The V8 Sleuth Podcast

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 polished by Bowden's Own. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - What happened to the old overall ‘round’ podium system, why it came up at Townsville and who has the most - The races that had the most fines handed out - ‘Sprint for the Grid’ races - The new ‘young gun’ era, and have some of the old ‘young guns’ missed their chance to win titles - Circuits that have been raced in the reverse direction - And plenty more! Learn more about Bowden’s Own here >> https://www.bowdensown.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the latest Repco Supercars Championship news following the opening day of practice at the NTI Townsville 500. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the NTI Townsville 500 on this weekend, we’re looking back at touring car racing’s history on the North Queensland streets on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast polished by Bowden’s Own. We look through some of the wild and forgotten moments from the championship’s time at Reid Park, including a forgotten street race that pre-dates the arrival of the V8 circus by almost 20 years, plus the memorable races and results, the controversies, the special liveries, and some of the weird things that have happened in the event’s 15-year history. Learn more about Bowden’s Own products here >> https://www.bowdensown.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the latest Repco Supercars Championship news as a heap of our star drivers prepare to race in all corners of the globe this weekend, headlined by Shane van Gisbergen’s NASCAR Cup Series debut on the streets of Chicago. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage PRE-ORDER: Triple Eight, The Cars 2003-2023 >> https://bit.ly/444Nzb4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Tickford Racing’s Tim Edwards on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In the second and final part of our two-part chat, he shares stories from his time running a Supercars team that has been known variously as Ford Performance Racing, Prodrive Racing Australia and Tickford Racing over its life. Edwards became the squad’s team principal at the start of the 2005 season and has been its chief ever since through ups and down, Bathurst 1000 and championship wins, and a cast of winning drivers and machines. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ PRE-ORDER: Tickford Racing, The Cars 2003-2023 >> https://bit.ly/3r0T8Zy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the latest Repco Supercars Championship news in the wake of last weekend’s betr Darwin Triple Crown, headlined by a top Triple Eight engineering being lured away by a rival team, the latest on Cam Waters’ future and Supercars’ move on parity between the Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage PRE ORDER: Tickford Racing, The Cars 2003-2023 >> https://bit.ly/3r0T8Zy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Tickford Racing team principal Tim Edwards on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In the first part of a two-part chat, he talks about his dad’s history in The Great Race and his own long history with Ford. He also talks about his sudden move overseas to pursue a career in motorsport with Aussie ex-pat Alan Docking, which linked him up with Mika Salo – and Tim tells a hilarious story about the press ‘junket’ in Finland where Salo announced his British F3 program to the Finnish media. He also talks about moving into Formula 1 with Jordan and shares some tales from his decade with the team, like the time eponymous team boss Eddie Jordan did a deal for a British rock star to use the team’s HQ as his band’s practice space ahead of a tour, being present for Michael Schumacher’s first F1 test in 1991, as well as being in the truck when Ayrton Senna punched Eddie Irvine after the 1993 Japanese Grand Prix! Tim also talks about moving home to Australia and getting out of motorsport, only to begin another stint in the sport that continues to this day. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the latest Repco Supercars Championship news after Friday’s practice running at the betr Darwin Triple Crown, where reigning champion Shane van Gisbergen endured a problem-filled day. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re bringing you the second half of our chat with Tony D’Alberto on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In the final part of a two-part chat, he talks about the end of Tony D’Alberto Racing and the move into the co-driver phase of his Supercars career. He shares the story behind his first podium finish in V8 Supercars and how it was overshadowed by a personal tragedy, and chats about online trolls, his side of the controversial conclusion to the 2019 Bathurst 1000, and a Supercars race victory that got away. Tony also opens up about his time with DJR Team Penske and Dick Johnson Racing, and what it means to him to have been a fixture at the squad for eight seasons. We also chat about his championship victory in the TCR Australia Series and how he got involved in the category, and the hands-on role he has in his family’s business when he’s away from the racetrack. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.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 ahead of next weekend’s betr Darwin Triple Crown, with several teams revealing their liveries for the upcoming Indigenous Round. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Tony D’Alberto on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In the first part of a two-part chat, he talks about his family’s history in motorsport and with Holden, racing karts as a family team and briefly progressing to Formula Ford before jumping into V8 Supercars with Holden Young Lions. He shares a funny story about his first drive of a V8 Supercar at Morgan Park with his new team boss John Faulkner in the passenger’s seat, and the eventual decision to go back to a family-run squad to progress his career and the story of his Development Series title win in 2007. Part 1 wraps up with the rough welcome he received upon his graduation to the ‘main game’ in 2008 and his early years in the V8 Supercars Championship. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.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 in the wake of a busy week of testing – for the Queensland-based teams, at least. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re looking forward to the Betr Darwin Triple Crown on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast by looking back at touring car racing’s history at Hidden Valley Raceway. Celebrating its 25th anniversary on the ATCC/Supercars schedule this year, we look through some of the wild and forgotten moments from the championship’s time in the Northern Territory, from weird incidents and results, to the carnage and chaos, plus the time the championship tripped over a time-zone change… V8 Sleuth Super Sale ON NOW: https://superstore.v8sleuth.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 in the wake of a hectic NED Whisky Tasmania SuperSprint, headlined by a four-car squad locking in its co-drivers for the Repco Bathurst 1000. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage V8 Sleuth Super Sale >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re bringing you the second half of our chat with Dale Wood on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In this ep, he talks about making it to the ‘main game’ with Kelly Racing and the way he found out he was being replaced mid-way through his rookie season, his return to the Dunlop Series and his title-winning season in 2013. He then chats about his second spell in the Supercars Championship, driving for Brad Jones Racing, Kelly Racing and Erebus Motorsport, and opens up on a 2017 that he describes as the ‘worst year of his life’. He also chats about his 2014 blow-up with Nick Percat, then becoming his co-driver at BJR – plus how he nearly missed the 2021 Bathurst 1000 and the star driver he’d lined up as a replacement – and he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.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 ahead of this weekend’s NED Whisky Tasmania SuperSprint, headlined by confirmation that Shane van Gisbergen will indeed make his NASCAR Cup Series debut this year. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Dale Wood on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. Woody’s a brilliant storyteller, as you’ll hear in the first part of our two-part chat. He talks about growing up around motorsport through his dad’s racing, then going racing himself in motocross, karting and Formula Ford – the latter in an RF87 Van Diemen previously raced by F1 star Eddie Irvine! He also talks about jumping on a trampoline with then-Formula BMW racer Daniel Ricciardo, his persistence in pursuing a sponsor that went on to back him all the way into V8 Supercars, as well as a hilarious tale where he very bluntly brushed off someone he believed was in a Development Series rival’s entourage, only to find out it was a top V8 team owner! V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to John Cleland on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In the last part of a two-part chat, John talks about his love affair with Australia, Mount Panorama and the Bathurst 1000. It’s been 30 years since his first trip to race in the Great Race, and he recounts tales from racing with Peter Brock (and how he came to race one of the Holden Dealer Team ‘Last of the Big Banger VKs in England) and his first experience of a V8 touring car at Mount Panorama, to finishing on the podium with Brad Jones, and the time he ended up on his roof in one of Brad Jones’ cars after hitting Peter Brock’s car! He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.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, headlined by a surprise change of plans for Warren Luff amid a reunion with a driver that he’s already joined on the Bathurst 1000 podium twice previously. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to John Cleland on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In the first part of a two-part chat, John talks about how he got into the sport in the first place and the deal he cut with his car dealer dad to go racing, watching his hero Jim Clark debut the iconic Lotus 49 and Ford Cosworth DFV at the 1967 Dutch Grand Prix and what it means to him to have his name alongside Clark’s on the British Touring Car Championship trophy. He also talks about how his long relationship with Vauxhall and General Motors first came about, the cheeky bit of gamesmanship that helped him win the 1989 BTCC, how he feels nowadays about that controversial 1992 title decider, which of his BTCC rivals was the most fun to wind up and the time BTCC chief Alan Gow squared him up for a prank. John also talks about seeing the clear benefits of motorsport to the brands his car dealership sold, the ex-Peter Brock car that he now owns, and why he retired from racing full-time at the end of 1999. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.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, headlined by a late parity tweak for the Ford Mustang ahead of this weekend’s Bosch Power Tools Perth SuperSprint at CARCO.com.au Raceway. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Bosch Power Tools Perth SuperSprint Official Program >> https://bit.ly/41FEOCV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We loved a topic from our most recent Q&A episode so much, we’ve gone and done a whole episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast on it! This week we’re looking back at some of the ‘lost’ races from ATCC/Supercars Championship history and Australian touring car racing in general, along with why they’re lost, where they could be and what hope there is of them ever resurfacing. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Bosch Power Tools Perth SuperSprint Official Program >> https://bit.ly/41FEOCV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Description: V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, headlined by Shane van Gisbergen officially making a call on his future in the championship. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Hercules in the V8 Sleuth Showroom >> https://bit.ly/41iUUCt 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. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - If there’s still a minimum production number in the Gen3 era - Lost ATCC race TV broadcasts - Magic moments from the late Doug Mulray - How many AU Falcons won championship races - The fate of the two cars involved in the ‘Shriek at the Creek’ - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ HRT – The Cars, 2nd Edition >> https://bit.ly/3a6EasN Perkins – The Cars (unnumbered) >> https://bit.ly/3UP0UAp 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, headlined up an upcoming milestone for Mark Winterbottom and a major format change for the Dunlop Series races for Super2 and Super3. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage 2023 Repco Supercars Championship Season Guide >> http://bit.ly/3Ee5yAK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Sleuth senses started tingling when a photo turned up on social media over Easter of a Supercar in the race shop of elite NASCAR squad Richard Childress Racing. So for this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast we’re taking a look at which car it is, where it came from, what it’s race history is and what it might be doing over in the United States. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ HRT – The Cars, 2nd Edition >> https://bit.ly/3a6EasN Main pic: Twitter / @nascarnrb Background pic: an1images.com / Justin Deeley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re looking forward to the Bosch Power Tools Perth SuperSprint on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast by looking back at touring car racing’s history at Wanneroo Raceway. Celebrating its 50th anniversary on the ATCC schedule this year, we look through some of the wild and forgotten moments from the test in the West, from the weird results to unusual cars, unexpected race strategies and memorable incidents. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ 2023 Repco Supercars Championship Season Guide >> http://bit.ly/3Ee5yAK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve got a double serve of Greg Crick on the V8 Sleuth Podcast this week. In the final part of our three-part chat, Cricky continues to talk about the impacts of the 2014 Bathurst 12 Hour on his health, his fightback to go racing in Touring Car Masters and how concussions played their part, and what finally brought an end to his driving career. He also talks about what he’s up to these days at Garry Rogers Motorsport – including the ‘Garry, Barry and Larry show’ – and he answers your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve got a double serve of Greg Crick on the V8 Sleuth Podcast this week. In the second part of our three-part chat, Cricky shares more of his memories of Targa Tasmania and why the event will never be the same again. We also talk about his years racing V8 Supercars, including driving for Bob Forbes, Pinnacle Motorsport, John Alcorn, Kees and Paul Weel, and his sole race with Stone Brothers Racing alongside good mate Marcos Ambrose and why it all went wrong. We also chat about his Nations Cup Dodge Viper and his star turn against ex-F1 racer Mika Salo at the 2014 Bathurst 12 Hour – how it was the best race he ever had, and opens up on the traumatic health consequences that followed. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Greg Crick on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In the first part of a three-part chat, Cricky talks about growing up just over a mile from the Longford road circuit in Tasmania, watching the F1 heroes of the day and deciding to go racing himself. He also talks about some of the wild machines he raced early in his career, from his first FJ Holden and a turbocharged XU-1 Torana, through to a speedway-inspired Mazda RX-7 sports sedan and his iconic Australian title-winning Honda Prelude. He also shares some hilarious stories (including the time he was ‘arrested’ by Victoria Police’s Armed Robbery Squad during Sandown 500 practice!) and his first time racing in the Bathurst 1000. He also explains his decision to turn his attention to touring car racing, plus becoming teammates with Sir Jack Brabham in winning the inaugural Targa Tasmania. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.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 in the wake of the first race for the Gen3 Fords and Chevrolets at the Thrifty Newcastle 500. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage 2023 Repco Supercars Championship Season Guide >> http://bit.ly/3Ee5yAK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re looking forward to the Australian Grand Prix on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast by looking back at touring car racing’s history on the F1 undercard. From the dramatic start to the first support race at Adelaide in 1985, we look through some of the wild and forgotten moments from the sprints on the South Australian streets, through the event’s move to Melbourne and its eventual addition to the Repco Supercars Championship calendar. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ 2023 Repco Supercars Championship Season Guide >> http://bit.ly/3Ee5yAK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale runs through the key news on the eve of the opening round of the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship, headlined by a significant announcement from Supercars, Ford and General Motors. The Garage: https://garage.repco.com.au/ Thrifty Newcastle 500 Official Program >> http://bit.ly/4141rRS 2023 Repco Supercars Championship Season Guide >> http://bit.ly/3Ee5yAK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue our chat with Thomas Randle on this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In the second and final part of our two-part sit down with the Tickford Racing pilot, he opens up about his battle with testicular cancer – from noticing the first symptoms in late 2019, the diagnosis and undergoing treatment in 2020 and coming back to win the Dunlop Super2 Series title. He also chats about F1 star Fernando Alonso driving his Supercar, his breakthrough front row qualifying performance at The Bend last year (and how it turned sour when the lights went green) and tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Thrifty Newcastle 500 Official Program >> http://bit.ly/4141rRS 2023 Repco Supercars Championship Season Guide >> http://bit.ly/3Ee5yAK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, headlined by an important rule being finalised with a week to go before the cars hit the track in Newcastle, plus an F1 star that will be piloting an Alfa Romeo Group A touring car in Adelaide. The Garage: https://garage.repco.com.au/ PRE-ORDER: Thrifty Newcastle 500 Official Program >> http://bit.ly/4141rRS PRE-ORDER: 2023 Repco Supercars Championship Season Guide >> http://bit.ly/3Ee5yAK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Thomas Randle on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In the first part of a two-part chat, Randle talks about following his dad into the sport, starting with racing karts at the age of seven through growing up to pilot the family’s Saab Sports Sedan. He also talks about his move into Formula 4 and heading to Europe to try and crack Formula 1, and battling future F1 star Lando Norris and IndyCar hero Colton Herta, then making the decision to come home and pursue a career in Supercars. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ PRE-ORDER: Thrifty Newcastle 500 Official Program >> http://bit.ly/4141rRS PRE-ORDER: 2023 Repco Supercars Championship Season Guide >> http://bit.ly/3Ee5yAK 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 in the wake of the official pre-season test at Sydney Motorsport Park, which marked the first time all 25 Gen3 Supercars have hit the track together. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage PRE-ORDER: Thrifty Newcastle 500 Official Program >> http://bit.ly/4141rRS PRE-ORDER: 2023 Repco Supercars Championship Season Guide >> http://bit.ly/3Ee5yAK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re looking back at the start of every previous ‘new era’ in ATCC/Supercars history on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. Aaron Noonan and Will Dale run through every evolution of the championship’s technical rules, from Appendix J to Improved Production, Group C and Group A, the dawn of the Five Litre Touring Car era and its various iterations (Project Blueprint, Car of the Future/Gen2) that led us to Gen3. We also look at how the first race of each era played out, and it’s an interesting journey… V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ PRE-ORDER: Thrifty Newcastle 500 Official Program >> http://bit.ly/4141rRS PRE-ORDER: 2023 Repco Supercars Championship Season Guide >> http://bit.ly/3Ee5yAK 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 and there has been plenty happening at Winton and Queensland Raceway as teams hit the track with their brand new Gen3 chassis. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage PRE-ORDER: Thrifty Newcastle 500 Official Program >> http://bit.ly/4141rRS PRE-ORDER: 2023 Repco Supercars Championship Season Guide >> http://bit.ly/3Ee5yAK TICKETS: Race Tasmania presents an Evening with Tasmanian Motor Racing Legends, including Marcos Ambrose and John Bowe >> http://bit.ly/3YE3Jp1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We wrap up our chat with longtime motorsport identity Chris Lambden on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In Part 2, Lambden talks about how Motorsport News came about, its rivalry with Auto Action and its legacy on the industry. He also talks about going racing in a historic Formula 5000 and how it led to the creation of the Formula Thunder 5000 concept. He also reveals how he nearly purchased the cars from a high-profile defunct series as its basis, and talks about the category’s long road to being born as S5000 – including the day he found out about Supercars’ rival concept and how it was resolved. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.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 runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, headlined by the latest as teams begin to hit the racetrack with their first cars built to Gen3 specifications. The Garage: https://garage.repco.