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Following Walkinshaw Andretti United’s announcement that they will be the homologation team for Toyota’s entry into the Repco Supercars Championship next season, it’s been confirmed that Brad Jones Racing (BJR) will be the second team to run the GR Supra in 2026. Founded in 2000 and racing GM vehicles since 2008, BJR will field four GR Supras next year in a driver lineup that’s still to be confirmed. Currently, BJR runs Andre Heimgartner (R&J Batteries Racing #8), Bryce Fullwood (Mr. Umami Racing #14), Jaxon Evans (SCT Motorsport #12) and Macauley Jones (Pizza Hut Racing #96) in Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s. “This is a massive moment in the history of BJR,” said team owner and founder, Brad Jones. “I am very excited for what the future holds and to work closely with…

To understand the mixed reactions to Nissan’s R32 Skyline GT-R, you have to understand its impact on Australian touring car racing in the early 1990s. Built as a race car first and a road car second, the GT-R made a massive impression here, just as it did overseas. But the R32 also made a few enemies… When the Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) replaced its locally-developed Group C rules with the international Group A formula in 1985, it opened the door to cars that hadn’t been seen at the pointy end of domestic competition for years, plus others that hadn’t raced here at all. The Ford Mustang returned and new arrivals included the Jaguar XJ-S, Volvo 240T and Rover Vitesse. Nissan had been involved in the final years of Group…

Rolls-Royce’s Phantom, one of their most significant and enduring models, turns 100 in 2025. To mark the occasion, Rolls-Royce displayed the ‘Phantom Goldfinger’ at this year’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy. Although the one-off Phantom Extended (LWB) was built last year in tribute to the distinctive yellow-and-black 1937 Phantom III Sedanca de Ville from the James Bond film, Goldfinger, the new version’s presentation at Villa d’Este marked its first public showing. Unchanged mechanically from a production Phantom Extended (6.7lt twin-turbo V12, eight-speed automatic, double wishbone front and multi-link rear suspension, four-wheel disc brakes), the Goldfinger Phantom is loaded with bespoke touches and features inspired by the 1964 film. Painstakingly developed and applied by Rolls-Royce’s Bespoke Collective, these features include an 18-carat gold bar in the centre console, a map…

The Repco Supercars Championship has announced that two rounds will be held in New Zealand next year. The existing round at Taupo on the North Island will be joined by a new round at Ruapuna Raceway on the South Island, with the two held on consecutive weekends as part of a Kiwi double-header. Two NZ rounds in the one season will be a first in Supercars’ history. Since 2001, Supercars has regularly held a championship round in New Zealand, mostly at Pukekohe and the Hamilton street circuit, with Taupo making its debut last year. Between 1985 and 1996, the category also competed in Auckland, but this was as part of an international Group A series and not the Supercars championship. The addition of Ruapuna to the Supercars calendar on a…

Here in Australia, Mal Wood Automotive is best known for their innovations in the area of transmissions, clutches and driveline components to suit performance street and track applications. But the Queensland-based company innovates in other areas, too. That innovation was recently recognised at the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) automotive aftermarket industry trade show in Las Vegas. With the annual SEMA show attracting more than 2,400 exhibitors (representing 6,383 member companies worldwide in OEM and aftermarket equipment, plus distributors, installers, restorers and more), it can be difficult to stand out, but that’s exactly what Mal Wood’s American subsidiary, MalWood USA, did. Mal and three of the local team were in Las Vegas last November to witness MalWood USA pick up SEMA’s ‘Best New Street Rod or Custom Car Product 2025’…

The eagerly awaited return of JUST CARS & COFFEE Brisbane after a couple of weather-related cancellations saw Café Elle at 67 Robinson Road East, Geebung, attract an amazing array of new, old and modified vehicles on the morning of Saturday, 10 May. Despite rain in the lead-up to the event, and the threat of more on the day, cars came from as far away as Kingaroy, showing the passion for car shows in south-east Queensland. Highlights amongst the vehicles on display included a posse of late-model BMW M3 sedans, a classic XY Falcon GT and HQ Monaro GTS, Citroën DS, a ‘Bandit’ Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, HDT VK Commodore, Audi R8, fourth-gen Corvette and first-gen Camaro, plenty of new Mustangs (including a tricked-out example from Driver Nation Australia) and not…

Regular followers of JUST CARS will know Don Loffler as the man behind a series of popular books on early Holdens and Australian automotive history (She’s a Beauty, The FJ Holden, Still Holden Together, Cars We Used to Drive, etc.). What you may not know is that Don’s also a member of the 48-FJ Holden Club of SA Inc. Earlier this year, Don co-ordinated a series of displays from his club and others for a special exhibition of Holden history that recently finished at the State Library of South Australia. Titled ‘Rear Vision: The Holden Collection’, the exhibition drew upon the vast GM-H archive held by the State Library to present the remarkable story of Australia’s own carmaker, its legacy and impact upon the social fabric of South Australia. “Holden has…

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