Brodie Kostecki broke his own Gen3 qualifying lap record to claim provisional pole for this weekend’s Bathurst 1000.The defending race winner lapped the mountain in 2m04.0307s in the No.38 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon to edge out current Supercars Championship leader Broc Feeney by just 0.0064s. The top six cars...

A couple of weeks on from the surprise announcement that he was stepping away from his comeback to the V8 Supercars Championship with DJR Team Penske after just two events, Marcos Ambrose has spoken publicly for the first time about the reasons for his decision in interview with the series'...

DJR Team Penske announced that Marcos Ambrose has requested to be temporarily relieved as driver of the No. 17 DJR Team Penske Ford, beginning with the Tasmania race. Scott Pye will take over the driving duties for the No. 17 Ford Falcon FG X."I appreciate the effort that Marcos and...

With racing teams competing in a variety of open- and closed-wheel racing series, Team Penske has used each new season as an opportunity to cross-train crew members in different disciplines. Penske Racing president Tim Cindric has authored of a number of interesting chemistry experiments in recent years, and with a...

DJR Team Penske has unveiled a significant sponsorship partnership with Shell Helix for the 2015 V8 Supercars Championship.The Shell brand, which is licensed exclusively to Viva Energy in Australia, has a rich history with Dick Johnson Racing in Australia and Team Penske in the USA. To highlight this association, the...

Australian racing ace Marcos Ambrose and PIRTEK Fluid Transfer Solutions have "put the band back together" at Dick Johnson Racing.PIRTEK was the naming rights sponsor on Ambrose's car during his six seasons with Stone Brothers Racing in the V8 Supercar Championship Series (2000-2005). Ambrose won championships in 2003-04 in PIRTEK...

Marcos Ambrose will make an early return to V8 Supercars with his new DJR Team Penske squad at the Sydney NRMA 500 in December.The two-time series champion was the dominant force in V8 Supercars before switching to NASCAR. He announced this month he would return to V8 Supercars full time...

Roger Penske is not ruling out a manufacturer change for the DJR Team Penske V8 Supercars team in the future, although he remains committed to current partner Ford for 2015.Penske announced earlier this week that it had purchased a majority stake in Dick Johnson Racing to facilitate its entry into...

Marcos Ambrose says that a belief that his NASCAR career had plateaued was a driving force behind his decision to quit U.S. stock cars for Aussie tin-tops at the end of this season.Ambrose, who won two V8 Supercars titles before moving to the U.S. to try NASCAR nine years ago,...

Team Penske announced today that it will form a partnership with one of the most successful motorsport teams in Australia to compete in the popular V8 Supercars Championship, beginning in 2015.Working with Dick Johnson Racing (DJR), the longest-established motor racing team in Australia, Team Penske plans to race next season...