Posts Tagged "Holden"

V8 Supercars faces a severe identity crisis

By , 2 Aug 2009
 

Craig Lowndes defecting to Holden is one of the biggest V8 Supercar news stories since Craig Lowndes defected to Ford. As Triple 8, the most successful Ford team in recent times, makes the move to Holden next season, a major flaw for the category is once again exposed.

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Holden says V8 cost-cutting must be thought out

By , 22 Jun 2009
 

Holden’s motorsport manager Simon McNamara says cost-reduction proposals in V8 Supercars need to be well thought out before being implemented.

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Holden finally gets a win in V8 Supercars

By , 31 May 2009
 

Holden finally declared ‘game on’ Saturday, snapping Ford’s grip on the V8 Supercars Series at Symmons Plains. Garth Tander scored a breakthrough victory for the red team when he won the opening race of the Tasmanian round from fellow Commodore pilot Russell Ingall.

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Holden and Ford split on mounts ahead of weekend’s V8s

By , 29 May 2009
 

A bitter feud which has split V8 Supercar racing in half will come to a head on Friday. The simmering dispute between Ford and Holden involving front aerodynamic parts will go before Australian motorsport officials ahead of this weekend’s Symmons Plains meeting.

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A new Holden hero emerges with dream debut

By , 23 Mar 2009
 

Holden lost the battle to Ford at the Clipsal 500, but there was plenty of hope it can win the war thanks to Will Davison’s sparkling debut for its highest profile V8 Supercar team.

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These great moments in sports have made me a convert

By , 3 Feb 2009
 

Most of us have grown up having a limited list of sports to which we hold an allegiance. In my case, it was predominantly Australian Rules Football.

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Whincup a winner once more

By , 9 Dec 2008
 

New V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup won his second successive Barry Sheene Medal as the sport’s best and fairest as his Team Vodafone scooped the awards pool on Monday night.

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Whincup times his bad run to perfection

By , 8 Dec 2008
 

Champions need perfect timing, and new V8 Supercar champ Jamie Whincup even managed to find the right moment for his Ford to self-destruct.

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Whincup secures title in style

By , 7 Dec 2008
 

What didn’t kill Jamie Whincup made him strong enough to finally win the V8 Supercar championship. So many setbacks and difficult moments over his short career were put to one side as the Ford driver claimed his first title in emphatic style with victory in the opening race of the final round at Oran Park [...]

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Bright back to Stone Brothers for ’09

By , 5 Nov 2008
 

Ford star Jason Bright will return to Stone Brothers Racing next season in a bid to challenge the cashed-up V8 Supercar pacesetters.

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Whincup holds nerve for important victory

By , 26 Oct 2008
 

For V8 Supercar championship leader Jamie Whincup, it was no choke. Instead he put a hand on the throat of his two title rivals, posting an important confidence-boosting victory in the opening race of round 11 at the Gold Coast today.

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Hot V8 property won’t confirm plans until season ends

By , 23 Oct 2008
 

The man likely to spark the V8 Supercar driver-go-round for 2009, Ford’s Will Davison, aims to ignore speculation about his future for the rest of the season.

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Triple treat for Triple Eight

By , 13 Oct 2008
 

Ford pair Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup claimed an historic Bathurst 1000 hat-trick today but second-placed Greg Murphy was “pissed” that Lowndes got away with bumping him on lap one.

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Rick Kelly handed lifeline

By , 12 Oct 2008
 

Two-time champion Rick Kelly has been handed a lifeline for this year’s Bathurst 1000 after his teammate Paul Radisich ruined their Toll HSV Dealer Team Commodore in a high-speed crash.

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Murphy happy to be amongst it

By , 11 Oct 2008
 

Greg Murphy is finally smiling again. The four-time Bathurst champion has had a few lean years since he last won at Mount Panorama in 2004.

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Winterbottom scorches in Bathurst

By , 11 Oct 2008
 

Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom insists he’s over last year’s Bathurst nightmare and ready to set Mount Panorama alight in tomorrow’s top ten shootout. More from Bathurst Can I win? You bet, says Kiwi Richards Murphy happy to be amongst it

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Morris out for a Bathurst bludge

By , 10 Oct 2008
 

Paul “The Dude” Morris has plenty of critics, most of them his fellow V8 Supercar drivers.Every year he’s voted the dirtiest driver in the field by his peers but he never changes his ways.

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Omen points to a colourful Bathurst winner

By , 9 Oct 2008
 

Russell “The Enforcer” Ingall feels it’s time for for a pair with personality to win the Bathurst 1000 and it might as well be him and Paul “The Dude” Morris. More motor racing Change or go bust in a year, Mosley warns F1 SBR the forgotten force

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SBR the forgotten force

By , 9 Oct 2008
 

For a team which finished second at last year’s Bathurst 1000, Ford’s James Courtney and David Besnard haven’t garnered much attention.

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No talk of retirement as Skaife eyes sixth Bathurst

By , 3 Oct 2008
 

Holden hero Mark Skaife has shunted any retirement talk off the public agenda for the foreseeable future, saying he remains as motivated as ever to conquer Bathurst for the sixth time next week. More on Bathhurst The Enforcer says omen points to a colourful winner Holden V8 teams facing cash squeeze

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