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to longtime motorsport identity Chris Lambden on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. Perhaps best known now as the creator of S5000, an editor of Auto Action, the founding editor of Motorsport News and a touring car racer in his own right, Lambden has been around motorsport for over five decades. In the first part of our two-part chat, Lambden talks about his years racing karts in New Zealand and overseas, which brought him into the orbit of karting guru Terry Fullerton and his chief rival, a young Brazilian named Ayrton Senna da Silva. He also talks about his first publishing effort, his move to Australia and his time as editor of Auto Action. Lambden also chats about his move into touring car racing, getting a reference letter from Peter Brock for his driving, buying the 1987 Bathurst-winning Holden (and crashing it…) and how he nearly gave Craig Lowndes his first Bathurst 1000 start. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.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. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - The fate of WPS Racing’s Ford Falcon V8 Supercars - When Supercars’ pit lane garage order became dictated by the Teams Championship - Safety Car wave-around rules at the Bathurst 12 Hour - Our take on the removal of in-car anti-roll bar adjusters in Gen3 Supercars - The first motor race to be broadcast in colour on Australian TV - The time that ‘The Candyman’ couldn’t - How and why the start and finish lines at Mount Panorama are not one and the same - The most successful driver combos at the Sandown 500 and which ones went on to win Bathurst - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ TICKETS! V8 Sleuth Open Night with Garth Tander at the Bathurst 12 Hour >> http://bit.ly/3wsIUjW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, headlined by the latest from teams as the debut of the Gen3 platform nears and teams push to finish their cars in time for pre-season testing. The Garage: https://garage.repco.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Open Night with Garth Tander @ the Bathurst 12 Hour: https://bit.ly/3wsIUjW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re back for 2023 and we’re answering your questions! 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: - The last pre-Project Blueprint chassis to compete in the ‘main game’ - Who was the most successful driver in the Privateer’s Dashes from the late 1990s? - Nissan’s Bathurst-winning GT-Rs … or should that be GT-R? - The fate of the Gen3 prototypes - Holden’s most loyal ATCC/Supercars driver - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ TICKETS! V8 Sleuth Open Night with Garth Tander at the Bathurst 12 Hour >> http://bit.ly/3wsIUjW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Charlie O’Brien on our final episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco for 2022. In the last part of our two-part chat, Charlie talks about his years driving at the Bathurst 1000 for Allan Moffat, Dick Johnson and Tony Longhurst, his years racing NASCAR in Australia and his disastrous attempts to qualify for a Winston Cup race in the early 1990s. He also talks about racing in Super Touring, including the hilarious story behind his sponsorship by Virgin Cola, as well as racing in and winning the Bathurst 12 Hour with Mazda. Charlie also talks about coming back to race Carrera Cup in the 2000s and how it led to his final V8 Supercar race start at the 2004 Sandown 500 – and why that race remains a regret – and racing in V8 Utes. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.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 and there’s plenty going on despite being in the second week of the off-season, including Walkinshaw Andretti United confirming a two-car Super2 effort for next year. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Charlie O’Brien on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In the first part of a two-part chat Charlie shares some amazing stories from early in his career, including getting caught racing under age and discretely resuming his career under his brother’s name, and the time he sold his grandfather’s favourite horse to buy a faster car. He also talks about buying Dick Johnson’s Zupps Torana XU-1 for his touring car debut then moving up to an L34 and setting a long-standing record for being the youngest driver to win an ATCC race, then landing his dream drive with the Holden Dealer Team – at precisely the wrong time. He also opens up about what really caused his infamous crash in practice for the 1978 Bathurst 1000 and his close friendship with Gregg Hansford. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2022 Repco Supercars Championship might be over but there is still plenty of news for V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan to run you through, led by a bombshell announcement from Garth Tander who is leaving Triple Eight for a Ford team! The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Craig Denyer on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Father of Grant and a veteran of the Australian motorsport scene, Denyer shares plenty of incredible stories from his time in racing, beginning with his first encounter with motorsport at a Hume Weir Boxing Day meeting in the late 1960s, through to racing himself, his part in Allan Grice and Graeme Bailey’s famous win in the 1986 Bathurst 1000, through to tales from the inaugural running of Gold Coast Indy, the birth of the Bathurst 24 Hour, plus the story of V8 Utes from go to woah – including the alternative he and Bill West proposed that lost out to SuperUtes. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices