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Wilson Security 500 – Sandown 2015 Pre Race Report

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Hi to all you v8 fans around the world.

On the 11th – 13th of September will be the 2015 Wilson Security Sandown 500 race, let’s take a look back at what happen in 2014.

In the first race Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell started on pole position alongside them was Shane Van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb. On lap 1 all of the co-drivers started the race but one main driver which was David Reynolds, Taz Douglas in the Norton Nissan couldn’t re-join the race due to the fuel hose being stuck in the side of car 360. The Tekno crew had to chase the left front wheel so that it didn’t roll into the fast lane, because otherwise that would have been a drive thru penalty.

Who will win the 2015 Wilson Security Sandown 500? Will it be the defending champs in car 1 or will another combination step up?

Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell will be getting a brand new car for the 500, the Sandown event will be event 9. The race will be 500 Kilometres and 161 laps.

Can Red Bull make it 4 Sandown 500 wins in a row in 2015? Can they go back 2 back poles?

How will Marcos Ambrose and Scott Pye go at the Enduros this year? Best of luck to everybody for the upcoming event, the Wilson Security Sandown 500. The commentators 12 months ago were Neil Crompton along with Mark Skaife, the host was Mark Beretta.

We will heading down on the Thursday the 10th for the weekend of racing action. I am looking forward to the Pirtek Enduro cup which starts this month.

Results from the 2014 Sandown 500.

1st – Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell – Red Bull Racing Australia.

2nd – James Courtney and Greg Murphy – SP Tools Holden Racing team.

3rd – Garth Tander and Warren Luff – Holden Racing Team.

Pirtek Enduro cup pairings for 2015.

Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell – Red Bull Racing Australia, car 1.

Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards – Red Bull Racing Australia, car 888.

Mark Winterbottom and Steve Owen, – Pepsi Max Crew, car 5.

Chaz Mostert and Cameron Waters – Pepsi Max Crew. car 6.

David Reynolds and Dean Canto – Rod Nash Racing, car 55.

Andre Heimgartner and Ant Pederson – car 111 – Superblack Racing Team.

Garth Tander and Warren Luff – Holden Racing Team, car 2.

Jack Perkins and Russell Ingall – Holden Racing, Team. car 22.

Tim Slade and Tony Dalberto -Supercheap Auto Racing Team. car 47.

Lee Holdsworth and Sebation Bourdais. – Walkinshaw Racing, Car 18.

Jason Bright and Andrew Jones – Team BOC, car 8.

Dale Wood and Macauley Jones – GB Galvanizing Racing, car 21

Fabain Coulthard and Luke Youlden – Freightliner racing, car 14.

Shane Van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb, – Team Tekno Darrwell Lea Stix car 97.

Scott Pye and Marcos Ambrose – Dick Johnson Racing Team Penske, car 17.

Micheal Caruso and Dean Fiore – Nissan Motorsport, car 23.

James Moffatt and Taz Douglas – Nissan Motorsport, car 99.

Rick Kelly and David Russell – Jack Daniel’s Racing, car 15.

Todd Kelly and Alex Buncombe – Nissan Motorsport, car 7.

Scott Mclaughlin and Alex Premat- – Garry Rogers Motorsport. car 33.

David Wall and Chris Pither – Garry Rogers Motorsport, – car 34.

Will Davison and Alex Davison – Erebus Motorsort V8 car 9.

Ash Walsh and Jack LEbrocq. Erebus Motorsport V8 car 4.

Nick Percat and Oliver Gavin – Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport car 222.

Tim Blanchard and Karl Reindler. – Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport,, car 3.

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Sydney Motorsport Park – Eastern Creek Raceway Pre Race Report

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Hi to all you Rev Heads around the world.

Next weekend is the Sydney Motorsport Park Super Sprint at Eastern Creek raceway, let’s take a look back at what happened in 2014. In race 26 Jamie Whincup started on pole position, alongside him was Scott McLaughlin.

On lap 1 of 26, Tim Slade launched off the side of David Reynolds Bottle ’O’ Falcon, which put both he and David Reynolds out of the race. On the restart Jamie Whincup was still leading the race, but then that allowed Shane Van Gisbergen to pass him and take the lead. On lap 1, Jonathon Webb got the jump off the start line and took the race lead into turn 1.

Who will win the Sydney Motorsport Park Super Sprint this weekend?

Can Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup finish in front of Mark Winterbottom and Chaz Mostert this weekend?

Dad and I will be there at Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek for event No 8.

This Thursday, there will be 2, 60 kilometre races on the Saturday and 1, 200 Kilometre race on Sunday.

