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Sky City Triple Crown – Darwin NT

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HI to all you v8 fans around the world.

On the weekend of the 19th – 21st of June 2015. Was the Sky City Triple Crown Darwin NT. Event 5 on the calendar.

Race 13

In race 13 James Courtney started on pole Position alongside him was Chaz Mostert. On lap 1 James Courtney made a good start. But Chaz got the jump and led the field around turn 1 for the first of 21 laps. Both Jamie Whincup and Fabain Coulthard went off the track at turn 1. Then Craig Lowndes and Tim Blanchard, also Craig Lowndes along with Tim Blanchard, spun at turn 5. On lap 2 James was having an issue with the Holden Racing Team Commodore. Also on that same lap Rick Kelly got passed Shane Van Gisbergen. Fabain had a bent steering arm. Both the Red Bull cars were at the back of the field. On lap 3 Dale Wood tried to go around the outside of James Moffat from Nissan Motorsport. James got down the inside of David Reynolds.

The Safety car was deployed due to a grass fire, on the exit of the 5th corner. Greg Murphy was chatting Mark Dutton about the incident that sent both Jamie and Craig to the back. The restart was on lap 6. In the middle of the race Andre Heimgartner couldn’t pull up the Super Black Falcon, the criss cross was on for Jason Bright, Michael Caruso had a bit of speed way action on the exit of turn 1. Towards the end of race 13 Scott Pye and Shane Van Gisbergen were following James Courtney.

 

Results for race 13.

1st – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew
2nd – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew
3rd – Rick Kelly – Jack Daniel’s Racing

Race 14

In race 14 Rick Kelly started on position alongside him was Fabain Coulthard, on lap 1 Craig Lowndes led the whole way through race 2. After the front 2 cars came together at turn 1, Craig started 5th but was leading the race by the time they got to the first turn on lap 1 of 21. Andre Heimgartner ran wide towards the end of first lap taking out Nick Percat, Will Davison and Jamie Whincup. Fabain had contact with the Jack Daniel’s racing Nissan on lap 2, Andre Heimgartner had damage to the Super Black Racing Ford Falcon, also on lap 2 a safety car was deployed to clean up the mess left behind by the damaged race cars.

Greg Murphy was interviewing Brad Jones about the start of race 2 and Riana Crehan was interviewing Mark Dutton about opening race tangles, the restart was on lap number 7. In this race it was the 888th race in V8 supercars. Craig was only 15 laps away from claiming his 100th win in this sport. Scott Pye got down the inside of Michael Caruso. In the middle of the race David Reynolds tried to get down the inside of Michael at turn 5, Dale Wood and David Wall went off the track at turn 5. Towards the end of the race Chaz Mostert tried to get up the inside of Tim Slade but in the end Craig was the first of the current V8 drivers to reach that incredible milestone.

Results for race 14

1st – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia
2nd – Tim Slade – Supercheap Auto Racing
3rd – Chaz Mosert – Pepsi Max Crew

Race 15

In race 15 David Reynolds started on pole position alongside him was Fabain Coulthard. On lap 1 Fabain got the jump on David and led the field into turn 1 for the first of 70 laps. Fabain was still out in front while the car to make a compulsory pit stop was Jamie Whincup.   On lap 2 then Todd Kelly was first to make a pit stop, so that the 2 Kelly boys didn’t have to double stack behind. On lap 3 the 2 Red Bull Racing Australia had to split their strategy to stop the 2 Red Bull cars from doing the awful double stacking. This is Craig’s 19th season in V8 Supercars. On lap 4 Scott Mclaughlin ran wide on the exit of turn 1, then he went onto grass out of the first corner. The Red Bull Racing Australia team thought that they could do the whole race on the soft compound tyres, but unfortunately that wasn’t the case. In the middle of the race both the Red Bull cars came back due to flat spots on both tyres on the front left towards the end of the race, with David Reynolds was the leader of the race   all the way to the end. The commentators were Greg Rust and Neil Crompton the pit reporters were Greg Murphy and Riana Crehan.

