The V8 Sleuth Podcast

You’ve asked and we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Shane Rogers 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: - How we rate the start of Brodie Kostecki’s stint with DJR - The whereabouts of Paul Radisich’s ‘99 Bathurst car - Our take on the Chevrolet/GM Homologation Team race - The times a sponsor has won its own race - Variety of makes and models at the front of the grid - Is the Bathurst 6 Hour the most underrated race in Australian motorsport - The reappearance of the Peter Jackson Search for a Champion Commodore! - Trans Am vs Super2 - And plenty more V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s V8 Sleuth Podcast guest might be better known for their voice than their name, having played a key role in Bathurst 1000 broadcasts and Channel 7’s touring car racing coverage through the mid-1980s and 1990s. Englishman Richard Hay was in Australia recently and caught up with Noonz to chat about his memories of Mount Panorama, working under Mike Raymond and alongside the likes of Garry Wilkinson, Neil Crompton and Doug Mulray. He also talks about how his father Neville became involved in motorsport commentary and how that in-turn led him to being a cameraman, commentator, producer and presenter across his career in motorsport media. He also shares some fun tales from his time as a racer himself, including taking part in the Le Mans 24 Hours! V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supercars Championship and Bathurst 1000 race-winning engineer George Commins joins this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. Best known as the partner in crime for Brodie Kostecki’s recent successes, Commins shares stories from a long career that started with Mark Larkham and included a stint in Europe and in Formula 1 with Williams. He opens up on just what life in F1 is like, his initial stint at Dick Johnson Racing in the 2000s, his time with Rick Kelly from 2015-2020 and his thoughts on the Nissan Altima Supercar, plus incredible insights into what makes Brodie Kostecki tick as a driver, their success at Erebus and where they are at amid DJR’s rebuild. For V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus subscribers, you can also enjoy a snippet of Commins talking about the drivers he worked with in Europe, including current F1 stars Carlos Sainz Jr, Pierre Gasly and Charles Leclerc! V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The V8 Sleuth Podcast looks ahead to this weekend’s Race Tasmania at Symmons Plains for the opening round of the 2025 Trico Trans Am Series. Aaron Noonan and Mark Walker preview all the action, run through the massive 32-car entry list, the format for the weekend and some of the changes for this year’s season. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve asked and we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Shane Rogers 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: - Did we really need to schedule three major motorsport events for the same weekend? - Alternatives to keep the Sandown 500 alive - The 2026 Supercars silly season - Shane Rogers: Bathurst tour guide - The future of the TCR Series in Australia - The fate of the Team Brock Commodore from the 2002 Bathurst 1000 - Whatever happened to the Peter Jackson Search for a Champion Commodore? V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast comes from our chat with David Reynolds almost exactly five years ago in March 2020, when he visited Sleuth HQ with his chauffeur for the day - future Supercars champ (and his then enduro co-driver) Will Brown! In this snippet, Reynolds opened up on a very serious topic: a tragic tarmac rally accident from the early part of his career. Two weeks after securing the 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Reynolds was competing in the Mount Buller Sprint with navigator Paul Flintoft. Their Elfin MS8 Clubman spun off the road and crashed down a 20 metre cliff, killing Flintoft and leaving Reynolds with head injuries. If any of the things talked about in this mini episode resonate with you and you want to reach out for help or to just talk to someone, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or head to lifeline.org.au, or contact BeyondBlue on 1300 224 636 or head to beyondblue.org.au. To listen to the full chat from 2020 with Reynolds, in which he talks about the long recovery for both his physical and mental health in the years that followed the crash, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/41FbhvO V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast comes from our chat with Mark Skaife in our first season, recorded in his office back in 2019. In this snippet, released on what would have been Peter Brock’s 80th birthday, Skaifey talks about partnering up with the King of the Mountain in 1997, plus a fun tale involving the Brocky, a couple of hire cars, and a desperate race to get out of the Symmons Plains car park To listen to the full chat with Skaifey, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/3yjYxyB V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supercars champ-turned-IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin makes his second appearance on the V8 Sleuth Podcast for this week’s episode, recorded while he was at Sebring for pre-season testing with Team Penske. A lot has happened since his last visit to the pod back in 2020 so there’s plenty to talk about – including testing Porsche’s LMDh prototype sportscar at Sebring last week and partnering with his old Supercars rival Shane van Gisbergen at the 24 Hours of Daytona! He talks about how his relationship with SVG has changed since he departed Supercars and his role in getting them together for Daytona, where the gains come from now the Dallara IR12 is a 14-year-old car, whether he