The V8 Sleuth Podcast

We’re talking to Dick Johnson this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. We last caught up with the Supercars Hall of Famer in 2019 to talk about his team’s race cars, and this time we’re chatting to him about his years at the Bathurst 1000. We cover the highlights – his three wins in 1981, 1989 and 1994 – a few of the lowlights, and a host of entertaining tales around his trips to Mount Panorama. Win a DJR Ford Mustang from Repco: https://bit.ly/3nQMMXi 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 runs through the key happenings from last weekend’s Bunnings Trade Sydney SuperSprint, runs through what you need to know for this weekend’s ARMOR ALL Sydney SuperNight, while On This Day looks at moments from Supercars history that happened on November 2. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Supercars returning to action with a four-round stint at Sydney Motorsport Park, this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco we’re looking back at the AMSCAR Series, the touring car track championship held at Amaroo Park in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. We run through the concept behind AMSCAR, why and how it existed, the big cameos, the privateers that starred against the professionals, why it faded away – and its one-year comeback in 1997 outside V8 Supercars’ control. 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 runs through everything you need to know as the season prepares to resume at this weekend’s Bunnings Trade Sydney SuperSprint. 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 a Classic Car: a Holden Commodore with a long, long racing life! Chassis RF 04 began its life as a Holden Commodore VN Group A SS in 1991 and kept racing – upgraded to a VP, then VR then VS specifications – until 2007! It hosted young guns, a world champion, well-known privateers and (at one point) a future Supercars Hall of Famer, gave Neil Crompton his maiden ATCC/SC podium finish, and had a starring role in some infamous Mount Panorama moments. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re talking to Jessica Dane on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Jess talks about her role in the upcoming new era at Triple Eight as her father Roland prepares to step back and Jamie Whincup moves from the cockpit to the Team Principal role, and talks about her journey in motorsport so far, including her earliest motorsport memory, joining Triple Eight, her gap year outside motorsport, and her role with the FIA’s Girls on Track program in growing interest in STEM subjects and industries with school girls by using motorsport as a tool. She also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout. 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. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - Should Supercars have run a 500km enduro among its four Sydney events? - Which circuit has hosted the most championship rounds - The Dash for Cash and the likelihood of something similar coming back to Supercars - If round wins still mattered, who would have the most - Wildcard chassis for the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 - The ‘drift’ V8 Supercar created by Triple Eight and driven by Shane van Gisbergen - Bathurst 1000 documentary ideas off the back of the Netflix release of Schumacher - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re talking to James Moffat on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, we pick up the chat in 2011 when Moff came close to snagging a surfboard in his first Gold Coast 600, the Nissan years – including his maiden V8 Supercars win at Winton in 2013 and standing on the Bathurst podium in 2014, and his difficult years at Garry Rogers Motorsport and the roundabouts way he returned to them to race in the TCR Australia Series. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the V8 Sleuth 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 talking to James Moffat on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, Moff shares his early racetrack memories, how his uncle got him started in motorsport, his whirlwind national-level racing debut in a Lotus at Hidden Valley, joining Sonic Motor Racing as a mechanic and turning that into driving for them, gambling on himself in his breakthrough rookie Development Series season and landing a seat in V8 Supercars. 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 Repco we’re talking Jessica Yates from FOX SPORTS. Jess shares her story of growing up in a sporting family, choosing journalism as a career path – including a stint overseas as a subeditor at a newspaper in Laos! – and how she turned a part-time opportunity at FOX into becoming the face of the network’s motorsport coverage. She also shares a few stories from her career, including being live on air on the Friday at the 2020 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix as COVID-19 shut down the event, and she tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions. V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re talking to Neil Crompton on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Ahead of the release of his autobiography ‘Neil Crompton: Best Seat in the House’, Neil shares a couple of stories from his career behind the wheel and behind the microphone, ranging from Peter Brock to Dame Edna, touring car legends to Indycar testing - and you can even hear a snippet of one of his earliest pieces of TV commentary. He also gives an update on his health in the wake of his prostate cancer diagnosis earlier in 2021. Pre-order Neil’s book: https://bit.ly/2X1wOjv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco we’re talking about the ‘Immortals’ of Australian Motor Sport with Luke West. A long-time motorsport media identity and former editor of Australian Muscle Car Magazine, Luke has just published a book looking at the 10 drivers whose impact on the local racing scene will see their names and feats live on. 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 Repco we’re chatting about a Classic Car: the yellow Holden Monaro 427C, the first built to Nations Cup specification by Garry Rogers Motorsport. We cover its built, its technical specifications, the controversy that surrounded it and why its 2002 Bathurst 24 Hour win was far from the runaway dominance the final results suggest. We also chat with Nathan Pretty, who shares a couple of stories from his time as the car’s main driver. V8 Sleuth Bookshop Bundle & Save – including Nations Cup Monaro products: https://bit.ly/37UkuDU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re bringing you a special ‘From the Archives’ episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco featuring an interview with the late Harry Firth, recorded in February 2008 by the National Library of Australia. Part 2 features Firth talks about his time with both Ford and Holden, winning the Bathurst 500 as a driver and as a team manager, developing the Ford Cortina GT500, the first GT Falcon, plus the Holden Torana XU-1 and L34, and a rising young star named Peter Brock. V8 Sleuth Bookshop – Bundle & Save: https://bit.ly/37UkuDU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan is joined by Brad Jones Racing’s Nick Percat to talk about his big move north, his take on his start to the 2021 season, how BJR are adapting its cars to be more ‘Penske’-like, and his strong thoughts on introducing auto-blip with the proposed paddle gearchange for Gen3. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re bringing you a special ‘From the Archives’ episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco featuring an interview with the late Harry Firth. Recorded in February 2008 by the National Library of Australia, Firth talks about his early life growing up in Gippsland, where his interest in mechanical things came from, his time as a dispatch rider and mechanic in the Army during World War II, and how all those experiences shaped the legend that became known as the ‘Fox’. Firth also talked about his early years in motorsport and the first running of the ‘Great Race’ at Phillip Island in 1960. 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, Aaron Noonan is joined by Stefan Bartholomaeus to cover the news of Red Bull renewing its sponsorship of Triple Eight through to the end of the 2023 season, the positives that each of Supercars’ prospective new owners could bring, their winners and losers of the 2021 season so far, plus the pick of the Super2 races currently being uploaded to Supercars’ SuperArchive on YouTube. 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. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - The teams that have scored the most front-row lockouts - The first Safety Car period in ATCC/SC history, and where have all the old Safety Cars gone? - What happened to the car Fabian Coulthard rolled on Lap 1 of the 2010 Bathurst 1000 - Are the two Alan Jones cars that caught fire at Lakeside in ’95 and Bathurst in ’96 still around? - Some gearbox/transaxle Sleuthing - The driver with the most race starts in #05 after Peter Brock - And plenty more! 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 the delayed Bathurst 1000 amid major calendar changes for the second half of the 2021 season, what the new date means for the likelihood of former champion Scott McLaughlin making it back for the race, plus a snippet of how the Gen3 Chevrolet V8 engine may sound based on a preliminary test at Queensland Raceway. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re bringing you a special ‘From the Archives’ episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco featuring an interview with the late Bob Jane. Recorded in February 2008 by the National Library of Australia, Jane talks about his early life growing up in Brunswick, racing bicycles before getting into car racing, how he accidentally got into the tyre business, shares stories from his victories in the early years of the ‘Great Race’, plus putting the Australian Grand Prix back on the map in the 1980s and bringing NASCAR down under with the Thunderdome. 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, Aaron Noonan is joined by Stefan Bartholomaeus to cover the big news of the Grove Group taking full ownership of Kelly Grove Racing at the end of the 2021 season, analysing what the Kellys' sale really means and giving a rundown on how Todd Kelly’s involvement will continue despite the change, plus the highs and lows of Todd and Rick Kelly time as team owners in the Supercars Championship. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re talking to Marcos Ambrose on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Marcos explains how he has come to be the Competition Director at Garry Rogers Motorsport plus his new role as a TV pundit for Supercars’ broadcasts. We look back at his time racing Formula Ford in Australia and abroad, his first V8 Supercars drives in a Holden, his first Bathurst with Stone Brothers Racing in 2000 – no, that’s not a typo! – and his misfortunes at Mount Panorama, plus his championship success at Stone Brothers Racing. He also tackles our new segment What’s In Your Cupboard courtesy of The Motorsport Trader as well as your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions, plus the 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 is joined by Greg Murphy to wrap up last weekend’s WD-40 Townsville SuperSprint, including his take on who Triple Eight’s biggest rival is, the likely suitors for the soon to be vacant #88 car of Jamie Whincup, his preparations for his Bathurst 1000 wildcard, and what he believes should be the first move for whoever purchases Supercars. