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Fellow V8 Supercar drivers have launched a fund-raising appeal in aid of Jason Richards' battle with cancer.

Garth Tander claimed his first Clipsal 500 victory after a typically frenetic opening race in Adelaide.

Teams will not be able to pair their big name drivers in next season's two V8 Supercar endurance races, under a new ruling issued by series organisers.

Toll Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander secures pole for the second V8 Supercar race of the weekend at Townsville.

1. Garth Tander Toll/HRT Holden 46 laps 2. Russell Ingall Morris/Supercheap Holden 46 laps 3. Steven Richards FPR/Castrol Ford 46 laps 4. Rick Kelly HSV Holden 46 laps

1. Garth Tander Toll/HRT Holden 1m 09.4562s 2. Craig Lowndes 888/Vodafone Ford 1m 09.8709s 3. Jamie Whincup 888/Vodafone Ford 1m 09.9161s 4. Mark Winterbottom FPR/Ford Credit Ford 1m 09.9620s

1. Garth Tander Toll/HRT Holden 51.8338s 2. Jamie Whincup 888/Vodafone Ford 52.0438s 3. Mark Winterbottom FPR/Ford Credit Ford 52.0479s 4. Lee Holdsworth GRM/Repco Valvoline Holden 52.0708s

Just two rounds away from the end of his full-time racing career, Mark Skaife will reach another milestone in his career this weekend as the V8 Supercar Championship heads to Symmons Plains.

By Matthew Agius Holden has stacked all of its eggs in one basket for the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, and looks set to conquer the championship with two of the biggest names in Australian motor racing.

By Matthew Agius Newly crowned V8 Supercar champion, Garth Tander, is tipped to step into a Holden Racing Team Commodore in 2008 - leaving behind the Toll HSV Dealer Team that assisted him to his first title, and clinched its second Teams' championship in as many years.