The V8 Sleuth Podcast

The Undercut is back, and it’s all about the Great Race – the 2025 Repco Bathurst 1000!   With thanks to the Shell Motorsport Collection, Aaron Noonan, Jack Perkins, and James Moffat break down all of the big issues as we head to Mount Panorama for motorsport’s biggest event.   Who will win, who are the darkhorses, museum pieces on the racetrack, and much more.   The team also takes a deep dive into the archives to look at Jack and Moff’s first Bathurst 1000 podium finishes.   There’s the latest on Supercars’ safety car changes, plus the latest from the silly season driver market, while the subject of testing comes under the microscope.   Then there’s our City Rural Classic Car – the VF Commodore that took Will Davison and Jonathan Webb to the closest competitive victory in the Bathurst 1000 back in 2016, and our Top 5 delivered by Shell counts down some of the biggest moments from the history of the V8 Utes at Mount Panorama.   This is V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up!   REPCO BATHURST 1000 PROGRAM: http://bit.ly/4gaNidi COLIN BOND FULL TILT BOOK: https://bit.ly/4nzZB66 PERKINS MOTORSPORT: https://bit.ly/4mPNFfl MODEL CARS: http://bit.ly/4678VH3 JR HELMET: https://bit.ly/4kZaJHQ BOOKS: http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC APPAREL: http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ The Shell Motorsport Collection is now available at Shell OTR and Shell Reddy Express outlets nationwide, with eight to collect!   For further details, see: https://www.shell.com.au/motorists/promotions-and-offers/modelcars.html   Also, many thanks to City Rural Insurance Brokers for supporting the show once again!   For all your insurance needs, get a quote. https://cityrural.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lovers of 1:18 scale diecast model cars gather around – the Diecast Detective is back!   Episode two of the Mini Metal Podcast, powered by the Diecast Detective, focuses on the model cars from the 1980s and ‘90s Bathurst 1000 classics.   Examining what’s hot, what’s not, what’s selling, and what’s not, this is a fascinating look into an era of the sport that continues to capture the imagination of race fans.   The value of some of these cars is seriously impressive, proving that diecasts are more than a hobby; they can be a serious investment.   The Diecast Detective has done the homework on an ever-changing marketplace, with Aaron Noonan bringing his unique insights from two epic decades of the Great Race.   Diecast Detective website > ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4mYySQo⁠⁠ Models on the V8 Sleuth Superstore > ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠⁠ V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this second part of our chat with Rob Starr, we delve into the glory years of the Holden Racing Team, where success came naturally for Team Red. The discussion delves into the various roles Starr has held within the Walkinshaw operation, as well as the future outlook, with the outfit transitioning from the Ford Mustang to the Toyota Supra in 2026. 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

On this episode of The Undercut, with thanks to Shell OTR, Aaron Noonan, Jack Perkins, and James Moffat pull apart the burning issues in Supercars. The team break down all of the big-ticket items from the inaugural enduro at The Bend, plus we look forward to the Bathurst 1000 and the cutoff race for the Supercars finals.   There’s safety car chat, what parity truly is, plus the silly season plays that are about to be a talking point in the paddock.   Then there’s our City Rural Classic Car – the VZ Commodore that won all three levels of V8 competition, and our Top 5 delivered by Shell OTR, counting down our list of biggest moments from the incredible Touring Car Masters class.   Enjoy V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up!   Agree/disagree with our takes? Let us know in the comments!   REPCO BATHURST 1000 PROGRAM: ⁠http://bit.ly/4gaNidi⁠ LET’S RACE BY JESS YATES: ⁠https://bit.ly/4nGQU9D⁠ MODEL CARS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠ JR HELMET: ⁠https://bit.ly/4kZaJHQ⁠ BOOKS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC⁠ APPAREL: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pblOIQ⁠   We are thrilled to have Shell OTR onboard as our presenting partner of The Undercut, with Shell and OTR coming together to deliver premium fuel and convenience to Australians nationwide!   For further details, see: ⁠https://www.otr.com.au/⁠ Also, many thanks to City Rural Insurance Brokers for staying on board with us in supporting this episode.   For all your insurance needs, get a quote. ⁠https://cityrural.au⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robb Starr has been there, and won that in Australian motorsport. One of the longest-serving members of the touring car paddock, Starr joined the Holden Racing Team in 1991 and remains with Walkinshaw Andretti United to this day. In part one of our chat, Aaron Noonan delves into the early days of HRT, through to the glory days of the outfit, where winning came naturally. 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

