The V8 Sleuth Podcast

We’re talking to Nathan Pretty this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, Nathan talks about racing for three different factory Holden teams in 2002, shares stories about racing the Garry Rogers Motorsport-built Nations Cup Holden Monaro 427C and his little mishap during the Bathurst 24 Hour, and racing with Peter Brock as a teammate both in rallying and circuit racing. He als...

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, starting with Tickford Racing locking in their Repco Bathurst 1000 co-driver pairings, plus the driver who has announced he is releasing his own beer. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Nathan Pretty this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, Nathan reveals how a set of dental braces set him on a path towards a motor racing career, and talks about his days racing and winning on a minimal budget in the AUSCAR Series, getting into V8 Supercars – again, with a minimal budget – and the Thunderdome trick that helped him snag a seventh-place finish...

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, starting with all the action from Friday practice for the Merlin Darwin Triple Crown at Hidden Valley. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Gary Scott this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, Gary opens up on his tumultuous 1986 season with Nissan headlined by his pole-winning lap for the 1986 Bathurst 1000, his return to the HDT alongside Peter Brock and crashing the #05 Commodore at Lakeside – and the real reason he was at the HDT for such a short time – and his time with Mitsubishi, including...

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Gary Scott this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, the 1986 Bathurst 1000 polesitter talks about his stunning Hardies Heroes lap, tells stories from growing up around motorsport in Queensland in the 1960s as the son of racer Glyn Scott, racing motorbikes as a teen with good mate Gregg Hansford, and the impact of the loss of his dad in a racing crash that ha...

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage V8 Sleuth Super Sale info: https://bit.ly/38O0bfs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Repco. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - The history of the Mustangs driven by Dick, Steve and Jett Johnson at Queensland Raceway earlier this week - If Supercars aren’t doing a Sandown 500, what other category should take up th...

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 identity of the team behind the Repco Bathurst 1000 wildcard entry using a DJR-sourced Ford Mustang. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage More details on the DJR Mustang Bathurst 1000 wildcard entry: https://bit.ly/3z2Di2z V8 Sleuth...

This week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco we’re chatting about a Classic Car: one that has a special place in the hearts of Holden Racing Team and Craig Lowndes fans. HRT 033 – aka Gabrielle – caused a sensation when it debuted during the 1996 ATCC, featuring a CAD-designed roll cage with a distinctive ‘Petty Bar’ that was subsequently banned from being used in any other car. We chat abo...

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship ahead of the championship’s return to Winton Motor Raceway for the first time since 2019. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Donate to PCAF: http://www.pcfau.org/car222 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the wake of the return of the Bathurst 12 Hour, this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco we’re looking back at the Nations Cup series. Devised by PROCAR, the series pitted exotic sports cars from around the world in a parity-matched series that was effectively the forerunner of the modern Australian GT Championship. We chat about how it came about, the stars, the cars, some of the qu...

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 appearance of a Ford Mustang Supercar turning laps at Watkins Glen International in the United States with a pair of NASCAR stars reportedly behind the wheel. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Mustang at Watkins Glen: https://bit...

The V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco has reached the double-ton! In our 200th episode, we’re talking to Supercars and speedway racer Cam Waters. We chat about his career to date, from Formula Ford, Super2, Supercars and sprint cars, his big break through the Shannons Supercar Showdown reality TV show, and a heap of other topics. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Quest...

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 Friday’s announcement that Walkinshaw Andretti United will become a Ford team for the 2023 Supercars season, ending a 33-year history with Holden. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

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 Repco. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - The worst ATCC/Supercars title defences on record - How Shane van Gisbergen stacks up against Jim Richards in the versatility stakes - What exactly gets recorded in a Supercars logbook -...

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship and previews the championship’s return to Wanneroo Raceway for the first time since 2019. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to James Davison this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. A cousin to Supercars racers Will and Alex Davison, James shares a host of stories of how he carved out an overseas career that has included racing – and leading – the Indianapolis 500, a season in the NASCAR Cup Series, sports car racing, iconic Formula 1 cars and more. He took us inside some of the wheeling and d...

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, including a look at how the co-driver grid is shaping up for the Repco Bathurst 1000, and the Supercars team owner that is set to tackle an Australian Formula Ford Championship race later this year. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more ab...

We’re talking to Charlie Schwerkolt this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, the Team 18 boss talks about the seasons where Tickford then Walkinshaw ran his Supercars entry, then the decision to strike out on his own and found his own squad, the Lee Holdsworth years, the 2019 rebuild that culminated in recruiting Mark Winterbottom and expanding to two cars for 2020 with Scot...

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, including two high-profile Supercars racers testing positive for COVID-19 after the Melbourne 400. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Charlie Schwerkolt this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, the Team 18 boss talks about growing up around cars and his family’s business – which wasn’t always to do with forklifts – as well as his days racing go-karts. He also opens up on how his relationship with Dick Johnson Racing began, how he became a part-owner of the team and his view on how it all c...

John Bowe was our very first guest on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco and this week he returns to tell more stories from his career. In Part 2 of a two-part episode, JB talks about his time racing for Brad Jones Racing including what it was like finishing second to the ‘Lap of the Gods’ and his horror shunt at Pukekohe in 2006, plus an update on his health in the wake of his prostate cancer...

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, including another Supercars reality TV success story, Gen3’s latest lappery and everything you need to know ahead of the championship’s return to Albert Park next weekend. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...