Hi to all you v8 supercars fans.
This weekend is the Tyrepower Tasmainia Supersprint.
Event 2 of the 2016 V8 Supercars championship.
Let’s take a look at what happened in 2015.
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
