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Australian motorsport news website
Speedcafe.com
is an Australian-based
motorsport
news website
that launched on 23 October 2009.
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The site had over 50 million page views in 2020.
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Speedcafe.com is a source of news and race reports for the
Supercars Championship
,
Formula One
, and other categories.
Domestic coverage includes
Australian GT
,
SuperUtes Series
,
Australian Carrera Cup Championship
, and TCR Australia. The site also covers international categories including
MotoGP
,
World Rally Championship
,
FIA World Endurance Championship
and
NASCAR
.
Speedcafe.com has offshoot sites with its own
Classifieds
and Jobstop brands.
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The website is also a major partner of the
Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame
.
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In 2019 Speedcafe launched the performance motoring website Torquecafe.com
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In August 2022 it was announced founder Brett Murray had sold a majority 80% stake of the publication to a consortium made up of Karl Begg, Richard Gresham and Robert Gooley.
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Contributors
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The Speedcafe.com team is led by editor in chief Damien Smy and F1 editor Mat Coch.
Senior journalist Daniel Herrero, and journalists Slade Perrins and Iwan Jones round out the Speedcafe.com editorial line-up.
Former staff members include Connor O'Brien, Tom Howard, Grant Rowley, Stefan Bartholomaeus and Gordon Lomas.
Controversy
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Speedcafe.com was featured in a 2012 episode of
Media Watch
that investigated then-owner Brett "Crusher" Murray for the
conflict of interest
between parent company BAM Media and his work as a columnist for the
Gold Coast Bulletin
.
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References
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External links
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Online-only news outlets in Australia
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