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Rebecca Williams is a sports reporter for the Herald Sun/News Corp and CODE Sports covering mainly AFL and motorsport.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 12: Mark Winterbottom driver of the #18 DEWALT Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 during the Penrite Oil Sandown 500, part of the 2024 Supercars Championship Series at Sandown International Motor Raceway, on September 12, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images)

‘Still really raw’: Supercars veteran makes final call on future

Two months after the shock of losing his Supercars seat, former series champion Mark Winterbottom has made a call on his racing future for 2025.

Supercars

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 15: (EDITORS NOTE: A polarizing filter was used for this image.) Will Brown driver of the #87 Red Bull Ampol Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 during the Penrite Oil Sandown 500, part of the 2024 Supercars Championship Series at Sandown International Motor Raceway, on September 15, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images)

How Supercars title leader plans to secure maiden crown

Will Brown arrived at Triple Eight to replace champion Shane van Gisbergen and now he is in the box seat to claim his maiden Supercars championship. The title leader opens up on the fight ahead of the Gold Coast 500.

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Will Brown wins race 2 of the 2024 ITM Taupo Super400, Event 03 of the Repco Supercars Championship, Taupo, Taupo, , New Zealand. 21 Apr, 2024.

Title showdown: Where Supercars crown will be decided

Two of the most brutal events on the Supercars calendar are set to decide the Supercars champion. Here’s how the title fight looks ahead of the final two rounds.

Motorsport

ZANDVOORT, NETHERLANDS - AUGUST 23: Liam Lawson of New Zealand and Visa Cash App RB talks with Daniel Ricciardo of Australia and Visa Cash App RB in the garage during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Netherlands at Circuit Zandvoort on August 23, 2024 in Zandvoort, Netherlands. (Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images)

Ricciardo’s one piece of advice to rookie who snatched his F1 spot

Liam Lawson will jump into Daniel Ricciardo’s former seat at RB from this weekend’s US Grand Prix. The young gun reveals the discussions he had behind the scenes at the Singapore Grand Prix – and the advice the Australian gave him.

Supercars

Queensland Ambulance service picture from a house fire on Boykimbal Esplanade at Hope Island at 11.52am Saturday 12th October Picture QAS

From home inferno to Bathurst: Star’s ‘gut-wrenching’ 24 hours

On Saturday Declan Fraser’s Gold Coast home was destroyed in a house fire, the next day he was racing around Mount Panorama in the Bathurst 1000. He takes REBECCA WILLIAMS inside the ‘gut-wrenching’ 24 hours.

Supercars

BATHURST, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 13: Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood, drivers of the Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro celebrate winning the Peter Brock Trophy following during the Bathurst 1000, part of the 2024 Supercars Championship Series at Mount Panorama, on October 13, 2024 in Bathurst, Australia. (Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images)

Kostecki shakes off Feeney to claim maiden Bathurst crown

Brodie Kostecki has his first Bathurst 1000 crown after making the most of pole position at Mount Panorama as he defeated Broc Feeney by the slimmest of margins. See how the action unfolded!

Motorsport

The Triple Eight Race Engineering Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife win the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, event 10 of the 2010 Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, October 10, 2010.

Skaife: How to unlock the ‘high speed chess game’ of Bathurst

Strategy is much talked about in motorsport and at an endurance race like the Bathurst 1000 it isn’t just important, it’s “imperative” according to five-time Supercars champion Mark Skaife. This is how to win the ‘high-speed chess game’.

Supercars

BATHURST, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 11: (EDITORS NOTE: A polarizing filter was used for this image.) Brodie Kostecki driver of the #1 Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 during practice for the Bathurst 1000, part of the 2024 Supercars Championship Series at Mount Panorama, on October 11, 2024 in Bathurst, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images)

Blistering Kostecki secures pole position for Bathurst 1000

Defending Supercars champion Brodie Kostecki has secured back-to-back pole positions at the Bathurst 1000 after producing a blistering lap in the Top 10 Shootout to put himself in prime position to attack a maiden win at Mount Panorama.

Supercars

Bathurst 1000: Davison predicts chaos after qualifying carnage

Dick Johnson Racing veteran Will Davison has predicted an incident-filled Bathurst 1000 on Sunday after detailing his own “violent” crash in qualifying which left him sore and bruised.

Supercars

An official catches a brown snake at Bathurst

‘Killer pythons’: Marshall opens up on viral snake moment

The marshall who wrangled a brown snake off the track at Bathurst yesterday has opened up on the viral moment and the practical jokes that his mates have been playing on him since.

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