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2022 Adelaide 500
The 2022 Adelaide 500 (known for commercial reasons as the 2022 VALO Adelaide 500) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held from Thursday 1 December through to Sunday 4 December 2022. The event was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia, and was the twenty-third running of the Adelaide 500. It was the last event of thirteen in the 2022 Supercars Championship and consisted of two races of 250 kilometres. The races were be supported by Touring Car Masters, GT World Challenge, S5000 Tasman Series, Aussie Racing Cars and Dunlop Super2 & Super3 Series. Results Practice Race 1 Qualifying Race Race 2 Qualifying Race Championship standings after the race ;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References External links {{V8 race report , Name_of_race = Adelaide 500 , Year_of_race = 2022 , Previous_race_in_season = 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Traditional Owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna people. The area of the city centre and surrounding parklands is called ' in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Aussie Racing Car Series
The 2022 Battery World Aussie Racing Car Super Series was an Australian motor racing series for Aussie Racing Cars, which are silhouette racing cars which use Yamaha FJ1300 engines and Kumho Tyres. The series commenced at Sydney Motorsport Park on 4 March, and concluded on 21 August at Sandown Raceway. Due to the COVID-19 induced cancellation of the 2021 series, there was no defending series champion. The series was won by Joshua Anderson. Entries Calendar Results Summary Points System *Championship: Championship Points based on Round Position. *Class: Class Points based on Round Position in class. Points Table Drivers' Championship Rookie Championship References External links {{Aussie Racing Cars Aussie Racing Cars Aussie Racing Cars Aussie Racing Cars (ARC) is an Australian motor racing category. ARC is a motorcycle powered silhouette racing car class created by former touring car racer Phil Ward and influenced by the American Legends category. Aussie R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Hazelwood
Todd Matthew Hazelwood (born 25 September 1995) is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Repco Supercars Championship. He currently drives the #3 CoolDrive Racing Ford Mustang for Melbourne-based team, Blanchard Racing Team (BRT). Todd is currently in his sixth season racing in the premier Australian motorsport category and has achieved both a podium finish and Pole Position during this time. Hazelwood previously contested in the Dunlop Super2 Series, and won the championship with Matt Stone Racing in a Holden VF Commodore in 2017. Hazelwood also won the prestigious Mike Kable Young Gun Award in 2014. Racing career Karting Todd started his racing career at the age of seven with his first event at the Adelaide Dirt Kart Club. Todd managed to progress quickly as a rookie in 2003 and instantly moved into the Juniors division at the age of 8. Todd went on to claim 2nd in his first ever Australian Title and went on to win 3x State Titles before making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PremiAir Racing
PremiAir Racing is an Australian motor racing team competing in ANDRA Top Fuel and the Supercars Championship. The team is owned by Peter Xiberras, the managing director of PremiAir Hire and himself a Top Fuel drag racing champion. History Top Fuel PremiAir Racing has competed in ANDRA Top Fuel events since 2014. Supercars In January 2022, PremiAir Racing bought Tekno Autosports' Supercars Championship team, six weeks prior to the 2022 Supercars Championship's scheduled commencement date at Sydney Motorsport Park. Tekno, branded as Team Sydney since 2020, had competed in the series since 2011 as an independent team. On the 21st of June 2022, PremiAir Racing terminated the contract of Garry Jacobson effective immediately after the Darwin Triple Crown. On July 5, it was announced that James Golding would replace Jacobson for the remainder of the season. On October 14th, PremiAir confirmed the departure of Chris Pither at the end of the 2022 season. A week later PremiAir reveal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Golding (racing Driver)
James Golding (born 19 January 1996) is an Australian racing driver who competes in the Repco Supercars Championship driving the No. 31 Holden ZB Commodore for PremiAir Racing. Career Early career A multiple Victorian karting champion, Golding moved into the Victorian Formula Ford championship in 2013, finishing fourth. He then stepped up to the national series in 2014, where he finished third despite only being eight points shy of the overall winner, Thomas Randle. Supercars He caught the attention of Garry Rogers, who signed him into his Dunlop Series team for the 2015 season. In his debut season, he finished tenth in the overall standings, beating season regulars such as Aaren Russell and Paul Morris, as well as other rising talents like Macauley Jones. In 2016, he was drafted into the main series for the endurance events, driving alongside James Moffat in the Volvo S60 The Volvo Group ( sv, Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, sty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Jones Racing
Brad Jones Racing is an Australian motor racing team owned by Brad Jones based in Albury. The team competes in the Supercars Championship and the Super2 Series. Recently they have also returned to Australian Formula Ford where Brad and Kim began their careers. The team is the only rurally based Supercars team. The team's current drivers are Andre Heimgartner, Macauley Jones, Bryce Fullwood, and Jack Smith. History Brad Jones Racing began as a Formula Ford team in which both Brad and Kim Jones raced. Kim stopped racing relatively early, partially in recognition of Brad's ability as a driver with Kim becoming team manager. The team's peak in open-wheel racing came when, running an Elwyn chassis, Brad finished sixth in the 1981 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series. The pair faded as the 1980s developed, though Brad Jones would continue driving Bryan Thompson's twin-turbo Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC - Chevrolet in Sports Sedan and GT racing. When Thompson came out of driving ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre Heimgartner
