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Perth Post Race Report 2016

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Hi to all you v8 Supercars fans around the world.

On the weekend of the 6th – 8th May 2016 was the Perth Supersprint.

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In qualifying both Michael Caruso and David Reynolds both caused a red flag which meant those 2 cars started from the back of the pack.

In race 8 Cameron Waters started on pole position alongside him was Chaz Mostert for the 50 lap race.

On lap 1, Cameron Waters got the jump and led the field into turn 1 for the first lap. Shane Van Gisbergen looked for the long way around the outside at turn 1 but it didn’t work because Craig Lowndes held onto 2nd place, also on the opening lap Shane Van Gisbergen got passed Craig Lowndes. Cameron Waters had checked out – meaning he had pulled away.

On lap 2 Mark Winterbottom was in front of Aaren Russell. Shane Van Gisbergen was right behind the monster falcon car 6 with Cameron Waters driving. Shane Van Gisbergen took the race lead and then pulled away.

On lap 3 Shane Van Gisbergen was the new race leader. Craig Lowndes was struggling, Jamie Whincup tried to get up the inside at turn 1 but that wasn’t able to be executed because Craig Lowndes was looking for grip on a wet racetrack. Craig Lowndes got too much wheel spin on the exit of turn 7 on the very, very slippery painted curb.

On lap 4 Mark Winterbottom had dropped 3 places. Jason Bright got passed Scott McLaughlin the replay of the start showed that Mark Winterbottom got massive amount of wheel spin off the start line.

On lap 5 Michael Caruso was near the back of the pack along with David Reynolds, Scott McLaughlin had bent steering as a result of contact with Dale Wood.

On lap 6 the teams could start doing their pit stops. Scott McLaughlin had a bunch cars behind him forming a Queue. Scott Pye got passed him at turn 1. Craig Lowndes did the fastest lap of the race, Shane Van Gisbergen moved over to the right hand side of the track to keep his tyres cool on a wet road. The Red Bull Racing Australia team were re-pressuring the dry tyres – slick tyres just in case, to have them on standby.

On lap 7 Jamie Whincup was following Chaz Mostert. The teams were doing their best to get rid out some the water that was still in the pit boxers where the cars have to stop.

On lap 8 James Moffatt got up the inside of Nick Percat.

In the middle of the race Craig Lowndes came in twice the first stop was for tyres, no fuel and the 2nd one was for tyres only.

Towards the end of the Craig Lowndes passed 16 cars in the final 21 laps, it was enough for him to get into the lead of the race.

That now Craig Lowndes’s race win tally go up to 16 and his career tally 104.

Results for race 8

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

Before race 9 started Scott McLaughlin and James Moffatt did 2 hot laps. After they had completed them Neil Crompton said good news the Logies are coming up pretty soon so those 2 blokes will be up for an Overacting award.

In race 9 Chaz Mostert started on pole position alongside him was Craig Lowndes for the 83 lap race. Craig Lowndes got jump and led the through the first 5 turns, Fabain Coulthard was putting pressure on Mark Winterbottom. Shane Van Gisbergen got down the inside of Chris Pither at turn 7.

On lap 2 Jamie Whincup got passed Chris Pither at turn 1. Chris Pither dropped 2 spots to the Red Bull cars, Chaz was trying to put pressure on the race leader.

On lap 3 both Cameron Waters and James Courtney passed Lee Holdsworth on the downhill into turn 7.

On lap 4 James Moffatt was up the inside of Dale Wood. Dylan Talabarni who is Chris Pither’s race engineer was reminding him about his throttle use.

On lap 5 the replay of the start showed that Fabain Coulthard had all 4 wheels out in the Boones – out in the grass that is a racing term that Mark Skaife often uses.

On lap 6 Chris Pither was back on Jamie Whipcup’s rear bumper.

On lap 7 James Courtney putting pressure on Will Davison. Back to the front of the field, the cars stayed in there spot early on.

On lap 8 Mark Winterbottom was trying to catch Chris Pither and put some pressure on him.

On lap 9 Chaz Mostert was right on the back of Craig Lowndes watching his car slide.

On lap 10 the order for the front group of cars remained the same. Craig Lowndes looked a lot tidier the next time around. Jamie Whincup was the first of the 2 Red Bull cars to stop.

In the middle of the race both Chaz Mostert and Shane Van Gisbergen got passed Jamie Whincup.

