Full Credit to the Noise

Full Credit to the Noise is here to unpack a wild Gold Coast weekend – and debate the great Chevrolet conspiracy question.
Was it manipulation? The most fortunate coincidence possible? Karma from the fuel gods for Anton De Pasquale.
They were among the big questions that came out of a sometimes wet and always wild weekend on the Gold Coast.
With Anton De Pasquale greatly benefitting from not one, but two unscheduled late stops from fellow Chevrolet drivers to make the Sandown semi-final, they are all relevant queries.
But is there a smoking gun that quashes the manipulation theory?
Former Legend and AVL debate the matter at length in the latest Full Credit to the Noise.
They also delve into the rest of the Gold Coast action, discuss F1 in Austin and MotoGP at Phillip Island (sort of) and a whole lot more.

The Gold Coast 500 ended in a cloud of controversy as the field for the second round of the Supercars Finals Series was set.
While Broc Feeney took the win, the big focus was on the battle for the last Sandown spot between Anton De Pasquale and Ryan Wood.
De Pasquale got the nod, but only after two fellow Chevrolet drivers were forced to pit in the closing stages for a third fuel stop.
Was this a manipulation of the result? Or simply a coincidence?
Andrew van Leeuwen and Stefan Bartholomaeus discuss the fallout on the Sunday edition of Speedcafe’s daily podcast.

Chaz Mostert blew the Supercars Finals race wide open with a wet weather masterclass on the Gold Coast. Our Saturday daily pod delves into it all.
Chaz Mostert's season was on the ropes heading to Surfers Paradise, but he revived his title hopes in spectacular fashion with a dominant wet weather win to book a spot in the semi-finals.
That has put a premium on the remaining transfer slots, with Kai Allen, Ryan Wood and Jack Le Brocq below the cut line after dealing with their own challenges on a tough day of racing.
David Reynolds, meanwhile, did the most David Reynolds thing ever and delivered a key result right when his future is under the microscope.
Andrew van Leeuwen and Stefan Bartholomaeus unpack an action-packed day on the Saturday edition of Speedcafe's daily podcast.

It wasn't as wet and wild as expected, but there were plenty of talking points out of Friday's action in Surfers Paradise. Our daily podcast unpacks it all.
Dire weather predictions didn't quite ring true for Friday's on-track action on the Gold Coast with only one of the three Supercars sessions affected by rain.
The crucial qualifying session was a dry affair as Anton De Pasquale put an under-fire Team 18 on top ahead of the Shootout.
There was a big name – and Finals contender – that missed the Shootout altogether, while a solo debutant did a solid job on the challenging Gold Coast circuit.
There was a penalty for Will Brown, more kerb and calendar talk and more.
Andrew van Leeuwen and Stefan Bartholomaeus unpack it all in the Friday edition of the daily podcast.

There’s been a breakthrough in Supercars calendar negotiations and Full Credit to the News is here to unpack it all.
Supercars is now poised to unveil a 14-round calendar after striking a deal with the five teams that had broken ranks from the remaining seven.
So what’s the deal? Why is it a back to the future moment for the sport? And what does it mean for the calendar itself?
Andrew van Leeuwen and Stefan Bartholomaeus tackle these questions as well as bringing you the latest from the Gold Coast 500.
Wet weather and a ban on flying Supercars are the big talking points ahead of the event that kicks off the Finals Series.