NASCAR champ Busch undergoes surgery

10:22 AM   NASCAR series champion Kyle Busch has undergone foot and leg surgery.

Ferrari boss sees 'phenomenal' Raikkonen in 2016

Kimi Raikkonen ended the 2015 season in fourth place overall and with 150 points.

Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne says he has seen a new Kimi Raikkonen emerge this year and believes the 2007 Formula One world champion could be set for a "phenomenal" 2016.

Ferrari 'not involved' in F1 data case

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton.

Mercedes have no reason to suspect any confidential engine data downloaded by a departing employee has fallen into Ferrari's hands, the Formula One world champions said on Tuesday.

Lewis Hamilton debuts hip-hop tracks

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain.

Danielle Rendina   British Formula One racing driver Lewis Hamilton has given a reporter a sneak preview of the music he is working on.

Alfa Romeo could make F1 return

The new Alfa Romeo logo

Fiat Chrysler could bring the Alfa Romeo brand back to Formula One as a competitor to Ferrari, chief executive Sergio Marchionne said on Monday.

V8 Supercars push for street race event in Geelong

Full throttle: Scott McLaughlin during the Sydney 500 at the Sydney Olympic Park street circuit earlier this month.

Mark Fogarty   V8 Supercars has begun a concerted campaign to interest the Victorian Government in backing a proposed street race event in Geelong.

V8 Supercars want government funding to keep Vic events

The major events arms of the NSW and Queensland governments contribute millions to those states' V8 Supercars' events.

Mark Fogarty   Victorian taxpayers will need to stump up at least $1 million to remain a major destination for the V8 Supercars championship.

Espinoza poised to assume father Fangio's name

Juan Manuel Fangio takes the Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser for a ride.

Former racing driver Oscar "Cacho" Espinoza is preparing to change his surname to Fangio once Argentine legal authorities have ruled that he is the son of the late great Juan Manuel Fangio.

Whincup considers leaving V8s by 2018

Jamie Whincup.

The 2018 V8 Supercars season could be Jamie Whincup's last, with the six-time champion admitting he can't see himself driving in the category fulltime beyond that.

Lotus see no change to driver line-up

Pastor Maldonado.

Renault's takeover of Lotus is unlikely to affect next season's contracted driver line-up of Pastor Maldonado and Jolyon Palmer, the Formula One team's current chief executive Matthew Carter says.

Mark Winterbottom true blue Ford man

Mark Winterbottom driver of the #5 Pepsi Max Crew Ford poses with the V8 Supercar Championship Series Trophy after claiming his maiden V8 Supercar Championship Series title following race 36 for the Sydney 500, which is part of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Mark Fogarty   Newly crowned V8 Supercars champion Mark Winterbottom is a Ford man to the core. He has only ever raced Falcons in a career launched and supported by the Blue Oval brand.

V8 Supercars set to abandon Sydney Olympic Park for Gosford

Mark Winterbottom in what could be the last Sydney 500 at Sydney Olympic Park.

Mark Fogarty   V8 Supercars is set to abandon Sydney Olympic Park and move the season finale to a proposed new street racing track in Gosford on the New South Wales central coast.

Van Gisbergen signs off with last race win as 'Frosty' celebrates

Shane van Gisbergen at the wheel of the Team TEKNO Darrell Lea Holden during race 36 of the Sydney 500.

Michael Lynch   New Zealand's Shane Van Gisbergen wins final race of the V8 Supercar season at Homebush, Sydney.

Winterbottom seals title that had eluded him

No.1 at last: Mark Winterbottom celebrates the title.

Mark Fogarty   Nothing has ever come easily to Mark Winterbottom, so it's hardly surprising that winning his first V8 Supercars championship was as tortuous as it was triumphant.

Nissan still pondering decision on V8 future

Nissan Australia chief Richard Emery.

Mark Fogarty    Japanese giant Nissan wants to stay in motorsport in Australia, but the company is still deciding whether to remain in V8 Supercars.

Winterbottom seals title on Sydney streets

Mark Winterbottom is kissed by his wife Renee after he  clinched the 2015 V8 Supercars Championship.

Michael Lynch   Mark Winterbottom drove with pace, patience and professionalism to cement his first ever V8 Supercar championship at Sydney's Olympic Park street circuit on Saturday.

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Winterbottom takes pole, title now in his grasp

Mark Winterbottom has one hand on the championship.

Michael Lynch   Ford driver Mark Winterbottom has taken a giant step towards securing his first ever V8 Supercar championship by qualifying fastest for the first of the two 125 kilometre races at the Sydney 500 on Saturday afternoon.

Dreams do come true for Gran Turismo gamer

Matthew Simmons, winner of the Nissan GT Academy will compete in the 2016 Blancpain Endurance Series.

Stephen Ottley   Dreams do come true for Gran Turismo gamer; Red Bull secures F1 engine deal; Brabham back to Indy.

Brabham in bid to follow family tradition

The chequered flag

Mark Fogarty   Sydney: Matthew Brabham will attempt to follow in his famous family's tyre tracks with an Australian-backed entry for next year's Indianapolis 500 motor racing classic.

Whincup looking out for mate

Jamie Whincup has won the past four titles.

Michael Lynch   Jamie Whincup might be handing over his V8 drivers crown this weekend, but the Red Bull Racing driver will be doing his utmost to ensure that it is his teammate, Craig Lowndes, rather than Ford favourite Mark Winterbottom who takes the title.