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We're talking to Nathan Pretty this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, Nathan reveals how a set of dental braces set him on a path towards a motor racing career, and talks about his days racing and winning on a minimal budget in the AUSCAR Series, getting into V8 Supercars – again, with a minimal budget – and the Thunderdome trick that helped him snag a seventh-place finish at Winton, the infamous ‘young bloke, cold tyres, f***** it up' incident at Bathurst, to landing a drive with the Holden Racing Team while he was working driving a taxi in Wodonga.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

We're talking to Gary Scott this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, Gary opens up on his tumultuous 1986 season with Nissan headlined by his pole-winning lap for the 1986 Bathurst 1000, his return to the HDT alongside Peter Brock and crashing the #05 Commodore at Lakeside – and the real reason he was at the HDT for such a short time – and his time with Mitsubishi, including the marque's planned four-wheel drive turbo car that “would have made the Nissan GT-R look like a taxi” had it come to fruition, and Mark Trenoweth's stunning Jaguar XJ-S Sports Sedan. He also answers your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and tackles the V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

We're talking to Gary Scott this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, the 1986 Bathurst 1000 polesitter talks about his stunning Hardies Heroes lap, tells stories from growing up around motorsport in Queensland in the 1960s as the son of racer Glyn Scott, racing motorbikes as a teen with good mate Gregg Hansford, and the impact of the loss of his dad in a racing crash that happened right in front of him and how it caused him to walk away from the sport for several years. He also chats about trying to climb the ladder to F1 in England, and returning home without a plan to keep racing, only to land seats with the Holden Dealer Team and Nissan Motorsport.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

You've asked, we're answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco.Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions:- The history of the Mustangs driven by Dick, Steve and Jett Johnson at Queensland Raceway earlier this week- If Supercars aren't doing a Sandown 500, what other category should take up the mantle?- Should progressive grid formats make a return?- Allan Moffat's carburetted Ford Falcon EB- What happened to the Big Kev VT Commodore- Larry Perkins' VP Commodore from the 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000- Prizemoney in Supercars- And plenty more!V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco we're chatting about a Classic Car: one that has a special place in the hearts of Holden Racing Team and Craig Lowndes fans. HRT 033 – aka Gabrielle – caused a sensation when it debuted during the 1996 ATCC, featuring a CAD-designed roll cage with a distinctive ‘Petty Bar' that was subsequently banned from being used in any other car. We chat about the car's incredibly successful – yet surprisingly brief – competitive life, its two sizable shunts, and where it is on the road to restoration.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

The V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco has reached the double-ton! In our 200th episode, we're talking to Supercars and speedway racer Cam Waters. We chat about his career to date, from Formula Ford, Super2, Supercars and sprint cars, his big break through the Shannons Supercar Showdown reality TV show, and a heap of other topics. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

We're talking to James Davison this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. A cousin to Supercars racers Will and Alex Davison, James shares a host of stories of how he carved out an overseas career that has included racing – and leading – the Indianapolis 500, a season in the NASCAR Cup Series, sports car racing, iconic Formula 1 cars and more. He took us inside some of the wheeling and dealing that got him his first IndyCar drive, a story that includes future F1 team boss and Supercars team co-owner Zak Brown, plus the chance meeting that led to his Indy 500 debut. He also chats about some of the friends he's made along the way, a list that includes reigning F1 world champion Max Verstappen, and he also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

We're talking to Charlie Schwerkolt this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, the Team 18 boss talks about the seasons where Tickford then Walkinshaw ran his Supercars entry, then the decision to strike out on his own and found his own squad, the Lee Holdsworth years, the 2019 rebuild that culminated in recruiting Mark Winterbottom and expanding to two cars for 2020 with Scott Pye. Charlie also opens up on what the future might look like for Team 18, and he also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

We're talking to Charlie Schwerkolt this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, the Team 18 boss talks about growing up around cars and his family's business – which wasn't always to do with forklifts – as well as his days racing go-karts. He also opens up on how his relationship with Dick Johnson Racing began, how he became a part-owner of the team and his view on how it all came apart amid the team's remarkable 2010 championship victory.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

