Clipsal 500

Clipsal 500 marred by support race crash

By Cameron Tomarchio Ford's Jamie Whincup took out the first leg of V8 Supercars' season-opening Clipsal 500, but the event was marred by a serious accident in a support race.

Whincup on pole at Clipsal 500

By Cameron Tomarchio Last year's V8 Supercar championship runner-up Jamie Whincup broke the lap record on the way to pole position at the season-opening Clipsal 500 today.

Clipsal 500 set to roar into Adelaide

By Cameron Tomarchio The build-up may have been quiet but the V8 Supercars are set to roar into the streets of Adelaide for the season-opening Clipsal 500 on Friday.

'Frosty' ready to fire at Clipsal 500

By Cameron Tomarchio Ford Performance Racing were so excited about their 2008 V8 Supercar title prospects they wanted to work through Christmas.

Motor Sport

Pedal to the metal: Van Gisbergen roars back

Michael Lynch Less than three months ago Shane Van Gisbergen walked away from V8 Supercars declaring that he was disillusioned and burnt out, that he needed time away to think about the world outside the narrow...

Motorsport

New era has a familiar feel as Lowndes wins

Michael Lynch ANYONE expecting a new ball game with the advent of the V8 Supercars Car of the Future era might have to wait a little longer.

Old hands top new era

Michael Lynch, Adelaide All involved in the sport are tipping that the new set-up will bring a shake-up.

Peter McKay

Supercar import Engel parks himself in Australia

Peter McKay Maro Engel hasn't left a career in the high-profile German touring car (DTM) championship and a heady life in Monaco to move halfway around the world and then fail in Australia's highly competitive...

Motor Sport

Cagey Stoner's V8 contract remains unsigned

Mark Fogarty Former world motorcycle champion hasn't yet committed to racing in V8 Supercars, but he soon will.

Motor Sport

V8s make race format changes for 2013

Ed Jackson V8 Supercars has unleashed its version of cricket's Twenty20 format, with the motorsport championship announcing a dramatic change to its race formats for next year.

Motor Sport

Stoner all set for V8s

Valencia Life after MotoGP for Casey Stoner will involve driving a V8 Supercar. It's just a question of when.

Kelly gang out to make another steal - this time in a Nissan

Peter McKay Time is the enemy as the anointed Nissan team for the 2013 V8 Supercars series, Kelly Racing, works feverishly to get four Altima lookalike cars on the grid for next year's opening race, the Clipsal...

Whincup powers past as Davison runs on empty

Guy Hand IN A THRILLING race which came down to a last lap passing move, Holden's Jamie Whincup yesterday started his V8 Supercar title defence as a winner.

Misfire downs Whincup

A misfiring engine was behind Holden hero Jamie Whincup slipping from the lead in both the Clipsal 500 and the V8 Supercar championship.

Long-awaited win for Davidson

Guy Hand There was enough self-belief, and this time, there was enough petrol for Ford's Will Davison to post his first V8 Supercar win in two-and-a-half years at the Clipsal 500 yesterday.

Ford one-two as Davison and Winterbottom battle injuries

Robert Grant WILL DAVISON and Mark Winterbottom both shrugged off foot injuries for a Ford one-two in the V8 Tasmania Challenge yesterday.

Strange contrasts for Holden in NZ V8s

New Zealand represents a dominant domain for one side of the Team Vodafone V8 Supercar garage - for the other, a hoodoo.

Davison brothers to duel in V8s

Robert Grant Brotherly love will be put on hold this year as Alex and Will Davison rub bumpers in opposing V8 Supercar teams.

IndyCar to learn fate within a fortnight

Guy Hand Australia faces an uphill battle to retain the Gold Coast IndyCar race, with a stand-alone V8 Supercar round the best hope of saving the event.