The V8 Sleuth Podcast

GARTH Tander has been there and won that in Australian motorsport. From claiming the Bathurst 1000 six times, he was the 2007 V8 Supercars champion and won the 2002 Bathurst 24 Hour. He drove for Garry Rogers Motorsport, the HSV Dealer Team, the Holden Racing Team, Triple Eight Race Engineering and Grove Racing. In this two-part deep dive to coincide with the launch of his biography, Tander sat down with the V8 Sleuth Aaron Noonan to cover some incredible ground from his career.  ⁠Secure your copy of Garth Tander -  The Finish Line – right now at the V8 Sleuth Superstore:⁠ ⁠https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/collections/all/products/the-finish-line-garth-tander-autobiography-book⁠ The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IT’S the biggest show of the season – The Undercut is back, previewing the 2026 Repco Bathurst 1000, with the V8 Sleuth Aaron Noonan joined in the studio by two of the stars of the big day – Jack Perkins and James Moffat. Is there a favourite for the Bathurst 1000? Who is a podium dark horse combination? Can Kostecki beat Brock and Moffat's record? Will parity be a distraction? Then the team look at who will make the finals, plus a walk down Bathurst’s memory lane. All that and more in the Ryco Burning Questions! In My Supercars Number Crunching, we look at some of the big stats to keep an eye on over race weekend. This week on The ACL Workbench, Jack and Moff are put to the test – which drivers have the most Great Race starts to their credit? This is V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up! Agree/disagree with our takes? Let us know in the comments! Like some of the stuff in our studio? Check them out in the V8 Sleuth SuperStore below! V8 SLEUTH MAGAZINE: ⁠https://bit.ly/47XVTxz⁠ PERKINS MOTORSPORT: ⁠https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl⁠ MODEL CARS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠ BOOKS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC⁠ APPAREL: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ⁠ Our thanks go out to Castrol - unlock the very EDGE of performance today. For more, check out: ⁠https://castrol.com.au/edge⁠   We also welcome ACL Race Series aboard, which, for over 70 years, has been producing world-class engine bearings right here in Australia. Check out: ⁠https://www.aclperformance.com.au/⁠ Ryco is the Official Filtration Partner of the Repco Supercars Championship, including air, oil and fuel filters protecting every car on the Supercars Championship grid. For more information, see: ⁠https://rycofilters.com.au/⁠   MySupercars is Supercars' membership program. It’s great value for Supercars fans – includes event ticketing, access to experiences at races, digital benefits and more. And if you register your interest in a 2027 Supercars Membership before October 12, you could win the chequered flag of this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000, signed by the podium finishers! For details, see: ⁠https://www.supercars.com/memberships⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IT’S been a staple of the Bathurst 1000 preliminaries since 1978, with the Shootout celebrating its 50th running ahead of the 2026 Great Race. Over the decades, there have been plenty of heroics, legendary drives from the Mountain masters, and numerous fails by some of the sport’s biggest names.  During this time, the format has changed on multiple occasions, with drama and excitement never far away. In this special edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast, powered by Parramatta Toyota, the V8 Sleuth Aaron Noonan is joined by Mark Walker to look back at one of the highlights on the Australian motorsport calendar. Want to take a deeper dive into the history of the Bathurst Shootout? ⁠Check out the official program of the 2026 Repco Bathurst 1000, which profiles the many facets of the Shootout, and counts down 10 of the best laps ever completed around the Mount Panorama Circuit.⁠ Secure your copy of the program here: ⁠https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/collections/new-stuff/products/2026-repco-bathurst-1000-official-program⁠ Catch issue 05 of V8 Sleuth Magazine, featuring Peter Brock’s 1991 Bathurst Shootout VN Commodore on the front cover right here: ⁠https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/collections/new-stuff/products/v8-sleuth-magazine-issue-5⁠ The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE Undercut returns, breaking down the latest news in the world of Supercars racing! Aaron Noonan is joined by James Moffat following a huge weekend of motorsport at The Bend to kick off the Ryco Enduro Cup. When it comes to parity, is Toyota’s big win in the 500 ironic? Can time certain races be done better? What about The Bend’s West Circuit – yay or nay?  Then there’s a deep dive into tobacco liveries, parity and Supercars surprise packets. All that and more in the Ryco Burning Questions! In My Supercars Number Crunching, we look at some of the big stats brought up in the AirTouch 500.  This week on The ACL Workbench, Moff is put to the test – who are the six most recent Supercars Bathurst 1000 race sponsors? This is V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up! Agree/disagree with our takes? Let us know in the comments! Like some of the stuff in our studio? Check them out in the V8 Sleuth SuperStore below! V8 SLEUTH MAGAZINE: ⁠https://bit.ly/47XVTxz⁠ PERKINS MOTORSPORT: ⁠https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl⁠ MODEL CARS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠ BOOKS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC⁠ APPAREL: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ⁠ Our thanks go out to Castrol - unlock the very EDGE of performance today. For more, check out: ⁠https://castrol.com.au/edge⁠ We also welcome ACL Race Series aboard, which, for over 70 years, has been producing world-class engine bearings right here in Australia. Check out: ⁠https://www.aclperformance.com.au/⁠ Ryco is the Official Filtration Partner of the Repco Supercars Championship, including air, oil and fuel filters protecting every car on the Supercars Championship grid. For more information, see: ⁠https://rycofilters.com.au/⁠   MySupercars is Supercars' membership program. It’s great value for Supercars fans – includes event ticketing, access to experiences at races, digital benefits and more. And if you register your interest in a 2027 Supercars Membership before October 12, you could win the chequered flag of this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000, signed by the podium finishers! For details, see: ⁠https://www.supercars.com/memberships⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OVER the 114-race history of the Australian Super Touring Championship, only 10 drivers stood on the top step of the podium. There were some big names in that list, including Jim Richards, Tony Longhurst, Paul Morris, Brad Jones, Steven Richards and Cameron McConville. One often-overlooked driver is Jim Cornish, who claimed victory at Wakefield Park in 2001, in a season otherwise dominated by Morris. This is the story of an underdog veterinarian who stepped up from Club Cars to be on the Bathurst 1000 grid in the space of a year. He has slipped away from the sport in recent years, but V8 Sleuth Aaron Noonan has tracked him down to explore an interesting period in the sport. The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOULD Supercars bring back Retro rounds? It was one of the season's highlights at Sandown, but it has dropped off the agenda since the pandemic. That is just one of the topics tackled in the latest episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast, powered by Parramatta Toyota, with the V8 Sleuth Aaron Noonan joined by James Moffat to answer your queries. Then there’s coloured rims, Chaz Mostert’s wrecked Greens-Tuf Falcon, V8 SuperUtes and the old-school V8 Utes, twin-calliper brakes, Supercars tyre compounds, returning ‘spare’ cars, plus some footy talk to round out the show. In a special bonus, this episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast is available in both audio and video formats. Keep your questions coming in for future episodes! The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au/⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE Undercut returns, breaking down the latest news in the world of Supercars racing! Aaron Noonan is joined once again by James Moffat following a big weekend at Queensland Raceway, where the Supercar Sprint Cup was wrapped up. Has Ford ever been shorter odds favourites to win Bathurst than in 2026? Are there more questions than answers in David Cauchi re-joining Triple Eight? Has QLD Raceway done enough to stay on the calendar? Does Supercars need a full-time GRM on the grid? All that and more on the Ford Trade Club Burning Questions!  