Are you into model cars? Well, this is the podcast for you!   In the first episode of the Mini Metal Podcast powered by The Diecast Detective, the V8 Sleuth, Aaron Noonan, is joined by the Diecast Detective himself, who takes a look back at the model cars of the Bathurst 500s and 1000s from the 1960s and ‘70s.    You will be shocked by the value of some of these highly collectable pieces of art.   The Diecast Detective has done the homework on what’s hot right now, what’s on the outer, and what to look for to add to your collection.   Diecast Detective website > ⁠https://bit.ly/4mYySQo⁠ Models on the V8 Sleuth Superstore > ⁠https://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Noonan is once again joined by Jack Perkins and James Moffat to talk Supercars and more on the second episode of The Undercut with thanks to Shell OTR - V8 Sleuth’s look at the world of Supercars, with the angles you don’t and won’t get anywhere else, with the analysis and numbers to back them up!   Covered in the show is the big unveil of the Toyota Supra Supercar, we look ahead to The Bend 500 and break down the combos that will tackle the enduros, heartbreak for Jack Perkins in the Xfinity Series at Portland, the future of Lucky Dogs in the enduros, finals formats and much, much more.  Then there’s our City Rural Classic Car – the Bathurst 12 Hour HSV Sportswagon, and our Top 5 delivered by Shell OTR, counting down our list of biggest serve-ups from the V8 Utes category.   For more information on the V8 Sleuth Superstore, check out:   REPCO BATHURST 1000 PROGRAM: ⁠http://bit.ly/4gaNidi⁠ MODEL CARS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4678VH3⁠ BOOKS: ⁠http://bit.ly/4pfnZLC⁠ Further information on the Diecast Model Expo can be found here: ⁠https://diecastmodelexpo.com.au/⁠ We are thrilled to welcome Shell OTR onboard as our presenting partner of The Undercut!   They will also bring to you V8 Sleuth’s coverage of the AirTouch 500 at The Bend at Shell V-Power Motorsport Park, which is great as Shell and OTR come together to deliver premium fuel and convenience to Australians nationwide.   For further details, see: ⁠https://www.otr.com.au/⁠ Also, many thanks to ⁠ @cityruralinsurancebrokers473 ⁠ for staying on board with us in supporting this episode. For all your insurance needs, get a quote. ⁠https://cityrural.au⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Winterbottom joins us for his second visit to the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum to mark the release of his new autobiography, ‘Frosty’, written with former Daily Telegraph journo and longtime friend James Phelps. Buy Frosty now from the V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://bit.ly/3HKnQ1O V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With this year’s Enduro Cup looming, we’re going back to a lost era of endurance races on this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum. Will Dale and Shane Rogers run through some of the big touring car enduros that, because they weren’t a round of the ATCC or have long since lapsed, are all but forgotten by history ... but not by us! 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

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan and Mark Walker break down all of the talking points after a big weekend of Supercars racing around a packed-out ‘paperclip’! V8 Sleuth Superstore >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/ Bathurst 1000 Program >> https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/collections/under-30/products/2025-repco-bathurst-1000-official-program V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve asked and we’re answering! Aaron Noonan and Mark Walker tackle your questions in a Q&A edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum. Some of the topics we tackle in this episode thanks to your questions: -   Warren Luff’s future as an enduro co-driver -   The current status of the Australian Touring Car Championship trophy -   The mooted Asia-Pacific Supercars series -   Where Feeney’s 2025 Camaro ranks among Supercars’ most successful cars -   Our favourite statistical coincidences in ATCC/Supercars/Bathurst history -   Parity in Super2 -   A bit of Stock Car Sleuthing - Should Supercars utilise spare cars? - And plenty more 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

The Supercars are about to return to Queensland Raceway for the first time since 2019 for the Century Batteries Ipswich Super440, so we’re looking back at the championship’s history of racing at at the ‘Paperclip’ on this week’s episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum. Aaron Noonan and our resident Queensland Raceway expert Mark Walker talks about how the circuit came about, the dramas around the inaugural event in 1999 – and how he and a lot of people missed the opening race – along with the memorable races and results, the controversies, the massive shunts, and some of the weird things that have happened over the decades… 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

The V8 Sleuth Podcast looks ahead to this year’s edition of the Winton Festival of Speed on August 1-3! Aaron Noonan is joined by Mark Walker to look at what is rapidly becoming one of the best events of classic race cars on the calendar. TICKETS: Winton Festival of Speed >> ⁠https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-winton-festival-of-speed⁠ TICKETS: V8 Sleuth Open Night at Winton >> ⁠https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-winton-festival-of-speed-jf3ek5s3⁠ 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

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan and Mark Walker break down all of the talking points after a big weekend of Supercars racing in Tropical North Queensland! Broc Feeney continues to be on fire, belt buckles, timing, who's hot, who's not, and a whole heap more. 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

