Month: March 2008

[lang_en]In the wake of news this weekend that Walden Motorsport’s category Level Two licence was officially on the market, a possibility has surfaced for V8 Supercars Australia to take advantage of the situation and reduce the grid closer to its utopian number of 28 cars. read more | digg story[/lang_en]

[lang_en]Reigning champion Garth Tander has taken his first race victory of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship season after taking the first chequered flag at Eastern Creek Raceway this weekend. read more | digg story[/lang_en]

[lang_en]After suspension failure ruined the hopes of Holden’s fastest cars at Clipsal, pitlane talk at Eastern Creek this weekend has encompassed whether the team had made serious component changes to the two Holden Commodores since. read more | digg story[/lang_en]

[lang_en]Walden Motorsport will not be racing at Eastern Creek this weekend, nor for the remainder of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship season, after its licence has officially gone up for sale. read more | digg story[/lang_en]

Motorsport bosses of both Holden and Ford have firmed their stance on not wanting a third manufacturer involved in the V8 Supercar Championship Series until sound research on its benefits can be formulated. read more | digg story

Autobarn Racing’s Paul Dumbrell topped the timesheets in the first practice session for round two of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series at Eastern Creek today. read more | digg story

Newly appointed Driving Standards Observer Tomas Mezera has no intentions of altering his view on race standards at round two of the V8 Supercar Championship Series which has already got underway today at Sydney’s Eastern Creek. read more | digg story

[lang_en]Mercedes-AMG have just launched a stunning new safety car for the 2008 Formula 1 season. The Safety Car, based on the SL 63 AMG, and the Medical Car, derived from the C 63 AMG Estate, have the task of ensuring maximum safety at all 18 Formula 1 races. read more | digg story[/lang_en]

[lang_en]Fiat Yamaha’s young new recruit Jorge Lorenzo heralded his arrival into the 2008 MotoGP in Qatar with an impressive performance on the opening night of his first ever premier-class Grand Prix. With the first race of the season taking place under floodlights in somewhat cooler temperatures than the riders have been used to at the…

[lang_en]Britain’s fastest rising female motorsport sensation Jessica Hawkins has today, Wednesday, 5th March, been officially confirmed as a member of the highly prestigious Zip Young Guns All Stars Team for the 2008 Super 1 Dunlop Honda Cadet British Championship karting season.read more | digg story[/lang_en]