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Flashback: When Supercars last raced on The Bend ‘West’
15+ hour, 26+ min 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?
14+ hour, 48+ min 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
7+ hour, 38+ 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…...
Supercars finals calculator for every Enduro Cup scenario
21+ hour, 42+ min ago (149+ words) KEEP up with all the scenarios for the 2026 Repco Supercars Championship finals series with V8 Sleuth’s points calculator, as the ‘regular season’ reaches crunch time. Simply put in AirTouch 500 at The Bend finishing positions for all full-time drivers to see the…...
Bathurst-winning Ford available for fans
2+ day, 15+ 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,…...
Davison’s delight – and why he’s not got a point to prove
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (309+ words) AFTER his longest wait between Supercars races in 20 years, Will Davison returns to the field with a golden chance to add to his victory tally. Davison is teaming up with Grove Racing’s Matt Payne for the Ryco Enduro Cup, starting…...
Free-to-air V8 action overlaps Bend 500 Supercars event
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (195+ words) MOTORSPORT fans will have action to watch on free-to-air television this weekend – but it won’t be the Supercars pre-Bathurst 500-kilometre endurance race at Shell V-Power Motorsport Park. While that event is exclusive to Fox Sports and Kayo with only highlights…...
How track limits are set to factor at The Bend 500
2+ day, 19+ 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…...
BRT’s Stanaway confession: ‘We did have to twist his arm’
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (370+ words) BLANCHARD Racing Team manager Kate Harrington admits enduro recruit Richie Stanaway did take some convincing not to give Supercars away altogether after last year. Stanaway was booted from PremiAir Racing after the 2025 Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, marking the fourth time…...
Major change to rules around cigarette-liveried race cars
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (505+ words) A RANGE of historic motorsport car owners and drivers around Australia are set to be forced to fight for their right to race their cigarette-liveried racing vehicles in future events. Motorsport Australia has made a significant change to Schedule K…...