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Dick Johnson Racing's update on "tough cookie' Kostecki
38+ min ago (358+ words) BRODIE Kostecki will be okay to partake in the Darwin Triple Crown finale tomorrow, Dick Johnson Racing has assured. Kostecki suffered with limited water access during the 70-lap Saturday race at Hidden Valley. He still managed to finish third, but…...
Trauma for Toyota contingent in Darwin
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (337+ words) IT is shaping up to be a tough Saturday in Darwin for Toyota after a brutal start to Race 18. The top Supra driver in the championship, Ryan Wood, is already done for the day due to a power steering problem…...
Waters snaps 46-race victory drought
1+ day, 23+ min ago (57+ words) Connor O'Brien joined V8 Sleuth in 2022 as website Editor. He won the Supercars Media Award in 2017 while working as a sports reporter at the Gold Coast Bulletin, before stints at Supercars and Speedcafe. During his time at V8 Sleuth he's twice (2022, 2023) been…...
Kostecki defies "severe man flu" for Darwin first
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (188+ words) BRODIE Kostecki has done it yet again. In the latest instance of the 2023 champion defying illness, Kostecki rebounded from an interrupted practice this morning to grab his first Hidden Valley pole position. It gives him a golden opportunity to now…...
Darwin to host first Supercars night race
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (282+ words) SUPERCARS will race under lights next year at Hidden Valley in a first for the Darwin Triple Crown event. Marie-Clare Boothby, Attorney General of the Northern Territory, made the announcement a short time ago live on Motor Racing 360. "We're very…...
Shane van Gisbergen likens San Diego NASCAR track to Supercars Homebush
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (443+ words) NASCAR will take a step into the unknown this weekend with its inaugural Coronado Street Course race in San Diego, but the challenge ahead is not totally foreign to Shane van Gisbergen. The nature of the layout means all eyes…...
Gasly-esque: When Moffat had a big result reinstated
4+ day, 26+ min ago (271+ words) ALPINE'S successful challenge of two penalties in order to save Pierre Gasly's Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix podium got us at V8 Sleuth thinking. With the help of our incomparable number-cruncher Shane Rogers, we tracked down a somewhat similar " and arguably far…...
Cauchi's forgotten chapter with Supercars minnow
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (417+ words) IT was the low-profile apprenticeship that laid the foundations for multiple championship-winning campaigns to come. With David Cauchi resurfacing in the motorsport scene on the weekend comes an opportune moment to reflect on the oft-forgotten time he was seconded to…...
Supercars championship or Bathurst 1000? David Reynolds is clear on his top priority
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (375+ words) AS much as David Reynolds is eyeing a run at finals this year, he remains adamant that winning the championship is not the biggest prize in Supercars. Rather, Reynolds is in the camp that values the Bathurst 1000 above all else....
V8 Sleuth Magazine Issue 4 on-sale now
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (343+ words) THE new issue of V8 Sleuth Magazine, issue 4, is officially on sale as of today. The high-quality, 104-page publication is on sale from this week in newsagents around Australia as well as being available online here from the V8 Sleuth Superstore. Additionally,…...