Get Ready… The inaugural Sydney Telstra 500 will hit the streets of Sydney Olympic Park December 4-6, 2009 for three days of racing action!

V8 Supercars has joined forces with Telstra to give one lucky winner the opportunity to take 3 mates to the inaugural Sydney Telstra 500 for the ultimate event experience packed with money can’t buy opportunities! There are also 10 Exclusive Sydney Merchandise prizes up for grabs too!!

The Ultimate Event Experience includes

Thursday Dec 3: Your experience will begin by joining the V8 Supercar drivers on Thursday Dec 3 at the Grand Final Breakfast as they prepare for the weekend.

Friday Dec 4: With $200 cash to spend at your own leisure, head to Sydney Olympic Park for the first day of the event, where you’ll experience the Fuso indoor paddock, a behind the scenes tour of V8 Supercar operations, receive an official event program and watch the Friday night concert featuring The Potbelleez, The Presets and Sneaky Sound System!

Saturday Dec 5: You’ll experience the first race around the streets of Sydney Olympic Park, enjoy a pre-race walk on the starting grid moments before the race and catch Cold Chisel, The Living End and Grinspoon as they take to the stage for the night concert at ANZ Stadium!

Sunday Dec 6: Sunday is your day to rest, catch the final race action of the season… and brag to your mates that you didn’t bring on your new Telstra LG handset! With all the inspiration from the hot music acts at the event, you can then go home and download $100 of BigPond music absolutely free!

There are also 10 official Sydney Telstra 500 Caps up for grabs also for the runner ups.

With a fiery Hot & Spicy breast fillet, crispy lettuce and mayo, KFC®’s Zinger® Burger really gets you racing!

V8 Supercars and KFC Zinger, the official burger of the V8 Supercars, are back and giving you the chance to win your ultimate v8!

There is one HSV Maloo R8 and one FPV Super Pursuit to be won by two lucky winners!

There are also great prizes to be won every round of the V8 season, including:

– Holden/Ford Merchandise Packs
– Supercheap Auto Vouchers to the value of $100 each
– KFC Food Vouchers

To be in the draw for one of these amazing prizes, make sure you Head to KFC, Grab a KFC Zinger Burger for the unique code and be watching from round 4 in Tasmania (29th May, 2009) for your chance to win.

The official BigPond 2009 V8 Supercars Tipping Competition is now open.

Taking a punt on V8 Supercars is more adrenaline packed than ever - with the  new 2009 race format based on each race rather than the weekend as a whole. Tipsters now have the opportunity to tip on:

• Race winner in every race
• Tip on pole position
• Top 3 teams in every race
• Top 5 drivers in every race

Tippers can also pick up bonus points for tipping the overall season driver championship winner and team championship winner before the end of tipping week 5.

The prize pool is huge this year with trips to Clipsal and Bathurst in 2010, as well as cash and event tickets up for grabs for weekly winners.

Register and tip in time for race 1 now!

NOTE: To participate in V8 Supercars tipping in 2009, you will need to register your details and create a new username and password.

These login details are not linked to your V8 Supercars membership, but you can use the same username/password combination for tipping if it is available.