{"id":345515,"date":"2023-11-11T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=345515"},"modified":"2023-11-11T10:03:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T10:03:13","slug":"racings-five-year-drought-finally-set-to-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=345515","title":{"rendered":"Racing&#039;s five-year drought finally set to end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/speedseries\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"TCR Australia Series \">TCR Australia Series<\/a> organisers have confirmed plans to return to South Australia, ending a five-year drought in the wine state.<\/p>\n<p>The Bend Motorsport Park will rejoin the calendar in 2024, marking the first time since 2019 that the series has been there.<\/p>\n<p>The inclusion of The Bend comes at the expense of Winton Motor Raceway \u2013 although that comes as no surprise <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/motorsport\/speedseries-news-2023-motorsport-australia-reveals-2024-calendar-10-events\/f9acd956-7d34-4767-9205-91c0aab58451\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"after the release of next year&#x27;s SpeedSeries program.\">after the release of next year&#x27;s SpeedSeries program.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Stan Sport is the only place to watch every second of the 2023 SpeedSeries.<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/9.nine.com.au\/DnH61N\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>All the action streaming ad-free, live and on demand<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next year&#x27;s TCR Australia Series season will have a new season opener with Sandown International Raceway to host round one on February 9-11.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"b191d2a4-8d52-42a5-8fe3-35a62297a9e5\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b191d2a4-8d52-42a5-8fe3-35a62297a9e5\" alt=\"The TCR Australia Series will conclude its 2024 season at Mount Panorama.\" data-width=\"4000\" data-height=\"2250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Symmons Plains Raceway moves to round two on March 15-17.<\/p>\n<p>The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit event shifts back to round three but forward in the year from a mid-May date to April 12-14.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/motorsport\/speedseries-news-2023-renee-gracie-onlyfans-confirmed-gt-world-challenge-australia-adelaide-500-new-audi-r8-lms-gt3\/f4586a13-f1f2-4783-a8a3-87a54e8d11a9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>OnlyFans star reveals &#x27;huge jump&#x27; in racing return<\/strong><\/a><strong>\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/news-2023-nick-kyrgios-on-gaming-obsession-back-tattoo-pokemon-blastoise-aftershock-pc\/07521fdb-c3c8-4d63-8186-e92ab535e987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#x27;I had to&#x27;: The Nick Kyrgios you didn&#x27;t know<\/strong><\/a><strong>\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/motorsport\/speedseries-news-tcr-world-tour-reaction-bathurst-international-mount-panorama-exclusive\/e6077ae0-dd0a-4d5c-8aa8-c407ed76a62a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>World&#x27;s best in awe of &#x27;crazy&#x27; Bathurst circuit<\/strong><\/a>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>The Bend hosts round four on May 24-26 before a mid-winter getaway to Queensland Raceway on July 12-14.<\/p>\n<p>An extended break will see the series go dormant for nearly three months before returning for a double-header.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"2263e77a-8f2d-414e-8fb9-906fc88668b2\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2263e77a-8f2d-414e-8fb9-906fc88668b2\" alt=\"The TCR Australia Series last raced at The Bend in 2019.\" data-width=\"2000\" data-height=\"1333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sydney Motorsport Park hosts the series under lights on November 1-3 before the season comes to a close on November 8-10 at Mount Panorama for the Bathurst International.<\/p>\n<p>The release of the 2024 TCR Australia Series calendar comes just a day <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/motorsport\/news-2023-supercars-calendar-2024-bathurst-1000-dates-sandown-500-demise-formula-1\/f361ebe0-b92a-49e4-b219-a73c9f80189b\" title=\"after Supercars revealed its schedule\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">after Supercars revealed its schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are no clashes between the two calendars.<\/p>\n<h2>2024 TCR Australia Series calendar<\/h2>\n<p>Round 1: Sandown International Raceway &#8211; 9-11 February<\/p>\n<p>Round 2: Symmons Plains Raceway (Race Tasmania) &#8211; 15-17 March<\/p>\n<p>Round 3: Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit &#8211; 12-14 April<\/p>\n<p>Round 4: The Bend Motorsport Park &#8211; 24-26 May<\/p>\n<p>Round 5: Queensland Raceway &#8211; 12-14 July<\/p>\n<p>Round 6: Sydney Motorsport Park (Race Sydney) &#8211; 1-3 November<\/p>\n<p>Round 7: Mount Panorama (Bathurst International) &#8211; 8-10 November<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>TCR Australia Series organisers have confirmed plans to return to South Australia, ending a five-year drought in the wine state. The Bend Motorsport Park will <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=345515\" title=\"Racing&#039;s five-year drought finally set to end\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":345517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=345515"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345520,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345515\/revisions\/345520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/345517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=345515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=345515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=345515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}