For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, headlined by the latest as teams begin to hit the racetrack with their first cars built to Gen3 specifications.

The Garage: https://garage.repco.com.au/

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We’re talking to longtime motorsport identity Chris Lambden on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. Perhaps best known now as the creator of S5000, an editor of Auto Action, the founding editor of Motorsport News and a touring car racer in his own right, Lambden has been around motorsport for over five decades. In the first part of our two-part chat, Lambden talks about his years racing karts in New Zealand and overseas, which brought him into the orbit of karting guru Terry Fullerton and his chief rival, a young Brazilian named Ayrton Senna da Silva. He also talks about his first publishing effort, his move to Australia and his time as editor of Auto Action. Lambden also chats about his move into touring car racing, getting a reference letter from Peter Brock for his driving, buying the 1987 Bathurst-winning Holden (and crashing it…) and how he nearly gave Craig Lowndes his first Bathurst 1000 start.

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You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast.

Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions:

-      The fate of WPS Racing’s Ford Falcon V8 Supercars

-      When Supercars’ pit lane garage order became dictated by the Teams Championship

-      Safety Car wave-around rules at the Bathurst 12 Hour

-      Our take on the removal of in-car anti-roll bar adjusters in Gen3 Supercars

-      The first motor race to be broadcast in colour on Australian TV

-      The time that ‘The Candyman’ couldn’t

-      How and why the start and finish lines at Mount Panorama are not one and the same

-      The most successful driver combos at the Sandown 500 and which ones went on to win Bathurst

-      And plenty more!

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For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, headlined by the latest from teams as the debut of the Gen3 platform nears and teams push to finish their cars in time for pre-season testing.

The Garage: https://garage.repco.com.au/

V8 Sleuth Open Night with Garth Tander @ the Bathurst 12 Hour: https://bit.ly/3wsIUjW

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We’re back for 2023 and we’re answering your questions! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast.

Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions:

-      The last pre-Project Blueprint chassis to compete in the ‘main game’

-      Who was the most successful driver in the Privateer’s Dashes from the late 1990s?

-      Nissan’s Bathurst-winning GT-Rs … or should that be GT-R?

-      The fate of the Gen3 prototypes

-      Holden’s most loyal ATCC/Supercars driver

-      And plenty more!

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We’re talking to Charlie O’Brien on our final episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco for 2022. In the last part of our two-part chat, Charlie talks about his years driving at the Bathurst 1000 for Allan Moffat, Dick Johnson and Tony Longhurst, his years racing NASCAR in Australia and his disastrous attempts to qualify for a Winston Cup race in the early 1990s. He also talks about racing in Super Touring, including the hilarious story behind his sponsorship by Virgin Cola, as well as racing in and winning the Bathurst 12 Hour with Mazda. Charlie also talks about coming back to race Carrera Cup in the 2000s and how it led to his final V8 Supercar race start at the 2004 Sandown 500 – and why that race remains a regret – and racing in V8 Utes. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions.

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V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship and there’s plenty going on despite being in the second week of the off-season, including Walkinshaw Andretti United confirming a two-car Super2 effort for next year.

The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage

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We’re talking to Charlie O’Brien on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In the first part of a two-part chat Charlie shares some amazing stories from early in his career, including getting caught racing under age and discretely resuming his career under his brother’s name, and the time he sold his grandfather’s favourite horse to buy a faster car. He also talks about buying Dick Johnson’s Zupps Torana XU-1 for his touring car debut then moving up to an L34 and setting a long-standing record for being the youngest driver to win an ATCC race, then landing his dream drive with the Holden Dealer Team – at precisely the wrong time. He also opens up about what really caused his infamous crash in practice for the 1978 Bathurst 1000 and his close friendship with Gregg Hansford.

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The 2022 Repco Supercars Championship might be over but there is still plenty of news for V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan to run you through, led by a bombshell announcement from Garth Tander who is leaving Triple Eight for a Ford team!

The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage

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We’re talking to Craig Denyer on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Father of Grant and a veteran of the Australian motorsport scene, Denyer shares plenty of incredible stories from his time in racing, beginning with his first encounter with motorsport at a Hume Weir Boxing Day meeting in the late 1960s, through to racing himself, his part in Allan Grice and Graeme Bailey’s famous win in the 1986 Bathurst 1000, through to tales from the inaugural running of Gold Coast Indy, the birth of the Bathurst 24 Hour, plus the story of V8 Utes from go to woah – including the alternative he and Bill West proposed that lost out to SuperUtes.

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