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$50,000 Tasman Series prizemoney fund confirmed

18 August 2021 | General

$50,000 in prizemoney will be up for grabs in the S5000 Tasman Series this summer. The series winner will receive $30,000 for their efforts, with the runner-up winning $10,000 and third place $5,00... Read More

88Racing to expand to two-car team for Tasman Series

16 August 2021 | General

RACE-WINNING S5000 team 88Racing will expand to a two-car outfit in time for the 2021 S5000 Tasman Series this summer. The team has big plans to take on the might of Team BRM and Garry Rogers Motor... Read More

TASMAN TALES: McLaren’s 1964 win opens Tasman Series story

13 August 2021 | General

After a series of unrelated races in Australia and New Zealand from 1960 to 1963, Warwick Farm promoter Geoff Sykes together with the Confederation of Australian Motorsport and the Association of N... Read More

VALE: F5000, Tasman Series legend Graham McRae

4 August 2021 | General

Motorsport lost a legend on Tuesday with the passing of kiwi racer and constructor Graham McRae. McRae was a giant in the world of Formula 5000, the V8-powered open wheeler formula of the 1970s, wh... Read More

Gold Star champions commit to Tasman Series, confirm overseas intent

3 August 2021 | General

Reigning Australian Drivers’ Champions Team BRM have confirmed plans to run a multiple-car team in the S5000 Tasman Series this November and December. The Adelaide-based outfit is also looking in... Read More

S5000 features in Muscle Car Magazine

29 July 2021 | General

THE latest issue of Australian Muscle Car Magazine has dedicated a massive 14-page feature to the S5000 category, car and competition.  On sale at newsagents now, the long-running and popular maga... Read More

Governing bodies embracing Tasman Series return

28 July 2021 | General

Motorsport’s governing bodies on both sides of the Tasman have welcomed the return of the Tasman Series in 2021. First staged in 1964, the Tasman Series became an iconic piece of the Antipode... Read More

Iconic Tasman Series to return this summer with S5000

27 July 2021 | General

THE iconic Tasman Series will return in 2021 as a new seven-race series contested by S5000 this Summer.  Commencing at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst International at Mount Panorama on 26-28 Novembe... Read More

S5000 Kiwi standout on his rookie season

18 July 2021 | General

STANDOUT S5000 Australian Drivers’ Championship rookie Kaleb Ngatoa has talked about his pathway to becoming one of the big surprises from the inaugural season of Australia’s top open wheel cat... Read More

The entrance of Marcos Ambrose marks a new era for GRM

15 July 2021 | General

Involved across three categories, Garry Rogers Motorsport is one of the biggest race teams in Australia and has now been bolstered by Marcos Ambrose as its Competition Director. In an exclusive int... Read More