The coverage of the V8’s is on Fox Sports 5 Channel 506. The commentators will be Greg Rust and Neil Crompton, the pit reporters will Greg Murphy and Riana Crehan. This weeks is races will be 21, 22 and 23.

FYI – Greg Murphy will be driving a Ford at Eastern Creek, for the first time.

Results for race 26, 2014.

1st – Shane Van Gisbergen- Tekno Autosports.
2nd – Garth Tander – Holden Racing Team.
3rd – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia.

Results for race 27, 2014.

1st – Shane Van Gisbergen – Tekno Autosports.
2nd – Chaz Motert – Pepsi Max Crew.
3rd – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.

Results of Race 28, 2014.

1st – Scott Mclaughlin – Volvo Polstar Racing.
2nd – Nick Percat – Heavy Haulage Australia racing.
3rd – Fabain Coulthard – Brad Jones Racing.

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Coates Hire Ipswich 400, Queensland Pre race Report

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Hi to you V8 Supercars fans.

Check out the truck brigade coming into the event.

This weekend is the Ipswich 400, races 18, 19 and 20. Let’s take a look back at what happened in 2014, in race 23 Red Bull Racing Australia Craig Lowndes started on pole position in car 888, alongside him was his teammate Jamie Whincup in car 1. On lap 1 of 33 the 2 Red Bull cars got a great start. From the front row of the grid.

Who will win the Ipswich 400 this weekend?

Will Red Bull repeat what they did 12 months ago? Or will Pepsi Max Crew continue their dominance?

Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup are in positions 2nd and 8th on the leader board.

The winners from 2014 Jamie Whincup won races 23 and 24 showing his domination over the weekend, James Courtney won race 25.

The Telecast will be on Fox Sports 5 channel 506. On the Saturday there will be 2 races of 20 lap, Sunday will be the big race with 65 laps. The telecast start at 8am on Friday morning.

Good luck to all the drivers this weekend… Make it an exciting and safe one.

Results from 2014, for race 23

1st – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.
2nd – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia.
3rd – Scott Mclaughlin – Volvo Polstar Racing.

Results from 2014 for race 24

1st – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia
2nd – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia
3rd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew

Results from 2014 for race 25

1st – James Courtney – Holden Racing Team
2nd – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia
3rd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew

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Townsville QLD – Pre-Race Report

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Hi to all you V8 Supercar fans around the world.

This weekend is the Castrol Edge Townsville 400. Let’s take a look back at what happened in Townsville 12 months ago, in race 20 James Courtney started on pole position along was Garth Tander. Garth got a bump from Craig Lowndes, as a result Scott McLaughlin took the race lead. On lap 1 Chaz Mostert was spun around at turn 7 by the Jack Daniel’s Racing Nissan Altama. Craig then got spun around by Will Davison. Who will win the Castrol edge gold coast 400 this weekend?

History of the Townsville event, the first event was back in 2009 the winners back then were Jamie Whincup and James Courtney respectively. The pole position winners in the recent years have been 2009 Lee Holdsworth and James Courtney.

Best of luck everybody for weekend this week is races 16 and 17, 70 laps each. Can Craig get the Championship lead back off Frosty this week? Also can Craig Lowndes get his 101st this week? Can Jamie climb his way back towards top of the ladder?

The telecast will be on channel 10 channel 110 and Foxsports 5 Channel 506, enjoy the telecast this weekend. Watching the telecast on Foxsports you will have every practice session, qualifying and race.

Mark Dutton will be returning to his former position as Jamie’s race engineer, due to David Cauchi stepping aside. That means Roland Dane will be the team manager this weekend. The last time Mark was Jamie’s race engineer was 2013. 200 kilometres for each race on Saturday and Sunday. Marcos Ambrose won’t be driving at all this weekend. Scott Mclaughlin has been having engine dramas will that continue? Have GRM solved the issues.

Results from Townsville 2014. For race 20,

1st – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.
2nd – Scott Mclaughlin – Volvo Polstar racing.
3rd – Garth Tander – SP Tools holden racing team.

Results for race 21

1st – Garth Tander – SP Tools Holden Racing team.
2nd – James Courtney – SP Tools Holden Racing Team.
3rd – Nick Percat – Heavy Haulage Australia Racing.

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Sky City Triple Crown – Darwin NT Pre – Race Report

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Hi to all you v8 fans around the world.

This weekend is the Sky City Triple Crown Darwin, Northern Territory. Let’s look back at what happened at Darwin in 2014. In race 17 Red Bull Racing Australia’s Jamie Whincup started on pole position alongside him was Scott McLaughlin, on lap 1 of 35 Jamie Whincup made a blinder of a start from pole, Craig Lowndes grabbed 2nd spot immediately. Scott and Shane Van Gisbergen went side by side through turns 2 and 3 Scott McLaughlin had the ideal line for the right hander. But Shane stayed with it on the outside. Then he had the position for turn 6. On lap 2 David Wall got up the inside of Todd Kelly at turn 1. On lap 3 the pack behind the front runners were settling into a pace. Scott Pye got up the inside of Tim Slade.

Results for Race 17 from 2014.

1st – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.
2nd – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia.
3rd – Shane Van Gisbergen – Tekno Autosports.

Who will win the Sky City Triple Crown this weekend? Can Red Bull Racing Australia repeat what they did 12 months ago?

History of the Hidden Valley event, it started back in 1998. Best of luck to everybody for this weekend’s event.

This week is races 13, 14 and 15. The last time Craig won at Hidden Valley was 2006 and 2007.   This week’s races are 2, 21 lap races and 1, 70 lap race. This week is Craig’s 41st Birthday on the 22nd of June, which is this Sunday. Can Lowndesy be the first of the current V8 drivers to get 100 career wins this weekend coming? On Fox sports 5 channel 506, the highlights will be on channel 10 at 4pm or channel 110 and one in HD on channel 209.

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Perth WA 2015 -Pre race report

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HI to all you V8 Supercar fans around the world.

This weekend is the Perth Super Sprint event 3 of the 2015 V8 Supercars Championship series let’s take a look back at what happened in 2014.

In race 14 Scott McLaughlin started on pole position, alongside him was Craig Lowndes. Conversely Jamie Whincup started that race in 17th spot. The winners in 2014 were Scott McLaughlin, Craig Lowndes and Chaz Mostert. Who will win the Perth Super Sprint in 2015?

Craig has the most race wins at Barbagallo raceway in WA. Can he get his 100th career win this weekend? Can Jamie get his 92nd career win this week?

History of the Barbagallo event in Western Australia. Back in 1999 Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife dominated races 1, 2 and 3 back then. Will Red Bull Dominate again like they did in Tassie or will someone else step up?

In 1999 Craig Lowndes won all 3 races. The last time triple 8 won the 2 races in Perth was in 2009 when they were driving for Ford. The commentators were Aaron Noonan, Greg Murphy and Mark Skaife.

In 2015 V8 Supercars will introduce a NASCAR style victory lane, so that the winners can park in that lane marked for the winners only.

There are 2 60 kilometre races on Saturday 25 laps, each and Sundays race is 84 laps 200 kilometres. There are 4 practice sessions 2 on Friday 1 on Saturday also 1 on Sunday.

This weekend’s races are 7 8 and 9. The times that the 2 practice sessions start are Western Australian times.

The last time Ford dominated in Perth WA before 2008 was way back in 2001 via the Shell Helix Ford Falcon of Paul Radisch car 18 won all 3 races that year.

Good luck to everybody for this weekend’s races.

Races from 1999…

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Symonds Plains Tasmania Pre Race 2015

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Symonds Plains 1

HI to all you v8 Supercars fans around the world.

This weekend is the Tasmania Super Sprint event 2. Let’s take a look back at what happened in 2014, in race 4 the 2 Red Bull racing Australia cars started on the front row of the grid, Russell Ingall started on the 2nd row in car 23, Rick Kelly in car 15 went off the track into the sandtrap inbetween turns 6 and 7.

Who will win the 2015 Tasmania Super Sprint this weekend can Red Bull dominate like they did in 2014? History of the Tasmania event, back in 1999 Craig Lowndes did not race at Symmons Plains due to the accident that he had at Calder Park at the start of race 2. Can Red Bull Racing Australia get the lead of the team’s championship back? Can Jamie get the lead of the championship back? JDub (as they call him) will be going for his 64th career pole postion in his 91st career win, this weekend? Is races 4, 5 and 6? Two, 25 lap races and 1 84 lapper. – Fox Sports 5 – Channel 506. When Neil Crompton and Mark Skaife asked Craig if he could win the championship in 2014, his answer to them was yes. Scott Pye will be driving car number 17 for Dick Johnson Racing, Team Penske. As a result of Marcos Ambrose electing to step down from driving the last time Symmons Plains had a wet round was the years 1997 and 1999. Dick Johnson retired at the end of the 1999 Shell Championship series.

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Pre race report – Clipsal 500

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Hi to all you petrol heads around the world

Welcome to the 2015 racing season, starting off in Adelaide for the Clipsal 500.

