The V8 Sleuth Podcast

As ‘Australia’s Own’ car prepares for its final tilt at ‘The Great Race’, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan and Will Dale debate which is the greatest model of Holden to have tackled the Bathurst 1000. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Win Gold Coast Supercars tickets: https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/gc-comp/ Score a free hat from Caltex: https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/caltex/ Learn more a...

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship ahead of the biggest week of the year: the lead-up to the Repco Bathurst 1000. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Win Gold Coast Supercars tickets: https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/gc-comp/ Score a free hat from Caltex: https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/caltex/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

It’s time for that special Sunday in October! V8 Sleuth's Aaron Noonan and Will Dale run through what you need to know ahead of this year's Repco Bathurst 1000 and answer your questions ahead of the 2022 edition of ‘The Great Race’. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Buy the 2022 Bathurst 1000 program: https://bit.ly/3dafe5k Score a free hat from Caltex: https://www.v8sleuth...

We’re talking to Craig Lowndes on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. We open the last part of our two-part chat talking about his emotional triumph in the 2006 Bathurst 1000, held just a few weeks after the death of his friend and mentor Peter Brock. We cover his 2010 triumph, playing football at the same club that Brock did, how he ended up with his long-standing helmet design, tackling the...

We’re talking to Craig Lowndes on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. We open the first part of our two-part chat talking about buying his first road car, the Ford Cortina he drove while lead driver at the Holden Racing Team – and the white lie he told them about selling it. We also chat about the Formula Ford he's currently restoring, driving the ‘Black Death’, a DJR test that didn’t happen,...

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, starting with the action from Friday practice for the ITM Auckland SuperSprint and a plan for Pukekohe to be preserved digitally after its closure in early 2023. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Anton De Pasquale on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Aaron Noonan sits down with him in the boardroom at Dick Johnson Racing to chat about his career to date, including how he got into karting in the first place as he isn’t from a family that was already into motorsport, making the big move to Europe and some of the big names he raced against, coming home to Australia and...

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, starting with a major update on the composition of the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 field. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Buy your ticket to the V8 Sleuth Open Night @ the Bathurst 1000 with Greg Murphy: https://bit.ly/3QezP5I Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Roland Dane on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In the final part of our two-part chat, we dive deeper into the story of Triple Eight in Supercars with RD, starting with the team’s breakthrough win with Craig Lowndes at Eastern Creek in 2005, the same year it did a deal with one of its rivals, Stone Brothers Racing, for engine supply. We also talk about how Triple Eight’s s...

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, starting an update on the Newcastle 500 and a milestone for Erebus’ Gen3 Supercar plans. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Roland Dane on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. We open the first part of our two-part chat getting the rundown on the new era at Triple Eight Race Engineering following the changes in ownership and management over the past 24 months, headlined by his stepping out of the Managing Director and Team Principal roles. Dane then rewinds back to his early years in business and mo...

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan and Connor O’Brien run through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, starting with the action from Friday practice for the Penrite Oils Sandown SuperSprint. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Craig Baird on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In the second part of a two-part chat, Bairdo talks about retiring from motorsport at the end of the 1998 season and getting a ‘real’ job in 1999, only to get pulled back into motorsport by Stone Brothers Racing, reviving his career Down Under. He opens up about his early years in V8 Supercars, from SBR to Prancing Horse Racin...

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship this week, headlined by something we haven’t seen since 2004: Craig Lowndes driving something other than a Triple Eight car in an official session at a championship round! The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Craig Baird on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In the first part of a two-part chat, Bairdo talks about starting his racing career at just four years of age and racing a Formula Ford at age 15! The three-time New Zealand Grand Prix winner also chats about the Kiwi star that played a big role in his development – and the other Kiwi legend that threatened to stab him with a...

You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Stefan Bartholomaeus tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - The subsequent history of the T8 chassis that copped a wheel in the windscreen at Bathurst in ‘05 - The forgotten Peter Brock Sierra - The prospect of episodes of V8 SuperStars...

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship this week ahead of this weekend’s OTR SuperSprint at The Bend. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Win Sandown Supercars tickets: https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/sandown-comp/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Walkinshaw Andretti United team principal Bruce Stewart on this week's V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Bruce chats about his background outside of motorsport prior to getting involved with one of Supercars’ most decorated teams, the feedback that WAU has had from fans and the industry on their shock Ford switch and how they’ll farewell their Holden legacy, and opens up on some...

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship this week, and there’s been a fair bit going on – led by the category owner RACE's rejection of a takeover bid. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to veteran motorsport media identity David Hassall this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. ‘Hass’ shares a heap of tales from across his six decades around motorsport, from his start as a Victorian hillclimb reporter at Racing Car News through to his roles as editor of Auto Action and founding editor of both Motorsport News and Australian Motor Racing Magazine, and the c...

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, starting with the latest on the future of the Newcastle 500. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to veteran sports broadcaster Mark Howard this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. The host of the popular The Howie Games podcast shares stories from his time around motorsport, including getting his start in the glamorous world of Formula 1 with a decidedly unglamorous job, his formative days at Channel 10 and hosting Trackside, through to how The Howie Games podcast ca...

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, starting with the action from Friday practice for the NTI Townsville 500. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Sven Burchartz this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Normally preferring to keep his co-ownership of Tickford Racing low-key, Burchartz opens up on his love of motorsport, his involvement in the sport as a racer, a category chief and through his day job as a lawyer, and how he came to own a stake in Tickford Racing. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum...

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, starting with confirmation that a 29th car will join the field for this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000, plus new owners – and an old number – for a significant car in Holden’s ‘Great Race’ history. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage ‘05’ Big Banger returned to ‘25’ by new owners: https://bit.ly/3ORCJg...