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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.

To get to the live timing just go to live then click on Live timing go to – http://www.v8supercar.com.au/

For results go to – http://www.v8dailydump.com.au/

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Coates Hire Ipswich Qld 400 Post Race 2015

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Hi to all you v8 Supercars fans.

On the weekend of the 31st July – 2nd August 2015, was the Coates Hire Ipswich Super sprint. Event 7.

In race 18 Chaz Mostert started on pole position alongside him was Mark Winterbottom (Frosty), on lap 1 Frosty got the jump on his teammate, into turn 1 for the first of 20 laps. Scott McLaughlin got up into 2nd spot by turn 2. Todd Kelly and Jason Bright made contact on the exit of turn 1, towards the end of the opening lap, Frosty had a good gap.

Shane Van Gisbergen made contact with the back of Chaz Mosterts Ford. At turn 6. On lap 2 Andre Heimgartner was behind both Shane and Chaz, then Chaz got passed Shane down at turn 3.

Craig Lowndes got all crossed up, James Courtney and David Reynolds were behind those cars in front of him. Chaz ran wide on the exit of turn 3. In the process he ran over one of the polystyrene signs which covered up the left hand side of his car. Towards the end of lap 2, Jamie Whincup, Fabain Coulthard were back in the pack.

On lap 3 Andre Heimgartner ran wide inbetween turns 1 and 2. Tim Slade was behind Jamie, Garth Tander got passed by the Andre Heimgartner, Tim Slade got passed Fabain Coulthard in-between turns 4 and 5. Lee Holdsworth tried to pass Andre Heimgartner around the outside, Rick Kelly passed Lee at turn 5. As well. In the middle of the race Craig Lowndes was chasing Chaz Mosert and Shane Van Gisbergen. Towards the end of the race no one could catch Frosty or Scotty.

Results for race 18.

1st – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew.
2nd – Scott McLaughlin – Volvo Polstar Racing Garry Rogers Motorsport.
3rd – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia.

In race 19 Craig Lowndes started on pole position alongside him was Mark Winterbottom, on lap 1 of 20, Craig Lowndes got the lead, but then Frosty took over by turn 2, Scott McLaughlin ran wide the exit of turn 2, also on the opening lap, Shane Van Gisbergen was parked on the grass due to him having a broken gear box. The Safety car was deployed to remove Shane’s car from the track. At turn 6, Nick Percat had the door on the right rear open due to contact with David Wall.

The restart was on lap 3, David Reynolds signalled to Craig Lowndes that if he made a mistake he would be there to pounce and overtake him.

On lap 4 Fox sports had a replay of the start which showed that Craig Lowndes ran a bit too hot into the first corner. In the middle of the race Ash Walsh was slowing approaching turn 6. Towards the end of the race Craig Lowndes tried to get passed Frosty but he couldn’t find a way passed him.

Results for race 19.

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

In race 20 Chaz Mostert started on pole Position alongside him was Mark Winterbottom, Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup qualified 3rd and 4th, respectively. On lap 1 of 65 Craig and Jamie looked very fast at turns 1 and 2 but they couldn’t go around the outside at turn 2. On lap 2 Scott McLaughlin got passed the cars that were in front of him. David Wall was back in the pack, due to not having qualified as well as he wanted too.

James Courtney rattled on the back Scott McLaughlin’s car, James had to be careful of a bump and run.

Race control can give the drivers a warning and then a pit lane drive thru penalty. On lap 3 Scott Pye and Todd Kelly were battling for positions down the pit straight. On lap 4, Ash Walsh got up the inside of Andre Heimgartner at turn 3. On lap 5 Craig Lowndes was putting the pressure on Jamie Whincup at the exit of turn 1 and on the run up to turn 2.

Greg Murphy was interviewing Roland Dane about how they were going have a better strategy than everybody else.

Frosty blinked first in terms of pit stops along with Shane Van Gisbergen and Tim Slade. In the middle of the race both the Red Bull team mates had rattle gun issues, so the team had to change guns to get the tyres off the cars. Towards the end of the race Chaz Mostert was leading but Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup were trying to catch them, but they weren’t able to do it.

Every time anyone finish behind Mark Winterbottom, the championship lead will extend, every time we finish in front of Frosty the lead will decrease meaning come down.

Results for race 20

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

The next event is the Sydney Motorsport Park 400 Super sprint Eastern Creek NSW, 21st – 23rd of August 2015.

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Townsville 2015

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Hi to you V8 Supercar followers around the world.

