Motorsport: The Greatest Drivers Of The V8 Supercars Era

The greatest drivers of the V8 Supercars era 1. The top 10 Supercars drivers of 2020 In a year of few constants the Australian Supercars championship could be relied upon for its usual blend of rough and tumble racing with a V8 soundtrack.

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Motorsport: the greatest drivers of the v8 supercars era. For the first time ever Bathurst will open the season. It paid off as the W05 was miles ahead of the rest in 2014. The Bathurst Grand Final may provide Supercars its greatest spectacle yet but theres a risk it will force the series to face a hard truth.

Craig Lowndes has hailed Jamie Whincup as the greatest Supercars driver of the current era after his long-term rival claimed his record for most race wins. So here in the order of their wins are the most winning cars in the period of 1993 to 2012 in the Australian Touring Car ChampionshipV8 Supercars Championship. The 2021 Supercars Championship kicks off on Friday on the hallowed bitumen around Mount Panorama.

Its still-active Lowndes three ATCC and six Bathurst 1000s versus retired Skaifes five touring car titles and also six Bathurst wins. Jamie Whincup Whincup has 99 career race wins and will surely become the second driver to hit triple figures in the next couple of months. How the V8 era left F1s greatest independent in flux.

The 10 things that set McLarens new car apart from the old. Supercars Sep 4 2020. The Repco Supercars Championship formally Australian Touring Car Championship is the premier motorsport category in Australasia and one of Australias biggest sports.

Autosport Video Discover the best motorsport videos on the web. Dont miss a new beginning in 2021 at the Repco Mt Panorama 500. The 1996 championship began under lights at Sydney Motorsport Park then named Eastern Creek.

Tracks which have opened ATCCSupercars seasonss. From 1960 to 1968 the Australian Touring Car Championship was decided by a single. But the fact remains that winning races is the only marker of success in motorsport that really matters.

And this weekends meet will be a. Countless drivers have piloted Holdens during the marques six-decade involvement in Australian touring car racing. The V8 Supercars era began the following year at a floodlit Calder Park.

Today we look back at the 10 greatest drivers that never won a Supercars title. Craig Lowndes has hailed Jamie Whincup as the greatest Supercars driver of the current era after his long-term rival claimed his record for most race wins in the sport. V8 Supercars Red Bull Racing Australia.

Carlins greatest F1 graduates Carlin has helped guide enough drivers to Formula 1 to fill out an entire grid plus a handful of reserves to create a remarkable alumni list. Both are V8 legends. History is just as much about those on the fringes of victory as it is about the legends and icons.

The 2012 and 2013 V8 cars won races while Mercedes poured time and resources into developing a powerplant for the hybrid era. As the Supercars Championship sits sidelined it gives us a good chance to reflect on the categorys history. Lowndes is the New Brock the most popular and best-known V8 driver by far while Skaife is the dispassionate professional.

The new name for Australias premier tin-top racing category V8 Supercars - had been created at the end of 1996 and while the cars had raced in a New Zealand sprint series in late96 and at the non-title Australian Grand Prix event a week earlier today 20 years ago marked the start of the championships new era. Globally it is recognised as the best touring car category in the world and a leader in motorsport entertainment. For whatever reason Whincup never quite gets the credit he should for the absolute dominance he has inflicted on V8 Supercars for the last decade.

Drivers review stressful strategic new F2 format. The list is of course subjective with victories for the marque weighed against loyalty and affinity. A genuine superstar and well and truly worthy of being named the best in the world.

It was only beaten to pole once Williams locking out the front row in Austria when both Mercedes drivers made errors and led 86 of the racing laps during the. 1 888-023 28 race wins.

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