V8 Supercars News

IRWIN Racing's Alan Gurr has been cleared of any serious injury following a heavy accident at the sixth round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series at Hidden Valley outside Darwin. Gurr crashed into a tyre wall after colliding with Fabian Coulthard in the final race of the weekend.

Jim Beam Racing's Will Davison has defended himself after coming under criticism for causing the multi-car pile-up at the start of race 1 of the Sky City Triple Crown at Darwin's Hidden Valley Raceway on Saturday.

Jamie Whincup has claimed a third place finish from the latest round of the V8 Supercar Championship after bringing his Team Vodafone Falcon home on the podium in two out of three races at Eastern Creek.

Jamie Whincup has been excluded from the third V8 Supercar Championship race at Eastern Creek after his Team Vodafone Falcon failed post-race technical inspections.

GRM V8 Supercar team owner Garry Rogers has revealed that crashes to the Holdens of his young guns Lee Holdsworth and Dean Canto at Winton and Pukekohe have left him with a hefty $200,000 repair bill going to Eastern Creek next month.

Lee Holdsworth was left battered and bruised, but escaped serious injury, after a high speed incident during the second race of the V8 Supercar Championship meeting at Winton Raceway.

The Supercheap Auto Racing team is to get new owners after Kees Weel announced the sale of his V8 Supercar outfit to the No Limits Group.

Stone Brothers Racing will head into the fourth round of the V8 Supercar Championship at Winton hopeful of fighting for a place on the podium on the back of a successful test session at Queensland Raceway.

Holden driver Mark Skaife will reach a milestone next weekend when the V8 Supercar championship heads to Winton Raceway as he celebrates 20 years as a professional race driver.

Paul Morris and Steve Ellery are to renew their successful endurance race partnership for the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship events at Sandown and Bathurst.

Stone Brothers Racing has moved to streamline its senior team structure in a bid to increase its chances for a fourth V8 Supercar Championship following strong starts to the season for James Courtney and Russell Ingall.

V8 Supercar star and former Bathurst winner Russell Ingall got more than he bargained for when he turned up for a promotional ride in Bill Barry-Cotter's Class-1 Off-Shore powerboat on Botany Bay in Sydney this morning.

Fujitsu Racing's Jason Bright has endured a challenging weekend at round three of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series at Pukekohe Raceway south of Auckland.

Sirromet Wines Holden Commodore driver Paul Morris escaped injury when his V8 Supercar slammed into a trackside barrier at 190-km/h and flipped upside down at the Pukekohe circuit in New Zealand on Sunday.

IRWIN Racing's Alan Gurr got his first and last taste of racing a V8 Supercar at Pukekohe Park Raceway south of Auckland over the weekend.

Greg Murphy and Jason Richards have completed what the former described as a 'vital' test before heading to their home round of the V8 Supercar Championship at Pukekohe next weekend.

Reigning V8 Supercar champion Toll HSV Dealer Team has recruited leading Carrera Cup drivers Craig Baird and David Reynolds for this year's endurance races at Sandown and Bathurst.

Ford Performance Racing [FPR] has announced that highly experienced New Zealand driver Matt Halliday will re-join them for both of the 2007 V8 Supercar endurance races.

Local favourite Garth Tander was able to get his BigPond 400 weekend off to a promising start, after he topped the times on 'home soil' at Barbagallo Raceway, but admitted there was more to come as he attempts to nail down a first V8 Supercar win in Perth.

Fujitsu Racing's Jason Bright is out of this weekend's second round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series at Perth's Barbagallo Raceway after his Falcon sustained heavy damage in today's practice session.

After a disappointing opening round to the 2007 V8 Supercar Series, Craig Lowndes is determined to get his season back on track in round two at Barbagallo but, while confident of challenging for top spot, he admits that the new-look qualifying session could be the biggest hurdle this weekend.

Garth Tander had to make do with a top ten finish in the second Clipsal 500 race after a drive-thru' penalty ended the Toll HSV Dealer Team's hopes of landing a 1-2 lock-out on Sunday.

Craig Lowndes was looking good for a top ten finish in the opening leg of the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide, before a drive-thru penalty dropped him out of contention.

Jeld-Wen Motorsport's James Courtney claimed his maiden V8 Supercar pole position by posting fastest time in the new-look qualifying session at the Clipsal 500, at the same time conquering the demons that plagued his first appearance at the Adelaide circuit in 2006.