The V8 Sleuth Podcast
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Updated about 15 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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V8SP Mini: How siblings pulled off a ‘Bradbury’ moment
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
V8SP: The rise and fall of AUSCAR
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
V8SP: Greg Murphy
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
Ryco Rewind: When Will Davison hedged his brother on the last lap of the season
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
V8SP: Q&A - Driver salaries, mystery HDT car, S2 v SC at Bathurst
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
Ryco Rewind: They’re all in the fence!
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
V8SP: Tony Quinn (Part 2)
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
V8SP: Tony Quinn (Part 1)
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
V8SP Mini: Larry Perkins’ F1 debut on the Nürburgring Nordschleife
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
V8SP: Matt Naulty
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
V8SP: David Russell (Part 2)
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
V8SP: David Russell (Part 1)
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 1 he talks about his dad’s racing, why he didn’t go via the traditional karting route and starting his racing career in his mid-teens aboard two very different machines: a turbocharged Datsun Sports Sedan and a bog-standard Suzuki Swift! He also covers his years in GT Production with Proton, the competition that kick-started his Supercars career, racing in the Bathurst 12 Hour, and some of the behind-the-scenes wheeling and dealing to move up the ladder. 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
Castrol Supercars Weekly: Erebus to supply rival/s with cars in ‘25
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship from this week, headlined by Erebus Motorsport building cars for rival team/s in 2025. 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
V8SP: Q&A - Elvis, a forgotten Mustang, the most dominant season
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: - A new take on judging the most dominant season in Supercars - The last driver to pilot a Toyota to a win/finish in the ATCC/Bathurst - The fate of one of the original Group A Ford Mustangs - What became of the cars that were badly damaged in a horror Turn 1 crash at Albert Park in 2017 - Elvis! - Is Tony Quinn the first team owner to win an ATCC/Supercars race at a track he owns? - The story behind Gibson Motorsport’s outrageous fuel economy in the 1995 Bathurst 1000 - 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ryco Rewind: Courtney and Perkins’ against-the-odds triumph
For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the Sunday leg of the 2015 Castrol Gold Coast 600 at Surfers Paradise, a race that delivered one of the most emotional Supercars victories in recent memory. Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Castrol Supercars Weekly: Winterbottom makes call on driving future
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship from this week, headlined by Mark Winterbottom revealing that he won’t be on the full-time grid in 2025. 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
V8SP: Todd Hazelwood (Part 2)
Bathurst 1000 winner Todd Hazelwood – as he will now forever be introduced! – joins us for this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol for a look back at the remarkable path that his career has taken. Hazelwood starts Part 2 reliving the year that he says “broke” him; the 2018 season where he and Matt Stone Racing stepped up to the Supercars Championship. He opens up on the challenges of that year and how it led to him having to leave the team at the end of the following year. He talks about his two seasons with Brad Jones Racing, including his maiden Supercars pole and maiden podium finish - albeit one he regards with a bit of an asterisk - and his return to MSR for 2022. Hazelwood also goes in-depth on his switch to the Blanchard Racing Team for the inaugural season of Gen3 and it unravelled, before revealing just how bad co-driver Brodie Kostecki was feeling in the lead-up to their Bathurst 1000 victory - and just how bad Todd was feeling after it! 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/ Championship-winning engineer Scott Sinclair’s analysis of Erebus’ Bathurst win >> https://bit.ly/40gWLds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Todd Hazelwood (Part 1)
Bathurst 1000 winner Todd Hazelwood – as he will now forever be introduced! – joins us for this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol for a look back at the remarkable path that his career has taken. In Part 1, we start with the present and his victory at this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 with Brodie Kostecki and Erebus Motorsport, before delving back into the unusual path he took through the sport. He opens up on his family’s pivotal role in getting him through the sport, from fundraising through sausage sizzles and memberships to remortgaging their home, and the key role an open-wheel racing champion played in his progression. We also cover his successful season on the reality TV show Shannons Supercar Showdown, and how it indirectly led to his first full-time Dunlop Series drive. He also reveals the white lie he told to secure that ride with Matt Stone Racing, and his very, very nervous wait through the first practice session for word from the bank... 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
Ryco Rewind: The Gold Coast race that took three attempts to start
For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the Saturday leg of the 2012 Armor All Gold Coast 600 at Surfers Paradise, a race that took three attempts to start and lost six cars before it finally got underway! Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Castrol Supercars Weekly: Tander makes call on co-driving future
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship from this week, headlined by Garth Tander revealing his future co-driving plans beyond 2024. 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
Castrol Bathurst Daily: Race Day wrap at the Bathurst 1000
V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale and Connor O’Brien wrap all the Sunday action at the 2024 Repco Bathurst 1000, with Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood taking a popular victory in the latest edition of the ‘Great Race’.. 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
Castrol Bathurst Daily: Shootout Day wrap at the Bathurst 1000
V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale and Connor O’Brien wrap all the Saturday action at the 2024 Repco Bathurst 1000, with Brodie Kostecki storming to pole position for the second year in a row.. 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
Castrol Bathurst Daily: Qualifying Day wrap at the Bathurst 1000
V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale and Connor O’Brien wrap all the Friday action at the 2024 Repco Bathurst 1000, with Matt Payne topping qualifying, the fastest lap of the day going unrewarded, and a pair of big names enduring two big crashes. 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
Castrol Bathurst Daily: Practice Day wrap at the Bathurst 1000
V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale and Connor O’Brien wrap all the Thursday’s action at the 2024 Repco Bathurst 1000, a busy and strange day for the opening day of Supercars practice at Mount Panorama. 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
V8SP: The era that made the Bathurst 1000 what it is today
On the eve of this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000, the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol takes a look back at the Group C era of the ‘Great Race’ from 1973 through to 1984. 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/ V8 Sleuth Live Night at Bathurst featuring Tony Cochrane >> https://bit.ly/3yXh6cb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices