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Prancing Wombat Racing will enter two Lotus Elises into the Australian GT Championship in 2010

The Lotus name has always been around in the Australian GT Championship. In 2010, however it will be carried by Prancing Wombat Racing who are entering two Lotus Elises in the Challenge class. Tim and David Mackie will be campaigning the cars, trying to bring success in state racing into the National Championship. We were able to catch up with David to find out more on the effort.

Part two of our Geoff Brabham series - to see part 1 - the exclusive interview, please click >here. Otherwise enjoy our gallery of some of Brabham's moments. Stay tuned for a video gallery of Geoff Brabham and a rundown of his career!

Interview by Sam Tickell

Late last year were able to catch up with Geoff Brabham, 1993 Le Mans Winner and four times IMSA GT Champion. He was at the SuperGP as part of his father, Sir Jack Brabham's 50th anniversary of his first F1 Championship celebrations. It must be said that those celebrations, particularly the ontrack aspect was truly one of the most awesome motorsport experiences that I have witnessed.

When the opportunity to interview Geoff came up, I jumped at it (well it didn't really come up, I kept badgering the BAM Media staff to get me some time!) and it was well worth it. Geoff was a true gentleman, for all his success and his family name, he was a humble man and a very, for lack of a better word, a good man and it was an honour to interview him. We hope you enjoy this interview - which makes the first part of our FOUR part Geoff Brabham series. The second part, a gallery, can be viewed >here

By Sam Tickell

The MarcVDS Ford GT will be a challenger for the 2010 World GT1 Championship

Marc VDS Racing will certainly be busy over 2010. Taking on more then just sportscar racing, the team will be competing in the Rally Raid World Cup, including Dakar, the new-for-2010 Moto2 Championship along with their commitments to FIA GT3 Championship and FIA GT1 World Championship.

By Sam Tickell

Tom Drewer recently tested an LMPC after his second year in the Lites Championship

When one thinks about Australian Champion drivers trying to make it overseas, you think of Mark Webber, Casey Stoner, David Brabham and soon you will be thinking of Adelaide native, Tom Drewer.

Drewer burst onto the international scene in 2008 when he left his career as an up-and-coming advertising artist to chase his dream of becoming a professional racecar driver – a sportscar driver at that.

By Sam Tickell

Tom Drewer in the Courage Oreca LMPC car testing around the Road Atlanta track

There has been buzz around the internet about the LMPC class that will be introduced in the ALMS in 2010. As part of a series of articles that we will be bringing you on Australian driver, Tom Drewer, we were able to get the young Australian driver’s take on these new cars.

Sam Tickell

With the news that BMW will remove themselves from the self destructing world of F1 at year's end, one has to wonder what that effect will be on the ALMS effort.

By Sam Tickell

Audi has their new R15 for Le Mans, a car that should be hard to beat

Twice round the clock. The fight for victory will be between two manufacturers. Audi vs Peugeot.

One has a record and a reputation to uphold and one as the promise to fulfil – both are desperate and committed to victory.

By Sam Tickell

By mid-season, the Australian GT Championship was starting to get back on the right track

We have extensively reported the Australian GT Championship experienced throughout 2008. Indeed there seemed to be times where we were unsure if the Championship would last the season.

But it did – and again it seems to be on the ascendancy.

By Sam Tickell

There could be opportunity for teams and drivers to save money in the bad economic times by racing in sportscars

In hard economic times, hard decisions have to be made - as we have seen with Audi reducing their sportscar efforts and Honda pulling out of F1. Generally, it seems that over many racing series, 2009 will see a 20-30% drop in entrants. But what could you do to keep your racing shop open or your driving career on track?