Team Vodafone consider a move to Holdens
After Fords cost cutting announcment to back only two teams in the 2009 V8 Supercars Series, Team Vodafone have stated they may consider changing to run Holden Commodores. Ford announced that they will concentrate their financial backing to just two V8 Supercar teams, Ford Performance Racing and Stone Brothers Racing.
V8 SuperCars Get Greener in 2009
V8 Supercars are set to become green machines and run on ethanol in next year’s championship as part of a radical proposed shake-up of the sport for 2009. A V8 Supercars board meeting is set to consider a raft of decisions which will have far-reaching implications for the sport.
Jamie Whincup Rules Sandown
A Late decision to ditch an “improved” engine part rescued Jamie Whincup’s day in the V8 Supercar series opener at Sandown.
Whincup led home a Ford trifecta when he won from start to finish to clinch the first of the round’s three 39-lap races. He beat home the Falcon of Mark Winterbottom while his teammate Craig [...]
Team Vodafone Looking for a Win at Sandown
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 [...]
Frosty untouchable at Barbagallo
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 [...]
Craig Lowndes Falcon Bigger, Stronger, Faster
Three time V8 Supercar champion Craig Lowndes will be back behind the wheel of a near-new chassis he nearly destroyed for the debut of the Hamilton street race in New Zealand.
It took more than 500 hours for the Triple Eight Racing team to repair the Falcon following Lowndes’ heavy accident with Ford rival James Courtney [...]
