grant [...]

The Australian debut of the 2008 MINI Challenge series is just days away, with the Eastern Creek round being held this weekend. This morning’s emails revealed the following press release from BMW which on the surface sounds quite good, but perhaps paints the MINI Challenge as some sort of quaint novelty. Time will tell I [...]

Thank you to AUSringers reader Paul who sent me this image of the MINI Challenge cars captured in a Sydney storage facility. The opening race of the 2008 series is under three weeks away, with the first round being held at Eastern Creek on 7-9 March.

Signs of the 2008 Australian MINI Challenge becoming one step closer have advanced with the news that Neil McFadyen will lead the charge for the M3 Motorsports team. The 24 year old McFadyen has an impressive CV that includes three successive Australian CIK Karting Championships in three different categories—where he was pitted against names such [...]

This is one of those rare articles on AUSringers that has a solely Australian focus. In some great news for MINI fans, the 2008 Australian MINI Challenge has secured a superb free to air TV package with Channel 7. There will be a total of seven hours of programming, with the majority being broadcast LIVE [...]

As a fan of the Nürburgring I’m sure you will be familiar with the graffiti on the track. Lately on pictures taken at the Karussell I have noticed an Australian flag painted on the armco. Thanks to Martyn from the Ringers forum I have been able to secure a picture to share with you. (Edit: [...]

The organisers of Australia’s Dutton Rally have just announced the dates for their Ultimate Nürburgring Tour. If you’re interested in going the first thing you need is a lazy 12 grand or so. If you are a wealthy janitor and do have that sort of money lying around in the back of your wallet looking [...]

Australian subscribers to Foxtel are in for a real treat this Sunday night (3 February 2008). At 9pm AEDT they will be broadcasting a 1 hour special titled History of Nürburgring. I’m sure it will be well worth watching and I’ll let you know if it was in a few days time.

By chance, I recently discovered a connection to Trevor Keene who took part in the 2006 Nürburgring 24 hour race. Naturally, I was eager to learn more about the Sydney-sider’s experience in this demanding event. So after a few brief email exchanges, here is Trevor Keene’s story: AUSringers: Welcome to the site Trevor and thanks [...]

Australian motor racing stalwart Mal Rose will be making his fifth consecutive appearance at this year’s Nürburgring 24 hour race, after making his debut in 2004. Not only will Mal himself be there and racing, he will also be overseeing a strong contingent of Aussies in Germany as part of a five car team. The [...]

Australian motorsport fans with memories of the pre-V8 Supercar days will remember the likes of Tony Longhurst and even Peter Brock getting around in E30 BMW M3s fighting it out against the dominant Ford Sierra Cosworths. Another name that was always loyal to the little Bimmers was Peter Doulman with his M3 Motorsports team. Indeed, [...]

The organisers of Australia’s Dutton Rally are planning a very tasty holiday itinerary. At just under a week and including a cross continental Europe route behind the wheel of some true exotic supercars, along with two days at the Ring in race prepped track day machines, it has to be close to the ultimate road [...]