The next event is the Townsville 500 on the 10th – 12th of July 2015, which is in 2 weeks. Will Red Bull Racing Australia start there fightback in Townsville.? Craig Lowndes is 95 points off the championship leader Mark Winterbottom in 2nd and Jamie Whincup 286 points off the lead in 8th.

Mark Skaife interviews his former teammate Craig Lowndes to reflect on a magnificent V8 career and about his V8 journey.

Results for 15

1st – David Reynolds – Bottle ‘O’ Racing
2nd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew
3rd – Fabain Coulthard – Brad Jones 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

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Hi to all you rev heads around the world

Race 7

On the weekend of the 1st – 3rd of May was the Ubet Perth Super Sprint. In race 7 Chaz Mostert started on pole position alongside him was his teammate Mark Winterbottom (Frosty) on lap 1, Frosty led the field through turns 1, 2 and 3. Will Davison tried to pass Tim Slade on the run up to turns 2 and 3, but wasn’t able to get it done, Jamie Whincup (JDUB) went from 21st to 19th during the opening lap, Scott McLaughlin passed Todd Kelly at turn 7, on lap 2 the 2 Pepsi Max Crew, Prodrive Racing Australia cars 5 and 6 were just pulling away.

Jason Bright had the line for the next corner which was turn 7. David Reynolds thought that James Courtney was going to leave him some room at the final turn to go down the inside. On lap 3 the Falcons were still leading. The opening race on Saturday, on lap 4 Craig was starting to close the gap down to the 2 Fords. On lap 5 Craig Lowndes was still following those 2 cars like a Hawke and getting closer and closer, Jamie was right near the back of the pack but moving forward, Garth Tander had a left rear Suspension, car 888 closed right up on the back of car 6 coming out of turn 6.

In the middle of the race Nick Percat pushed Andre Heimgartner towards the old pit lane entry, towards the end of the race JDUB braked really late and avoided hitting the back of the Erebus Motorsport V8. In the end nobody could catch the 2 Pepsi Max Crew Fords.

Results for race 7

1st – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew
2nd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew
3rd – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia.

Race 8

In race 8 Mark Winterbottom started on pole position alongside him was Jamie Whincup on lap 1 Frosty again got the jump off the start line, and led the field through turns 1, 2 and 3 for the first of 25 laps. Fabain Coulthard passed Craig Lowndes approaching turn 7, on lap 2 James Moffat was trying to maintain his position in front of David Wall. David was lucky to save that big tank slapper that he had on the exit of turn 5. On lap 4 Jamie held off Fabain, on lap 6, JDUB was struggling in sector 1. Only because the car wasn’t set up the way that he wanted, that’s why he had to look at the setup on Craig’s Car. Scott McLaughlin had a drama with the throttle sensor on car 33. After 7 laps were complete. In the middle of the race Mark had command of race 8, towards the end of race 8 no one was able to catch car 5. In the end Frosty made it 2 from 2.

Results for race 8.

1st – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew
2nd – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.
3rd – Fabain Coulthard – Freightliner Racing.

Race 9

In race 9 Chaz Mostert started on pole position alongside him was his Teammate Mark Winterbottom. On lap 1 Frosty got the jump off the line. For 3rd straight race. Garth Tander made contact with the back of car number 6. Red Bull didn’t have a great weekend in Perth, on lap 2 Craig Lowndes was having a look at his teammate Jamie Whincup, on lap 3 Jamie went into the sand trap down at turn 6, on lap 4 JDUB was down in 24th place and 17 seconds behind the race leader. On lap 5 Craig was near the front of the pack, on lap 6 Scott McLaughlin was under pressure from Tim Blanchard. Craig Lowndes pitted on lap 26 for his first pit stop. In the middle of the race Craig Lowndes was being hunted down by Todd Kelly. Craig made his 2nd and final stop on lap 43. Towards the end of race Will was hunting Craig down for his first race win. With Erebus Motorsport V8.

The next event is the Winton Super Sprint on the 15th to the 17th of May 2015.

Results for race 9.

1st – Will Davison – Erebus Motorsport V8.

2nd – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia.

3rd – Fabain Coulthard – Frieghtliner Racing.

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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 2015

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Hi to all you v8 supercars followers around the world.

