V8 Supercars News

Decina Racing's Warren Luff will step out of his Ford V8 Supercar and into a 2005 Porsche Boxster S to contest the Alphera Dutton Rally in Sydney this weekend.

V8 Supercar team Longhurst Racing sent imprisoned Australian Schapelle Corby a message of support via the windscreen of Max Wilson's Ford Falcon at Eastern Creek this weekend.

Marcos Ambrose has taken a controversial win in race one1 at Eastern Creek, bumping rival driver Mark Skaife off the track on his way to victory.

Brad Jones insists that he is 'covering all bases' after unveiling a revised livery on his BOC Ford Falcon in time for this weekend's Australian V8 Supercar round at Eastern Creek.

HPDC V8 Supercar Team Decina Racing has unveiled two new additions to its line-up with the announcement that 17-year-old former karter, Jake Williams has joined the team as a cadet and will be racing a new Decina Aussie Race car for the rest of the season

There's one school of thought that says you should always stick with what you're good at, and Brad Jones over at Team BOC seems to have found himself a new party trick, with his BJR Falcon ending up on its roof for the second V8 Supercar round in succession.

Mark Skaife took first blood at a circuit he is yet to win an event at as V8 Supercar Championship Series champion Marcos Ambrose literally ate the dust of Craig Lowndes in race on of the Perth V8 Challenge in Perth today.

After the action of the last round of the Australian V8 Supercar series in New Zealand, WA is the the next destination for the premier tin top series in the southern hemisphere...

Lexmark Indy 300 general manager James O'Brien and AVESCO chairman Tony Cochrane have announced the race programme for the Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge at the Lexmark Indy 300, which will see V8 Supercar fans treated to an extra race on the Sunday of the meeting in October.

Paul Dumbrell has been found guilty of reckless driving by a CAMS hearing in Melbourne. The charge related to the incident that caused race three at Pukekohe to be red flagged and has resulted in Dumbrell being hit with a $15,000 fine and a deduction of 75 championship points.

Race two of the annual V8 Supercar jaunt to Pukekohe in New Zealand was marred by a major accident involving Brad Jones' Team BOC Falcon, which took to the air after an innocent altercation with nephew Andrew's GRM Holden.

by Adam Forwood

WPS Racing's Craig Baird walked away unscathed after a horrific 220kph crash that sent spectators ducking for cover in the second round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series at Pukekohe.

Max Wilson showed a little of what is to come from the newly-formed Tony Longhurst race team this season, displaying his determination during qualifying and race one without being rewarded with the result his efforts deserved.

John Bowe has taken to the track this afternoon for the opening practice session of the V8 Supercars at New Zealand's Pukekohe circuit, only with the help of a dedicated bunch of suppliers and supporters.

A devastated John Bowe from leading V8 Supercar team, Team BOC, awoke this morning to his greatest fear. All of his driving gear including racing suits, helmets, hans device and safety items had been stolen from his car at the Carlton Hotel Auckland.

Got a dollar to spare? Anyone with a fair few dollars in their pocket has the opportunity to get a stake in the Larkham Motor Sport operation after Mark Larkham has said he is seeking investment for the squad which runs the Orrcon Racing Falcons in the V8 Supercar Series.

Some of the stars of the V8 Supercar world could get the chance to try their hand at something different if ambitious plans by a British GT championship team come to fruition.

John Bowe was left to wonder what might have been after a drive through penalty cost him a top ten finish in the opening race of the Clipsal 500.

Brazilian V8 Supercar driver Max Wilson has made a rapid return to the Australian series after being dump uncermoniously at the end of last year by Team Betta Electrical, and will take over driving duties this weekend in Tony Longhurst's newly liveried WOW Team Dynamic Commodore.

Australian 'Sunrise' weatherman Grant Denyer didn't get his other career as a racing driver for the Summit Fleet Leasing squad in the V8 Develpment Series off to the best of starts as he turned his Ford Falcon into, in his words, mince meat.

Once known as the Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series, though more recently under the temporary name of the AVESCO V8 Development series, the second tier of touring car racing in Australia has a new and equally awkward name.

Dexion Racing has completed its first pre-season test ahead of the new V8 Supercar Development Series season, with the teams focus now firmly fixed on the opening race of the season at Adelaide next weekend.

Ford Performance Racing has announced that former Jordan Formula One team manager Tim Edwards is to join the Prodrive owned Australian V8 Supercar team as motorsport director.