23 Articles on FEATURES ARCHIVE
Triple 8 domination – phase or dynasty?
With the Team Vodafone Falcons sweeping all before them, 321Igntion ponders the state of play in V8 Supercar; past, present, and future...
Soap operas, superstars, and grid positions...
V8 Supercars is the best Australian soap opera going around. You can keep your ‘Neighbours’ and ‘Home and Away’, the midweek mutterings in the sport we love are far more entertaining.
The central plot for this week of course has been the new for 2009 grid system...
Daytona, Bathurst, and the plight of the against-the-odds battler
With the 2009 Daytona 500 run and won, 321Ignition examines what’s missing from our own Great Race, and discuss what it means to qualify for a race on merit, rather than paper...
V8 race formats – Let’s mix it up a bit
As the new season draws ever closer, 321Ignition looks at V8 Supercar race-weekend formats, including what’s gone wrong in the past, and why there’s no ‘perfect formula’...
Africa Race: Keeping the dream alive
Did you hear the story about the Dakar that goes to Dakar but isn’t the Dakar? 321Ignition explains...
When the TF109 hits the track for the first time in pre-season testing it will represent the end of a remarkable journey from a blank sheet of paper to one of the most sophisticated racing machines on the
planet.
When the 2009 Dakar Rally blasts into action this weekend, it kicks off another season of motorsport, and a brave new era for this incredible test of human endurance.
F2: What is it, and why is it here?
At first glance, the FIA’s new Formula 2 category appears to be just another junior single seater championship. One has to wonder, in a world full of Formula Master, Formula Renault, Formula BMW, Formula Toyota, Formula 3, Formula Nippon, World Series by Renault, and GP2, do we really need another category of this nature?
An interview with: JIMMIE JOHNSON
NASCAR SPRINT CUP CHAMPION – 2006, 2007, 2008
Marcos Ambrose's NASCAR Whirlwind
Marcos Ambrose started season 2008 as a Ford driver in the Nationwide Series, and ended it racing Toyotas in the Sprint Cup.
Gold Medals in F1 – Reality or Politicking?
Bernie Ecclestone shocked the Grand Prix racing community last week by announcing that the sport would undertake a bold move to a gold – silver – bronze medal system for the purpose of deciding the 2009 World Champion.
Driver Feature: Craig Baird - Make mine a Porsche!
Season 2008 appears to be going to plan for 38 year old Kiwi Craig Baird. With three rounds still remaining, the Fitzgerald Racing driver is well on the way to a second Australian Carrera Cup crown.
David Richards - Part #2 - Road Cars
Whilst Prodrive work with many different car makers on a vast array of engineering projects all over the world, they hold an interesting place in the Australian market. Their joint venture with Ford Australia - Ford Performance Vehicles – is well known, having been launched with the BA model Falcon in 2002.
David Richards - Looking Forward
David Richards commands an enormous amount of respect in the motorsport world. As co-founder and now chairman of the highly successful Prodrive engineering company, Richards overseas the Aston Martin GT, Subaru WRC and Ford Performance Racing V8Supercar programmes. Here then, is a busy man.
Driver Feature: Barton Mawer - Part #2 - The Hard Road
Carrera Cup competitor Barton Mawer has no shortage of racing experience. Australian motorsport fans however may be forgiven for not knowing much about the New South Welshman prior to the start of the 2008 season, as he’d been largely hidden away in either Great Britain or the USA, determined to carve out a career for himself in the sport he loves.
Driver Feature: Barton Mawer - Part #1 - A New Challenge
Season 2008 sees the full time return of Barton Mawer to Australian race tracks, as he begins a Carrera Cup campaign that he hopes will thrust his name into the domestic spotlight. Having spent much of his career racing Formula 3 cars in both Australia & the UK, his move to the local Porsche class represents a new direction for the 25 year old from Camden, New South Wales.
Driver Feature: Steven Owen - Biding his time
Not many were surprised to see Steve Owen dominate the Fujitsu V8Supercar Series season opener on the streets of Adelaide. The fact of the matter is, this bloke belongs in the main game. After being shuffled out of the top tier series this season, 2008 is about proving a point.
Driver Feature: James Moffat - Learning at the Front
There is little doubt that season 2008 will be one of learning for James Moffat. Having impressed in Formula Ford last year, the son of Australian motor racing legend Allan Moffat has moved up into the Carrera Cup Championship, continuing his relationship with the Sonic Motor Racing team.
Driver Feature: Ben Clucas - From single seaters to supercars
Everything about Ben Clucas says he should be a Formula One driver. Ok, his British accent helps, but his relatively small stature, his quiet, yet well spoken manner, and - most importantly - his blistering speed on the race track, really completes the picture. But Clucas is not back in Australia for Formula One. He is here to break into V8 Supercars.
Driver Chat: David Wall - Doing it Jim's way
We catch up with Porsche Carrera Cup driver David Wall for a chat about his 2008 campaign, switching between a Cup Car and an RSR, the Bathurst 12hr, and more...
Col Parish - From the mountain to the stream..
Circuit racing has ‘Black Jack’ Brabham, Larry Perkins, Les Small and Ron Harrop, speedway has John Sidney, drag racing Terry Sainty.. The list goes on. Engineers that are renowned for Aussie ingenuity and good old fashioned engineering excellence
One of the best low-cost one-make categories in Australia is the result of a vision by aPorschaPart proprietor Dennis O’Keefe. A former Porsche Cup competitor, rising costs and constantly changing rules put a temporary end to his career, before a vision came to him one fateful day over a glass of red
Ferrari 360GT versus Ferrari 430 Challenge
Prior to the Lamborghini Gallardos and John Kaias’ Aston Martin gate-crashing the Australian GT Championship, arguably the most gorgeous cars in the field were the Ferrari 360s and 430s.
