TeamVodafone Holden driver Jamie Whincup has regained the V8 Supercars championship lead after a win in race one at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin. Whincup brought it home ahead of the Ford Performance Racing duo of Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom who both had dominated qualifying. The reigning champ started […]
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Holden pioneer John Bagshaw dies at age 87
John Bagshaw, the man who was part of the start of Holden racing and the last Australian boss of GMH, has passed away aged 87. (Image: Bagshaw (centre) along with HEC MD Peter Thomas and Victorian Premier John Cain send off the 1 millionth exported Holden engine in 1988.) He […]
David Russell substitute for injured Greg Murphy at Hidden Valley
David Russell will substitute for the injured Greg Murphy in the #51 Pepsi Max Crew Commodore for this weekend’s SKYCITY Triple Crown at Hidden Valley in Darwin. The Queensland driver piloted the Kelly Racing Holden earlier in the year in Tasmania when Murphy was still recovering from the heavy accident […]
Will Davison vs Jaime Whincup V8 Supercars battle to continue in Darwin
V8 Supercars champion Jamie Whincup is currently the hunter instead of the hunted, but he’s confident he can get one on points leader and Ford Performance Racing’s Will Davison at a circuit the Holden driver has won at twice in the past three years, Darwin’s Hidden Valley Raceway. Whincup trails […]
Vodafone to end Triple Eight sponsorship after 2012
Mobile juggernaut Vodafone has announced it will end its title sponsorship of champion V8 Supercars team Triple Eight at the end of the 2012 season. Vodafone have made major cutbacks in their sponsorship budget, with Cricket Australia also getting the chop. Vodafone took over from Betta Electrical as the major […]
Greg Murphy in doubt for Bathurst
Holden driver Greg Murphy is in doubt for the next four rounds of the V8 Supercars after suffering more back problems. Murphy had surgery earlier in the year after a huge accident during Sunday qualifying at the season-opening Clipsal 500. He’ll now have to have a second operation in Melbourne, next […]
VF Holden Commodore confirmed for US export 2013 Chevrolet SS
It’s official, the 2013 VF Holden Commodore will be exported to North America as the new Chevrolet SS. The new model in the US will launch towards the end of 2013. According to GM, this will be the first performance rear-wheel drive sedan from Chevy in 17 years. There was […]
For sale: 1980 Holden VC Commodore restored with 500hp LS3 engine
Up for sale on eBay is this 1980 Holden VC Commodore. It has been given new life thanks to a ground up rebuild, with new suspension, interior, paint and panels, and its greatest asset, a brand new crate 6.2-litre LS3 engine from the General (this same engine can be found […]