The V8 Sleuth Podcast

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan is joined by Greg Murphy to talk about the confirmation that he will return to Supercars this October to take part in the Repco Bathurst 1000 in a Boost Mobile-backed, Erebus Motorsport-run wildcard entry with Richie Stanaway. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Noonan and Will Dale explore the #7 throughout the world of motorsport in this episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco, from Formula 1 world champions to NASCAR legends, Supercars heroes and a swathe of iconic racers to carry the number on a wide array of two and four-wheeled machines. 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 wraps all the news in the wake of the postponement of the Winton SuperSprint. 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: - The record for the most teams to win races in an ATCC/RSC season - Our take on whether we’ll see COTF cars racing in the ‘main game’ in 2022 - How cars are determined to be a ‘write off’ - The idea of a racing category for retired V8 racers - The #2 Holden Racing Team Commodore from the 2006 enduros - Numbers that Peter Brock used other than #05 - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage The Motorsport Trader: https://themotorsporttrader.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

This week we’re talking to Erebus Motorsport CEO Barry Ryan on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, we pick up our chat at the end 2015 for Barry’s take on restarting Erebus Motorsport from scratch as a Melbourne-based Holden team and its rise into a contender for wins, culminating in the team’s emotional triumph in the 2017 Bathurst 1000. He also gives his take on The Inside Line documentary series and his portrayal, as well as last year’s turbulent season on the road during the COVID-affected 2020 season. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the traditional V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout. 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, including a mid-week test day for a heap of teams at Winton – but not on Dunlop’s brand new tyre – while a famous family starts a new chapter of racing success. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re talking to Erebus Motorsport CEO Barry Ryan on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, Barry talks about how he was just a few days old when he was taken to his first race, going racing himself on two wheels, getting into V8 Supercars as a mechanic – and how he dealt with his wedding clashing with Bathurst! – his years at Kmart Racing with insights into the pit stop issue that caused Greg Murphy’s infamous five-minute penalty at the 2002 Bathurst 1000, finding a home at Perkins Engineering, and how he came to arrive at Erebus. 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 review last weekend’s OTR SuperSprint at The Bend, including the rise of Andre Heimgartner and Kelly Grove Racing, Ford’s 400th ATCC/RSC race win, the return to form for Dick Johnson Racing and Anton De Pasquale’s impressive performance, Erebus Motorsport’s impressive start to 2021, their take on Gen3 on the day of a meeting between Supercars and team owners, plus the persistent rumour that Murph will drive a Peter Adderton-backed wildcard entry in the Repco Bathurst 1000. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jack Perkins joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, Jack talks about his road back to Supercars’ main game – including a brief move to Queensland –fulfilling his dream of racing and winning for the Holden Racing Team, restarting Perkins Engineering with an update on how their car restorations are going, plus he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our V8 Sleuth 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 previews this weekend’s OTR SuperSprint at The Bend Motorsport Park – including a look at which drivers are winning the head-to-head qualifying battles within each Supercars team. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re talking to Jack Perkins on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, Jack talks about growing up around the sport and becoming a racer himself – including securing HSV sponsorship for a Ford-backed karting competition! – his early years in Supercars and his very short Bathurst 1000 debut in 2006, plus his type 1 diabetes diagnosis, how he initially hid it and how he now manages it while racing. 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, including rookie testing at The Bend, the Merlin Darwin Triple Crown expanding to a three-day race weekend, plus tickets going on sale for the Repco Bathurst 1000 – which will feature all eight of Mount Panorama’s camp sites open for the first time at the ‘Great Race’ since 2019. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Supercars racer, Gold Star runner-up and Australian Formula Ford Series champion Leanne Tander joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, Leanne talks about rediscovering her love for motorsport through an Improved Production Mazda RX-7, Tandersport and coming agonisingly close to winning the Formula 3 title, her return to Supercars and the Bathurst 1000 and her title victory in Formula Ford, plus she tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the 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 wraps up the action from the third round of the 2021 Repco Supercars Championship, the Beaurepaires Tasmania SuperSprint. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Supercars racer, Gold Star runner-up and Australian Formula Ford Series champion Leanne Tander joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, Leanne talks about her current status as a driver, her kids’ desire to race and their move into karting, how she got into motorsport herself, plus the early years of her career in Formula Ford and the Konica V8 Supercars Series. 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 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