Toyota will be racing two of its new back-to-basics GT86 models at the 24 hour race this weekend. They’ve been entered under the Gazoo Racing banner, who are back with a V10-powered Lexus LFA. The Gazoo Racing GT86s have been entered in the SP3 class, while the Toyota Swiss Racing Team will have another two [...]

Thanks to Toyota Motorsport for this excellent photo of the Aussie flag at the Karussell. We first reported on our national emblem’s appearance at the Green Hell back in 2008. Best guesses tell us the flag first appeared on the armco in 2006, or thereabouts, and it’s been claimed it was painted by local fans [...]

Toyota’s radically styled TMG EV P001 has smashed the lap record for an electric vehicle at the Nürburgring. This is just the third genuine attempt at an EV record around the demanding Nordschleife, following MINI and Peugeot, but Toyota’s lap time of 7 minutes 47.794 seconds is going to take some beating! Jochen Krumbach was [...]

Toyota is shouting from its rooftop that it plans to claim a new Nürburgring record for the fastest lap set by an electric powered vehicle. It’s even named the date as well; mark down 29 August. The current electric lap record around the Nordschleife is 9:01.338 set by the radical Peugeot EX1. Toyota’s press release [...]

Among the disaster stories currently emanating from the Nürburgring we recently received a little gold nugget from Western Australia. It’s a great tale, posted to our Your Story section, from Joel Newman and introduces us to him and his Toyota Hilux which travelled from Fremantle to London. Along the way, as you can imagine, Joel [...]

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 [...]

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!

Thanks to Stu Jones who was quick to send in a brief report from free practice. You can read his comments after the jump. [Pic from 2008]

AUSringers has a few mates taking part at the 24 hour race this weekend. They’re all part of the Osborne Motorsports team. They’ll be competing in car #13, a Toyota Corolla, with just two drivers sharing the load. A last minute scheduling issue means that Colin Osborne and Stu Jones will be getting more laps [...]

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 run and Stu had great confidence in the car and was looking forward to more [...]

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 of phone calls with driver Stu Jones and the first call went a little something [...]

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 and the team will be flying out to Frankfurt tomorrow afternoon. They will arrive early [...]

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 [...]