Kia Australia Could Enter V8 Supercars Racing Series

The team shelved those. Kia is believed to be in negotiations with at least one team to enter the future Virgin Australia Supercar Championship to replace current V8 Supercars with its entrant likely based on a rear.

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But David Malsher-Lopez explains why the New Zealander deserves this opportunity as soon as possible.

Kia australia could enter v8 supercars racing series. The latest report comes from Australia where Lexus is apparently engaged in talks with the Australian V8 Supercars series. Scott McLaughlin two-time and current Supercars champion should have been making his NTT IndyCar Series debut for Team Penske at the GP of Indianapolis but the Covid-19 pandemic forced a rescheduling that has put the brakes on his career switch. An international round is held in New Zealand while events.

Traditionally the racing series was only open to the Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore but new. The cars will have a lot less downforce than the current car making the racing more spectacular and putting more reliance on driver skill One crucial new element of the Gen 3 rules is Supercars plan for a white label V8 engine that it hopes will help reduce the cost of entry for new manufacturers. Lexus Australia boss Tony Cramb let slip that a initial meeting.

The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile FIA regulations. The powerplant is in line with changes to Australias premier domestic racing series that come into effect in time for the 2018 series. The shape into which Australias much-loved V8 Supercars series will evolve has become clearer with more details outlined.

HyundaiKIA Lambda 33 twin turbo V6. The 2021 Repco Supercars Championship will begin at the spiritual home of Australian motor racing Mount Panorama from 26-28 February. Supercars has locked in V8 power for what it calls its Gen3 regulations with the engines double-overhead-cam technology helping the series meet a desire to cut costs by around 30-40 per cent per car.

Otherwise if or when Holden withdraw from Supercars series 888 would be a great team for KIA to sign with. All Supercars events take place in all Australian states and the Northern Territory with the Australian Capital Territory formerly holding the Canberra 400. Mt Panorama Bathurst is the spiritual home of motorsport in Australia so its fitting that it hosts the opening round of the Supercars Series.

Volvo could be the next marque to begin competing in the Australian V8 Supercars racing series. Kia Australia could enter V8 Supercars racing series. Recently Nissan has been added as had Mercedes-Benz with the E63 AMG.

Supercars today issued the Draft 2021 Championship calendar which will run over 12 events between February and December. It shouldnt be the V8 beasts at Bathurst this weekend though the series has stepped up to fill the place of the 12-hour GT sports car race amid this unpredictable pandemic time that stopped. The V8 Supercars have dominated Australian motorsport for much of the last two decades drawing from the popularity of two made-in-Australia V8 rivals in Holden and Ford.

Rather than being under control of Supercars Australia the series will be handed over to be managed by. Its also the online home of one of motorsports great rivalries where the Ford Mustang GT and the Holden ZB Commodore go door-to-door on some of the worlds most legendary road courses. Supercars team and former General Motors factory squad Walkinshaw Performance had previously investigated bringing the Camaro into the series for the 2020 racing season.

HyundaiKIA Tau 50 V8. New management is set to bring V8 utes back to racetracks in Australia with changes to the SuperUtes series. In the 2020 season SuperUtes is set to bring V8 engines in to replace the turbo diesel units currently powering the dual-cab racers a move expected to rejuvenate the series.

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Currently a two-car team can spend upward of 500000 in building maintaining and developing engines each season. News Corp Australia can reveal Kia is the third manufacturer in line to join Ford and General Motors on the V8 grid in 2021 with the Korean giant considering turning the Stinger into a Supercar. Currently Supercars has General Motors Holden and Ford which have long been the backbone of the series.

News video highlights calendar results and live timing from the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship formerly the V8 Supercars Championship. Read the Rest. Although initially tipped to be a V8 its now likely the car will feature an alternative powerplant.

The large sedan has been dubbed Kias Commodore fighter.

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