Towards the end of the race Mark Winterbottom said that lapped car of Aaren Russell, he thought that he had ruined Mark Winterbottoms race as a result of Craig Lowndes finishing on the podium on Sunday in Perth Western Australia. He now leads the V8 Supercars championship by 42 points over his teammate Jamie Whincup.

The commentators were Neil Crompton, Mark Skaife, Greg Murphy, Greg Rust and Riana Crehan.

The next event is the Woodstock Winton Supersprint on the 20th – 22nd of May 2016.

Results for race 9

1st – Mark Winterbottom – Rod Nash Racing
2nd – Scott McLaughlin – Volvo Garry Rogers Motorsport
3rd – Craig Lowndes – Team Vortex

 

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Perth Pre Race Report 2016

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Perth pre race 2016

Hi to all you v8 supercars fans around the world.

This weekend 6th – 8th May 2016 is the Perth Supersprint.

Let’s take look back at what happened in 2015.

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 Lowndes was starting to close the gap down to the 2 Fords.

On lap 5 Craig Lowndes was still following those 2 cars like a hawk and getting closer and closer, Jamie Whincup 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 for the 25 lap race.

On lap 1 Frosty again got the jump off the start line, and led the field through turns 1, 2 and 3, 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 Whincup held off Fabain,Coulthard.

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, after 7 laps were complete.

In the middle of the race Mark Winterbottom 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 Mark Winterbottom.

On lap 1 Frosty got the jump off the line for 3rd straight race. Garth Tander made contact with the back of Chaz Mostert. 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 Lowndes 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 Davison was hunting Craig Lowndes down for his first race win with Erebus Motorsport V8.

The next event is the Winton Super Sprint on the 15th – 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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Phillip Island Post Race Report 2016

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Renee Gracie

Hi to all you v8 Supercars fans around the world.

On the weekend of the 15th – 17th of April 2016 was the Phillip Island Supersprint. Last year this event was held in November.

Dad and I headed down to Phillip Island on the 13th April which was a Wednesday, so that we could stop over night at Wangaratta then go to the Cowes Hotel on the Thursday. Upon arriving in Cowes, we went to the hotel. The Pelican Hotel, this place was deserted and Dad kept ringing them, at 5pm we went and found a new hotel to stay in… While we had booked the accessible room at the Pelican Hotel, we had to settle for a room that was not. This made it difficult for me to have a shower each day as the bathroom wasn’t set up for my shower chair. Dad is my hero, he managed to get things done… This problem cost us more money than we had budgeted for… I would also like to thank you to the Tropicana Hotel that looked after us…

Practice 1

Practice 2

Practice 3

In race 6 Scott McLaughlin started on pole position alongside him was Chaz Mostert on the 27 lap race.

Scott McLaughlin got the jump to be the front runner, but Michael Caruso had a shocking start, Will Davison was in behind Lee Holdsworth they were all making contact with each other. Jason Bright and Nick Percat were pushed wide. Michael Caruso was way back in the pack after the drama at the start. Jamie Whincup made a very good move down the inside of Mark Winterbottom at turn 1.

On lap 2 both Craig Lowndes and Shane Van Gisbergen had a wheel locked going into turn 2. Meanwhile James Moffatt just pulled out from the car in front to get some fresh air to make the engine water and oil temperatures didn’t spike too much.

On lap 3 Rick Kelly was behind David Reynolds. Greg Rust was telling Neil Crompton and Mark Skaife that he been to see Barry Rogers at GRM Volvo, they told him that it was a water temperature light but there was no issue with it.

On lap 4 Fabain Coulthard was trying to get the big toe in behind James Courtney going into turn 1. Then James Moffatt a had big lockup on the left hand front corner. Three cars came in for their compulsory pit stop on lap 5 because that was when the pits opened after Shane Van Gisbergen completed his stop he was very racy against Mark Winterbottom.

In the middle of the race Mark Winterbottom had both Shane Van Gisbergen and Craig Lowndes right behind him.

Towards the end of the race no one could catch Scott Mclaughlin or Jamie Whincup.

