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2010

1st June 2010

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1 June 2010

Touring Car Masters announces 2010 TV schedule

Following a hugely successful debut television program, the Touring Car Masters presented by Autobarn has announced a bumper line up of new episodes set storm the Seven Network over the coming months.

The series will serve up thrilling live race action from key V8 Supercar rounds at Darwin, Bathurst, Sandown and the season finale at Homebush, as well as exciting, all-new, standalone Touring Car Masters highlights programs.

All of the remaining seven programs are scheduled to be aired nationally on the Seven Network from June to December.

The Touring Car Masters presented by Autobarn ventures north for round three at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Raceway (NT) on 18-20 June.

Live race coverage of the Touring Car Masters will form part of the V8 Supercar telecast from Hidden Valley, with a full highlights program set to air the following week on Saturday 26 June at 1.30-2.00pm EST. Check your local guides for details.

The Touring Car Masters is proudly presented by Autobarn, and supported by Biante Model Cars, Shannons Insurance, Rare Spares and official suppliers Hoosier Tires and Australian Sports Marketing.

www.touringcarmasters.com.au

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3rd May 2010

Look into the Gallery section for pics of the before and progressive re-build for the NEW IMAGE E55 340, a more comprehensive addition of pics in the Private area for members only.

15th April 2010

2009

28th September 2009

Hemi Performance has joined forces with us to bring you the TV coverage from Bathurst Via the Chanel 7 in car camera's

Its a big thanks to the guys @ HP

so please support those who support Mopar !!!

Hey Charger

9th September 2009

In car camera coverage on offer

We have been offered a in car camera for Bathurst  at the moment the only other camera's will be in Jim Richards and John Bowe's cars

They come at a cost of $5000 but would be extremely cheap TV time for any sponcer thats was interested !

The time deadline is Thursday 10th of September

If any body is interested please call me 0411 845 345

28th August 2009

Lakeside Spin:  http://www.youtube.com/user/vgpacer1970 ooooops, only 3 days to have it back on the transporter for the Hidden Valley, Darwin round!

28th August 2009

Hidden Valley, Darwin Round 3:

Thursday 18th June 2009:

We arrive at the track and spend the majority of the day setting the car and pit area up for the next couple of days, which we were sure would test us out the very limits. This would turn out to be the understatement of the year!

Friday 19th June 2009:

We had taken advice from a couple of guys who had run their cars here on the track at Hidden Valley in the past, being new to this circuit I thought I had done my homework getting any information on the car set up, track etc. Rule 1 - TRUST NOBODY! Anyway we had already set the diff up with 4.3's (under advice) but soon found out during practice we should have opted for 3.5's. A hastey diff ratio change was completed using 3.23's as we had left the 3.5's at home.

Saturday 20th June 2009:

Qualifying was way off pace as the diff ratio was still wrong.

Race 1: It was a real thrill for me, as this was as fast and unpredictable as they come, a long way from home and up in the Top End. The car still performed well with the wrong diff ratio and we finished in a respectable 15th out of 27 cars. As I reversed into the pit garage my foot slips off the clutch pedal and,,,,,BANG, good night the Jericho gearbox! I was lucky enough to be able to borrow one from another competetor and we worked frantically to replace it for the next race tomorrow morning.

Sunday 21st June 2009:

Race 2: It's Sunday morning and we were full of high hope and great spirits (no, not the alcohol type) Well, i would like to say that the rest of the day was to be smooth and easy going but this would be far from the truth. The borrowed gearbox had way too high a gear set for our car, I mean that I had to virtually slip the clutch at around 5000 RPM to get it off the line and it wouldn't allow for any decent corner exit speed. By the time Race 2 was over, so was the clutch. Guess what we did for the next few couple of hours,,,,,,,,,,,, yep, new clutch.

Race3: Even with the borrowed gearbox still fitted we ended up in 13th postion, couldn't help think what the outcome may have been if all had gone to plan from the start, oh well, theres always next time.

See pictures in the Gallery

28th August 2009

Queensland Raceway Round 4:

Thursday 20th August 2009:

We were awaiting a shipment from the States which included our new rear rotors, they turned up a week later. We adapted some Willwood Race rotors to get us by, seemed to fit and work quite well in the shed!

Friday 21st August 2009:

 We attended Queenland Raceway on th Friday with hopes that we might fair a little better this round as we were on home turf,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,yeah right! Practice 1 saw us putting down some decent lap times but I still thought the diff ratio needed to be at 4.1 instead of the 3.9's we were currently running. So a snappy diff change to the 4.1's saw Practice 2 setting down even better lap times, brakes appeared to be adequate but sometimes appearances can be deceiving.

Saturday 22nd August 2009:

Qualifying saw us put the Charger into 11th position on the start line,,,,,,,,Woo Hoo!

Race1. The car launched off out of P11 and I instantly passed 3 cars within 100 metres, then nothing, carby had litterally ran out of fuel, got started and finished the race. So back to the garage and frantically call the dyno guy and get the run down on what to do to ensure it doesn't happen again. All done.

Sunday 23rd August 2009:

Race2. Started in 18th moved through the field to position 13 and was quite hopefull until I began to experience brake fade. We had to take a lot of bias off the rear brakes and therefore putting more braking onto the front which caused a huge amount of heat generation, making the whole show inaffective in the brakes department. I speered off the back straight at around 130 MPH, hit the kitty litter and was fortunate enough to keep the old girl moving (albiet 2 KPH) and rejoined the race but had lost too many spots and came in at last position (or at the wrong end of the field as I like to say!)

Race3: Can only get better so they say, and it did. Even without any brakes to speak of I still managed to come home in 13th position.

Well we lived to fight another day, no panel damage and the engine running as strong and reliable as ever,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,just need to fix them damn brakes!

Pictures of this event in the Gallery.

26th June 2009

Darwin has come and gone WHAT A MISSION !!

With a crash in practise 3 days prior to sendind the car on transport we had our work cut out for us !!!!!

See the members only section for the complete run down the good and the bad !

2nd June 2009

LIVE TV COVERAGE FOR DARWIN RACE !!!!!!!!!!

It has been confirmed that our 3rd race will be televised live on chanel 7 1235pm sunday 21/06/09

see the members only section for a full run down on what will happen on the day !!!!!

2nd June 2009

LIVE TV COVERAGE FOR DARWIN

Our 3 rd race will be telecast live on Sunday

This race should be our reversed top 8

Witch means the first 8 cars will reverse there finishing positions from race 2

ie who ever finishes 1st will start from 8th, 2nd will start from 7th and so on

All on Chanel 7 @ 1235pm Sunday 21/6/09

I will list all the cars and drivers attending Darwin when i get the entree list

Maybe everybody should email chanel 7 after the race and sugest they show us more of this kind of racing !!!!!

14th May 2009

12th May 2009

We appoligise for the delay in updates but it has been a busy time getting organised for the months ahead

Winton race has now came and gone !!!!

See the suporters group section for a full run down of the event including qualifying times

19th March 2009

It's been a huge first month online for RacingCharger.com.au! Thank you to everyone for your continued support in making this possible.

The members-only section is now online - if you have signed up as a member, you will be emailed your login details in the coming days.

If you'd like to support Charger #55, please head over to our Supporters Group section and learn how you can help us out!

16th February 2009

Welcome to the launch of RacingCharger.com.au! This new website will follow car 55 in the Biante Touring Car Masters series: a 340-powered Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T, the car that never was, the car that should have been.

Please get behind our team and show your support by signing up to become an official member of our supporter group (link above). We'd love to have you on board and you'd have lots of benefits such as inside news, full access to pictures of events and special opportunities to participate in the car's events.

Also don't forget to enter into our raffle to win one of three Hot Lap prizes! How does 5 Hot Laps around Warwick's Morgan Park Raceway in the R/T sound? Entries close Saturday 21st February 2009 at 7am - see the Competitions page for details. Don't miss out!!!

Thank you for visiting and check back soon for more news and pictures.