On the 27th – 29th of March 2015 was the Tasmania Super sprint. In race 4 Craig Lowndes started on pole position, alongside him was Mark Winterbottom. On lap 1 Craig led them through turn 1 and 2 for the first of 25 laps. Will Davison got spun around by James Courtney at turn 4 and the hairpin. Betty Klimenko, team boss was not happy about it. On lap 2, Scott Pye was on the inside for turns 1 and 2. Scott jumped to the left immediately, to cover Scott Mclaughlin parked in the Volvo s60 Garage to fix the problems. On lap 3, Tim Slade, was holding his position from Fabain Coulthard. In the middle of the race Craig was still leading the race Scott was back in the pack. Towards the end of race 4 no one could catch the Red Bull Racing Australia Holden Commodore VF Car 888.

Results for race 4

1st – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia.
2nd – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew – PRA. Racing.
3rd – James Courtney – HRT.

Race 5

In race 5 Craig Lowndes started on pole position alongside him was teammate Jamie Whincup on lap 1 JDUB followed his teammate into turns 1 and 2. Garth Tander made a spot on young Andre Heimgardner. On lap 2 Jamie had a great 2nd sector of race 2 Jason Bright and and Dale Wood are affectively teammates but the paint Scheme’s are Different. On lap 3 Fabain Coulthard was running in 12th spot, but he was moving through the pack. On lap 4 Andre Heimgardner in the Superblack Racing Ford Falcon FGX and as a result the yellow flag and the Safety car was deployed Dale copped a hard hit and got a flat tyre as a result. The restart was on lap number 8, in the middle of the race Will lost the rear window for 2 races in a row, towards the end of the race no one Could Catch Craig or Jamie.

Results for Race 5

1st – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull racing Australia.
2nd – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.
3rd – David Reynolds – Rod Nash Racing.

Race 6

In race 6 Craig Lowndes started on pole postion alongside him was David Reynolds. On lap 1 when Craig tagged David he spun around as a result he got a Pit lane Penalty. On lap 2 the 888 car was still out in front leading the race. David Wall in had a drama in the Volvo, Will had smoke coming out of the back of Erebus Merc E63 AMG. Both Scott Mclaughlin and Tim Slade went down the inside of Andre Heimgardner at turn 7. On lap 3 Will went into the Garage and got out of the car (this means his day is over). On lap 4 Dale Wood got up to 13th after starting towards the back of the pack. On lap 5 Craig Lowndes came through the pitlane for a Pit Lane Penalty, for a driving infringement. On lap 6 Craig realized that he wasn’t far enough up to make the move. On lap 7 the Triple 8 car started move through the field, on lap 8 Chaz Mostert was chasing the HRT car, of Garth Tander on lap 9 the Erebus Motorsport team were trying to replace Will’s steering rack on the E63. James Courtney was chasing 1 of the Nissan Altimas of James Moffat. On lap 10 the Superblack Racing Falcon was chasing the Volvo car number 33, on lap 11 Scott made 1st of 2 compulsory pit stops. Mark Winterbottom made a move down at the hairpin turn 4 on Micheal Caruso, his teammate Chaz Mostert was trying to pass Garth Tander. In the middle of the race the Red Bull car was charging through the field, after the final round of pit stops, the order of the race was back to normal, towards the end of the race no one could catch Jamie for the top step of the podium, the next event is the Perth Super Sprint. On the 1st – 3rd of May 2015. Red Bull racing Australia dominated in 2014, and 2015.

Results of Race 6

1st – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing
2nd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max
3rd – Shane Van Gisbergen – Techno

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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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Albert Park, Victoria – Non Championship Round

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Hi to all you V8 followers, around the world

On the weekend of the 12th – 15th of March 2015 was at Albert Park in Victoria and was a V8 Supercars Non Championship round. The V8 Supercar was in the support category round for the Formula 1.

Race 1

In race 1, Murphy’s Law was running ramped. Mark Winterbottom and Chaz Mostert started on the front row of the grid. On lap 1, Frosty got the jump into turn 1 for the first 12 laps. The rest of the pack was 4 and 5 wide, on the run down to the opening turn. Shane Van Gisbergen tried to push James Courtney wide. Todd Kelly pushed Scott McLaughlin, in the Volvo s60 wide on the exit out of turn 3. And Garth Tander got into the back of Todd, the s60 went right to the back of the 25 car pack. Tim Blanchard, Marcos Ambrose and came together with Ash Walsh.

