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AFL star Akermanis’ Stone Brothers V8 Supercar test

14 hours ago | v8sleuth.com.au | Aaron Noonan

THREE-TIME AFL premiership winner Jason Akermanis is a rev head from way back, but did you know he once tested a Stone Brothers Racing V8 Supercar Ford Falcon? The Brownlow Medal winner steered Mark Winterbottom’s Milligans Falcon AU Konica Series car in 2003 at Queensland Raceway with tutelage from then-SBR ace Russell Ingall. Reports of the period indicated ‘Aker’ turned laps in the low 1m20-second bracket and had the #41 Ford up to 240km/h on the straights.
Gray leads Tickford 1-2 in Tasmania Super2 opener

5 days ago | v8sleuth.com.au | Will Dale

RYLAN Gray finally broke through for his maiden Dunlop Super2 Series race win, leading every lap from pole to claim Race 3 of the 2025 season at Symmons Plains. Gray led home an emphatic Tickford Autosport 1-2, with he and Reuben Goodall finishing well clear of the chasing pack after a bruising race. Mason Kelly posted the best result of his second-tier career so far with third place, while several title hopefuls endured difficult races.
Randle’s pointed parity statement

5 days ago | v8sleuth.com.au | Will Dale

HE didn’t explicitly say it, but Thomas Randle made it pretty clear why he thought his Ford finished second to a Chevrolet in Race 11. Randle led the early stages from pole position at Symmons Plains, all the while harried by eventual winner Broc Feeney. The move finally came on lap 11 of 50; the Triple Eight car got down the inside of the Tickford car at the hairpin, then pulled ahead around the outside of the curved back straight to take a winning lead.
Why Brad Jones Racing opted for Toyota switch

5 days ago | v8sleuth.com.au | Will Dale

CHANGE isn’t something Brad Jones takes lightly. He has stuck stoically to a four-car operation because it works for Brad Jones Racing, regardless of how the rest of the paddock has pared back to a maximum of two. But changing his four Chevrolet Camaros to Toyota Supras for 2026 proved a surprisingly easy decision to make. OFFICIAL: Brad Jones Racing to be second Toyota team“I’m a creature of habit, so change is not always easy,” he told Fox Sports.
DJR facing double disqualification from Race 11 qualifying

5 days ago | v8sleuth.com.au | Will Dale

DICK Johnson Racing’s Saturday at Symmons Plains could be about to go from bad to worse. The team has been called before the Stewards over an alleged technical breach on both its cars during qualifying for Race 11. As a result, Brodie Kostecki and Will Davison may be disqualified from the results of the session, which would put them to the rear of the grid for the opening race of the Snowy River Caravans Tasmania Super440.
Grid Race 3 Qualifying results, report 2025, Rylan Gray pole position

5 days ago | v8sleuth.com.au | Will Dale

RYLAN Gray claimed the first pole position of his Dunlop Super2 Series career for the opening race of the weekend in Tasmania. The Tickford Autosport prodigy set the pole-winning lap amid his opening runs in the session, the mark withstanding a series of late challenges. “Super-pumped to finally get the first one, I think it’s been coming for a long time,” Gray told Fox Sports.
Grid Race 12 Qualifying results, report 2025, Broc Feeney pole position

5 days ago | v8sleuth.com.au | Will Dale

BROC Feeney converted his strong pace across the Symmons Plains weekend so far to claim pole position for Race 12. The Triple Eight pilot turned the tables on Race 11 polesitter Thomas Randle, pipping the Tickford pilot by 0.12s. It’s Feeney’s fifth pole position of the season and 13th of his career, and ensures he will start his 100th Supercars Championship race from the front. “I’m stoked to get that,” Feeney told Fox Sports.
Grid Race 11 Qualifying results, report 2025, Thomas Randle pole position

5 days ago | v8sleuth.com.au | Will Dale

THOMAS Randle claimed his second pole position in two years at Symmons Plains after a tense finish to the first Supercars qualifying session of the weekend in Tasmania. The Tickford Racing gun used the slipstream of both Triple Eight Camaros and his Tickford Racing teammate Cam Waters to nab pole position by the miniscule margin of 0.0082s. “This is an awesome credit to the whole team,” he told Fox Sports.
Erebus disqualified from Tasmania Supercars session

5 days ago | v8sleuth.com.au | Will Dale

EREBUS Motorsport has had both its cars disqualified from Practice 1 in Tasmania for having the wrong drop gear installed in their transaxles. Both Jack Le Brocq and Cooper Murray completed just five laps before the issue was identified, with both cars spending the rest of the half-hour session in the garage while the right ones were installed.
Feeney edges Stanaway in final Supercars practice

6 days ago | v8sleuth.com.au | Will Dale

BROC Feeney made it a perfect pair of Supercars practice sessions on Friday at Symmons Plains. The Triple Eight pilot added the fastest time in Practice 2 to his session-topping effort in Practice 1 earlier this afternoon. He left it very late though; his second push lap on a set of new Super Soft tyres delivered a 51.0887s lap as the chequered flag waved.