Stefan Bartholomaeus

Australia

Head of Content – Publications @v8sleuth 📚. Castrol Motorsport News Podcast co-host 🎙️. Former editor @supercars and @speedcafe 🏎️.

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Articles

Supercars in New Zealand as Cyclone Tam closes Auckland port

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

The 24-car fleet and associated spares, valued at approximately $40 million, remains in NZ following the weekend’s Taupo Super440. Ports of Auckland last night halted all container terminal operations for 36 hours due to high winds experienced from the cyclone. Speedcafe understands the Supercars cargo was not scheduled to leave until this weekend regardless, meaning only a small delay to the plan is likely.
Triple Eight co-owner’s awkward Ford to Chev switch

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

The Triple Eight co-owner is debuting a Chevrolet Camaro this year after a crash at the 2024 event wrote off his Ford Mustang. Quinn said he committed to the manufacturer switch to align with Triple Eight’s status as the Chevrolet factory Supercars team, which subsequently signed a bombshell deal with Ford. “We wrote the Mustang off last year and I felt obligated to do a Camaro. Little did I know we’d be changing to Mustang!” Quinn told Speedcafe. “Now I have a predicament.
Supercars news: BP Adelaide Grand Final deal fuels SA event rivalry

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

SA will have two Supercars events this year for the first time since 2023, with The Bend making a return to the calendar via a 500km Endurance Cup round in September. The Bend is known as Shell V-Power Motorsport Park as part of a deal struck when the Shahin family sold their SA-based OTR fuel retail chain to Shell distributor Viva Energy in 2023.
Adelaide Grand Final scores new title sponsor

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

Event promoter the South Australian Motor Sport Board has announced the new BP Adelaide Grand Final name. It comes in the wake of former sponsor, Adelaide-based lighting technology company VAILO, being placed into receivership last month. This year’s November 27-30 event will be the first run as Supercars’ Grand Final, where four drivers will go head-to-head to decide the champion.
Ford workload not behind Triple Eight stumble

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

The Brisbane-based squad endured an uncharacteristic struggle at the New Zealand venue, where it had dominated the Sunday race 12 months earlier. Will Brown and Broc Feeney both spent the weekend bouncing in and out of the top 10, only appearing to get a handle on their cars late on Sunday. The rough run came as the team undertakes preliminary work on its Ford program and begins the process of handing over its GM homologation team (HT) reins to Team 18.
Tony Quinn floats radical New Zealand Supercars solution

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

NZ finally appears set to score a second event in 2026 with Ruapuna, near Christchurch, likely to be added to the calendar alongside the round at Quinn’s Taupo Motorsport Park. Ruapuna is being favoured over Quinn’s South Island circuit, Highlands Park at Cromwell, due to the NZ government’s desire to push tourism to Christchurch. News of a potential Ruapuna deal dominated the build-up to the weekend’s second running of the event at Taupo, which suffered a significant year-on-year attendance drop.
Courtney brands Taupo ‘my worst ever’ Supercars weekend

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

Supercars champion James Courtney has labelled the Blanchard Racing Team’s performance at the Taupo Super440 “pretty embarrassing”. On a weekend where the remainder of the Ford fleet showed front-running speed, the BRT Mustangs locked out the back row of the grid for all three races. The race results weren’t much better, either, with neither Courtney nor teammate Aaron Cameron – who replaced Aaron Love last time out in Melbourne – managing no better than 20th.
Supercars news: Broc Broc Feeney details 'wild' Taupo fightback

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

The 22-year-old managed to salvage a seventh-place result from 20th on the grid to finish a tough weekend for Triple Eight on a positive note. Feeney’s dire qualifying slot was due to an ill-fated decision not to do a second new tyre run in Q1, masking overnight gains made with the performance of the Red Bull Camaros. “It was heaps of fun,” said Feeney of Sunday’s race.
Brown escapes penalty after pit speed investigation

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

Race Control advised during the 200km contest that Brown was noted for a potential breach of the 40km/h limit during his second pit stop, with an investigation due post-race. Speedcafe understands the investigation was triggered by a report that the driver had turned his limiter off early at pit exit. The investigation, however, found insufficient evidence to support a breach and therefore no sanction will be applied. Full details of the case are yet to be released by Motorsport Australia stewards.
Supercars news: Scott Pye wins at Taupo in 800bhp Toyota Camry

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

While a tough weekend for the Red Bull Ampol team continued with a horror run in morning qualifying, Pye kept his eye in for the enduros with a winning cameo in the local SuperV8 class. Pye accepted a one-off guest drive with Richards Team Motorsport aboard an ex-NZV8 Toyota Camry, which was recently fitted with an 800bhp Toyota NASCAR engine.