The V8 Sleuth Podcast

We’re looking back at the start of every previous ‘new era’ in ATCC/Supercars history on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. Aaron Noonan and Will Dale run through every evolution of the championship’s technical rules, from Appendix J to Improved Production, Group C and Group A, the dawn of the Five Litre Touring Car era and its various iterations (Project Blueprint, Car of the Future/Gen2) that led us to Gen3. We also look at how the first race of each era played out, and it’s an interesting journey…

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V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship and there has been plenty happening at Winton and Queensland Raceway as teams hit the track with their brand new Gen3 chassis.

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We wrap up our chat with longtime motorsport identity Chris Lambden on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In Part 2, Lambden talks about how Motorsport News came about, its rivalry with Auto Action and its legacy on the industry. He also talks about going racing in a historic Formula 5000 and how it led to the creation of the Formula Thunder 5000 concept. He also reveals how he nearly purchased the cars from a high-profile defunct series as its basis, and talks about the category’s long road to being born as S5000 – including the day he found out about Supercars’ rival concept and how it was resolved.

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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 as teams begin to hit the racetrack with their first cars built to Gen3 specifications.

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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.

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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.

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