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, that aired on

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Format

2015–16

Each episode featured a panel of guests, led by two regular hosts; journalist

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and former championship-winner

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. They were normally joined on the panel by a rotating selection of two current Supercars Championship drivers, as well as contributions from at least one other expert commentator. These contributors included former drivers, journalists and even outsiders to the sport, such as former

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player

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. The series featured event previews and reviews, as well as extended pre-recorded interviews with major figures from the category. The show aired on Tuesdays at 7.30pm on Fox Sports 5, and was repeated various times during the week on the network. It also airs on Sky Sport in

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2017

In 2017 the show was re-launched with Fox Sports journalist Jessica Yates taking over from Rust as host of the show. Skaife and

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remained as senior panellists, with Rust joining the three in hosting several special episodes at team workshops in between events.

History

In late 2013 it was announced that Fox Sports, in a shared deal with

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, had acquired the broadcast rights for what was then known as the V8 Supercars series, as of the 2015 season. To accompany their new coverage of the category, in early 2015 Fox Sports launched both this series as well as the documentary-style ''

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'' series. The first episode was broadcast on 3 March, two days after the opening event of the 2015 season; the 2015 Clipsal 500 Adelaide. The episode featured

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, the winner of the Adelaide event, and

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as the inaugural driver guests, with Liz Ellis and Riana Crehan also joining Rust and Skaife on the panel. The series returned for 2016 on 8 March, two days after the

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. The episode featured the event winner

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and one of the Saturday pole-sitters

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as driver guests.

Russell Ingall Russell Ingall (born 24 February 1964 in London, England) is a former full-time Australian V8 Supercar driver. He won his V8 Supercars title in 2005, and finished second in 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2004. Ingall has also won the Bathurst 1000, i ...

joined the series as a semi-regular panellist in 2016, while Neil Crompton provided feature interviews with team managers. In 2017, the series was re-launched on Wednesday nights, with Yates taking over as host from Rust as one of various changes to the format and presentation of the show.

Demise

In early 2018 it was announced that the show would not return, with the studio-based show to be replaced by a new show, '' Supercars Trackside''. The new show airs on the Thursday and Sunday nights of each event in the Supercars Championship and features Yates, Skaife and Ingall as the main presenters.

Regular presenters

Host

* Jessica Yates

Senior panellists

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Contributors

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* Chad Neylon * Aaron Noonan

Past contributors

* Riana Crehan *

* Mark Fogarty * Bruce Newton * James Phelps * Steve Price

References

{{reflist Fox Sports (Australian TV network) original programming 2014 Australian television series debuts Automotive television series Australian sports television series Motorsport in Australia English-language television shows Supercars Championship Driving in Australia