Then there is Moff’s big wildcard return to Mount Panorama this October, Touring Car Masters, and some incredible behind-the-scenes action with Peter Brock from Bathurst 1987 – his final win in the Great Race. In Number Crunching, we look forward to The Bend, shootouts and DJR’s opportunity to break a 30-year-long hoodoo. This week on The Workbench, Moff is put to the test – who has the most race wins in an ATCC/Supercars season? This is V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up! Agree/disagree with our takes? Let us know in the comments! Like some of the stuff in our studio? Check them out in the V8 Sleuth SuperStore below! V8 SLEUTH MAGAZINE: ⁠https://bit.ly/47XVTxz⁠ PERKINS MOTORSPORT: ⁠https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl⁠ MODEL CARS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠ BOOKS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC⁠ APPAREL: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ⁠ Our thanks go out to Castrol - unlock the very EDGE of performance today. For more, check out: ⁠https://castrol.com.au/edge⁠ Also, to our Burning Questions partner, Ford Trade Club - the best place to find Genuine Ford, Motorcraft® and Omnicraft™ parts at exclusive Trade Club prices. We also welcome ACL Race Series aboard, which has produced world-class engine bearings right here in Australia for over 70 years. Check out: ⁠https://www.aclperformance.com.au/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THIS week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Parramatta Toyota, it’s Q&A time, with the V8 Sleuth Aaron Noonan joined by Mark Walker to answer your questions. Topics include using #1 in the Great Race, and the time in 1980 when Allan Moffat received special permission to top the entry list, pit stop timing, the number of Gen3 chassis built, Great Race starting numbers, NASCAR crossovers, SVG, Chevrolet in Supercars, scandals, championship rings, and much more. Keep your questions coming in for future episodes! The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TIM Leahey knows how to spin a yarn! In this second segment, the seven-time Bathurst 1000 starter caught up with Aaron Noonan for a wide-ranging chat. Included in the mix is his time with Garry Rogers - including why Garry nicknamed him 'Schwarzenegger' - his friendship with the late great Stewart McColl (and why he stepped in to drive a VW Golf in 2004 to help finish the job Stew had started) and his success alongside Beric Lynton in the Bathurst 6 Hour. The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HE is one of the great characters of Australian motorsport - Tim Leahey has been there and raced that. In this opening leg of our two-part special on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Parramatta Toyota, Tim chats with Aaron Noonan about his early days in the sport, from karting to Formula Ford, a trip west with the CAT V8 Supercars team, meeting Marcos Ambrose and much more. The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota is a special Q&A with James Moffat, with the three-time Bathurst 1000 podium finisher reflecting on the big break that went begging in his career. Answering your questions, the lads delve into TV commentators, V8 Utes, Super2 cars in the Bathurst 1000, and a whole heap more. Keep your questions in via our social media channels to be featured on an upcoming episode! Catch all of the insight and analysis on this breaking news story on the V8 Sleuth website at ⁠⁠⁠www.v8sleuth.com.au⁠⁠⁠. The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au/⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IT'S the bombshell Repco Bathurst 1000 news story we have been waiting for - Garry Rogers Motorsport is returning to the Mountain as a wildcard in 2026 with drivers Nathan Herne and James Moffat. To get the inside line on this mammoth project, Aaron Noonan caught up with Barry Rogers to give you the scoop on the V8 Sleuth Podcast, powered by Parramatta Toyota. Catch all of the insight and analysis on this breaking news story on the V8 Sleuth website at ⁠www.v8sleuth.com.au⁠. The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠⁠⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE Undercut is back for another week, breaking down the latest news in the world of Supercars racing! Aaron Noonan is joined once again by Jack Perkins, who is joined in studio by Tickford Racing ace Thomas Randle. Who will win the Supercars Sprint Cup? Who misses out on the Finals? Fuel saving comes under the microscope, ditto Toyota’s engines. What is the best race format for Supercars? Who holds the silly season keys, and much, much more. In Number Crunching, we look forward to the annual visit to WA, with qualifying form coming under the microscope. This week on The Workbench, Jack is put to the test – who has the most race wins in an ATCC/Supercars season? There are some Group C and A raw sights and sounds, plus another dip into the Castrol archives. This is V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up! Agree/disagree with our takes? Let us know in the comments! Like some of the stuff in our studio? Check them out in the V8 Sleuth SuperStore below! V8 SLEUTH MAGAZINE: https://bit.ly/47XVTxz PERKINS MOTORSPORT: https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl MODEL CARS: http://bit.ly/4678VH3 BOOKS: http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC APPAREL: http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ   Our thanks go out to Castrol - unlock the very EDGE of performance today, for more, check out: https://castrol.com.au/edge Also, to our Burning Questions partner, Ford Trade Club - the best place to find Genuine Ford, Motorcraft® and Omnicraft™ parts at exclusive Trade Club prices. We also welcome aboard ACL Race Series, who, for over 70 years, has been producing world-class engine bearings right here in Australia. Check out: https://www.aclperformance.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IT’S a highlight on the retro motorsport calendar – the RaceFuels Winton Festival of Speed, which launches into action this weekend. To preview all of the action from 11 categories over 68 sessions, on this episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Parramatta Toyota, Aaron Noonan is joined by Mark Walker to look through the on and off-track entertainment. Included in the mix will be the Touring Car Legends, Group C and A Heritage Touring Cars, two full fields of Group N Historic Touring Cars, Touring Car Tributes, the Fitzy Cup, and much, much more. ⁠Tickets for the RaceFuels Winton Festival of Speed are currently available online.⁠ The RaceFuels Winton Festival of Speed is a V8 Sleuth advertising partner The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ROUNDING out Steven Richards’ three-part epic V8 Sleuth Podcast, powered by Parramatta Toyota, is his remarkable career in V8 Supercars. From Gibson Motorsport to joining forces with Glenn Seton, there’s a return to Holden with Larry Perkins. The Ford Performance Racing years followed before he crossed the fence to join Triple Eight, where he linked with Craig Lowndes to win his final two Bathurst 1000 crowns. Then there are the deals that didn’t happen, with some of the biggest teams in the sport. Make sure you catch up with the other two episodes; you don’t want to miss them! The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IN the second episode of this mega three-part V8 Sleuth Podcast, powered by Parramatta Toyota, Steven Richards opens up about his time in Super Touring, both here and abroad. On these shores, he raced for Garry Rogers Motorsport in the Australian Super Touring Championship aboard a range of machinery, from Alfa Romeo to Honda and Nissan. From there, the conversation turns to his foray into Great Britain and the chase for a factory drive at the height of the British Touring Car Championship. There’s the chance encounter with Roland Dane, plus the tough parting of ways with Garry Rogers, plus much more. The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

⁠IT’S been seven years in the making and 564 episodes, but Steven Richards has finally joined us on the V8 Sleuth Podcast, powered by⁠ Parramatta Toyota! Aaron Noonan spent the afternoon with Richo, sharing epic yarns that cover some serious ground in this three-part special. In this opening leg, the five-time Bathurst 1000 winner opens up on his status as an aircraft mechanic, his time with Team 18, a visit to the Goodwood Festival, his Formula Ford year, plus his time in AUSCAR at the Thunderdome. The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AARON Noonan and James Moffat are back, answering your hard-hitting questions on this special edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast, powered by Parramatta Toyota! On this edition, the team covers:  - Bringing back numbers on doors - Two-day race meeting formats - How come the cars keep getting more expensive? - The chances of more main game wildcards - The possibility of more Supercars drivers joining SVG in NASCAR - Bringing back the celebrity challenge - Australia’s best racetrack canteens… and much more! The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠⁠⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au/⁠⁠⁠ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> ⁠⁠⁠https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Undercut is back for another week, downloading a hot weekend in the Top End for Supercars! Aaron Noonan is joined in the studio by James Moffat, with our special guest, DJR super-sub, Todd Hazelwood! Does Triple Eight have the wobbles? Will Waters and De Pasquale maintain the rage? Friyay or Frinay races? Is night racing the tonic to spark the Darwin trip? Plus, much more! In Number Crunching, we look forward to Townsville – can Chaz Mostert break Triple Eight’s stranglehold on the Queensland streets? This week on The Workbench, Moff is once again put to the test – who has the most race wins without a championship title to their credit? There’s a brilliant behind-the-scenes clip from the Amaroo Park archives, and a whole lot more. This is V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up! Agree/disagree with our takes? Let us know in the comments! V8 SLEUTH MAGAZINE: ⁠https://bit.ly/47XVTxz⁠ PERKINS MOTORSPORT: ⁠https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl⁠ MODEL CARS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠ BOOKS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC⁠ APPAREL: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ⁠ Our thanks go out to Castrol - unlock the very EDGE of performance today, for more, check out: ⁠https://castrol.com.au/edge⁠ Also, to our Burning Questions partner, Motorcraft - the best choice for parts when it comes to your Ford. We also welcome aboard ACL Race Series, who, for over 70 years, has been producing world-class engine bearings right here in Australia. Check out: ⁠https://www.aclperformance.com.au/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HE’S back! Kicking off the new season of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Parramatta Toyota, Mark Skaife is back for his third appearance with Noonz, once again retelling some mega stories from his four decades in the sport. In this two-part special, the five-time champion talks about the prospect of Supercars on the Central Coast, his formative days in the sport, driving a Toyota Supra at Bathurst, the current TV situation, Darrell Eastlake memories, his massive 1995 Eastern Creek testing shunt, some special programs at HRT, and that Bathurst 1000 race start in 2006. The second leg covers when he knew he was finished as a full-time driver, leadership, and his latter years at the helm of the Holden factory team, plus being first on the scene of multiple major accidents, both on the road and on the racetrack. Buckle up, it’s story time, and Skaifey is at his very best! The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au/⁠⁠ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> ⁠⁠https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HE’S back! Kicking off the new season of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Parramatta Toyota, Mark Skaife is back for his third appearance with Noonz, once again retelling some mega stories from his four decades in the sport. In this two-part special, the five-time champion talks about the prospect of Supercars on the Central Coast, his formative days in the sport, driving a Toyota Supra at Bathurst, the current TV situation, Darrell Eastlake memories, his massive 1995 Eastern Creek testing shunt, some special programs at HRT, and that Bathurst 1000 race start in 2006. The second leg covers when he knew he was finished as a full-time driver, leadership, and his latter years at the helm of the Holden factory team, plus being first on the scene of multiple major accidents, both on the road and on the racetrack. Buckle up, it’s story time, and Skaifey is at his very best! The V8 Sleuth Podcast is powered by Parramatta Toyota, Sydney's Toyota dealer with a passion for performance and motorsport. Check them out today >> ⁠https://www.parramattatoyota.com.au/⁠ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> ⁠https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Undercut is back, breaking down the latest happenings in the world of Supercars racing! Aaron Noonan is joined in the studio by James Moffat, along with Chevrolet’s leading light, Anton De Pasquale. Is Broc Feeney starting his championship charge now? Can Cam Waters win the title by stealth? How many more wins are in store for Toyota, and where does parity end? In Number Crunching, we look forward to the next round of the title chase in the tropical north of Darwin, where Broc Feeney can make a very special place for himself in the history books. This week on The Workbench, Moffat is put to the test – what are the fastest tracks in Supercars racing? There’s a brilliant behind-the-scenes clip from the HDT archives, and a whole lot more.  This is V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up! Agree/disagree with our takes? Let us know in the comments! Like some of the stuff in our studio? Check them out in the V8 Sleuth SuperStore below! V8 SLEUTH MAGAZINE: ⁠https://bit.ly/47XVTxz⁠PERKINS MOTORSPORT: ⁠https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl⁠MODEL CARS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠BOOKS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC⁠APPAREL: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ⁠ Our thanks go out to Castrol - unlock the very EDGE of performance today, for more, check out: ⁠https://castrol.com.au/edge⁠ Also, to our new Burning Questions partner, Motorcraft - the best choice for parts when it comes to your Ford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Undercut is back, breaking down the world of Supercars racing. Aaron Noonan is joined in the studio by James Moffat, with man of the moment, Kai Allen, dropping by as a special guest. Should rivals be friends? Where is the Matt Payne/ Chevrolet situation heading? What can be done to fill the gaps in the schedule? Looking back – what were the best celebrations of all time, and looking forward, who do the lads think will make it to the final four in Adelaide? In Number Crunching, we look forward to the Supercars firing up at Symmons Plains, plus the qualifying stats the two leading teams will be looking to turn around. This week on The Workbench, Moffat is put to the test – what are the biggest fines in Supercars history? There’s some incredibly wild onboard footage from Lakeside Raceway, our Castrol Performers of the Week, and we dip into the archive for a sensational Holden Dealer Team Castrol ad. This is V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up!  Agree/disagree with our takes? Let us know in the comments! Like some of the stuff in our studio? Check them out in the V8 Sleuth SuperStore below! V8 SLEUTH MAGAZINE: ⁠https://bit.ly/47XVTxz⁠ PERKINS MOTORSPORT: ⁠https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl⁠  MODEL CARS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠ BOOKS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC⁠ APPAREL: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ⁠ Our thanks go out to Castrol - unlock the very EDGE of performance today, for more, check out: ⁠https://castrol.com.au/edge⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE Undercut is back with a special Q&A vodcast, answering all your questions that arrive at V8 Sleuth! In this episode, Aaron Noonan and Jack Perkins tackle whether Supercars should revert to ‘V8 Supercars’.  Does Super2 deserve standalone rounds again? Will Triple 8 be as dominant as in previous years now that they are with Ford? Is Lee Holdsworth underrated by fans? Will a fourth manufacturer join Ford, Chevrolet, and Toyota? Should Supercars replace MotoGP at Phillip Island? All that, and much, much more!   V8 SLEUTH MAGAZINE: https://bit.ly/47XVTxz PERKINS MOTORSPORT: https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl MODEL CARS: http://bit.ly/4678VH3 BOOKS: http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC APPAREL: http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ   Our thanks go out to Castrol - unlock the very EDGE of performance today, for more, check out: https://castrol.com.au/edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Undercut returns in a massive week of sport, with Aaron Noonan once again joined by Jack Perkins, breaking down the inaugural New Zealand double header!  Of course, there is Brodie Kostecki versus Chaz Mostert, and is the war between Broc Feeney and Ryan Wood truly over?  Who really are the A-Grade drivers? Is Ruapuna up to spec for Supercars? What has happened to Cam Waters the qualifier? There’s parity, Toyota’s first win, and much, much more.  In our fresh segment, Number Crunching, we delve into the first 100 races of the Gen3 era and who the big winners truly are.  This week on The Workbench, the lads look at the revolving door of Supercars CEOs, plus what is going on in TV commentator land.  There’s some incredibly cool footage of a V8 Supercar cutting hot laps on the Calder Park Thunderdome, our Castrol Performers of the Week, and we dip into the archive for a sensational Colin Bond Castrol ad.  This is V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up!  Agree/disagree with our takes? Let us know in the comments! Like some of the stuff in our studio?  Check them out in the V8 Sleuth SuperStore below!  V8 SLEUTH MAGAZINE: https://bit.ly/47XVTxz  PERKINS MOTORSPORT: https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl  MODEL CARS: http://bit.ly/4678VH3  BOOKS: http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC  APPAREL: http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ  Our thanks go out to Castrol - unlock the very EDGE of performance today, for more, check out: https://castrol.com.au/edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Undercut is back for 2026, with Aaron Noonan once again joined by Jack Perkins and James Moffat, breaking down a massive start to the new motorsport season! Can Grove Racing win without Grant McPherson? Does General Motors lack star power? Is Brodie Kostecki’s one-man band an advantage? How deep is the Triple Eight – Walkinshaw feud? Is BRT the real deal, and much, much more! The lads catch up with Will Davison on life away from full-time Supercars driving, plus a schedule that will keep him busy this season. In our new segment, Number Crunching, we delve into David Reynolds' remarkable career, which is set to notch up 500 race starts in New Zealand. This week on The Workbench, we look at the new for 2026 Mustang Cup, which will see Moff and Jack line up at Phillip Island.  