The V8 Sleuth Podcast
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Updated 2 days agoV8 Sleuth Aaron Noonan chats one-on-one with icons 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 life in racing.
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V8SP: Matt White (Part 2)
Veteran broadcaster Matt White joins us for this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. White shares stories from his long career in television, which has brought him into the world of Supercars as a reporter, host and lead commentator, in particular giving incredible insights into the craft of commentating and some of the politics that happens behind the scenes in the world of TV. In Part 2, he talks about unexpectedly ending up back in the V8 Supercars world when Seven landed the broadcast rights for 2007, how he ended up on Dancing With the Stars, trades stories with Noonz about their time in the box together - and the times Noonz subbed for him! - and he opens up on the challenging years of his return to 10 and serving as its head of sport, the inside story on the day the 2020 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix was cancelled, and his own sudden exit from the network. 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
V8SP: Matt White (Part 1)
Veteran broadcaster Matt White joins us for this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. White shares stories from his long career in television, which has brought him into the world of Supercars as a reporter, host and lead commentator, in particular giving incredible insights into the craft of commentating and some of the politics that happens behind the scenes in the world of TV. In Part 1, he talks about how he came to get involved in the media, from working for the Manly Daily newspaper, through doing radio with Triple M and TV news in Newcastle, through to landing a role at Channel 10 and being in the right place at the right time as Sports Tonight took off and the network became the Home of Motorsport, and eventually becoming the lead commentator for its coverage of V8 Supercars. He goes in-depth on his call of Greg Murphy’s ‘Lap of the Gods’ Top 10 Shootout run from the 2003 Bathurst 1000, and reveals why he left the network to move to Seven in 2004.. 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
Ryco Rewind: Sandown’s most controversial enduro
For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the 1982 Castrol 400 at Sandown, a year when the results for September’s traditional pre-Bathurst enduro weren’t finalised until mid-December! Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Live Night at Bathurst featuring Tony Cochrane >> https://bit.ly/3yXh6cb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: We answer your Sandown 500 questions!
You’ve asked, we’re answering! V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan and stats guru Shane Rogers run through a raft of listener questions about the Sandown 500. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: - The grid position that has produced the most winners - How many championship-counting Sandown enduros have actually completed their scheduled distance - Which individual chassis has won the Sandown enduro the most times? - Did the Holden Racing Team cop a penalty for the infamous incident in the 1993 race where a bucket-load of water smashed the windscreen on one of their cars? - The most successful driver pairings - Should retro round and the ‘Race for the Grid’ qualifying race format return? - The fate of the car Todd Hazelwood flipped at the Esses in the 2017 co-driver qualifying race - 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/ V8 Sleuth Live Night at Bathurst featuring Tony Cochrane >> https://bit.ly/3yXh6cb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ryco Rewind: When Holden won Ford's Sandown 500
For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the 1996 Tickford Sandown 500, a year when Holden dominated the Ford-sponsored enduro... Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ V8 Sleuth Live Night at Bathurst featuring Tony Cochrane >> https://bit.ly/3yXh6cb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Castrol Supercars Weekly: Supercars’ early-morning Bathurst test
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship from this week, a few key changes and interesting happenings for this years Repco Bathurst 1000. 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
V8SP: Craig Lowndes’ Sandown 500 memories
Craig Lowndes joins this edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol for a look back through his history at the Sandown 500. A six-time event winner, the publish date of this ep - September 4 - falls exactly on the 30th anniversary of his touring car race debut in the 1994 Sandown 500.. Lowndes shares tales from his history with the Sandown circuit - including some tales about his time as a driver trainer in his youth! - how he landed the ‘94 drive with the Holden Racing Team, plus behind-the-scenes stories of the wins, the losses, and the lessons that he’s now passing on to his 2024 co-driver Cooper Murray. 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP Mini: Brad Jones’ troubled one-lap NASCAR debut
