The V8 Sleuth Podcast
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Updated about 2 hours agoV8 Sleuth Aaron Noonan chats one-on-one with icons and stars of Australian motorsport. Along with the big wins and the big moments, Noonz digs a step deeper and unearths a few forgotten tales and funny stories from their racing lives.
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Repco Supercars Weekly: The form guide after Friday in Townsville
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, starting with the action from Friday practice for the NTI Townsville 500. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Sven Burchartz
We’re talking to Sven Burchartz this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Normally preferring to keep his co-ownership of Tickford Racing low-key, Burchartz opens up on his love of motorsport, his involvement in the sport as a racer, a category chief and through his day job as a lawyer, and how he came to own a stake in Tickford Racing. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Brock’s ‘Big Banger’ becomes #25 again
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, starting with confirmation that a 29th car will join the field for this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000, plus new owners – and an old number – for a significant car in Holden’s ‘Great Race’ history. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage ‘05’ Big Banger returned to ‘25’ by new owners: https://bit.ly/3ORCJgB Order HRT – The Cars 2nd Edition: https://bit.ly/3a6EasN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Nathan Pretty (Part 2)
We’re talking to Nathan Pretty this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. In Part 2, Nathan talks about racing for three different factory Holden teams in 2002, shares stories about racing the Garry Rogers Motorsport-built Nations Cup Holden Monaro 427C and his little mishap during the Bathurst 24 Hour, and racing with Peter Brock as a teammate both in rallying and circuit racing. He also talks about his loyalty to Holden – and the opportunities to race a Ford that he turned down – and what hampered him in his one shot at a full time V8 Supercars drive. Nathan also chats about his 2006 Development Series and the comments that led him to copping a massive pull-through over the phone from Larry Perkins, his final years in V8 Supercars and his years in V8 Utes – and chats about his ‘good friend’ Randy Corners. He also tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and our V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout. V8 Sleuth Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Supercars star releases own beer
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, starting with Tickford Racing locking in their Repco Bathurst 1000 co-driver pairings, plus the driver who has announced he is releasing his own beer. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Nathan Pretty (Part 1)
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 Superstore: https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: The form guide after Friday in Darwin
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, starting with all the action from Friday practice for the Merlin Darwin Triple Crown at Hidden Valley. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Gary Scott (Part 2)
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Gen3 Supercars’ Toowoomba aero test
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Gary Scott (Part 1)
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Supercars’ worst-kept secret set for reveal
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage V8 Sleuth Super Sale info: https://bit.ly/38O0bfs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Q&A - Camaro’s future, a return for progressive grids, Johnson family’s Mustangs
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: The Bathurst local behind the Mustang wildcard Bathurst 1000 entry
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship headlined by the identity of the team behind the Repco Bathurst 1000 wildcard entry using a DJR-sourced Ford Mustang. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage More details on the DJR Mustang Bathurst 1000 wildcard entry: https://bit.ly/3z2Di2z V8 Sleuth Super Sale info: https://bit.ly/38O0bfs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Triple-Crowned Commodore, the car that made HRT
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Everything you need to know for the return to Winton
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship ahead of the championship’s return to Winton Motor Raceway for the first time since 2019. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Donate to PCAF: http://www.pcfau.org/car222 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Nations Cup - Tales from Australia's own GT class
In the wake of the return of the Bathurst 12 Hour, this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco we’re looking back at the Nations Cup series. Devised by PROCAR, the series pitted exotic sports cars from around the world in a parity-matched series that was effectively the forerunner of the modern Australian GT Championship. We chat about how it came about, the stars, the cars, some of the quirky tales and aspects of the category, why it came to an end, and what its legacy is. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: NASCAR stars drive Mustang Supercar in the US
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, headlined by the appearance of a Ford Mustang Supercar turning laps at Watkins Glen International in the United States with a pair of NASCAR stars reportedly behind the wheel. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Mustang at Watkins Glen: https://bit.ly/3yK3Llp V8 Sleuth Open Night with Neil Crompton @ the Bathurst 12 Hour: https://bit.ly/3yAqC2u Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Cam Waters
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Walkinshaw Andretti United confirms Ford switch
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, headlined by Friday’s announcement that Walkinshaw Andretti United will become a Ford team for the 2023 Supercars season, ending a 33-year history with Holden. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Q&A - Worst title defences, how drivers get paid, is SVG the modern-day Richo?
You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Repco. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - The worst ATCC/Supercars title defences on record - How Shane van Gisbergen stacks up against Jim Richards in the versatility stakes - What exactly gets recorded in a Supercars logbook - The mysterious third Peter Jackson Racing entry at Bathurst in 1992 - What makes up a driver’s remuneration package – ie how do they get paid? - How Superlicence eligibility rules apply to someone like Jamie Whincup - How many V8 Supercars chassis were unfinished by teams - And plenty more! V8 Sleuth Bookshop Sale: https://bit.ly/V8SB600Sale Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Everything you need to know for the return to Wanneroo
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship and previews the championship’s return to Wanneroo Raceway for the first time since 2019. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: James Davison
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: How the co-driver grid is shaping up for Bathurst
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, including a look at how the co-driver grid is shaping up for the Repco Bathurst 1000, and the Supercars team owner that is set to tackle an Australian Formula Ford Championship race later this year. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Charlie Schwerkolt (Part 2)
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: What happens if a driver is benched with COVID?
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship, including two high-profile Supercars racers testing positive for COVID-19 after the Melbourne 400. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices