V8 Supercars News

By Matthew Agius Fabian Coulthard will succeed the retired John Bowe as the driver of the #111 Glenfords Tool Centres BF Falcon, when Paul Cruickshank Racing today announced him as the lead driver of the single-car team.

By Matthew Agius Reports from the New Zealand press are depicting Team Kiwi Racing's immediate future as unstable, and potentially fatal for the operation's 2008 plans.

By Matthew Agius Paul Dumbrell has been confirmed as Garth Tander's replacement at the Toll HSV Dealer Team, following the squad's 2007 champion announcing his move to the sister Holden Racing Team this morning.

By Matthew Agius Garth Tander has officially been confirmed as Todd Kelly's replacement at the Holden Racing Team, with the newly crowned V8 Supercar Champion moving to Holden's flagship operation.

Larry Perkins Racing has officially confirmed the rumour that it has signed leading Holden driver Todd Kelly to head up its 2008 V8 Supercar campaign, revealing the former HRT frontrunner in his new Jack Daniel's colours.

By Matthew Agius Newly crowned V8 Supercar champion, Garth Tander, is tipped to step into a Holden Racing Team Commodore in 2008 - leaving behind the Toll HSV Dealer Team that assisted him to his first title, and clinched its second Teams' championship in as many years.

By Matthew Agius The annual V8 Supercar Gala Awards Dinner has been held only days after the end of the 2007 series, recognising the very best contributors to what was one of the closest championships in history.

Greg Murphy has won the 2007 Sidchrome Award for Tasman Motorsport, despite a difficult end to the team's V8 Supercar campaign at Phillip Island this weekend.

By Matthew Agius The partnership of Russell Ingall, the 2005 V8 Supercar Champion and his team of five years, Stone Brothers Racing, ended disappointingly today after the Caltex Falcon driver endured a difficult final race of the championship.

Mark Winterbottom has finished fifth in the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series after claiming an overall result of sixth at the Dunlop Grand Finale. Winterbottom finished in the top ten across all three races of the weekend after a disappointing qualifying result.

By Matthew Agius Defending V8 Supercar Champion, Rick Kelly, has taken the pole position in the final qualifying of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series at the Dunlop Grand Finale, Phillip Island.

Team Sirromet Wines will head into tomorrows final qualifying session for the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series playing catch-up after both cars battled problems throughout today's practice session.

Garry Rogers' Valvoline Cummins Race Team is the latest in a series of Holden teams to forge a technical partnership with Walkinshaw Performance in the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series.

The past 13 months have been some of the toughest of racing driver David Clark's life, but the erstwhile V8 Supercar pilot is about to embark on the comeback trail.

Tasman Motorsport's debut event with new major partner, Rockstar Energy Drinks, was a success for the Preston team after Jason Richards finished third in the final race in the Falken Tasmania Challenge.

The Holden Racing Team will start from mid-pack for tomorrow's second race after both drivers pushed their cars to the limit during the opening race of the Falken Tasmania Challenge.

European fans of the V8 Supercar Championship will continue to get extensive coverage of the series after Motors TV confirmed a three-year extension to its deal to broadcast coverage of the championship.

As Movember reaches the halfway point, TeamVodafone's 'MoBros' are well on target in the moustache growing stakes - with all 25 members sporting more than just a bit of facial fluff.

Tasman Motorsport will debut a new look this weekend as the V8 Supercar Championship heads to Symmons Plains for the penultimate round of the season.

In the wake of the Bahrain Desert 400, Fujitsu Racing's Jason Bright has made a special visit to Australian troops serving in Iraq in company with fellow V8 Supercar aces Craig Lowndes, Rick Kelly and Greg Murphy.

Having seen his best qualifying result of the season end in retirement in the opening race of the Desert 400, things didn't get much better for Paul Morris after a tough trip to Bahrain for the Sirromet Wines driver that saw him hit with penalties in races two and three while attempting to bounce

Steve Johnson has taken his second podium of the V8 Supercar Championship season after a fine weekend of the racing for the Dick Johnson-run Jim Beam Racing team in Bahrain.

Team Vodafone driver Jamie Whincup endured a weekend to forget in Bahrain as he failed to score any points and slipped to third in the V8 Supercar Championship standings.

Team Vodafone pairing Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes were left to run an accident on the opening lap of race one in Bahrain that handed the V8 Supercar Championship title advantage to Toll HSV Dealer Team ace Garth Tander.