Ford will not run a ‘superteam’ in the V8 Supercars Championship next year, the Blue Oval’s racing manager has confirmed.
Category: Sports news
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Hot debate over NT to Qld logistics
A number of Melbourne-based V8 Supercar teams have decided to head straight to Queensland following last weekend’s action at Darwin’s Hidden Valley, rather than hauling their cars all the way back to Melbourne in between.
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Weather no match for new car
HSV Dealer Team driver Rick Kelly said his new VE Commodore, which debuts at Hidden Valley next week, performed well at a recent shake-down.
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Little mythbusts ethanol
TeamVodafone engineer Campbell Little says there are about “four million” things on the internet both singing the praises of ethanol fuel and criticising it to its death.
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Look Fast – Aerox Team Yamaha Race Replica
The latest in a serie of Valentino Rossi MotoGP the series of Yamaha M1. The Aerox Team Yamaha Race Replica features circuit style and an high output liquid cooled two stroke 50cc motor, brembo brakes, high grip 12″ tyres, and colour decals straight from the race versions.
At just over Euro 2,500 it is not inexpensive but it is defin
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Indianapolis Not on 2009 Provisional F1 Calendar
The FIA has unveiled the provisional calendar for the 2009 season, confirming the arrival of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the absence of a race in the United States.
The season will begin again in Australia in late March and will finish in Abu Dhabi in November. The calendar will have 19 races, one more than this year. -
Tyre change for Darwin
A new, more sustainable control tyre will be introduced to the V8 Supercar Championship Series at Hidden Valley.
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Consumption increases from new fuel
The 85 per cent ethanol blended fuel to be introduced for next year’s V8 Supercars Championship will burn up to 25 to 30 per cent quicker than the current fuel.
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2009 F150 Gets the Cold Shoulder from Ford
If you haven’t noticed, people aren’t exactly keen on driving trucks and SUVs these days. This isn’t just affecting commuters, but also city governments, businesses, and truckers. Just last month the F150 finally fell from it’s position as the best-selling vehicle in the US, and now it’s come out the Ford is delaying the release of the iconic truck
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Co-driver for Marcus Marshall confirmed
Matt Halliday will again drive a Falcon in the V8 Supercar Championship’s endurance races, with the announcement he will co-drive with Marcus Marshall this year.