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Flashback: When Supercars last raced on The Bend ‘West’
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (215+ words) IT has been six years since Supercars’ first and only previous occasion racing on The Bend Motorsport’s West Circuit. That came as the penultimate round of the COVID-affected 2020 season, with a 24-car field getting stuck in for a single-driver event....
Is this Supercarsâ best ever co-driver field?
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (205+ words) SUPERCARS’ co-drivers are about to earn their money with wet weather ensuring that the opening race of the Ryco Enduro Cup will start in sketchy conditions. That’s going to make for a high-risk, high-reward situation especially given the tendency for…...
Supercars Bend 500: Blanchard Racing Team reacts to disqualification of James Golding Richie Stanaway Aaron Cameron Zak Best
21+ hour, 41+ min ago (268+ words) THE Blanchard Racing Team has accepted fault for the miscalculation that has now officially seen both its Mustangs disqualified from the AirTouch 500 at The Bend. The BRT cars had taken the chequered flag under a serious cloud of doubt after…...
Bathurst-winning Ford available for fans
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (63+ words) With over 20 years in the Australian motorsport industry, Noonan is the head of V8 Sleuth. He’s held a range of roles including working in television with Seven and Ten, print media and public relations. With a specialty in Australian motorsport history,…...
How track limits are set to factor at The Bend 500
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (122+ words) TRACK limits are bound to be a talking point this weekend in a knock-on effect of Supercars’ switch onto The Bend’s West Circuit. V8 Sleuth understands that the exit of Turn 6 – which is now a sharp right-hander – will be policed via…...
Pye’s first Ford Supercars race in a decade
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (213+ words) SCOTT Pye’s decade-long run of 210 successive Supercars races in General Motors machinery will come to an end this weekend at The Bend Motorsport Park. Having started out at the top level with Holden-aligned Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, Pye drove for Dick…...
The other notable first this Falcon V8 Supercar achieved
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (368+ words) AMONG the sensational collection of Australian touring cars on display this week at The Bend is the Ford Falcon in which 2025 champion Chaz Mostert became a Supercars race winner. But that’s not the only notable first that this chassis is…...
Five blockbuster topics for Supercars’ Bend 500
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (552+ words) THE time is here: it’s endurance season and boy are there some burning questions to be addressed as the Supercars field rolls into town for the AirTouch 500 at The Bend. Let’s jump straight in… Chevrolet has got its wish for…...
Parity debate rages ahead of Bathurst 1000 curtain-raiser
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (280+ words) PARITY is back in the Supercars spotlight in a big way as enduro season arrives. Despite the category having more than two manufacturers for the first time since 2019, Ford utterly dominated the nine-round Repco Sprint Cup, winning 23 of 28 races and…...
The Supercars record Mostert is creeping up on
1+ week, 4+ day ago (168+ words) CHAZ Mostert’s prolonged affinity with Queensland Raceway is reaching levels rarely seen before in ATCC/Supercars Championship history. QR is of course the circuit where ‘Mozzie’ broke through to win in his rookie 2013 campaign for Dick Johnson Racing. Just last…...