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Edmunds
17-05-2025
- Automotive
- Edmunds
The Lexus Performance Driving School Teaches You to Be Fast With Finesse
Driving a sports car on a great road is bliss. Little compares to the sweet sound of a screaming exhaust bouncing off canyon walls while accelerating out of a curve. But today's vehicles are more powerful and capable than ever, and exploring their limits on public roads often requires extra-legal speeds — and can be downright unsafe. Enter: the racetrack. The Lexus Performance Driving School exists to give owners and enthusiasts a safe, controlled way to really explore these cars' potential. I recently got to experience the full program firsthand at Sonoma Raceway in Northern California — with racing legend Scott Pruett as one of my guides. My program consisted of three modules — track, autocross and drifting — and I'd have the opportunity to go through each twice. In the morning, the experience was geared more toward familiarizing myself with each activity and the associated vehicle, while the afternoon sessions were more about taking what I'd learned and pushing myself harder and harder.
ABC News
17-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Burswood street motorsport circuit divides opinion as government tries to switch focus
The WA government is ploughing ahead with its controversial $217 million plan to build a street motorsport circuit in Perth's Burswood Park, but don't dare call it a motorplex. That was the sentiment from Thursday's announcement that the consultation process was opening for one of the government's biggest election promises. There are differing opinions about the project, but the state government believes all are crystal clear on one thing. "It's not a motorplex. It's not a motorplex at all," deputy Premier Rita Saffioti said on Thursday. "It's a sports and entertainment precinct that will help drive activity and create new opportunities to host events into the future." Dubbed "Rita's racetrack" by some, the project has drawn the ire of locals worried about noise from the track and the environmental impact of construction. There had initially been strong messaging about the boon the racetrack and motorsport facilities would be for tourism in WA, with Premier Roger Cook arriving at the first media event for the plan in a V8 supercar. But as the project officially enters the community and stakeholder consultation phase, proponents have pivoted to focus on spruiking the facility's multipurpose potential. It's these elements — including a large amphitheatre for live music and a building for other sporting and community events — that locals have no qualms about. Along with the WA Sportscar Club, Mr Cook was flanked by representatives of the WA Association of Musica and West Cycle for this week's update on the project. "When complete, Burswood Park will be host to more major sporting events, more live music, and importantly, more community functions, creating an entertainment hub," Mr Cook said on Thursday. "I think people will say that this is an incredible project for the state," Ms Saffioti said. But frustrated locals aren't buying it, and it's one thing the state opposition and the Greens WA are united on. Opposition leader Basil Zempilas accused the state government of retrofitting its plans "to try and cover up for their own failures" and "save face". "They have not been clean with the public of Western Australia on the issue," he said on Thursday. "It is all spin. They did not announce [the proposal] with microphones singing. They did not announce on push bikes. They announced in a V8 supercar." Greens WA MLC Brad Pettitt said the project would still be "dominated" by the racetrack, and said not acknowledging this was "disingenuous". He said the Greens would consider teaming up with the Liberals and others to push for a select inquiry into the issue. "This one's become a really acute project, one that I think has become symbolic of this government's disregard for the community, disregard for green spaces and their willingness to just concrete over everything," he said. Some residents had threatened to boycott Labor at the March 8 poll in protest at the racetrack, but incumbent Hannah Beazley comfortably retained the seat of Victoria Park, although there was a 10 per cent swing to the Liberals, and an 8 per cent swing to the Greens. This could be seen as a mandate for the state government to charge on with the racetrack. But Town of Victoria Park Mayor Karen Vernon said locals felt robbed of their ability to have their say prior to the racetrack becoming an election issue. She said the community held little hope the consultation now being conducted would be anything other than an "administrative exercise". "I think the fundamental issue that the community has ventilated long and loud, both throughout the election campaign and since then is their concern about the motorsport street circuit," she said. "Now we hear that the community consultation does go to shaping things like what type of trees you want there, what's important to you, is accessibility important to you, is public transport important to you? "We would say our community has said all those things are important to us." Given the lingering community sentiment and appetite for a political stoush, it's unlikely "Rita's racetrack" will fade from the headlines any time soon. Community consultation is due to close next month.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Yahoo
Car racing at 135mph on bypass seized by police
A car caught racing at 135mph on a bypass has been seized by police. Merseyside Police said the driver was caught after complaints the Rainford Bypass was being used by vehicles "as a racetrack". The male driver's car was seized in the early hours of Sunday in Rainford. Police said he had also been given a Section 59 warning for anti-social driving two months earlier. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230. Lamborghini driver caught speeding at 140mph Police's cat and mouse crackdown on car cruisers Car seized after Facebook brag about 160mph drive Merseyside Police
Daily Mail
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Superbike deaths: Could more have been done to save the two tragic riders? These are the key questions that must be answered
In the still of the early afternoon on Thursday, only birdsong pierces the silence at the Oulton Park racetrack. There is the blackbirds' beautiful melody in the woodland walk at the remote corner they called Druids Corner. The cackle of ravens in the lonely stretch of track which leads up there. And then, at 2pm, as if to remind you that life always goes on, there is the sound of engines firing up, and vehicles begin hammering along the course's opening stretch to its first bend, Hall's Corner, where two motorbike racers died on Monday.
Zawya
08-05-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Qatar expected to award equestrian complex project in Q2 2025
Qatar's Public Works Authority (Ashghal) is expected to award a design and build contract for Phase 4 of the Al Uqda Equestrian Complex, located in the Al Khor area in the second quarter of 2025, a source aware of the details said. The tender was issued on 3 February 2025, with bid submissions closing on 11 March. 'The contract is likely to be awarded in June 2025,' the source told Zawya Projects. The scope of work includes the design and construction of a new grandstand building, a 1,000-meter straight track, racetrack facilities, and modifications to the existing racetrack. The contract also covers the construction of an underground tunnel, racetrack LED lighting, and installation of media, radio broadcast, and audiovisual systems. 'The project is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2028 and is estimated to cost $100 million,' the source added. (Reporting by Deva Palanisamy; Editing by Anoop Menon) (
