Speedcafe.com is an Australian-based
motorsport
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news website
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that launched on 23 October 2009. The site had over 50 million page views in 2020.
Speedcafe.com is a source of news and race reports for the
Supercars Championship
The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport.
Supercars events take place in all Australian ...
,
Formula One
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, and other categories.
Domestic coverage includes
Australian GT
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,
SuperUtes Series
The SuperUtes Series (known for commercial reasons as the Haltech V8 SuperUte Series) is an Australian pickup truck racing competition that was launched in 2018 as a successor to the V8 Ute Racing Series. The series' events are held as a support c ...
,
Australian Carrera Cup Championship
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, and TCR Australia. The site also covers international categories including
MotoGP
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,
World Rally Championship
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,
FIA World Endurance Championship
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and
NASCAR
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.
Speedcafe.com has offshoot sites with its own
Classifieds
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and Jobstop brands. The website is also a major partner of the
Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame The Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame was established by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport "to give recognition to those who have brought greatness to motor sport in all its many disciplines, over the entire history of the sport in Austr ...
.
In 2019 Speedcafe launched the performance motoring website Torquecafe.com
In August 2022 it was announced founder Brett Murray had sold a majority 80% stake of the publication to a consortium made up of Karl Begg, Richard Gresham and Robert Gooley.
Contributors
The Speedcafe.com team is led by Head of Editorial Mat Coch.
Senior journalist Daniel Herrero, and journalists Slade Perrins and Iwan Jones round out the Speedcafe.com editorial line-up.
Former staff members include Connor O'Brien, Tom Howard, Grant Rowley, Stefan Bartholomaeus and Gordon Lomas.
Controversy
Speedcafe.com was featured in a 2012 episode of ''
Media Watch'' that investigated then-owner Brett "Crusher" Murray for the
conflict of interest
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between parent company BAM Media and his work as a columnist for the ''
Gold Coast Bulletin
The ''Gold Coast Bulletin'' is a daily newspaper serving Australia's Gold Coast region.
It is published as ''The Gold Coast Bulletin'' on weekdays and the ''Weekend Bulletin'' at weekends.
It is owned by News Corp Australia.
History
The n ...
''.
References
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External links
Home page
Australian sport websites
Australian news websites
Internet properties established in 2009
Auto racing mass media
Motorsport mass media