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Jamie Whincup First V8 Title all but Wrapped -up
TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup has virtually wrapped up the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship by claiming the penultimate round at Symmons Plains, Tasmania this weekend.
Symmons Plains One-Two for Team Vodafone
Championship leader Jamie Whincup kept his nose clean to pull off the win for race two at Symmons Plains this weekend.
Holden’s Todd Kelly Wins Race One in Tasmania
Holden driver Todd Kelly was close to tears after ending his V8 Supercar drought with victory in race one at Symmons Plains in Tasmania - a win he rated second in importance to his Bathurst triumph in 2005.
Jamie Whincup on Desert 400 Pole
V8 Supercars championship leader Jamie Whincup will start from pole position for the opening race of the Desert 400 in Bahrain.
Craig Lowndes Quickest in Desert 400 Practice
Four-time Bathurst champion Craig Lowndes is hoping a strong finish to the season can provide a platform back on to the V8 Supercars Championship podium next year.
Russell Ingall: 2 Goals Met, One to Achieve in Bahrain
When Russell Ingall joined the Supercheap Auto Racing outfit at the start of 2008 he did so with three goals — to finish a round on the podium; to return to serious top five contention; and to win a round of the V8 Supercar Championship.
Jamie Whincup: Three for Three
Fresh off his Bathurst 1000 win, TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup has won the third race of the Coffee Club V8 Supercar Challenge at Surfers Paradise Sunday.
Jamie Whincup Pulls Surfer’s Paradise Double
Jamie Whincup banked a perfect haul of two wins, extending his V8 Supercar championship lead, from the opening two heats and extinguished a hot challenge from Garth Tander in the Coffee Club V8 Supercar Challenge at the Gold Coast Indy today.
The result was a mirror image of the opening race yesterday with Mark Winterbottom (Ford [...]
Whinners Wins in thrilling V8 Supercar Race One
Jamie Whincup arguably extracted his finest 50 minutes of racing this season to seal the opening leg of the Coffee Club V8 Supercars Challenge on the streets of Surfers Paradise today.
Under immense pressure from Holden Racing Team star Garth Tander, Whincup led from pole to win the 27-lap thriller by 0.26sec.
After taking a comfortable pole [...]
Garth Tander on Surfer’s Paradise Front Row
The Toll Holden Racing Team’s Garth Tander has secured a front row start in tomorrow’s first race for the Coffee Club V8 Supercar Challenge at Surfers Paradise.
Whincup on Pole at Surfers Paradise
TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup has continued his Bathurst winning momentum, claiming pole position for tomorrow’s opening V8 Supercar race at the Nikon Indy 300, by over six tenths of second from championship rival Garth Tander.
V8 Supercars: Tax Dollar Tussle
Call this funny or sad, your choice. I call it politicians meddling in something they have little understanding of. (OH, what a shock!)
The New South Wales Government, headed by its Premier Nathan Rees, recently approved a $30 million AUS (24 mil plus in USD) expenditure of tax dollars to hold an event through the streets [...]
Frosty Leads Hidden Valley Pack
Mark Winterbottom led home a Ford Performance Racing 1-2 as he and his team dominated race one of the SkyCity Triple Crown at Hidden Valley. Winterbottom led at the start and apart from a brief period during the compulsory pitstops, led the rest of the way.
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 [...]
Garth Tander Leads Sandown Midas 400 Practice
V8 Supercar series leader Garth Tander turned a dismal start into a dramatic conclusion yesterday when he grabbed the quickest practice time for this weekend’s Sandown Midas 400 round.
Tander got off to a bad start in his Holden in the opening session when he clashed with the Falcon of Michael Patrizi and was forced to [...]