Boy have we had some changes since last year, firstly a change of telecaster, it will no longer be seen on Channel 7, it will be telecast through Fox Sport 5 and Channel 10. While we have lost the talent of Mark Beretta as he is still with Channel 7. We welcome to the commentary team, such people as Riana Crehan from Fox Sport, Greg Murphy, Russell Ingall former drivers.

Secondly we saw the last of V8 Extra on Channel 7, so it is now going to be called RPM and televised through Channel 10, so the fun continues…

Check out the list on the side to see car changes and driver changes for this year. Red Bull has a new engineer, welcome to Grant Macpherson.

The Clipsal 500 was started back in 1999.

After such a successful year and breaking a few records, we are wondering if Jamie Whincup can continue on his winning streak and make 2015 his seventh championship. Good luck Jamie…

Results for the 2014

Race 1 – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia

Race 2 – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia

Race 3 – James Courtney – SP Tools Holden Racing team

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Winton Victoria 2014 Pre Race

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Hi guys and girls.

Let’s have a look back at 2013 when it was held in August…

During   the 23rd – 25th of August 2013 was the Winton 360 we have Races 25, 26 & 27. In Race 25 they had a 60/60 Supersprint race, which means that they drive the first 60 laps where they don’t earn any points, they then take a break and the second 60 laps is for championship points.

In race 25 Jamie Whincup started on pole position alongside him was Michael Caruso. Jamie led the field through turns 1 and 2 for the 1st of 40 laps Jamie was leading during the opening laps until he had a driveshaft fail on his car inbetween laps 9 and 10.

Jamie had to watch the rest of the 60/60 Supersprint format from the pits. In the middle of race there was a halftime break of just 15 minutes. Mark Winterbottom ran out of fuel and as a result he had to be pushed back to pitlane by his teammate Will Davison.

On the restart the Nissan teammates of James Moffat and Michael Caruso, had contact approaching turns 1 and 2.  Towards the end of race 25 James almost didn’t win his 1st race because he ran wide down at turn 10. But he held on to get Nissans first race win in V8 supercars in 21 years. The last time Nissan had won a race was way back in 1992 which was 21 years ago.

Results for race 25

1st James Moffat – Nissan motorsport
2nd Michael Caruso – Nissan motorsport.
3rd Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew – FPR.

In race 26 Jason Bright was on pole position alongside him was Tony Dalberto, this was Tony’s first time on the front row. Jason stalled his Team BOC Holden commodore off the line.  As a result of that Mark Winterbottom led the field through turns 1 and 2.  Alex Premat went off the track in the first turn and went cross country to rejoin the pack on the other side of the turn. With Alex coming back into the pack, it appeared to cause the down fall of Jamie Whincup, Russell Ingall and Alex Davison.

There was a safety car deployed on the opening lap. While Jamie was able to limp back to pit lane for repairs to car 1 in the Red Bull Racing garage, with smoke pouring out of right front of  his Holden. While Russell Ingall was taken out of the weekend altogether with too much damage and Alex Davison was able to stay in the race as he had the least amount of damage.

Then on the restart Michael Caruso went into his garage. When Jamie rejoined he had race tape all over the front of the bonnet.  In the middle of the race Tony Dalberto passed James Courtney down at turn 12.

Towards the end of the race Mark Winterbottom was under massive amounts of pressure from Jason Bright not only for the race lead but the race win, and the top spot the Winton podium. This was Mark Winterbottoms first win at Winton…

Results for race 26

1st Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew FPR.
2nd Jason Bright – Team BOC.
3rd James Courtney – Toll Holden racing team.

In race 27 James Courtney started on pole position alongside him was Jason Bright but Jason got off to another bad start. Then Todd Kelly in the Nissan Altima went off the road before turns 1 and 2. Todd Kelly in his Jack Daniels Nissan made contact with Jamie Whincup and this caused him to go off road into the barriers and took him out of the race for the day while Jamie was able to stay in the race. (Todd Kelly had to walk back to pitlane)

Then on lap 2 Scott Pye was hit from behind and that started the fire on the left hand side. Scott attempted to drive back to the pits but only made it to pitlane and had to abandon his car as it filled with smoke.

James Courtney lead the way on the restart as Chaz Mostert chased him down, meanwhile Craig Lowndes passed Tony Dalberto and took him from 13th place to 12th position.

Then in the middle of the race Jonathan Webb and Maro Engel came together inbetween turns 1 and 2 sending Maro off the track. Michael Caruso was battling away with Jamie Whincup.

