The V8 Sleuth Podcast

This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn features popular V8 Supercars and Super Touring privateer Cameron McLean.

The Queenslander was a fixture of touring car racing grids in the 1990s and early 2000s in the yellow hues of Greenfield Mowers, initially in two-litre racing in a variety of ex-factory machines before making the leap to V8s with Ford Falcons.

Among the first part of our two-part chat with Cam are the tales of starting out racing motorbikes, how he came to race an ex-Tony Longhurst BMW M3 in Sports Sedans and win the national title, making the leap to Super Touring, the gnarly surprise awaiting he and his crew when they unloaded their Opel Vectra fresh off the boat from South Africa, plus the slice of luck in finishing fourth in his final Super Touring Bathurst 1000.

He also talks about the start of his Supercars career, the deal he did to get on the grid after failing to qualify for his first race, and how he snagged the signature of John Cleland for his first Bathurst in a V8.

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The Supercars are set to head to the Apple Isle for the Snowy River Caravans Tasmania Super440, so we’re looking back at the championship’s history of racing at Symmons Plains on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn. We look through the event’s extensive history dating back to the 1960s, the Tasmanian road circuit that preceded it, along with the memorable races and results, the controversies, the massive shunts, and some of the weird things that have happened over the decades…

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

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

-   Which Nissan GT-R is in the Fox Collection?

-   The future of TCR in Australia

-   Our favourite Supercars season

-   The Bathurst 6 Hour

-   Cars being recalled to the ‘main game’ from DVS/S2

-   When Supercars started sea-freighting cars to NZ

-   Adding European cars to TCM

- The fate of the 2017 Bathurst-winning car

- And plenty more

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The V8 Sleuth Podcast looks ahead to this weekend’s Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour! Aaron Noonan is joined by the voice of the People’s Bathurst Enduro, Richard Craill, to preview the 2025 edition of the country’s premier production car race.

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You’ve asked and we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Shane Rogers 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:

-   How we rate the start of Brodie Kostecki’s stint with DJR

-   The whereabouts of Paul Radisich’s ‘99 Bathurst car

-   Our take on the Chevrolet/GM Homologation Team race

-   The times a sponsor has won its own race

-   Variety of makes and models at the front of the grid

-   Is the Bathurst 6 Hour the most underrated race in Australian motorsport

-   The reappearance of the Peter Jackson Search for a Champion Commodore!

-   Trans Am vs Super2

-   And plenty more

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This week’s V8 Sleuth Podcast guest might be better known for their voice than their name, having played a key role in Bathurst 1000 broadcasts and Channel 7’s touring car racing coverage through the mid-1980s and 1990s.

Englishman Richard Hay was in Australia recently and caught up with Noonz to chat about his memories of Mount Panorama, working under Mike Raymond and alongside the likes of Garry Wilkinson, Neil Crompton and Doug Mulray. He also talks about how his father Neville became involved in motorsport commentary and how that in-turn led him to being a cameraman, commentator, producer and presenter across his career in motorsport media.

He also shares some fun tales from his time as a racer himself, including taking part in the Le Mans 24 Hours!

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Supercars Championship and Bathurst 1000 race-winning engineer George Commins joins this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast.

Best known as the partner in crime for Brodie Kostecki’s recent successes, Commins shares stories from a long career that started with Mark Larkham and included a stint in Europe and in Formula 1 with Williams.

He opens up on just what life in F1 is like, his initial stint at Dick Johnson Racing in the 2000s, his time with Rick Kelly from 2015-2020 and his thoughts on the Nissan Altima Supercar, plus incredible insights into what makes Brodie Kostecki tick as a driver, their success at Erebus and where they are at amid DJR’s rebuild.

For V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus subscribers, you can also enjoy a snippet of Commins talking about the drivers he worked with in Europe, including current F1 stars Carlos Sainz Jr, Pierre Gasly and Charles Leclerc!

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The V8 Sleuth Podcast looks ahead to this weekend’s Race Tasmania at Symmons Plains for the opening round of the 2025 Trico Trans Am Series. Aaron Noonan and Mark Walker preview all the action, run through the massive 32-car entry list, the format for the weekend and some of the changes for this year’s season.

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You’ve asked and we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Shane Rogers 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:

- Did we really need to schedule three major motorsport events for the same weekend?

- Alternatives to keep the Sandown 500 alive

- The 2026 Supercars silly season

- Shane Rogers: Bathurst tour guide

- The future of the TCR Series in Australia

- The fate of the Team Brock Commodore from the 2002 Bathurst 1000

- Whatever happened to the Peter Jackson Search for a Champion Commodore?

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This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast comes from our chat with David Reynolds almost exactly five years ago in March 2020, when he visited Sleuth HQ with his chauffeur for the day - future Supercars champ (and his then enduro co-driver) Will Brown!

In this snippet, Reynolds opened up on a very serious topic: a tragic tarmac rally accident from the early part of his career.

Two weeks after securing the 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Reynolds was competing in the Mount Buller Sprint with navigator Paul Flintoft.

Their Elfin MS8 Clubman spun off the road and crashed down a 20 metre cliff, killing Flintoft and leaving Reynolds with head injuries.

If any of the things talked about in this mini episode resonate with you and you want to reach out for help or to just talk to someone, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or head to lifeline.org.au, or contact BeyondBlue on 1300 224 636 or head to beyondblue.org.au.

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