The 2008 V8 Supercar Championship appears set to have a distinctly red tinge to it, following on from today's confirmed driver changes.
The 2008 V8 Supercar Championship appears set to have a distinctly red tinge to it, following on from today's confirmed driver changes.
"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.
"Garth and I were on equal points in a couple of rounds last year, and it looks like it is happening again. I think I will need to pull my finger out to keep up with him this year. He was quicker than us all weekend here as well as in Perth, so we have some work to do." - Rick Kelly
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.
"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.
With the start of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series just over a month away, punters both new and old keenly await the unveiling of the war paint for the various Ford and Holden operations in the series.
Ford has won the 2006 V8 Supercar Manufacturers' Championship in Bahrain this weekend, with Jason Bright taking his second round win for the year.
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.
WPS Racing continue their charge towards the top of the V8 Supercar circus as Matthew Agius looks at how the team has changed since their induction into the championship back in 2004.
Reverse-grid racing in V8 Supercars will be scrapped for the forseeable future, when the remaining four events of the 2006 Championship Series revert to traditional grid formats.
With four rounds already completed in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship, the manufacture ledger is square with two wins to Holden and Ford. However the biggest question is over who will contend for the championship title come season's end?
If driver contract extensions, new sponsor deals and fresh Holden Motorsport- spec Commodores were a key to starting the V8 Supercar Championship well, then the Toll HSV Dealer Team would have three aces to play at the opening round of the championship.
An eventful, entertaining and carnage-filled 2005 V8 Supercar Championship saw a new series champion crowned, a series hero emerge from four years in the wilderness, and some of the most controversial incidents in recent history. Crash.net takes a look at some of the achievements and failures of drivers and crews in the V8 paddock.
Team Kiwi Racing's Paul Radisich ended his 2005 V8 Supercar Series championship with a strong race weekend at the BigPond Grand Finale with three top ten race results and Radisich is looking forward to 2006 with the announcement of a new sponsorship deal from 3M and Makita tools.
Stone Brothers Racing have once again imprinted their dominance on the V8 Supercar Championship Series, which concluded at Victoria's Phillip Island Raceway.
A number of changes are emerging in preparation for the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series. With a number of rumoured driver, team, sponsor and even manufacturer adjustments being hypothesised in the already rampant V8 silly season even though the current championship fight continues to rage on.
Swiss driver Alain Menu is to return to Australian shores next month following the announcement that he will join Larkham - Orrcon Racing for the endurance races at Sandown and Bathurst.
After winning the season-opening Clipsal 500, Marcos Ambrose heads the V8 Supercar standings as the series heads to Pukekohe for the final time.
Here the defending series champion describes a lap of the New Zealand circuit...
The second round of the V8 Supercar series sees the teams head to New Zealand this weekend for three races at Pukekohe - the last time the series will race at the venue.
As part of a continuing series, Stone Brothers Racing has produced the final list of racing terms for V8 Supercar fans and motorsport fans in general.
With a bit of a break before the opening races of the 2005 V8 Supercar season, back-to-back series champions Stone Brothers Racing have decided to keep the fans' minds ticking over.
With a bit of a break before the opening races of the 2005 V8 Supercar season, back-to-back series champions Stone Brothers Racing have decided to keep the fans' minds ticking over.
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