This week’s ‘Mini’ edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol features Brad Jones sharing a couple of stories about his time racing in the Australian NASCAR Championship. In this snippet, Jones tells the colourful tale about how he made the switch from AUSCAR, in which he was a five-time series champion, to NASCAR, including the fun and games of trying to buy a car in America, the extreme lengths he and brother Kim Jones went to in order to make the grid for his first NASCAR race on the Gold Coast, and then a hilarious encounter he had with a visiting American star once he’d switched to NASCAR full-time. This Mini came from Episode 177 back in 2022, the first of a two-part chat with Jones about his career. To listen to the rest of the chat, tap this link >> https://bit.ly/3X20nN8 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Castrol Supercars Weekly: Huge 2025 silly season moves announced
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship from this week, headed by Mark Winterbottom revealing he is leaving Team 18 at the end of the season, followed shortly after by the team announcing Anton De Pasquale for 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 Campbell Little funeral service live stream >> https://1.livestreaminggoldcoast.com.au/2024/08/22/campbell-stewart-little/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Castrol Supercars Weekly: Perkins blocked from Sandown Super2 start
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship from this week, headed by the passing of Campbell Little, the punishment handed out for a post-race push at Symmons Plains, and the rule that has prevented Jack Perkins from racing in Super2 at the Sandown 500. 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: Bryce Seales (Part 4)
We’ve had a fantastic chat with Aussie ex-pat Bryce Seales on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. A veteran of the Australian and United States racing scenes, Seales has been on staff at NASCAR Cup Series squad Trackhouse Racing for several years. He very generously interrupted a holiday back at home to drop into V8 Sleuth headquarters to tell a few stories, and we’re releasing the last two parts of our chat this week. In Part 4, Seales shares more stories from his time with the Holden Racing Team and Walkinshaw Racing, including his take on why the team hit a rough patch in the 2010s, and the special career milestone he was able to achieve with the Perkins family in 2015. He also discusses the reasons behind his return to the United States in the mid-2010s - and hails an important topic brought up by his former HRT teammate Scott Sinclair during his visit to the V8 Sleuth pod last year - and his years with Chip Ganassi’s NASCAR team. 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Bryce Seales (Part 3)
We’ve had a fantastic chat with Aussie ex-pat Bryce Seales on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. A veteran of the Australian and United States racing scenes, Seales has been on staff at NASCAR Cup Series squad Trackhouse Racing for several years and very generously interrupted a holiday back at home to drop into V8 Sleuth headquarters to tell a few stories. We’re releasing the last two parts this week. In Part 3, Seales talks about moving back to the United States after landing a gig in the CART World Series and shares some stories that highlight the vast amount of money that engine manufacturers burned through in pursuit of horsepower, as well as a sad tale of what might have been amid a tragic period for the championship. He also talks about his brief stint in the Indy Racing League working for Eddie Cheever, a bizarre job interview with a leading open-wheel team, and making his way back to Australia and returning to Supercars with PWR Racing and the Holden Racing Team. 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Race Control: Craig Baird explains the calls from Tasmania
Race Control: V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan chats with Supercars’ Driving Standards Advisor, Motorsport Australia’s Craig Baird, who explains all the details behind the calls made in Race Control during the latest Repco Supercars Championship round – the NED Whisky Tasmania SuperSprint at Symmons Plains. The V8 Sleuth Podcast appreciates the support of Motorsport Australia in putting our Race Control episodes together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ryco Rewind: When SVG made McLaughlin blow a fuse
For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the Sydney Motorsport Park round of the 2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship, when a restart rumble between two Kiwi heroes exploded in front of the pack. Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Castrol Supercars Weekly: Camaros on top early in Tasmania
V8 Sleuth’s Will Dale runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship from this week, headed by the opening practice session for this weekend’s NED Whisky Tasmania SuperSprint at Symmons Plains. 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: Bryce Seales (Part 2)
We’ve had a fantastic chat with Aussie ex-pat Bryce Seales on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. A veteran of the Australian and United States racing scenes, Seales has been on staff at NASCAR Cup Series squad Trackhouse Racing for several years. He very generously interrupted a holiday back at home to drop into V8 Sleuth headquarters to tell a few stories, and we’re releasing the first two parts of our chat this week. In Part 2, Seales talks about getting started in touring car racing with Murray Carter prior to departing overseas, and how it led him to land a job with Glenn Seton Racing upon his return in the early 1990s. He shares his view on the team’s rollercoaster seasons running Falcons in Peter Jackson colours, from winning the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1993 to Seton’s heartbreaking Bathurst loss in 1995. We then cover off his years at Perkins Engineering, from his job interview with Larry Perkins to working on Russell Ingall’s car throughout the 1996 and 1997 seasons, culminating in victory in the Bathurst 1000 - and another move overseas! 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Bryce Seales (Part 1)
