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Wilson Security 500 Sandown – Pre race report 2016

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Hi to all you V8 Supercar fans around the world.

In 2015 on the weekend of the 11th – 13th of September 2015, was the Wilson Security Sandown 500, Dad and I were there. We watched all the practice sessions and qualifying. The main race on Sunday 13th September, was very exciting. We also got to catch up with some old mates as well as make some new friends… I had the chance to meet my favourite Game Show host Grant Denyer.

Grant Denyar & I

See below for the list of Main drivers and their Co-drivers.

For those of you who missed the Sandown 500 here is what happened in 2015, the race is 161 laps long and because it is an endurance race we have the main drivers and we have co-drivers. The co-drivers do the first 54 laps.

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Paul Dumbrell started on pole position alongside them was Steve Owen, on lap 1 Paul Dumbrell got the jump and led the field through turns 1, 2 and 3 for the first of 161 laps, Marcos Ambrose didn’t get a good start and dropped back through the pack.

On lap 2 Chris Pither entered pitlane to top up on fuel and get some clear air as no one was coming in behind him.

On lap 3, Steve Owen was trying to catch Paul Dumbrell during the co-driver’s stint. Marcos had dropped back to, as far as 24th spot.

On lap 4 Cameron Waters was following Jonathon Webb. Jonathon Webb made a big mistake in-between turns 3 and 4.

On lap 5 the Jonathon Webb was holding off Cameron Waters.

On lap 6 the pack was starting to settle into a race pace, on the same lap, Greg Murphy was chatting to Scott Pye about the start that Ambrose made.

On lap 10 Warren Luff was in front of former V8 Supercars driver Karl Reindler.

On lap 11 Steve Owen was chasing down Jamie Whincup, Alex Premat had to pit twice the first it was to remove the air spike for the air jacks the 2nd time was to serve a pit lane drive thru penalty for an unsafe release. In the middle of the race, Jamie Whincup was still leading the race, in fact they led the first half of the race, then Mark Winterbottom took over. Jamie Whincup lead for the first 86 laps, before he had to make 6 pit stops due to a hook coming off the gantry.

Towards the end of the race Mark Winterbottom of Pepsi Max dominated followed by his team mate Chaz Mostert and finished 1, 2.

The commentators were Greg Rust, Neil Crompton and pit reporters Greg Murphy and Riana Crehan.

Results for the 2015 Wilson Security Sandown 500

1st – Mark Winterbottom and Steve Owen. – Pepsi Max Crew.
2nd – Chaz Mostert and Cameron Waters – Pepsi Max Crew.
3rd – Shane Van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb – Tekno Autosports.

Last year’s Main drivers and Co-drivers

Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell – Red Bull Racing Australia – Car 1
Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards – Red Bull Racing Australia – Car 888
Mark Winterbottom and Steve Owen – Pepsi Max Crew – Car 5
Chaz Mostert and Cameron Waters – Pepsi Max Crew – Car 6
David Reynolds and Dean Canto – Rod Nash Racing – Car 55
Scott Mclaughlin and Alex Premat -Volvo Polstar Racing – Car 33
David Wall and Chris Pither – Volvo Polstar Racing – Car 34
Jack Perkins and Russell Ingall. Holden Racing team – Car 22
Garth Tander and Warren Luff – Holden Racing team – Car 2.
Tim Slade and Tony Dalberto – Supercheap Auto racing – Car 47
Lee Holdsworth and Sebation Bourdais – Walkinshaw Racing – Car 18
Scott Pye and Marcos Ambrose – Dick Johnson Racing – Car 17
Rick Kelly and David Russell – Jack Daniels Racing – Car 15
Todd Kelly and Alex Buncombe – Nissan Motorsport – Car 7
James Moffatt and Taz Douglas – Nissan Motorsport – Car 99.
Micheal Caruso and Dean Fiore – Nissan Motorsport – Car 23
Nick Percat and Oliver Gavin – Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport – Car 222
Tim Blanchard and Karl Reindler – Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport – Car 3
Will Davison and Alex Davison – Erebus Motorsport V8 – Car 9
Ash Walsh and Jack Lebrocq. Erebus Motorsport. V8 – Car 4
Jason Bright and Andrew Jones – Team BOC – Car 8
Fabain Coulthard and Luke Youlden – Freightliner Racing – Car 14

