The V8 Sleuth Podcast
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Updated about 5 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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Episodes (567)
V8SP: From the Archives - Harry Firth (Part 1)
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Winners & losers from 2021 so far
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, Aaron Noonan is joined by Stefan Bartholomaeus to cover the news of Red Bull renewing its sponsorship of Triple Eight through to the end of the 2023 season, the positives that each of Supercars’ prospective new owners could bring, their winners and losers of the 2021 season so far, plus the pick of the Super2 races currently being uploaded to Supercars’ SuperArchive on YouTube. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Q&A - Barbecued Falcons, front-row lockouts, Safety Car Sleuth
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Will Scotty Mac be back for Bathurst?
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the latest happenings in the Repco Supercars Championship on Repco Supercars Weekly, including the delayed Bathurst 1000 amid major calendar changes for the second half of the 2021 season, what the new date means for the likelihood of former champion Scott McLaughlin making it back for the race, plus a snippet of how the Gen3 Chevrolet V8 engine may sound based on a preliminary test at Queensland Raceway. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: From the Archives - Bob Jane
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: What Kellys’ exit really means
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, Aaron Noonan is joined by Stefan Bartholomaeus to cover the big news of the Grove Group taking full ownership of Kelly Grove Racing at the end of the 2021 season, analysing what the Kellys' sale really means and giving a rundown on how Todd Kelly’s involvement will continue despite the change, plus the highs and lows of Todd and Rick Kelly time as team owners in the Supercars Championship. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Marcos Ambrose
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Greg Murphy on Supercars sale
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan is joined by Greg Murphy to wrap up last weekend’s WD-40 Townsville SuperSprint, including his take on who Triple Eight’s biggest rival is, the likely suitors for the soon to be vacant #88 car of Jamie Whincup, his preparations for his Bathurst 1000 wildcard, and what he believes should be the first move for whoever purchases Supercars. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Marcus Marshall (Part 2)
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Will Brown on Townsville breakthrough
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan is joined by Erebus Motorsport’s Will Brown to wrap up last weekend’s NTI Townsville 500, an event where he made a Top 10 Shootout for the first time and finished fifth in the Sunday race. Brown also talks about his season to date, the atmosphere within the Erebus team (a Happy Birthday message too for his team owner Betty Klimenko!) and also tells us about going back to his day job in the week between Townsville rounds: selling used cars in Toowoomba! The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Marcus Marshall (Part 1)
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Twin Townsvilles and no Albert Park
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the latest happenings in the Repco Supercars Championship on Repco Supercars Weekly, including that this weekend will likely be the first of two rounds held in Townsville this year, the cancellation of the 2021 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, the new machinery coming to the Super2 Series in 2023, and more! The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: John Faulkner (Part 2)
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Cam Waters on 2022 silly season
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan is joined by Tickford Racing’s Cam Waters to talk about the recent stories about which team he’ll be driving for in 2022, how he rates his 2021 Repco Supercars Championship season to date, Tickford’s likely form at the upcoming Townsville 500, plus his brother’s Mercedes speedway sedan and an update on his 1974 Ford Falcon XB hardtop restoration. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: John Faulkner (Part 1)
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Will Davison on his return to pole position
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan is joined by the Shell V-Power Racing Team’s Will Davison to wrap up the Merlin Darwin Triple Crown, covering Davison’s sweep of the pole positions and twin podium finishes on Sunday, his take on his start to the 2021 season, and what comes next for the new Supersoft tyre after its Hidden Valley debut. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Adrian Burgess (Part 2)
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Mostert on new deal, Neylon on step up
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly previewing the Merlin Darwin Triple Crown, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan chats to Chaz Mostert about his newly-announced deal to stay at Walkinshaw Andretti United, and to commentator Chad Neylon about stepping into the booth for the Repco Supercars Championship this weekend. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Adrian Burgess (Part 1)
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Greg Murphy talks Bathurst 1000 return
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan is joined by Greg Murphy to talk about the confirmation that he will return to Supercars this October to take part in the Repco Bathurst 1000 in a Boost Mobile-backed, Erebus Motorsport-run wildcard entry with Richie Stanaway. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: The Power of 7
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: What now after Winton postponement?
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan wraps all the news in the wake of the postponement of the Winton SuperSprint. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Q&A: Most teams to win in a season, a 'V8 Masters Tour', the Fordodore
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.au The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage The Motorsport Trader: https://themotorsporttrader.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Repco Supercars Weekly: Winton Preview with Mark Larkham
For this week’s edition of Repco Supercars Weekly, Mark Larkham joins V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan to preview this weekend’s Winton SuperSprint. The Garage: https://www.repco.com.au/thegarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Barry Ryan (Part 2)
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices