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Podcast: The V8 Sleuth Podcast
Episode: V8SP: The rise and fall of AUSCAR
Description: This week’s edition of the V8 Sleuth Podcast powered by Castrol looks back at the rise and fall of one of Australian motorsport’s most exciting categories: AUSCAR.Created as the second-tier category at Bob Jane’s Calder Park Thunderdome, AUSCAR quickly became a star attraction in its own right through a simple formula that had, at the time, disappeared from Australian circuits: V8 Holdens and Fords racing head to head.We chat about how it came about, the star drivers, what triggered its downfall, where some of the cars went, and share your memori...