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re talking to Marcus Marshall on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, Marcus opens up about his season in ChampCar racing for Team Australia, including how he got the drive and how he was suddenly dropped after his home race. He then talks about returning to race in Australia, including his side of IntaBill Racing’s brief existence in 2009, and where we might see him racing in the next few years. He also tackles our new segment What’s In Your Cupboard courtesy of The Motorsport Trader as well as your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions. 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 is joined by Erebus Motorsport’s Will Brown to wrap up last weekend’s NTI Townsville 500, an event where he made a Top 10 Shootout for the first time and finished fifth in the Sunday race. Brown also talks about his season to date, the atmosphere within the Erebus team (a Happy Birthday message too for his team owner Betty Klimenko!) and also tells us about going back to his day job in the week between Townsville rounds: selling used cars in Toowoomba! The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re talking to Marcus Marshall on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, Marcus talks about how he got into racing in the first place aboard a Mazda RX-4, how he bought his first racecar on Bartercard, his difficult early years in Formula Ford, the chance meeting that led to a plum Carrera Cup drive, his star cameo in Porsche Supercup and British Formula 3 race win, all of which led to him securing a ChampCar drive for 2005 – which we’ll cover off in Part 2 next week! 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 that this weekend will likely be the first of two rounds held in Townsville this year, the cancellation of the 2021 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, the new machinery coming to the Super2 Series in 2023, and more! The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re talking to John Faulkner on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, John talks more about his NASCAR and AUSCAR days – including the time Peter Brock raced one of his cars – before opening up on his time in V8 Supercars, including his side of the $300,000 fine he was levied by the sport in 2003. He also reveals his battles with cancer in recent years, and tells some funny tales off the back of your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions. 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 is joined by Tickford Racing’s Cam Waters to talk about the recent stories about which team he’ll be driving for in 2022, how he rates his 2021 Repco Supercars Championship season to date, Tickford’s likely form at the upcoming Townsville 500, plus his brother’s Mercedes speedway sedan and an update on his 1974 Ford Falcon XB hardtop restoration. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re talking to John Faulkner on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, John talks about buying a one-way ticket from New Zealand to Australia as a teen, doing the hard yards to get into motorsport, the crash that put him on the path to the Bathurst 1000, giving away car racing and getting into karting – which eventually got him back into car racing! – and becoming one of the stars of Calder Park Thunderdome in AUSCAR and NASCAR. 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 is joined by the Shell V-Power Racing Team’s Will Davison to wrap up the Merlin Darwin Triple Crown, covering Davison’s sweep of the pole positions and twin podium finishes on Sunday, his take on his start to the 2021 season, and what comes next for the new Supersoft tyre after its Hidden Valley debut. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re talking to Supercars’ Head of Motorsport Adrian Burgess on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, Adrian talks about how he ended up back in Formula 1 and how it led him to a new life in Australia. He opens up about his move to Dick Johnson Racing in 2006 and the team’s against-the-odds championship triumph in 2010, as well as his time at Triple Eight Race Engineering and the moment he told Roland Dane he was leaving for the Holden Racing Team. Adrian also talks about riding the Tour De Cure, and 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

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly previewing the Merlin Darwin Triple Crown, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan chats to Chaz Mostert about his newly-announced deal to stay at Walkinshaw Andretti United, and to commentator Chad Neylon about stepping into the booth for the Repco Supercars Championship this weekend. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re talking to Supercars’ Head of Motorsport Adrian Burgess on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, Adrian talks about how he got into motorsport in the first place, leaving home at 15 to join a race team and plotting his path as a mechanic to Formula 1. He also shares some stories from his time with McLaren, including a prank the test team played on Ayrton Senna, memories of the Chrysler/Lamborghini V12, and winning a world championship with Mika Hakkinen. 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 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