I know there are quite a few fans of Mal Rose Racing and their V8 Supercar among the AUSringers readership. So, you’ll all be pleased to know that Mal is firing on all cylinders preparing himself for this year’s Nürburgring 24 hour race. Mal and his team recently competed at the Dubai 24 hour and […]
A Holden Commodore SS, or more correctly, a Pontiac G8 GXP has been spotted testing at the Ring. The Aussie derived saloon, sporting Victorian number plates, has set a lap time of 8 minutes 30 seconds. The time was set by a GM engineer, not a professional racing driver, and looking at a list of […]
VLN racing provides some great in-car footage for Nürburgring fans and this clip is no exception. The origin of the car’s engine, however, provides a bit of a mis-matched tale. The story goes it was sourced from an old Abt entered DTM Audi TT. So it’s an Audi V8 engine then. Well, no, its a […]
NextAutos is reporting sightings of an Audi R8 Spider on roads near the Ring. The Spider—although naming has not been confirmed—is believed to be available with the existing 4.2 litre V8 engine as well as the 5.0 litre V10, as the large tailpipes on these shots would indicate. The familiar side blades of the R8 […]
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 the Australian entries. A few facts and figures from their race follow. The team’s best […]
