Greg Murphy says he will not take up the second-year option of his contract with V8 Supercar team Paul Morris Motorsport.

V8 Supercars could host up to six international rounds in the future after being granted international status by the FIA.

Defending champion Craig Baird is bullish about defending his maiden New Zealand V8 title.

Top New Zealand driver John McIntyre will line up beside beside former Formula 1, Indy Car and British Touring Car champions.

'If I was a James Courtney or Jamie Whincup going into the Gold Coast event I would be nervous, extremely nervous,' says David Brabham.

Holden legends Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife have won the Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar race at Mt Panorama.

It's the amusement park ride from hell. Thrashing down Conrod Straight in the opening lap of Sunday's Bathurst 1000 at 290km/h and Fabian Coulthard's Holden loses control and begins tumbling over and over at the slight kink in the straight

Over the years at Bathurst, hot favourites have been losers and dark horses triumphant.

It's been five years since a New Zealander held the Peter Brock Trophy aloft as the winner of the annual Bathurst 1000 endurance race.

Kiwi Ford driver Shane Van Gisbergen feels Sunday's Bathurst 1000 represents the best chance of his V8 Supercar career to claim a Mount Panorama win.

Russell Ingall says a combination of inexperienced co-drivers and inclement weather will create a "free-for-all" at Sunday's Bathurst 1000.