Our History - V8 Supercars
Our History The V8 Supercar Championship (formally Australian Touring Car Championship) is the premier motorsport category in Australasia and one of Australia’s biggest sports. From 1960 to 1968 the Australian Touring Car Championship was decided by a single race. Its title changed from the traditional 'Australia Touring Car Championship' to the 'Shell Championship Series' in 1999. In 2003 the series became known as the 'V8 Supercars Championship Series' and in 2011 this was simplfied to the 'V8 Supercars... The Ford vs Holden battleground of the last 20 years has been supplemented by new manufacturers and investors in Nissan, the Erebus Motorsport entry running Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG V8 Supercars and Volvo Polestar Racing with two Volvo S60s. V8... Chronology of Milestones and Major Events The first Australian Touring Car Championship is held over a single race at Gnoo-Blas in Orange on February 1, 1960. It is won by David McKay in a Jaguar. The first Armstrong 500 at Phillip Island is held on November 20, 1960. It is the race that eventually became the annual Bathurst classic we know today as the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. The first. Source: www.v8supercars.com.au
