![]() ![]() These races are held as part of multiple events - 15 in 2012 - and take place at a number of tracks, including events in every state in Australia. Although there are several racing series involving V8 Supercars, the largest and most popular is the V8 Supercars Championship Series. Like NASCAR, V8 Supercar races use modified versions of actual production automobiles, in this case the Holden Commodore and the Australian version of the Ford Falcon, to even the advantage between contenders in grueling races that can run several hours and hundreds of miles in length. V8 Supercars debut at Sandown 500 that year.If you haven't heard of V8 Supercars, or if you think they're just a type of car with a V-8 engine, it's probably because you don't live in Australia - or New Zealand or Abu Dhabi or one of the small but growing number of countries where V8 Supercar racing has become one of the hottest motorsports since, well, NASCAR in the U.S. Jason commenced his racing career in the late 1980's with his big break in 1997 when he was selected as one of Holden's Young Lions and racing for Garry Rogers Motorsport. Following this success, in 2011 Jason left the Australian V8 supercars and joined the New Zealand V8 Touring Car Championship, where he was equally as successful. In an Australian V8 supercar racing career spanning over 15 years, Jason has achieved 377 races, 7 wins, 23 podium finishes and 3 pole positions. Warragul-based V8 Supercar champion Jason Bargwanna has become the 20th inductee in the Baw Baw Shire Sporting Walk of Fame. V8 Supercar champion Jason Bargwanna inducted to Sporting Walk of Fame
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