There’s the Phillip Island Classic, and a deep dive into the archives for some classic V8 Supercars testing action. This is V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up! V8 SLEUTH MAGAZINE: https://bit.ly/47XVTxz   PERKINS MOTORSPORT: https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl MODEL CARS: http://bit.ly/4678VH3 BOOKS: http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC APPAREL: http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ Our thanks go out to Castrol - unlock the very EDGE of performance today, for more, check out: https://castrol.com.au/edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's back for 2026 - the Phillip Island Penrite 100 Classic caps a mega fortnight of motorsport in Victoria this weekend, with 364 classic race cars from across the motorsport spectrum set to hit the track. From the Five Litre Touring Cars, to the best of Group C and A, to the best of Group N Historic Touring Cars, the event will also include the best from sports cars and open wheelers. On this pod, Aaron Noonan and Mark Walker break down what promises to be a massive event. ⁠Tickets are now available for purchase online⁠, while the event will be ⁠live-streamed for the first time via Blend Line TV⁠. The VHRR is an advertising partner of V8 Sleuth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The V8 Sleuth Podcast looks ahead to this weekend’s Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour! Aaron Noonan is joined by the voice of Australia’s International Enduro, Richard Craill, to preview the 2026 edition of the country’s premier GT race. Buy the Official Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour Program >> ⁠https://bit.ly/4r7QhIt⁠ Buy Bathurst: Going Global >> https://bit.ly/3ZYihSD V8 Sleuth Superstore >>⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the second half of our chat with David Cauchi, Aaron Noonan delves into THAT fateful day at Mount Panorama, where Jamie Whincup ran out of fuel on the final lap of the 2014 Bathurst 1000. From there, 'Cauchi' went on to become team principal at Grove Racing, which has since transformed into one of the sport's powerhouse teams. V8 Sleuth Superstore >>⁠⁠ https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/⁠⁠⁠⁠ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Cauchi has been there and won that in Supercars competition. From the glory years at Triple Eight Race Engineering to his time as team principal at Grove Racing, he has been a central figure in some of the sport's biggest moments. Aaron Noonan caught up with 'Cauchi' just before his departure from Grove Racing. V8 Sleuth Superstore >>⁠⁠⁠ https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/⁠⁠⁠ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is what happens when your favourite podcast format meets The Undercut – it’s a Q&A, with all of your questions answered by the team – Aaron Noonan, Jack Perkins and James Moffat!   Just some of the topics covered in this show include:   - Feeney Vs Wood or Skaife Vs Ingall - Winning drivers losing out in the championship - The Supercars points structure and a minor premiership? - Expanding the finals - Countdown clocks - The VB Challenge - The future of the Supercars calendar - Gala gossip - Time certain supports - Super2 in the pecking order …and much more!   V8 SLEUTH MAGAZINE: https://bit.ly/47XVTxz   PERKINS MOTORSPORT: https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl   MODEL CARS: http://bit.ly/4678VH3   BOOKS: http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC   APPAREL: http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ   Find out more about Shell V-Power Premium Fuels right here: https://www.shell.com.au/motorists/shell-fuels/shell-v-power-premium-fuels.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lovers of 1:18 scale diecast model cars gather around – the Diecast Detective is back for a deep dive into the remarkable world of Mini Metal! For episode five, Aaron Noonan is joined by the Diecast Detective as they check out models of cars either raced by Garry Rogers or fielded by his eponymous team. Examining what’s hot, what’s not, what’s selling, and what’s not, this is a fascinating look into the cars that have claimed the championship trophy. The value of some of these cars is seriously impressive, proving that diecasts are more than a hobby; they can be a serious investment. The Diecast Detective has done the homework on an ever-changing marketplace, this episode presents a fascinating insight into the world of collectables. Diecast Detective >> ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4mYySQo⁠⁠⁠ Models in the V8 Sleuth Superstore >> ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠⁠ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Undercut is back with an epic and unpacks all of the drama that unfolded on the streets of Adelaide for Supercars’ inaugural Grand Final!   With thanks to the Shell V-Power, Aaron Noonan, Jack Perkins, and James Moffat look at Wood vs Feeney, our new champion Chaz Mostert, the new Grand Final format and much more.   The team also remember the incredible legacy of Allan Moffat, a man who transcended the sport, a household name and the Blue Oval hero from an incredible era of the sport.   The inaugural Undercut Awards break down the biggest winners from a massive season on and off track, while our City Rural Insurance Brokers Classic Car is a BMW Super Tourer that has performed on some of motorsport’s biggest stages.   Then there’s our Top 5 powered by Shell V-Power, which unearths some classic moments out of the archives.   This is V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up!   Agree/disagree with our takes? Let us know in the comments!   Like some of the stuff on the desk? Check them out in the V8 Sleuth SuperStore below!   V8 SLEUTH MAGAZINE: https://bit.ly/47XVTxz   PERKINS MOTORSPORT: https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl   MODEL CARS: http://bit.ly/4678VH3   BOOKS: http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC APPAREL: http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ   Find out more about Shell V-Power Premium Fuels right here: https://www.shell.com.au/motorists/shell-fuels/shell-v-power-premium-fuels.html   Also, many thanks to City Rural Insurance Brokers for supporting the show once again!   For all your insurance needs, get a quote. https://cityrural.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As far as Australian motorsport exports go, Leigh Diffey is one of our finest. With a career that has taken him around the world, Leigh is now the lead caller on NBC's coverage of the NASCAR Cup Series, amongst a range of top-tier sports, including the Olympics. Leigh recalls some classic tales from his early days in the sport, as well as his colleagues from Network 10 who covered V8 Supercars. We caught up with Leigh at the bp Adelaide Grand Final, where he was visiting as an ambassador of the event. V8 Sleuth Superstore >>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lovers of 1:18 scale diecast model cars gather around – the Diecast Detective is back for a deep dive into the remarkable world of Mini Metal! For episode four, Aaron Noonan is joined by the Diecast Detective as they check out models of cars that have won the Australian Touring Car Championship/Supercars Championship. Examining what’s hot, what’s not, what’s selling, and what’s not, this is a fascinating look into the cars that have claimed the championship trophy. The value of some of these cars is seriously impressive, proving that diecasts are more than a hobby; they can be a serious investment. The Diecast Detective has done the homework on an ever-changing marketplace, this episode presents a fascinating insight into the world of collectables. Diecast Detective >> ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4mYySQo⁠⁠⁠ Models in the V8 Sleuth Superstore >> ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠⁠ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Undercut returns with a ripper show – unpacking the Sandown 500 and breaking down everything about the Adelaide Grand Final! With thanks to the Shell Motorsport Collection, Aaron Noonan, Jack Perkins, and James Moffat take a look behind the curtain of Supercars racing from every angle. Payne, Waters, Cindric, Grove Racing and Tickford come under the spotlight in the Burning Questions. The team looks at the Hall of Fame legacy of six-time Bathurst 1000 victor Garth Tander. In the Workbench, the prospects of the four Adelaide finalists come into focus – who will win between Broc Feeney, Chaz Mostert, Will Brown and Kai Allen? Then there’s our City Rural Insurance Brokers Classic Car – the Brad Jones Racing Falcon that took a tumble at Adelaide’s turn 8, and our Top 5 delivered by Shell counts down some forgotten moments from the V8 Utes at the Adelaide Parklands. This is V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up! Please note - this episode was recorded before the passing of the legendary Allan Moffat - stay tuned to V8 Sleuth for a full celebration of the life of this legend of Australian motorsport. Agree/disagree with our takes? Let us know in the comments! Like some of the stuff on the desk? Check them out in the V8 Sleuth SuperStore below! V8 SLEUTH MAGAZINE: https://bit.ly/47XVTxz PERKINS MOTORSPORT: https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl MODEL CARS: http://bit.ly/4678VH3 BOOKS: http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC APPAREL: http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ The Shell Motorsport Collection is now available at Shell OTR and Shell Reddy Express outlets nationwide, with eight to collect! For further details, see: https://www.shell.com.au/motorists/promotions-and-offers/modelcars.html Also, many thanks to City Rural Insurance Brokers for supporting the show once again! For all your insurance needs, get a quote. https://cityrural.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lovers of 1:18 scale diecast model cars gather around – the Diecast Detective is back for a deep dive into the remarkable world of Mini Metal!   For episode three, Aaron Noonan is joined by the Diecast Detective as they check out the models of the Sandown 500 and beyond.   Examining what’s hot, what’s not, what’s selling, and what’s not, this is a fascinating look into the cars that raced at the fan favourite venue.   The value of some of these cars is seriously impressive, proving that diecasts are more than a hobby; they can be a serious investment.   