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Rose Cup races will return in July March 16 2021 The return of the annual race series is one of the first local sports events to come back. Following an unprecedented one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Portland's Friends of PIR have announced that the city's signature auto racing event will return this summer to celebrate 60 years of competition. The organization said the 2021 Rose Cup Races will take place July 9 to 11 at Portland International Raceway. According to the announcement, auto enthusiasts and their friends and family will enjoy seven different race groups ...

Murray Walker Credit: Gray Mortimore/ Getty Images Murray Walker, who has died aged 97, was for more than half a century the high-octane voice of British motor sport and a consummate exponent of – and, indeed, with a strong claim to have invented – the “pants-on-fire” school of broadcast commentary. At full throttle at the television microphone for a Formula 1 grand prix, Walker would typically let rip with what he called his “crash, bang, wallop” approach, developed during years of commentating on low-budget motocross and rallycross competitions. “I reacted excitedly and enthu...

Smithology: I’m building another Caterham. WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? Hagerty 3/5/2021 © Provided by Hagerty Sam Smith Hi! Are you one of those people who loves learning about the strange corners of the new-car universe? Do you like quirky little machines steeped in history and performance? Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you threw off all your cares and bought an eminently affordable adrenaline fire hose brimming with speed and feedback? You’re in luck! Welcome to an FAQ on the Caterham Seven. The car once known as the Lotus Seven, and a mainstay of English speed...

Lachlan Mineeff to make TCR Australia debut at Phillip Island 4 weeks ago The grid for the second round of the TCR Australia Racing Series at Phillip Island has grown by one, rising star Lachlan Mineeff today confirming he’ll make his series debut next weekend. Joining the field with help from Melbourne Performance Centre aboard one of their Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR cars, 18-year-old Mineeff will first get a steer of the ex-Alexandra Whitely machine in Friday practice. Having taken fifth in the past two years of the Australian Formula Ford Championship and being one of the youngest drivers t...

Premium Content Subscriber only Climbing Australian motorsport’s biggest mountain – Bathurst’s Mount Panorama – in a $500,00 V8 Supercar was a “pinch yourself” moment for Sunshine Coast carpenter Jack Sipp. “To be finally sitting there on the grid in a Supercar was a pretty special moment,” Sipp, 25, said. “I’ve watched it (Bathurst motor racing) since I was a young fellow.” He was behind the wheel of a car formerly driven by Supercars legend Jamie Whincup when he lined up for Eggleston Motorsport in the Super2 Series race at the weekend. “Obviously it was my first tim...