John Bowe was our very first guest on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco and this week he returns to tell more stories from his career. In Part 2 of a two-part episode, JB talks about his time racing for Brad Jones Racing including what it was like finishing second to the ‘Lap of the Gods' and his horror shunt at Pukekohe in 2006, plus an update on his health in the wake of his prostate cancer battle last year. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions – including one where he reveals that he turned down a plum Super Touring drive for the 1997 AMP Bathurst 1000!V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

John Bowe was our very first guest on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco, and this week he returns to tell more stories from his career. In Part 1 of a two-part episode, JB tells a few stories about growing up in Tasmania, watching racing at the old Longford road circuit, and why he got into racing open wheelers instead of sedans. He also talks about his years racing for Garrie Cooper's legendary Elfin team, plus his maiden touring car season racing a Volvo 240T and one of the fastest cars of its era – the VesKanda sports car.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

You've asked, we're answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco.Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions:- The prospect of Super2 adopting Gen3 cars in 2022- Why Grove Racing continues Kelly Racing's history but PremiAir Racing doesn't carry on TEKNO/Team SYDNEY's- The story of why Paragon Motorsport was benched for the 2001 Queensland 500- Where the Adelaide 500 fits into the Supercars calendar long-term- Which Bathurst 1000 had the lowest percentage of finishers- A BF Falcon that started life as an AU- And plenty more!V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week's V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco is the last of a two-part episode featuring stories from inside the Holden Racing Team during its golden era. Paul ‘Wally' Weissel was HRT's media liaison from 1994 to 2004, and in the second part he talks about how he buried a HUGE story about Craig Lowndes injuring himself a week out from the 1996 Bathurst 1000, the controversy around Peter Brock's 1994 Bathurst Commodore – and why Wally is STILL mad about it! – how Mark Skaife started winning over the team on his first day, and plenty more.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.auHRT 2nd Edition Pre-order: https://bit.ly/HRTCars2ndEd

This week's V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco is the first of a two-part episode featuring stories from inside the Holden Racing Team during its golden era. Paul ‘Wally' Weissel was HRT's media liaison from 1994 to 2004, and in the first part he talks about how a chance to work with Peter Brock eventually led them both to the factory team in 1994. Wally tells stories from those early years as the foundations were put in place for HRT to become a dominant team.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.auHRT 2nd Edition Pre-order: https://bit.ly/HRTCars2ndEd

A brand new season of the Repco Supercars Championship gets underway this weekend! V8 Sleuth's Aaron Noonan and Will Dale preview the year ahead with a rundown of all the driver and team changes, the new rules, the new cars and where you can watch it all, plus we answer your questions about the 2022 season.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au2022 Official Season Guide: https://bit.ly/RSC2022SG

This week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco we're chatting about a very special era of V8 Supercars: the Volvo era. We talk about why fans took to the Garry Rogers Motorsport-run Swedish machines, their unique engine note, the rise of Scott McLaughlin, the genesis of the program, why it ended so quickly, the highlights and lowlights – and LOLs along the way – and run through where the cars are now.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

You've asked, we're answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco.Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions:- The drivers who have raced and won on the most different ATCC/SC circuits- A teaser of what to expect in this year's Seven Magic Moments of Motorsport DVD releases- The Bathurst 1000's wild first support race in the event's history- Unsuccessful ATCC/SC numbers- The whereabouts of the 1999 Bathurst-winning Commodore- Scrutineering fun and games at Bathurst in 1987- Our take on combining Supercars and TCR in the Bathurst 1000- And plenty more!V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco we're chatting about a Classic Car: one that has a special place in the hearts of Ford fans. Marcos Ambrose only raced one BA Falcon chassis during an incredible three year period that delivered two V8 Supercars Championship titles, a swag of race wins, plus no shortage of drama! We tell the story of the car from its first on-track laps, it's greatest moments, plus the array of future Supercars Champions and Bathurst winners who drove this car after Ambrose.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.auEp. 136 – Marcos Ambrose: https://bit.ly/V8SP136Ambrose

