Supercars

David Reynolds is smiling again, and not just because he’s survived abseiling on Castle Hill in Townsville. After a tortured time on the Erebus roadshow without his pitlane partner Alistair McVean, the clown prince of Supercars thinks he now has the support crew he needs to drive back to

Reinforcements are on the way as Supercars squads send relief troops to Townsville. Several teams have rotated staff through the long northern swing to the Gold Coast, through Darwin and on to Townsville, and the roster renewal is set to continue. Tickford Racing boss Tim Edwards is under quarantine in

Townsville is going completely soft for 2020. The Dunlop tyre allocation for the double-header in far-north Queensland is entirely soft-compound slicks across both weekends. As Supercars confirms formats and other details for the next leg of its long-distance winter tour, David Reynolds is already pumped for one of his favourite

Every Supercars race needs to be like the final fight in the Top End. The last blast at Hidden Valley serves up fresh faces, frantic racing, bumps and biffs, genuine overtaking and an unpredictable result. Nick Percat and Scott Pye are sensational as they sweep to second and third, Mark

Forget about Scott McLaughlin. Even though he racks up his half-century in Darwin, winning his 50th Supercars race with a smart start and an even smarter stop for brand-new Dunlop slicks, the action and excitement in Race 17 of the Supercars championship is all behind – way behind – the Shell V-Power

There is far more tension and excitement in the Top 15 shootout than the race itself on Saturday in Darwin. Jamie Whincup sets the early one-lap pace and then has to survive a rage of rivals to claim pole position, just a tick ahead of Scott McLaughlin. “His shootout lap