How much faster is a purpose-built V8 racecar than a V8 road car? And how much faster is a V8 F1 car than both of those? Head down to Australia to find out.

For months, the racing world has waited eagerly for the debut of the new generation of V8 Supercar: the "Car of the Future". This weekend it finally happened in Adelaide, and for the first time in nearly two decades Holdens and Ford were joined on track by Nissans and Mercedes AMGs. So, how'd it go?

Well we've already seen Ford's FG Falcon (which, despite entirely new frames for the COTF generation, runs a body identical to  that used in 2012), Holden's VF Commondore (which is significantly changed from the VE entry run in 2012) and Kelly Racing's Nissan Altima (which is, like the Erebus Mercedes, a V8 Supercar…

Australia's V8 Supercars drivers are used to close-contact, high-g-force machines, but can they handle riding in the back of two F/A 18s? Two RAAF pilots decided to test them with some 7g flight.

Our love for V8 Supercars has a lot to do with its ability to combine the big throaty muscle car feel of NASCAR with the corner-charging, crash-happy excitement of BTCC. But is this weekend's chaotic start at the Surfers Paradise 600 more NASCAR or more BTCC?

Every racing series has its own epic race. Endurance racers have Le Mans. IndyCar has the Indy 500. NASCAR has the Daytona 500. Formula One has the Monaco Grand Prix.

It's National Doughnut Day, so let's celebrate with the most epic tire-shredding of the year. Here's Jamie Whincup roasting his tires in the middle of a V8 Supercars race (that he won!) like he was in a Safeway parking lot drunk off Mickey's.

Thanks to everyone who sent us the pics of the IndyCars parading around Las Vegas. That's nice, and who doesn't like the Strip, but I would have been more impressed with a little more speed, like this Australian V8 supercar produces.

Questionable programming decisions have made Speed the television network equivalent of bacon-flavored tampons. So it's news when they make a great choice like broadcasting the Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercars race on October 8th.

Shane Van Gisbergen pulled out a win at this weekend's Hidden Valley round of the V8 Supercars series. To celebrate he drifted his V8 Ford Falcon around the entire track.