We wrap up our two-part chat with Brad Jones this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, Brad tells stories from his time with Audi in the 1990s, headlined by his title-winning years in the Australian Super Touring Championship and his near-start in the Race of a Thousand Years. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

We're talking to Brad Jones this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, Brad tells stories from his time as the King of the Thunderdome, racing in AUSCAR and NASCAR. He also chats about racing the Thomson-Fowler Mercedes Sports Sedan and his years as a Mitsubishi factory driver racing Group A Starions.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

We're talking to Terry Wyhoon this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, Terry tells stories from Calder Park Thunderdome, including the funny story behind his first AUSCAR race win, having the only fully Australian-built NASCAR, and getting stitched up by Jim Richards at Bathurst.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

We're talking to Terry Wyhoon this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, Terry tells stories from his time in Supercars, the Development Series and Super2, including the time his team's car was seized by police during a race weekend and coming back to win next time out, how close he came to pulling Image Racing out of Super2 last year, and how he sees the future of the category. He also tackles the National Motor Racing Museum Top 10 Shootout and chat about memorabilia thanks to the Motorsport Trader.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

You've asked, we're answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco.Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions:- The chassis that have done the least amount of laps before being written off- How many Car of the Future chassis have been built- Cars that won the championship but never raced in the Bathurst 500 or 1000- Were AU Falcons and VX Commodores updated to Project Blueprint- The whereabouts of Paul Morris' 2001 Calder-winning Commodore- The history of a V8 Supercar that later had a turbocharged six-cylinder engine fitted- The story behind Larry Perkins' brief stint with Dick Johnson- And plenty more!V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

You've asked, we're answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco.Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions:- The most number of wins for a combination of driver and car number- Why Ford didn't race XR8-style quad headlights on its EF and EL Falcons- The old infield section at Sandown- How Warren Luff's finishing record at Bathurst stacks up- How one of the Great Race's most memorable moments happened in an ad-break but ended up with ‘live' commentary- The unluckiest car number in the Bathurst 1000- The drivers with the most ATCC/Supercars Championship round starts exclusively with one brand of car- And plenty more!V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

We're talking to Jim Richards this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco, and he told us so many stories that we've had to split this one in half! In Part 1, Richo tells us another tale from his years racing NASCAR and talks in depth on two iconic cars from his career: the Sidchrome Ford Mustang and his Big M Ford Falcon Sports Sedan.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

We're talking to Jim Richards this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco, and he told us so many stories that we've had to split this one in half! In Part 2, Richo tells us a few more ripping tales, including the time he went to buy a set of tyres and ended up with a Bob Jane T-Marts franchise, his Formula 5000 cameo, how he first came to race a Porsche and his long relationship with them thereafter, building his Touring Car Masters Falcon Sprint and AMC Javelin, plus he chats about memorabilia thanks to our friends at The Motorsport Trader and he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

It's time for that special Sunday in … December! V8 Sleuth's Aaron Noonan and Will Dale run through what you need to know ahead of this year's Repco Bathurst 1000.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.auBathurst Open Night tickets: https://bit.ly/3noJf3s

We're talking to Garry Rogers this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Garry shares all sorts of stories from his long career in motorsport, both as a driver and as the boss of Garry Rogers Motorsport, chats memorabilia thanks to our mates at The Motorsport Trader, and tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.auBathurst Open Night tickets: https://bit.ly/3noJf3s

We're talking to John Smailes this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. The motoring and motorsport industry veteran chats about his new book, Formula One: The Australian and New Zealand Story, which covers the rich history of drivers from our corner of the world that have reached the pinnacle of the sport. He also shares a few tales from his extensive career in motoring and motorsport, including the time Kimi Raikkonen hip and shouldered him and Smailes hip and shouldered him right back!V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

With Supercars returning to action with a four-round stint at Sydney Motorsport Park, this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco we're looking back at the AMSCAR Series, the touring car track championship held at Amaroo Park in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. We run through the concept behind AMSCAR, why and how it existed, the big cameos, the privateers that starred against the professionals, why it faded away – and its one-year comeback in 1997 outside V8 Supercars' control.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco we're chatting about a Classic Car: a Holden Commodore with a long, long racing life! Chassis RF 04 began its life as a Holden Commodore VN Group A SS in 1991 and kept racing – upgraded to a VP, then VR then VS specifications – until 2007! It hosted young guns, a world champion, well-known privateers and (at one point) a future Supercars Hall of Famer, gave Neil Crompton his maiden ATCC/SC podium finish, and had a starring role in some infamous Mount Panorama moments.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week we're talking to Jessica Dane on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Jess talks about her role in the upcoming new era at Triple Eight as her father Roland prepares to step back and Jamie Whincup moves from the cockpit to the Team Principal role, and talks about her journey in motorsport so far, including her earliest motorsport memory, joining Triple Eight, her gap year outside motorsport, and her role with the FIA's Girls on Track program in growing interest in STEM subjects and industries with school girls by using motorsport as a tool. She also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

You've asked, 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:- Should Supercars have run a 500km enduro among its four Sydney events?- Which circuit has hosted the most championship rounds- The Dash for Cash and the likelihood of something similar coming back to Supercars- If round wins still mattered, who would have the most- Wildcard chassis for the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000- The ‘drift' V8 Supercar created by Triple Eight and driven by Shane van Gisbergen- Bathurst 1000 documentary ideas off the back of the Netflix release of Schumacher- And plenty more!V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week we're talking to James Moffat on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, we pick up the chat in 2011 when Moff came close to snagging a surfboard in his first Gold Coast 600, the Nissan years – including his maiden V8 Supercars win at Winton in 2013 and standing on the Bathurst podium in 2014, and his difficult years at Garry Rogers Motorsport and the roundabouts way he returned to them to race in the TCR Australia Series. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week we're talking to James Moffat on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, Moff shares his early racetrack memories, how his uncle got him started in motorsport, his whirlwind national-level racing debut in a Lotus at Hidden Valley, joining Sonic Motor Racing as a mechanic and turning that into driving for them, gambling on himself in his breakthrough rookie Development Series season and landing a seat in V8 Supercars.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco we're talking Jessica Yates from FOX SPORTS. Jess shares her story of growing up in a sporting family, choosing journalism as a career path – including a stint overseas as a subeditor at a newspaper in Laos! – and how she turned a part-time opportunity at FOX into becoming the face of the network's motorsport coverage. She also shares a few stories from her career, including being live on air on the Friday at the 2020 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix as COVID-19 shut down the event, and she tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco we're talking about the ‘Immortals' of Australian Motor Sport with Luke West. A long-time motorsport media identity and former editor of Australian Muscle Car Magazine, Luke has just published a book looking at the 10 drivers whose impact on the local racing scene will see their names and feats live on.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week we're bringing you a special ‘From the Archives' episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco featuring an interview with the late Harry Firth. Recorded in February 2008 by the National Library of Australia, Firth talks about his early life growing up in Gippsland, where his interest in mechanical things came from, his time as a dispatch rider and mechanic in the Army during World War II, and how all those experiences shaped the legend that became known as the ‘Fox'. Firth also talked about his early years in motorsport and the first running of the ‘Great Race' at Phillip Island in 1960.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

