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Will Brown (racing Driver)
William Brown (born 5 June 1998) is an Australian racing driver currently competing in the Supercars Championship, Repco Supercars Championship with Triple Eight Race Engineering (Australia), Triple Eight Race Engineering, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, Chevrolet ZL1, and in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 13 Chevrolet ZL1 for Kaulig Racing. Brown won the 2024 Supercars Championship driving for Triple Eight Race Engineering. With championship wins in both the Formula 4 Australian Championship and the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series in 2016, Brown became one of only five drivers in Australian motorsport history to achieve two national racing titles in one year. In 2017, he received the Mike Kable Young Gun Award and was awarded The Peter Brock Medal by the Confederation of Australian Motorsport (CAMS) for his outstanding year in racing. Early career Karting Brown started his career in karting in 2011 at the age of thirteen. He won numerous championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonoma Raceway
Sonoma Raceway (originally known as Sears Point Raceway, Golden State International Raceway and Infineon Technologies, Infineon Raceway) is a road course and dragstrip located at Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains of Sonoma County, California. The road course features 12 turns on a hilly course with of total elevation change. It is host to one of the few NASCAR Cup Series races each year that are run on road courses. It has also played host to the IndyCar Series, the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, and several other auto races and motorcycle racing, motorcycle races such as the American Federation of Motorcyclists series. Sonoma Raceway continues to host amateur, or club racing events with some open to the public. The largest such car club is the SCCA, Sports Car Club of America. The track is north of San Francisco and Oakland. With the closure of Riverside International Raceway in Moreno Valley, California, Moreno Valley, California to make way for the Moreno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Super2 Series
The 2020 Super2 Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars, which was staged as a support series to the 2020 Supercars Championship. It was the twenty-first running of the Supercars Development Series, the second tier of competition in Supercars racing. Entries The following teams and drivers competed in the 2020 championship: * – Eligible for the A$100,000 'rookie class' prize pool. Team changes * Brema Group Racing made its début in the series, acquiring an ex- Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport VF Commodore. * Anderson Motorsport made their début in the series, acquiring an ex- Walkinshaw Andretti United VF Commodore. * Eggleston Motorsport scaled back their commitment to the series from three cars to two. * Triple Eight Race Engineering scaled back its commitment to the series from two cars to one. * Kostecki Brothers Racing returned to the series after withdrawing from final three rounds in 2019. * Matt Chahda Motorsport expanded its operations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaulig Racing
Kaulig Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is owned by Matt Kaulig, an owner of team sponsor LeafFilter. Kaulig Racing fields three Cup Series Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation)#ZL1, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 teams: the No. 10 full-time for Ty Dillon, the No. 13 part-time for Will Brown (racing driver), Will Brown, and the No. 16 full-time for A. J. Allmendinger. It also fields three full-time Xfinity Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation), Chevrolet Camaro teams: the No. 10 for Daniel Dye, the No. 11 for Josh Williams (racing driver), Josh Williams, and the No. 16 for Christian Eckes. The team has a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing and has a shop on the RCR campus in Welcome, North Carolina alongside Big Machine Racing, and formerly operated out of the NTS Motorsports facility. Cup Series Car No. 10 history ; Ty Dillon (2025) Ty Dillon was announced as the driver of Kaulig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triple Eight Race Engineering (Australia)
Triple Eight Race Engineering, branded as Red Bull Ampol Racing in Supercars, is an Australian motor racing team competing in the Supercars Championship. The team has been the only Brisbane-based V8 Supercar team since its formation, originally taking over and operating out of the former Briggs Motor Sport workshop in Bowen Hills during the 2003 season before moving to Banyo in 2009. The team has won the Supercars drivers' championship eleven times, the teams' championship twelve times and the Bathurst 1000 ten times. The team currently runs two Chevrolet Camaros for Broc Feeney and Will Brown. Additionally, the team provides technical support to PremiAir Racing, Matt Stone Racing and Brad Jones Racing. The team performs its testing at Queensland Raceway. History Triple Eight Race Engineering was formed in 1996 in the United Kingdom, running Vauxhall's program in the British Touring Car Championship before expanding into Australian V8 Supercars, purchasing the Briggs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Brock
Peter Geoffrey Brock (26 February 1945 – 8 September 2006), known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain", or simply "Brocky", was an Australian motor racing driver. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other manufacturers including BMW, Ford Motor Company of Australia, Ford, Volvo Cars, Volvo, Porsche and Peugeot. He won the Bathurst 1000 endurance race nine times, the Sandown 500 touring car race nine times, the Australian Touring Car Championship three times, the Bathurst 24 Hour once and was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 2001. Brock's business activities included the Holden Dealer Team (HDT) that produced Brock's racing machines as well as a number of modified high-performance road versions of his racing cars. Early years Peter Brock was born at the Epworth Hospital, Richmond, Epworth Hospital, Richmond, Victoria, the son of Geoff and Ruth Brock (née Laidlay). The family lived in the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Kable Young Gun Award