The Diecast Detective has done the homework on an ever-changing marketplace, this episode presents a fascinating insight into the world of collectables. Diecast Detective website > ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4mYySQo⁠⁠⁠ Models on the V8 Sleuth Superstore > ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Will Davison about to start his 600th ATCC/Supercars Championship race, this week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast comes from our chat with ‘Davo’ in our first season, recorded at Sleuth HQ back in 2019. In this snippet, he talks about the first races of his Supercars career with Team Dynamik in 2004, how they came to be, his first laps in a V8 Supercar at Mallala, how he was meant to do the full 2005 season with them, and how the deal fell apart… To listen to the full chat with Davo, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/486dVOa V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Undercut is back with a bumper show, taking a look behind the curtain of Supercars racing! With thanks to the Shell Motorsport Collection, Aaron Noonan, Jack Perkins, and James Moffat break down a big weekend on the Gold Coast and look forward to the new-look Sandown 500. There have been significant moves at Dick Johnson Racing, the end of a Supercar era, plus the team looks at the calendar latest and more. What impact have the finals already had? Chaz Mostert, Kai Allen, Will Brown, and who gets to Adelaide. One-Way Traffic this week remembers Garry Rogers, and the indelible mark he left on our three panellists. Then there’s our City Rural Insurance Brokers Classic Car – the HRT VF Commodore, which many believed to be cursed, and our Top 5 delivered by Shell counts down some forgotten moments from the early days of the V8 Supercars Development Series. This is V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up! V8 SLEUTH MAGAZINE: https://bit.ly/47XVTxz PERKINS MOTORSPORT: https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl MODEL CARS: http://bit.ly/4678VH3 BOOKS: http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC APPAREL: http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ The Shell Motorsport Collection is now available at Shell OTR and Shell Reddy Express outlets nationwide, with eight to collect! For further details, see: https://www.shell.com.au/motorists/promotions-and-offers/modelcars.html Also, many thanks to City Rural Insurance Brokers for supporting the show once again! For all your insurance needs, get a quote. https://cityrural.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part two of our chat with motoring industry stalwart Richard Emery, Aaron Noonan delves into his time as the chief of Nissan in Australia, which coincided with the brand’s stint in the Supercars championship. From politics to battles with the category, going GT racing, and dealing with teams, it’s an absorbing look behind the curtain at how the sport really operates. Now as the head of Hino, Richard explains how the truck manufacturer is leveraging its involvement with Supercars, Team 18 and the Toyota GR Cup. In part one, we looked at his stint at Mitsubishi, which included the brand’s push into V8 Supercars, plus his experience at Mercedes-Benz, a time when Erebus Motorsport took the brand V8 racing. V8 Sleuth Superstore >>⁠ https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/⁠ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The V8 Sleuth Podcast looks ahead to this year’s edition of Historic Sandown on November 7-9! Aaron Noonan is joined by Mark Walker to preview the 33rd edition of the classic race event. TICKETS: Historic Sandown >> https://events.humanitix.com/historic-sandown-2025 EVENT INFO: Historic Sandown >> https://www.vhrr.com.au/sandown/historic V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australian motorsport lost a giant last week in Garry Rogers, the popular racer and team owner passing away aged 80.  In his honour, this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn is devoted to our episode with ‘Gaz’ from 2021, where over nearly two hours he shared stories and tales from his extraordinary life in the foyer of his legendary race team, Garry Rogers Motorsport. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Undercut is back with our biggest show ever, breaking down the 2025 Repco Bathurst 1000! With thanks to the Shell Motorsport Collection, Aaron Noonan, Jack Perkins, and James Moffat are joined by six-time Bathurst 1000 victor Garth Tander in the studio, giving you the rundown of the Great Race from every angle. Was it the greatest Great Race ever? Did James Golding deserve a penalty? Did the big dogs choke, and did Chaz Mostert really win or lose Bathurst? The team looks at parity, the latest in the silly season, and who will survive the first round of the finals on the Gold Coast. Then there’s our City Rural Insurance Brokers Classic Car – the cult hero Ford Laser that nearly won the Bathurst 12 Hour, and our Top 5 delivered by Shell counts down some forgotten moments from the mighty V8 Utes on the streets of Surfers Paradise. This is V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up! Agree/disagree with our takes? Let us know in the comments! Like some of the stuff on the desk? Check them out in the V8 Sleuth SuperStore below! COLIN BOND FULL TILT BOOK: https://bit.ly/4nzZB66 PERKINS MOTORSPORT: https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl MODEL CARS: http://bit.ly/4678VH3 JR HELMET: https://bit.ly/4kZaJHQ BOOKS: http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC APPAREL: http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ The Shell Motorsport Collection is now available at Shell OTR and Shell Reddy Express outlets nationwide, with eight to collect! For further details, see: https://www.shell.com.au/motorists/promotions-and-offers/modelcars.html Also, many thanks to City Rural Insurance Brokers for supporting the show once again! For all your insurance needs, get a quote. https://cityrural.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Emery’s career has placed him as a mover and shaker behind the scenes in motorsport circles. In this opening leg of our chat, we delve into the very real look that Mitsubishi had at V8 Supercars with the homegrown 380 model. Richard was also involved with Mercedes-Benz when Erebus Motorsport entered the championship with its unique program. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Undercut is back, and it’s all about the Great Race – the 2025 Repco Bathurst 1000! With thanks to the Shell Motorsport Collection, Aaron Noonan, Jack Perkins, and James Moffat break down all of the big issues as we head to Mount Panorama for motorsport’s biggest event. Who will win, who are the darkhorses, museum pieces on the racetrack, and much more. The team also takes a deep dive into the archives to look at Jack and Moff’s first Bathurst 1000 podium finishes. There’s the latest on Supercars’ safety car changes, plus the latest from the silly season driver market, while the subject of testing comes under the microscope. Then there’s our City Rural Classic Car – the VF Commodore that took Will Davison and Jonathan Webb to the closest competitive victory in the Bathurst 1000 back in 2016, and our Top 5 delivered by Shell counts down some of the biggest moments from the history of the V8 Utes at Mount Panorama. This is V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up! REPCO BATHURST 1000 PROGRAM: http://bit.ly/4gaNidi COLIN BOND FULL TILT BOOK: https://bit.ly/4nzZB66 PERKINS MOTORSPORT: https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl MODEL CARS: http://bit.ly/4678VH3 JR HELMET: https://bit.ly/4kZaJHQ BOOKS: http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC APPAREL: http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ The Shell Motorsport Collection is now available at Shell OTR and Shell Reddy Express outlets nationwide, with eight to collect! For further details, see: https://www.shell.com.au/motorists/promotions-and-offers/modelcars.html Also, many thanks to City Rural Insurance Brokers for supporting the show once again! For all your insurance needs, get a quote: https://cityrural.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lovers of 1:18 scale diecast model cars gather around – the Diecast Detective is back!   Episode two of the Mini Metal Podcast, powered by the Diecast Detective, focuses on the model cars from the 1980s and ‘90s Bathurst 1000 classics.   Examining what’s hot, what’s not, what’s selling, and what’s not, this is a fascinating look into an era of the sport that continues to capture the imagination of race fans.   The value of some of these cars is seriously impressive, proving that diecasts are more than a hobby; they can be a serious investment.   The Diecast Detective has done the homework on an ever-changing marketplace, with Aaron Noonan bringing his unique insights from two epic decades of the Great Race.   Diecast Detective website > ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4mYySQo⁠⁠ Models on the V8 Sleuth Superstore > ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠⁠ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this second part of our chat with Rob Starr, we delve into the glory years of the Holden Racing Team, where success came naturally for Team Red. The discussion delves into the various roles Starr has held within the Walkinshaw operation, as well as the future outlook, with the outfit transitioning from the Ford Mustang to the Toyota Supra in 2026. V8 Sleuth Superstore >>⁠⁠⁠ https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/⁠⁠⁠ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of The Undercut, with thanks to Shell OTR, Aaron Noonan, Jack Perkins, and James Moffat pull apart the burning issues in Supercars. The team break down all of the big-ticket items from the inaugural enduro at The Bend, plus we look forward to the Bathurst 1000 and the cutoff race for the Supercars finals. There’s safety car chat, what parity truly is, plus the silly season plays that are about to be a talking point in the paddock. Then there’s our City Rural Classic Car – the VZ Commodore that won all three levels of V8 competition, and our Top 5 delivered by Shell OTR, counting down our list of biggest moments from the incredible Touring Car Masters class. Enjoy V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up! Agree/disagree with our takes? Let us know in the comments! REPCO BATHURST 1000 PROGRAM: ⁠http://bit.ly/4gaNidi⁠ LET’S RACE BY JESS YATES: ⁠https://bit.ly/4nGQU9D⁠ MODEL CARS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠ JR HELMET: ⁠https://bit.ly/4kZaJHQ⁠ BOOKS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC⁠ APPAREL: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ⁠ We are thrilled to have Shell OTR onboard as our presenting partner of The Undercut, with Shell and OTR coming together to deliver premium fuel and convenience to Australians nationwide! For further details, see: ⁠https://www.otr.com.au/⁠ Also, many thanks to City Rural Insurance Brokers for staying on board with us in supporting this episode. For all your insurance needs, get a quote: ⁠https://cityrural.au⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robb Starr has been there, and won that in Australian motorsport. One of the longest-serving members of the touring car paddock, Starr joined the Holden Racing Team in 1991 and remains with Walkinshaw Andretti United to this day. In part one of our chat, Aaron Noonan delves into the early days of HRT, through to the glory days of the outfit, where winning came naturally. V8 Sleuth Superstore >>⁠⁠ https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/⁠ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> ⁠⁠https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you into model cars? Well, this is the podcast for you! In the first episode of the Mini Metal Podcast powered by The Diecast Detective, the V8 Sleuth, Aaron Noonan, is joined by the Diecast Detective himself, who takes a look back at the model cars of the Bathurst 500s and 1000s from the 1960s and ‘70s.  You will be shocked by the value of some of these highly collectable pieces of art. The Diecast Detective has done the homework on what’s hot right now, what’s on the outer, and what to look for to add to your collection.  Diecast Detective >> ⁠https://bit.ly/4mYySQo⁠ Models on the V8 Sleuth Superstore >> ⁠https://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Noonan is once again joined by Jack Perkins and James Moffat to talk Supercars and more on the second episode of The Undercut with thanks to Shell OTR - V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up! Covered in the show is the big unveil of the Toyota Supra Supercar, we look ahead to The Bend 500 and break down the combos that will tackle the enduros, heartbreak for Jack Perkins in the Xfinity Series at Portland, the future of Lucky Dogs in the enduros, finals formats and much, much more. Then there’s our City Rural Classic Car – the Bathurst 12 Hour HSV Sportswagon, and our Top 5 delivered by Shell OTR, counting down our list of biggest serve-ups from the V8 Utes category. For more information on the V8 Sleuth Superstore, check out: REPCO BATHURST 1000 PROGRAM: ⁠http://bit.ly/4gaNidi⁠ MODEL CARS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠ BOOKS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC⁠ Further information on the Diecast Model Expo can be found here: ⁠https://diecastmodelexpo.com.au/⁠ We are thrilled to welcome Shell OTR onboard as our presenting partner of The Undercut! They will also bring to you V8 Sleuth’s coverage of the AirTouch 500 at The Bend at Shell V-Power Motorsport Park, which is great as Shell and OTR come together to deliver premium fuel and convenience to Australians nationwide. For further details, see: ⁠https://www.otr.com.au/⁠ Also, many thanks to ⁠ @cityruralinsurancebrokers473 ⁠for staying on board with us in supporting this episode. For all your insurance needs, get a quote: ⁠https://cityrural.au⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Winterbottom joins us for his second visit to the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum to mark the release of his new autobiography, ‘Frosty’, written with former Daily Telegraph journo and longtime friend James Phelps. Buy Frosty now from the V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://bit.ly/3HKnQ1O V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With this year’s Enduro Cup looming, we’re going back to a lost era of endurance races on this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum. Will Dale and Shane Rogers run through some of the big touring car enduros that, because they weren’t a round of the ATCC or have long since lapsed, are all but forgotten by history ... but not by us! V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan and Mark Walker break down all of the talking points after a big weekend of Supercars racing around a packed-out ‘paperclip’! V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Bathurst 1000 Program >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/collections/under-30/products/2025-repco-bathurst-1000-official-program V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve asked and we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Mark Walker tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: -   Warren Luff’s future as an enduro co-driver -   The current status of the Australian Touring Car Championship trophy -   The mooted Asia-Pacific Supercars series -   Where Feeney’s 2025 Camaro ranks among Supercars’ most successful cars -   Our favourite statistical coincidences in ATCC/Supercars/Bathurst history -   Parity in Super2 -   A bit of Stock Car Sleuthing - Should Supercars utilise spare cars? - And plenty more V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Supercars are about to return to Queensland Raceway for the first time since 2019 for the Century Batteries Ipswich Super440, so we’re looking back at the championship’s history of racing at at the ‘Paperclip’ on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum. Aaron Noonan and our resident Queensland Raceway expert Mark Walker talks about how the circuit came about, the dramas around the inaugural event in 1999 – and how he and a lot of people missed the opening race – along with the memorable races and results, the controversies, the massive shunts, and some of the weird things that have happened over the decades… V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The V8 Sleuth Podcast looks ahead to this year’s edition of the Winton Festival of Speed on August 1-3! Aaron Noonan is joined by Mark Walker to look at what is rapidly becoming one of the best events of classic race cars on the calendar. TICKETS: Winton Festival of Speed >> ⁠https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-winton-festival-of-speed⁠ TICKETS: V8 Sleuth Open Night at Winton >> ⁠https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-winton-festival-of-speed-jf3ek5s3⁠ V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan and Mark Walker break down all of the talking points after a big weekend of Supercars racing in Tropical North Queensland! Broc Feeney continues to be on fire, belt buckles, timing, who's hot, who's not, and a whole heap more. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tickford Racing chief Simon Brookhouse joins us for this edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum. While he’d not been directly involved in motorsport prior to being recruited as Tickford’s CEO in early 2024, Brookhouse explains his background in other sports as well his own visits to Mount Panorama in his younger days. He also talks about some of the challenges that faces Supercars as a sport in the future – including one unexpected area that is becoming an increasing issue for teams – Triple Eight’s arrival as Ford’s homologation team for 2026, the repeated rumours over Tickford being sold and his take on whether the sport’s future is with private equity owning teams, the future of Super2 and building brand new cars for it, the team’s long-mooted move from its Campbellfield home, and plenty more. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve got a Bathurst winner on this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum – and he’s a return visitor! A lot has happened since Lee Holdsworth’s last visit to the podcast in early 2021, headlined by his Bathurst 1000 victory with Chaz Mostert at the end of that year, plus an unexpected swansong full-time Supercars season that netted him the Barry Sheene Medal. For the final part of our two-part chat, we recap the extensive celebrations that followed his Bathurst win – including the Monday morning phone call from a rival team owner with an offer to race full-time in Supercars the next year! Holdsworth talks about navigating changing his 2022 plans to drive for Grove Racing, his offer to race on into the Gen3 era full-time, working with a young Matt Payne, returning to Walkinshaw Andretti United for 2023 but knowing he had next to no chance of winning Bathurst, his return to Team 18 that would’ve seemed unlikely just a few years ago, and his new life outside of motorsport working in commercial real estate. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve got a Bathurst winner on this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum – and he’s a return visitor! A lot has happened since Lee Holdsworth’s last visit to the podcast in early 2021, headlined by his Bathurst 1000 victory with Chaz Mostert at the end of that year, plus an unexpected swansong full-time Supercars season that netted him the Barry Sheene Medal. For the first part of our two-part chat, we wind back to his last visit - and all the things that were going on at that time that he couldn’t talk about! One of those things was his co-drive deal with Walkinshaw Andretti United, which had yet to be announced. We chat about the uncertainty he felt in the wake of being unexpectedly cut loose by Tickford at the end of 2020, how his deal to join WAU came together, plus a lot of inside stories of he and Mostert’s dominant weekend at Mount Panorama. We’ve never had a guest reference ‘Kevin Bloody Wilson’ on this podcast before, but we have now!  