Race 16

On the weekend of the 10th – 12th of July 2015 was the Townsville 400. In race 16 Chaz Mostert started on pole position alongside him was Mark Winterbottom. Shane Van Gisbergen started from the back of the pack due to using warm up tyres in qualifying. On lap 1, Frosty got the jump on his Pepsi MAX Crew teammate in Chaz Mostert and led the field through turns 1 and 2 for the first of 70 laps. There was contact between Todd Kelly and Andre Heimgartner, Andre came off the worse for wear. Towards the end of the opening lap Scott McLaughlin was trying to fend off Jamie Whincup. On lap 2 Jamie went from 6th to 4th also on lap 2 Tim Blanchard was the first to pit. In car 3, Scott McLaughlin couldn’t get too adventurous because Scott Pye was right behind him. The Super Black Racing Ford Falcon FGX had damage on the front left hand side on car 111. Towards the end of lap 2 Jamie was flying through the field. On lap 3 the 2 Scott’s were battling down the main straight for track Position. James Courtney had jumped to the other to avoid contact with Scott Pye and Fabain Coulthard. Craig Lowndes had moved from 13th down 1 spot to 14th. David Reynolds was following his teammates in cars 5 and 6. In the middle of the race Jason Bright was putting the pressure on car 888. Towards the end of the race no one could catch Mark Winterbottom and David Reynolds.

Results for race 16

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

Race 17

In race 17 Scott McLaughlin started on pole position alongside him was Chaz Mostert, on lap 1 Scott led through turns 1 and 2. Shane Van Gisbergen tried to get up the inside of Chaz at turn 2, Garth Tander was putting the pressure on Todd Kelly. On lap 2 Craig Lowndes was still in 23rd on lap 3 Scott Mclaughlin was still leading the race. On lap 4 Fabain got passed Garth Tander. On lap 5 Garth Tander was very quick. On lap 6 David Reynolds took over the race lead. Chaz wanted to follow David through to 2nd spot, but that wasn’t able to be done. On lap 7 Scott McLaughlin had dropped back to 3rd, Mark Winterbottom tried to sneak down the inside in the process he gave the Volvo a slight bump on the rear bumper. On lap 8 the David Reynolds was still out in front, Shane Van Gisbergen was chasing down Chaz Mostert. On lap 9 Nissan Motorsport had a pit board due a radio malfunction for Michael Caruso, in the middle of the race David Reynolds was leading at the halfway mark, towards the end of the race no one could catch Frosty, he was too good.

Mark Dutton will be Jamie’s race engineer for the rest of the year, due to David Cauchi being under too much pressure, as a result of where Jamie was positioned on the ladder.

The next race meeting is the Ipswich 400, on the 31st July to the 2nd August 2015. Craig is back in 2nd 248 points off the championship lead. Jamie Whincup is 391 points behind. Triple 8 are 317 points behind in the team championship leader board.

Results for race 17

1st – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew
2nd – James Courtney – Holden Racing Team,
3rd – David Reynolds – Bottle ‘O’ Racing Team

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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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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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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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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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Symmons Plains Tasmania Post Race 2014

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Craig Lowndes Tas

Hi guys and girls the Tyrepower Tasmania 400.

While Dad and I were not there, here is a brief rundown of what happened in the 3 races over the weekend of 28th – 30th March 2014

In race 4, in what is happening more often than not we had Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes start on the front row.

Craig got the jump off the start line, David Reynolds and Russell Ingall were racing together in car 55 and 23. Mark Winterbottom was battling with the Bottle-O-car.

In the middle of the race Todd Kelly’s right front tyre was wobbling due to contact with Jack Perkins. Rick Kelly ran wide at the turn 4 hairpin, Russell Ingall started to fight back after a slow start from the second row, behind Jamie and Craig. Mark Winterbottom and David Reynolds were racing side by side down the back straight to turns 6 and 7. Todd Kellys Jack Daniels ended parking his Nissan Altama. Towards the end of the 4th race Jamie was trying to get down the inside of his teammate in-between turns 6 and 7. In the end Jamie managed to hold on to get his 78th race win in his V8 Supercars career and his 10th win at Symons plains raceway.

Results for race 4

1st Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.
2nd James Courtney – Holden Racing Team.
3rd Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max crew.

In race 5 Jamie Whincup started from pole position alongside him was Mark Winterbottom due to Craig Lowndes being sent to the back of the pack due to a Technical infringement, on lap 1 Will Davison locked up his rear brakes as a result he went into the sand trap at turn 4. On the restart Todd Kelly passed before the control and he ended up getting penalized for that. As a result of Nick Percat and Russell Ingall coming together, Craig passed them with ease.

