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!

In a small hand-over ceremony at Sandown Raceway, long-time friends and legendary racers Dick Johnson and Larry Perkins, along with rising star Anton De Pasquale, came together for the handing-over of the number that Perkins used since the inception of his team, Perkins Engineering, in 1986. “When Anton joined

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With the summer rounds of Speedway heading towards a finish at Perth Motorplex, Ellenbrook Speedway has announced its 2021 winter calendar with 9 rounds of racing to happen between May and October.  Divisions include club divisions, late models, sprintcars, street stocks, productions, juniors, wingless and limited sprintcars. For full

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Nishi-D is one of those events that sort of flies under the radar. People who know about it know about it, friends and family come along to support the drivers and the atmosphere is one of pure fun. Although the event features a competition, take a walk through the pits

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PHOTO: Daniel Kalisz The final day of the first round of the 2021 Shannons Motorsport Australia Championship saw a dramatic final S5000 race for the weekend where Nathan Herne ended up making contact with Thomas Randle and launched into the air. The car landed on all four wheels and Herne

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Saturday brought a visitor to Phillip Island with rain joining in the action to give competitors at the 2021 Shannons Motorsport Australia Championship Round 1 something else to contend with. Chaz Mostert took out the first heavily rain-soaked race in the Supercheap Auto TCR Championship with his fastest lap a

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