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Last year’s Sandown 500 winners, TeamVodafone will draw on their previous successes at Sandown International Raceway in preparing for Round 5 of the V8 Supercar Championship Series this weekend, where the event will revert to a sprint race format where the TeamVodafone drivers are more than capable to take the awards over the Queens Birthday [...]

Mark Winterbottom had a comfortable win at Barbagallo Raceway Saturday, racking up his seventh V8 Supercar Championship Series victory for Ford Performance Racing. “We thought we’d go well here but weren’t sure how well because it’s traditionally a Holden circuit,” said the #5 Orrcon Ford Credit FPR driver. “In the end it went pretty smoothly!”
The [...]

Sometimes it all comes down to one decision.
When Aaron Caratti’s (Parklands on Bertram) team decided to change from wet tyres to slicks in the last few minutes of qualifying this morning at Barbagallo Raceway he thought they were crazy.
Heavy showers had proceeded the session and with a wet track Caratti wasn’t too keen on heading [...]

Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom stole a late pole position in qualifying for this weekend’s Bigpond 400 at Barbagallo Raceway.
With three minutes remaining in the session, reigning champion Garth Tander set a time of 56.5891 seconds, nearly a tenth and a half better than anyone else at that point of the session.
But with a minute [...]

Round Three of the Yokohama V8 Ute Racing Series kicked off Friday at Perth’s Barbagallo Raceway with two practice sessions lead by combined fastest time setter Kim Jane.
“It’s great to start the weekend on a high” explained Jane in the Trading Post/Bob Jane Commodore. “We’re just having a ball and with the team and car [...]

After a glittering launch of Glory Team Racing’s stunning new United Industries supported MINI CHALLENGE racecar, Perth’s David Turner scorched around the Barbagallo Raceway to set the fastest lap of the first two practice sessions in MINI CHALLENGE Friday.
The experienced campaigner set the fastest lap in the cool temperatures of this morning’s first practice, ending [...]

Fujitsu Racing’s Jason Bright will take a new set of wheels to the fourth round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, the Bigpond 400 at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth.
This is the first all-new Ford Falcon V8 Supercar designed and built by Fujitsu Racing and Britek Motorsport. The construction of the new #25 BF MkII Falcon [...]

IRWIN Racing’s Marcus Marshall is confident that a strong qualifying run could give the team a result well inside the top-15 at the fourth round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, the Bigpond 400 at Perth’s Barbagallo Raceway on 9-11 May.
At the previous round in Hamilton New Zealand, Marshall was hampered by wet weather and [...]

Given Aaron Caratti’s performance in the third round of Carrera Cup Australia, he would be the favourite no matter where Round Four of the championship was being held.
But considering the event is at Perth’s Barbagallo Raceway — Caratti’s home track — he is going to prove hard to beat when the championship heads there for [...]

V8 Supercars Australia has today ruled out a Perth street race, saying instead it is in favour of exploring options for a brand new permanent facility in conjunction with the West Australian Government and state councils.
It is understood V8 Supercars Australia CEO Wayne Cattach, and General Manager of Events and Motorsport, Shane Howard, who are [...]