Independent Race Series News
Get Your Entries in for Round One
There are still a few days left to get your entries in for Round One, at Warwick's Morgan Park.The Independent Race Series will visit the Morgan Park circuit for the very first time 20-22 March. Entry fees are set at an affordable $395, including TV coverage on Fox Sports. As well as a great weekends racing, competitors put themselves in the running for a pair of Kumho tyres, and the great Super Hoist Plus prizes at the end of the year.
To submit your Round 1 entry via the online system, click here.
To access the old-school mail/fax-in entry form, click here.
For more information on Morgan Park, and the first round of the Independent Race Series, click here.
SuperHoist Plus to Reward Overall Series Performers
08 March 2009 03:18
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Super Hoist Plus will be providing two outstanding prizes for the overall Independent Race Series winner and runner up.
The highest point scorer across all categories over all 6 rounds will receive a fantastic Two Post Hoist (YSJ3000), and the runner up will receive a Resto Roller (or equivalent credit toward an alternate SuperHoist product).
Laurie Betland from Super Hoist Plus said "Super Hoist Plus are proud to sponsor the 2009 IRace Series. We want to take this opportunity to thank Rod Dale and Garry Willmington for their efforts to get the series up and running."
For more information on Super Hoist Plus, please visit their official website: www.superhoistplus.com
Competitors AND Officials in the Running for Kumho Rewards
08 March 2009 03:11
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Kumho tyres have thrown their support behind the Independent Race Series and will be providing 4 pairs of tyres at each round for round winners across all categories on a contingency basis.
F Sports' John Mills, supplier of the Kumho race tyres has also put forward a set of road tyres at each round for a lucky official whose name will be drawn out of a hat.
John said he "wants to acknowledge the hard work that the officials do at race meetings in all sorts of weather conditions".
Independent Race Series to Host Super Trucks at Oran Park
02 March 2009 03:57
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The Independent Race Series are pleased to announce that they will be hosting the last ever Oran Park race for the Australian Super Truck Championship.
After a history spanning over 20 years, the Super Trucks will have their final race meeting at Oran Park as part of Round 2 of the 2009 Independent Race Series.
Australian Super Truck President Stan Seton said he "was very pleased to be part of the Independent Race Series Program " and is "keen to work with Rod Dale and Garry Willmington to ensure that the trucks go out with a bang at the last truck race to be held at the Camden circuit."
Garry Willmington has a special connection with truck racing at Oran Park. Garry took part in the first ever truck race at Oran Park and what's more that was at the wheel of the Leppington Pastoral Company owned Volvo F12 co-driven by the late Gregg Hansford.
A large crowd is expected to turn out to see the trucks for the last time at Oran Park on May 15th and 16th.
Future Racers Rejoin the Fold
23 February 2009 01:43
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Future Racers are an excellent platform for close, hard-fought racing, featuring a chrome-moly spaceframe, carbon fibre panels, and a motorcycle-derived engine. The tightly controlled cars offer affordable, fair racing, and align closely with the philosophy of the Independent Race Series.
Lookout for the Future Racers from the first round of the Independent Race Series at Morgan Park, 20-22 March, 2009.
2009 TV Confirmed
Coverage will be produced by AVE, and highlights from each round will be screened on Fox Sports.
The Independent Race Series caters for a variety of categories including: Touring Car Challenge, Formula Tasman, LM Sports, RocketSports, Muscle Division and Production Racing Cars. The focus is on value for money racing, with entry fees at $395 per round.
The first round of the series is set to take place in just over one month, 20-22 March, and Morgan Park.
Keep up-to-date with all the details on the official website: www.irace.net.au or sign up to the official newsletter here.
Onboard Action
Le Mans Sports racer, Scott Bingham, has provided some excellent onboard footage from Oran Park.
Entries Open for Round One
Entries are open for Round One of the 2009 Independent Race Series.All entry forms for 2009 will be available to complete online. (We'll still need competitors to sign a printout of the data you entered during your scrutineering administration at the circuit, but this will be provided for you.) Those who prefer the old method will still be able to use a hardcopy form for mailing or faxing in.
Entrants who use the online system will have the option of paying by cheque/money order (by post), credit card (by fax, telephone or post) or via the secure online PayPal system.
The Online Entry Form for Round One is available by clicking here.
The old-school PDF for printing and posting/faxing is available here.
As always, all of our forms and administration are available from the Admin page of the site - irace.net.au/admin
Rewards Available
As a celebration of our brand new sytem, and to encourage competitors to get their entries in early, we also have another exciting announcement: the person who submits the first paid entry for each round will receive half price entry for the following round. (There are a couple of conditions: 1) each competitor may only win once during the year, 2) the half price entry is only available at the following round - ie; the first paid entrant for round 1 will be eligible for entry at half price for round 2 only.)Small Request
Entries have already started rolling in, so if you haven't entered for Round One yet, you'll have to wait for the opening of Round Two entries to be in the running for your shot at a half price entry.
To those competitors who have already submitted their entry via the online system, we've had a very small glitch. Any forms that were submitted that were not 100% complete did not make it through. It seems that you would have still received the "Success" message, but unfortunately the entry has not been transmitted to the database. The problem has now been corrected, but if you submitted an entry at the beginning of the week, and you think this may be you, please either complete the form again (we'll delete any duplicates), or get in touch via email to check if we've received your entry. Our iRace robot apologises for the inconvenience!
Round One of the Independent Race Series will be held at Morgan Park, QLD, 20-22 March 2009.
Round One Details
Round One of the Independent Race Series for 2009 will be held at Queensland's Morgan Park.
For many competitors, this will be their first visit to the exciting circuit. To give competitors a bit of a headstart, and some extra information on accommodation and things to see near the circuit, we've added a comprehensive rundown to the Round One page of the site. Click here to read all the information.
Round One will take place 20-22 March. Entries are now open.
Launch Day - Directions
The 2009 iRace Launch Day is all systems go, and a full set of directions are now available.
Please click here to download the directions in PDF format.
Please click here to download the directions in PDF format.