This weekend the Main Drivers and Co-drivers are: –

Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell – Red Bull Racing Australia car 88.
Shane Van Gisbergen and Alex Premat – Red Bull Racing Australia car 97.
Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards – Team Vortex car 888.
Will Davison and Jonathon Webb – Tekno Autosports car 19.
Garth Tander and Warren Luff – Holden Racing Team. Car 2.
James Courtney and Jack Perkins – Holden Racing team car 22.
Mark Winterbottom and Dean Canto – Rod Nash Racing the Bottle O Racing Team car 1.
Chaz Mostert and Steve Owen – Supercheap Auto Racing. Car 55.
Cameron Waters and Jack Le Brocq. Monster Energy Racing Team car 6.
Scott McLaughlin and David Wall – Volvo Polstar Racing car 33.
James Moffatt and James Golding – Volvo Polstar Racing car 34.
Jason Bright and Andrew Jones – Team BOC car 8.
Tim Blanchard and Macauley Jones – Team Cool Drive car 21.
Tim Slade and Ash Walsh – Freightliner Racing car 14.
Lee Holdsworth and Karl Reindler – Preston Racing team. Car 18.
Chris Pither and Richie Stanaway – Super black racing car 111.
Rick Kelly and Russell Ingall – Nissan Motorsport car 15.
Todd Kelly and Matt Campbell – Nissan Motorsport car 7.
Michael Caruso and Dean Fiore – Nissan Motorsport car 23.
Fabain Coulthard and Luke Youlden – Dick Johnson racing Team Penske car 12.
Scott Pye and Tony Dalberto – Dick Johnson Racing team Penske car 17.
David Reynolds and Craig Baird – Erebus Motorsport car 9.
Nick Percat and Cameron Mcconville – Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport car 222.
Dale Wood and David Russell – Nissan Motorsport car 96.
Shae Davies and Chris Van der Drift – Erebus Motorsport, car 4.
Andre Heimgartner and Aaren Russell – Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport car 3

 

 

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Woodstock Winton Post Race Report 2016

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Woodstock flags

Hi to all V8 Supercar fans around the world.

On the weekend of the 20th – 22nd May was Woodstock Winton Supersprint.

Dad and I left on Thursday the 19th and headed for Beechworth were we would be staying for the weekend. We hired a wheelchair accessible car from Freedom Motors as usual and we stayed at Armour Motor Inn. It was our first time to Beechworth and I have to say it’s the most beautiful spot.

On the Friday we headed out to the track early to catch up with the action. We had box seats to watch all the practice matches. Say hello to all our V8 Supercar friends that arrived early. Eddie Mostert was there to stir me up and put ‘Mossie ’55’ bumper sticker on the back of my wheelchair and now I can’t reach it to take it off… Thanks a lot Eddie.

Mossie 55

Greg Murphy’s hot lap

 

In race 10 Tim Slade started on pole position alongside him was Mark Winterbottom for the 40 lap race.

On lap 1 Tim Slade got the jump and led into turns 1 and 2. Scott McLaughlin passed Mark Winterbottom to move into second place on the opening lap and James Courtney was in no man’s land (meaning he was out where there was not much grip). Lee Holdsworth got bumped out of position by James Courtney behind, but Tim Slade was still in control of the race.

On lap 2 Tim Slade had 0.8 of a second as a margin. The Holden Racing Team were laying up to bring in Garth Tander. James Moffat had a drama and went straight in the garage.  Rick Kelly got up the inside of the Rookie Cameron Waters.

On lap 3 Neil Crompton and Mark Skaife showed different angles of the race start.

On lap 4 the cars were settling down into a race pace. Scott McLaughlin was putting the pressure on the race leader and Mark Winterbottom was putting the pressure on him. Chaz Mostert was following Lee Holdsworth. Shane Van Gisbergen got passed Chaz Mostert at turn 10. Cameron Waters, Shane Van Gisbergen and Craig Lowndes all came in.

