V8 Supercars News

Steve Owen has finally been confirmed as Autobarn Racing's driver for the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Dick Johnson Racing will run three cars in the 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series it was announced today, with two newcomers joining the defending series champions for this year's series.

Brad Jones Racing-run Team BOC has revealed its 2006 livery for the Australian V8 Supercar Series as the squad looks to make strides forward from a poor 2005 season.

Glenfords Tool Centres has increased its motor racing involvement after entering the V8 Supercar Championship Series as naming rights sponsor for Paul Cruickshank Racing.

Exiled V8 driver and Ford stalwart Glenn Seton is set to partner James Courtney in the 2006 Betta Electrical 500 and Super Cheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

They may go head-to-head on the track, but Caltex has secured the signatures of the top two drivers from the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship season to lead its national marketing campaigns for the next two years.

No Limit Group branding will appear on the Supercheap Auto Racing Commodores in the Australian V8 Supercar Series for 2006 in a newly announced deal.

The Holden Racing Team has launched its 2006 car and team, with a significant announcement regarding one of the squad's new endurance drivers.

Larry Perkins' new-look outfit has one objective for the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series - to take the title - and is using the presence of a new title sponsor and hence new look-team to fuel the fires of competitiveness.

Mark Larkham and Craig Gore have combined their Australian V8 Supercar teams to produce a so-called V8 'super' team in 2006.

2005 Stone Brothers Racing endurance driver Warren Luff has secured a full-time drive at Jason Bright's Britek Motorsport team for this year's V8 Supercar Championship Series.

by Matthew Agius John Cleland is currently in talks with Australian V8 Supercar Series team Brad Jones Racing to continue as the team's number one endurance race recruit in 2006, and the Scot reckons the squad could be the surprise package of 2006.

by Matthew Agius Several more VY Commodores will grid up at the opening round of the 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series - the second tier of Australia's number one touring car championship.

Super Cheap Auto Racing, the official entry of Paul Weel Racing in the V8 Supercar Series, has confirmed the identity of its new 2006 driver.

Kerry Packer, Australia's wealthiest man and head of the Nine Network, has died over the Christmas period. Packer's Channel Nine sponsored Kevin Bartlett Chevrolet Camaro in the early ATCC in the early 1980s, the American car famously ending up on its roof in the Bathurst 1000km race.

The Shanghai round of the Australian V8 Supercar Series has been thrown into doubt with the news that the proposed date of the Chinese round on the 2006 calendar has been rejected by the Chinese motorsport governing body, the Federation of Automobile Sports of China (FASC).

WPS Racing junior engineer Kate Millar is the toast of the team following her recent success in securing the inaugural 'Excellence in Studies and Achievement' award, presented by the Queensland State Council of the Confederation of Australian Motorsport [CAMS].

Star New Zealand driver Jason Richards is one of the first major signings announced for the inaugural V8 Ute International at Manfeild Raceway, Palmerston North next February.

by Matthew Agius The oldest team in Australian Touring Car Racing, Dick Johnson Racing, has launched their fresh-look cars, new sponsors, and drivers for the squad's 2006 V8 Supercar campaign.

Double Australian V8 Supercar champion Marcos Ambrose is heading to the United States to make a name for himself on one of the toughest motorsport disciplines.

Glenn Seton wants to knock off Peter Brock.

Westpoint Finance and Dick Johnson Racing have announced a surprise end to association in the Australian V8 Supercar series, despite having only got together at the start of the 2005 campaign.

by Matthew Agius

Garry Rogers Motorsport has confirmed that Dean Canto has inked a multi-year contract to drive the second Cummins Repco Valvoline Holden in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series and beyond.