Race 1

Results for 6

1st – Scott McLaughlin – Volvo Polstar racing
2nd – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia
3rd – Fabain Coulthard – Dick Johnson racing Team Penske

In race 7 Scott McLaughlin started on pole position alongside him was Jamie Whincup of the 45 lap race. Scott McLaughlin got the jump and led the pack down to turn 1. Fabain Coulthard got a horrible start and pulled over to the left hand side of the track. Jamie Whincup tried to go around the outside of Scott McLaughlin, but it did not work. Also on the first lap Chaz Mosert got turned around the turn 4 hairpin by Garth Tander and Will Davison.

On lap 2 Tim Blanchard ran wide coming onto the Wayne Gardner pit straight, then James Moffatt was the first of the Volvos to pit. Mark Winterbottom was in front of Shane Van Gisbergen.

On lap 3 the replay of Chaz Mostert spining showed that both Garth Tander and Will Davison turned Chaz Mostert around.

On lap 4 Shane Van Gisbergen was the first of the 2 Red Bull cars to pit.

On lap 5 Jamie Whincup was closing the gap to the race leader Scott McLaughlin the front runners had not pitted at that time to keep track position, when the leaders did finally pit they still had plenty of gap to the cars back in the pack.

In the middle of the race Scott Pye and Michael Caruso were the first 2 cars to make their final stops. The next 3 cars to pits for the last time were James Moffatt, Lee Holdsworth and Nick Percat.

Towards the end of the race Scott McLaughlin was very hard to catch and also near the end Cameron Waters nearly had big moment, on entry to the pit straight were the right front tyre had delaminated big time and as a result the Safety Car was deployed the first one for the weekend. While the cars were behind the Safety Car Jason Bright had a problem with no power steering. The restart was on lap 39. Jamie Whincup tried to get a good run on Scott McLaughlin to be able to take the lead after the yellow flag was withdrawn. Jamie Whincup was throwing dirt to the other competitors behind him and he had dropped to 4th place.

Results for race 7.

1st – Scott Mclaughlin – Volvo Polstar Racing
2nd – Mark Winterbottom – Rod Nash Racing
3rd – Scott Pye – Dick Johnson Racing Team Penske

 

I was lucky enough to get photos taken with Josh Kean from the Dunlop Series. Lee Holdsworth from the V8 Supercars. Charlie Schwerkolt team owner for Lee Holdsworth, Jonathon Webb team owner for Tekno Autosports, Greg Murphy pit reporter, Renee Gracie from the Dunlop Series. Chelsea Angelo from the Dunlop Series. Jamie Whincup, Shane Van Gisbergen and Craig Lowndes at the autograph session on the Friday. and Chris Kean is the father of Josh Kean and also Paul Dumbrell.

The next event is Perth Supersprint May 6th – 8th 2016.

 

 

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Tasmania Pre Race report 2016

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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

Jamie Tasmania 2016

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Sydney Coates Hire 500 2015 – Post Race Report

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William and Chris Brady
HI to all you v8 Supercars fans around the world.

On the weekend of the 4th – 6th December 2015 was the Coates Hire Sydney 500

This year dad and I stayed at the Novotel again, it’s one of our favourite hotels… They look after us very well, this year they tried to put us on the 14th floor, but the bathroom was too small for my wheelchair, so they went out of their way to find a room that was wheelchair friendly. We ended up on the 7th floor and had a great view of the track.

In race 34 Mark Winterbottom started on pole position alongside him was Shane Van Gisbergen, as Craig Lowndes was after the championship, but due to hitting the wall in qualifying, he has to start at the back of the pack. On lap 1 of 37 Mark Winterbottom got the jump into turn 1. James Moffatt had right front steering damage as a result of contact with Jason Bright. Rick Kelly got squeezed by Tim Slade and Garth Tander.

On lap 4 Frosty still had the lead, meanwhile Craig Lowndes was still coming through the pack. Then Shane Van Gisbergen took the race lead.

On lap 5 when Shane Van Gisbergen pulled off into the pits Mark Winterbottom took over the race lead again, then James Courtney took over the when Frosty had pulled off into the pits the race lead had changed again James Courtney took the lead. On departure Jamie Whincup got out in front of Shane Van Gisbergen.

On lap 6 Rick Kelly was chasing Garth Tander on lap 7 both James Courtney and Jason Bright made there pit stop.
In the middle of the race Steve Owen was holding Craig Lowndes behind.

