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​Championship Hangover - Erebus Motorsport 2024

When a team or driver that is a reigning champion and is unable to be in contention to defend their championship the following season, we call this a championship hangover.  It may be down to the other teams catching up, new rule changes reducing the previous winning team’s advantage or maybe it could just have been some spells of bad luck.  But nothing I’ve seen quite holds a candle to what happened to Erebus Motorsport during this year’s Supercars season.
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Welcome to The Thunderdome

In the late 1980's, Australia had been bitten by the NASCAR bug.  And a 1.1-mile superspeedway just across from a national park would be our home ground for Australia's version of Stock Car Racing, known aptly as 'The Thunderdome'.
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Chronicles of the Bathurst 1000

The Bathurst 1000 has seen some unpredictable and wild moments in its long history that have come to define the race and Australian motorsport as a whole.  There are plenty of reasons why the Bathurst 1000 draws motor racing fans from all over.  Here's ten moments from the races long history that keep bringing us back every year.
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Making The Monaco GP A Crown Jewel... Again

Formula 1 and IndyCar are the two top open wheel championships in the motorsport world.  Although they differ enough to discourage comparisons that try to determine which series is better, IndyCar can learn a lot from Formula 1.  And so too can Formula 1 learn a lot from IndyCar. ​
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Rocking The Boat: The Indy 500/F1 Discrepancies

I’ve already gone over how F1 statistics can sometimes be confusing and unnecessarily complicated in a previous editorial.  This time, I want to go over a few more facts and stats that can be considered discrepancies or anomalies, ones you may not have heard of before.  ​
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Triumph and Tragedy: The 2001 Daytona 500

February 18, 2001.  The 43rd Running of the Dayton 500 would be one of the greatest races in NASCAR.  But that 18th day in February would be tarnished with one of the most unexpected and saddest tragedies in motorsport.
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The History of Land Speed

Speed.  We have obsessed over it since the dawn of time.  The cavemen and our early ancestors would rely on running quickly to escape predators and hunt down prey.  The average human can run approximately at a speed of 13km/hr.
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​The Biggest ‘What If’ in Motorsport

I don’t like thinking about ‘what ifs’ in motorsport.  There are so many variables and little things that affect race results, and the performance of teams and drivers. For instance, what if Mark Webber didn’t crash at Korea in 2010, would he have won the championship? ​
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What Would F1 Statistics Look Like If Teams Didn’t Change Names?

​​I have attended at least one day at the Australian GP ever since 2007.  One highlight early, although not so much now was getting and reading the Race Program.  Now, they lack information and colourful infographics with teams history and a full detailed entrant list.  
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Motorsport Moments I Will Never Forget

Whether you really enjoy music, movies, sports or cars, there will always be classic ​songs or automobiles that will define your taste. Of course, being a motorsport fanatic, the same goes for bonkers racing moments that I am sure will never be forgotten by me. Here is a list of ten:
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The Major Problems with Modern Day NASCAR

NASCAR is a unique form of top-level auto racing. Their schedule mainly consists of oval racetracks, varying from short tracks like Bristol and Martinsville, to the Super Speedways of Daytona and Talladega. They certainly are a unique spectacle to watch, a pack of 40 cars, dicing among each other, using strategy and the draft to work with others and get to the front.
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An Appreciation Letter To Driving

I think it's unbelievable that us, as humans can drive cars. We are able to control one-two tonnes of metal, rubber and plastic at speeds of 100km/hr +,  whilst hundreds of other people do the same around us. And most of us, can do it constantly and consistently without any large incident. ​
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Monochrome Photographs, The Simple Equation and Endless Expression

​Editing pictures is one difficult juggling act. You must balance, colours, contrast and the photos exposure in each click of the mouse and playing it safe is usually your best option for a usable image.
​But remove colour out of the equation and going a bit crazy becomes more appealing. ​
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Through My Lens: The First 17 Months

​As more than a third of the world is currently in lock down, it gives us time to reflect, get stuff done around the house or just rock in a corner.  For me I've been able to look over the past year and a bit since I started my website and photographing Melbourne car culture. I thought I might also share with you a bit of a review of these past 17 months.
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