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Calendar Conundrums
As we prepare to farewell the 2017 season and look ahead to 2018, here’s a look at the key questions around the make-up of the calendar moving forward.
Beyond The Wheel
Taking It to the Streets
Top 10 Driver Signature Road Cars
Top 10 Driver Signature Road Cars
From F1 To Supercars
Sam Michael served his apprenticeship under Mark Larkham and spent 21 years in Formula 1. He now offers mentoring to Triple Eight Race Engineering’s engineering group.
Garry The Guru
STOP WHINING AND START RACING
More Falcons On The Grid
Ford will have the highest number of Falcons on the grid in the Car of the Future era in 2018 after race-winning DJR Team Penske and Prodrive Racing Australia FG Xs are handed down to customer teams.
Go - Karting To Fitness
With limitations on testing, Supercars drivers are increasingly going back to their go-karting roots to keep race fit.
The Decades Roll On
As we get set for the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship, let’s look back at the key decade-on anniversaries in Australian touring cars…
Sensational Adelaide 500
The Adelaide 500 turns 20 in 2018. The street-circuit event in the South Australian capital set a new standard for Supercars and established a template for marquee events that’s been repeated across the championship.
Bring It On!
DJR TEAM PENSKE VS TRIPLE EIGHT Triple Eight Race Engineering has dominated Supercars for over a decade. And its place at the top was only strengthened by being awarded sole Holden funding in 2017. But DJR Team Penske is now hitting its strides and presents Triple Eight with its biggest challenge yet in Supercars.
Mozzie Bites
Chaz Mostert tells Mark Fogarty why his big Bathurst crash in 2015 didn’t slow him down as he moves into early title contention following a long-awaited return to victory lane with Prodrive Racing Australia.
Sweet Sixteen
Teenager Alex Rullo is the youngest driver to ever race in Supercars and is combining his Year 12 studies with racing in the main game for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in 2017. So how is the Western Australian coping at such a young age?
Tickford's Homegrown Stars
While the focus from the Blue Oval side of the fence in Supercars has come from DJR Team Penske, there’s a fascinating subplot at Tickford Racing with the team’s homegrown stars Chaz Mostert and Cameron Waters taking over the mantle of team leaders following the departure of long-time teammate Mark Winterbottom. We chat with the Tickford Racing young guns on their new roles within the team and what comes next.
The Tech Play Book
Adrian Burgess and Campbell Little have won multiple championships for various teams.And now they apply the technical rulebook for Supercars. We touch base with the duo to discuss how they are trying to achieve a level-playing field with all their knowledge from working on the other side of the fence.
A Rich Racing History
The Australian Touring Car Championship/Supercars notches up its 60th season in 2019. To celebrate we look back at the six-decade history of the category, starting with how we got here through various guises.
The Race Of Champions
In total, 25 drivers have won the Australian Touring Car Championship/Supercars championship over the last six decades.
Garry The Guru
Changes to regulations needed.
Levelling The Playing Field
A new control gearbox/transaxle and ban on twin-spring dampers looks set to create more parity on and off the track in Supercars.
Beyond The Wheel
Settling In At Team 18
Miss Supercars
Following a high-octane week of appearances, judgings, education, media work-shops, life-coaching activities and on and off track action, Gabriella Bottarelli won the prestigious title of 2018 Miss Supercars Ambassador program driven by Unibet at the Vodafone Gold Coast 600.
1999 The Year That Was
The 1999 season saw the final implementation of changes that created modern-day Supercars, from the inclusion of the endurance events into the championship and the move to a control tyre to the debut of the Adelaide 500.
The Changing Face Of The Grid In 2019
With Craig Lowndes retiring from full-time driving and Mark Winterbottom in a Holden Commodore, the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship grid will look very different at the 2019 season-opening Superloop Adelaide 500.
The Falconer - Dick Johnson
Ford’s most successful, enduring and popular figure in racing for nearly 40 years, Dick Johnson is synonymous with the Falcon. Here he takes a walk down memory lane to pay tribute to the iconic Aussie car that helped make him one of the all-time greats
Remembering Oran Park
Ten years ago Oran Park Raceway hosted Supercars for the final time. We discover what’s left at Oran Park Town and take a trip down memory lane to Sydney’s best and much-missed motorsport circuit.
The Penske Way
Team Penske has been the dominant force in IndyCar for decades and has become the team to beat in NASCAR in recent years, bringing that winning culture to the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship with DJR Team Penske. We met with Roger Penske to discuss the rise of Team Penske.
Test Of Endurance
The Virgin Australia Supercars Championship goes into longdistance mode with the Pirtek Endurance Cup, which rewards the best-performing combination across the RABBLE.club Sandown 500, Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 and Vodafone Gold Coast 600.
Falcon Farewell
The Ford Falcon enters its final endurance campaign looking to add to its storied history at Mount Panorama, Bathurst, and take a 17th drivers’ championship.
David Reynolds - Joker In The Pack
David Reynolds emerged as a genuine championship contender with Erebus Motorsport in 2018. One year on since his win in the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Mark Fogarty sits down with Supercars’ class clown to discuss his progression with the team.
Third Time Lucky
After starting out at Triple Eight Race Engineering and being pushed out for Scott McLaughlin at DJR Team Penske, Scott Pye joined Walkinshaw Andretti United at a time of crisis. And just 18 months later his fortunes and that of his new team have turned right around.