Andre Heimgartner (born 8 June 1995) is a New Zealand motor-racing driver who currently competes in the Repco Supercars Championship driving the No. 8 Holden Commodore ZB for Brad Jones Racing. Career Formula racing At 12 years of age commenced racing in the NZ Formula Vee championship. Heimgartner became the youngest driver in the world to win a Formula Ford Championship at the age of fifteen when he won the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship during the 2010–11 season. He returned to successfully defend his title for the 2011–12 season whilst contesting selected events in the 2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship. 2013 Selected races in Australian Formula 3. Touring cars New Zealand In 2012, Heimgartner entered the inaugural season of the New Zealand-based V8SuperTourer series, driving a Holden VE Commodore run by AV8 Motorsport. He finished the sprint championship in tenth place overall, achieving a best result of fourth place at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Courtney
James Anthony Courtney (born 29 June 1980) is an Australian racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship, Repco Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 5 Ford Mustang (sixth generation), Ford Mustang GT for Tickford Racing. Courtney won the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series driving for the Dick Johnson Racing team. Early career Courtney has raced and was successful in several other categories, most of which are regarded as the stepping stones to Formula One. He was Karting World Championship, World Junior Karting Champion in 1995 and world Karting World Championship, Formula A Champion in 1997. He was British Formula Ford champion in 2000 and broke the record for winning the most Formula Ford races in one season. He drove for the Jaguar Racing, Jaguar Junior Formula Three team in 2001, impressively winning his first F3 race on his F3 debut. He was also a test driver for Jaguar's Formula One team. Injuries from a high-speed test crash at Monza in 2002, due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team 18
Team 18 (formerly known as Charlie Schwerkolt Racing) is an Australian motor racing team currently competing in the Supercars Championship, running two Holden ZB Commodores. The team's current drivers are Mark Winterbottom and Scott Pye. History Background The team is owned by Gold Coast businessman Charlie Schwerkolt, who previously had a shareholding in Dick Johnson Racing. The relationship between Schwerkolt and Dick Johnson broke down at the end of 2010, the year James Courtney won the championship for the team. As part of the split Schwerkolt retained ownership of one of the two Racing Entitlement Contracts (RECs).Charlie Schwerkolt sells his share of DJR '' |
Scott Pye
Scott Robert Pye (born 8 January 1990) is an Australian professional racing driver. He currently competes in the Repco Supercars Championship, and drives the No. 20 Holden ZB Commodore for Team 18. Racing career Early days Pye started out in go-karts, winning six state championships. Pye moved up to the Formula Ford level in 2007 when he raced in the State Series Formula Ford in Australia for Borland Racing Developments/ Cams Rising Star. 2008 saw Pye move up to the Australian Formula Ford Championship, again with Borland Racing Developments/ Cams Rising Star. He finished the championship in seventh place in 2008 and in third position in 2009. International foray Pye joined fellow Australian driver Nathan Antunes in the European Technique team for the 2008–09 Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. He achieved a podium finish in his first race at Ruapuna and completed the weekend with a win in the third race which saw him take home the Wigram Cup. Pye continued his good fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holden Commodore ZB
The Opel Insignia is a large family car (D-segment in Europe) developed and produced by the German car manufacturer Opel since 2008. Taking its name from a 2003 concept car, the model line serves as the flagship Opel car line, slotted above the Astra and Corsa in size. The Insignia serves as the successor for both the Signum and Vectra model lines, replacing both vehicles under a single nameplate. Currently in its second generation, the model line is offered in four-door sedan/saloon body styles, five-door liftback, and as a five-door station wagon/estate. Sold worldwide, the Insignia is marketed under multiple nameplates. Under Opel tradition, the model line is marketed by Vauxhall in the United Kingdom, taking on the Vauxhall Insignia name. Both generations of the model line have been marketed in Latin America and North America as the Buick Regal (sales of the Regal continue in China). GM Australia marketed the second-generation Insignia as the Holden Commodore through 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Van Gisbergen
Shane Robert van Gisbergen (born 9 May 1989) is a New Zealand racing driver in the Supercars Championship racing in the Number 97 Holden ZB Commodore car for Triple Eight Race Engineering. With three Supercars Championship wins (2016, 2021, 2022), 75 wins and 40 pole positions, Van Gisbergen is the fourth most successful racing driver in the Supercars Championship history. He has won the Bathurst 1000 twice in 2020 and 2022, both times alongside Garth Tander. Away from the Supercars Championship, Van Gisbergen has forged a successful GT Racing career, winning the 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour alongside Alvaro Parente and Jonathon Webb in the McLaren 650S GT3, winning the 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, finishing 3rd overall in the 2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge and finishing in second place in the 2015 24 Hours of Daytona in the GTD class. He and Paul Morris are the only drivers to have won all three major car racing events at Mount Panorama; the Bathurst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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