V8 Supercars: Ford Announces Cheeky Merchandise Offer

V8 Supercars: Ford Announces Cheeky Merchandise Offer

FORD AUSTRALIA’s V8 racing outfit has launched a cheeky merchandise campaign targeted at capitalising on the current animosity between its supporters and Triple Eight Racing.

The company is offering Ford caps at a discount price of $10 for every person who exchanges a piece of Triple Eight Racing merchandise in the wake of the team’s defection [...]

V8 Supercars: Skaife To Return At Mount Panorama

V8 Supercars: Skaife To Return At Mount Panorama

V8 SUPERCAR LEGEND Mark Skaife has confirmed he will make a return to the race track after announcing he will contest this season’s two endurance events.

Skaife will team up with four-time Bathurst winner Greg Murphy for Sprint Gas Racing to end his brief period of retirement and form one of the most experienced driver pairings [...]

V8 Supercars: Abu Dhabi May Host Round In 2010

V8 Supercars: Abu Dhabi May Host Round In 2010

THE V8 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES is poised to increase its international reach after it was revealed the category is likely to race at Abu Dhabi’s new Yas Marina circuit next year.

Series organisers are reportedly considering the prospect of opening the 2010 season with back-to-back events in the Middle-East during February, starting with the Desert 400 [...]

V8 Supercars: Triple Eight And HRT Withdraw Stewards Appeals

V8 Supercars: Triple Eight And HRT Withdraw Stewards Appeals

Triple Eight Racing and Holden Racing Team have both agreed to withdraw stewards appeals against the legality of each other’s cars in a peace deal following the Sandown 400 yesterday.

HRT has repeatedly queried whether Triple Eight’s front splitter falls outside current V8 Supercars regulations, claiming it enhances aerodynamic performance.

Although the stewards have already thrown out [...]

V8 Supercars: Triple Eight Defects To Holden From 2010

V8 Supercars: Triple Eight Defects To Holden From 2010

HOLDEN HAS PULLED OFF the biggest coup in recent Australian motorsport history after agreeing to a deal to support Triple Eight Racing from 2010.
The Queensland-based team has been in conflict with Ford since the manufacturer decided to drop its factory support, despite Triple Eight Racing’s status as the outstanding team in V8 Supercars.
Jamie Whincup and [...]

‘The Stig’ Ben Collins To Compete At V8 Enduros

‘The Stig’ Ben Collins To Compete At V8 Enduros

TOP GEAR’S TAME RACING DRIVER The Stig may be poised to tackle Mount Panorama in October after his rumoured alter-ego, Ben Collins, agreed to compete in V8 Supercars endurance events this season.

Collins has been signed by Jack Daniel’s Racing to line up alongside Nathan Pretty in a Holden for the Bathurst 1000 and Phillip [...]

V8 Supercars: V8SA And Nissan Scrap Corporate Partnership

V8 Supercars: V8SA And Nissan Scrap Corporate Partnership

V8 SUPERCARS AUSTRALIA has called time on the Nissan GT-R’s run as pace car for the championship after abruptly announcing the end of its agreement with Nissan Australia.

The decision to sever ties was revealed ahead of the Hidden Valley round of the championship after the Japanese manufacturer rejected V8SA’s request for the car to be [...]

V8 Supercars: Series Boss Invites New Manufacturers

V8 Supercars: Series Boss Invites New Manufacturers

THE V8 SUPERCAR CHAMPIONSHIP is set for an overhaul, with series boss Tony Cochrane calling upon car manufacturers to join an expanded series in 2012.

Cochrane has formed a new ‘Car of the Future’ committee, headed up by five-time Bathurst champion Mark Skaife, which will seek to secure involvement from additional manufacturers, breaking the current Ford [...]