On lap 5 the leader was still Tim Slade. On departure back on the race track Shane Van Gisbergen was on cold trying to hold off his affective teammate Craig Lowndes.

On lap 6 Jason Bright was holding up the next group of cars. Scott Pye tried to get down the inside of Fabain Coulthard at turn 12.

On lap 7 Dale Wood had damage on the front and the front left hand corner.

On lap 8 Jamie Whincup was still behind James Courtney battling for position 6 and 7.

On lap 9 Greg Rust reported that James Moffat had a broken right front steering arm but the GRM team didn’t know what caused the steering arm to break.

On lap 10 Jamie Whincup, Rick Kelly and Michael Caruso all made there pit stop on lap, also on that lap Rick Kelly rejoined behind Cameron Waters. Then while cars 15 and 6 were getting up to speed, Tim Slade entered the pits for his top. Tim Slade rejoined with cold fresh rubber for the race leader.

In the middle of the race Chris Pither was battling with James Courtney.

Towards the end of the race the top 3 cars were just pulling away, in the end Tim Slade managed to hold on for his first ever V8 Supercars victory.

 

Results for race 10

1st – Tim Slade – Brad Jones Racing
2nd –  Scott McLaughlin – Volvo Polstar Racing
3rd – Mark Winterbottom – Rod Nash Racing

In race 11 Chaz Mostert started on pole position alongside him was Fabain Coulthard for the 67 lap race.

On lap 1 Chaz Mostert made a weird start which allowed Fabain Coulthard to take the race lead at turn 1 and 2. Shane Van Gisbergen gave Cameron Waters a hit in between turns 3 and 4.  Chris Pither had 2 wheels in the sand meaning Dale Wood could not see where he was going due to the dust and the dirt getting brought up onto the racing line, then Dale Wood went straight across the track and in the sand on the left hand side by Andre Heimgartner.

On lap 2 Craig Lowndes was putting pressure on Chaz Mostert for 2nd place. Mark Winterbottom, Shane Van Gisbergen and James Courtney all came in early.  Will Davison got up the inside of Jamie Whincup at turn 3 which resulted in him going off the racetrack and into the dust. (that was testing their mateship.) On the same lap Chaz Mostert came into the pits for the first of his 2 stops.

On lap 3 Jamie Whincup was behind Cameron Waters

On lap 4 Jamie Whincup finally got up the inside of Cameron Waters along with Scott Pye and Garth Tander. Craig Lowndes did a 21.2 second lap, that was the fastest lap of the race.

On lap 5 Dale Wood made contact with the back of Andre Heimgartners.  Craig Lowndes pitted on the 5th lap as well as Rick Kelly and Cam Waters.

On lap 6 Shane Van Gisbergen got up the back of James Courtney at turn 3. His next target was Will Davison.

On lap 7 David Reynolds came in to the pits for his first stop. Michael Caruso was putting the pressure on Scott McLaughlin.

On lap 8 the on board telemetry of Michael Caruso shows the gears the and the throttle and the speed of how fast he was going.

On lap 9 Lee Holdsworth was catching Rick Kelly. Mark Skaife said he just wanted to get a shot of Ricks steering wheel just to make sure it was still straight and it was.

On lap 10 Lee Holdsworth made his first stop, then rejoined with clear track.

In the middle of the race the cars started to settle into a rhythm for the run to the Checkered flag.

Towards the end of the race the cars were getting ready for run to the end of the race no could catch Tim Slade who had dominated the whole weekend at Winton.

I got photos taken with Jamie Whincup, Shane Van Gisbergen, Craig Lowndes, Will Davison, Lee Holdsworth, Scott McLaughlin, James Courtney, Garth Tander, Fabain Coulthard, Jason Bright, Tim Slade, Jim Richards and also John Bowe. Also John’s Touring Car Masters race car, car 18. The only 2 we didn’t get were Glenn Seton and Steven Johnson.

Results for race 11.

1st – Tim Slade – Brad Jones Racing
2nd – Mark Winterbottom – Rod Nash Racing
3rd – Fabain Coulthard – Dick Johnson Racing Team Penske

The next event is the Crown bet Darwin Supersprint on the 17th – 19th June 2016.

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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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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.