V8 Supercars Features

"It's been a humbling experience to pass Peter Brock, particularly while in our new car designated 'VE 05' - very spooky stuff! Today was fantastic and it was great to do a solid job." - Mark Skaife.

"I was delighted with the car setup from the beginning. It was very good in both wet and dry conditions. The conditions were constantly changing today which required a little bit of patience" - Craig Lowndes.

"This is good, but it is only Race 1 of round three of a long year, and we have a long way to go. We will look to make some changes to see if we can make the car flow a bit better through the final two corners." ...Garth Tander

"I am happy about everything today - the car was absolutely awesome. We changed it a little bit from practice yesterday and the car was flowing beautifully right from the outset." - Garth Tander.

HRT has submitted paperwork for review on the final day of its two-week extension for a TEGA enquiry into the ownership of the operation. However, officials have again failed to make a concrete desicion on the team's future in the championship.

"I am to be completely honest, a little bit blown away. To keep the momentum from last year, especially in a new car, was sensational." - Todd Kelly.

"We've been pushing really hard for this. I'm not going to lie and say that we knew we were going to take pole. It's a nice surprise, a great result and I'm super happy." - James Courtney

In the second installment of Crash.net's off-season V8 Supercar coverage, Matthew Agius looks at the recent flurry of team launches, from Toll HSV Dealer Team, Team Vodafone, Britek Motorsport and Team Sirromet Wines.

After a highly talked about conclusion to the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Crash.net's Australian V8 Supercar correspondent, Matthew Agius, looks into the year that was for the Tom Walkinshaw Performance Group.

BroadIP and now Caterpillar - two major sponsors for Ford Performance Racing in 2007 have, in the case of the latter announced their departure from the team for 2007, or in the instasnce of the former, disappeared from the scene entirely. Matthew Agius takes a look at today's shock announcement from Ford's current darlings.

In the first of a comprehensive two-part preview, Matthew Agius evaluates the chances for all of Holden's entries for this weekend's ninth round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series - the illustrious Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.