We’ve had a fantastic chat with Aussie ex-pat Bryce Seales on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. A veteran of the Australian and United States racing scenes, Seales has been on staff at NASCAR Cup Series squad Trackhouse Racing for several years and very generously interrupted a holiday back at home to drop into V8 Sleuth headquarters to tell a few stories. We’re releasing the first two parts this week. In Part 1, Seales shares an interesting insight into Trackhouse Racing and in particular its owner Justin Marks, plus Shane van Gisbergen’s impact on the NASCAR scene from an insider’s perspective. We then go back to how he got started in racing, fielding a Ford Cortina in the Appendix J support race at Mount Panorama, doing a job interview with the Lotus Formula 1 team at the Adelaide Grand Prix, and how a stint overseas led to an unlikely meeting with one of the most iconic cars in Australian touring car 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 Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Castrol Supercars Weekly: Sale looming for Supercars TV rights holder
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship from this week, headed by news that Supercars’ primary TV rights holder could be up for sale. 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 Buy Hino Supercars Tour tickets here >> https://bit.ly/4bv3UbY V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: More tales from V8 Sleuth's stats guru
This week - by popular demand - we’ve once again pressed our AN1 Data stats guru Shane Rogers into joining this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol. Shane tackles the stat questions you sent us via social media – makes a few updates and corrections from the last batch! – and shares some of his favourite obscure and unusual statistics and facts from ATCC/Supercars history – including yet another bizarre tale from the life of Supercars Hall of Famer Norm Beechey, this one on how he was nearly caught up in a jail break from Pentridge Prison. 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/ Buy Hino Supercars Tour tickets here >> https://bit.ly/4bv3UbY V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ryco Rewind: The V8 era’s first title showdown
For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the Oran Park round of the 1995 Shell Australian Touring Car Championship, which marked the culmination of a three-way title battle between Ford’s John Bowe and Glenn Seton, and Holden’s Peter Brock. Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Castrol Supercars Weekly: Supercars team boss backs finals series
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship from this week, headed by a team boss throwing his support behind Supercars introduce a finals series to determine the champion. 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 Buy Hino Supercars Tour tickets here >> https://bit.ly/4bv3UbY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: 2014 – Bizarre Bathurst, the rise of Scotty Mac and Danny Ric
This week, the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol winds back 10 years for a look at the 2014 motorsport year, touching on the big topics and happenings in V8 Supercars, F1, MotoGP, NASCAR, IndyCar and sports car 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 Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Buy Hino Supercars Tour tickets here >> https://bit.ly/4bv3UbY V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ryco Rewind: Forgotten aspects of Oran Park’s startline fireball
For this Ryco Rewind we're going back to the Oran Park round of the 2000 Shell Championship Series, which featured a notorious moment in ATCC/Supercars history. Check out the Ryco Filters range >> https://rycofilters.com.au/ The final fate of Larko’s AU from Oran Park 2000 >> https://bit.ly/46td1Jd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Castrol Supercars Weekly: Major 2025 silly season move confirmed
V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan runs through the key news from the Repco Supercars Championship from this week, headed by confirmation today that Richie Stanaway is moving on at the end of the 2024 season – and we reveal who his replacement at Grove Racing will be. 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 Buy Hino Supercars Tour tickets here >> https://bit.ly/4bv3UbY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
V8SP: Q&A - The first post-race burnout, the last H-pattern user, weird qualifying formats
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: - What happened to Gen3’s exhaust flames? - Chances of a book on Brad Jones’ career? - What happens is two drivers tie in a Shootout? - Different circuit layouts within one round - The last driver to race with a H-pattern gearchange in Supercars - Neil Crompton’s usage of the #7 - Weird qualifying formats - Mid-weekend driver replacements - The first driver to do a post-race burnout in ATCC/SC history - 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 Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices