V8 Supercars News

Alex Davison will compete in the remaining races of the V8 Supercar season after agreeing a deal to drive the Castrol Perkins Motorsports #7 Commodore.

PWR Racing will rebuild its spare chassis - the car Jason Bright drove in 2003 when he led the championship for seven rounds - after Bright's #50 Commodore sustained massive damage in a high-speed collision with a concrete wall at Surfers Paradise on Sunday.

Ford Performance Racing's Craig Lowndes retired from the second 30 lap Surfers Paradise V8 Supercar street race while running second, some 3/10ths of a second behind the eventual race winner, Greg Murphy, after contact with the tyres.

Ford Performance Racing's Craig Lowndes underlined the recent return to form from the team he will leave at the end of the season by qualifying third for the first of two Australian V8 Supercar Championship races to be held this weekend in Surfers Paradise.

Five-time V8 Supercar Championship Series winner Mark Skaife pulled an old car out of a year long mothballed existence and "carried" it around the streets of Surfers Paradise to qualify fastest for the Gillette Challenge at the Lexmark Indy 300 on the Gold Coast.

Kmart Racing has announced that Erik Pender will become team manager of the two-time Bathurst-winning outfit for the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Craig Lowndes has admitted that the 2004 V8 Supercar season has left him 'frustrated' after a year when the Ford Performance Racing team has been plagued by reliability problems.

One of Australia's most successful racecars will make a surprise comeback for the V8 Supercar Championship Series at Surfers Paradise this weekend.

Bathurst podium hero Brad Jones has lost the battle to have his #21 OzEmail Falcon ready for the Indy 300 V8 Supercar contest on the Gold Coast this weekend.

Kmart Racing's current team manager Rob Crawford has been appointed as V8 Supercar Championship Series Technical Director by the Touringcar Entrants Group Australia (TEGA).

With the necessary paperwork now finalised, Holden V8 Supercar drivers Greg Murphy and Garth Tander have confirmed that they will switch to new teams in season 2005.

Ford Racing are offering the experience of lifetime, with a lap alongside V8 legend Dick Johnson round the Lexmark Indy 300 Gold Coast street circuit this October up for grabs.

A first-corner incident, a brake malfunction, a trip to the sand, a spin and a flat tyre were among several factors that went against PWR Racing's Jason Bright and Paul Weel in the Bob Jane T-Marts Bathurst 1000 at Mt Panorama.

Tasman Inner Circle Rum Motorsport has announced that Ron Harrop, the principal of Harrop Engineering, has joined the team and will take an equity position in its ownership.

In a repeat of the 2003 result, Ford Performance Racing drivers Craig Lowndes and Glenn Seton secured second place in a thrilling Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 at Mount Panorama.

Mount Panorama always provides a spectacular days racing, but for Peter Brock - on his final appearance in the event - the 2004 Bob Jane T-Marts Bathurst 1000 was spectacular for all the wrong reasons.

Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly missed out on the chance to battle for victory at Bathurst, when a broken alternator cable on the #2 Holden cost them valuable time on track.

BJR's Brad Jones and John Bowe, aboard their OzEmail Falcon drove well to come home third in Sunday's Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 at Bathurst.

Team Betta Electrical entered Sunday's Bathurst 1000 km race high with expectation, unfortunately early impressive high performance from both cars did not convert through to the fall of the flag.

Matthew White and the MWR Motorsport team have won the Konica Minolta V8 Supercar support race at Bathurst today in the Gulf Western Oils/Jayco Falcon, the team's first victory since the Phillip Island win last year.

Kanga Loaders Racing's Gary McDonald has delivered on his prediction after a brilliant effort in Saturday's Konica Minolta V8 Supercar qualifying at Mt Panorama at Bathurst.

Konica Minolta V8 Supercar seasoned performer Matthew White has won the 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Challenge in an action packed race that has set a benchmark for the main Bathurst 1000 race tomorrow.

Craig Lowndes has qualified fourth for the Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 at Bathurst, with the FPR man the top Ford driver on the provisional grid. Lowndes enjoyed one of his best qualifying sessions of the year, as he was amongst the pacesetters throughout the 45-minute session.

Craig Lowndes has put the CAT Ford Performance Racing Falcon into the top ten shout for the Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 after setting the fourth fastest time in qualifying.