V8X Supercar Magazine - August - September 2017

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In this issue

2017 Bathurst Special, including full race guide.

2017 PIRTEK ENDURANCE CUP PREVIEW Event and team previews for the long-distance endurance events.

FLASHBACKS! ENDURANCE ANNIVERSARIES We look back at the decade-on anniversaries of the endurance events.

The Mustang Muddle

The Falcon hasn’t been part of the Australian marketplace since Ford ended production in October 2017, but the FG X Supercar will race on until the end of 2018 at the least. Will it be replaced by the Mustang? The saga continues...

3 mins

Supercars Road Relevance

The ‘win on Sunday, sell on Sunday’ mantra was once a vital ingredient in the success of Australian touring cars. But, with the link between Supercars and what you see on the showroom floor growing ever more tenuous, things have changed.

3 mins

Big Bash Supercars

Australian sporting codes are busily creating shortened versions of their games to replicate the success of cricket’s Big Bash League, including the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship.

2 mins

Doubling UP At Bathurst

Supercars looks set to commit to a second championship round in Bathurst at the proposed Velocity Park facility adjacent to Mount Panorama.

2 mins

Beyond The Wheel

Generations Next

2 mins

Right On Track

SIGNING ON INTO GEN2

2 mins

Garry The Guru

Upward Trajectory.

3 mins

Flashbacks! Enduro Anniversaries

As we approach the endurance season, let’s take a look back at the key decade-on anniversaries from the long-distance races over the years.

5 mins

Going Wild

Supercars’ wildcard initiative has been widely praised for good reason. In allowing wildcard entries into select sprint rounds and making the Super2 event at Mount Panorama non-championship in order to entice teams to enter the Bathurst 1000, the series is not only harking back to the glory days of wildcards but also giving youngsters such as James Golding, Jack Le Brocq, Shae Davies, Todd Hazelwood and Macauley Jones a better transition into the main game.

9 mins

V8 Rulers

V8 engines are at the heart of Australian touring cars, giving name to our premier motorsport category and this publication. With Supercars set to move away from the V8, we look back at how the engine configuration came to rule in Australia.