Riana Crehan and Greg Murphy were chatting with Tim Edwards and Mark Dutton about their chances at winning the championship. Towards the end of the race Jamie Whincup was out in front. And running away with opening race. That first race win for Jamie Whincup took his career tally up to 95.

Results for race 34

1st – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia
2nd – Shane Van GISBERGEN – Tekno Autosporrts
3rd – Jason Bright – Team BOC

In race 35 Jamie Whincup started from the pole position alongside him was David Reynolds. On lap 1 of 37 Jamie Whincup led the field down to turn 1 for the first of 37 laps. There was contact between Fabain Coulthard and Todd Kelly.

On lap 2 Craig Lowndes was back in the pack trying to move forward passing Scott Pye, but he couldn’t get the move done at turns 2, 3 and 4. But Craig Lowndes managed to pass him at turn 5; his next car to pass was Lee Holdsworth.

On lap 3 Shane Van Gisbergen got swamped as he was chasing James Courtney in.

On lap 4 Lee Holdsworth was being chased by Scott Pye.

In the middle of the race all the pit stops had been completed towards the end of the race Jamie Whincup was again in the right position to make it 2 from 2.

Results for race 35

1st – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia
2nd – David Reynolds – Rod Nash Racing
3rd – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew

Today my mate Jesse Ellis and his dad joined us to watch the race… It was so nice to have a like-minded friend to share the experience with.

In race 36 James Courtney started on pole Position alongside him was Shane Van Gisbergen. On 1 of 74 James Courtney led at the start of the 36th and final race of 2015, Jamie Whincup and Mark Winterbottom started on the 2nd row of the grid. Towards the end of the opening lap Shane Van Gisbergen was trying to pass James Courtney, but that didn’t work. At the final turn James Courtney got tagged by Shane Van Gisbergen in the left rear quarter panel.

On lap 2 James Courntey was still the race leader and Frosty was running 3rd. Jason Bright was the first of the Brad Jones Racing Cars to make a pitstop. David Reynolds passed Rick Kelly in between turns 9 and 10. Tim Slade was sitting behind them just in case one of the cars ahead of him made a mistake.

On lap 3 Shane Van Gisbergen was trying take control of the race but he couldn’t until James Courtney let him pass.

On lap 4 Shane Van Gisbergen was still putting pressure on the Holden Racing Team car, and then Shane Van Gisbergen spun James Courtney around in between turns 9 and 10. As a result he didn’t get a drive thru for that incident. Then James Courtney had smoke coming out of the right rear guard.

On lap 5 Scott McLaughlin was right behind the outgoing champ in Jamie Whincup, at turns 9 and 10. Jamie Whincup just pulled straight away.

On lap 6 Scott Pye saw the damage on the back of the 22 car. McLaughlin made a move at turn 1, which would give him the racing line for turns 2, 3 and 4. David Reynolds was following the HRT car. Craig Lowndes was following Fabain Coulthard, Tim Slade hit the wall on approach to the final turn which triggered a safety car and a flurry of activity in the pits while the Safety car was out, Nissan Motorsport had to put the pit boom back in place.

The restart was on lap 15. In the middle of the race Shane Van Gisbergen was still leading with Jamie Whincup hunting him down.
Towards the end of the race Jamie Whincup couldn’t pass Shane Van Gisbergen.

Results for race 36

1st – Shane Van Gisbergen – Tekno Autosports
2nd – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia
3rd – Rick Kelly – Jack Daniels Racing

Well done to everybody on a great 2015 V8 Supercars championship season. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy New Year, see you in 2016.

Will Grant McPherson be the race engineer for on car 888 in 2016 For Team Vortek?

Jamie Whincup will go back to the car No. 88 which he has not had since 2011.

Shane Van Gisbergen will have 97 under the Red Bull banner and next year will be the first time that Craig Lowndes will have his own car. But he will be sharing a pit Boom with Tekno. Because Triple 8 race engineering are going to be going to 3 cars.

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Sydney Coates Hire 500 – Pre race Report

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William with Roland DaneWilliam and the boys
Hi to all you V8 Supercars fans around the world.

This is one race that dad and I always got to, we stay at the Novotel, in a room that looks down over the track. That way if it gets too hot or too wet, we can go back to our room and watch the race from the comfort of your own room…

This weekend is the Coates Hire Sydney 500 races 36 37 and 38.

Let’s take a look back at happened at Homebush, Sydney Olympic Park 12 months ago in 2014.

