V8 Supercars News

Konica Minolta V8Supercar Team Shane Beikoff Racing is fired up for Round 4 of the 2004 Series, after a successful test day with former Formula 1 pilot and new team driver Alex Yoong.

PWR Racing left Darwin's Hidden Valley Raceway disappointed after a mixture of bad luck, mishaps and mechanical gremlins combined to blunt the outright speed shown by both cars during the weekend's three races.

Steven Ellery battled on at round four of the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship with a cool suit failure affecting the Super Cheap Auto Racing driver in Sunday morning's second V8 Supercar race at Hidden Valley.

Ford Performance Racing (FPR) drivers Craig Lowndes and Glenn Seton experienced a day of highs and lows at Darwin's Hidden Valley Raceway on Sunday, with a highest race result of 5th for CAT FPR Falcon driver Lowndes (Race 2) and 12th for Ford Credit FPV Falcon driver Glenn Seton (Race 2).

A clash between V8 Supercar champion Marcos Ambrose and Mark Skaife handed victory to probably the last person Skaife would have wanted to benefit, Russell Ingall.

Russell Ingall applauded his championship winning team-mate Marcos Ambrose for the part he played in an incident that cost bitter rival Mark Skaife the first race win of this year in the fourth round of the V8 Supercar Series in Darwin.

Both drivers in the top ten was a solid result for the Triple Eight run Team Betta Electrical driver duo of Paul Radisich and Max Wilson.

For the second time is as many rounds Orrcon Racing driver Jason Bargwanna charged his way into the top ten shootout when the V8 Supercar Championship kicked into full swing at the Hidden Valley circuit in Darwin.

Throughout the majority of the Mark Larkham's career from Formula Brabham through to the pinnacle of Australian motorsport in the V8 Supercar Championship Bruce Cary was an inspiration, a friend, and one of the best engineers in the business.

Darwin's leading tourist attraction, MGM Grand hotel and casino will use this weekend's round 4 of the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship at Hidden Valley to springboard some smart marketing, using the factory Ford team of Brad Jones Racing at the catalyst.

Team Betta Electrical V8 Supercar drivers, Paul Radisich and Max Wilson are set to strike in round four of the V8 Supercar Series, at Darwin's Hidden Valley race circuit this weekend.

The long-term future of one of the world's most prestigious motor racing events, the Bathurst 1000, has been assured through a 20-year deal between the Australian Vee Eight Supercar Company, AVESCO, and the Bathurst City Council.

Alex Yoong, ex-Formula 1 and Champ Car driver, has joined Shane Beikoff Racing for three rounds of the 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series.

Ford Performance Racing and CAT FPR Falcon driver Craig Lowndes will hit the roads of Western Australia for a two week long road trip to Perth immediately following the Darwin V8 Supercar round from May 24 to June 7.

Australia's premier Motorsport category and third most popular sport is national again following a deal with the Tasmanian Government to race at Symmons Plains for the next five years.

Tasmania, the home of reigning V8 Supercar champion Marcos Ambrose, will be holding a round of the V8 Supercar championship this year as a replacement for the delayed China race, and for the following two years in a $3 million deal.

by David McCowen The climax of New Zealand's V8 Supercar round was the third 36 lap sprint race held today at Pukekokhe Park.

After conceding an extra pit stop in race two, John Bowe has fought back in his OzEmail Falcon to take 12th position in the final encounter at the New Zealand round of the V8 Supercars at Pukekohe Raceway.

It was a driver revolt at the New Zealand circuit of Pukekohe which brought about the cancellation of Saturday's V8 Supercar race. Despite the driving rain and minor flooding, officials had declared that the race would be run, albeit thirty minutes later than the scheduled start time.

Both Team Betta Electrical V8 Supercar drivers Max Wilson and Paul Radisich made a lunge late in the qualifying session at Pukekohe to position their cars 7th and 8th on the grid respectively for Saturday's race one in the three race event of round 3 of the V8 Supercar Championship.

Ford's V8 Supercar teams head to New Zealand for the third round in this year's V8 Supercar Championship Series with a simple goal of scoring the Blue Oval's first championship round win across the Tasman.

Caltex Havoline Racing's Russell Ingall will carry a different livery on his Ford during the third round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series at Pukekohe in New Zealand next week.

No one knows Pukekohe better than Greg Murphy, the Kmart Racing V8 Supercar driver earning himself legendary status in his homeland New Zealand with a succession of three straight victories in the Placemakers V8 International.

Jason Richards can't wait to race on his home track, New Zealand's Pukekohe Park Raceway next weekend, after being denied the chance last year following the 2003 V8 Supercar Series' most spectacular accident.