In the middle of the race Craig was chasing down Scott McLaughlin, for 4th spot. But wasn’t able to do it, in the end Jamie made it 2 starts from 2 wins. Triple 8 Race Engineering/Red Bull Racing Australia, dominated event 2 of 2014, there are 38 races in all.

Results for race 5

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

 

In race 6, yet again we see the Red Bull Racing Australia duo Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup start on the front row of the grid. Craig got the jump off the line and led the field through turns 1 and 2 for the 1st of 84 laps. Robert Dahlgren in the Volvo stalled off the line and that meant he was last at the start.

Jamie pitted early so that the 2 Red Bull cars didn’t have to double stack in the pits, Scott McLaughlin passed Will Davison and James Courtney down at the turn 4 hairpin. When Craig came for his 1st compulsory pit stop for 4 fresh tyres and refuel. But when he re-joined the race he made a slight mistake by going off the racetrack on the pit exit. Tim Slade re-joined in front of David Wall. When the Volvo S60 had completed its compulsory pit stop, he re-joined in front of car 1 but Jamie managed to pass him on the outside at the turn 4 hairpin.

In the middle of the race Fabain Coulthard and Dale Wood both made a pit stop, at the same time, Jamie Whincup ran wide on exit of turn 7 and when Jamie entered the pits for his 2nd pit stop for another set of tyres and last load of fuel to get him to the checkered flag. When James Courtney re-joined the circuit he nearly hit Scott McLaughlin, but somehow he managed to avoid contact.

Craig Lowndes was in the pits with no one around him for his last load of fuel, and a fresh set of Dunlop tyres. Dale Wood went straight ahead into the sand trap in between turns 1 and 2.

Towards the end of the race, Fabain put the pressure on Will Davison for 3rd spot, in the end neither of them could not catch the top three places. Craig Lowndes went on to claim his 96th race win. In his stellar V8 career, and 7th race win at Symmons Plains.

Results for race 6

1st Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia.
2nd Jamie Whincup – Red Bull racing Australia.
3rd James Courtney – Holden Racing team.

Post Race Report

Adelaide Clipsal 500 2014

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Hi Guys and Girls on the 27th February to the 2nd of March 2014 was the Clipsal 500.

In race 1 Red Bull Racing Australia’s Jamie Whincup started on pole position alongside him was his teammate Craig Lowndes.  Craig got the jump into turns 1, 2 and 3 for the first of 39 laps. Also on lap 1 Chaz Mostert went into the wall at turn 5, due to an oil leaking from the rear of car 6.

Tim Slade was trying to pass the Rick Kelly, towards the end of the opening lap, Shane Van Gisbergen was ahead of Mark Winterbottom in 3rd spot. On lap 2 the race leaders had to be careful due to the oil that Chaz had left behind in-between turns 4 and 5. Chaz’s car ended up in the pit garage to fix the oil leak issues, and the sister car of David Reynolds also pitted due to damage on the front right hand corner, from hitting the wall at turn 11. Scott Pye ran wide down at turn 9 due to a locked brake on the front left corner. On lap 3 Lee Holdsworth had David Wall and James Moffat. Jason Bright ended up being passed by Russell Ingall. Garth Tander passed the DJR car, for position 12.

On lap 4 Jamie was the first car to make his pitstop for tyres and fuel, so that his teammate didn’t have to double stack, the 2nd car was Garry Rogers motorsport Volvo Polestar racing, car 34 driven by Robert Dahlgren. On lap 5 David was in the garage getting checked over by the doctor after a hard hit at turn 11. On lap 6 James Courtney was chasing Mark Winterbottom, through turns 1, 2 and 3. Todd Kelly was asked to enter pit lane in car 7 on lap 7, cars 7, 21 and 16 pitted on the same lap. James Courtney, also Scott McLaughlin pitted together.  On the pit exit Todd got passed Scott as he was re-joining the racetrack.

The Pepsi Max crew FPR team did Mark’s pitstop on lap 9, James Moffat had to serve a pit lane penalty for exceeding the pit lane speed limit which is 40 klms/hour. Car 97 peeled off on lap 13 for his compulsory pitstop. Craig pitted on lap 14, for 2 tyres and fuel. Craig said ‘what the heck happened there’, and his race engineer Jeromy Moore said sorry to Craig about the pitstop issue with the right rear wheel.

