Supercars Championship Wikipedia. The Supercars Championship known as the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship for sponsorship purposes and often shortened to just Supercars or its long standing name V8 Supercars is a touring car racing category based in Australia and run as an International Series under Fdration Internationale de lAutomobile FIA regulations. Supercars events take place in all Australian states and the Northern Territory,1 with the Australian Capital Territory formerly holding the Canberra 4. An international round is held in New Zealand, while events have previously been held in China, Bahrain,3 the United Arab Emirates and the United States. A championship event is also held in support of the Australian Grand Prix. Race formats vary between each event with sprint races between 1. Sandown, Bathurst and the Gold Coast. The series is broadcast in 1. Adelaide 5. 00. 7The vehicles used in the series are loosely based on road going, four door saloon cars. Cars are custom made using a control chassis, with only certain body panels being common between the road cars and race cars. To ensure parity between each make of car, many control components are utilised. All cars must use a 5. V8 engine. 8 Originally only for Ford Falcon FG Xs and Holden Commodore ZBs, the New Generation V8 Supercar regulations, introduced in 2. Nissan were the first new manufacturer to commit to the series with four Nissan Altima L3. Erebus Motorsport with three Mercedes Benz E6. AMGs. 1. 1Volvo entered the series in 2. President Donald Trump managed to sneak a few minutes from his busy schedule of threatening federal investigators to make official his nominee for the United States. T1v4r4FP8aXXXXXXXX_!!0-item_pic.jpg' alt='Vr Soccer 96 March 31 1996 Nissan' title='Vr Soccer 96 March 31 1996 Nissan' />Back when Mercedes was using the reanimated corpse of Pablo Picasso as the head of design for the Unimog division. The Supercars Championship known as the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship for sponsorship purposes and often shortened to just Supercars or its longstanding. In 1972, the team started as the Nissan Motors F. C. based in Yokohama, and were promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1976. They took necessary steps like. Search or upload videos. Popular on YouTube Music, Sports, Gaming, Movies, TV Shows, News, Spotlight. Browse Channels. Garry Rogers Motorsport racing the Volvo S6. HistoryeditGroup 3. AeditThe concept of a formula centred around V8 engined. Transfer Files To Ipad 3 Without Itunes. Fords and Holdens for the Australian Touring Car Championship had been established as early as mid 1. With the new regulations set to come into effect in 1. Ford and Holden were both keen to know the details of the new formula by the end of 1. Confederation of Australian Motor Sport CAMS to provide clarity on the matter. However, CAMS was waiting to see what the FIA did with its proposed international formula for 2. The new rules for the ATCC were announced in November 1. V8 cars would be significantly faster than the smaller engined cars. During 1. 99. 2, CAMS looked at closing the performance gap between the classes, only to have protests from Ford and Holden, who did not want to see their cars beaten by the smaller cars. In June 1. 99. 2, the class structure was confirmed 1. Class A Australian produced 5. V8 engined Fords and Holdens. Class B 2. 0 litre cars complying with FIA Class II Touring Car regulations. Class C normally aspirated two wheel drive cars complying with 1. CAMS Group 3. A Touring Car regulations. This class would only be eligible in 1. Both the Ford EB Falcon and Holden VP Commodore ran American based engines which were restricted to 7,5. The Holden teams had the option of using the Group A developed 5. Holden V8 engine, although this was restricted to the second tier privateer teams from 1. Holden runners to use the more expensive Chevrolet engine. The V8s were first eligible to compete in the endurance races of 1. The distinctive aerodynamics package, consisting of large front and rear spoilers, was designed partly with this in mind, to give the new cars a better chance of beating the Nissan Skyline GT Rs in those races. The new rules meant that cars such as the turbocharged Nissan Skyline GT R and Ford Sierra RS5. Cosworth were not eligible to compete in 1. BMW M3 were. However, the M3 received few of the liberal concessions given to the new V8s and also had an extra 1. Class C cars eligible for 1. German manufacturers attention switched to the 2. Cars from all three classes would contest the 1. Australian Touring Car Championship as well as non championship Australian touring car events such as the Bathurst 1. However, for the purposes of race classification and points allocation, cars competed in two classes Over 2,0. Under 2,0. 00cc. Originally the 2. V8s. This was changed for the second round of 1. Amaroo Park. 1. 6With the new regulations intended to be a parity formula, there were protests by the Holden teams that the Fords had an aerodynamic advantage after they won the opening three rounds, beating the Commodore comprehensively. After round five at Winton, Holden was granted a new front and rear wing package. The BMWs were also allowed a new splitter and a full DTM specification rear wing. Disparity between the Fords and Holdens continued to be a talking point during the next few years, with various concessions given to each manufacturer to try and equalise the two cars. From 1. 99. 5, the 2. Super Touring cars, became ineligible for the Australian Touring Car Championship. They did not contest the endurance races at Sandown and Bathurst, leaving these open solely to the 5. Ford and Holden models. V8 SupercarseditThe Australian Vee Eight Super Car Company AVESCO a joint venture between the Touring Car Entrants Group of Australia TEGA, sports promoters IMG and the Australian Motor Sports Commission was formed in November 1. This set the foundation for the large expansion of the series during the following years. The category also adopted the name V8 Supercars at this time,1. A new television deal with Network Ten was organised, although this had follow on effects for the Bathurst 1. In February 1. 99. Tony Cochrane and James Erskine left IMG. Together with David Coe, they formed Sports Entertainment Limited SEL in April 1. TEGA would have a 7. AVESCO, with SEL owning the other 2. TEGA was responsible for the rules and technical management of the series and the supply of cars and drivers while SEL was responsible for capturing and maintaining broadcasting rights, sponsorship, licensing and sanction agreements. The expansion of the series began in 1. Northern Territory taking place at Hidden Valley Raceway. In 1. 99. 9, a new street race on a shortened version of the Adelaide Grand Prix Circuit became one of the first festival style events which would become common in later years. Australias capital city, Canberra, hosted its first event on the Canberra Street Circuit in 2. In 2. 00. 1, a championship round was held in New Zealand for the first time, at Pukekohe Park Raceway. In 2. 00. 2, the V8 Supercar support event at the Indy 3. Gold Coast became a championship round, having been a non championship event since 1. Major format changes were made for 1. Control tyres were used for the first time, with Bridgestone selected as the supplier. The series was also renamed from the Australian Touring Car Championship to the Shell Championship Series, by virtue of Shells sponsorship of the category. Reverse grid races were introduced for multiple rounds in 2. Canberra round for 2. Also in 2. 00. 1, compulsory pit stops were introduced at certain rounds and the Top Ten Shootout was used at all rounds. The control tyre supplier changed from Bridgestone to Dunlop in 2. V8 Supercar Championship Series after Shell discontinued their sponsorship. Project BlueprinteditDiscussions about parity had returned in 2. Commodore after Holden, in particular, the Holden Racing Team, had dominated in 1. This was in response to the 3. Falcon in previous seasons, and coincided with a 1. Falcons rear spoiler. The small reduction for the Holden teams was quickly addressed with both cars receiving the same front splitter shortly afterwards, but the Falcons rear wing remained trimmed.