14 Reasons Why V8 Supercars Is The Best Touring Car Series Around

Screw WTCC, move over BTCC, because V8 Supercars is the king of the touring car championships. Here's why!

Jack Leslie

Updated: 18 Dec 2015

14 Reasons Why V8 Supercars Is The Best Touring Car Series Around

1. The racing is always close

3. The field is full of top-notch racing drivers

4. Who know how to entertain the crowds

5. They make some great saves

6. There are some close calls!

The Bathurst 1000 is the highlight of the V8 Supercars season, at the iconic and challenging Mount Panorama Circuit.

8. The cars are insanely quick

All cars are front-engined, rear-wheel drive and are powered by 5.0-litre, naturally-aspirated V8 engines with electronic fuel injection, producing between 620 and 650bhp.

10. When they crash, they crash hard

12. It sometimes gets fiery

13. The drifting is brilliant

14. And sometimes it is supported by this brilliantly mad series

Comments

This is what NASCAR should have been. Sadly, it was ruined by stupid regulations and those dreadful oval tracks. If NASCAR was like this I would watch every race.

You can´t compare oval racing and road racing… And NASCAR wasn´t ruined by oval tracks as it only ran ovals in the first place. But when they go to road courses twice a year the races are always f**king awesome.

Dreadful? Hold on I’m confused, just because it’s only left turns means this is dreadful? If you want a more modern finish just ask. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjGBfxAx7YI&list=LLqKr7h7bHdBm4YU0HiLLEGA&index=8

You know that the origins of NASCAR were on oval dirt tracks, right? You can’t say that oval tracks ruined NASCAR, I’d say the year where the vehicles didn’t have to be based on road vehicles anymore is when NASCAR died.

This is us Australians saying “Bob Jane, you bringing oval racing from America to Australia is cool and all, but we’d prefer to race our cheap old sedans and make a better, more exciting, more fast paced, cooler and still simple race series instead. You know, with cars that actually handle corners when you weld the rear diff and say it wasn’t for sick drifts… lol

Yes, yes, yes. V8SC on the main page of CT.
I could list another 25 reasons as to why it is insanely good.
Mark Skaife would say “you’re operating at an extremely high level”.

Often regarded as the greatest lap of the Mount ever, the “Lap Of The Gods” by Greg Murphy in the Top 10 Shootout in 2003. Watch, listen and learn. Amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRzLBFQ5M2Y

If only there was a way to watch it in germany :(
But I agree with Antiprius: This is what NASCAR should be like!

www.v8supercars.com.au/v8superview so schau ich die rennen…

There is a official (pay)-stream and Motors TV shows every race. Or you can just take a look at vimeo: www.vimeo.com/devilstorm/videos/ Season 2015 starts on page 4 in Adelaide

Still waiting on another series to pull a lap of the gods on Bathurst, doesn’t seem likely

Yeah but it’s never on UK TV. Sucks….

motors tv

I absolutely adore V8 Supercars, it is such fun to watch!

Just funny how it was uploaded seven hours ago, before any Australian is up lol

Its for the benefit of the rest of the world to learn about our V8SC, we already know about it so we can afford to be asleep on this one!

I liked it better when it was just Holden and Ford.. But still the best series

If you watch the races now with all the other brands it will change your mind. I know this was an Australian race but the old Nissan GT-R raced here before it kicked out for being too good. All these cars are the same so it is even more competitive and comes down to driver skill majority of the time.