9 Articles on from the paddock
Triple 8 domination – phase or dynasty?
16 May 2009
With the Team Vodafone Falcons sweeping all before them, 321Igntion ponders the state of play in V8 Supercar; past, present, and future...
Soap operas, superstars, and grid positions...
26 March 2009
V8 Supercars is the best Australian soap opera going around. You can keep your ‘Neighbours’ and ‘Home and Away’, the midweek mutterings in the sport we love are far more entertaining.
The central plot for this week of course has been the new for 2009 grid system....
Growing personalities, brands, and the sport...
12 March 2009
With talks of the economic slowdown and cost containment dominating the sport, we explore the issue of growing the connections between the drivers, the sponsors, and the fans, as V8 Supercar enters its most important phase yet...
Daytona, Bathurst, and the plight of the against-the-odds battler
18 February 2009
With the 2009 Daytona 500 run and won, 321Ignition examines what’s missing from our own Great Race, and discuss what it means to qualify for a race on merit, rather than paper...
V8 race formats – Let’s mix it up a bit
28 January 2009
As the new season draws ever closer, 321Ignition looks at V8 Supercar race-weekend formats, including what’s gone wrong in the past, and why there’s no ‘perfect formula’...
SBR – Bucking the trend, time and time again...
2 January 2009
With 2009 now upon us, 321Ignition takes a look at the great unknown of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Stone Brothers Racing.
Bargwanna’s back – but how did he do it?
20 December 2008
In our latest opinion column, we look at how Jason Bargwanna has worked his way back into the V8 Supercar series after a year on the sidelines, and what we can expect from the ‘pocket dynamo’ in 2009...
Tander’s efforts underrated – but Bathurst nightmare continues...
12 December 2008
Read 321Ignition’s latest opinion column for a look at Garth Tander’s season, his horrendous Bathurst record, and what he’ll need to do to win the title back in 09...
5 December 2008
The constant rumour flinging that goes on in motorsport, and especially V8 Supercar racing, never ceases to amaze. What was once accurately described as ‘the silly season’ is now a monster that lives at race tracks, in magazines, and on websites, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year....
