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!

Perth based drifting for a good cause event Driftability has announced a new committee for the 2021 event. The 7 strong committees will be headed up by Daniel Silvestro who has been involved as a driver at the event since its creation by Andrew Murphy. Upon announcement as the new

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Despite a very choppy year for motorsport in Australia, Motorsport Australia was still able to award state winners of the Officials of the Year to the majority of the states, with some states announcing other awards such as Service Stars and Service Awards. In Western Australia the Official of the

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Red Shamrock Racing’s Laura Byrnes finished 13th at the Perth Motorplex City of Kwinana Cup during the Late Model feature race. After finishing 8th and 9th in the heat races, Laura was looking forward to another top 10 finish but an early incident with the #82 car of

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A 16-strong field of American Trans Am muscle cars will fight it out for a significant prize pool in the Roadways Tasmanian Ten Thousand at Baskerville Raceway this weekend – part two of the Boost Mobile Race Tasmania festival. After an exciting start to the motorsport year at Symmons Plains Raceway

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Tickford Racing has welcomed its 2021 roster of sailors as part of the Team Navy Outplacement Program ahead of the looming Supercars season. As part of the program, Able Seaman Electronics Technician Nathan Steynberg, Leading Seaman Marine Technician – Electrical Damien Smith, and Leading Seaman Aviation Technician Aircraft Phillip Cowan will

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The team at D1WA have released their 2021 calendar with 14 events planned over 12 months starting with Jacks Hill drifting on the 30th January 2021. The ever popular Matsuri events are scheduled in May and October with a mix of Collie, Wanneroo Raceway full, infield and Jacks Hill layouts

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