Before race 36 got started the Red Bull Racing Australia team had to repair Craig Lowndes car. Because he had a shunt in qualifying. When the team had completed the repair on Craig’s car where were big Cheers from the people watching on, Craig’s Race Engineer at the time was Jeromy Moore he followed the car out of the v8 paddock. Both the triple 8 boys and the Dick Johnson Racing boys both had repairs to do. On cars 888 of Craig Lowndes and car 66 driven by Marcos Ambrose respectively.
In race 36 Will Davison started on pole position alongside him was Jamie Whincup. On lap 1 of 37 Jamie Whincup led the field down turn 1, Jack Perkins got spun around at turn 1 by Dale Wood. During the opening laps.

On lap 2 Todd Kelly James Moffatt and Michael Caruso were all running into each other. Russell Ingall was trying get through the field.

On lap 3 Marcos Ambros was down in 19th spot, Marcos has not driven in the V8 class races since 2005, when he left Australia for the US and Nascar racing.

On lap 4 Jamie Whincup lost his driver’s side mirror. Will Davison and David Reynolds were battling for 2nd spot, they were running 2nd and 3rd at the time.
The restart was on lap 14 at the half way mark Scott Pye was out of first race. Jamie Whincup was putting huge pressure on Tim Slade.
In the end no one could catch the top 3 drivers. Jamie Whincup Tim Slade and David Reynolds.

Results for race 36

1st – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia
2nd – Tim Slade – Supercheap Auto Racing
3rd – David Reynolds – Rod Nash Racing

Storm at Hombush 2014

In race 37 Jason Bright started on pole position alongside him was Shane Van Gisbergen. On lap 1 of 37 Jamie Whincup got the jump from the 2nd row off the grid, to lead the field.

On lap 2 Shane Van Gisbergen was putting pressure on Scott McLaughlin for 4th spot.

On lap 3 James Courtney was putting pressure on him. During the opening laps everybody was starting find their rhythm, but in the middle of the race the rain started to dump. Jamie Whincup was first of the Red Bull cars to come in to the pits to change from slicks to wets. Which turned out to be a good decision. But for the cars who stayed out on slicks would have been in big trouble and could have hit the wall at turn 5.

Due to the weather and the down pouring of rain, the track became too wet and the race was called to a halt. Dad and I were back in our room by this time and were very grateful to be watching from a dry advantage point.

Results for race 37
1st – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia
2nd – Shane Van Gisbergen – Tekno Autosports
3rd Scott Mclaughlin – Volvo Polstar racing.

In race 38 Scott McLaughlin started on pole position alongside him was Garth Tander on lap 1 of 74 Garth Tander led into turn 1. There was contact between James Courtney Rick Kelly and Mark Winterbottom. Shane Van Gisbergen was putting pressure on Scott McLaughlin. Jamie Whincup had been able to get passed James Courtney at the final turns.

I love it when you look up at the big screen and they show an incident and on this particular occasion they said that Garth Tander was involved, but as someone in the know, I can see that it is not Garth, but James Courtney as Garth was leading the race…

On lap 2 the pack was trying to catch the race leaders.

On lap 3 Rick Kelly was trying to find a way to get around Scott McLaughlin. After the opening laps the pit lane was full of cars pitting once they were called by their team to pit in the middle of the race the 2nd pit stops were about commenced for all the teams to put 4 new tyres on the cars and then the race closing in on the final stages.

Towards the end of the race Garth Tander was leading until he ran off down the Escape Road. Then Shane Van Gisbergen took the lead of the race back and held it till the race officials and race control red flagged the race due to the soaking wet track.

Again dad and I decided to leave the track early as the weather was closing in and went to watch the race from our unique advantage point…

Results for race 38
1st – Shane Van Gisbergen – Tekno Autosports.
2nd – Garth Tander – Holden Racing team.
3rd – James Courtney – Holden Racing Team.
Who will win the Coates Hire Sydney 500 this week? And who will win the 2015 V8 Supercars championship?

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Pukeohe New Zealand 2015 Post Race Report

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Hi to all you V8 Supercars fans around the world.
On the weekend of the 6th – 8th of November 2015 was the ITM 500 Auckland Race

In race 28 Jamie Whincup started on pole position next to him was David Reynolds. On lap 1 of 21 Jamie Whincup got the jump on the field through turns 1, 2 and 3. During the opening lap Tim Slade, Will Davison, Fabain Coulthard and James Moffat all came together on the exit of turn 6.

