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CRICKET isn't your thing? Yacht racing doesn't float your boat? Don't worry, SPEED's got you covered with our V8 Supercars Classics Boxing Day Enduro!
From midnight to midnight on December 26 we're playing V8 Classics episodes back-to-back, including one brand-new race that we haven't shown before.
Strap yourself in, fire up the flux capacitor and join us on a day-long trip back in time:
MIDNIGHT
April 11, 1999
Rd. 2 - Adelaide, SA
Sensational Adelaide 500, Leg 2
It's hard to believe there was ever a time that the race referred to by all as 'The Clipsal' was known as anything else. Four years after the F1 circus left for the final time, Adelaide turned out in force for the inaugural Sensational Adelaide 500, giving the burgeoning V8 Supercars category the superstar treatment like never before.
Leg 2 is best remembered for two things: drivers dropping like nine-pins due to heat exhaustion and carbon monoxide fumes, and Craig Lowndes's remarkable charge from the back of the field.
A massive crowd turned out for the inaugural Adelaide 500. Source: News Limited
1:30AM EDT
August 26, 2001
Rd. 9 - Queensland Raceway
VIP Petfoods Queensland 500
It's an unforgettable scene. Paul Radisich and Steven Johnson's race-winning Falcon buried in the sand, the rain pouring down as 'The Rat' clambers out and punches his fist to the sky in victory while soaked spectators rush across to join him.
It was a controversial win at the time. The race was red-flagged with just a handful of laps to go because of the heavy rain. Russell Ingall and Larry Perkins had just taken the lead as Radisich spun off in the gloom. But, just like Bathurst 1992, the official results were taken from the last full lap completed by every car in the field prior to the stoppage, handing the win to the Ford pair.
3:30AM EDT
October 7, 2001
Rd. 11 - Mount Panorama, NSW
V8 Supercar 1000
It was a race weekend of remarkable moments. Marcos Ambrose taking pole position as a rookie. The debut of the 'Green-eyed Monster' livery. The sun. The rain. The hail! The race leaders arriving at The Chase at over 250kmh to find a wet track. Larry Perkins crashing on the entry to pit lane while leading. Brad Jones's charge to the front in the OzEmail Falcon.
But holding the trophy at the end of the day was Mark Skaife - his first Bathurst win since 1992 - and Tony Longhurst in his first race win, full stop, since 1992.
6:30AM EDT
October 13, 2002
Rd. 10 - Mount Panorama, NSW
Bob Jane T-Marts Bathurst 1000
Two words sum up Bathurst 2002: Plastic bag. If you're a Ford fan, you're probably still cursing them more than your average environmentalist. If you're a Holden fan, we're sure you'll never get tired of reminding the opposition that 'The General's product made it home with bags clogging the radiator while the Blue Oval's went pop after two laps.
But the race itself was a cracker, with rain and hail setting up a blockbuster finish. It also marked the first return of King of the Mountain Peter Brock, and the Bathurst debut of Jamie Whincup.
Brad Jones led away from the start of Bathurst 2002. Source: News Limited
9:30AM EDT
June 30, 2002
Rd. 6 - Barbagallo, WA
VB 300
Tom Walkinshaw Racing's vice-like grip on V8 Supercars in 2002 was never more evident than at Barbgallo in 2002. Skaife and Bright swept the front row for Race 1, before their four lead cars finished 1-2-3-4 in the race - the second time they did it in successive rounds.
But after sweeping to five-straight round wins to start the season, Skaife came unstuck on the Sunday, failing to finish race 2. It was a mere blip on the radar, the HRT team leader eventually romping to his fifth V8 title.
11:00AM EDT
September 13, 2003
Rd. 9 - Sandown, VIC
Betta Electrical Sandown 500
Melbourne's weather was at its fickle finest on September 14, 2003. A torrential downpour set up wet race to the end, with leader Mark Skaife being chased down by Jason Richards. With Team Dynamik staring down the barrel at their best result of their maiden year, the Kiwi could have been forgiven for settling for the second place.
But that's not what 'JR' was like. He had a crack at Skaife at Dandenong Road corner with just a couple of laps to go. It ended disastrously; Richards became bogged in the sand and failed to finish, while the HRT car won the race.
But you had to love him for having a go.
Russell Ingall's race was memorable — for the wrong reasons. Source: Supplied
1:00PM EDT
May 4, 2003
Rd. 3 - Eastern Creek, NSW
This one is for all the Ford fans, the Blue Oval posting their first sweep of the podium in many a moon at Round 3 of the 2003 championship.
The new era of Project Blueprint had levelled the playing field between the Falcon and the Commodore, giving the Ford faithful something to cheer about after a couple of dry years.
Ford pulled off the trifecta at Eastern Creek in 2003. Source: News Limited
2:30PM EDT
August 15, 2004
Rd. 8 - Oran Park, NSW
It was the kind of race weekend we love to see. Ford's finest going head-to-head with Holden's top man. The Ambrose/Skaife rivalry was at its peak, the HRT man having his best weekend of what was otherwise a horror year.
The weekend also saw a couple of new names on the entry list that would figure quite a bit in years to come: Fabian Coulthard and Will Davison.
4:00PM EDT
December 5, 2004
Rd. 13 - Eastern Creek, NSW
Bigpond Grand Finale
The 2004 finale remains as the high watermark for Stone Brothers Racing in V8 Supercars. Ambrose clinched back-to-back titles with a win on the Saturday, before Ingall raced through to secure a team one-two in the championship on the Sunday.
6:00PM EDT
October 9, 2005
Rd. 10 - Mount Panorama, NSW
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Most people only remember this race for three things: Lowndes copping a wheel to the windscreen, 'Balaclava-gate', and the Ambrose/Murphy carambolage at the Cutting.
But the 2005 race is deserving of its title as a V8 classic, with several cars all having a shot at winning across the day.
Murph clinched the 2005 round in the dark. Source: Supplied
10:00PM EDT
April 17, 2005
Rd. 2 - Pukekohe, NZ
PlaceMakers V8 International
Whenever the V8 fleet made the trip across the Tasman, they knew they faced a tough ask to beat the King of Pukekohe, Greg Murphy. The 2005 race would be Murph's final flourish on home soil, taking a clean sweep to continue his almost-perfect record at the track he made his own.
He received the winner's trophy in the dark, a notorious crash between Paul Dumbrell and Craig Baird delaying the schedule and forcing a very late finish to Race 3.
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