On lap 2 there was a safety car, to clean up the racetrack. Where the cars where stopped, Tim was in the pits chatting with Mark Larkham. The restart was on lap 5, in the middle of the race Shane tried to get down the inside on David of Reynolds, he ran off into the sandtrap but managed to get himself out without getting bogged towards the end of race 1.

No one could catch Mark Winterbottom and Chaz Mostert. These boys dominated the whole weekend at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne Victoria. When will that event become a championship round for the V8s not this year? How much longer will it be a non point’s race?

Results for race 1

1st – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew.
2nd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max crew.
3rd – James Courtney – Holden Racing team.

Race 2

In race 2 Mark Winterbottom and Chazz Mostert again started on the front row of the grid, in positions 1 and 2, on lap 1 Mark Winterbottom led into turns 1 and 2 But Chaz tried to go around the outside of him. Also on lap 1 Dale Wood spun around in-between turns 6 and 7, the restart was on lap 4. Jamie Whincup had a big slide around the back of the Albert Park racetrack.

In the middle of the race Mark Winterbottom and Chaz Monstert were still leading, towards the end of race 2 they shortened the race from 12 laps to 9 laps, due to time restrictions, the V8s are just the Support Category at the Australian Grand Prix.

Results for race 2

1st – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew.
2nd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew.
3rd – Shane Van Gisbergen – Tekno Autosports.

Race 3

In race 3 Mark Winterbottom started from pole postion alongside him was his teammate Chaz Mostert in postion 2. On lap 1 Mark led the field through turns 1 and 2 for the 1st lap, around the Albert Park racetrack. The rest of the field had to try and catch Mark Winterbottom and Chaz Mostert, but couldn’t because they were way out infront, in the middle of the race all of the cars   were getting into a rhythm for the run to the checked flag. The last time triple 8 race engineering team won at Albert park was in 2011, with Team Vodafone, ever since then they haven’t been able convert a pole to a race win at that event.

The V8s commenced the Non Championship event at Albert Park in 1996, the only years they didn’t race there was 2007.

Results for race 3

1st – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew.
2nd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew.
3rd – Shane Van Gisbergen – Tekno Autosports.

Race 4

In race 4 Mark Winterbottom and Chaz Mostert started on the front row of the grid, on lap 1 Nick Percat, Marcos Ambrose and Will Davison all got involved in the start line shunt. A safety car was deployed to clean up the mess at back of the grid. The Queensland based teams had to get back to their workshops to repair their cars, Craig didn’t have a great weekend at the AGP. Luckily it was not a championship event, but car 888, did not rejoin the race track after contact with car 8, in the middle of the race Craig Lowndes was back in the Garage watching the race instead of being in the car.

Towards the end of race 4, no one could catch the 2 ford falcons. When will Red Bull Racing Australia win another event at Albert Park? Well done to everybody on the 4 races run over that weekend.

Results for race 4

1st – Mark Winterbottom Pepsi Max Crew.
2nd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew.
3rd – Shane Van Gisbergen – Tekno Autosports.

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Clipsal 500 Post Race Report 2015

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Clipsal 2015 Craig

Hi to all you race fans, around the world.

For those of who missed the 2015 Clipsal 500 here is what happened in the first race of the year.

Red Bull Racing Australia’s Jamie Whincup started on pole postion alongside him was Fabain Coulthard, the start of the opening race was to be aborted due Scott Mclaughlin having an oil fire under the Volvo s60 during the sighting lap on lap 1. When the race finally re started Jamie led the pack through the centre Chicane, for the first time. Will Davison was trying to stop the Mercades Benz E63 AMG, Marcos Ambrose was coming through from the back of the field.

On lap 2 Garth Tander was Looking for an opportunity to pass David Reynolds, the margin was . 4   seconds between Whincup and Coulthard. Micheal Caruso hit the wall.

On lap 3 Micheal went straight ahead at turn 4.

