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3 unusual facts about V8 Supercars


2012 Yas Marina Circuit V8 Supercar Event

The 2012 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi (V8) Grand Prix was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars racing cars.

Eric Roozendaal

Roozendaal has described himself as a "rev head", due to his love of V8 Supercars.

HANS device

The World Rally Championship and Australian V8 Supercar Series made the device compulsory for drivers in the 2005 season.


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2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series

The 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars.

2007 V8 Supercar season

This season saw a change of television broadcaster; the Seven Network having picked up the broadcasting rights to V8 Supercars from Network Ten which had broadcast the past nine seasons in succession.

2012 Dick Smith Sandown 500

It was the 42nd event to be held in the history of the Sandown 500 and the first to be held for V8 Supercars since 2007.

Derek Boyer

Boyer has portrayed Bayman in DOA: Dead or Alive and promoted the steel products company Orcon, as Orcon's "Man of Steel", featuring Orcon's trackside promotional efforts at V8 Supercars events where Orcon has been a sponsor of race teams, Larkham Motor Sport, WPS Racing and Ford Performance Racing.

M3 Racing

The team currently runs the #10 Skinny Mobile Holden for Richard Moore, the #15 Orix Holden for Morgan Haber, and the #1 Mike Pero Mortgages Holden for former V8 Supercar driver Greg Murphy.

Phillip Island 360

The Phillip Island 400 is a motor racing event for V8 Supercars, held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit on Phillip Island in Victoria, Australia.

Team IntaRacing

The team was owned by Daniel Tzvetkoff and Sam Sciacca who are associated with major sponsor IntaBill, and technical support from Triple 8 Race Engineering, from whom the team acquired a Ford BF Falcon race car to utilise in their debut season.


see also

2012 Sydney Motorsport Park 360

It was the first V8 Supercars event held at the circuit since 2008, when the circuit was known as Eastern Creek Raceway.

V8 Supercar Championships

V8 Supercars is Australia's third largest sport behind AFL Football and Horse racing.