Hi Guys and Girls

This weekend is the start of the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship series. The Clipsal 500 will be run from the 27th of February to the 2nd of March 2014.

Some of the things that are happening this year –

1. This year will be the last year for theV8 Supercars broadcasting on channel 7 before they move to channel 10 from 2015 onwards. Channel 10 will have the broadcast rights for 6 years, starting from 2015.
2. Volvo is joining the V8 teams.I am looking forward to seeing how the new Manufacture in Volvo will go in its first year in the v8s. Volvo will make it 5 Manufacturer.
3. This year will be Russell Ingalls’s 19th fulltime season in V8 Supercars.
4. Jamie Whincup has won 5 V8 Supercar championships, can he make it 6?
5. Mark Dutton will be replacing Adrian Burgess as Team Manager at Red Bull Racing Australia. Best of luck this weekend everyone for the Clipsal 500, in Adelaide South Australia event number 1.

Let’s take a look back at what happened in 2013 at the Clipsal 500, in the 2nd Qualifying session.  Lee Holdsworth nearly hit the wall on the exit of turn 8 due to oversteering. Jamie Whincup went to the top of the timesheet during Qualifying for race 2, Mark Beretta was talking to Dick Johnson, about Jonny Reid, not finishing, (DNF which stands for did not finish), David Reynolds finished his previous lap in qualifying number 2 in 5th spot. Three cars came in during the session to make changes to the tyre pressures, on all 4 tyres, and give the drivers fresh rubber to give them grip on the racetrack,     they were Shane Van Gisbergen Will Davison and David Reynolds.  After Craig Lowndes in car 888 exited turn 4 he moved over to make sure that Jamie was not being held up. He led the timesheets for the 2nd time, with a 12164. Fabain Coulthard went to the top of the list, Alexander Premat jumped to 3rd  Mark Skaife said that he loves the Sunday Qualifying Session. Towards the end of the Qualifying session Garth Tander got spun around by Fabain. Jamie won the Clipsal 500 in 2006 2008 2009 and 2011 and the first race of 2012.

Results from 2013

Results for Race 1

1^st – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia
2^nd – Will Davison – Pepsi Max Crew Ford Performance Racing
3^rd – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.

Results for race 2

1^st – Shane Van Gisbergen – Tekno Autosport
2^nd – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia
3^rd – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia,