V8 Supercars News

This year could be the first time a Holden wins at Bathurst. In a V8 BRute, that is.

They call him the King of the Mountain, and with good reason. Australian racing legend Peter Brock first raced at Bathurst's legendary Mt Panorama circuit in 1969 in a Monaro GTS 350, and has taken on the Bathurst 1000 a total of 30 times for an unparalleled nine wins.

Russell Ingall's turbulent V8 Supercar season continued in the days following the penultimate round in New Zealand, as the Stone Brothers Racing driver was slapped with a 20-point deduction after an on-track incident.

OzEmail Racing's John Bowe has continued his racing charge to finish race two of the New Zealand V8 International in tenth position. The longer 150km format race two suiting both Bowe and his car.

OzEmail Racing have rolled the dice during the opening race of the New Zealand V8 International at Pukekohe Raceway, the gamble paying off for #888 driver John Bowe but team boss, Brad Jones' wasn't so fortunate.

Super Cheap Auto Racing's Steve Ellery has produced another great drive to finish the first race at New Zealand's Pukekohe Raceway in ninth place.

Shell Helix Racing's Max Wilson posted the fourth quickest time during qualifying for round twelve of the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series at Pukekohe, but had to watch and wait as his rivals tried desperately to depose him.

As Ford Performance Racing's [FPR] V8 Supercar debut has displayed, considerable engineering resources exist within this three BA Falcon V8 Supercar team.

The Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge meeting ended in disappointment for Betta Electrical Team Brock, with Jason Bright failing to finish the round after breaking his steering by glancing off a tyre wall, and team-mate Paul Weel making incidental contact with another car on the final lap of the two

Ford Australia has revealed its ongoing support of in-form Gold Coast-based V8 Supercar team Super Cheap Auto Racing, completing a good weekend on the business front for lead driver Steven Ellery.

Australia's largest car retailer, Super Cheap Auto, has signed up with Steve Ellery Racing for another year, quashing rumours that it would leave the Queensland-based team.

Marcos Ambrose heads for this weekend's Lexmark Indy 300 determined to hold on to his points lead in the Australian V8 Supercar Series, but admits that the tricky Gold Coast street circuit could yet determine whether or not he will be fighting for the title at season's end.

Australian motorsport legend Peter Brock took his first win in the Donut King Australian Nations Cup Championship at Surfers Paradise today [Thursday], driving a Holden Monaro in the opening race of round eight at the Lexmark Indy 300.

They've taken longer to design than riding a wave on one of the renowned beaches of Queensland's Gold Coast, but the prized surfboards for this year's winner and placegetters in the Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge at the Lexmark Indy 300 will take pride of place in anyone's trophy cabinet.

CAT Ford Performance Racing's Craig Lowndes and Glenn Seton have finished second with Super Cheap Auto Racing's Steve Ellery and Luke Youlden just one place back at Australia's premier motor race, the Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 at Bathurst.

Ford Performance Racing [FPR] has celebrated Glenn Seton's 20th race at Bathurst in the second best way possible by racing to second place at the 2003 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 at the Mount Panorama circuit in Bathurst.

Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly have dominated this year Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 at Bathurst, the Kmart Racing pair controlling the race from the front and charging the chequered flag ahead of Craig Lowndes and Glenn Seton.

Stone Brothers Racing has maintained the lead in the V8 Supercar Championship Series after finishing sixth in the Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 at Bathurst's Mt Panorama today.

Ford Performance Racing [FPR] used the occasion of the Bathurst 1000km to announce that Ford Credit had confirmed an extension to its sponsorship of the team for another season.

Stone Brothers Racing's Mark Winterbottom continued his outstanding form with a debut win in a V8 Supercar at Bathurst's Mount Panorama after taking the 25-lap Konica Series support race today.

Ford Performance Racing [FPR] driver and 1996 Bathurst 1000 winner Craig Lowndes has qualified within the top ten after a frantic final five minutes of qualifying for the 2003 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000.

Stone Brothers Racing's Mark Winterbottom qualified fastest for the non-championship Konica V8 Supercar support race held at the Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 event at Bathurst.

The true winners of this weekend's Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 might not be known until Sunday night, but Kmart Racing's Greg Murphy has already sat atop the 'throne' at Mount Panorama.

A Bathurst icon will make a surprise return to racing in this weekend's Bob Jane T-Marts Bathurst 1000 as, after an absence of more than 25 years, the legendary GT badge will once again roar around Mount Panorama in a special one-off V8 Supercar appearance.