On lap 4 James Courtney was holding off Craig Lowndes. Three cars came in Lowndes, Van Gisbergen and Reynolds, Jamie pitted on lap 7 Craig pitted on lap 6. Lee Holdsworth rejoined in front Shane Van Gisbergen. Jamie did 2 fastest laps on 9 and 10 respectively.

In the middle of the race Riana said Erebus Motorsport V8 had new technology, xo skin techs warn by the Erebus Team Manager Ben Crok. Towards the end of race 1 DJR Team Penske got a little wild; at turns 1, 2 and 3, Chaz Mostert was right behind Jamie for the last lap. Jamie has now got 90 wins in his V8 career, is now tied with Mark Skaife who was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame 12 months ago.

The next championship round is at Symmons plains Tasmania on the 27th to the 29th of March, 2015.

Results for race 1

1st – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.
2nd – Chaz Mostert – Pro Drive Racing Australia.
3rd – Fabain Coulthard – Brad Jones Racing.

In race 2

Jamie Whincup started on pole postion alongside him was Scott Mclaughlin the Volvo s60 jumped the start on lap 1, Scott led the field through turns 1, 2 and 3 for the first of 39 laps. Fabain Coulthard and James Courtney, tried to pass Jamie at turn 4, on the opening lap. On lap 2 Fabain was putting pressure on the 6 times Champion Jamie Whincup. Mark Winterbottom, was putting pressure on David Reynolds.

On lap 3 Craig was running in 5th spot, the defending champ had his hands full. Further back in the pack James Moffat and Garth Tander had 3 bites of the cherry.

On lap 4 Scott lost a, little bit of his lead that he had. James Courtney, Craig Lowndes and Mark Winterbottom and David Reynolds, all did there Compulsory Pit Stops. During the opening stages, Chaz Mostert lost his rear wing due to Chaz grabbing the wall at turn 8 and clipping the inside curb.

The safety car was deployed due to Micheal Caruso down at turn 9 was stopped because he made contact with another competitor David Reynolds. Scott Mc Laughlin came into the pits to complete his Compulsory Pit Stop, plus a 10 second penalty.

On the restart Fabain was following Jamie Whincup the restart was on lap 23.

Towards the end of race 2 Lee Holdsworth hit the wall exiting turn 8. Fabian Couthard took over the race lead from Jamie as a result of him making a mistake down at turn 9, James and Shane got a run on the Craig Lowndes. James Courtney and Tim Slade got passed Craig and Jamie respectively. Shane got spun at turn 9. In the end nobody could catch Fabian Coulthard. The left rear tyre of car 1 went flat at the turn in point of turn 8. Fabain Coulthard won for his new naming rights sponsor in Frieghtliner. The last time Brad Jones Racing came close to winning a race at Clipsal was 2008.The driver back then was Cameron McConville.

Results for race 2

1st – Fabain Coulthard – Brad Jones Racing.
2nd – James Courtney – Holden Racing team.
3rd – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia.

Race 3

In race 3 James Courtney started on pole postion alongside him was Fabain Coulthard. On lap 1, Fabain lost postion going through turns 1, 2 and 3 Chicane , on the first lap. Shane Van Gisbergen tried to get up the inside of Fabian Coulthard at turn 4. On lap 2 Mark Winterbottom was the first car to stop for fuel. Shane Van Gisbergen passed James Moffat at turn 9.

On lap 3 Marcos Ambrose got into the top 10, Lee Holdsworth is driving car number 18 this year for Walkinshaw Racing.

On lap 4 Lee Holdsworth was under pressure by Craig Lowndes. On lap 5 Craig was following Scott Pye, also tried to pass him at the last corner turn 14.

On lap 6 Channel 10 went to a ad break. Garth Tander made his first pitstop on lap 9. Garth Tander made a mistake coming out of turn 7, which allowed Shane Van Gisbergen to get a run on him.

In the middle of the race there was a Safety car due to Ash Walsh having stopped on the approach to turn 8, Neil Crompton called himself an idiot because he made a silly comment.

On the restart James Courtney pulled away straight away. Towards the end of the race Shane Van Gisbergen was running in 2nd, the car tried a lot of moves to pass the James Courtney.

