Jamie Whincup joined an elite list of motorsport legends in scoring his seventh Virgin Australia Supercars Championship title Sunday during the season-ending Coates Hire Newcastle 500.
Whincup Wins To Take Seventh Supercars Title
Jamie Whincup knew going into Sunday’s season-ending race for the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship that all he could do to try and win the championship was win outright.
‘Frosty’ Leads First Round Drills In Newcastle
Mark Winterbottom led the way during the opening round of qualifying for Sunday’s portion of the Coates Hire Newcastle 500, the season finale for the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship.
Whincup Stumbles as McLaughlin Takes Points Lead With Victory in Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, New South Wales, Australia — As championship rival Jamie Whincup stumbled on the first lap of Saturday’s Coates Hire Newcastle 500 race one, Scott McLaughlin capitalized on his rival’s misfortune to win and take the lead in the championship. “I really wanted it bad,” McLaughlin said of the win. “I got a good start for once in my life …
Triple Eight Sweeps Top Three in Gold Coast Sunday Shootout
SURFERS PARADISE, Queensland, Australia — Triple Eight Race Engineering locked out the first three positions for Sunday’s race at the Gold Coast 600. The Red Bull Holden Racing Team Commodores of Shane Van Gisbergen and Jamie Whincup locked out the front row, while the TeamVortex Commodore of Craig Lowndes will start third. “One-two-three, how awesome is that,” Van Gisbergen said. …
Tander Feels Dark Horses Can Pounce In Enduros
Former PIRTEK Enduro Cup winner Garth Tander believes a dark horse contender can step up and beat the Supercars heavyweights in the year’s biggest races.
VASC: Prodrive Hitting Double-Century Milestone In Townsville
Prodrive Racing Australia may not have had the results they are accustomed to as a team so far this year, but the Ford team will have a reason to celebrate at Townsville Street Circuit no matter the outcome.
IMSA: Supercars Ace Van Gisbergen Returning Stateside To The Glen
Defending Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen is heading to the United States this weekend to take part in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen sports car race.
VASC: Strong Weekends for Douglas and Rullo at Albert Park
NUNAWADING, Victoria, Australia — As the Australian Grand Prix wraps up for another year, there was no shortage of thrills and spills for the Virgin Australia Supercars non-Championship round. Both LDM drivers Alex Rullo and Taz Douglas started their weekend in a positive fashion adapting to the Albert Park Circuit with only a single 20-minute practice session. Four back-to-back qualifying sessions on …
VASC: Van Gisbergen’s Weekend Continues With Pole in Qualifying
Adelaide, South Australia — Shane Van Gisbergen’s magic Clipsal 500 Adelaide weekend continues, as the reigning series champion will go last in the Armor All Top Ten Shootout after setting the provisional pole in Sunday’s qualifying with a 1:19.295. Red Bull Holden Racing Team teammate Jamie Whincup qualified second. Whincup said he was pleased with the performance, but still was …
VASC: van Gisbergen Starts Title Defense With Win At Clipsal
ADELAIDE, South Australia, Australia — After posting the fastest time by one-ten-thousandth of a second in the first round of qualifying, then grabbing the pole by 0.044 seconds in the Armor All Shootout, Shane van Gisbergen continued his domination of the Clipsal 500 weekend by claiming the first of two 250-kilometer races on Saturday. The defending series champion drove away …
VASC: Clipsal 500 Adelaide Race Preview
ADELAIDE, South Australia, Australia — Welcome to the first of Race Chaser Online’s 2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship race previews! Before each Supercars race weekend, we will take a look at the track the series will be visiting, and point out the drivers to keep an eye out for during the races. We start with a look at the season-opening Clipsal …