Former IndyCar and Formula E racer Simona De Silvestro is set to be a regular in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship for the next three years, having signed to race with that series' factory Nissan team for the 2017 through '19 seasons. The Swiss, who competed in the recent Bathurst...

Former Verizon IndyCar Series and Formula E driver Simona De Silvestro will join the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship in 2017 after signing a three-year agreement, Supercars chief executive James Warburton said.The former Sauber Formula 1 test driver made her debut in the series in last year's Bathurst 1000, in a...

Two-time Bathurst 1000 winner Russell Ingall will complete a unique V8 Supercars hat-trick in this year's endurance races.Ingall has signed a deal to race for Nissan Motorsport alongside Rick Kelly in the two-driver Sandown, Bathurst and Gold Coast races.When he lines up for September's Sandown 500, Ingall will have driven...

Mercedes will not appear on the V8 Supercars grid this year, with the Erebus team announcing a switch to Walkinshaw Racing-built Holden Commodores.The squad purchased multiple title winner Stone Brothers Racing and switched from Ford to Mercedes in 2013, with E63 AMGs developed with input from the German manufacturer's sporting...

James Courtney and Jack Perkins won race two of V8 Supercars' Gold Coast 600 on the streets of Surfers Paradise, the former on his comeback weekend from injury.The sister Holden Racing Team crew of Garth Tander and Warren Luff finished third behind the Nissan of Rick Kelly and David Russell...

The new Nissan LMP1 factory program has ventured out from its temporary base in Southern California to conduct its first test at the Nissan Technical Center in Stanfield, Ariz.The nature of the test is unknown, although with a secluded 5.7-mile facility at its disposal, a variety of options would exist...

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...

Jamie Whincup moved closer to retaining his V8 Supercars title with a dominant victory alongside co-driver Paul Dumbrell in the second race at Surfers Paradise (scroll down for video highlights)After dispatching the Volvo of polesitter Alex Premat, Dumbrell quickly took control of the race in the opening stint, establishing a...

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...