Also On lap 2 Will Davison had to park car 9 in the garage as a result of the damage that it suffered. Scott Pye was in front of Craig Lowndes, he was complaining that he was getting held up by Scott Pye.

On lap 3 Fox sports showed a replay of start.

On lap 4 the field was settleing down into their own pace.

On lap 5 there was a safety car for debris on the race track. The restart was on lap 8.

In the middle of the race Jamie Whincup was still in control of the race.

Towards the end of the race no one could catch Jamie Whincup. Team BOC’S Jason Bright had a DNF.

Let’s just watch the race:-

Results for race 28
1st – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.
2nd – Shane Van Gisbergen – Tekno Autosports
3rd – David Reynolds – Rod Nash Racing.

In race 29 David Reynolds started on pole position alongside him was Craig Lowndes. On lap 1 of 21 Craig managed to stay in front of David Reynolds. During the opening laps Craig Lowndes was dominating the start.

On lap 2 David Reynolds was trying to pass but, Craig Lowndes would not let him.

On lap 3 the order was still the same for the front runners.
In middle of the race Craig Lowndes left rear tyre just completely exploded which caused a safety car the restart was on lap 16.

Towards the end of the race Jamie Whincup was putting the pressure on David Reynolds for the race lead.

Results for race 29.
1st – David Reynolds – Rod Nash Racing.
2nd – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.
3rd – Scott McLaughlin – Volvo Polstar Racing.

In race 30 Scott McLaughlin started on pole position alongside him was Jamie Whincup.

On lap 1 of 69 Jamie Whincup got the jump into turns 1, 2 and 3. Then the pack started to settle down to a race pace.

On lap 2 Mark Winterbottom got turned around down at the hairpin turn by Jason Bright as a result there was a concertina effect.

On lap 3 Jamie Whincup was out in front leading the race the only times the lead changed was when the pit stops started, Craig Lowndes had to double stack behind Jamie Whincup but not for too long. The pit was congested big time due to the safety car being deployed the restart was on lap 5.

When the safety car peeled off into the pit lane Jamie Whincup got on the loud pedal straight away and pulled away immediately.

On lap 6 Craig Lowndes was in front of James Moffat there was a regulation change due to Craig Lowndes tyre exploding on Saturday in the 2nd race. Everyone had to start on soft tyres.

On lap 7 everyone had change from the soft tyre back to the regular Dunlop hard tyre at the first pit stop.

On lap 8 Scott Pye was moving up through the pack after having to double stack with Shane Van Gisbergen and then when it came time to exit their respective pit garages, the fast lane very busy.

On lap 9 everyone was trying to get there new tyres up to temperature and pressure because in V8 Supercars these days, the teams are not allowed to have tyre warmers to keep the temperature into the tyres.

On lap 10 the leader was back to being Jamie Whincup driving.
In the middle of the race everybody came in for there 2nd and final pit stop but in the process the cars were locking up due to the oil that was left on the entry to pit lane by Will Davison’s Erebus Motorsport Merades E63 AMG the previous day.

Towards the end of the race the two Red Bull cars were running 1 and 2 and that was how it finished.

Results for race 30
1st – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.
2nd – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia.
3rd – Scott Pye – Dick Johnson Racing Team Penske.

There are now just 2 events remaining, the next event is the WD 40 Phillip Island Super sprint on the 20th – 22nd November 2015.
The Commentators were Greg Rust and Neil Crompton. The pit reporters were Greg Murphy and Riana Crehan.

Well done to the Red Bull team on repairing Craig’s car for the Sunday Race.

NZ Craig Lowndes Oh No pic

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Pukeohe New Zealand 2015 Pre Race Report

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Hi to all you V8 Supercars fans.

This weekend is the ITM 500 Auckland. There are now just 3 events remaining for 2015.

The V8 Supercar calendar was changed around this year as this event was run in April 2014, so let’s have a look back at April 2014…
In race 10 Jason Bright started on pole position, alongside him was Jamie Whincup. On lap 1 of 35 Jamie Whincup got a better launch off the starting grid. There was drama back in the mid pack. Scott McLaughlin ran wide on the exit of turn 6. Towards the end of the first lap he and Will Davison went side by side around the final turn.
On lap 2 Scott McLaughlin was trying to move up through the field after his previous run in with Will Davison.