V8 Supercars: Whincup Ends Brief Holden Revival With Victory

V8 Supercars: Whincup Ends Brief Holden Revival With Victory

TRIPLE EIGHT RACING’S Jamie Whincup proved Holden’s Saturday revival was nothing but an aberration after securing victory in race two at Symmons Plains.
After securing pole position in the morning qualifying session, Whincup raced away from the line, taking advantage of the sprint tyres to establish an early advantage.
However, a succession of safety cars soon eroded [...]

V8 Supercars: Sydney 500 Street Race Promo On Sydney Harbour Bridge

V8 Supercars: Sydney 500 Street Race Promo On Sydney Harbour Bridge

Alex Davison joined a contingent of V8 Supercar drivers crossing the ‘coat-hanger’ to promote the first Telstra Sydney 500 Street Race, to take place from 4-6 December this year.

Driving his IRWIN Stone Brothers Racing Falcon, Davison and five other V8 drivers gave commuters crossing the Harbour Bridge at least six reasons for a ‘double-take’ in [...]

V8 Supercars: Craig Lowndes Sweeps Winton Round

V8 Supercars: Craig Lowndes Sweeps Winton Round

Triple Eight Racing’s Craig Lowndes has continued his team’s domination of the V8 Supercar season, winning both races of the Winton round of the championship. Lowndes ended team mate Jamie Whincup’s four-race winning streak on Saturday, leading him home in a one-two before capitalising on an early safety car to secure [...]

V8 Supercars: Winton Round To Mark Debut Of Sprint Tyre

V8 Supercars: Winton Round To Mark Debut Of Sprint Tyre

Photo by Billzilla42.

Dunlop will introduce a new soft option tyre for the Winton round of the V8 Supercar Championship.

The Sprint tyre is designed to be faster than the control rubber, providing a gain of over a second per 60 second lap before quickly deteriorating.

Teams will receive a unique, pink-walled allocation of the Sprint tyre for [...]

V8 Supercars: Jamie Whincup Makes It Four From Four

V8 Supercars: Jamie Whincup Makes It Four From Four

Ford has finally ended its New Zealand hoodoo after Jamie Whincup swept to victory in race two of the Hamilton 400 in New Zealand.

Winning the Mark Porter Trophy, named in honour of the fallen Kiwi driver who passed away at Bathurst in 2006, Whincup beat home James Courtney and Steven Johnson to lead an all [...]

V8 Supercars: Whincup Leads Ford One-Two At Hamilton 400

V8 Supercars: Whincup Leads Ford One-Two At Hamilton 400

Photo by Kyle Carter.

Team Vodafone’s Jamie Whincup has made it three wins from three starts this season after blitzing the opposition to secure victory in race one of the Hamilton 400 in New Zealand.

Starting from second on the grid, Whincup made a strong start, immediately placing Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom under pressure before snatching [...]

V8 Supercars: Winterbottom On Pole As Ford Sweeps Front Row

V8 Supercars: Winterbottom On Pole As Ford Sweeps Front Row

Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom will start on pole position for Race One of the Hamilton 400 in New Zealand this afternoon after setting a blistering lap in the top 10 shootout .

Winterbottom narrowly beat defending champion Jamie Whincup by one-thousandth of a second, securing an all-Ford front row for the opening race.

Fellow Ford driver [...]

V8 Supercars: Winterbottom Believes Ford Can Break Duck In Hamilton

V8 Supercars: Winterbottom Believes Ford Can Break Duck In Hamilton

Mark Winterbottom in action aboard the #5 Orrcon FPR Falcon

Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom is keen to end Holden’s eight year domination of the New Zealand V8 Supercar event this weekend.

Holden has won every round held across the Tasman since 2001, leading the way when V8 racing made its debut at Pukekohe, before continuing its [...]

Casey Stoner Considering V8 Supercar Career Change?

Casey Stoner Considering V8 Supercar Career Change?

Australian MotoGP ace Casey Stoner has revealed he is considering a move to V8 Supercars once his motorcycle career is over.

The 2007 World Champion told Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport that he is interested in making the transition to Australia’s premier racing category, following the trail set by Wayne Gardner.

However, Stoner refused to put a [...]

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