The V8 Sleuth Podcast

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan previews this weekend’s Beaurepaires Tasmania SuperSprint at Symmons Plains. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco we’re chatting about HRT 043, the car that Greg Murphy drove to a stunning pole position lap for the 2003 Bathurst 1000. Along with the car’s most famous moment – which, oddly for a Bathurst-winning chassis is not its actual Bathurst win! – we trace its long racing history as a chassis that was at the centre of several big moments in Supercars Championship history. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the latest happenings in the Repco Supercars Championship on Repco Supercars Weekly. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Stefan Bartholomaeus tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - The future of: multiple enduros, Sandown, Adelaide Parklands Circuit - The history of Greg Murphy’s final Bathurst 1000 pole-winning car - How current Supercars’ aero compares with the OG 1993 cars - The last Holden-engined car to compete in the Bathurst 1000 - Who holds the ignominious record of the most failures to qualify for Supercars races - The Perkins Engineering Holdens raced by Tony Longhurst and Paul Morris - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan gives the latest rundown on who’s driving with whom at this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - Why Garth Tander didn’t get to keep first Supercars race win - What was the reasoning behind Tasman Motorsport’s ‘Tiger’ logo - The fate of Anthony Tratt’s final full-time Toll Commodore after it’s 2005 Phillip Island shunt - What the path to Supercars looks like for young drivers - How many EB Falcon Supercars are still EB Falcons - The chances of seeing another Legends of Motorsport TV series - Supercars that now live in Europe, the Americas and Asia - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Bookshop Mad March Sale, One Week Only: http://bit.ly/V8SMMS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan wraps up the action from the second round of the 2021 Repco Supercars Championship, the Penrite Oil Sandown SuperSprint. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We notch up our century this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco! For our 100th episode, we’re sitting down with award-winning motorsport photographer Dirk Klynsmith. Recorded on the eve of the Repco Mount Panorama 500 – his last event before retiring from full-time professional motorsport photography – Dirk shares some stories from a career spanning three decades. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, Supercars legend Greg Murphy joins V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan to preview this weekend’s Sandown SuperSprint. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Bathurst-winner and Supercars Hall of Famer Fred Gibson joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, Fred answers more of your great National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions, covering plenty of ground across his career. We chat more about the mighty Nissan GT-R, the Gazelle that escaped the crusher, some of the technical trickery they pulled off, and a Fred Gibson Bathurst win that many people don’t stop to consider, and finally he tackles our Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan gives the latest update on how Supercars’ plans for its Gen3 Supercars rules package are progressing. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Bathurst-winner and Supercars Hall of Famer Fred Gibson joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, Fred talks about his antics on the road led him to the racetrack, before we hop back and forth through tales from his career – including his very first race at Mount Panorama, and the story of fellow racing legend ‘Pete’ Geoghegan having a drive of the Nissan GT-R! There were also so many great National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions that we’ve spread them across both parts, and the first lot we hear this week turned up some absolute gold. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the inaugural edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan wraps up the action from the season-opening round of the 2021 Repco Supercars Championship, the Repco Mount Panorama 500. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time for that special (Saturday and) Sunday in February … we’re off to start the 2021 Repco Supercars Championship season at Mount Panorama! V8 Sleuth's Aaron Noonan and Will Dale preview the year ahead with a rundown of all the driver and team changes, the new rules, the new cars and where you can watch it all. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast we’re celebrating the 250th round start for Tickford Racing, a milestone that is set to fall at the opening round of the 2021 Repco Supercars Championship, the Repco Mount Panorama 500. Tim Edwards, the squad’s long-time Team Principal, joins the podcast to chat about his arrival at a team then known as Ford Performance Racing, its highs, its lows, its changing names and fortunes – and its biggest ‘superfan’! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - Our picks for who we’d want/expect to see in the #88 in 2022 - Title contenders that fell at the final hurdle - Baskerville as a Supercars Championship venue - Whether #0 is a legal Supercars race number - Which driver has driven the most chassis in their career - A lost COTF chassis - The two pink Group A Commodores from Western Australia - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a special episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast this week as Will Dale and Stefan Bartholomaeus break down the big news of Jamie Whincup retiring to take over running Triple Eight, Roland Dane taking a step back, and business mogul Tony Quinn buying a big share in the team. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Supercars race winner, Drivers’ Driver Award recipient and TCR Australia Series race winner Lee Holdsworth joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In Part 2 Lee chats about his time with Garry Rogers Motorsport, headlined by his maiden Supercars race win at Oran Park in 2007 and his Bathurst 1000 podium finish in 2009 – plus his ‘five year’ contract that actually went for six … He also chats about his move to Stone Brothers Racing and its change to Erebus, racing for Team 18 and the breakdown of that relationship and his move to Tickford. Lee also answers your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and tackles the Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Supercars race winner and Drivers’ Driver Award recipient Lee Holdsworth joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In Part 1, Lee chats about the recent news that he’s no longer a full-time Supercars racer, his move to TCR with support from Betty Klimenko, where his love of motorsport came from, his unorthodox progression towards Supercars compared to his peers, the ‘manual Tinder’ event where he met his wife Alana, plus the true origins of his ‘Leethal’ nickname and the straightforward way he got it to stick at Garry Rogers Motorsport. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast we’re chatting about GSR6, the car that famously let Glenn Seton down just nine laps shy of winning the 1995 Tooheys 1000. Along with the car’s most famous (or should that be infamous?) moment, we trace its history as a chassis that was at the centre of a major controversy, plus the other significant moments throughout its period history as a touring car. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re looking back on a special era of Australian motorsport on the V8 Sleuth Podcast! Between 1987 and 2000, Calder Park Thunderdome reverberated to the V8 rumble of NASCAR, the American-born category getting an Australian outpost thanks to the sheer force of will of Bob Jane. Aaron Noonan and Will Dale share their memories of watching NASCAR and AUSCAR at the Thunderdome, its rise and fall, and chat about the stars and cars of a category that holds a unique place in local motorsport history. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re turning the spotlight on ourselves in a special episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken! Will Dale sits down with V8 Sleuth Managing Director Aaron Noonan to chat about what V8 Sleuth does, how it came about, and a bit of a behind the scenes look at how and why we do what what we do – plus ‘Noonz’ tells a few stories from his own career in Australian motorsport media and what led to the creation of the organisation as it stands today. The boot is also on the other foot for our other popular segments as Noonan answers your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and tackles the Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re recapping the best moments from across all the episodes in 2020 of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken! We had the privilege of bringing to you some amazing stories this year, while your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout also delivered some incredible and funny tales – we’ve picked out a handful for you to enjoy! If this is your first time listening to the V8 Sleuth Podcast, make sure to go back and listen to the full episodes of each guest you hear from in this compilation! V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and new recruit Stefan Bartholomaeus tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - Sandown’s absence on the 2021 calendar - The loss of Grant ‘Shippy’ McPherson from Triple Eight - The process for de-registering a Supercar - Would Supercars ever go paddle-shift? - How do we determine what constitutes a ‘round start’ - Could DJR run #1 at Bathurst when Scott McLaughlin comes back? - Can Supercars benefit from someone taking on a Stone Cold or Chris Jericho persona? - A Supercar’s potential lap time on soft tyres at Bathurst - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Riana Crehan joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. Off the back of her announcement that she will not be part of Supercars’ television broadcast team in 2021, Crehan talks about the overwhelming support she’s received from fans in the days since and what her plans are for the future. She also opens up about what has been a tough 2020 and a bit of reflection on how she has coped with a rollercoaster year. She also chats about how she first came to be involved in the sport via the Miss V8 Supercar competition, and how it led her on the path to her career in broadcasting – plus the hilarious story of her meeting with future husband Will Davison. Finally, she tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week two-time Bathurst 1000 winner Allan Grice joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 2, he talks about his long and successful relationship with Les Small, his time racing NASCAR both in Australia and in the United States, racing in the Le Mans 24 Hours, and how he found himself becoming a Queensland state politician. Finally, he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week two-time Bathurst 1000 winner Allan Grice joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 1, Gricey talks about how he got into motorsport, the origin of his ‘Maitland pastry chef’ tag and the unlikely way his enduring sponsorships with Craven Mild and SAAS began, his first tilt at the ‘Great Race’ in a Fiat with Bill Tuckey and his victories in 1986 and 1990, plus we chat about Sam, his much-loved labrador who doubled as a motoring journalist! V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken, recorded over Zoom. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - Drivers who didn’t defend their Supercars title - A simple solution for time-certain races - Are street circuits dead now? - The family tree of Supercars RECs - A long-lost Bathurst 1000 prize and how it was awarded - Which Group A car had the greatest potential that was never reached - Kim Jones’ influence in Brad Jones Racing’s success - Why Supercars dropped ‘V8’ from its name and why it should come back - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Andy Raymond joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. He talks about growing up around motorsport with his dad, the legendary late Mike Raymond, then following his dad into a career in sports television. Along with chatting about his years covering motorsport, Andy also talks about leaving Channel 7 – and he opens up about the manner in which the network dropped Mike – and moving to FOX SPORTS, his move into covering rugby league, boxing and kickboxing and promoting wrestling in Australia (including the time he interviewed WWE chief Vince McMahon!) and he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken we’re looking back at some of the magic moments from the history of the Adelaide 500, what made the race so special, why its cancellation triggered such a massive outpouring of emotion, and why its loss will be so keenly felt by Supercars, its fans, and Adelaide itself. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Vote for the V8 Sleuth Podcast in the Australian Podcast Awards: https://australianpodcastawards.com/vote Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Glenn Seton joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. With his new book ‘Seto: The Official Racing History of Glenn Seton’ set for release, we chat to the Supercars Hall of Famer about the book, how it came together and some of the stories in it – including his thoughts on his heartbreaking late-race exit from the 1995 Bathurst 1000 and how he handled it the way he did, his sole race in a Group C Nissan Bluebird Turbo, and a very serious offer to join Holden full-time. Finally, he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we have our first return visitor as Mark Skaife rejoins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. With his new book ‘Mark Skaife: The Complete Illustrated Autobiography’ freshly released (and available from the V8 Sleuth Bookshop!), this time around we chat to him about some rarely-discussed parts of his decorated career, including the time he drove a Jordan F1 car around a car park, when he was supposed to race Michael Schumacher as a junior, his brief stint as a factory Mazda driver, battling Mario Andretti throughout a stint at the Le Mans 24 Hours, and the time he had a bit of explaining to do after rolling a company-owned Nissan road car... V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Bathurst 1000 winner Tomas Mezera joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 2, he talks about his years racing with Larry Perkins and how ‘LP’ was responsible for a couple of his big career breaks, including his recruitment by the Holden Racing Team. Tomas tells a host of stories from his time at HRT – yes, including the infamous ‘bucket of water on the windscreen’ incident – plus the time he had a genuine F1 star lined up to race in the Bathurst 1000 only for their F1 team to shut down the deal! Finally, he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Bathurst 1000 winner Tomas Mezera joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 1, Tomas opens up about growing up in Czechoslovakia under a communist regime and the remarkable story of how he defected to the west at the age of 20, including his time living on the streets in Austria before ending up in a refugee camp, and the dream that helped him choose Australia as his new homeland. We also cover his years working towards his racing dream and achieving success in Australia before heading to England to battle against future F1 stars, before securing a Bathurst 1000 victory which not even the team he drove for was expecting. Oh, and he tells us the correct way to pronounce ‘Mezera’ – we’ve been saying it wrong all these years! V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a special episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken in the lead-up to the 2020 Bathurst 1000 – Holden’s last as an active vehicle brand – Aaron Noonan and Will Dale debate over who are Holden’s 10 best drivers in its history at the Mount Panorama enduro. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time for that special Sunday in October … Happy Bathurst Day! V8 Sleuth's Aaron Noonan and Will Dale run through what you need to know ahead of this year's Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Bathurst Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken, recorded over Zoom. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - The Garry Rogers Motorsport car driven in the 2010 race by Lee Holdsworth and David Besnard that led over half the race - What became of Mark Winterbottom’s ‘BBQ fire’ Falcon from the 2009 race - The time Larry Perkins backdated his Commodore to get a better aero package - Our favourite personal Bathurst memories – not stuff we watched on TV - Why Glenn Seton switched from #30 to #5 - What the new Channel 7 deal means for future editions of the FOX SPORTS Bathurst Channel - Which overseas-born driver has the most Bathurst 1000 starts - Allan Moffat’s last Bathurst Falcon - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au And here’s the link that Noonz mentions during the episode >> https://bit.ly/32QAVz4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re doing something a little different this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken – a round of trivia! And you can win prizes! Submit your answers HERE >> https://bit.ly/V8SP70Trivia And here’s the link that Noonz mentions during the episode >> https://bit.ly/32QAVz4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re chatting about HRT 034 – aka ‘Steffi’, the car that Peter Brock raced in the 1997 Primus 1000 Classic for what was at the time going to be his last tilt at the ‘Great Race’ – on this Classic Car episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. Aaron Noonan and Will Dale are joined by the car’s current owner, Super2 Series team boss Ben Eggleston, who shares the story of the car’s restoration which is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2020. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Melinda Price joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. She talks about growing up in a racing family, tells stories from the Castrol Cougars program and what it was like racing for Larry Perkins, the time she and Steven Richards came within an ace of winning a major production car race; being teammates with Sam Newman, Sir Jack Brabham and Hermann Tilke, her cancer battle and return to racing, and she tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week four-time Bathurst 1000 winner and King of Pukekohe Greg Murphy joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 2, he talks about the Spiderman livery that adorned his race-winning Commodores in late 2004, his spicy press conference at the Gold Coast that year with Marcos Ambrose, his reunion with his Bathurst 24 Hour-winning Holden Monaro – along with a reminder about his other Bathurst-winning Holdens, and we’re not talking Commodores! - and he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions (including the deluge of Bathurst 2005 questions) and our Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week four-time Bathurst 1000 winner and King of Pukekohe Greg Murphy joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 1 we go back to his first year racing in Australia in Formula Brabham and the unexpected connection that gave him the springboard into Super Touring, plus the 1996 New Zealand Mobil V8 Sprints at Pukekohe and Wellington, his IndyCar test, the Bathurst he did with Triple Eight in a Holden, his Williams BTCC test, his stint racing NASCAR and the time he raced a Ford! V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We celebrate the glory years Super Touring in Australia in this edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken, recorded over Zoom. The two-litre touring car formula, so popular in Great Britain with the British Touring Car Championship and adopted across Europe, North America and South Africa at its peak, ran its own standalone championship in Australia between 1994 and 2001. Some of the things we chat about as we go down memory lane: - The origins of the series and its ‘rivalry’ with the established touring car scene in Australia - Comparisons with the new TCR Series Australia - The Super Touring Bathurst 1000s - The phenomenal cars and where they ended up - The two spectacular, headline moments of the series - The great drivers of the category and our take on who was the King of Super Touring in Australia - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Super2 Series race winner, Bathurst 12 Hour runner-up and Gold Logie winner Grant Denyer joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 2, he talks about the breakthrough Development Series result that solidified his belief in his driving ability, the race win that forever links him with David Thexton, racing in the Bathurst 1000 for Craig Gore, the moment he realised he had to choose between his driving and TV careers, and he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Super2 Series race winner, Bathurst 12 Hour runner-up and Gold Logie winner Grant Denyer joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 1 we go back through his years in the Development Series – first as a broadcaster on Trackside, then trackside as a driver! – along with his years in V8 BRUtes, his mid-race haircut, plus a hilarious tale from a Bathurst 12 Hour racing with Tony Quinn and Klark Quinn. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken, recorded over Zoom. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - The last times we had a podium without Triple Eight and DJR Team Penske, and when T8 last missed the podium across a weekend - The most successful car from Perkins Engineering - A bit of V8 Utes Sleuth and Open Wheel Sleuth - Did any Bathurst-winning cars carry an Energy Polariser? - Where does Marcos Ambrose’s Stone Brothers Racing BA Falcon sit among the top Falcon racecars? - The shortest-lasting race team in Supercars - The fate of Fabian Coulthard’s 2010 Bathurst rollover car - The ‘missing’ HRT Commodore from the 1993 Bathurst 1000 - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week two-time Supercars Champion and Bathurst 1000 winner Scott McLaughlin joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 2, he talks about his breakout years racing Volvos for Garry Rogers Motorsport and what he really thought when the alliance was first revealed, plus the impact that winning the Bathurst 1000 has had on his life, the massive impact he had in the Bathurst-winning car a fortnight later, why he gets more nervous about qualifying at Bathurst rather the Top 10 Shootout, and he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week two-time Supercars Champion and Bathurst 1000 winner Scott McLaughlin joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 1 we go back through his years in the Dunlop Series – now known as Super2 – including his first drive of a Supercar in 2009, the race where he genuinely felt like he could be a race-winner, his take on the remarkable ‘Class of 2012’, and how his first ‘main game’ drive with TEKNO Autosports came about. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We celebrate 20 years of the Super2 Series in this edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken, recorded over Zoom. Some of the things we chat about as we go down memory lane: - The origins of the series, and the rival category that helped fire it into life - All the different names the series has had – and the ‘Development Series’ was never one of them! - The early standalone years - ‘Trackside’, the TV show that was home to the series - The champion drivers and teams it produced - How it was a development series for more than just the drivers - The great races: Lakeside 2000, Oran Park 2007, Bathurst 2012, etc - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Bathurst 1000 winner Luke Youlden joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 2, he talks about returning to Stone Brothers Racing and becoming a solo race-winner as a co-driver, following Fabian Coulthard from Brad Jones Racing to DJR Team Penske, his move to Erebus, the impact winning the Bathurst 1000 has on a driver, he tells his side of his race-winning campaign with Erebus in 2017 and how their pursuit of back-to-back wins unravelled in 2018, what went wrong in 2019 and how close he came to racing a Mercedes in Super2, and he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices