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Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander has taken pole position for the first race of the Falken Tasmania Challenge at Symmons Plains

V8 Supercars Australia announced its calendar for the 2011 season today, with a return to Barbagallo Raceway near Perth and no event in Bahrain the items of note

Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife won won the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, leading home team-mates Jamie Whincup and Steve Owen in a one-two finish for Team Vodafone

Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom has secured pole position for tomorrow's Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, taking his and Ford's first pole at the circuit since 2007

Trading Post Racing's Jason Bright topped the times in Friday's qualifying ahead of tomorrow's top 10 shoot-out for Sunday's Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000

Team Vodafone's Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife won the L&H 500 at Phillip Island as their team-mates' hopes went up in smoke in the closing laps of the race

Jack Daniel's Racing's Rick Kelly repeated what Steve Owen did in race one, dominating from start to finish in race two of the of the L&H 500 at Phillip Island

Team Vodafone's Steve Owen continued where he left off in qualifying, leading from start to finish in race one of the L&H 500 at Phillip Island

Jack Daniel's Racing's Rick Kelly has taken a narrow pole position for race two of the L&H 500 at Phillip Island, just edging out Jamie Whincup for the top spot

Team Vodafone's Steve Owen has taken pole position for race one of the L&H 500 at Phillip Island

Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom made the most of a fast car and good strategy to take victory in race two of the Sucrogen Townsville 400

Jamie Whincup took pole position for race two of the Sucrogen Townsville 400, leading an all-Team Vodafone front row

Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup followed on from where he left of in qualifying, taking victory in race one of the Sucrogen Townsville 400

Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup took pole position for race one of the Sucrogen Townsville 400 after his team-mate Craig Lowndes made an error late on his shootout lap

The V8 Supercar support event at the Australian Grand Prix has been confirmed for the next five years in a deal which sees a greater presence for the series

Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup returned to victory lane after holding on to win the second race of the Skycity Triple Crown at Hidden Valley, despite Mark Winterbottom closing fast late in the race

Irwin Racing's Alex Davison took the first pole position of his V8 Supercar career by millimetres for the second race of the Skycity Triple Crown at Hidden Valley, taking the top spot on the grid by two ten-thousandths of a second

Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom won his first race of 2010 in the opening race of the Skycity Triple Crown at Hidden Valley, keeping 2008 and 2009 series champion Jamie Whincup at bay throughout the race

Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom has taken pole position for the first race of the Skycity Triple Crown at Hidden Valley

Jim Beam Racing's James Courtney continued his recent dominance with his fourth consecutive race win of the season, winning the second race at Winton Motor Raceway comfortably after a late-race pass

Jack Daniel's Racing's Rick Kelly took pole position for the second race of this weekend's event at Winton Motor Raceway in country Victoria after setting a new qualifying track record

Jim Beam Racing's James Courtney made it three wins in a row after another dominant victory, taking the first race at Winton Motor Raceway in comfortable style

Jim Beam Racing's James Courtney set the fastest-ever time by a V8 Supercar to take pole position for the first race of this weekend's event at Winton Motor Raceway in country Victoria

Jim Beam Racing's James Courtney dominated race two of the Ipswich 300 at Queensland Raceway after polesitter and early race leader Jamie Whincup was forced to retire with a broken engine after a restart

Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup bounced back from his poor qualifying yesterday with pole position for race two of the Ipswich 300 at Queensland Raceway

Jim Beam Racing's James Courtney made up for missing out on pole position by absolutely dominating the first race of the Ipswich 300 at Queensland Raceway, taking Ford's first win of the 2010 season

Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander took pole position in qualifying for the first race of the Ipswich 300 at Queensland Raceway

Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup went back-to-back as he took a comfortable win in race two of the ITM 400 on the streets of Hamilton in New Zealand

Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander took pole position for the second race of the ITM 400 in Hamilton despite the best efforts of Jamie Whincup in the closing stages

Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup followed on from pole position with victory in race one of the ITM 400 on the streets of Hamilton in New Zealand

Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup has taken pole position for the first race of the ITM 400 on the streets of Hamilton in New Zealand

Details of V8 Supercar's Car of the Future have been announced, following a year and a half study into the sport's cars in an effort to reduce costs and potentially attract new manufacturers

Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander made it two wins from three races at the BRC Impco V8 Supercars GP Challenge at Albert Park after race leader Jamie Whincup retired with an engine problem

Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander made up for yesterday's disappointment with victory in race two of the BRC Impco V8 Supercars GP Challenge at Albert Park

Jim Beam Racing's James Courtney took victory in race one of the BRC Impco V8 Supercars GP Challenge at Albert Park after rival Garth Tander outbraked himself with three laps remaining

Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander put in a smooth but fast lap in the top-ten shootout to secure pole position for the first race of the BRC Impco V8 Supercars GP Challenge at Albert Park

Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander gambled on fuel and won to take his second victory of the weekend in race two of the Clipsal 500 on the streets of Adelaide

Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander followed on from victory in race one with pole position for race two of the Clipsal 500 on the streets of the Adelaide parklands

Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander helped put his nightmare start to the season behind him with victory in race one of the Clipsal 500 on the streets of Adelaide

Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup continued his flying start to the year by taking pole position in the top-ten shootout for the first race of the Clipsal 500 around the streets of the Adelaide parklands

Jamie Whincup continued his perfect start to the season with victory in race two of the Desert 400 at the Bahrain International Circuit

Jamie Whincup continued his strong start to the season by taking pole position for the second race of the Desert 400 at the Bahrain International Circuit

Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup continued his winning ways in 2010 with a comfortable victory in the first race of the Desert 400 at the Bahrain International Circuit

Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup continued his strong start to the season by claiming pole position for the first race of the Desert 400 at the Bahrain International Circuit

Jamie Whincup continued on from where he left off in race one with a comfortable victory in race two of the Yas V8 400 under lights at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi

Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom took a last-minute pole position for race two of the Yas V8 400 in Abu Dhabi

Reigning V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup got his switch to Holden off to a perfect start, leading home a Team Vodafone 1-2 in race one of the Yas V8 400 under lights at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi

Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup showed the switch from Ford to Holden won't be as big a problem as some may have hoped, taking pole position for race one of the Yas V8 400 at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi