Though we know each other well- this week I am happy to announce a new and ongoing relationship between Walkinshaw Performance and my media services company ThomasrDotOrg.

I’ll be putting the social in their media, the viral in their videos, the it in their Twitter and when the situation calls for it, Superchargers in their Commodores (ok, perhaps not).

So… Check out:

• Facebook Fan Page
• Twitter/WalkinshawPerf
• YouTube

Speaking of YouTube- here’s the first video I shot and edited for WP:

One of my more interesting and exciting work projects of 2010 has been Holden Racing Team TV. It’s evolved over the year from live streaming of the goings on during raceday to a more polished and formalised magazine style TV show.

I’m very pleased with the end product and given the time constraints, it’s kept me very busy on raceday. I’ve learnt a lot about tightening up on takes and retakes, getting quality b-roll and shooting for edits.

Here’s every episode:

I’m just about over YouTube. I uploaded this complete with a mashup and they immediately warned me that I was in breach of something or other. I am sure the soundtrack will be removed soon.
Wouldn’t it be better to have an ad for the song in question with a link through to iTunes to buy it? That’s a business model. Honestly, the sooner the record companies all go broke, the better. They absolutely deserve it.

Anyway. Robbie Maddison at Albert Park, jumping over the main sign:

DO check it out in HD here.

And this little vid. I felw down to Burnie, Tasmania in a lil Saab turboprop 30 seater. I pulled ou the new Panasonic FT1- a hand held point and shoot that has a movie mode- and shoots in HD. The results are pretty pleasing:

Also worth checking out in HD

DSCN1896, originally uploaded by thomasrdotorg.

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Woodstock Thor Honda and Thomasrdotorg are pleased (some might say “fully stoked”) to announce a one year deal for Melbourne motoring journalist Tom Reynolds to race in the factory Woodstock Thor Honda team aboard a special one off Japanese prepared CRF450X.

Team owner Yarrive Konsky: “After Tom’s startling performances in last year’s Dirt Bike Master’s we were ready to look at a full year deal. His performances showed us we had found a rider for the over 50′s. Of course he’s ‘only’ 37, so that did make things a little difficult- but we’ll sort that out in due course. All jokes aside, we were pleased with the races he competed in where he didn’t crash- and that was a special one. The race where he crashed and broke two ribs showed us that he was a special rider. Very special. Of course at the time, we didn’t know the full extent of the damage and we were very, very worried. It was only later we discovered that it was a triple clamp setup, a set of handle bars, a full set of plastics, an exhaust and two marshals.”

Yarrive continues:
“After looking at the team members for 2009, it was clear we were going for a youth policy, so bringing Tom into the team will help to raise not only our spirits, but also the average age. We’ve gone from an average of 18 to 29 by adding just one rider.”

Tom Reynolds:
“There will naturally be some people who see this as a decision that is not based around talent, but more around whether I can get Yarrive a drive in an Aston Martin for the weekend. The answer is yes; anytime Yarrive wants a drive in an Aston I can organise it for an hour or two.”

While the deal has only just been finalised, Reynolds rejects any suggestions that he will not be fit enough for this weekend’s opening round at Albury Wodonga. “I won’t lie, at 37 it’s a struggle to get to a racing weight and Honda have been very supportive by providing a rear suspension setup straight off a Gold Wing. Meanwhile I’ve been hard at it for months. I’m on a semi strict diet of hops, barley and wheat delivered by liquid infusion. In time I’ve been on said diet I’ve gone from 72kgs to a race ready 97kgs.”

At time of writing, the final hurdle is an ASDA supervised drug test, due to be completed this afternoon 1 April 2009…

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11:59am STOP PRESS UPDATE:
Woodstock Thor Honda regret to announce that Tom Reynolds has been released from his racing contract for 2009 effective immediately after failing a drugs test. Details at this time are sketchy, but it is understood that an excessive amount of oestrogen was found in his system, rendering him not only unable to compete in the men’s division, but a threat to other team members safety.

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