Paul Dumbrell

Motorsport

Whincup gets cracking as history grips the mountain

Mark Fogarty IN A V8 Supercars season dominated so far by just two teams, it was no surprise that the leading Holden and Ford squads set the pace in opening practice for Sunday's Bathurst 1000.

Motorsport

Winterbottom holds back for main game

BATHURST, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 04:  Craig Lowndes drives the #888 Team Vodafone Holden during practice for the Bathurst 1000, which is round 11 of the V8 Supercars Championship Series at Mount Panorama on October 4, 2012 in Bathurst, Australia.  (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

Mark Fogarty No surprise that the leading Holden and Ford squads set the pace in opening practice.

Motor Sport

Whincup tips Lowndes for the great race

Jamie Whincup

Mark Fogarty, Bathurst All leading contenders to decide first five rows of starting grid for Bathurst 1000.

Whincup joins greats on mount

Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell.

Mark Fogarty, Bathurst Jamie Whincup joins greats in the pantheon of Bathurst heroes with fourth victory in great race in just seven years.

Drive for perfection

Bathurst 1000

Mark Fogarty, Bathurst V8 Supercars champion Jamie Whincup disappointed after narrowly missing out on pole position.

Motorsport

Whincup joins greats on mount

Jamie Whincup

Mark Fogarty, Bathurst IT WAS a day for legends of the Bathurst 1000. As a host of former greats looked on, Jamie Whincup joined them in the pantheon of Bathurst heroes with his fourth victory in the great race in just...

As close finishes go, it was right up there

A general view of the Bathurst 1000.

Stephen Ottley It was the final Holden-versus-Ford duel at the Mountain, and it was arguably the best.

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Motor Sport

'Crazy Dave' Reynolds enlivens V8 ranks

David Reynolds.

Mark Fogarty At last year’s Bathurst 1000, V8 Supercars rising star David Reynolds didn’t know if he would be racing in the next event, much less the following season.

Motor Sport

Lowndes has lovin' feeling

Craig Lowndes/Warren Luff Commodore at yesterday's Sandown 500.

Mark Fogarty Bathurst beckons and Craig Lowndes is ready to answer the call of the mountain, as he is at this time every year.

Former F1 star to rev up Supercar series

Motor Sport Former formula one world champion Jacques Villeneuve is poised to race in next month's V8 Supercars championship event, the Townsville 400.

Motorsport

Jamie wins cup as rough, ready street fight goes down to the fire

Jamie Whincup

Josh Rakic JAMIE Whincup has won his third V8 Supercars championship amid carnage and flames - race two of the Sydney 500 all but finishing under the safety car as Ford's Mark Winterbottom claimed his first win...

Whincup closes on title with twin win

Holden's Jamie Whincup stepped up his march towards the V8 Supercar title after he whitewashed the Tasmania Challenge at Symmons Plains.

Teen driver injured in race crash

Guy Hand A teenage motor racing driver will undergo spinal surgery after a serious crash during a support race to the V8 Supercar championship at Oran Park.

Davison firms as Skaife's successor

Guy Hand Ford's rising star Will Davison is set to replace retiring V8 champion Mark Skaife at the Holden Racing Team next year.

Whincup on V8 pole at Surfers Paradise

Guy Hand The three surviving V8 Supercar championship contenders dominate the front two rows of the grid for Saturday's opening race at Surfers Paradise.

Rick Kelly handed Bathurst lifeline

Cameron Tomarchio Two-time champion Rick Kelly has been handed a lifeline after his teammate Paul Radisich ruined their Toll HSV Dealer Team Commodore in a high-speed crash.

Tander, Skaife to start on pole position

Cameron Tomarchio Reigning V8 Supercar champion Garth Tander and his five-time Bathurst winning teammate Mark Skaife will start on pole for Sunda's Bathurst 1000.

Championship factor is Bathurst wildcard

Cameron Tomarchio Popular opinion has it that only three cars can win this year's Great Race on Mount Panorama at Bathurst.

Ingall blasts V8 format at Albert Park

By Cameron Tomarchio Holden veteran Russell Ingall has called for V8 Supercar organisers to "wake up" and make the inaugural Manufacturer's Challenge a championship round.

Skaife tops Eastern Creek V8 charts

By Cameron Tomarchio The king of Eastern Creek Mark Skaife has set the fastest time in practice during the V8 Supercars second round.