Rod Munch Racing

18/10/2026

It’s been a while coming but the yellow beast will live on. It’s been home a week now but only have had a chance to work on it this weekend.

The past 2 days I have methodically gone over all the suspension pulling everything out checking over all components and fitting new parts, for example luckily I checked over the brake system finding a damaged hard line from the accident and 3 out of 4 brake rotors where bent including one of the new fancy Brypar ones which is a real kick in the nuts. Luckily I have my old AP rotors I can throw on for now.

In my checks I inspected the coilovers knowing one is snapped from the accident I found another 2 to have bent shafts unfortunately. Apart from that all the suspension has been replaced with new coilovers in the mix, next job is to hang my spare engine in the bay and take it for a wheel alignment to make sure everything is straight and true before continuing to throw parts at it but visually and with a measuring tape everything appears to be square.

And to top it all off technically I’m not far from a return to the track with very little to do. The main engine is ready to go back in, needs new coilovers, tyres, bleed the brakes, dyno run and a few bits and pieces like hose clamps and silicone joiners but knowing me im more than like to redo whole the cooling system again.

Anyways this is the update on what’s been happening and a massive thanks to all those involved in the rebuild I won’t forget you.

10/10/2026

I’ll just leave this here!

04/10/2026

When you see these you all know what this means!

05/09/2026

As I walk around the pits of World Time Attack Challenge I received a really awesome and encouraging phone call from Matt at Wildridge Fabrications about my car. Fantastic news it’s mostly straight being the stuff that’s not straight is cosmetic but chassis wise it’s square which is the best news I’ve heard in a long time. Now it’s just a matter of time before I’m back where I was.

Now it’s mainly just cosmetic and fibreglass work needs to be done the bumper, fenders and rear quarter so not long to go before the car is home!

Massive shout out Matt for all his hard work!

22/08/2026

When you get bored and start working on the tow vehicle because your race car is still broken. Perks of being a diesel mechanic.

12/07/2026

Here’s bit of an update on my car now that it’s off the back burner. Finally did 2 solid days of measuring and swapping out all the suspension ruling out that damage compared to the chassis. After my findings the chassis is looking way more repairable than we all thought. This time next week it will be going in for spinal surgery to be pulled and straightened on a chassis jig and we possibly will be returning to the track this year as long as there no new interruptions along that way.

It’s such a great feeling seeing my car that I put a tremendous amount of time and effort into to actually rolling and steering mostly straight on all 4 wheels once again!

14/06/2026

Well I finally finished an endurance race breaking my personal curse. 5th time lucky!

And considering the circumstances this car fought me all the way but i wasn’t going to let it beat me and the team I race with. Prior to qualifying the brake master cylinder was leaking we changed it out for a replacement one which also failed producing no pedal pressure at all no matter how many times we bled the system try all different methods it just wasn’t meant to be on to the third master cylinder which finally worked but missed out on qualifying resulting in rear if grid start

We started from 54th on the grid, 2nd last. Josh the owner had fantastic drive staying calm and composed in he’s third ever race marching up the ladder until making our first and only compulsory 5 minute pit stop at lap 37. The team refuelled the car and i jumped in for the back half of the race. Unfortunately we pitted 2 laps early just missing the safety car which would have yielded a better result even though we had a really strong finish. Me being a veteran of the race I knew what I had to do drive to a number and bring the car home.

I had a few close calls and battling it out with other competitors on my 39 lap stint but nothing I can’t manage. And I brought the car home to 7th out right and 4th in class out of
55 cars.

Thanks to all who were involved on the day as pit crew I greatly appreciate your efforts.

Thanks to A & M Racing and Josh for including me in their team over the weekend and given me the opportunity to personally redeem myself over past events as most of you know have gone particularly smooth.

Next time hopefully it will be me and my car chasing out right victory.

Stay tuned because there’s more updates to come from the past month or so on my car and other projects I’ve been involved in.

12/06/2026

For all that would like to watch the Sydney 300 here is the link. Our race kicks off at 7:30pm Saturday night.

Live coverage from Sydney Motorsport Park for the pinnacle event of...

11/06/2026

Ready to race in the Sydney 300 this Saturday at 7pm at Sydney Motorsports Park. I’ll be co driving this car with the owner Josh in division C fingers crossed everything goes smoothly. And that’s right you can’t keep me out of the seat haha after all that’s happened!

09/06/2026

It’s been awhile since I last posted something because I’ve been busy doing many side quests. Stay tuned for an update and big things to come!