The V8 Sleuth Podcast

This week Supercars race winner, Drivers’ Driver Award recipient and TCR Australia Series race winner Lee Holdsworth joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In Part 2 Lee chats about his time with Garry Rogers Motorsport, headlined by his maiden Supercars race win at Oran Park in 2007 and his Bathurst 1000 podium finish in 2009 – plus his ‘five year’ contract that actually went for six … He also chats about his move to Stone Brothers Racing and its change to Erebus, racing for Team 18 and the breakdown of that relationship and his move to Tickford. Lee also answers your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and tackles the Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout.

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This week Supercars race winner and Drivers’ Driver Award recipient Lee Holdsworth joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast. In Part 1, Lee chats about the recent news that he’s no longer a full-time Supercars racer, his move to TCR with support from Betty Klimenko, where his love of motorsport came from, his unorthodox progression towards Supercars compared to his peers, the ‘manual Tinder’ event where he met his wife Alana, plus the true origins of his ‘Leethal’ nickname and the straightforward way he got it to stick at Garry Rogers Motorsport.

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This week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast we’re chatting about GSR6, the car that famously let Glenn Seton down just nine laps shy of winning the 1995 Tooheys 1000. Along with the car’s most famous (or should that be infamous?) moment, we trace its history as a chassis that was at the centre of a major controversy, plus the other significant moments throughout its period history as a touring car.

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This week we’re looking back on a special era of Australian motorsport on the V8 Sleuth Podcast!

Between 1987 and 2000, Calder Park Thunderdome reverberated to the V8 rumble of NASCAR, the American-born category getting an Australian outpost thanks to the sheer force of will of Bob Jane. Aaron Noonan and Will Dale share their memories of watching NASCAR and AUSCAR at the Thunderdome, its rise and fall, and chat about the stars and cars of a category that holds a unique place in local motorsport history.

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This week we’re turning the spotlight on ourselves in a special episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken!

Will Dale sits down with V8 Sleuth Managing Director Aaron Noonan to chat about what V8 Sleuth does, how it came about, and a bit of a behind the scenes look at how and why we do what what we do – plus ‘Noonz’ tells a few stories from his own career in Australian motorsport media and what led to the creation of the organisation as it stands today.

The boot is also on the other foot for our other popular segments as Noonan answers your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and tackles the Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout.

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This week we’re recapping the best moments from across all the episodes in 2020 of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken! We had the privilege of bringing to you some amazing stories this year, while your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout also delivered some incredible and funny tales – we’ve picked out a handful for you to enjoy!

If this is your first time listening to the V8 Sleuth Podcast, make sure to go back and listen to the full episodes of each guest you hear from in this compilation!

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You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and new recruit Stefan Bartholomaeus tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken.

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

- Sandown’s absence on the 2021 calendar

- The loss of Grant ‘Shippy’ McPherson from Triple Eight

- The process for de-registering a Supercar

- Would Supercars ever go paddle-shift?

- How do we determine what constitutes a ‘round start’

- Could DJR run #1 at Bathurst when Scott McLaughlin comes back?

- Can Supercars benefit from someone taking on a Stone Cold or Chris Jericho persona?

- A Supercar’s potential lap time on soft tyres at Bathurst

- And plenty more!

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This week Riana Crehan joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. Off the back of her announcement that she will not be part of Supercars’ television broadcast team in 2021, Crehan talks about the overwhelming support she’s received from fans in the days since and what her plans are for the future. She also opens up about what has been a tough 2020 and a bit of reflection on how she has coped with a rollercoaster year. She also chats about how she first came to be involved in the sport via the Miss V8 Supercar competition, and how it led her on the path to her career in broadcasting – plus the hilarious story of her meeting with future husband Will Davison. Finally, she tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout.

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This week two-time Bathurst 1000 winner Allan Grice joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 2, he talks about his long and successful relationship with Les Small, his time racing NASCAR both in Australia and in the United States, racing in the Le Mans 24 Hours, and how he found himself becoming a Queensland state politician. Finally, he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout.

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This week two-time Bathurst 1000 winner Allan Grice joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 1, Gricey talks about how he got into motorsport, the origin of his ‘Maitland pastry chef’ tag and the unlikely way his enduring sponsorships with Craven Mild and SAAS began, his first tilt at the ‘Great Race’ in a Fiat with Bill Tuckey and his victories in 1986 and 1990, plus we chat about Sam, his much-loved labrador who doubled as a motoring journalist!

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