On lap 3 the Pedders SRT Safety car was deployed to remove car 17 driven by David Wall after he hit the wall.

The restart was on lap 8 and Jamie Whincup was still leading the on the restart, everybody else was trying to stay in touch Jamie Whincup, but he was doing a great job in keeping the lead.

On lap 9 the pack was getting annoyed by Jamie Whincup driving and just pulling away. But before the end of the next lap, Jamie Whincup would be pulled back by an oil problem and had a DNF.

Let’s watch the video for the rest of the race…

Results for race 10.
1st – Jason Bright – Team BOC.
2nd – Garth Tander – Holden Racing Team.
3rd – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia.

In race 11 James Courtney started on pole Position alongside him was Mark Winterbottom on lap 1 of 35 Mark Winterbottom managed to take the race lead at turn 1 by rounding up the pole sitter James Courtney. One of the Erebus cars stalled near the back of the pack and it was Will Davison. Scott Pye was trying to get passed Fabain Coulthard on the outside of the backstraight on lap 2, Craig Lowndes ran wide on to the grass approaching the main straight. After he made some positions he went as far back as 16th spot at the start of the 2nd lap.

On lap 3 Jamie Whincup ran wide coming onto the main straight which Allowed Chaz Mostert to get passed him.

On lap 4 Jason Bright held position in front of Tim Slade, Jason’s Engineer said to him just make sure you are safe, he nearly lost control of the Team BOC car.

On lap 5, Tim Slade tried to get the position back from Jason Bright, as a result he got pushed into the grass and punctured the left front tyre.

In the middle of the race Craig was trying to make some progess, because he was struggling with the setup on the car, because it wasn’t ideal.

Towards the end of the race no one could catch Mark Winterbottom.

Results for race 11
1st – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew.
2nd – James Courtney – Holden Racing Team.
3rd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew.

In race 12 Scott McLaughlin started on pole position alongside him was Jamie Whincup, on lap 1 of 35 Jamie Whincup got the jump off the front row of the grid and led the field through turns 1, 2, 3 and 4. For the first lap. Also on the Jason Bright went straight ahead into the tyres in-between turns 3 and 4. Scott McLaughlin took over the race lead from Jamie Whincup and then he dropped back 1 spot into 2nd.

There was a safety car to remove Jason Bright’s car from the tyres at turn 4. The restart was on lap 4. Shane Van Gisbergen was putting pressure on Jamie Whincup.

On lap 5 Scott McLaughlin was still in the lead.

On lap 6. Scott McLaughlin was under pressure to keep the race lead from Shane Van Gisbergen in the driver’s seat.

In the middle of the race everybody had done there pit stops and were settling into their own pace, for the run to the finish. Towards the end of the race Shane Van Gisbergen held off the cars behind him for the win.

Results for race 12
1st -Shane Van Gisbergen – Tekno Autosports.
2nd – Scott McLaughlin – Volvo Polstar Racing.
3rd – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.

In race 13 Scott McLaughlin started on pole position alongside him was Tim Slade on lap 1 of 69 Shane Van Gisbergen was holding his spot after turn 1. There was congestion in the mid pack towards the end of the first lap Jamie Whincup got up the inside of Chaz Mosert.
On lap 2 Craig Lowndes was the first the pit so that the 2 Red Bull cars didn’t have to double stack. Along with Will Davison as well. Then down at the hairpin at turn 8 Jamie Whincup ran wide which allowed Chaz Mosteret to get back up the inside. Then he was under pressure, David Reynolds tried to get up the inside in-between turns 5 and 6. But wasn’t able to get the move done cleanly. James Courtney tried to get up the inside Lee Holdsworth who was on the outside at the hairpin in the middle of the race the 2nd pit stops started to happen where the field tried to avoid double stacking at all costs. In the end no one catch Mark Winterbottom. Which as a result of winning the final race Mark Winterbottom had enough points to Claim the Jason Richards Memorial trophy 12 months ago…

Results for race 13.
1st – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi max crew.
2nd – Scott McLaughlin – Volvo Polstar racing.
3rd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew.

Who will win the ITM 500 Auckland this weekend? Who will win the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy in 2015? Good luck to everybody for this weekend’s races 28, 29 and 30.

