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The V8 Supercar Championship Series will receive its biggest makeover in its 12 year history after a raft of changes were made to the on track rules and overall feel of the 14 events in 2009.

Motor racing drivers from all walks of life will converge on Australia’s most famous circuit, Mount Panorama, from across the country for the WPS Bathurst 12 Hour Showroom Enduro this weekend.

The Bathurst 1000 is a 1000 kilometre touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.
The race traces its lineage back to a production car race held at Phillip Island in 1960, called the Armstrong 500. Since then 51 races have taken place under the combined history of two [...]

Long-time V8 Supercar Holden driver Todd Kelly is considering a switch to Ford. The former Bathurst winner, who is weighing his options after a disappointing season with Larry Perkins’ Jack Daniel’s-backed Holden team, is 13th in the V8 Supercar championship.

Howard Racing’s Dean Canto set a new lap record and won Round 6 of the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Championship at Mt Panorama during the Bathurst 1000.

Glenfords Racing: Alex Davison scored his fourth Top 10 Bathurst 1000 finish from five starts today, after finishing 10th with Fabian Coulthard for Glenfords Racing.
While the result continues Davison’s impressive record at Mount Panorama, it was a case of what might have been, with fuel pickup problems costing the team a probable Top Five finish.
The [...]

SBR to start third in today’s Great Race - Round 10, Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Mount Panorama, NSW.

The Stone Brothers Racing JELD-WEN Motorsport Falcon will start today’s Great Race from third on the grid following James Courtney’s red hot lap in yesterday afternoon’s top ten shoot out.
Courtney had a big go during his flying lap [...]

There’s been a second serious accident at the Bathurst 1000, this time involving veteran New Zealand driver Paul Radisich.
The 46-year-old has broken his ankle but medical staff believe he has suffered no other serious injury.
The incident happened in practice when Radisich first clipped the wall at about 180km/h, before skipping across the sandpit at speed [...]

Paul Weel, of PWR, is believed to be in a serious condition after losing control of his vehicle and being t-boned at the Bathurst 1000 morning practice round.
Friday’s first practice was interrupted by a big crash at Reid Park between Paul Weel and Chris Pither, with Weel being air lifted from the track for scans [...]

Dean Fiore (Complispace/Advance Energy) might have won the first Carrera Cup Australia race at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 today but it was Craig Baird (ACER/Leading Solutions) who created history at the famous circuit.
Baird finished second behind a masterful Fiore performance in wet and slippery conditions, clinching the 2008 Carrera Cup Australia Championship.
Baird is now [...]

Garth Tander/Mark Skaife - Holden
“Tander’s at the top of his game. He’s leading the championship and his drive at Phillip Island was impressive. Skaife’s under a lot of pressure. He hasn’t had the best of years and he’ll be haunted by the last couple of Bathursts. Skaife knows Mt Panorama like the back of his [...]

FORD pair Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup got their history-making mission off to an ideal start on Thursday, topping the practice charts at the Bathurst 1000.
But it was the names making up the minor placings that caused heads to turn and they added a bit of life to the post-practice press conference.
The all-Kiwi Holden pairing [...]

Confidence is high with the IRWIN Racing duo of Marcus Marshall and Matt Halliday as they head to Australia’s biggest motor race, the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.
A range of improvements have been made to the IRWIN Ford heading to Bathurst, but it’s the overall strength of the package that has Marshall excited heading to Mount [...]

The Fujitsu Racing Team of Jason Bright and Adam Macrow will take on Australia’s biggest motor race full of confidence with their sights set on victory.
A number of upgrades have been made to the Fujitsu Ford over the past two months. With some other tricks up their sleeve for the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, the [...]