Featured: 'Australian Motorsport Images (V8 Supercars)' by Luckypenguin

Luckypenguin

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Last weekend I had a chance to attend the V8 Supercar event at the Gold Caost, Australia courtesy of my sister and her working relationship with an event sponsor. The V8 Supercars are an Australian form of Touring Cars that evolved from the international Group A category that was diminishing in popularity in the early 1990s. In the beginning of V8 Supercars the category was limited to production based racecar versions of the Australian made Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore, but in the last few years it has changed to allow entry from any manufacturer who can source a four door sedan and a production based V8 engine. Nissan, Volvo, and AMG Mercedes now bring the number of manufacturers to five, albeit with the latter not enjoying any factory backing.

The photos below were taken on the Saturday of the race meet which includes a qualifying session, a Top Ten shootout, and the first of two 300km races through the streets of Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. As at pretty much every racetrack now, access to shoot the racetrack through the safety fencing is strictly limited to the press photographers so no shots of the cars jumping kerbs or rubbing panels I'm afraid. The images below were taken of the cars in the pitlane during qualifying and during a gridwalk prior to the race.



1. Holden Commodore
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OEM5-PA251345-PR Olympus OM-D E-M5 V8 Supercars Castrol Edge 600 Gold Coast Australia by Nic (Luckypenguin), on Flickr



2. The Nissan V8
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3. Dunlop intermediate tyre (not required on this sunny weekend!)
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4. The eventual race winning Holden Commodore
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5. Cars lined up in the pits prior to qualifying
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OEM1-PA250459-PR Olympus OM-D E-M1 V8 Supercars Castrol Edge 600 Gold Coast Australia by Nic (Luckypenguin), on Flickr



6. Holden Commodore
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7. Ford Falcon
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8. Ford Falcon
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9. Volvo S60
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10. Holden Commodore
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11. Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes
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12. Volvo S60
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13. Back end of a Holden Commodore
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14. Grid girls
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15. Front tyre of a Holden Commodore plus the back end of a...no, I'll stop there
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16. Rear wing of an AMG Mercedes
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17. Back end of a Nissan Altima
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20. Holden Commodore
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24. Fire Marshall: friend of racing drivers everywhere
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