Marcos brought Roger Penske and Tim Cindric with him to Australia from Nascar, to race in the V8 Supercars championship. Rodger and Tim came from the United States of America. Mr Penske said he wanted to try this Category, for the first time. The hosts were Matty White and Mark Webber and the commentators were Greg Rust Neil Crompton pit reporters were Greg Murphy along with Riana Crehan. Fox sports and channel 10 have introduced for this year, hamburger cam – roof cam. Russell Ingall has joined the Fox sports 5 team along with the 6 times Bathurst winner and 5 timesV8 Supercars champion Mark Skaife. The last time Rusty did in pit reporting was back in 2006, for Channel 10. Hamburger cam is designed to give the fans better sound quality, and also views from the top of the roof on the V8 Supercars, which before this year, had not been tried, the 2nd innovation is that the Skins of the V8 Supercars can now be taken off with a hook to take a look at the Chassis.

Results for race 3

1st – James Courtney – HRT.
2nd – Shane Van Gisbergen – Tekno Autosports Darrel Lee Stix.
3rd – Garth Tander – HRT.

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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 400, Victoria 2014

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Hi to all the V8 Enthusiasts

On the weekend of the 4th to the 6th of April 2014 was the Winton 400 in Victoria. I was lucky enough to be at this year’s event.

In race 7 Fabain Coulthard started from pole position alongside him was Shane Van Gisbergen, Fabain got the jump off the start line and led the pack through turns 1 and 2 for the first of 34 laps. Robert Dahlgren did not complete a lap in his Volvo due to engine troubles, Michael Caruso ran wide at turn 12 in his Nissan Altama, which gave the Erebus AMG E63 a chance to try and get up the inside of Scott Pye he passed Will Davison at the last corner.

In the middle of the race the 2 former teammates of Lee Holdsworth and Michael Caruso made contact on approach to turns 1 and 2, both the Volvos were out of race 7, due to no power steering. Towards the end of the race Nick Percat made contact with David Reynolds. James Courtney was stuck at the pitlane entry, so as a result the HRT crew had get the go jacks out and push his car back to their garage. Tim Slade had to be pushed into the pit bunker (garage). On lap Russell Ingall came into the pitlane for fresh tyres under safety car conditions, but then he tapped David Wall and car Michael Caruso, as a result he copped a pitlane penalty, for making contact. In the end Fabain took the race victory,

Results for race 7

1st – Fabain Coulthard – Brad Jones Racing.
2nd – Shane Van Gisbergen – Team VIP.
3rd – Dale Wood – Brad Jones Racing.

 

In race 8 Fabain Coulthard started again on pole position alongside him was Scott Mclaughlin. Scott led the second race of the weekend, but then had to drive this Volvo S 60 into the garage for a new battery, when he re-joined the race he was back in 25th spot and 3 laps down.

Our current reigning champions Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes from Red Bull Racing haven’t been able to make up much ground, even qualifying outside the top 20.

In the middle of the race Shane Van Gisbergen had no grip but was able to hold onto to his spot. Towards the end of the race Lee Holdsworth took the race lead from Fabian Coulthard and managed to hold on to the lead until the checkered flag.

Results for race 8

1st – Lee Holdsworth – Erebus Motorsport.
2nd – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max crew FPR.
3rd – Fabain Coulthard – Brad Jones Racing.

 

In race 9 Scott Mclaughlin started on pole position alongside him was Shane Van Gisbergen. Mark Winterbottom made a great start but then was passed Shane at turn 7. Meanwhile Shane went into the pits early and lost ground by being held longer in his pitbox for fuel.

In the middle of the race, Shane came in for his last stop to take on fuel, as he left his pitbox the fuel was leaking out of the hose.

In the end Mark Winterbottom took the race 9 victory, and his first win for 2014 and FPRs 1st win this season. Craig is still the championship leader, while his teammate Jamie Whincup has dropped from 2nd to 5th spot.

The next event is the Auckland 500 on the 24th to the 27th of April 2014.

Results for race 9

1st – Mark Winterbottom – Ford Performance Racing.
2nd – James Courtney – Holden Racing team.
3rd – Tim Slade – Supercheap Auto Racing.

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