Lee also tells the story of how the team’s post-race inspection of the car revealed that their shot at victory came quite literally a centimetre from unravelling… V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Noonan and Will Dale explore all things ‘40’ throughout the world of motorsport in this episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn, in honour of Autobarn’s 40th anniversary in 2025. From Supercars and Bathurst 1000 stars, Formula 1 icons, Indy 500 close-calls to NASCAR legends, we look at the #40 across motorsport as well as a look back at what was going on 40 years ago in Australian motorsport. VIDEO: Restoring the Legend, Episode 1 >> https://bit.ly/3G5UMB1 Huge savings in V8 Sleuth’s EOFY Super Sale! >> https://bit.ly/4k2GbUU TICKETS: Winton Festival of Speed >> https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-winton-festival-of-speed V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan and Mark Walker go through all the talking points after a hot weekend of Supercars racing in the top end at the betr Darwin Triple Crown at Hidden Valley. Broc Feeney's true triple crown, Grove Racing on fire, and those who had a tough weekend in the Top End, plus much, much more! Huge savings in V8 Sleuth’s EOFY Super Sale! >> https://bit.ly/4k2GbUU V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Haven’t had a chance to watch our new show, The Undercut? Listen to the first episode here on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn! Aaron Noonan is joined by Jack Perkins and James Moffat to talk Supercars and more - opinion, analysis and the boys certainly didn't agree on everything in this new program from V8 Sleuth. Jack downloads on his upcoming NASCAR debut, we talk Trans Am with James and the guys tackle the City Rural Insurance Burning Questions, packed with plenty of topics to chew on! From the Walkinshaw driver battle, to who is Ford's best title chance, how Frosty's TV debut went, what happens to James Courtney in 2026 and much more, the boys have plenty to talk about! Noonz brings an idea to the table to improve the momentum of the Supercars calendar in our Workbench segment too - where less is more! Many thanks to City Rural Insurance for getting on board with this debut episode >> https://cityrural.au/ Watch The Undercut >> https://bit.ly/3FZnfbu V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ 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. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: -   What are the chances of two Perth rounds in 2027? -   Penalties given to drivers that are out of contentions/out of the race -   Supercars’ Free to air TV coverage -   Toyota rally stars in Supercars -   “Tuned up the car” -   Cam Waters’ forgotten Porsche deal -   Garry Rogers’ lost Bathurst start - The last Supercars race to feature none of the current primary or co-drivers - And plenty more V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ DVD: Magic Moments of Motorsport - The Rarities & Sponsor Films >> https://bit.ly/43Q4Bux V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn features Supercars race winner and two-time Super2 Series winner Dean Canto. A second-generation racer, we start the final leg of our two-part chat with Canto talking about his 2004 enduro drives with a pre-powerhouse Triple Eight, his 2005 Development Series title with Dick Johnson Racing, and the moment he feels cost him a shot at driving full-time for Triple Eight in 2006. We then cover his time at Garry Rogers Motorsport, a period that delivered his first and only solo Supercars race win, but it’s a period Canto doesn’t look back on too fondly – we’ll let him explain why… He opens up about the stunt driving school he ran with Luke Youlden, his Supercars co-driver era – including the time he and Youlden ended up both driving for FPR without either’s prior knowledge! – Bathurst 1000 heartbreaks with David Reynolds, their Gold Coast 600 triumph, and the plans for a third-generation racing Canto. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn features Supercars race winner and two-time Super2 Series winner Dean Canto. A second-generation racer, we start the first leg of our two-part chat with Canto talking about what he’s up to now and whether we’ll see him back in a racecar any time soon. We then look back through the early years of his career, from coming to prominence in - of all things - a Maserati Ghibli, to landing a drive in Supercars’ brand new second-tier series and going on to become its first champion. He then describes his rocky early years in the ‘main game’, including a false start with an elite squad in 2001, a couple of years of enduro co-drives followed by a shot at moving into the championship full-time for 2003. However, as he describes, it was hardly a dream situation for a rookie driver - one who’d been signed to a 10-year management contract... V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn features rising Supercars racer Cameron Crick. The son of six-time Australian Truck Racing Champion Rodney, the second-generation racer’s story is one of perseverence. Crick talks about the grind that has been hand-and-hand with his rise through the sport, including his approach to securing sponsorship partners and delivering them value that is a must-listen for any aspiring young racer. He also opens up on the loss of his father, his memories of his father’s truck racing and a hilarious story about the chance to drive one of Rodney’s race trucks and how it came to a sudden end. Cam also details the point at which he nearly quit racing entirely during his debut Super2 season, and how he bounced back from that to make his Supercars debut and win this year’s Bathurst 6 Hour. If any of the things talked about in this 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. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 second and final part of our two-part chat with Cam are his years of being a Supercars team co-owner, including his side of the story of his team’s car being seized and impounded in the middle of a race weekend. He also shares a sliding-doors moment that nearly led him to a full-time factory V8 Supercars drive, his time as a hired gun for the V8 enduros, and his scary roll in Carrera Cup at Queensland Raceway. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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… V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ 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 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 V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. TV guide for the Bathurst 6 Hour >> https://bit.ly/4jwyDJZ V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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? V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. To listen to the full chat from 2020 with Reynolds, in which he talks about the long recovery for both his physical and mental health in the years that followed the crash, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/41FbhvO V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast comes from our chat with Mark Skaife in our first season, recorded in his office back in 2019. In this snippet, released on what would have been Peter Brock’s 80th birthday, Skaifey talks about partnering up with the King of the Mountain in 1997, plus a fun tale involving the Brocky, a couple of hire cars, and a desperate race to get out of the Symmons Plains car park To listen to the full chat with Skaifey, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/3yjYxyB V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supercars champ-turned-IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin makes his second appearance on the V8 Sleuth Podcast for this week’s episode, recorded while he was at Sebring for pre-season testing with Team Penske. A lot has happened since his last visit to the pod back in 2020 so there’s plenty to talk about – including testing Porsche’s LMDh prototype sportscar at Sebring last week and partnering with his old Supercars rival Shane van Gisbergen at the 24 Hours of Daytona! He talks about how his relationship with SVG has changed since he departed Supercars and his role in getting them together for Daytona, where the gains come from now the Dallara IR12 is a 14-year-old car, whether he still keeps up with Supercars, comparisons between the 2019 Bathurst controversy and last year’s Push-to-Pass IndyCar drama, the new era about to dawn in IndyCar, and plenty more. V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast comes from our double episode with Jack Perkins, recorded at V8 Sleuth HQ back in 2021. In this snippet, Perkins talks about his dream call-up from the Holden Racing Team in 2015 - initially as a co-driver, then being suddenly promoted mid-weekend to the primary driver role after a bizarre incident injured James Courtney. He also talks about his emotional first Supercars race win upon Courtney’s return, plus a special day with his dad and Walkinshaw Andretti United at Sydney Motorsport Park in 2018. To listen to the full chat with Jack (Episodes 112 & 114) tap these links >> Ep.112 https://bit.ly/3sYyODt Ep.114 https://bit.ly/3eh0NtS V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: - Our take on Supercars.com’s list of the Top 25 drivers since 2000 - How we go about investigating and reporting on sensitive stories - Teams that have switched manufacturers mid-season or run different makes at the same meeting - Three-driver combinations - A book on NASCAR stock car racing in Australia - The most numbers used by a driver - Drivers that have done the most Shootouts without scoring a pole position V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast comes from our double episode with Will Davison, recorded at V8 Sleuth HQ way back in 2019. In this snippet, Davison talks about the cubic dollars that were required when he was pursuing his dream of racing in Formula 1 in the early 2000s and some of the things he did to raise it – including the help he had from Australian cricket legend Shane Warne.. To listen to the rest of the first part of the chat with Davo (Episode 7) tap this link >> https://bit.ly/40P980a V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The V8 Sleuth Podcast looks ahead to next weekend’s Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour! Aaron Noonan is joined by the voice of Australia’s International Enduro, Richard Craill, to preview the 2025 edition of the country’s premier GT race. Buy the Official Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour Program >> https://bit.ly/4g4Whex Buy Bathurst: Going Global >> https://bit.ly/4bpWV5h V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast comes from our episode with Garry Rogers, recorded at Garry Rogers Motorsport in 2021. We look back at the team’s much-beloved Volvo era, and how it was actually an entirely different manufacturer that he was chasing!. To listen to the rest of the chat from Episode 160, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/4fyHPuV Or, if you’d rather watch it, check it out on YouTube here! >> https://bit.ly/404dxvR V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast features part of our epic two-part chat with Mark Larkham at his kitchen table back in 2022. In this snippet, he shares the inside story of the creation of Channel 10’s incredible intro to its broadcast of the 2017 Bathurst 1000, in which Larko gives an impassioned explanation of a lap of Mount Panorama. This Mini came from Episode 246, the second half of our two-part chat with Larko. To listen to the rest of the chat, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/4fyHPuV V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol is drawn from Supercars legend Greg Murphy’s first visit to the pod back in 2020. This snippet revolves around a regularly-mined topic come that special Sunday in October: his confrontation with Marcos Ambrose after they crashed out of the 2005 Bathurst 1000. We’d received so many National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions about it that we simply had to bring it up – and Murph didn’t disappoint with his recreation of what the pair said to each other post-shunt. The V8 Sleuth bleeper hasn’t been the same since… This Mini came from Episodes 66 and 67 back in 2020, a two-part chat via Zoom with Murph about his career to that point. To listen to the rest of the chat, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/V8SPMurphy Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol features Nathan Pretty sharing a couple of tales from his rookie season in Supercars. In this snippet, Pretty talks about a wild moment in the early laps of the first race at the 1999 Winton round, where he and sister Nicole used an old Thunderdome trick to avoid a host of crashing cars to vault, Steven Bradbury-style, from the back of the field to the front! He also shares his side of the Bathurst practice crash later that year that led to Larry Perkins’ now-infamous synopsis: “Young bloke, cold tyres, f***ed up.” This Mini came from Episode 212 back in 2020, the first of a two-part chat with Pretty about his career. To listen to the rest of the chat, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/4iIf1Dh Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol looks back at the rise and fall of one of Australian motorsport’s most exciting categories: AUSCAR. Created as the second-tier category at Bob Jane’s Calder Park Thunderdome, AUSCAR quickly became a star attraction in its own right through a simple formula that had, at the time, disappeared from Australian circuits: V8 Holdens and Fords racing head to head. We chat about how it came about, the star drivers, what triggered its downfall, where some of the cars went, and share your memories from an incredible period of racing. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Winning GRM AUSCAR found >> https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/found-grms-valvoline-auscar-falcon-winner/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He’s back! Supercars hero Greg Murphy makes his second visit to the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol for this week’s episode. A lot has happened since his debut appearance on the pod back in 2020 so there’s plenty to talk about. Among the topics is talking about all the fun he had in the V8 Sleuth Heritage Revival at this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000, and plenty of chat about the upcoming Taupō Historic GP and some of the incredible cars and drivers that will be on hand for the event on January 11-12. We also grill him on some Supercars topics, including his thoughts on the new Finals system and Richie Stanaway’s move to PremiAir for 2025, and get him talking about a few things from his career that we didn’t get a chance to ask about the first time around. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ TICKETS: 2025 Taupō Historic GP >> https://bit.ly/3D8UxTT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the Sunday leg of the 2013 Sydney NRMA Motoring & Services 500 at Homebu… ahem, sorry … ‘Sydney Olympic Park’, a race that delivered one of the greatest largely unseen moments of ATCC/Supercars history: when Will Davison divebombed his brother Alex for seventh place on the last lap of the season. In Will’s defence, he had an extremely lucrative reason for doing so… Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ 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 powered by Castrol. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - The times Ford outnumbered Holden at Bathurst - The move to ‘Americanise’ the championship format - The history of the VL Commodore dressed in HDT’s VK livery that raced in Heritage Revival at Bathurst - The current level of driver salaries in Supercars - Is Heritage Revival coming back for next year’s Bathurst 1000? - The percentage of cars that won races in COTF/Gen2 and in Gen3 - How many S2 cars would’ve made the Top 10 Shootout at Bathurst over the years when combining their qualifying times with the ‘main game’ ones - And plenty more!   Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ V8SP Ep. 86 – How V8 Sleuth came to be >> https://bit.ly/V8SP86V8Sleuth Falcon Chronicles >> https://bit.ly/3D1QoRK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the Saturday leg of the 2010 Sydney Telstra 500 at at Homebu… ahem, sorry … ‘Sydney Olympic Park’, a race that delivered one of the most dramatic, championship-changing moments in ATCC/Supercars history. Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol features one of the icons of Australian motorsport, Tony Quinn. A racer, a team owner and a circuit owner, ‘TQ’s history in motorsport goes all the way back to his native Scotland – where he once raced Formula Ford against a future Indy 500 winner – before rekindling it in Australia in the 2000s having built up a multi-million dollar business empire. Among the second part of our two-part chat with Quinn are stories from his ownership of Carrera Cup and Australian GT, his recovery from serious injuries after a Porsche crash in Townsville, and he reveals a couple of the exciting new cars he’s acquired that he’ll hit the racetrack in next year… Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Tony Quinn: Zero to 60 and Beyond >> https://bit.ly/4g4terM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol features one of the icons of Australian motorsport, Tony Quinn. A racer, a team owner and a circuit owner, ‘TQ’s history in motorsport goes all the way back to his native Scotland – where he once raced Formula Ford against a future Indy 500 winner – before rekindling it in Australia in the 2000s having built up a multi-million dollar business empire. Among the first part of our two-part chat with Quinn are stories from his earliest days in the sport, what got him back in, plus the notable run-in he had with officials that culminated in him trying to pay a $3,000 fine in coins – plus the other dig he had up his sleeve that weekend… Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Tony Quinn: Zero to 60 and Beyond >> https://bit.ly/4g4terM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol features Larry Perkins sharing one of his many tales from racing in Europe. In this snippet, Perkins tells the colourful tale of his Formula 1 debut driving for Chris Amon’s privateer team at the 1974 German GP, held on the legendary and daunting Nürburgring Nordschleife. This Mini came from Episode 31 back in 2020, the first of a two-part chat with Perkins about his career. To listen to the rest of the chat, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/3YswxSK Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve heard the voice, now hear his story! Long-time commentator Matt Naulty joins us for this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. ‘Knuckles’ has been part of the Supercars commentary team for over a decade now, but has also lent his dulcet tones to a wide range of motorsports, including speedway and Stadium Super Trucks both here and abroad. But his links with the sport go deeper than that: back in the 1990s, he was a part of a couple of race teams, including a team that took part in the inaugural Adelaide 500 back in 1999! Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australian motorsport veteran David Russell joins us for this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. Over two parts, the racer known as both ‘Coighty’ and ‘D-Russ’ takes us back through his diverse career behind the wheel, culminating in his reputation as one of Supercars’ top co-drivers. In Part 2 he goes into his years as a hired gun for Supercars teams, including a long run with Kelly Racing that spanned its Holden and Nissan eras. Russell touches on his near-miss on a deal that would’ve landed him on the grid full-time in 2012, plus his infamous collision with a kangaroo in the early laps of the 2013 Bathurst 1000, and shares the story of a famously disastrous pre-Bathurst kayaking trip undertaken by the Kelly Racing enduro drivers! He also covers his unexpected exit from Tickford in early 2019, success with Erebus Motorsport, and his decision to depart the team earlier this year only for them to win Bathurst. Find the right Castrol product for your vehicle or equipment here with the Castrol Product Finder >> https://www.castrol.com/en_au/australia/home/oil-selector.html V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices