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V8 Sleuth Aaron Noonan chats one-on-one with icons of Australian motorsport. Along with the big wins and the big moments, Noonz digs a step deeper and unearths a few forgotten tales and funny stories from their life in racing.
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In this second part of our chat with Rob Starr, we delve into the glory years of the Holden Racing Team, where success came naturally for Team Red. The discussion delves into the various roles Starr has held within the Walkinshaw operation, as well as the future outlook, with the outfittransitioning from the Ford Mustang to the Toyota Supra in 2026…
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V8SP: The Undercut – Unpacking The Bend & Bringing on The Mountain - Episode 3
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1:11:31On this episode of The Undercut, with thanks to Shell OTR, Aaron Noonan, Jack Perkins, and James Moffat pull apart the burning issues in Supercars. The team break down all of the big-ticket items from the inaugural enduro at The Bend, plus we look forward to the Bathurst 1000 and the cutoff race for the Supercars finals. There’s safety car chat, wh…
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Robb Starr has been there, and won that in Australian motorsport. One of the longest-serving members of the touring car paddock, Starr joined the Holden Racing Team in 1991 and remains with Walkinshaw Andretti United to this day. In part one of our chat, Aaron Noonan delves into the early days of HRT, through to the glory days of the outfit, where …
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V8SP: Mini Metal Podcast – The 1960s and ‘70s Bathurst Cars
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50:17Are you into model cars? Well, this is the podcast for you! In the first episode of the Mini Metal Podcast powered by The Diecast Detective, the V8 Sleuth, Aaron Noonan, is joined by the Diecast Detective himself, who takes a look back at the model cars of the Bathurst 500s and 1000s from the 1960s and ‘70s. You will be shocked by the value of some…
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V8SP: The Undercut – Episode 2 – Previewing the AirTouch 500 at The Bend
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1:04:06Aaron Noonan is once again joined by Jack Perkins and JamesMoffat to talk Supercars and more on the second episode of The Undercut with thanks to Shell OTR - V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up! Covered in the show is the big unveil of the T…
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V8SP: Mark Winterbottom on his new autobiography, ‘Frosty’
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54:10Mark Winterbottom joins us for his second visit to the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum to mark the release of his new autobiography, ‘Frosty’, written with former Daily Telegraph journo and longtime friend James Phelps. Buy Frosty now from the V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://bit.ly/3HKnQ1O V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> htt…
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With this year’s Enduro Cup looming, we’re going back to a lost era of endurance races on this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum. Will Dale and Shane Rogers run through some of the big touring car enduros that, because they weren’t a round of the ATCC or have long since lapsed, are all but forgotten…
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V8SP: The Pack Up – Queensland Raceway
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1:06:43V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan and Mark Walker break down all of the talking points after a big weekend of Supercars racing around a packed-out ‘paperclip’! V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Bathurst 1000 Program >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/collections/under-30/products/2025-repco-bathurst-1000-official-program V8 Sleu…
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V8SP: Q&A - Spare cars, JR’s Bathurst anniversary, Super2 parity
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52:58You’ve asked and we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Mark Walker tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - Warren Luff’s future as an enduro co-driver - The current status of the Australian Touring Car Championsh…
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V8SP: Wild and forgotten moments from ‘The Paperclip’
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56:42The Supercars are about to return to Queensland Raceway for the first time since 2019 for the Century Batteries Ipswich Super440, so we’re looking back at the championship’s history of racing at at the ‘Paperclip’ on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum. Aaron Noonan and our resident Queensland Ra…
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V8SP: Winton Festival of Speed: Everything you need to know
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36:10The V8 Sleuth Podcast looks ahead to this year’s edition of the Winton Festival of Speed on August 1-3! Aaron Noonan is joined by Mark Walker to look at what is rapidly becoming one of the best events of classic race cars on the calendar. TICKETS: Winton Festival of Speed >> https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-winton-festival-of-speed TICKETS: V…
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V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan and Mark Walker break down all of the talking points after a big weekend of Supercars racing in Tropical North Queensland! Broc Feeney continues to be on fire, belt buckles, timing, who's hot, who's not, and a whole heap more. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sl…
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Tickford Racing chief Simon Brookhouse joins us for this edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum. While he’d not been directly involved in motorsport prior to being recruited as Tickford’s CEO in early 2024, Brookhouse explains his background in other sports as well his own visits to Mount Panorama in his younge…
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We’ve got a Bathurst winner on this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum – and he’s a return visitor! A lot has happened since Lee Holdsworth’s last visit to the podcast in early 2021, headlined by his Bathurst 1000 victory with Chaz Mostert at the end of that year, plus an unexpected swansong full-tim…
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We’ve got a Bathurst winner on this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum – and he’s a return visitor! A lot has happened since Lee Holdsworth’s last visit to the podcast in early 2021, headlined by his Bathurst 1000 victory with Chaz Mostert at the end of that year, plus an unexpected swansong full-tim…
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Aaron Noonan and Will Dale explore all things ‘40’ throughout the world of motorsport in this episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn, in honour of Autobarn’s 40th anniversary in 2025. From Supercars and Bathurst 1000 stars, Formula 1 icons, Indy 500 close-calls to NASCAR legends, we look at the #40 across motorsport as well as a look …
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V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan and Mark Walker go through all the talking points after a hot weekend of Supercars racing in the top end at the betr Darwin Triple Crown at Hidden Valley. Broc Feeney's true triple crown, Grove Racing on fire, and those who had a tough weekend in the Top End, plus much, much more! Huge savings in V8 Sleuth’s EOFY Super Sale…
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V8SP: The Undercut, our new show about Supercars and more!
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1:30:00Haven’t had a chance to watch our new show, The Undercut? Listen to the first episode here on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn! Aaron Noonan is joined by Jack Perkins and James Moffat to talk Supercars and more - opinion, analysis and the boys certainly didn't agree on everything in this new program from V8 Sleuth. Jack downloads on his up…
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V8SP: Q&A - Illegal gearboxes, pointless penalties, Perth double-header
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35:45You’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: - What are the chances of two Perth rounds in 2027? - Penalties given to drivers that are out of contentions/out of the race - Supercars’ Free to air TV …
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This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn features Supercars race winner and two-time Super2 Series winner Dean Canto. A second-generation racer, we start the final leg of our two-part chat with Canto talking about his 2004 enduro drives with a pre-powerhouse Triple Eight, his 2005 Development Series title with Dick Johnson R…
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This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn features Supercars race winner and two-time Super2 Series winner Dean Canto. A second-generation racer, we start the first leg of our two-part chat with Canto talking about what he’s up to now and whether we’ll see him back in a racecar any time soon. We then look back through the ear…
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This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn features rising Supercars racer Cameron Crick. The son of six-time Australian Truck Racing Champion Rodney, the second-generation racer’s story is one of perseverence. Crick talks about the grind that has been hand-and-hand with his rise through the sport, including his approach to se…
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This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn features popular V8 Supercars and Super Touring privateer Cameron McLean. The Queenslander was a fixture of touring car racing grids in the 1990s and early 2000s in the yellow hues of Greenfield Mowers, initially in two-litre racing in a variety of ex-factory machines before making th…
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This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn features popular V8 Supercars and Super Touring privateer Cameron McLean. The Queenslander was a fixture of touring car racing grids in the 1990s and early 2000s in the yellow hues of Greenfield Mowers, initially in two-litre racing in a variety of ex-factory machines before making th…
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V8SP: Wild and forgotten moments from Symmons Plains
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56:16The Supercars are set to head to the Apple Isle for the Snowy River Caravans Tasmania Super440, so we’re looking back at the championship’s history of racing at Symmons Plains on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn. We look through the event’s extensive history dating back to the 1960s, the Tasmanian road circuit that p…
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V8SP: Q&A - Godzilla sleuthing, B6Hr wrap-up, TCR’s future
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44:18You’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 Autobarn. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - Which Nissan GT-R is in the Fox Collection? - The future of TCR in Australia - Our favourite Supercars season - The Bathurst 6 Hour…
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V8SP: 2025 Bathurst 6 Hour: Everything you need to know
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52:35The V8 Sleuth Podcast looks ahead to this weekend’s Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour! Aaron Noonan is joined by the voice of the People’s Bathurst Enduro, Richard Craill, to preview the 2025 edition of the country’s premier production car race. TV guide for the Bathurst 6 Hour >> https://bit.ly/4jwyDJZ V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth…
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V8SP: Q&A - The ‘Rat’s heartbreak AU, lap records, converting cars
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49:03You’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 Homol…
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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 u…
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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 …
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V8SP: 2025 Trico Trans Am Series: Everything you need to know
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39:43The 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://supers…
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V8SP: Q&A - 2026 silly season, clashing events, TCR’s future
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37:38You’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…
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V8SP Mini: The darkest point of David Reynolds’ career
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10:21This 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 acci…
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V8SP Mini: Brock & Skaife’s epic hire car race
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12:01This 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 h…
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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 spor…
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V8SP Mini: Becoming the 'Supersub' for your dream team
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11:10This 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 inciden…
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V8SP: Q&A - Reporting sensitive stories, top 25 drivers since 2000, mid-season manufacturer swaps
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29:33You’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 ha…
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V8SP Mini: Warnie’s role in Davison’s pursuit of F1 dream
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12:54This 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 h…
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V8SP: 2025 Bathurst 12 Hour: Everything you need to know
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56:29The 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…
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V8SP Mini: How Volvo’s deal to enter Supercars came together
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10:11This 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://bi…
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V8SP Mini: How a six-pack of beer produced one of the great Bathurst 1000 TV openers
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5:32This 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 Pa…
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V8SP Mini: What Murph and Ambrose really said at The Cutting in 2005…
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8:55This 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 ma…
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V8SP Mini: How siblings pulled off a ‘Bradbury’ moment
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9:25This 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 crash…
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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, disapp…
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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 …
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Ryco Rewind: When Will Davison hedged his brother on the last lap of the season
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8:13For 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 d…
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V8SP: Q&A - Driver salaries, mystery HDT car, S2 v SC at Bathurst
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44:18You’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 …
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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 m…
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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…
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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…
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