Author: Shane Lawrie

Shane Lawrie

Head unpaid intern of Behind the Sport and former gimp at Drive Tribe, he might not be the most technical motorsport fan, but enjoys a good race!

The Northam Motor Sport Festival celebrates its 21st anniversary this weekend with an action packed weekend featuring the Bendigo Bank Flying 50, Lindsay Monk Hill Climb, food trucks, monster truck rides, street markets, car displays and more! The event started originally as the Round the Houses back in 1952, but

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The smoke came thick and fast for the Good Friday Burnout King 2021 at Perth Motorplex. Class winners were “PERPIT” in Pro, “HELLBOUND” in Open, and “AUGASM” in Sportsman. For anyone wanting photos from the event, we always recommend checking out High Octane Photos

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It was the final day of the 2021 Bathurst 6 Hour and with plenty of on-track action, close racing and some rough incidents the spectators were kept entertained thoroughly with all the action.  Something to remember is that if you enjoyed classes such as Radical Australia and Excel Cup,

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The category that has been turning heads first at their demonstration events and then as part of their first full season this year, the S5000s, have completed data gathering laps at the famed Mount Panorama ahead of the categories expected debut at the circuit in November this year as part

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Fantastic demonstration today of the S5000 going around Mount Panorama. The data collecting laps were not meant to show the speed these cars will be able to do around the track but to provide valuable setup information to the category to ensure the best performance can be obtained come November

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The Shannons Motorsport Australia Championships’ second round joined onto the yearly Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 hour event this year with categories including Radicals, Excels, TCR, GT, Trans Am and of course the Bathurst 6 Hour entries. Let’s go category by category for an update! Bathurst 6 Hour

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Well the 2021 Bathurst 6 Hour is here and its been a bit of a shaky lead up with COVID-19 cases in Queensland reinstating a lock down and some infected people entering New South Wales. More than 275 competitors have descended on the spiritual home of Australian Motorsport as the

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