The V8 Sleuth Podcast

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from this week in the Repco Supercars Championship, headlined by Erebus locking in one of its two co-drivers for 2024, the cancellation of the 2024 Newcastle 500, and the major changes that have happened at Team 18 since the Repco Bathurst 1000.

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We’re talking to Tony Cochrane on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast polished by Bowden’s Own. In the second and final part of our two-part chat, he gives his take on the Gen3 car, the sport’s fans, some of the key learnings from his time in the AFL and one thing in particular that could be applied to Supercars, John Farnham, the emotions behind his exit from the sport in 2012, and plenty more. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions, which turned up some great tales – including an infamous 1996 meeting where he illustrated who actually owned the category.

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For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from this week in the Repco Supercars Championship, headlined by Triple Eight revealing just how close the #97 Chevrolet Camaro of Shane van Gisbergen and Richie Stanaway came to having the same gearshift mount failure as its two teammates in the closing stages of the Repco Bathurst 1000.

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

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We’re talking to Tony Cochrane on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast polished by Bowden’s Own. In the first part of a two-part chat, he talks about growing up, where his interest in events came from, bringing Frank Sinatra to Australia, his first car, fans, the Adelaide 500, the ‘Battle for Bathurst’ and cleaning up the Bathurst 1000, and setting up V8 Supercars.

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V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale and Connor O’Brien wrap all the Sunday action at the 2023 Repco Bathurst 1000, where Shane van Gisbergen and Richie Stanaway claimed the Peter Brock Trophy for Triple Eight Race Engineering.

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

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V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale and Connor O’Brien wrap all the Saturday action at the 2023 Repco Bathurst 1000, where Brodie Kostecki romped to pole position in the Top 10 Shootout.

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

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V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale and Connor O’Brien wrap all the Friday action at the 2023 Repco Bathurst 1000, where the big question is whether or not anyone can catch the provisional pole-sitting #99 Erebus Motorsport Camaro of Brodie Kostecki and David Russell.

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

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V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale and Connor O’Brien wrap all the Thursday’s action at the 2023 Repco Bathurst 1000, although the on-track action was overshadowed by some parity news off of it.

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

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You’ve asked and we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a special Repco Bathurst 1000 Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast polished by Bowden’s Own.

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

- Which races had the best and worst levels of reliability

- The biggest age difference between the oldest and youngest drivers on the grid

- The lowest car number never to win the race

- International drivers

- Cars that limped to the chequered flag

- And plenty more!

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Our next stop for Repco Bathurst 1000 race week for 2023 on the V8 Sleuth Podcast polished by Bowden’s Own is a chat with Brad Owen, who surely has one of the greatest jobs in Australian motorsport: he is the co-ordinator at the National Motor Racing Museum at Mount Panorama!

Brad takes us behind the scenes at the museum, discussing how he got the job in the first place, what’s involved in running it and the stories behind some of the cars that have graced its halls.

FYI, if you’re at Mount Panorama for the 2023 Repco Bathurst 1000, here’s when the NMRM is open:

Tuesday 3 October / Wednesday 4 October: 9am to 5pm

Thursday 5 October / Friday 6 October: 8am to 5pm

Saturday 7 October: 8am to 5:30pm

Sunday 8 October: 8:30am to 4:30pm

Monday 9 October: 8am to 4:30pm

Tuesday 10 October: Closed 😴

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