Tander lands double as Whincup hit by black-flagging

HOLDEN driver Garth Tander has given himself a shot at the $2 million V8 driver grand slam bonus after holding out the hard-charging James Courtney in a nail-biting finale to the second 250-kilometre leg of the Adelaide 500 yesterday.

Street race a walk down memory lane

IT WAS Sydney first, second and third on the final day of the city's first V8 Supercars street racing carnival.

Miners Kick In For Charity

ILLAWARRA coalminers have raised more than $2500 for charity in an annual football competition that pits miner against miner.

Island's Pits Of Despair

The hidden wells of Sumatra are deadly to its endangered animals, writes Russell Eldridge.

Burial Call For Pit Soldiers

AN Illawarra war historian is adamant that more than 400 soldiers buried in pits in northern France should be exhumed and given separate burials.

It's The Pits

It's the pits Extreme moshing is a rite of passage Page 31

Once Were Miners

Commercial hub Charlestown's other life was literally the pits.

Lost Lives Of Young And Feckless

ALL signs point towards The Hills being the pits. It is (a) an MTV production; (b) not just a reality TV show but a spin-off from another reality TV show; and (c) revolves around a clique of predominantly blonde, slight-of-intellect Californians who say things such as "Look, I love you so much, I'm eating carbs for your birthday". And indeed, if you take the view that television should offer our young people wholesome, worthy role models, The Hills is the sort of program that will likely drive ...

Mixing The Pits With The Hits

Steve McKenna heads to Billy Elliot country and discovers a region of contrasting fortunes.

Hunter Chief In Rich Pickings List

A LOT has changed since Centennial Coal chief Robert Cameron began his career more than 30 years ago as a young mining engineer in Hunter pits.

Nothing But Muddy Pools Left In Angledool

ANGLEDOOL is 60 kilometres north of Lightning Ridge and 12 kilometres south of the Queensland border. It was founded in 1870 and used to have 3000 people, locals say. It also had five pubs, two stores, a memorial hall, a school, a police station and an Aboriginal mission. It now has 36 people, 20 occupied dwellings and two open rubbish pits. The hall is still there, sort of. It is very decrepit. The police station, the stores and the school are long gone. So, too, the mission. The last pub burnt ...

Rage Set For Reprise In Big Day Out

IN 1996, rap metal band Rage Against the Machine worked its audiences into the biggest mosh pits this country has seen on the national Big Day Out tour.

Greens Say No New Pits

NINE environmental groups will urge Premier Morris Iemma today to stop the expansion of Hunter coalmines and Newcastle's export shipping coal-loader.

Fright Of His Life Forged Brilliant Career

League fans are grateful that Andrew Johns decided early that coalmining was the pits and not for him, John Coomber writes.

Caution On Pits Plans

A PLAN to clean up three old Cessnock coalmine sites has received cautious backing from the city council.

Nothing Left To Chance As Teams Navigate Race Circuit One More Time

Simon Hoyle, in the first of his weekend series inside the Renault pits, explains the race behind the race, that's already been run.

Mixed Reaction On Mine Policy

A NEW State Government coalmining policy that bans future open-cut pits on the western side of Lake Macquarie can override exploration leases throughout NSW.

Goodwill Lacking At Exactly The Wrong Time Of Year

I, and others in Tamworth, have been appalled by the decision of Tamworth Regional Council ("Tamworth's war pits small minds against big hearts", December 22-24). To add to the dismay, the feeble explanations by the Mayor, James Treloar, have only made me cringe.

Lowndes Camp Outraged After Leader Kelly Escapes Sanction

V8 SUPERCAR championship leader Rick Kelly will not be penalised for cutting a corner on the exit from the pits at Symmons Plains Raceway, near Launceston, last weekend.

Whatever Happened To? - John Bertrand

The man who led Australia to victory in the '83 America's Cup now races only once a year. In a few weeks, he pits himself against an old foe.