Over the past couple of months, I’ve been digging through my old video collection, and found this little gem. I used to snap up the Seven Nightly News sports reports from Wednesday through Sunday of each year’s Bathurst week for posterity – knowing that there’s always little bits of footage and information you don’t get [...]
With the move of Triple 8 to Holden for 2010, the new V8 season is getting warmed up, and the internet forums are alive with chatter and predictions. Bring it on!
After three lean years in which it has missed out on glory in the biggest motor racing event in this country, the Bathurst 1000, Holden roared back to victory lane yesterday with a dominant result which left the rival Ford teams in their wake. The official Holden Racing Team took out the victory – leading [...]
Australian motor sports legend, Frank Gardner, died yesterday on the Gold Coast, aged 78. Frank was as famous for his terry-toweling hat, as he was for his celebrated open-wheel and touring car racing career in Europe, including eight Formula One races. He is particularly remembered in Australia for managing the factory-supported JPS Team BMW’s in [...]
The annual wait is over – with yesterday’s (Thursday) commencement of practice and qualifying for this year’s Bathurst 1000. These two cars are, however, unlikely to start on Sunday, after a massive accident on top of the mountain. Drivers Paul Weel, and Chris Pither are believed to be okay.
Stepping back in time once again, the late 1980′s were a tough time for Holden supporters in Australian touring car racing. From the moment Allan Grice won the 1986 James Hardie 1000 in a VK Commodore, a Holden did not lead a single race lap at the Bathurst until lap 32 of the 1990 race, [...]
V8 Supercar fans will remember Matt Neal – the man who severely damaged a Paul Morris Motorsport Commodore during it’s shakedown appearance in 2001, and even more memorably, overtook some front running cars at Bathurst in 2000, while being lapped. Here’s a look back at that incident, which is again causing shudders amongst the fans, [...]
In a release from Jack Daniel’s, one of the worst kept secrets in V8 Supercars has now been confirmed. “It is with excitement and delight that we are announcing a significant development for the 2008 Jack Daniel’s Racing Team. We are very pleased to release to press today that leading Holden driver Todd Kelly has [...]
Just ask the driver of this truck, and engineers from the Holden Racing Team, and Ford Performance Racing. This shot was taken on the highway outside of the Bahrain circuit where the V8 Supercars have raced this weekend. Apparently, a car swerved in front of the truck, which was forced to brake suddenly, with the [...]
Some years ago, Australia’s V8 Supercar Championship changed to a “control tyre” – that being that every competitor runs on the exact same tyre – manufacturer, compound, construction, etc. The theory is that “well off” teams can’t exploit their wealth with special deals with tyre companies to gain an advantage over everyone else. On this [...]
