The V8 Sleuth Podcast

The V8 Sleuth Podcast

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V8 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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V8SP: Jason Bright (Part 2)

This week Jason Bright joins the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 2, Jason opens up about his Supercars career, he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions plus our traditional MotorFocus Top 10 Shootout, and we reveal the winners of the V8 Sleuth Podcast Trivia Competition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E42 May 04, 2020 68 min

V8SP: Jason Bright (Part 1)

This week Jason Bright joins the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 1, we talk about Jason’s open-wheel career … in particular his time racing in the United States back in the year 2000 which ended with him racing an Indycar at Gold Coast Indy at Surfers Paradise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E41 May 04, 2020 66 min

V8SP: Trivia Quiz!

We’re doing something a little different this week on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken – a round of trivia hosted by the V8 Sleuth himself, Aaron Noonan! And you can win prizes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E40 Apr 23, 2020 20 min

V8SP: Nick Percat (Part 2)

This week Bathurst 1000 and Adelaide 500 winner Nick Percat joins the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 2, Nick opens up about the illness that forced him to sit out the tail end of the 2015 Supercars season, and he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions plus our traditional MotorFocus Top 10 Shootout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E39 Apr 15, 2020 31 min

V8SP: Nick Percat (Part 1)

This week Bathurst 1000 and Adelaide 500 winner Nick Percat joins the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 1, Nick talks about his time at Walkinshaw Racing, capped by his 2011 Bathurst 1000 win with Garth Tander, and he opens up on the race that got him on Walkinshaw’s radar: the final Aussie Racing Cars race of the 2006 Gold Coast Indy, and how he initially wasn’t even going to start it! He also talks about making his full-time main game debut with Walkinshaw in 2014 – and the Dick Johnson Racing contract he turned down in the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E38 Apr 15, 2020 61 min

V8SP: Greg Rust (Part 2)

This week veteran Australian motorsport broadcaster and journalist Greg Rust joins the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 2, Rusty opens up about a major health scare he had back in 2011, plus the chance meeting it led to, he tells a ripper story about his dog Buster and an infamous visit to the Channel 10 studios, he talks about he and his family’s move to New Zealand at the end of 2017, he tackles your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions, and we put him against the clock in our traditional MotorFocus Top 10 Shootout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E37 Apr 08, 2020 48 min

V8SP: Greg Rust (Part 1)

This week veteran Australian motorsport broadcaster and journalist Greg Rust joins the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 1, Rusty talks about how he went from working in banking to a career in the media, his time calling Super Touring and working on the early years of Channel 10’s V8 Supercars coverage – and he tells a few cracking stories about Barry Sheene and Leigh Diffey! – and we go all ‘meta’ as he talks about his podcast on our podcast, telling the story of how his show ‘Rusty’s Garage’ came to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E36 Apr 08, 2020 54 min

V8SP: Q&A

You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan tackles your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E35 Apr 01, 2020 34 min

V8SP: Ryan Story (Part 2)

After recording this in July 2019, we’ve finally unleashed this to the internet: Ryan Story on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken! In Part 2, Ryan tells the full back story of how the DJR Team Penske union came together – he reveals the role a Supercars fan favourite played in helping get the deal over the line! – and the evolution of the team from its dark days at the start of the Car of the Future era through to its emergence as one of the big players on the Supercars grid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E34 Mar 23, 2020 51 min

V8SP: Ryan Story (Part 1)

After recording this in July 2019, we’ve finally unleashed this to the internet: Ryan Story on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken! In Part 1, Ryan takes you inside Dick Johnson Racing’s most tumultuous years, revealing just how bad things were at the end of 2012 and how the team survived through the next couple of seasons. He also opens up on his own life story – which is a remarkable tale in itself! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E33 Mar 23, 2020 56 min

V8SP: Larry Perkins (Part 2)

A six-time Bathurst 1000 winner, a solar car pioneer, and still to this day a hero to masses of Supercars fans, Larry Perkins joins the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 2 we ask him your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions, talk about his decision to start his own touring car team, his three Bathurst victories under his own banner, the Castrol Cougars program, and the V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout, where Larry comes out with a few ripping answers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E32 Mar 11, 2020 46 min

V8SP: Larry Perkins (Part 1)

A six-time Bathurst 1000 winner, a solar car pioneer, and still to this day a hero to masses of Supercars fans, Larry Perkins joins the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 1 we chat about his time in Europe trying to make it to Formula 1, racing for Bernie Ecclestone, how an ice skater ended his oval-racing career before it even began, plus his sudden decision to retire from the cockpit for good at Bathurst in 2003. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E31 Mar 11, 2020 53 min

V8SP: David Reynolds (Part 2)

A Bathurst 1000 winner, a former donut expert on the Albury High School oval, and one of the most popular drivers in Supercars, David Reynolds joins the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 2 he opens up about the greatest day of his life and the absolute worst day of his life, reveals where he took his long-term partner for their first date, plus your National Motor Racing Museum Couch Racer Questions and the V8 Sleuth Top 10 Shootout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E30 Mar 04, 2020 48 min

V8SP: David Reynolds (Part 1)

A Bathurst 1000 winner, a former member of the marketing team at Holden Special Vehicles, and one of the most popular drivers in Supercars, David Reynolds joins the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. In Part 1 he chats about the early years of his racing career, his time at HSV and Walkinshaw Racing, and his contentious move from Kelly Racing to Ford Performance Racing before landing at Erebus Motorsport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E29 Mar 04, 2020 65 min

V8SP: Adelaide 500 Q&A

We wrap the Adelaide 500 on this week's V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken, Aaron Noonan and Will Dale covering the big battleground topics – like the Armor All Pole Award viking helmet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E28 Feb 26, 2020 39 min

V8SP: Jason Bargwanna

A Bathurst 1000 winner, a Holden Young Lion, and a former BMX bandit, Jason Bargwanna joins the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Timken. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E27 Feb 19, 2020 85 min

V8SP: Bathurst 12 Hour

We're back for 2020! V8 Sleuth's Aaron Noonan and Will Dale chat about all the things we love about the Bathurst 12 Hour – and announce an exciting new project! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E26 Jan 29, 2020 51 min

V8SP: Q&A

You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S1E25 Dec 04, 2019 46 min

V8SP: Q&A

You’ve asked, we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Will Dale tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S1E24 Oct 30, 2019 56 min

V8SP: Simona De Silvestro

A podium-finisher in the IndyCar Series, a one-time teammate to a world-famous actor, and one of the most popular drivers on the Supercars grid, Simona De Silvestro joins the V8 Sleuth Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S1E23 Oct 22, 2019 55 min

V8SP: 2019 Bathurst 1000 Preview

It's time for the annual pilgrimage to Mount Panorama! V8 Sleuth's Aaron Noonan and Will Dale run through what you need to know ahead of this year's Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S1E22 Oct 08, 2019 98 min

V8SP: Dick Johnson's 1994 Bathurst Winning Falcon EB

The latest Classic Car edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast looks back at the short but highly successful career of DJR EB5, a Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EB with a winning pedigree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S1E21 Oct 07, 2019 21 min

V8SP: Colin Bond

On the 50th anniversary of his Bathurst triumph with Tony Roberts, the first triumph in the Mount Panorama for the Holden Dealer Team, Colin Bond joins the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Holden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S1E20 Oct 04, 2019 108 min

V8SP: Our Top 10 Ford Bathurst Drivers

In a special episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast in the lead-up to this year's Bathurst 1000, Aaron Noonan and Will Dale debate over who are Ford's 10 best drivers in its history at the Mount Panorama enduro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S1E19 Oct 02, 2019 32 min

V8SP: Jim Richards

A seven-time Bathurst 1000 winner – including triumphs with both the HDT and HRT – a Calder Park street bike drag racer, and one of Australia’s drivers at a bizarre World Cup of Motorsport in Mexico, Jim Richards joins the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by ACDelco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S1E18 Sep 17, 2019 95 min