The V8 Sleuth Podcast

This week two-time Supercars Champion and Bathurst 1000 winner Scott McLaughlin joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 1 we go back through his years in the Dunlop Series – now known as Super2 – including his first drive of a Supercar in 2009, the race where he genuinely felt like he could be a race-winner, his take on the remarkable ‘Class of 2012’, and how his first ‘main game’ drive with TEKNO Autosports came about.

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We celebrate 20 years of the Super2 Series in this edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken, recorded over Zoom.

Some of the things we chat about as we go down memory lane:

- The origins of the series, and the rival category that helped fire it into life

- All the different names the series has had – and the ‘Development Series’ was never one of them!

- The early standalone years

- ‘Trackside’, the TV show that was home to the series

- The champion drivers and teams it produced

- How it was a development series for more than just the drivers

- The great races: Lakeside 2000, Oran Park 2007, Bathurst 2012, etc

- And plenty more!

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This week Bathurst 1000 winner Luke Youlden joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 2, he talks about returning to Stone Brothers Racing and becoming a solo race-winner as a co-driver, following Fabian Coulthard from Brad Jones Racing to DJR Team Penske, his move to Erebus, the impact winning the Bathurst 1000 has on a driver, he tells his side of his race-winning campaign with Erebus in 2017 and how their pursuit of back-to-back wins unravelled in 2018, what went wrong in 2019 and how close he came to racing a Mercedes in Super2, and he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout.

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This week Bathurst 1000 winner Luke Youlden joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 1, the second-generation racer talks about his introduction to the sport through father Kent ‘The Bear’ Youlden, winning the Australian Formula Ford Championship, progressing into the Development Series, linking with the Ellery family and scoring his first two Supercars Championship podiums at the 2003 Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000, plus his years co-driving for Stone Brothers Racing and Ford Performance Racing – plus the two times he looked set for a full-time ‘main game’ drive...

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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 powered by Timken, recorded over Zoom.

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

- What footage still exists of Australian Touring Car Championship races prior to 1983 and of the Winfield Triple Challenge Events from 1992-1995?

- The current Supercars race format with soft tyres

- The Bowden family

- The Holden Bathurst Revival at this November’s Bathurst International

- How many Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline GTS-R HR31s were built

- Is Supercars too predictable?

- The ‘Holy Grail’ of missing Australian touring cars

- The union between Super2 and Super3 for the rest of 2020

- And plenty more!

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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 powered by Timken.

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

- Which circuits have alternate layouts that Supercars could use for repeat rounds at the same venue

- Did the Nissan Bluebird really have a sneaky turbo adjuster?

- What happens to Dunlop Supercars tyres after they're used up

- Jason Richards’ Bathurst podium Commodores

- Progressive grids

- What we’d like to see in the Gen3 Supercars regs

- Extending the Bathurst 1000 to the Bathurst 1500 or Bathurst 24 Hour

- The other Chiko Roll Commodore

- And plenty more!

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Ahead of the release of the new documentary ‘Brock: Over The Top’, the latest Classic Car episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken takes a look at the histories and the fates of the eight cars that Peter Brock used to claim the nine Bathurst 500/Bathurst 1000 victories that earnt him the title of ‘King of the Mountain.’

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This week multiple Supercars Championship race winner Michael Caruso joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 2, Caruso talks about standing on the podium at Bathurst in 2009, that incredible mid-race spin at Reid Park, and the real origin story of the special Valvoline livery that he and Lee Holdsworth used that weekend. He also tells a hilarious tale from the night out after his maiden V8 race win at Hidden Valley, opens up on his Nissan years, and tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our Motorfocus Top 10 Shootout.

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This week multiple Supercars Championship race winner Michael Caruso joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 1, Caruso talks about growing up watching his dad Mick race, his early years in karting and his brief time in Formula Ford, as well as his move to Europe to sweep floors for a Formula 3000 team to try and land a race drive. He then opens up about making the switch to V8 Supercars, the key role the late Jim Morton played in launching his tin-top career, and his … unusual … job interview with Garry Rogers.

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This week 2012 Bathurst 1000 winner Paul Dumbrell joins us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 2, ‘PD’ talks about the deal that nearly saw him replace Russell Ingall at Stone Brothers Racing, his breakthrough successes in 2010 and his years co-driving with good mate – and now fellow co-owner of Triple Eight Race Engineering – Jamie Whincup, along with tackling your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions plus our MotorFocus Top 10 Shootout.

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