The Mike Kable Young Gun Award (also called the Mike Kable Rookie of the Year) is an annual motor racing award honouring the achievements of a rookie driver under the age of 30 who competes in either the Supercars Championship, the second-tier Super2 Series or the third-tier Super3 Series. Tony Cochrane, the chairman of the championship's organising body Australian Vee Eight Supercar Company (AVESCO), instigated the accolade in June 2000. It is named after Mike Kable, an Australian motoring journalist, motorsport publicist, and mentor to young racing drivers. The award is presented to the rookie driver adjudged to have performed the best over the course of their first season in either championship following a vote by a panel of motorsport experts. The recipient receives a sponsorship grant of A$15,000 to help develop themselves. The winner is announced at the series' end-of-season gala in Sydney. The inaugural winner was Matthew White (racing driver), Matthew White in 2000. The fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 New Zealand Grand Prix
The 2025 New Zealand Grand Prix was an event for open wheel racing cars held at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell, Otago on 9 February 2025. It was the sixty-ninth New Zealand Grand Prix and utilised Formula Regional cars. The event served as the final race of the 2025 Formula Regional Oceania Championship. The race was won by reigning Supercars champion, Will Brown. This marked the first time an Australian had won the marquee event since Warwick Brown in 1975. The podium was rounded out by Zack Scoular and Arvid Lindblad. Earlier in the weekend, Lindblad had also secured the Formula Regional Oceania Championship and became the first Briton to win the title since Lando Norris. Background The event was held at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell for the second time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 7–9 February. The Grand Prix was the final race of the final round of the 2024 Formula Regional Oceania Championship and the 69th running of the New Zeal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Supercars Championship
The 2024 Supercars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2024 Repco Supercars Championship) was a motor racing series for Supercars. It was the twenty-sixth running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-eighth series in which Supercars have contested the Australian Touring Car Championship, the premier title in Australian motorsport. It was the sixty-fifth season of touring car racing in Australia. Erebus Motorsport entered the championship as the defending Teams' Champions, while Brodie Kostecki entered the championship as the defending Drivers' Champion. Triple Eight Race Engineering secured their record-extending twelfth Teams' Championship at the Bathurst 1000. Will Brown secured his first Drivers' Championship at the Adelaide 500. Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers are competing in the 2024 championship. Team changes The amount of entrants was reduced from twenty-five to twenty-four with Tickford Racing downsizing from four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Grand Prix
The New Zealand Grand Prix, sometimes known as the New Zealand International Grand Prix, is an annual motor racing event held in New Zealand. First held in 1950 New Zealand Grand Prix, 1950, it is best known for hosting rounds of the Tasman Series in the 1960s and 1970s. It is currently run as the signature race of the Formula Regional Oceania Championship. It is one of only two current national Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix events that are not part of the Formula One World Championship, the other being the Macau Grand Prix. History The race was once an important race on the international calendar, most notably when it was a part of the Tasman Series. In this era, several contemporary Formula One drivers would compete in the race, often with great success. Six Formula One List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions, World Drivers' Champions have won the New Zealand Grand Prix, including three-time champions Sir Jack Brabham and Sir Jackie Stewart. In the years following t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supercars Championship
The Supercars Championship, also known as the Repco Supercars Championship under sponsorship and historically as V8 Supercars, is a touring car racing category in Australia and New Zealand, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport. Supercars events take place in all Australian states and the Northern Territory, with the Australian Capital Territory formerly holding the Canberra 400. Usually, an international round is held in New Zealand, with events previously being held in China, Bahrain,Clarke, Wensley (2007), p. 16 the United Arab Emirates, and the United States.Greenhalgh, Howard, Wilson (2011), p. 503 The Melbourne SuperSprint championship event is also held in support of the Australian Grand Prix. Race formats vary between each event, with sprint races between in length, street races between in length, and two-driver endurance races held at Sandown and Bathurst. The series is broadcas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Formula 4
FIA Formula 4 (F4) is an open-wheel racing car category intended for junior drivers. There is no global championship, but rather individual nations or regions can host their own championships in compliance with a universal set of rules and specifications. The category was created in March 2013 by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)—the International sanctioning and administrative body for motorsport—after approval by the World Motor Sport Council as an entry-level category for young drivers, bridging the gap between karting and Formula 3. The series is a part of the FIA Global Pathway. Former Formula One driver Gerhard Berger was appointed as the FIA Single-Seater Commission president to oversee the creation of the category as a response to declining interest in national Formula 3 championships due to rising costs and alternate pathways to Formula One such as the then Formula Renault and GP2 and GP3 Series, which had seen several national Formula 3 champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Formula Regional Oceania Championship
The 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship was the third season of the Formula Regional Oceania Championship, and the twentieth running of the premier open-wheel motorsport category formerly known as the Toyota Racing Series It was held in New Zealand over five consecutive weekends in January and February 2025. The highest placed Australian or Kiwi driver after the first two rounds was awarded the Tasman Cup. Zack Scoular, driving for mtec Motorsport, was second overall after the second round, thereby claiming that title. Scoular then also went on to win the Rookie Championship at the penultimate round of the season, before Arvid Lindblad, driving for M2 Competition, took the Drivers' Championship with two races to spare and his team took the Teams' Championship at the same race. Entry list All drivers competed with identical Tatuus FT-60 chassis cars powered by 2.0L turbocharged Toyota engines running on 100% fossil-free fuel. Race calendar The 2025 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
