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Round 4 of the 2009/2010 NZV8 Utes Series at Powerbuilt Tools Raceway at Ruapuna in Christchurch this weekend has the potential to be the most exciting of the series so far. The penultimate round will feature several interesting scenarios.

He’s a three-time winner of the New Zealand Grand Prix and a four-time champion in the New Zealand Touring Car class. But it’s been in the Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge championship that Queensland-based Kiwi Craig Baird has really made his mark in this country.

V8 Supercars Australia Executive Chairman Tony Cochrane has issued a media statement following the recent news reports that the ITM 400 Hamilton street race is in financial trouble and its future was in doubt.

The Clipsal 500 finale for the Touring Car Masters has given the V8 Supercar crowd a great warm-up for the main event, with Andrew Miedecke winning a thriller.

Garth Tander won Sunday’s second leg of the Clipsal 500 and so gives himself the chance of taking the Grand Slam prize (worth $2 million Australian) if he also wins the rest of the Big Four races this year - the Bathurst 1000, the Gold Coast race and the Sydney street race.

Rick Bates and Andrew Fisher combined to win a frenetic V8 Ute race finale at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide Sunday afternoon.

Kyle Clews dominated day 1 of the Clipsal 500 when he was fastest in both practice and qualifying. 2009 Series Champion Adam Gowans will start alongside Clews for race 1 tomorrow with James Ward and Peter Car filling row 2.

Chris Wootton endured a nasty tumble at the Clipsal 500 street circuit this morning. The 21-year-old rolled his MINI Challenge car three times at the turn one chicane during qualifying. The incident has ruled him out of the weekend.

In his first ever V8 Ute race, David “Sideways” Sieders scored an emphatic win in front of a lively and vocal Clipsal 500 crowd to lead home some of the superstars of the category in Race Two of Round One of the 2010 Yokohama V8 Ute Racing Series -protected by Armor All.

NASCAR development driver George Miedecke dominated the Yokohama V8 Ute Legend race with a flag to flag win at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide. Driving a Ford XR8 Falcon Ute, the Charlotte based young gun ran side by side with New Zealand V8 Ute Series leader Chris Pither for the first 3 corners, before taking the lead under brakes at Turn 5.

V8 Champion Jamie Whincup has extended his V8 Supercars domination, stealing pole position for today’s opening race of the 2010 Clipsal 500 and remains on target for a fifth straight round win.

Despite setting the fastest time in today’s (Friday) practice for the Clipsal 500, Jamie Whincup is not convinced that he has the fastest car in Adelaide.

TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup put in a superior performance to the rest of the V8 field and took out race three of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship.

TeamVodafone’s dream start to the 2010 V8 Supercars championship has continued with Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup topping the timesheets in practice at Bahrain on Thursday.

Red-hot Holden driver Jamie Whincup completed a weekend of dominance at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit with victory in Saturday’s final 200km race of the season-opening V8 Supercar event.