Valentino Rossi will head to the legendary Bathurst circuit in Mount Panorama next month, as part of a BMW line-up consisting of Maxime Martin and new recruit Raffaele Marciello.
Three-time NASCAR champion and Hall-of-Famer Darrell Waltrip is heading to Australia in October to head up expanded US TV coverage of the famous V8 Bathurst 1000 race.
Former F1 World Champion Jenson Button made history when he drove McLaren's 2008-spec MP4-23 around Bathurst's legendary Mount Panorama Circuit - see all the pictures right here!
Teams will not be able to pair their big name drivers in next season's two V8 Supercar endurance races, under a new ruling issued by series organisers.
Triple World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss endured a tough Bathurst 1000 debut last weekend, crashing out of the endurance race on lap 59 of 161 at Mount Panorama.
Drivers from both sides of the V8 Supercar fence have praised the latest safety improvements at Bathurst's Mount Panorama circuit on the eve of this weekend's Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.
The final driver pairings for Team BOC and WOW Racing for the upcoming L&H 500 at Phillip Island and the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 have been announced.
As anticipated after he tested with the team earlier this year, five-time Bathurst winner Mark Skaife is to return for this year's V8 Supercar endurance races with Sprint Gas Racing.
Paul Weel has been released from Westmead Hospital in Sydney after a week of receiving medical attention following his horrific accident at Bathurst last week.
Two unheralded combinations came close to taking top six results against the odds in Sunday's Supercheap Autos Bathurst 1000, only to be robbed by incidents in the latter stages of the near seven-hour marathon.
Paul Radisich's accident at Mount Panorama on Saturday morning has left the Kiwi with more extensive injuries than initially reported although none, thankfully, are life-threatening.
Stone Brothers Racing achieved its third Bathurst podium in as many years as a battling performance from James Courtney and David Besnard gave the Jeld-Wen Ford third place in the Supercheap Auto 1000.
It took only a moment for the Toll Holden Racing Team's Bathurst dream to become a nightmare, and it came in the opening seconds of the 161-lap, six-hour marathon.
Sprint Gas Racing drivers Greg Murphy and Jason Richards might have claimed an unexpected second place in the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, but remained far from completely happy after feeling that they had been robbed of victory in the early stages of the race..
Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup became the first combination in 24 years to score a hat-trick of wins at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 when they completed a third straight win at Mount Panorama for TeamVodafone.
Team Kiwi Racing's determination to rebuild its damaged Ford Falcon in time to take part in Sunday's Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was rewarded when the #021 car rolled out for the pre-race warm-up.
The HSV Dealer Team has confirmed that the extent of Paul Radisich's injuries stretches to both ankles, rather than the one reported initially, and that the #15 car will play no further part in the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 weekend.
V8 Supercar veteran Paul Radisich suffered his second big accident at the Mount Panorama circuit in three years, breaking his ankle in Saturday morning practice for the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.
V8 Supercar driver Paul Weel is expected to be cleared of any serious injury following a heavy practice accident on the opening day of the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama.
Sprint Gas Racing's Greg Murphy is challenging his V8 Supercar rivals to actually beat his 2003 qualifying lap record rather than waste hot air talking about what might be possible.
Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup will look to become the first pair in more than two decades to secure a hat-trick of wins at Bathurst in the second V8 Supercar enduro event of the season.
Jim Beam Racing has revealed that the #17 Falcon made famous by Dick Johnson will not be piloted by the Johnson name for the first time in over 30 years after confirming that Steve Johnson will partner Will Davison in the #18 car for the V8 enduro events.