Tickford Racing chief Simon Brookhouse joins us for this edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum. While he’d not been directly involved in motorsport prior to being recruited as Tickford’s CEO in early 2024, Brookhouse explains his background in other sports as well his own visits to Mount Panorama in his younger days. He also talks about some of the challenges that faces Supercars as a sport in the future – including one unexpected area that is becoming an increasing issue for teams – Triple Eight’s arrival as Ford’s homologation team for 2026, the repeated rumours over Tickford being sold and his take on whether the sport’s future is with private equity owning teams, the future of Super2 and building brand new cars for it, the team’s long-mooted move from its Campbellfield home, and plenty more. 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

We’ve got a Bathurst winner on this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum – and he’s a return visitor! A lot has happened since Lee Holdsworth’s last visit to the podcast in early 2021, headlined by his Bathurst 1000 victory with Chaz Mostert at the end of that year, plus an unexpected swansong full-time Supercars season that netted him the Barry Sheene Medal. For the final part of our two-part chat, we recap the extensive celebrations that followed his Bathurst win – including the Monday morning phone call from a rival team owner with an offer to race full-time in Supercars the next year! Holdsworth talks about navigating changing his 2022 plans to drive for Grove Racing, his offer to race on into the Gen3 era full-time, working with a young Matt Payne, returning to Walkinshaw Andretti United for 2023 but knowing he had next to no chance of winning Bathurst, his return to Team 18 that would’ve seemed unlikely just a few years ago, and his new life outside of motorsport working in commercial real estate. 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

We’ve got a Bathurst winner on this week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by the National Motor Racing Museum – and he’s a return visitor! A lot has happened since Lee Holdsworth’s last visit to the podcast in early 2021, headlined by his Bathurst 1000 victory with Chaz Mostert at the end of that year, plus an unexpected swansong full-time Supercars season that netted him the Barry Sheene Medal. For the first part of our two-part chat, we wind back to his last visit - and all the things that were going on at that time that he couldn’t talk about! One of those things was his co-drive deal with Walkinshaw Andretti United, which had yet to be announced. We chat about the uncertainty he felt in the wake of being unexpectedly cut loose by Tickford at the end of 2020, how his deal to join WAU came together, plus a lot of inside stories of he and Mostert’s dominant weekend at Mount Panorama. We’ve never had a guest reference ‘Kevin Bloody Wilson’ on this podcast before, but we have now!  Lee also tells the story of how the team’s post-race inspection of the car revealed that their shot at victory came quite literally a centimetre from unravelling… 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

Aaron Noonan and Will Dale explore all things ‘40’ throughout the world of motorsport in this episode of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn, in honour of Autobarn’s 40th anniversary in 2025. From Supercars and Bathurst 1000 stars, Formula 1 icons, Indy 500 close-calls to NASCAR legends, we look at the #40 across motorsport as well as a look back at what was going on 40 years ago in Australian motorsport. VIDEO: Restoring the Legend, Episode 1 >> https://bit.ly/3G5UMB1 Huge savings in V8 Sleuth’s EOFY Super Sale! >> https://bit.ly/4k2GbUU TICKETS: Winton Festival of Speed >> https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-winton-festival-of-speed V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V8 Sleuth’s Aaron Noonan and Mark Walker go through all the talking points after a hot weekend of Supercars racing in the top end at the betr Darwin Triple Crown at Hidden Valley. Broc Feeney's true triple crown, Grove Racing on fire, and those who had a tough weekend in the Top End, plus much, much more! Huge savings in V8 Sleuth’s EOFY Super Sale! >> https://bit.ly/4k2GbUU V8 Sleuth Podcast Plus >> https://v8sleuth.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Haven’t had a chance to watch our new show, The Undercut? Listen to the first episode here on the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Autobarn! Aaron Noonan is joined by Jack Perkins and James Moffat to talk Supercars and more - opinion, analysis and the boys certainly didn't agree on everything in this new program from V8 Sleuth. Jack downloads on his upcoming NASCAR debut, we talk Trans Am with James and the guys tackle the City Rural Insurance Burning Questions, packed with plenty of topics to chew on! From the Walkinshaw driver battle, to who is Ford's best title chance, how Frosty's TV debut went, what happens to James Courtney in 2026 and much more, the boys have plenty to talk about! Noonz brings an idea to the table to improve the momentum of the Supercars calendar in our Workbench segment too - where less is more! Many thanks to City Rural Insurance for getting on board with this debut episode >> https://cityrural.au/ Watch The Undercut >> https://bit.ly/3FZnfbu 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