Inside Supercars Podcast

Stefan Bartholomaeus (Speedcafe) and Lachlan Mansell (Wakefield Park) discuss this weeks Endurance testing, Supersoft tyres tried in Queensland, Russell Ingalls called in to HRT, Buncombe and Premat get their first laps of 2015 and will the new manufactures stay in the sport?

Adrian Musolino (V8X) and Chris Jewell (Velocity Management Group) discuss the Sydney Motor Sport Park round of the Championship. Will James Courtney return this season? Is Chaz Mostert a real threat for the Championship? Was Bright's shortcut fair? Why do we have till wait for Sandown to hear Pro Drive Australia's protest on CL? Bathurst Wildcards who is coming to play? What will a Brock Mini Series do to help promote motorsport? and Seven to run another Shannon’s series.

Lewis Issacs (Auto Action) and Mark Fogarty (Auto Action/Fairfax Media) look at Sydney Motorsport Park, Will PRA continue their 2015 success, should you expect anything less? Is it too late for Whincup? When should RBRA put all its focus on Lowndes? Will 2016 see a night SMP event? Bathurst Wildcards. Should Rick Kelly have tried his luck in NASCAR or stayed with V8SC? Oliver Gavin with Nick Percat. Will a faster Pit Lane Speed and no refueling restriction provide more tactical options for teams? CAMS to run the Nationals. Are the current changes improve Motor Sport in Australia?

AJ Hawkins (Fox Sport) and Peter Norton (Inside Motor Sport) share their thoughts on the City of KL V8 Supercar Demonstration, Race Formats, and the governing bodies diversification plans.

Richard Craill (The Nationals) and Garry O'Brien (Auto Action) look at the Todd Kelly incident, Chaz Mostert's speed, the KL demonstration, Track Walks, Formats and the highs - lows of last weekends event.

John Bannon (V8X Magazine) and Tony Whitlock (RaceFax) look at the next wave of drivers who are starting to press for main game drives, The Giz at Spa, and preview the Queensland Raceway event.

Adrian Musolino (V8X) and Ben Beazley (BAM Media) look at the need for softer tyres, will the type of product effect the outcome of the tyre tender which will be released soon, who they think will be in the running V6 engines,they speculates on how silly this years silly season can be? Has V8SC cause a problem for itself limiting the grid to 26? Is there a parity problem again in V8SC?

Andrew van Leeuwen (Motorsport.com) and Stefan Bartholomaeus (Speedcafe.com) look back at an exciting Townsville 400 which was dominated by Mark Winterbottom. PDA believe they can win anywhere and we discuss if the team can continue its form. Whincup and Dutton combination sees some improvement for the 6 time champ will the partnership continue? Reynolds form continues, will he secure his drive for next year if these results continue? Volvo has the speed but not the reliability, is their solution far away? McLauchlan’s pole gives GRM a moral boost and a lot more.

Peter Norton (Inside Motor Sport) and John Bannon (V8X Magazine) look at the Townsville weekend. V8 Supercars and the Bathurst 12 Hour Organizers break bread, Nissan on the brink of success, and Dunlop Series returns to the track.

Garry O'Brien (Auto Action) and Chad Neylon (V8SC) look at where the series is headed, with the Gen 2 specification about to be released, and how is V8SC going with transitioning V8 Utes as the category manager, what is the 26 car mantra? Is night racing to the benefit of the sport? and we look at a 6 month report card on Teams along with the need for a super soft tyre.

Richard Craill (SBS Speedweek) and William Dale (Foxsport.com.au) look back at Craig Lowndes 100th race victory, Dave Reynold’s 2nd win, More HRT Friendly Fire, Coulthard’s Luck, Nissan finding some speed, the CAMS stewards busiest weekend along with Nick Percat's reaction and apology.

Stefan Bartholomaeus (Speedcafe) and Tony Whitlock (RaceFax) look at the series return to the track in Darwin, including what the new surface and soft tyres in the sprint races will bring. Triple 8 get the 26th REC, what now for Super Black? Will Craig Lowndes finish his career as the 3rd wheel in the T8 Garage? Malyasia to host a V8 street race, OS racing do people really care? And or mainstream media? Can a wildcard ever win Bathurst? SVG wins at Silverstone, why is he now talking about cutting back his OS racing when he is now making such an impression in the International Stage? Does the Homebush Track need to downsize for the event to survive? And their belief of the long term future of Gold Coast event?

This week, Inside Supercars speaks with Team Principals, General Managers and a Corporate Manager about where their team and the sport is headed and how they are working to improve it. Dr Ryan Story (DJR Team Penske), Tim Edwards (Prodrive Racing Australia), Nick Ryan (Nissan Motorsport) and Chris Wilson (DJR Team Penske) all join us to give their point of view.

Inside Supercars looks at the how Dunlop are going to manage the new tyre rules, what are the diffrences between promoting Rugby League and V8 Supercars and how does Gary Rogers view 2015 in a global sense.

This week, Inside Supercars looks at the V8 Supercar Gen 2, with  Sporting and Technical Director Dave Stewart. Cameron Waters talks about his recent Dunlop Series success, Scott Pye reflects on his top 10 speed a Winton and Dr Geoff Slater, engineer for Shane Van Gisbergen talks about V8 Supercars and the Blancpain GT3 series and his recent trip to Monza.

John Bannon (V8X) and Peter Norton (Inside Motor Sport) discuss Prodrive Racing Australia clean sweep Main Game and Dunlop Series, Chaz Mostert and James Courtney Crashes, Volvo’s dilemmas continue, DJR Team Penske start to move forward, Red Bull’s up and down weekend? what is the future of the Saturday Race Format is the soft tyres soon to be on the way? Media ratings and the CEO says he is staying.

Lachlan Mansell (Winton Motor Raceway) and Tony Whitlock (Race Fax) Preview Winton, and discuss the anniversary of 30 years since the first ATCC round. Can one driver sweep the weekend? Lowndes watch, will this weekend be his 100 Last year the track came under question, this year will the track be a factor? Co-Drivers announcements and Gambling in V8 Supercars.

Chad Neylon (V8SC) and Stefan Bartholomaeus (Speedcafe) wrap up an interesting weekend in the West. Topics include Winterbottom’s Saturday double, Davo’s Sunday Success, Fabian’s Q9 red flag and race comeback, No safety car at the end of R9 was that the right call? SVG tyre saving, was it worth it? Does Winton continue the Lowndes 100 watch, or will the focus be on the racing and Lowndes leading the championship, Is Courtney becoming “The Accumulator”? Is Coulthard a challenger? Tyres Allocations when is enough not enough?

Mark Fogarty (Auto Action/Fairfax Media) and Garry O'Brien (Auto Action) discuss V8SC's plans to compacted the 2016 calendar and why WA will be the ANZAC Round host from next year. They preview Perth, discuss tyre monitoring and why it has taken so long them to be returned to the series. They look at the latest Enduro Announcements, Sebastien Bourdais to partner Holdsworth, Jack Le Brocq to join Ash Walsh,how they rate the two partnerships & 100th Round of the Dunlop Series.

This week, Steven Johnson talks about Jamie Whincup and his Entourage. Cole Hitchcock discusses the promoting of V8 Supercars, and ahead of the up coming Dunlop Series round, we hear from Clipsal podium drivers Cameron Walters and Aaron Russell.