FINAL SHOWDOWN - SUNDAY HOMEBUSH

The V8 Supercar Championship Series came to an end, and after twenty-eight races, over 6000km and across 15 domestic and international destinations, the finale race in Sydney put on a show never to forget.Emotions rode high as drivers prepared to tackle the final 250km of the 2011 V8 Supercar Championship. Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes battling to the last lap to see who would be crowned the...
December 4th, 2011 at 09:04am

THE SECOND-LAST RACE - Homebush Saturday Wrap Up

This weekend is the last round for the V8 Supercar Championship Series for 2011, as stable mates Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes battle it out for the title. However, the treacherous track lives up to its expectations by making the day hell for some.Fans are calling this race the best of the 2011 season, as madness was unleashed upon the Sydney streets since qualifying started. The top ten...
December 3rd, 2011 at 07:27am

IT'S GOING DOWN TO THE WIRE - SANDOWN SUNDAY WRAP

Sunday's finale to the Sandown Norton 360 Challenge was an aggressive one, as drivers attacked each other like hungry wolves for track position. Again, Triple Eight were in battale with a very hungry Ford Performance Racing pack as the rest smashed and spun each other._____________________________________________________The rain may have passed but the grass was still very slippery as many drivers...
November 20th, 2011 at 08:22am

WHO'S DOING THE RAIN DANCE - SANDOWN SATURDAY WRAP

The penultimate race event in all the V8 Supercars calendar was on show today, as the weather on both days, so far, have made driving conditions atrocious.In the practice sessions on Friday, some unlikely names topped the time charts as the young guns confirmed that the future of the sport is in safe hands with all their talent and aggressive racing. However, as the championship winds down to its...
November 19th, 2011 at 09:17am

TEAMMATES DO BATTLE AT SYMMONS PLAINS

The V8 Supercars are now finished with the endurance season and now all eyes are focused on single sprint racing. In particular, on TeamVodafone teammates Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes who are fighting for the championship title to be announced in only four races time.As the V8 Supercars world entered Symmons plains, sporting moustaches in support of Movember, a whole lot of drama was to unfold...
November 13th, 2011 at 12:31pm

Marco Simoncelli has died in a horrific race at Sepang.

Yes, you read correctly. In the space of one week the racing world is again in mourning for the loss of yet another superstar of Marco Simoncelli. As I was writing about the Gold Coast 600, I recieved the terrible news via friends on Twitter that the Italian MotoGP star has been killed in a racing accident at Sepang. He was 24 years old.What a sad week in motorsport it is. First the passing of...
October 23rd, 2011 at 11:48am

GC600 - Sunday Wrap

Day three of the Gold Coast 600 was a very controversial race as officials black flagged many drivers for kerb abuse but the controversy did not yeild a spectuclar finish between Whincup and Winterbottom.Twenty eight drivers and their international co-stars hit the streets of Surfers Paradise again today and with Jamie Whincup leading the championship again the battle was on with teammate Craig...
October 23rd, 2011 at 11:24am

GC600 Saturday Wrap-Up

The Armor All Gold Coast 600 wrapped up its first day in Paradise as drivers came in with heavy hearts and hunger for a race victory, but all in honour of a lost brother in Dan Wheldon.Just a week after the tragic death of Indycar champ Dan Wheldon, the V8 Supercar drivers and their internation co-stars held a moment silence as the racing family lost one of its brothers. The drivers branding their...
October 22nd, 2011 at 03:20pm

Race World in Mourning - IZOD IndyCar Series comes to a sad end.

Today, I woke up ready to report on all the action from the season finale of the IZOD Indycar series taking place in Las Vegas. However, motorsport can be dangerous and deadly - and even though losing somebody through crashes is extremely rare - it happened on the 17th of October 2011.Dan Wheldon, a Britain national, aged 33 and a father of two and husband, was killed today in a horrible accident...
October 17th, 2011 at 12:58am

Stoner is the king of the Island and of the world!

Stoner claims the world championship title, as well as, a race win on his 26th birthday at a place where conditions were atrocious.*************************The MotoGP has wrapped up at Phillip Island this Sunday 16th of October 2011. With all the hype heading into this weekend, home-grown hero Casey Stoner stared down the barrel of his second championship title, as well as, his fifth successive...
October 16th, 2011 at 08:21am

V8 Supercars Tackle Mt. Panorama, with a thrilling battle for win at the end.

The most treacherous mountain in Australian motorsport history has lived up to its name in this year’s V8 Supercars Bathurst 1000. Delivering yet another thrilling final lap to finish the grand finale.The holy grail of Australian motorsport was on offer as fifty-eight drivers tackled the mountain that gives no mercy when it comes to mistakes – Mt. Panorama. For Will Davison and his partner...
October 10th, 2011 at 12:03pm