still keeps up with Supercars, comparisons between the 2019 Bathurst controversy and last year’s Push-to-Pass IndyCar drama, the new era about to dawn in IndyCar, and plenty more. V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast comes from our double episode with Jack Perkins, recorded at V8 Sleuth HQ back in 2021. In this snippet, Perkins talks about his dream call-up from the Holden Racing Team in 2015 - initially as a co-driver, then being suddenly promoted mid-weekend to the primary driver role after a bizarre incident injured James Courtney. He also talks about his emotional first Supercars race win upon Courtney’s return, plus a special day with his dad and Walkinshaw Andretti United at Sydney Motorsport Park in 2018. To listen to the full chat with Jack (Episodes 112 & 114) tap these links >> Ep.112 https://bit.ly/3sYyODt Ep.114 https://bit.ly/3eh0NtS V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve asked and we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Shane Rogers 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 take on Supercars.com’s list of the Top 25 drivers since 2000 - How we go about investigating and reporting on sensitive stories - Teams that have switched manufacturers mid-season or run different makes at the same meeting - Three-driver combinations - A book on NASCAR stock car racing in Australia - The most numbers used by a driver - Drivers that have done the most Shootouts without scoring a pole position V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast comes from our double episode with Will Davison, recorded at V8 Sleuth HQ way back in 2019. In this snippet, Davison talks about the cubic dollars that were required when he was pursuing his dream of racing in Formula 1 in the early 2000s and some of the things he did to raise it – including the help he had from Australian cricket legend Shane Warne.. To listen to the rest of the first part of the chat with Davo (Episode 7) tap this link >> https://bit.ly/40P980a V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The V8 Sleuth Podcast looks ahead to next weekend’s Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour! Aaron Noonan is joined by the voice of Australia’s International Enduro, Richard Craill, to preview the 2025 edition of the country’s premier GT race. Buy the Official Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour Program >> https://bit.ly/4g4Whex Buy Bathurst: Going Global >> https://bit.ly/4bpWV5h V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast comes from our episode with Garry Rogers, recorded at Garry Rogers Motorsport in 2021. We look back at the team’s much-beloved Volvo era, and how it was actually an entirely different manufacturer that he was chasing!. To listen to the rest of the chat from Episode 160, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/4fyHPuV Or, if you’d rather watch it, check it out on YouTube here! >> https://bit.ly/404dxvR V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast features part of our epic two-part chat with Mark Larkham at his kitchen table back in 2022. In this snippet, he shares the inside story of the creation of Channel 10’s incredible intro to its broadcast of the 2017 Bathurst 1000, in which Larko gives an impassioned explanation of a lap of Mount Panorama. This Mini came from Episode 246, the second half of our two-part chat with Larko. To listen to the rest of the chat, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/4fyHPuV V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol is drawn from Supercars legend Greg Murphy’s first visit to the pod back in 2020. This snippet revolves around a regularly-mined topic come that special Sunday in October: his confrontation with Marcos Ambrose after they crashed out of the 2005 Bathurst 1000. We’d received so many National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions about it that we simply had to bring it up – and Murph didn’t disappoint with his recreation of what the pair said to each other post-shunt. The V8 Sleuth bleeper hasn’t been the same since… This Mini came from Episodes 66 and 67 back in 2020, a two-part chat via Zoom with Murph about his career to that point. To listen to the rest of the chat, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/V8SPMurphy Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol features Nathan Pretty sharing a couple of tales from his rookie season in Supercars. In this snippet, Pretty talks about a wild moment in the early laps of the first race at the 1999 Winton round, where he and sister Nicole used an old Thunderdome trick to avoid a host of crashing cars to vault, Steven Bradbury-style, from the back of the field to the front! He also shares his side of the Bathurst practice crash later that year that led to Larry Perkins’ now-infamous synopsis: “Young bloke, cold tyres, f***ed up.” This Mini came from Episode 212 back in 2020, the first of a two-part chat with Pretty about his career. To listen to the rest of the chat, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/4iIf1Dh Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol looks back at the rise and fall of one of Australian motorsport’s most exciting categories: AUSCAR. Created as the second-tier category at Bob Jane’s Calder Park Thunderdome, AUSCAR quickly became a star attraction in its own right through a simple formula that had, at the time, disappeared from Australian circuits: V8 Holdens and Fords racing head to head. We chat about how it came about, the star drivers, what triggered its downfall, where some of the cars went, and share your memories from an incredible period of racing. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Winning GRM AUSCAR found >> https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/found-grms-valvoline-auscar-falcon-winner/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He’s back! Supercars hero Greg Murphy makes his second visit to the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol for this week’s episode. A lot has happened since his debut appearance on the pod back in 2020 so there’s plenty to talk about. Among the topics is talking about all the fun he had in the V8 Sleuth Heritage Revival at this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000, and plenty of chat about the upcoming Taupō Historic GP and some of the incredible cars and drivers that will be on hand for the event on January 11-12. We also grill him on some Supercars topics, including his thoughts on the new Finals system and Richie Stanaway’s move to PremiAir for 2025, and get him talking about a few things from his career that we didn’t get a chance to ask about the first time around. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ TICKETS: 2025 Taupō Historic GP >> https://bit.ly/3D8UxTT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the Sunday leg of the 2013 Sydney NRMA Motoring & Services 500 at Homebu… ahem, sorry … ‘Sydney Olympic Park’, a race that delivered one of the greatest largely unseen moments of ATCC/Supercars history: when Will Davison divebombed his brother Alex for seventh place on the last lap of the season. In Will’s defence, he had an extremely lucrative reason for doing so… Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve asked and we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - The times Ford outnumbered Holden at Bathurst - The move to ‘Americanise’ the championship format - The history of the VL Commodore dressed in HDT’s VK livery that raced in Heritage Revival at Bathurst - The current level of driver salaries in Supercars - Is Heritage Revival coming back for next year’s Bathurst 1000? - The percentage of cars that won races in COTF/Gen2 and in Gen3 - How many S2 cars would’ve made the Top 10 Shootout at Bathurst over the years when combining their qualifying times with the ‘main game’ ones - And plenty more! Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ V8SP Ep. 86 – How V8 Sleuth came to be >> https://bit.ly/V8SP86V8Sleuth Falcon Chronicles >> https://bit.ly/3D1QoRK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the Saturday leg of the 2010 Sydney Telstra 500 at at Homebu… ahem, sorry … ‘Sydney Olympic Park’, a race that delivered one of the most dramatic, championship-changing moments in ATCC/Supercars history. Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol features one of the icons of Australian motorsport, Tony Quinn. A racer, a team owner and a circuit owner, ‘TQ’s history in motorsport goes all the way back to his native Scotland – where he once raced Formula Ford against a future Indy 500 winner – before rekindling it in Australia in the 2000s having built up a multi-million dollar business empire. Among the second part of our two-part chat with Quinn are stories from his ownership of Carrera Cup and Australian GT, his recovery from serious injuries after a Porsche crash in Townsville, and he reveals a couple of the exciting new cars he’s acquired that he’ll hit the racetrack in next year… Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Tony Quinn: Zero to 60 and Beyond >> https://bit.ly/4g4terM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol features one of the icons of Australian motorsport, Tony Quinn. A racer, a team owner and a circuit owner, ‘TQ’s history in motorsport goes all the way back to his native Scotland – where he once raced Formula Ford against a future Indy 500 winner – before rekindling it in Australia in the 2000s having built up a multi-million dollar business empire. Among the first part of our two-part chat with Quinn are stories from his earliest days in the sport, what got him back in, plus the notable run-in he had with officials that culminated in him trying to pay a $3,000 fine in coins – plus the other dig he had up his sleeve that weekend… Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Tony Quinn: Zero to 60 and Beyond >> https://bit.ly/4g4terM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol features Larry Perkins sharing one of his many tales from racing in Europe. In this snippet, Perkins tells the colourful tale of his Formula 1 debut driving for Chris Amon’s privateer team at the 1974 German GP, held on the legendary and daunting Nürburgring Nordschleife. This Mini came from Episode 31 back in 2020, the first of a two-part chat with Perkins about his career. To listen to the rest of the chat, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/3YswxSK Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve heard the voice, now hear his story! Long-time commentator Matt Naulty joins us for this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. ‘Knuckles’ has been part of the Supercars commentary team for over a decade now, but has also lent his dulcet tones to a wide range of motorsports, including speedway and Stadium Super Trucks both here and abroad. But his links with the sport go deeper than that: back in the 1990s, he was a part of a couple of race teams, including a team that took part in the inaugural Adelaide 500 back in 1999! Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australian motorsport veteran David Russell joins us for this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. Over two parts, the racer known as both ‘Coighty’ and ‘D-Russ’ takes us back through his diverse career behind the wheel, culminating in his reputation as one of Supercars’ top co-drivers. In Part 2 he goes into his years as a hired gun for Supercars teams, including a long run with Kelly Racing that spanned its Holden and Nissan eras. Russell touches on his near-miss on a deal that would’ve landed him on the grid full-time in 2012, plus his infamous collision with a kangaroo in the early laps of the 2013 Bathurst 1000, and shares the story of a famously disastrous pre-Bathurst kayaking trip undertaken by the Kelly Racing enduro drivers! He also covers his unexpected exit from Tickford in early 2019, success with Erebus Motorsport, and his decision to depart the team earlier this year only for them to win Bathurst. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australian motorsport veteran David Russell joins us for this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. Over two parts, the racer known as both ‘Coighty’ and ‘D-Russ’ takes us back through his diverse career behind the wheel, culminating in his reputation as one of Supercars’ top co-drivers. In Part 1 he talks about his dad’s racing, why he didn’t go via the traditional karting route and starting his racing career in his mid-teens aboard two very different machines: a turbocharged Datsun Sports Sedan and a bog-standard Suzuki Swift! He also covers his years in GT Production with Proton, the competition that kick-started his Supercars career, racing in the Bathurst 12 Hour, and some of the behind-the-scenes wheeling and dealing to move up the ladder. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship from this week, headlined by Erebus Motorsport building cars for rival team/s in 2025. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve asked and we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - A new take on judging the most dominant season in Supercars - The last driver to pilot a Toyota to a win/finish in the ATCC/Bathurst - The fate of one of the original Group A Ford Mustangs - What became of the cars that were badly damaged in a horror Turn 1 crash at Albert Park in 2017 - Elvis! - Is Tony Quinn the first team owner to win an ATCC/Supercars race at a track he owns? - The story behind Gibson Motorsport’s outrageous fuel economy in the 1995 Bathurst 1000 - And plenty more! Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the Sunday leg of the 2015 Castrol Gold Coast 600 at Surfers Paradise, a race that delivered one of the most emotional Supercars victories in recent memory. Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship from this week, headlined by Mark Winterbottom revealing that he won’t be on the full-time grid in 2025. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bathurst 1000 winner Todd Hazelwood – as he will now forever be introduced! – joins us for this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol for a look back at the remarkable path that his career has taken. Hazelwood starts Part 2 reliving the year that he says “broke” him; the 2018 season where he and Matt Stone Racing stepped up to the Supercars Championship. He opens up on the challenges of that year and how it led to him having to leave the team at the end of the following year. He talks about his two seasons with Brad Jones Racing, including his maiden Supercars pole and maiden podium finish - albeit one he regards with a bit of an asterisk - and his return to MSR for 2022. Hazelwood also goes in-depth on his switch to the Blanchard Racing Team for the inaugural season of Gen3 and it unravelled, before revealing just how bad co-driver Brodie Kostecki was feeling in the lead-up to their Bathurst 1000 victory - and just how bad Todd was feeling after it! Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Championship-winning engineer Scott Sinclair’s analysis of Erebus’ Bathurst win >> https://bit.ly/40gWLds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bathurst 1000 winner Todd Hazelwood – as he will now forever be introduced! – joins us for this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol for a look back at the remarkable path that his career has taken. In Part 1, we start with the present and his victory at this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 with Brodie Kostecki and Erebus Motorsport, before delving back into the unusual path he took through the sport. He opens up on his family’s pivotal role in getting him through the sport, from fundraising through sausage sizzles and memberships to remortgaging their home, and the key role an open-wheel racing champion played in his progression. We also cover his successful season on the reality TV show Shannons Supercar Showdown, and how it indirectly led to his first full-time Dunlop Series drive. He also reveals the white lie he told to secure that ride with Matt Stone Racing, and his very, very nervous wait through the first practice session for word from the bank... Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the Saturday leg of the 2012 Armor All Gold Coast 600 at Surfers Paradise, a race that took three attempts to start and lost six cars before it finally got underway! Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship from this week, headlined by Garth Tander revealing his future co-driving plans beyond 2024. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale and Connor O’Brien wrap all the Sunday action at the 2024 Repco Bathurst 1000, with Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood taking a popular victory in the latest edition of the ‘Great Race’.. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale and Connor O’Brien wrap all the Saturday action at the 2024 Repco Bathurst 1000, with Brodie Kostecki storming to pole position for the second year in a row.. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale and Connor O’Brien wrap all the Friday action at the 2024 Repco Bathurst 1000, with Matt Payne topping qualifying, the fastest lap of the day going unrewarded, and a pair of big names enduring two big crashes. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale and Connor O’Brien wrap all the Thursday’s action at the 2024 Repco Bathurst 1000, a busy and strange day for the opening day of Supercars practice at Mount Panorama. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the eve of this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000, the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol takes a look back at the Group C era of the ‘Great Race’ from 1973 through to 1984. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ V8 Sleuth Live Night at Bathurst featuring Tony Cochrane >> https://bit.ly/3yXh6cb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the 2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, a year when Mount Panorama mourned the death of its King and celebrated the victory of his protege. Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Live Night at Bathurst featuring Tony Cochrane >> https://bit.ly/3yXh6cb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the 1991 Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst, a year when Nissan and ‘Godzilla’ finally slayed the Mountain. Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Live Night at Bathurst featuring Tony Cochrane >> https://bit.ly/3yXh6cb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship from this week, headlined by the release of the calendar for the 2025 season. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ V8 Sleuth Live Night at Bathurst featuring Tony Cochrane >> https://bit.ly/3yXh6cb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the 1987 James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst, a year when the results for the race weren’t finalised until March in 1988! Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Live Night at Bathurst featuring Tony Cochrane >> https://bit.ly/3yXh6cb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time for that special Sunday in October! V8 Sleuth's Aaron Noonan and Will Dale run through what you need to know ahead of the 2024 edition of the Repco Bathurst 1000. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ V8 Sleuth Live Night at Bathurst featuring Tony Cochrane >> https://bit.ly/3yXh6cb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve asked and we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - Full Course Yellow and the ‘Lucky Dog’/wave-by rule - Todd Hazelwood's feistyness at Sandown/Erebus' hopes at Bathurst - Recreating the Sandown circuit in another location - Toyota’s entry to Supercars - More street races in regional areas - Bathurst 1000 as a twilight race; Adelaide 500 as a night race - Do we do too many Top 10 Shootouts? - How many Nissan Skyline HR31s did Gibson Motorsport build? - Reverting a chassis to a model that predates its build - The IndyCar Series at the Thunderdome? - And plenty more! Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ V8 Sleuth Live Night at Bathurst featuring Tony Cochrane >> https://bit.ly/3yXh6cb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship from this week, headlined by Toyota’s seismic revelation that it is entering the championship in 2026 with the Supra. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Race Control: V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan chats with Supercars’ Driving Standards Advisor, Motorsport Australia’s Craig Baird, who explains all the details behind the calls made in Race Control during the latest Repco Supercars Championship round – the Penrite Oil Sandown 500. The V8 Sleuth Podcast appreciates the support of Motorsport Australia in putting our Race Control episodes together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Veteran broadcaster Matt White joins us for this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. White shares stories from his long career in television, which has brought him into the world of Supercars as a reporter, host and lead commentator, in particular giving incredible insights into the craft of commentating and some of the politics that happens behind the scenes in the world of TV. In Part 2, he talks about unexpectedly ending up back in the V8 Supercars world when Seven landed the broadcast rights for 2007, how he ended up on Dancing With the Stars, trades stories with Noonz about their time in the box together - and the times Noonz subbed for him! - and he opens up on the challenging years of his return to 10 and serving as its head of sport, the inside story on the day the 2020 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix was cancelled, and his own sudden exit from the network. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ V8 Sleuth Live Night at Bathurst featuring Tony Cochrane >> https://bit.ly/3yXh6cb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Veteran broadcaster Matt White joins us for this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. White shares stories from his long career in television, which has brought him into the world of Supercars as a reporter, host and lead commentator, in particular giving incredible insights into the craft of commentating and some of the politics that happens behind the scenes in the world of TV. In Part 1, he talks about how he came to get involved in the media, from working for the Manly Daily newspaper, through doing radio with Triple M and TV news in Newcastle, through to landing a role at Channel 10 and being in the right place at the right time as Sports Tonight took off and the network became the Home of Motorsport, and eventually becoming the lead commentator for its coverage of V8 Supercars. He goes in-depth on his call of Greg Murphy’s ‘Lap of the Gods’ Top 10 Shootout run from the 2003 Bathurst 1000, and reveals why he left the network to move to Seven in 2004.. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ V8 Sleuth Live Night at Bathurst featuring Tony Cochrane >> https://bit.ly/3yXh6cb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices