V8 Supercars News

A double stint by John Bowe paved the way for a top ten finish for the #21 Team BOC Ford Falcon in Sunday's Sandown 500. Along with fellow driver, Brad Jones they battled the elements to come home in 9th position.

Typically inconsistent Melbourne weather worked against the WPS Racing team in Sunday's Sandown 500 as lead drivers David Besnard and Craig Baird struggled to 19th position while Team Australia duo Marcus Marshall and Alex Tagliani crossed the line in 22nd.

The Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series has confirmed its provisional calendar for 2006 today - with 14 events schedule to take place next season.

Another distinctive dimension to Team Australia's involvement in this year's V8 Supercar endurance series was unveiled at Sandown Raceway today, with the team's traditional green and gold livery displayed on the #8 WPS Racing Falcon that will be shared by Champ Car stars Alex Tagliani and Marcus

The Holden Racing Team has not only announced that Todd Kelly and Mark Skaife will drive together at Sandown and Bathurst, but also confirmed that Kelly has signed a contract to stay with the team for the next two seasons.

For the second consecutive HPDC event Dick Johnson Racing has secured a round one-two result. Following his impressive win in Queensland, Dean Canto repeated his feat at the Mallala Motorsport Park, this time with team mate Grant Denyer standings alongside him on the podium.

The fifth round of the HPDC V8 Supercar Series at Mallala may be on top of Tony Evangelou's agenda this weekend, but the Melbourne man can also look forward to a significant step up in his racing career next month, having signed up to make his V8 Supercar debut in Anthony Tratt's Toll Racing Hold

Despite struggling with changing track conditions throughout qualifying, Craig Lowndes will start the latest round of the V8 Supercar Championship from the second row of the grid after qualifying fourth at Oran Park.

Westpoint Racing has announced that Steve Johnson and Glenn Seton will not be paired together for the V8 Supercar Endurance races later in the season.

One of the most successful touring car drivers of all time is beating a comeback trail later this year by making an appearance at the forthcoming endurance races at Sandown and Bathurst in Australia.

Following the race day speed that they showed during the last couple of rounds of the Australian V8 series at Darwin and Queensland, Ford Performance Racing have sighted Oran Park as being the turn around meeting for the Prodrive team.

The Holden Racing Team has publicly auctioned the two commemorative '50 Round Wins' bonnets it ran on the cars of Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly in Darwin, and is to donate the proceeds from Skaife's bonnet to his charity of choice, the Concern Australia - Hand Brake Turn program.

Having scored a useful amount of points in the previous two rounds, Dexion Racing and Tony Evangelou were struck by awful luck at Queensland when an engine blow in the second race saw him finish the weekend with just 40 points.

Decina Racing's Warren Luff will start from pole position for race three of the Queensland round of the HPDC V8 Supercar Series after strong performances in the two opening races of the weekend.

For the first time in HPDC V8 Supercar Series history - and for the first time since Lakeside in 1998 - Dick Johnson Racing has achieved a race one-two after Dean Canto led home team-mate Will Davison to take the opening HPDC V8 Supercar race of the weekend.

Already one of the busiest teams in the Australian V8 Supercar Championship, the Dick Johnson Racing Squad will be adding to their workload at Queensland Raceway with the addition of a fifth Falcon being driven by former British Formula Three driver Will Davison.

As if running two V8 Supercar Championship Fords and two HPDC entries isn't hard enough work, Dick Johnson Racing has announced that it is to run a fifth car this weekend at Queensland Raceway.

Reigning V8 Supercar champions Stone Brothers Racing have completed a successful test under trying conditions at Queensland Raceway, giving them a morale boost before next weekend's round at the track they call home.

HPDC V8 Supercar Championship Series leader Adam Macrow is confident he can match it on any track with the man considered to be the best in this year's series - fellow Ford driver Dean Canto - starting at Sydney's Eastern Creek Raceway this weekend.

WPS Racing's Craig Baird and David Besnard couldn't take a trick during the opening race of Darwin's Skycity V8 Supercar event at Hidden Valley Raceway, despite positive signs during qualifying that had both drivers believing they possessed the overall car speed to progress up the leaderboard.

Orrcon Racing's Mark Winterbottom was forced to sit out the second and third V8 Supercar races at Shanghai today [Sunday] after a bizarre incident in the opening race.

Holden Racing Team's Todd Kelly flew the red flag in China as the V8 Supercar Championship Series landed firmly in Shanghai to an unexpectedly huge crowd.

Holden Racing Team created Australian touring car history by becoming the first team to clinch 50 round victories in the Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Next week's landmark round of the V8 Supercars in China will no doubt go down in history as one of the biggest Australian sporting export stories and Team BOC have decided to go that extra mile to ensure it is an even greater success.