Phillip Island, Sun 18th – Mark Skaife has forecast a magical Bathurst performance with what he described as an ‘extraordinary’ victory in today’s L&H 500 after another Phillip Island classic. TeamVodafone pair Skaife and Craig Lowndes dominated for the second year running and later predicted they were in a better position than leading into last year’s Supercheap [...]
From 2013, the Australian-born and bred motorsport will race at the new Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Texas Governor Rick Perry, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, V8 Supercars Chairman Tony Cochrane and founding partner of Circuit of the Americas Tavo Hellmund announced the historic five-year deal today. V8 Supercars will become the first Australian [...]
May 16th 2011: V8 Supercars today announced a new ownership structure and a significant capital investment to support the continued development of one of Australia’s fastest-growing sports. The 18 V8 Supercars racing teams and founding investor, Sports Entertainment Ltd (SEL), have entered into a sale agreement with Australian Motor Racing Partners Pty Limited (AMRP). AMRP [...]
V8 Supercars has today announced a significant new partnership for the thriving sport. Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates was unveiled as the official international airline of V8 Supercars. Etihad Airways is based in the UAE’s capital Abu Dhabi, where V8 Supercars holds the opening round of the Championship. V8 Supercars [...]
Abu Dhabi, Sat Feb 12th – Safety cars, strategy and fuel. These were the three critical factors that led to an amazing finish to the Yas V8 400 in Abu Dhabi, the first race of the 2011 V8 Supercar Championship, and current Champion James Courtney’s first win of the year. Amid scenes reminiscent of last year’s incredible [...]
Abu Dhabi Feb 12th, Yas Marina Circuit: Dubliner Robert Cregan will become the first Irishman to compete in a V8 Supercar when he joins the Fujitsu Series at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide next month. The 22-year-old, from Dublin , Ireland , is teaming up with Matt Stone, son of Stone Brothers Racing’s Jimmy Stone, [...]
Abu Dhabi, 1 February 2011 – Yas Marina Circuit is offering two lucky fans the chance to win a trip to Australia in the V8 Golden Tickets competition to celebrate the arrival of the V8 Supercars Championship at the Real Action Heroes weekend in Abu Dhabi on 11 and 12 February. Winners will receive two [...]
Absolute chaos and mayhem led to one of the most amazing races in V8 Supercar Championship history at Sydney’s Olympic Park today. With a V8 Supercar title on the line, it was a case of just add water and wait. The Sydney Telstra 500 became a crash derby when all three Championship leaders – James Courtney, [...]
Sat 4th Dec: The Victorian led Saturday’s 17-lap race from start to finish to capture his second Fujitsu Series title with a race remaining. It was his team, Greg Murphy Racing’s first title in V8 Supercar’s second tier series. The title capped a stellar year for the 35-year-old, which included partnering TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup to victory at [...]