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MOTORSPORTS NEWS |
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AUS MINI CHALLENGE |
| 22 OCT 2009 |
RACE PREVIEW: HANSFORD...THE LEGEND LIVES ON |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2009 RD: |
HANSFORD…..THE NAME IS SYNONYMOUS WITH AUSTRALIAN MOTOR RACING FOLKLORE AND IS A WORLDWIDE LEGEND. .... | GOLD COAST |
| 14 SEP 2009 |
RACE REPORT: CHANGEABLE CONDITIONS CATCH ROCK MINI TEAM ON THE HOP |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2009 RD: |
SCOTT BARGWANNA’S CONTINUED CONSISTENCY HAS SEEN HIM MAINTAIN THIRD IN THE MINI CHALLENGE POINTS STANDINGS AFTER THE THREE MINI CHALLENGE, DELIVERED BY PIZZA CAPERS, RACES AT PHILLIP ISLAND, WHILST BJ COOK HAD A BALL IN HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE SPECTACULAR SEASIDE CIRCUIT .... | PHILLIP ISLAND |
| 7 SEP 2009 |
RACE PREVIEW: ALL OUT ISLAND ASSAULT FOR ROCK BOYS TO SECURE MINI PODIUM |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2009 RD: |
THE BARGWANNA MOTORSPORT ROCK ENERGY DRINKS TEAM ARE KEEN TO GO ALL OUT TO CHASE DOWN SECOND SPOT ON THE MINI CHALLENGE SCOREBOARD THIS WEEKEND AT PHILLIP ISLAND IN SUPPORT OF THE L&H 500 V8 SUPERCAR ENDURANCE RACE. .... | PHILLIP ISLAND |
| 13 JUL 2009 |
RACE REPORT: STOUT STOKELL TAMES TOWNSVILLE MINI CHALLENGE |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2009 RD:3 |
PAUL STOKELL WAS A SATISFIED VICTOR IN ROUND THREE OF THE 2009 MINI CHALLENGE, DELIVERED BY PIZZA CAPERS, EXTENDING HIS LEAD IN THE SERIES AND DELIVERING A CLEAR MESSAGE TO HIS RIVALS IN THE TOWNSVILLE SUNSHINE .... | TOWNSVILLE |
| 22 MAY 2009 |
RACE PREVIEW: ‘LET’S ROCK MINI CHALLENGE IN TASSIE,’ SAY BARGWANNA & COOK |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2009 RD: |
THE ROCK ENERGY DRINKS, BARGWANNA MOTORSPORT TEAM IS ITCHING TO GET ACROSS BASS STRAIT AND HIT THE TRACK FOR ROUND TWO OF AUSTRALIA’S LEADING SINGLE-MAKE RACING SERIES – MINI CHALLENGE – AT SYMMONS PLAINS, MAY 29-31. .... | SIMMONS PLAIN |
| 30 MAR 2009 |
RACE REPORT: CHALLENGING GRAND PRIX WEEKEND FOR ROCK ENERGY DRINKS MINI CHALLENGE TEAM |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2009 RD: |
THE ROCK ENERGY DRINKS BARGWANNA MOTORSPORT TEAM HAS MADE A SOLID BUT TESTING START TO ITS MINI CHALLENGE SEASON AT THE FORMULA 1™ ING AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX, WITH BOTH DRIVERS – SCOTT BARGWANNA AND BJ COOK OVERCOMING NUMEROUS CHALLENGES. .... | ALBERT PARK |
| 27 MAR 2009 |
QUALIFYING REPORT: STOKELL STORMS TO MINI CHALLENGE GP QUICK TIME |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2009 RD: |
PAUL STOKELL HAS STARTED OFF THE WEEKEND IN THE BEST POSSIBLE FASHION, PUSHING HIS DECORUG RACING ENTRY TO THE FASTEST TIME IN QUALIFYING IN THE FIRST ROUND OF MINI CHALLENGE 2009, PRESENTED BY “THE BOAT THAT ROCKED”. .... | ALBERT PARK |
| 24 MAR 2009 |
RACE PREVIEW: FORMULA 1 STARTS OFF MINI CHALLENGE CELEBRATIONS IN 2009 |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2009 RD:1 |
TWENTY CARS HAVE ENTERED FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF THE 2009 MINI CHALLENGE. .... | ALBERT PARK |
| 16 MAR 2009 |
TEAM NEWS: DENYER, STOKELL & DECORUG DECLARE: MINI CHALLENGE TITLE IS OURS |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2009 RD: |
AFTER NARROWLY MISSING OUT ON LAST YEAR’S MINI CHALLENGE SERIES WIN, DECORUG RACING RETURNS IN 2009 WITH SEVEN NETWORK PERSONALITY, GRANT DENYER AND MULTIPLE AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION – PAUL STOKELL – SPEARHEADING ITS ATTACK AND THIS TIME – SECOND ISN’T GOOD ENOUGH. .... | SYDNEY |
| 27 FEB 2009 |
TEAM NEWS: BARGWANNA MOTORSPORT READY TO ‘ROCK’ MINI CHALLENGE IN 2009 |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2009 RD: |
