The world of MOtorsport Directly to your desktop
Issue No. 169 August 24-30 2010
WILL MURPH MISS THE 500?
BACK INJURY THREATENS TO KEEP MURPHY OUT OF THE CAR AT PHILLIP ISLAND
REVEALED
INDYCAR LOOKING FOR OZ RETURN – AND YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHERE! www.mnews.com.au
A celebration of Australasian Muscle Car heritage and a tribute to the drivers who raced FATHERS DAY SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2010 Eastern Creek Raceway - Sydney - Australia AMC’s annual Father’s Day celebration of Australia’s unique muscle car heritage returns to Sydney’s Eastern Creek Raceway. 2010 marks 50 years since the creation of the Australian Touring Car Championship, so we’re gearing up for a very special ‘50 Years of Touring Cars’ anniversary bash!
For all ticket bookings, Legends Dinner reservations, trackside hospitality bookings and event info, check out
www.musclecarmasters.com.au
Subscribe to Australian Muscle Car Magazine If you’re into muscle cars we’ve got you covered with Australia’s finest and most authorative publication. Australian Muscle Car magazine brings to life the rich heritage of our unique home grown high performance car industry, with in depth feature stories on Australia’s legendary road and race cars from decades past and the men who designed, built and raced them.
To subscribe online www.chevron.com.au or E-mail subscribe@chevron.com.au
motorsport news
Editorial Editor: Andrew van Leeuwen Executive Editor: Phil Branagan National Editor: Mitchell Adam Publisher: Chris Lambden
andrew@mnews.com.au editor@mnews.com.au mitchell@mnews.com.au publisher@mnews.com.au
Editorial Enquiries 357 Nepean Highway, Brighton East, VIC, 3187 (PO Box 7072, Brighton, VIC, 3186) P 03 9596 5555 F 03 9596 5030 admin@mnews.com.au
Contributing Writers US: Martin D. Clark, Mary Mendez National: Lachlan Mansell, Mark Jones Speedway: Greg Boscato, Geoff Rounds, Darren Sutton Drag Racing: Dave Ostaszewski (USA), Ken Ferguson, John Bosher, Luke Nieuwhof
Pirelli has started it’s Formula 1 testing for 2011 at Mugello in Italy. For more information check out www.gpweek.com
Photographers Sutton Motorsport Images, Dirk Klynsmith, Marshall Cass, John Morris/Mpix, AF1 Images, James Smith, Peter Bury, Geoff Gracie, Joel Strickland,
Advertising National Sales Manager (Melbourne): Oriana Ruffini: oriana@mnews.com.au P 03 9596 5555 F 03 9596 5030 Sydney Office Director, Advertising Sales: Jon Van Daal jvandaal@chevron.com.au Advertising Sales Manager: Joel Van Daal joelvandaal@chevron.com.au P: 02 9901 6100 Circulation Director: Carole Jones
Subscriptions: www.mnews.com.au CHEVRON GROUP
Level 5, 55 Chandos Street, St Leonards, NSW 2065 Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards, NSW 1590
Chief Executive Officer, David Gardiner Commercial Director, Bruce Duncan Motorsport eNews is published by nextmedia Pty Ltd ACN: 128 805 970, Level 5, 55 Chandos St, St Leonards NSW 2065 © 2009. All rights reserved. No part of this e-magazine may be reproduced, in whole or in part, without the prior permission of the publisher.. The publisher will not accept responsibility or any liability for the correctness of information or opinions expressed in the publication. All material submitted is at the owner’s risk and, while every care will be taken nextmedia does not accept liability for loss or damage. Privacy Policy We value the integrity of your personal information. If you provide personal information through your participation in any competitions, surveys or offers featured in this issue of Motorsport eNews, this will be used to provide the products or services that you have requested and to improve the content of our magazines. Your details may be provided to third parties who assist us in this purpose. In the event of organisations providing prizes or offers to our readers, we may pass your details on to them. From time to time, we may use the information you provide us to inform you of other products, services and events our company has to offer. We may also give your information to other organisations which may use it to inform you about their products, services and events, unless you tell us not to do so. You are welcome to access the information that we hold about you by getting in touch with our privacy officer, who can be contacted at nextmedia, Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards, NSW 1590.
www.mnews.com.au www.mnews.com.au
Issue No. 169 | August 24 - 30 2010
news 5
Back Wards Murph in doubt with injury 6 Slade Staying Put Young gun eyes ‘11 stability 10 Fostering young talent Nick Foster looks to F3 debut 16 5000 reasons to love TCM Torana SLR set for first race 18 Aston on hold Bailey sticks with Nissan
chat 20 Five Minutes With ... Greg Murphy
comment 22 Adam: Mate’s Rates Slade: Hello Helio
race 30 IndyCar 34 NASCAR 38 Extras
trade 54 Classifieds