Jason Bright and Todd Kelly will both step back from full-time racing after this weekend's Supercars Championship finale in Newcastle. Bright (pictured above), a 19-year veteran of the series, is nearing the end of his first season in a two-year-deal with Prodrive, and had been at the center of a...

Richie Stanaway will return for a second Supercars Pirtek Enduro Cup campaign this season, pairing with Cameron Waters. The 25-year-old New Zealander, a veteran of the World Endurance Championship as well as GP2, moves to Prodrive's Monster-backed Ford after impressing in his series debut as a co-driver in the team's...

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...

Chaz Mostert says he held up well on his return to V8 Supercars from injuries sustained during last year's Bathurst 1000.The Prodrive Ford driver crashed heavily during qualifying for the race last October, breaking his left leg and wrist.He missed the balance of the 2015 season, as team-mate Mark Winterbottom...

V8 Supercars champion Mark Winterbottom has backed the series' push to fund a full-time female driver, especially if it can attract someone of Formula E racer Simona de Silvestro's caliber.Swiss driver de Silvestro and local Renee Gracie (right to left, BELOW) became the first females to start the series' Bathurst...

The Ford of David Reynolds and Dean Canto will start Sunday's Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar race from pole position after a heavily-revised qualifying Saturday at Mount Panorama.After being in contention in the last two 1000km classics, Reynolds partially made up for the disappointments by taking his first pole at the...

James Courtney claimed an early V8 Supercars championship lead with a hard-earned victory in the main leg of the series' Clipsal 500 opener in Adelaide.Holden Racing Team driver Courtney withstood huge pressure from Tekno's Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander in the second HRT entry to win Sunday's 78-lap race...

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...