THINGS AROUND THE BARGWANNA MOTORSPORT MINI CHALLENGE TEAM WILL BE A LITTLE MORE ENERGETIC THAN USUAL THIS YEAR, WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW MAJOR SPONSOR – ROCK ENERGY DRINKS – AND A NEW DRIVER – BRENDON ‘BJ’ COOK – JOINING SCOTT BARGWANNA IN THE TEAM. .... | |
| 23 FEB 2009 |
SEASON PREVIEW: AWESOME MINI CHALLENGE SEASON 2 ROARS INTO LIFE AT THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX. |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2009 RD: |
AFTER ARRIVING WITH A BANG LAST YEAR, MINI CHALLENGE WILL TAKE A GIANT LEAP FORWARD IN 2009 – WITH FEATURE EVENTS AT THE FORMULA 1™ ING AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX, GOLD COAST A1 ‘SUPERGP’, TOWNSVILLE 400 AND THE SYDNEY 400, GRAND FINALE AS PART OF ITS CALENDAR. .... | |
| 8 DEC 2008 |
RACE REPORT: MCFADYEN CROWNED INAUGURAL MINI CHALLENGE CHAMPION - BARGWANNA GETS 10 WINS |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD: |
NEIL MCFADYEN HAS BEEN CROWNED THE INAUGURAL MINI CHALLENGE CHAMPION AFTER TODAY’S THIRD AND FINAL RACE AT ORAN PARK RACEWAY, WHILST JASON BARGWANNA WRAPPED UP HIS THIRD ROUND WIN IN FOUR EVENTS .... | |
| 17 NOV 2008 |
RACE PREVIEW: AKERMANIS AND APPLEBY LEAD TASSIE MINI ODYSSEY |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD:7/8 |
WESTERN BULLDOGS AFL MEGASTAR, JASON AKERMANIS AND EIGHT TIME PGA TOUR EVENT WINNER, STUART APPLEBY, WILL MAKE THEIR CIRCUIT RACING DEBUTS IN MINI CHALLENGE AT SYMMONS PLAINS RACEWAY, TASMANIA THIS WEEKEND, NOVEMBER 21-23. .... | SYMMONS PLAINS |
| 15 SEP 2008 |
RACE REPORT: JASON BARGWANNA HITS THEM FOR 6 IN A ROW AT THE ISLAND. |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD: |
JASON BARGWANNA HELD OFF A DETERMINED NATHAN GEIER TO TAKE OUT THE FINAL RACE OF MINI CHALLENGE AT PHILLIP ISLAND TODAY, THE FORMER BATHURST CHAMPION EXTENDING HIS WINNING STREAK TO SIX IN A ROW .... | PHILLIP ISLAND |
| 10 SEP 2008 |
RACE PREVIEW: TED TOLEMAN TAKES OVER MINI CHALLENGE (AUSTRALIA) |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD: |
MINI CHALLENGE (AUSTRALIA) WILL RETURN THIS WEEKEND AT PHILLIP ISLAND IN SUPPORT OF THE L&H 500 V8 SUPERCAR EVENT, WITH THE MAN WHO GAVE AYRTON SENNA HIS FORMULA 1 START, TED TOLEMAN, AT THE HELM. .... | |
| 11 JUL 2008 |
INFORMATION: MINI CHALLENGE BEATING THE COLD. |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD: |
ALTHOUGH THE MINI CHALLENGE RACECARS ARE RUGGED UP IN FRONT OF THE HEATER ENJOYING THEIR HIBERNATION UNTIL THE L&H 500, PHILLIP ISLAND – SEPTEMBER 12-14, THEIR OWNERS AND THE CATEGORY HAVE BEEN FAR FROM IDLE. .... | |
| 29 MAY 2008 |
RACE PREVIEW: NO BROTHERLY LOVE FOR STILLWELLS AT SANDOWN |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD:4 |
FORMING A PART OF THE UNIQUE MELBOURNE AND MOTORSPORT ZEITGEIST IS THE NAME STILLWELL. SIMILARLY, MINI IS SYNONYMOUS WITH MELBOURNE’S CAST OF THE COOL AND MOTOR RACING IN AUSTRALIA. .... | SANDOWN |
| 12 MAY 2008 |
RACE REPORT: MAXIMUM MINI ACTION AS WHITE STAYS COOL AS ICE |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD:3 |
DAMIEN WHITE BECAME THE THIRD ROUND WINNER IN AS MANY ROUNDS WHEN HE SWEPT TO VICTORY IN THE MOST HOTLY CONTESTED MINI CHALLENGE RACE THIS SEASON, WHILST GARY YOUNG (SALTA CONSTRUCTIONS) SCORED HIS MAIDEN MINI CHALLENGE VICTORY .... | PERTH |
| 10 MAY 2008 |
INFORMATION: FORMER WALLABY BEN TUNE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT DURING MINI CHALLENGE |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD:3 |
MINI CHALLENGE DRIVER BEN TUNE HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED TO JOONDALUP HOSPITAL NORTH OF PERTH LATE TODAY FOR PRELIMINARY MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT AT BARBAGALLO RACEWAY. .... | PERTH |
| 2 MAY 2008 |
RACE PREVIEW: MINI CHALLENGE ‘HOME-COMING’ FOR LEANNE TANDER |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD:3 |
FRESH FROM A VICTORY IN THE AUSTRALIAN FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP LAST WEEKEND, LEANNE TANDER IS POISED TO BECOME THE FIRST FEMALE RACER IN THE AUSTRALIAN MINI CHALLENGE AT BARBAGALLO RACEWAY, WHEN SHE PILOTS A SECOND MINI CHALLENGE UBER-STAR CAR IN SUPPORT OF THE BIGPOND 400 – MAY 9-11. .... | BARBAGALLO |
| 1 MAY 2008 |
RACE PREVIEW: BEN TUNES UP FOR MINI CHALLENGE! |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD:3 |
HAVING BEEN CONFRONTED WITH THE FOREBODING SIGHT OF ALL BLACK LEGEND, JONAH LOMU COMING AT HIM AT FULL PELT ON MANY OCCASIONS, WORLD CHAMPION WALLABY WINGER, BEN TUNE IS ACCUSTOMED TO MOUNTAINOUS CHALLENGES .... | BARBAGALLO |
| 21 APR 2008 |
TEAM NEWS: GEIER MAKES SHORT SHIFT TO SHERRIN |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD: |
THE SECOND ROUND WINNER OF MINI CHALLENGE – NATHAN GEIER – WILL SWAP COLOURS FROM BARBAGALLO RACEWAY (MAY 9-11) ONWARDS, WHEN HE STEPS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE SHERRIN RENTALS MINI CHALLENGE CAR, WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM SPLIT IMAGE PROJECT MANAGEMENT. .... | |
| 7 APR 2008 |
RACE REPORT: NATHAN HITS TOP GEIER AT WAKEFIELD PARK |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD:2 |
MELBOURNE’S NATHAN GEIER (SPLIT IMAGE PROJECT MANAGEMENT) HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE MISFORTUNE THAT STRUCK PAUL STOKELL (DECORUG MOTORSPORT) IN RACE THREE OF MINI CHALLENGE TODAY TO BECOME THE FIFTH RACE WINNER FROM THE SIX RACES HELD THIS SEASON. .... | WAKEFIELD PARK |
| 2 APR 2008 |
RACE PREVIEW: MINI CHALLENGE BATTLES WILL WARM UP WAKEFIELD THIS WEEKEND! |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD:2 |
ON-TRACK TEMPERATURES AMONG MINI CHALLENGE COMPETITORS WILL RISE SIGNIFICANTLY THIS WEEKEND, WHEN A STORMING MID-FIELD BATTLE FROM THE OPENING ROUND AT EASTERN CREEK RESUMES AT THE TIGHT 2.2 KILOMETRE WAKEFIELD PARK CIRCUIT. .... | WAKEFIELD |
| 1 APR 2008 |
INFORMATION: MINI TO ENTER F1 IN 2009 WITH AUSTRALIAN–BUILT CAR USING AUSTRALIAN FUEL |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD: |
MINI WILL ENTER FORMULA 1 IN 2009 WITH A SMALLER, LIGHTER BESPOKE CAR POWERED BY A HI-TECH TURBOCHARGED FOUR-CYLINDER ENGINE, THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED TODAY .... | |
| 9 MAR 2008 |
RACE REPORT: MCFADYEN TAKES ROUND WIN, DENYER SCORES RACE WIN! |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD:1 |
24-YEAR-OLD NEIL MCFADYEN HAS TAKEN OUT THE FIRST EVER AUSTRALIAN MINI CHALLENGE ROUND AT SYDNEY'S EASTERN CREEK INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY TODAY, CAPTURING A SUPERLATIVE VICTORY IN THE FINAL RACE AFTER SEVEN NETWORK PERSONALITY, GRANT DENYER WON THIS MORNING'S RACE TWO. .... | EASTERN CREEK |
| 7 MAR 2008 |
PRACTICE REPORT: BARGWANNA AND MCFADYEN SET THE MINI PACE |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD:1 |
JASON BARGWANNA AND NEIL MCFADYEN MADE MOTOR RACING HISTORY TODAY AT EASTERN CREEK INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, SETTING THE QUICKEST TIMES IN THE TWO PRACTICE SESSIONS HELD FOR MINI CHALLENGE, THE WORLD DEBUT FOR THE R56 MODEL MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS CHALLENGE RACECAR. .... | EASTERN CREEK |
| 3 MAR 2008 |
RACE CALENDAR: 2008 CALENDAR |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD: |
8 ROUNDS .... | |
| 1 FEB 2008 |
INFORMATION: MINI COOPER WORKS RACERS FACE THEIR FIRST CHALLENGE. |
AUSTRALIA |
| 2008 RD: |
THE ALL NEW MINI COOPER WORKS R56 CHALLENGE CARS HAVE STARTED THEIR FIRST RACE. .... |
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