SEMA Wrap Up 01 January 2020 07:25 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) Share There are car shows, and there are car SHOWS. We’ve used capitals in this case as we’re talking SEMA. The Speciality Equipment Market Association holds a massive get together once a year and has done so since 1963 after a number of automotive aftermarket parts makers, including Dean Moon and Vic Edelbrock saw a niche that needed filling. [More]
Adelaide 2019 Race Report - Adam Marjoram 20 March 2019 09:17 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareAdelaide is now done and dusted we had our best overall result yet and below is how it unfolded. Wednesday 27th February I arrived in Adelaide on Wednesday morning for the usual day of set up, scrutineering, track walk, team meetings and review data and vision from previous years. Now for the... [More]
Top 5 Australian Touring Car Drivers 13 March 2019 07:46 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareMotorsport in Australia is, it’s fair to say, in a state of flux right now. There are new cars, new championships, and new drivers. It’d also be fair to say that the new crop of drivers would all want to be seen, be remembered, in the same category as those regarded as Australia’s ... [More]
Rare Spares backs Adam Marjoram in 2019 Dunlop Super2 Series 28 February 2019 09:02 Rare Spares (0) ShareRare Spares are excited to announce their sponsorship of Supercar driver Adam Marjoram in the Dunlop Super2 Series in 2019. Adam Marjoram will channel an Erebus Motorsport livery in the 2019 Dunlop Super2 Series, when he carries backing from Rare Spares, Penrite Oil, ICT, Bremtec and Supercharge Ba... [More]
Rare Spares backs Adam Marjoram in 2019 Dunlop Super2 Series 28 February 2019 09:02 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareRare Spares are excited to announce their sponsorship of Supercar driver Adam Marjoram in the Dunlop Super2 Series in 2019. Adam Marjoram will channel an Erebus Motorsport livery in the 2019 Dunlop Super2 Series, when he carries backing from Rare Spares, Penrite Oil, ICT, Bremtec and Supercharge Ba... [More]
Craig Lowndes Motorsport Career 15 January 2019 07:52 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareHis Mum calls him Craig. His mates call him whatever they want. Fans call him CL, or Lowndesy. We know him as Craig Lowndes. During his racing career he would become known for not just his talent, but his ever present smile, a great sense of humour, and a deep appreciation for his followers. In a (... [More]
History of the Ford Falcon in Supercars 03 January 2019 02:30 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareBorn in the early 1990s, the category originally known as V8 Supercars (and now Supercars) came from a decision by CAMS to revamp the Australian Touring Car Championship. One of three classes originally put together was Class A, which comprised 5.0L V8 powered Ford and Holden cars. The first ... [More]
The New Mustang Supercar 18 December 2018 06:57 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareIn motorsport’s evolution in Australia, the category known as Supercars, formerly known as V8 Supercars Australia, has opened the door to cars not of a four door body shape. With the success of the Ford Mustang in a retail sense, it makes sense to have the “tudor” as the first to b... [More]
The Holden Monaro 427C - Australia's Homegrown GT Monster 14 August 2018 05:31 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareThe Australian automotive industry is an oddity in the global scheme of things. A small buying population, the most brands per head of population, and innovations not seen elsewhere, make it virtually unique. Although we weren’t the first to build a car with a hardtop and two doors, we certai... [More]
A Brief History of Cheating in Motorsports 03 August 2018 08:40 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareHuman nature is one of the most diverse things we see on planet earth. Sadly, not all of human nature is benign, good, warm, welcoming. One of the negatives we exhibit is called cheating. Be it at school, on our partner, at work, it’s an undesirable trait. But in motorsport? Yes, it happens. ... [More]