V8 Supercars champion Jamie Whincup and French co-driver Sebastien Bourdais have taken out a carnage-filled race 1 of the V8 Supercars Gold Coast 600 in Surfers Paradise. With the international co-drivers all starting in the car, just 17 of the 28 cars made it through the shortened race (because of […]
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Michael Caruso tops V8 Supercars Gold Coast 600 practice
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden driver Michael Caruso has knocked off the big-budget team drivers to set the fastest time in Friday practice for this weekend’s Gold Coast 600 at Surfers Paradise in Queensland. Team Fujitsu are known for being street circuit specialists and Caruso said afterwards he was pleased with […]
Ford Performance Racing test Car of the Future at Sydney Motorsport Park
Ford Performance Racing has given it’s Car of the Future an entire day of testing at Sydney Motorsport Park (formally known as Eastern Creek Raceway). Both FPR drivers Mark Winterbottom and Will Davison got behind the wheel, with Davison getting to drive for the first half of the day while […]
V8 Supercars head to Circuit of The Americas USA in 2013 season
The all-new Circuit of The Americas race track in Texas, USA, will not only host Formula One next year, it will also host a round of the Australian V8 Supercars series. The weekend of May 17-19 has just been locked in. The Circuit of The Americas is a brand new […]
Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell win 2012 Bathurst 1000
TeamVodafone Holden driver’s Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell have won Bathurst 1000 at Mt Panorama, beating the Bottle-O Ford Falcon of David Reynolds and Dean Canto by just three-tenths of a second. With his tyres and fuel on the brink, the V8 Supercars champion held off the fast-finishing Ford driver […]
Will Davison takes pole for 2012 Bathurst 1000
While qualifying has little significance in a 1000km race, Ford Performance Racing driver Will Davison took out an exciting top 10 shootout on Mt Panorama, securing pole position. After qualifying fourth yesterday, Davison was the sixth car to come out and complete a lap. His time of 2:08.0693 was good […]
Ford legend Dick Johnson reminices ‘the rock’ incident
The rock incident that ended the dreams (and race) of Queensland racing car driver Dick Johnson during the 1980 Bathurst 1000 is arguably one of the most famous moments in the illustrious 50-year history of the great race. Among the 50th anniversary celebrations this weekend, Bathurst winning cars from all […]
TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup on provisional pole for 2012 Bathurst 1000
Jamie Whincup was again the man at the top of the timesheets at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, this time in qualifying after yesterday’s practice. While the TeamVodafone driver blitzed the field to take provisional pole, reigning Bathurst champion Garth Tander had to get a spot in tomorrow’s top 10 […]