This weekend, Harry Hayek makes his highly-anticipated resurgence to the race track, debuting in the Kumho V8 Touring Car Series, with Brad Jones Racing at Queensland Raceway. 20-year-old Hayek will be driving the #21 ‘Laing + Simmons – Potts Point’ VE II Commodore in a striking navy blue and yellow...Read More
A new friend was asking me some questions about Cars For Hope last week, and she asked what’s surprised me the most over the last couple years. I thought for a minute because it’s a good question, and because there’s been a lot of surprises. I told her that the most surprising...Read More
Wow, two days to go and I’m very excited. The feeling of driving a car, your car, is something that cannot be described to non-car people. But to me, as a car enthusiast, it’s a sense of freedom and unity between man and machine. Raw power and metal taking me...Read More
What better way is there to welcome the beginning of summer than with a BBQ? For the last few years, the ClubITR Annual BBQ has been our way of sending off the year and 2016 was no different, with the final meet until 2017 held at Royal National Park at...Read More
Life is all about the lessons you learn along the way. This is something I wish I’d understood many years ago. I’m Will Ford, a passionate car guy, electronics geek, and computer nerd. When I’m not in the garage working on my car, you’ll find me spending time with my...Read More
In automotive racing, communication and teamwork is key. I’m sure we can all relate to watching our favourite racing drivers winning races like they were born with the skill, but between the car, the driver and all of the crew in the pit is a relationship that’s critical. Communication is...Read More
Cars For Hope is proud to announce a collaboration with the Confederation of Australian Motorsport (CAMS) and Shannons Nationals for Round 6 of the 2016 Shannons Australian Motor Racing Nationals at Phillip Island on September 9-11. This joint effort will see the full field of over 120 racing cars wearing...Read More
Late last month we headed out to Sydney Motorsport Park with UOW Motorsport (Formerly UOW FSAE), the University of Wollongong’s resident Formula SAE team, for what they promised would be an action-packed day. We would be test driving their car, Lucy, which helped propel the team to P8 at Formula...Read More