The commentators 12 months ago were Neil Crompton Mark Skaife pit Reporters were Mark Beretta Mark Larkham and Riana Crehan.
The commentators this year will be Greg Rust Neil Crompton the pit reporters this year will be Greg Murphy and Riana Crehan. David Cauchi will be Jamie’s race engineer for the remainder of 2015 while Mark Dutton will resume the team manager role. This weekend’s races will be 2 – 21 lap races and 1 – 69 lap race. To watch the Coverage on the weekend just go to Fox sports 5 channel 506.

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Gold Coast 600 – Pre Race report 2015

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Hi to all you Rev heads around the world.
This weekend 23rd – 25th October is the Gold Coast 600, the third and final race for the 2015 Pirtek Enduro Cup.
Let’s take a look back at what happened in Qualifying at the Gold Coast in 2014.

Jamie Whincup led the field out for qualifying because Red Bull Australia were the last pit, at the end of pit lane this happened because they won the teams Championship the year before. Once everyone got onto the racetrack they went out for a warm up lap then they came back in for adjustments to all the cars, then they all back out to try to get a position in the top 10 to contest the shootout.

Who will win the Pirtek Endurance cup in 2015? The defending champs are Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell. But they are down the order in terms of the points this year for the Enduro Cup.

Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards are in 4th spot at this stage, so they have still got a good chance winning the Endurance cup.

The last time Craig won the Pirtek Cup was back in 2013.

Who will win races 26 and 27? 12 months ago the races at the Gold Coast were races 31 and 32.
The commentators in 2014 at the Gold Coast were Neil Crompton and Mark Skaife pit reporters were Mark Larkham and Riana Crehan.

Greg Murphy drove in all 3 Endurance races 12 months ago, this year he will be in the pit lane, reporting from there with Riana Crehan and Paul Morris.

Can Craig Lowndes and Steve Richards win the Enduro cup? And make it 3 years in a row for Red Bull Racing Australia in car 888. Or will another combination challenge them? 300 Kilometres and 102 laps each on both Saturday and Sunday.

The co drivers have their own practice session as well. Shane Van Gisbergen got pole position for race 1, and pole for race 2 went to Alex Premat.

History of the Gold Coast event back in 2014 James Courtney and Greg Murphy had a Do Not Finish result in the opening race.

Cameron Waters has been promoted to the main driver for car 6 for Pepsi Max Crew, his co-driver will be the Enforcer Russell Ingall. James Courtney is back from his injuries and will be back in car 22, with Jack Perkins. He has been given the all clear to get back in the car by the doctors. Chaz Mostert is out of hospital and starting rehab in Brisbane.

The winners of races 31 and 32 from 2014 were Shane Van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb, the winners of Race 32 were Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell.

Will there be any ads during the Gold Coast coverage this weekend on Fox Sports channel 506.

Cameron Waters will be driving car 6 for two events and the WD 40 Phillip Island Supersprint.

Matt White and Mark Larkham now work for channel 10. Both Scott Pye and James Courtney will be back in cars 17 and 22 for the Holden Racing Team and Dick Johnson Racing Team Penske respectively. How will they go with their current injuries? How will Marcos Ambrose go this weekend? The last time he raced on the Gold Coast street circuit was back in 2005. Jack Perkins will be back in the 22 car with James Courtney, while Russell will be driving with the Pepsi Max Crew as a replacement for Chaz.

Best of luck to everybody this weekend. Welcome back James Courtney and get well soon Chaz.

How many safety cars will there be at the Gold Coast 600?

The hosts will be Jessica Yates and Mark Skaife for Foxsports, Steven Johnson will be on standby in case Scott Pye has any injures.

Just go to video and click on live timing at –
http://www.v8supercar.com.au/

To check out the Practice Qualifying and race Results just go to http://www.v8dailydump.com.au/

Results for race 31 from 2014.

1st – Shane Van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb – Tekno Autosports.
2nd – Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell – Red Bull Racing Australia.
3rd – Tim Slade and Tony Dalberto – Supercheap Auto Racing.

Results for race 32 from 2014.
1st- Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell – Red Bull Racing Australia.
2nd- Scott Mclaughlin and Alex Premat – Volvo Polstar Racing.
3rd – Micheal Caruso and Dean Fiore – Nissan Motorsport.

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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/