Ford will withdraw from V8 Supercars at the end of 2015. The manufacturer did not make a public announcement, but communicated its decision to stakeholders on Monday morning.The move follows plans by Ford to close its Australian manufacturing plants by October 2016 and cease production of its Falcon, the latest...

Scott McLaughlin resisted huge race-long pressure to give the Volvo S60 its third V8 Supercars championship round race win in the Phillip Island opener.Poleman McLaughlin led throughout in the Garry Rogers Motorsport-run car, with the Triple Eight Holdens of Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup glued to his tail.Garth Tander battled...

Chaz Mostert and Paul Morris (right to left, ABOVE) claimed victory on the final lap of an incredible 2014 Bathurst 1000 as Jamie Whincup ran low on fuel.The messy race featured 10 safety cars, was red-flagged for only the third time in the event's history, and ended up being fought...

Shane van Gisbergen denied Mark Winterbottom pole position in a gripping qualifying shootout for V8 Supercars' showpiece Bathurst 1000.The Kiwi threw his Tekno Holden around the Mount Panorama circuit and his fully committed, error-free lap resulted in a time of 2m06.3267s, beating his Ford Performance Racing rival by 0.3122 seconds.Defending...

Jamie Whincup secured Sandown 500 pole position for himself and Triple Eight Holden teammate Paul Dumbrell after taking victory in Saturday's second qualifying race.A comfortable lights-to-flag win for Dumbrell in the first race, contested by each team's second driver, ensured Whincup would start from pole position for the main qualifying...

Shane van Gisbergen made it two wins from two V8 Supercars races at Eastern Creek, as a fresh assault of rain between races one and two made conditions treacherous again.The leaders were four abreast into Turn 1, with van Gisbergen taking the honors and leading out of the corner, beating...

James Courtney pulled off a strategically brilliant victory in the third V8 Supercars race at Ipswich's Queensland Raceway, while Jamie Whincup moved to the top of the championship standings.Factory Holden driver Courtney held back a set of soft tires in qualifying for Saturday's races and those, coupled with two perfectly...

Chaz Mostert claimed his first V8 Supercars victory with Ford Performance Racing in the longer-distance finale at Barbagallo.The 22-year-old had taken a win at Queensland Raceway last July during his impressive rookie year with Dick Johnson Racing, but the Perth success marked his first victory since being promoted to Ford's...

Scott McLaughlin gave the new Volvo S60 its first win in a points-scoring V8 Supercars race at Barbagallo.Although the Garry Rogers Motorsport driver had triumphed in one of the non-points Formula 1 support races at the Australian Grand Prix in March, the victory in race one on Saturday was the...

Mark Winterbottom closed in on V8 Supercars championship leader Craig Lowndes as he made up for Ford Performance Racing's poor Friday by winning race two at Pukekohe.Winterbottom grabbed the lead from polesitter James Courtney at the first corner and then controlled the race to the flag, including a safety car...