Towards the end the race Scott McLaughlin was passed by David Reynolds. Then Rick Kelly and Mark Winterbottom came together inbetween turns 5 and 6 taking Rick out of the race taking the Jack Daniels team out of the race altogether. Jason bright had to get towed off the slippery grass. On the last lap James was being chased down by Fabain Coulthard and Chaz Mostert.

Results for race 27

1st James Courtney – Toll HRT.
2nd Fabain Coulthard – Lockwood Racing.
3rd Chaz Mostert – DJR.

Trivia

Jamie Whincup still leads the championship by 55 points his former housemate Will Davison. The Wilson Security Sandown 500 is on September 13th to the 15th 2013.

 

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Symmons Plains Tasmania Pre Race 2014

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Hi Guys and Gals of the V8 community…

Last year Dad and I attended this race and had a great time, unfortunately this year we didn’t get the opportunity, so lets have a look back at 2013.

While waiting to board our plane in Sydney, you will never guess who we came across, OK I’ll tell you, the whole Red Bull Australia team including Roland Dane and the management team. As I was sitting there waiting to board the plane, all I could do is watch in amazement as they chatted and laughed with each other, I so wanted to go over and talk to them, but Dad said their would be plenty of time for that latter. After boarding the plane, I noticed they had followed me in. What a great bunch of blokes…

On the weekend of the 5 to 7 of April 2013 was the Microsoft Office 365.
In race 3 Jamie Whincup started on pole position alongside him was Fabain Coulthard. On lap 1 Jamie got the jump off the line and beat Fabain into the turn 1 and 2. Fabain was shadowing Jamie for the 1st the part of race 3 towards the end of lap 1 Craig got bumped off the track in between turns 6 and 7 at the start of lap 2 he then got spun around by Russell Ingall who making his 221st race start. While Craig was in the pits he spun his left rear wheel. Under safety car conditions which would normally cause a pitlane drive thru penalty.
Also during the course of lap 1 Shane Van Gisbergen didn’t want to feather the throttle and Craig got passed him. A Safety car was deployed on lap 3 due to one of the Erbus E63 Mercedes Benz running wide in-between turns 2 and 3. In the middle of the race there was a halftime break of just 15 minutes and then on the restart, it was a double file rolling restart meaning that everybody had to be alongside each other for the restart. Craig started in position number 28 for part 2 of race 3. When the green flag was waved by Damien White, Jamie Was still in the lead of the race, but after the restart Fabain then took over the race lead, and held it until the end of the 50 lap race. Jamie Whincup now leads the Championship by 51 points.

Results for race 3

1st Fabain Coulthard – Brad Jones Racing
2nd Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia,
3rd Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max crew FPR.

In race 4 the 2 teammates Jason Bright and Fabain Coulthard started on the front of the grid. Jason Bright got the jump on his teammate Fabain Coulthard during lap 1 Garth Tander passed Fabain to move into 2nd spot.
On lap 2 David Reynolds hit the wall on the run out of the hairpin turn 4. This caused a safety car, and as a resulted in left front corner of car 55 was just completely ruined. On the restart Jason Bright was still leading from Garth Tander and then everyone just settled down. There were no pit stops unless a car had some damage or a flat tyre. In the middle of the race Craig Lowndes had lost 2 spot to Mark Winterbottom and James Courtney, towards the end of the race James was putting a huge amount of pressure on Mark James and Scott McLaughlin made contact with each other.

Results for race 4

1st Jason Bright – Team Boc
2nd Fabain Coulthard – Lockwood Racing
3rd Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia

In race 5 Mark Winterbottom started on pole position alongside him was Fabain Coulthard. Mark Winterbottom got the jump into turn 1 from Fabain Coulthard on lap 1. Mark held the race lead through the 1st lap and Fabain was behind until the middle of the race. On lap 2 Scott McLaughlin was sideways on entry to the pit straight, then all the cars were trying to make space for each other, there was a safety car deployed on lap 5 due to debris on the entry to the pit straight. David Reynolds was given a mechanical black flag under the safety car because he had his right front guard dangling. Russell Ingall came into the pits on lap 10 due to a flat tyre. In the middle of the race Alex Davison was battling away with Lee Holdsworth towards the end of the final race Scott Pye had a massive accident, on the restart Mark Winterbottom made a mistake by running wide at turn 4, this allowed Fabain Coulthard to go passed to get the race win.

Results for race 5

1st Fabain Coulthard – Lockwood Racing
2nd Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew
3rd James Courtney- Toll Holden Racing Team

The 60 60 supersprint 1st came into the V8 Supercars championship in Tasmania then in Perth WA. Mark Larkham said he enjoyed watching the double file restart. Because it was something he had never ever seen in V8 Supercars racing before this year.