Holden End Endurance Drought
Holden Racing Team’s Garth Tander and Mark Skaife have taken victory in the L&H 500 at Phillip Island after a topsy-turvy event, affected by rain and a succession of safety cars late in the race.
Rick Kelly Wins Phillip Island race one
HSV Dealer Team’s Rick Kelly has taken victory in race one of the L&H 500 at Phillip Island, helped by a late-race strategy decision by two key rivals.
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 [...]
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 [...]
