The V8 Sleuth Podcast

We’re talking to multiple national champion, production car and Porsche icon, and inaugural Bathurst 12 Hour winner Peter Fitzgerald in this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. Fitzy shares the story of how he became a racing rookie at the age of 27 at the wheel of an ex-Pete Geoghegan Porsche, with a bit of tutelage and advice from Frank Gardner. He shares tales of how he...

Throughout 2024 on the V8 Sleuth Podcast feed we’re going to take a look back through Australian motorsport history with a series of Ryco Rewind episodes that explore the great races, drivers and cars from the past on the anniversary of them unfolding. For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the Winton round of the 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship, the first championship round run to the...

The V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol looks ahead to next weekend’s Repco Bathurst 12 Hour! Aaron Noonan is joined by the voice of the 12 Hour, Richard Craill, to preview the 2024 edition of Australia’s International Enduro.  Buy the Official Repco Bathurst 12 Hour Program >> https://bit.ly/3Ss8mRj Buy Bathurst: Going Global >> https://bit.ly/4bpWV5h Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

Throughout 2024 on the V8 Sleuth Podcast feed we’re going to take a look back through Australian motorsport history with a series of Ryco Rewind episodes that explore the great races, drivers and cars from the past on the anniversary of them unfolding. For our first Ryco Rewind, we're going back to the Sandown round of the 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship when 'The Kid', Craig Lowndes, sho...

This week, the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol winds back three decades for a look at the 1994 motorsport year, one tinged with controversy and tragedy around the world. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol is back for 2024! We’re kicking off the new season with a chat about the recently released book The Boss: The Inside Story of Allan Moffat and his Trans-Am Mustang. Noonz sits down with author David Hassall, who shares several stories about how the book came together, a peek at some of the incredible information and memorabilia that was uncovered as part of...

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 polished by Bowden’s Own. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - Where the first Supercar Shane van Gisbergen drove is now, and does his history with it make it more valuable? - Favourite ATCC/SC liveries of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s - The...

We’re talking to multiple national champion Darren Hossack on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast polished by Bowden’s Own. In the second and final part of our two-part chat, Darren shares more stories from his long career in motorsport. We start out with two infamous crashes from 1998; the first of which isn’t well known, while the other in Bathurst 1000 practice wasn’t technically a cra...

We’re back with a quick episode of Repco Supercars Weekly in the wake of a significant off-season announcement by Dick Johnson Racing with Ludo Lacroix departing, Dr Ryan Story returning, and a reshuffle among the team’s key roles.  The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to multiple national champion Darren Hossack on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast polished by Bowden’s Own. Darren shares plenty of stories in the first part of our two-part chat, recorded in his workshop. He talks about buying his first kart through the Trading Post, joining elite karting outfit Drew Price Engineering for a two-week stint that ended up stretching into man...

We wrap up our chat with Supercars race and championship-winning engineer Scott Sinclair on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast polished by Bowden’s Own. In the final part of a two-part chat, Scott talks about the dramatic title-changing race at Homebush in 2010 where crashes left the Dick Johnson Racing and Triple Eight crews racing each other to repair their cars, his shift to the Holde...

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from this week in Repco Supercars Weekly, headlined by new champion Brodie Kostecki having to pull out of racing at the Circuit of The Americas this weekend to go under the knife. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking to Supercars race and championship-winning engineer Scott Sinclair on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast polished by Bowden’s Own. In the first part of a two-part chat, Scott talks about being in the crowd at Bathurst on race day in 1990 and early visits to Wanneroo touring car rounds, being part of a winning Formula SAE team, his baptism of fire as a Development Series rac...

RACE CONTROL: A recent addition to the V8 Sleuth Podcast, Aaron Noonan chats with Supercars’ Driving Standards Advisor, Motorsport Australia’s Craig Baird, who explains all the details behind the calls made in Race Control during the latest Supercars round. Included in this post-2023 VAILO Adelaide 500 edition: - The Lap 1 incident between Will Brown and Anton De Pasquale in the Saturday race that...

This week, V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale runs through the action from opening practice at the VAILO Adelaide 500 and the key news in the paddock ahead of the final round of the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship - headlined by the new role for Supercars’ former Head of Motorsport Adrian Burgess. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship set to be decided this weekend at the VAILO Adelaide 500, this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast polished by Bowden’s Own looks back at the greatest final-round title deciders across ATCC/Supercars history.  Learn more about Bowden’s Own here >> https://www.bowdensown.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about...

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from this week in Repco Supercars Weekly, headlined by the impending departure from Supercars of its technical chief, Head of Motorsport Adrian Burgess. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 polished by Bowden’s Own.  Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - Where Shane van Gisbergen’s first race-winning Supercar is now - The most ‘valuable’ car still racing in Australia - How many Benson & Hedges Sierras were there? - The chances...

In the latest episode of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan gives the full rundown on the 2024 calendar revealed by Supercars on Friday afternoon, including all the changes to dates and race formats, and the circuit that has missed out on a date - and the knock-on effect that omission will have in 2025 on one of the championship's marquee events. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.a...

We’re talking to Supercars race winner and multiple Super2 Series champion Steve Owen on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast polished by Bowden’s Own. In the second and final part of a two-part chat, he talks about the scary moment during the 2006 Adelaide 500 where he passed out behind the wheel due to the severe in-car heat, and stepping back to the Development Series twice and winning...

We’re talking to Supercars race winner and multiple Super2 Series champion Steve Owen on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast polished by Bowden’s Own. In the first part of a two-part chat, he reveals how he’s actually a second-generation Bathurst 1000 racer, working three different jobs to pay for his first Formula Ford, and studying psychology at university before dropping out when a big...

RACE CONTROL: A new addition to the V8 Sleuth Podcast, Aaron Noonan chats with Supercars’ Driving Standards Advisor, Motorsport Australia’s Craig Baird, who explains all the details behind the calls made in Race Control during the latest Supercars round. Included in this post-2023 Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 edition: - David Reynolds cutting the first chicane while battling to hold off Brodie Kost...

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from this week in the Repco Supercars Championship, headlined by news that one of the four drivers in mathematical contention for the 2023 title had to undergo surgery after the Repco Bathurst 1000, while we’re another step closer to having a complete grid for the 2024 season. The Garage >> https:...

The Supercars are set to tackle the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, so we’re looking back at the history of racing on the Surfers Paradise streets on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast polished by Bowden’s Own. We look through the event’s history, from its controversial beginnings in 1991 through to the modern-day Supercars event, along with the memorable races and results, the controversie...

For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from this week in the Repco Supercars Championship, headlined by Erebus locking in one of its two co-drivers for 2024, the cancellation of the 2024 Newcastle 500, and the major changes that have happened at Team 18 since the Repco Bathurst 1000. The Garage >> https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Lea...