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Chaz Mostert's #1 Walkinshaw TWG Racing Toyota Supra parked during Queensland Raceway's passenger ride day. Image: Speedcafe Chaz Mostert’s #1 Supra suffered an engine failure during the final race of the Ipswich Super440 on Sunday afternoon due to a bottom end bearing failure. As a result, all four Toyotas that were running the revised B-spec engine reverted to the pre-Ipswich A-spec for Tuesday’s pre-enduro test.

Jess Bala with Team 18 boss Charlie Schwerkolt. Image: InSyde Media Bala had spent almost 20 years in the GM system, starting at Holden and spending a decade in Detroit before returning to take the top job for GM Australia and New Zealand in 2023. She took over at a tumultuous time for the business as it attempts to find its feet following the shuttering of Holden at the end of 2020.

Triple Eight ran both Will Brown and Broc Feeney's main car, plus Brown's old chassis (centre, #87) at the Queensland Raceway ride day. Image: Richard Gresham Brown had driven the car up until the Ipswich Super440, when he swapped into the team’s spare chassis. The team had elected to move the 2024 champion into the new car before discovering Brown’s previous entry had been running with an incorrect airbox restrictor for the balance of the season.

A silhouette of a trophy truck. Image: Motorsport Australia Gerald Hoekstra and his co-driver Ede Taric were killed during the 2022 Rainbow Desert Enduro, which formed part of the Australian Off Road Championship. The drivers were killed when their Can-Am Maverick X3 side-by-side buggy crashed into a tree and landed on its side before being engulfed in flames. The coroner said the two men could have been saved if their car had been fitted with a plumbed-in fire extinguisher.

Formula 3 cars have taken to the new Madring test ahead of its F1 debut next month. Image: Madring The 5.4-kilometre venue hosted all 30 F3 drivers and 10 teams across Monday and Tuesday, providing the first opportunity to assess the circuit under sustained competitive conditions before the Spanish Grand Prix on September 11-13. Campos Racing’s Ugo Ugochukwu emerged with the fastest time of the test after recording a 1:49.034s during Tuesday morning, finishing 0.193s clear of Hiyu Yamakoshi.

Franco Colapinto fans weren't happy after his Dutch Grand Prix penalties. Image: Kym Illman/Pro Star Pics Colapinto was given a drive-through penalty after passing Yuki Tsunoda under double-waved yellow flags on the opening lap at Zandvoort, with Racing Bulls driver Arvid Lindblad receiving the same punishment for a separate infringement.

The start of the Freedom 250, led by Alex Palou. Image: James Black Held on the streets of Washington DC, the 147-lap race became the most-watched race outside of the Indy 500 since before the 2008 merger of the Indy Racing League and Champ Car. The Grand Prix of Washington DC broadcast peaked at 3.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. Fox Sports is into its third year as IndyCar’s broadcast partner in the United States.

Kimi Antonelli will drop 10 places on the Italian Grand Prix grid. Image: Jayce Illman/Pro Star Pics The championship leader has reached the permitted limit on several engine components after Mercedes encountered reliability problems earlier in the season, leaving a penalty inevitable before the end of the campaign. Mercedes has now determined Monza is the most favourable venue to take the hit, with Antonelli set to receive all major new power unit components for next weekend’s race.

Molly Taylor celebrates winning the FIA Extreme H World Cup with Kevin Hansen. Image: Supplied On Monday, Taylor and her partner Dan announced the birth of Georgia. Taylor will join Kevin Hansen in the FIA Extreme H World Cup later this year in Qiddiyah City, Saudi Arabia. The pair won the inaugural Extreme H World Cup last year at the same venue with Jameel Motorsport. This year, they will return to the Veloce Racing stable for which they raced 2022 and 2024.

Shane van Gisbergen on track during the NASCAR Cup Series Anduril 250 Race the Base in San Diego. Image: Daylon Barr / Red Bull Content Pool The event will move away from its Father’s Day weekend in June. Stock car racing’s top two divisions, the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, will race on July 31-August 2 (AEST). It means the race will form part of the five-race NASCAR In-Season Challenge.