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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.

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.

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.

Reigning V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup says he’s shocked by how well his new Holden ran on the way to claiming a comprehensive victory in the season opener in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

SBR driver Shane Van Gisbergen heads the practice times, after reigning champion Whincup’s time was disallowed. However, the pace of the new Team Vodafone Commodore’s indicates they’ll be contenders from the start.

The V8 Supercars round in Perth has been scrapped by the sport’s governing body, with officials labeling the circuit “third world.”

In a massive coup for the Gold Coast, the biggest annual event in Queensland will be entirely re-branded and transformed into a massive ‘Gold Coast SuperCarnivale’ weekend.

IRWIN Tools and Stone Brothers Racing have unveiled the #4 Ford Falcon that Alex Davison will drive in the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Ford Performance Racing has confirmed the signing of V8 Supercar driver Mark Winterbottom for a further three years.

Champion-elect Jamie Whincup was left physically and mentally exhausted after one of the most grueling V8 Supercar Championship races of the year as he took the crown in the penultimate race of the title fight at the huge Sydney Telstra 500 Saturday.

Craig Lowndes will remove his helmet, step out of a Ford for the last time and shed a few tears with his crew when the inaugural Sydney 500 roars to a halt on Sunday afternoon.