In the middle of the race Shane was following Craig for the effectively 2nd and 3rd positions. Towards the end of the race cars 22, 47 and 2 are all were battling for 10th 11th and 12th spots. Tim nearly hit the wall on the left hand side.

Nick Percat made contact with Michael Caruso. In the end Nick ended up in the garage. Craig caught the grass on approach to turn 14. Rick was under pressure from Scott, in the end Jamie ended the first race of the season on the top spot of the podium and he claimed his 8th win at Clipsal and race win number 74.

Results for race 1

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

 

In race 2 Craig Lowndes started on pole position alongside him was Scott McLaughlin, Craig got the jump into the turns 1, 2 and 3 chicane. On lap 1 Lee Holdsworth tried to get passed the Pepsi Max Crew Ford. When James passed the FPR car, he started to chase Lee Holdsworth. Meanwhile Nick Percat and Garth Tander made contact at turn 9. On lap 2 Craig got a kerb strike Neil Crompton said that Craig burning a kerb hop after lap 1 was not good. Jamie managed to get passed Scott McLaughlin, for 2nd spot. On lap 3 Jason Bright tried to a make a move down the main straight. Mark Beretta was right at the last corner, turn 14. On lap 4 Jason Bright tried get down the inside of the Volvo at turn 9. On lap 5 Scott was complaining about the over steer to his race engineer Richard Hallway. The first car to make to a pit was Robert Dahlgren. Robert stalled on exit of the pits Matt White was talking to Robert and he said to him ‘I bet it is not 30 degrees where you come from on the east coast of Sweden’, he replied ‘yeah minus’.  In the middle of the race James Courtney nearly lost the passenger’s side door on approach to turn 4. Towards the end of the race, Scott and Jamie were battling for 2nd and 3rd.

Results for race 2

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

In race 3, Shane Van Gisbergen started on pole position alongside him was the 5 times V8 Supercars Champion Jamie Whincup. Jamie got the jump and led the field into turns 1, 2 and 3 for the first of 78 laps. Rick Kelly made contact with the tyre bundle at turn 1. As a result of the guard rubbing on the front left tyre, there was smoke pouring out of the left hand side of his car. On lap 2 David Reynolds pitted early for fuel. On lap 3 Todd Kelly had no throttle meaning the car running only on idol due to a broken throttle cable.

Shane tried to pass Jamie at turn 9, but wasn’t able to make the move stick. On lap 4 the first 3 cars to pit were Craig Lowndes, Chaz Mostert and Fabain Coulthard. On lap 5 Car 7 was limping back to the pits. On lap 6 James Courtney made his first compulsory pitstop. On lap 7 Nick Percat came in for tyres and fuel. On lap 8 the Volvo 560 got through on Tim Slade, at turn 9. Micheal Caruso got a black flag for speeding in the pitlane. Will Davison went into the wall at turn 8 on lap 10, as a result a safety car was deployed, that meant that cars 1 and 2 could make their compulsory pitstops.

At the restart on lap 14, Jason Bright ended up rolling his car at turn 1, the cars that were involved were cars 8 Jason Bright, 6 Chaz Mostert, 16 Scott Pye, and 4 Lee Holdsworth. The 2nd safety car was deployed due to this crash.

On the 2nd restart on lap 19, cars 15 and 97 got drive thru penalties for not maintaining the speed after the restart, Mark went into the tyres between turns 6 and 7. When Rick took his pit lane penalty that left cars 1 and 888, to start the next lap in positions 1 and 2.

In the middle of the race Craig came in for his last pit stop and

towards the end of the race Jamie got a pit lane drive thru penalty for the car controller touching his car as Jamie was trying to save his day he made contact at turn 9 with Michael Caruso. In the end James Courtney won race 3.

Results Race 3

1st James Courtney – Holden Racing Team
2nd Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia
3rd Shane Van Gisbergen –Techno Auto Sports

The next event is the Tasmania 400 on the 28th to the 30th of March 2014 races 4, 5 and 6. Craig Lowndes currently leads the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship series points standing by 282 points over 2nd placed Fabain Coulthard.

Trivia

Tekno Auto Sports, VIP Petfoods, Lucas Dumbrell motorsport and HHA Racing have only got one car in this year’s Championship. Mark Larkham has a new inferred camera which he uses for checking out the temperatures on both the front and rear brake routes and pads.

The last time that Tim drove for Supercheap Auto Racing before this year was 2009.