Marcus Marshall, V8 Supercar driver and Jamie McMurray's Australian counterpart (in luck, manufacturer and car number), said Saturday that fellow Aussie Marcos Ambrose's success in America has boosted the sport's popularity in the country, and sparked rumours that a dormant 1.5 mile track might get active again. The track hasn't been used for about eight years, he said. "It was pretty popular and now there are rumours at the moment of it opening up again, so that kind of fits with NASCAR maybe looking to be more international and Australia as a place to maybe take a round of one of their affiliated championships."

Queensland, Australia, is already a destination of the Indy Racing League.

Possibility for an exhibition race in December given it's summer here and all three NASCAR series would be in their offseason...but given the logistics (and the date), I highly doubt it would get a full field.

In other V8 news, rumours are afoot that Dale Earnhardt Jr may be considering racing in the final round given it's also in December. He would most likely replace Mark Skaife in the #2 HRT machine as Mark could be looking at retirement. It would also provide Jr with extra road course experience and assist in him catching up to the 'road experts' like Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Juan Montoya, Robby Gordon and Kevin Harvick.
















So how'd you go, pick up the hint? No? Check what I wrote in brackets after the word 'logistics' while remembering that New Zealand is 20 hours ahead of the West Coast. I've been told that the bit about the 1.5 mile track has been around for a few days but not the rest of it.