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NZ V8’s Gear Up for New Season
The 2008-09 New Zealand V8 championship gets under way at the Taupo Motorsport Park, October 3-4. This season’s championship is over seven rounds from October to March, with an extra non-championship event at the Hamilton 400 V8 Supercar race in April to round off the summer’s racing.
In past years, the New Zealand V8s series has [...]
Holden End Endurance Drought
Holden Racing Team’s Garth Tander and Mark Skaife have taken victory in the L&H 500 at Phillip Island after a topsy-turvy event, affected by rain and a succession of safety cars late in the race.
Rick Kelly Wins Phillip Island race one
HSV Dealer Team’s Rick Kelly has taken victory in race one of the L&H 500 at Phillip Island, helped by a late-race strategy decision by two key rivals.
A Message from Marcos Ambrose
Marcos Ambrose winning the Nationwide race on Saturday at Watkins Glen was a massive relief and a huge celebration all in one. Coming from the back to get third in the Cup race on Sunday was just as satisfying.
Winton V8 Series Weekend Summaries
Here are the summaries of action from the V8 Series event at Winton Raceway.
Garth Tander Comes up Roses at Winton
Garth Tander went into round eight snarling and came out smiling, snatching back the V8 Supercar championship lead from Mark Winterbottom as disaster struck his Ford rival at Winton.
Will Davison Gain Second V8 Win
Jim Beam Racing’s Will Davison took his second career V8 Supercar victory with a controlled effort in race two at Winton Raceway.
Kelly eleventh, Dumbrell Sixteenth at Winton
In today’s 40 lap Race 1, Kelly got off to a great start picking up three positions in the opening lap, putting him in fifth. Championship leader Mark Winterbottom fell into trouble with a flat tyre allowing Kelly to pick up another position. Winterbottom dropped right down the field to last position.
Lucky 13 For McNally In V8 Utes Race 1
Glenn McNally will start form the second row in Race 2 of the V8 Ute Series at Victoria’s Winton Raceway after securing a top-16 finish in Race 1 today.
McNally qualified 19th in this morning’s qualifying session and set about working his way forward to secure an upfront start in tomorrow’s reverse-top-16 Race 2.
“Qualifying was terrible,” [...]
McCashney Runs Away In Aussie Racing Cars Qualifying
Ben McCashney reigned supreme in Aussie Racing Cars Super Series qualifying at Winton Raceway today annihilating the field by over half a second in a dominant display.
