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 […]
Garth Tander to the Fore!
Reigning V8 Supercar Champion Garth Tander has taken the lead in the 2008 Championship with a second place podium finish for the Toll Holden Racing Team in the BigPond 400 at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth.
Tander added a pair of second place finishes in the final two 50 lap races to his third place in Race […]
Jamie Whincup Suffers Heavy Hit in Qualifying
V8 Supercars championship leader Jamie Whincup’s Hamilton 400 meeting may be over, after a massive crash during today’s first qualifying session.
The session was stopped after Triple Eight Racing Vodafone Falcon was clipped by Jack Daniels driver Todd Kelly’s Commodore.
A touch on the rear corner of the car when Kelly came off the ripple strip after […]
Hamilton’s Barriers Take First Bite out of Will Davison’s Jim Beam Racing’s Holden
Jim Beam Racing’s Will Davison has won the dubious honour of being the first victim of Hamilton’s concrete walls after an incident out of turn seven saw him break a steering arm and slam into the barrier.
The #18 Jim Beam Falcon clipped turn seven, the result a broken steering arm and a long night for […]
Days Dwindle to a Few Before Start of Hamilton 400
Petrolheads will be chomping at the bit as the countdown for the Australian Supercar V8s in Hamilton gets into single figures.
More than 162,000 tickets have been presold for the third round of the series and everything is on schedule for the running of the Hamilton 400 street race. Only the finishing touches need to be […]
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 […]
