Hi to all you V8 Supercars fans

On the weekend of the 21^st – 23^rd August 2015, was the Sydney Motorsport Park Supersprint – Eastern Creek.

Dad and I arrived at the Alpha Hotel on the Thursday afternoon to get ready for the weekends race. We arrived at the track early on the Friday morning as I didn’t want to miss a thing. Just after lunch dad and I were at the back of the Triple 888 garage, when the Navy helicopter came down too low and all the debris went flying. James Courtney got hurt in the ribs also got a punched lung. We were very lucky not to get hit by anything flying around. Mum sent dad a text message on the Saturday saying that Roland Dane mentioned me in an interview that was in the Saturday Telegraph…

Staying in a hotel across the road from the track meant Dad and I were at the track very early each day and one of the first in to the event.

Race 21

In race 21 Chaz Mostert started on pole position alongside him was Mark Winterbottom, and on lap 1, Chaz Mostert got the jump for the first of 16 Laps. Chaz Mostert tried to make a pass on his teammate Mark Winterbottom, but he had drop back in behind Tim Slade and he passed Will Davison. Towards the end of the opening lap Garth Tander passed Ash Walsh. On lap 2 the 2 Pepsi Max Crew Fords were leading the race, David Reynolds was trying to pass Jamie Whincup to make it a Ford 1, 2 and 3 but could not be done. Craig Lowndes did his best to try and pass David Reynolds, in the middle of the race and no one could catch Chaz Mostert. In the end it was Ford finished 1 and 2.

Before the race I was able to get photos with Jamie Whincup, Craig Lowndes, Mark Dutton, Jamies engineer Roland Dane, head of Red Bull Racing, James Warburton, CEO of V8 Supercars Fabain Coulthard and Brad Jones. I was also invited to get photos of Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup’s 2 Red Bull cars, we got a grid walk before race 1 and I also got photos with Dean Canto, Grant McPherson Craig’s Race Engineer, Barry Hay from Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport. Garry Rogers from Wilson Security racing GRM, Chad Neylon commentator for V8 radio station.

Results for race 21

1^st – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew.
2^nd – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew.
3^rd – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.

Race 22

In race 22 Chaz Mostert started from pole position alongside him was Jamie Whincup. Jamie Whincup led into turn 1 for the first time, Fabain Coulthard was 2^nd at turn 1. Scott Pye and James Moffat Fabain was right behind Whincup towards the end of the first lap Rick Kelly and Jason Bright both ran wide on the exit of turn 8 . On lap 2 David Reynolds was chasing down Shane Van Gisbergen. Inbetween turns 2 and 3, Todd Kelly had to go into the garage to fix the Nissan Altama car 7. In the middle of the race Jamie had a broken exhaust pipe, in the end Jamie Whincup was able to hold on to the race lead. Jamie Whincup has now moved his career tally onto 92 wins, 8 behind his teammate Craig Lowndes.

Results for race 22

1^st – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.
2^nd – Fabain Coulthard – Brad Jones racing.
3^rd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew.

Race 23

Race 23 is the big race of the weekend and Scott McLaughlin started on pole position alongside him was David Reynolds on lap 1 of 52 David made a great start, bur Scotty managed to hold the spot. Rick Kelly and Andre Heimgartner made contact on the exit of turn 1, towards the end of the opening lap Todd Kelly got spun by Garth Tander. Todd Kelly had to drive back to the pits with a left rear tyre that wasnt pointing in the right direction and he was pretty cranky about it, on lap 2, the safety car came Ash Walsh and Jack Perkins made their first stop under yellow, with a number of other cars. A lot of the drivers were slowing up in the pits before the 40 Kilometres per hour sign so that they would not have to double stack for too long. The restart was in between laps 4 and 5. Lee Holdsworth was behind Jamie Whicup at the restart, but he tried to go around him on the outside. In the middle of the race it started to rain and the 2 Red Bull cars had to double stack in the pits, to change from slick tyres to wet tyres. Towards the end of the race it was a time certain finish due to the Safety cars by just 2 laps.

The commentators Greg Rust, Neil Crompton and Chad Neylon, the pit reporters were Greg Murphy along with Riana Crehan.

The next event is the Wilson Security Sandown 500, on the 11^th – 13^th September 2015. I will be there…

Results for race 23

1^st – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew.
2^nd – Fabain Coulthard – Frieightliner Racing.
3^rd – Jason Bright – BOC.