General Motors Australia and New Zealand have enjoyed another successful motorsport season in 2024 with a raft of victories in the Supercars championship for Chevrolet Racing. The Chevrolet marque collectively claimed the Manufacturers’, Drivers’ and Teams’ championships.
Windscreen wiper manufacturer Trico has announced a new sponsorship of up-and-coming Supercars racing driver Cooper Murray (22).
Not-for-profit motorsport organisation Racing Together, has selected a new cohort of entrants to its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth motorsport program, following an Open Day in Townsville in October.Racing Together was started in 2020 by motorsport identities Garry and Monique Connelly as a way to address almost non-existent levels of participation by Indigenous youth in motorsport.The new Racing Together Team of Indigenous boys and girls aged between 12 and 17 will build, prepare and race a car in the Queensland Excel Racing Series, while they complete their education.Toyota Australia is one supporter of Racing Together and Toyota Australia chief marketing officer Vin Naidoo says it was fantastic to see the program take on a new cohort from the Townsville area."Toyota supports, and is involved in, motorsport at all levels across the globe and Racing Together does an incredible job to inspire and encourage Indigenous youth to get involved," Naidoo says."As we have seen through our own experience with the TGRA 86 Series, motorsport, particularly at a grassroots level, is open to anyone with a passion for racing and this program not only gets Indigenous kids immersed in all aspects of motorsport, it gives them the skills and contacts for potential employment in the industry," he says.
The Holden Motorsport brand marked its 600th race win in the Australia Touring Car Championship and Super Cars series when the Red Bull Ampol car placed first at the Bunnings Trade Perth SuperNight race.