You've asked, 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:- The teams that have scored the most front-row lockouts- The first Safety Car period in ATCC/SC history, and where have all the old Safety Cars gone?- What happened to the car Fabian Coulthard rolled on Lap 1 of the 2010 Bathurst 1000- Are the two Alan Jones cars that caught fire at Lakeside in '95 and Bathurst in '96 still around?- Some gearbox/transaxle Sleuthing- The driver with the most race starts in #05 after Peter Brock- And plenty more!V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week we're bringing you a special ‘From the Archives' episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco featuring an interview with the late Bob Jane. Recorded in February 2008 by the National Library of Australia, Jane talks about his early life growing up in Brunswick, racing bicycles before getting into car racing, how he accidentally got into the tyre business, shares stories from his victories in the early years of the ‘Great Race', plus putting the Australian Grand Prix back on the map in the 1980s and bringing NASCAR down under with the Thunderdome.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week we're talking to Marcos Ambrose on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Marcos explains how he has come to be the Competition Director at Garry Rogers Motorsport plus his new role as a TV pundit for Supercars' broadcasts. We look back at his time racing Formula Ford in Australia and abroad, his first V8 Supercars drives in a Holden, his first Bathurst with Stone Brothers Racing in 2000 – no, that's not a typo! – and his misfortunes at Mount Panorama, plus his championship success at Stone Brothers Racing. He also tackles our new segment What's In Your Cupboard courtesy of The Motorsport Trader as well as your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions, plus the V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week we're talking to Marcus Marshall on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, Marcus opens up about his season in ChampCar racing for Team Australia, including how he got the drive and how he was suddenly dropped after his home race. He then talks about returning to race in Australia, including his side of IntaBill Racing's brief existence in 2009, and where we might see him racing in the next few years. He also tackles our new segment What's In Your Cupboard courtesy of The Motorsport Trader as well as your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week we're talking to Marcus Marshall on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, Marcus talks about how he got into racing in the first place aboard a Mazda RX-4, how he bought his first racecar on Bartercard, his difficult early years in Formula Ford, the chance meeting that led to a plum Carrera Cup drive, his star cameo in Porsche Supercup and British Formula 3 race win, all of which led to him securing a ChampCar drive for 2005 – which we'll cover off in Part 2 next week!V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week we're talking to John Faulkner on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, John talks more about his NASCAR and AUSCAR days – including the time Peter Brock raced one of his cars – before opening up on his time in V8 Supercars, including his side of the $300,000 fine he was levied by the sport in 2003. He also reveals his battles with cancer in recent years, and tells some funny tales off the back of your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week we're talking to John Faulkner on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, John talks about buying a one-way ticket from New Zealand to Australia as a teen, doing the hard yards to get into motorsport, the crash that put him on the path to the Bathurst 1000, giving away car racing and getting into karting – which eventually got him back into car racing! – and becoming one of the stars of Calder Park Thunderdome in AUSCAR and NASCAR.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week we're talking to Supercars' Head of Motorsport Adrian Burgess on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, Adrian talks about how he ended up back in Formula 1 and how it led him to a new life in Australia. He opens up about his move to Dick Johnson Racing in 2006 and the team's against-the-odds championship triumph in 2010, as well as his time at Triple Eight Race Engineering and the moment he told Roland Dane he was leaving for the Holden Racing Team. Adrian also talks about riding the Tour De Cure, and tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the traditional V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout..V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

This week we're talking to Supercars' Head of Motorsport Adrian Burgess on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 1, Adrian talks about how he got into motorsport in the first place, leaving home at 15 to join a race team and plotting his path as a mechanic to Formula 1. He also shares some stories from his time with McLaren, including a prank the test team played on Ayrton Senna, memories of the Chrysler/Lamborghini V12, and winning a world championship with Mika Hakkinen.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

Aaron Noonan and Will Dale explore the #7 throughout the world of motorsport in this episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco, from Formula 1 world champions to NASCAR legends, Supercars heroes and a swathe of iconic racers to carry the number on a wide array of two and four-wheeled machines.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au

You've asked, we're answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco.Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions:- The record for the most teams to win races in an ATCC/RSC season- Our take on whether we'll see COTF cars racing in the ‘main game' in 2022- How cars are determined to be a ‘write off'- The idea of a racing category for retired V8 racers- The #2 Holden Racing Team Commodore from the 2006 enduros- Numbers that Peter Brock used other than #05- And plenty more!V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.auThe Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarageThe Motorsport Trader: https://themotorsporttrader.com/

This week we're talking to Erebus Motorsport CEO Barry Ryan on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, we pick up our chat at the end 2015 for Barry's take on restarting Erebus Motorsport from scratch as a Melbourne-based Holden team and its rise into a contender for wins, culminating in the team's emotional triumph in the 2017 Bathurst 1000. He also gives his take on The Inside Line documentary series and his portrayal, as well as last year's turbulent season on the road during the COVID-affected 2020 season. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the traditional V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout.V8 Sleuth Bookshop: https://bookshop.v8sleuth.com.au