Armor all gold coast 600, supergp, gold coast

[hoon69]

International Drivers


Helio Castroneves

Wilson Security Racing
Brazilian motorsport great Helio Castroneves was the latest driver to join the Armor All Gold Coast 600. The renowned three-time Indy 500 winner joins young gun Tim Slade in October at the Gold Coast circuit – a place he has visited multiple times throughout his Champ Car/IndyCar career.

Sebastien Bourdais

Dick Johnson Racing
Sebastien Bourdais is one of the most successful drivers in the Champ Car World Series, winning four consecutive championships from 2004 to 2007 before heading to Formula one for 2008 and 2009.
He has also won twice previously on the Gold Coast


David Brabham

Irwin Racing
David Brabham is one of Australia’s most successful racing drivers, with the son of Sir Jack Brabham – three time Formula One champion – winning the LE Mans 24 Hour Hours and the American Le Mans Series title in 2009 adding to a long list of accomplishments.

Ryan Briscoe

Toll Holden Racing Team
Australia’s Ryan Briscoe currently competes in the IndyCar Series with the legendary Team Penske, and won on the Gold Coast in 2008 and was third in 2009’s title chase.

Scott Dixon

Jack Daniels Racing
Two time IndyCar Series champion – 2003 and 2008 – Dixon also won the Indy 500 in 2008 and was championship runner up in 2009 – he is currently completing his ninth series with Target Chip Ganassi Racing – the longest tenure for a driver in team history and was the NZ 2008 Sportsman of the Year.

Dario Franchitti

Jim Beam Racing
Dario Franchitti is team-mate to Scott Dixon in the IndyCar Series and a two-time IndyCar Series Champion in 2007 and 2009. He won on the streets of the Gold Coast in 1999 and collected the Indy 500 in 2007. He has also spent a season in NASCAR and is married to actress Ashley Judd.

Fabrizio Giovanardi

Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing
A two-time British Touring Car Champion, Giovanardi has also raced in the World Touring Car and European Touring Car Championships, and competed in TeamVodafone’s 2008 endurance line up.

Patrick Long

Fujitsu Racing
Patrick Long is an endurance specialist with many starts in the Le Mans 24 hours, 12 hours of Sebring and Rolex 24 at Daytona with multiple class wins, he currently is a factory driver for Porsche for Flying Lizard Motorsports in the American Le Mans Series.

Alain Menu

Brad Jones Racing
One of the most successful touring car drivers of the 1990s, Menu won the British Touring Car Championship twice and currently races for Chevrolet in the World Touring Car Championship.

Tiago Monteiro

Centaur Racing
Monteiro progressed through the ranks to Formula 1 where he set a record for most consecutive finishes by a driver in their debut season in 2005. In the same year he clinched a podium at the US Grand Prix. He is one of the most experience open-wheel competitors in the field, but has also made a mark in the World Touring Car Championship where he currently competes.

Gianni Morbidelli

Triple F Racing
Gianni Morbidelli competed in 70 Formula One Grand Prix, including a third place at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix before a testing injury saw him retire for the highest level of the sport. He has since competed in the European and World Touring Car Championships, and in 2009 won the Speedcar Series title.

Yvan Muller

Paul Morris Motorsport
Muller is most well-known for his touring car and ice racing achievements – including the 2003 British Touring Car Championship, the 2008 World Touring Car Championship and 10 Andros Trophy Ice Racing Championships. He has also experienced V8 supercar success, winning the 05 Sandown 500 with Craig Lowndes.

Will Power

Ford Performance Racing
Will Power is currently competing in the IndyCar Series with Team Penske, and opened 2010 strongly with three poles and two wins from the opening three events. He has claimed pole three times on the Gold Coast and has unfinished business at his home event. Born and bred in Toowoomba, he will be a local crowd favorite.

Andy Priaulx

TeamVodafone
Andy Priaulx is the only FIA Touring Car Champion to win an international level championship in four consecutive years – with the European Touring Car Championship in 2004 and the World Touring Car championship in 2005, 2006 and 2007. He has also claimed victory in the 24 hours of Nurburgring and has been made a member of the order of the British Empire.

Scott Pruett

Lucas Dumbrell Racing
Scott Pruett is a top American sports car racer, claiming two IMSA GTO Championships and three Trans-Am championships before going on to race in CART, NASCAR, and most recently in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series for Chip Ganassi Racing. He won on the streets of the Gold Coast in a Champ Car in 1997 and is regarded as one of America’s most successful road racers of all time.

Mika Salo

Bundaberg Red Racing
Mika Salo competed in Formula One from 1994 to 2002, including two podiums, and in 2009 took class victories in the 12-hour of Sebring, the Le Mans 24-hour and Petit Le Mans events. His future is set on NASCAR where he has been testing with Michael Waltrip Racing, alongside Australia’s own Marcos Ambrose.

Alex Tagliani

Kelly Racing
Tagliani is regarded as one of Canada’s most talented motor racing exports and is married to Aussie girl, Bronte Tagliani who he met while competing on the Gold Coast. He is currently racing competitively in the Indycar Series after a history in Champ Car, which saw him stand on the podium at the Gold Coast. He has also recently tried his hand at NASCAR.

Jacques Villeneuve

Rod Nash Racing
1997 Formula One World Champion Villeneuve is the son of legendary F1 driver Gilles, and moved to F1 after clinching both the IndyCar Series Championship and the Indy 500 in 1995. He joins Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi as the only drivers to have won F1, IndyCar and Indy 500 crowns. He competed on the Gold Coast in 1994 and 1995 form Australian team owners Barry and Kim Green.


ARMOR ALL GOLD COAST 600, SUPERGP, GOLD COAST
Day Session/Race Format R/Grid Times & Results
Friday Practice 40 mins N 10:15 - 10:55
Friday Practice 40 mins N 11:45 - 12:25
Friday Practice 40 mins N 13:40 - 14:20
Friday Practice 40 mins N 14:50 - 15:30
Saturday Qualifying 30 mins N 09:35 - 10:05
Saturday Top 10 Shootout 1 laps N 10:50 - 11:20
Saturday Race 300 klms N 13:35 - 16:15
Sunday Qualifying 30 mins N 11:00 - 11:30
Sunday Race 300 klms N 13:35 - 16:15

[brentonsav]

ill be there with bells on. it's my mates bucks weekend!

[DNO-55]

I'm heading down on Friday. Can't wait. 1st time for me and I live in Brisbane!

[hoon69]

Race Results

Friday: Practice(Official)

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap Race Time Laps
1 6 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Steve Richards Falcon FG 18 01:13:0720 - - 20
2 5 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Mark Winterbottom Falcon FG 16 01:13:2520 - - 20
3 1 TeamVodafone Jamie Whincup Commodore VE 15 01:13:3694 - - 18
4 18 Jim Beam Racing James Courtney Falcon FG 14 01:13:4493 - - 19
5 33 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Lee Holdsworth / Greg Ritter Commodore VE 15 01:13:5096 - - 19
6 888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes Commodore VE 12 01:13:7033 - - 20
7 8 Team BOC Jason Richards / Andrew Jones Commodore VE 14 01:13:7164 - - 20
8 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson Falcon FG 18 01:13:7442 - - 20
9 51 Castrol Edge Racing Greg Murphy / Yvann Muller Commodore VE 17 01:13:7728 - - 20
10 14 Trading Post Racing Jason Bright Commodore VE 18 01:13:7818 - - 19
11 47 Wilson Security Racing Tim Slade Falcon FG 21 01:13:8312 - - 22
12 3 Centaur Racing Tony D'Alberto Commodore VE 14 01:14:0106 - - 18
13 15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly / Owen Kelly Commodore VE 12 01:14:0304 - - 19
14 9 SP Tools Racing Shane van Gisbergen / John McIntyre Falcon FG 13 01:14:0868 - - 20
15 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly Commodore VE 14 01:14:0883 - - 18
16 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Commodore VE 20 01:14:1088 - - 20
17 4 IRWIN Racing Alex Davison Falcon FG 19 01:14:1203 - - 22
18 22 Toll Holden Racing Team Will Davison Commodore VE 15 01:14:2040 - - 17
19 19 Dick Johnson Racing Jonathon Webb Falcon FG 20 01:14:2666 - - 21
20 34 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Michael Caruso Commodore VE 13 01:14:2743 - - 16
21 39 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall / Jack Perkins Commodore VE 10 01:14:3688 - - 23
22 12 Triple F Racing Dean Fiore Falcon FG 19 01:14:4151 - - 21
23 11 Rock Racing Jason Bargwanna Commodore VE 13 01:14:4324 - - 18
24 24 Bundaberg Red Racing Fabian Coulthard Commodore VE 11 01:14:4763 - - 12
25 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Paul Dumbrell Falcon FG 13 01:14:8735 - - 19
26 21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Karl Reindler Commodore VE 17 01:14:8760 - - 21
27 10 Bundaberg Red Racing Andrew Thompson / Mika Salo Commodore VE 14 01:15:0009 - - 16
28 16 Stratco Racing Tony Ricciardello / Alex Tagliani Commodore VE 15 01:17:2656 - - 20
29 30 Gulf Western Oil Racing Nathan Pretty Commodore VE 5 01:19:4654 - - 6

Race Results

Friday: Practice(Official)

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap Race Time Laps
1 888 TeamVodafone Andy Priaulx Commodore VE 27 01:14:5802 - - 28
2 19 Dick Johnson Racing Sebastian Bourdais Falcon FG 22 01:14:7262 - - 24
3 6 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Will Power Falcon FG 22 01:14:7567 - - 23
4 11 Rock Racing and Kelly Racing Alex Tagliani Commodore VE 17 01:14:8042 - - 22
5 17 Jim Beam Racing Dario Franchitti Falcon FG 25 01:14:8473 - - 25
6 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Jaques Villeneuve Falcon FG 20 01:14:8729 - - 24
7 22 Toll Holden Racing Team Ryan Briscoe Commodore VE 17 01:15:0094 - - 20
8 4 Stone Brothers Racing - Irwin Racing and SP Tools Racing David Brabham Falcon FG 18 01:15:0972 - - 22
9 34 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Patrick Long Commodore VE 23 01:15:1136 - - 23
10 47 Wilson Security Racing Helio Castroneves Falcon FG 11 01:15:1646 - - 14
11 10 Bundaberg Red Racing Mika Salo Commodore VE 24 01:15:1950 - - 26
12 12 Triple F Racing Gianni Morbidelli Falcon FG 21 01:15:3196 - - 23
13 14 Team BOC and Trading Post Racing Alain Menu Commodore VE 18 01:15:4165 - - 19
14 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Scott Dixon Commodore VE 11 01:15:4385 - - 22
15 21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Fabrizio Giovanardi Commodore VE 17 01:15:6113 - - 22
16 51 Supercheap Auto Racing and Castrol Edge Racing Yvann Muller Commodore VE 22 01:15:7219 - - 26
17 3 Centaur Racing Tiago Monteiro Commodore VE 12 01:16:1719 - - 23

Race Results Friday: Practice(Official) Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap Race Time Laps 1 6 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Will Power Falcon FG 23 01:13:4205 - - 23 2 8 Team BOC and Trading Post Racing Andrew Jones Commodore VE 20 01:13:5444 - - 23 3 1 TeamVodafone Steve Owen Commodore VE 21 01:13:6169 - - 24 4 19 Dick Johnson Racing Sebastian Bourdais Falcon FG 27 01:13:6182 - - 27 5 22 Toll Holden Racing Team Ryan Briscoe Commodore VE 18 01:13:6743 - - 19 6 888 TeamVodafone Andy Priaulx Commodore VE 20 01:13:6777 - - 21 7 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Scott Dixon Commodore VE 20 01:13:6987 - - 21 8 17 Jim Beam Racing Dario Franchitti Falcon FG 21 01:13:7467 - - 22 9 18 Jim Beam Racing Warren Luff Falcon FG 22 01:13:7654 - - 24 10 15 Jack Daniel's Racing Owen Kelly Commodore VE 21 01:13:8087 - - 22 11 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Cameron McConville Commodore VE 22 01:13:8477 - - 22 12 5 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Luke Youlden Falcon FG 24 01:13:8684 - - 27 13 39 Supercheap Auto Racing and Castrol Edge Racing Jack Perkins Commodore VE 17 01:13:8866 - - 22 14 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Jaques Villeneuve Falcon FG 23 01:13:9014 - - 23 15 24 Bundaberg Red Racing David Reynolds Commodore VE 8 01:14:0081 - - 17 16 21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Fabrizio Giovanardi Commodore VE 20 01:14:1180 - - 22 17 9 Stone Brothers Racing - Irwin Racing and SP Tools Racing John McIntyre Falcon FG 24 01:14:1763 - - 27 18 11 Rock Racing and Kelly Racing Alex Tagliani Commodore VE 15 01:14:3680 - - 16 19 12 Triple F Racing Gianni Morbidelli Falcon FG 20 01:14:4013 - - 23 20 34 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Patrick Long Commodore VE 20 01:14:5577 - - 23 21 33 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Greg Ritter / Patrick Long Commodore VE 12 01:14:6696 - - 22 22 10 Bundaberg Red Racing Mika Salo Commodore VE 14 01:14:7000 - - 14 23 14 Team BOC and Trading Post Racing Alain Menu Commodore VE 13 01:14:8133 - - 20 24 51 Supercheap Auto Racing and Castrol Edge Racing Yvann Muller Commodore VE 21 01:14:8281 - - 23 25 47 Wilson Security Racing Helio Castroneves Falcon FG 7 01:14:8604 - - 16 26 4 Stone Brothers Racing - Irwin Racing and SP Tools Racing David Brabham Falcon FG 12 01:14:9608 - - 24 27 3 Centaur Racing Tiago Monteiro Commodore VE 10 01:15:1338 - - 21 28 16 Rock Racing and Kelly Racing Dale Wood Commodore VE 19 01:16:2068 - - 22 29 30 Gulf Western Oil Racing Scott Pruett Commodore VE 11 01:16:5796 - - 11


Race Results

Friday: Practice(Official)

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap Race Time Laps
1 5 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Mark Winterbottom Falcon FG 12 01:12:3486 - - 17
2 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Paul Dumbrell / Jaques Villeneuve Falcon FG 17 01:12:4420 - - 18
3 18 Jim Beam Racing James Courtney / Warren Luff Falcon FG 19 01:12:5077 - - 20
4 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Cameron McConville / Garth Tander Commodore VE 17 01:12:6403 - - 18
5 33 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Lee Holdsworth Commodore VE 10 01:12:6524 - - 14
6 8 Team BOC Jason Richards Commodore VE 19 01:12:6583 - - 22
7 888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes / Andy Priaulx Commodore VE 11 01:12:7878 - - 16
8 14 Trading Post Racing Jason Bright Commodore VE 21 01:12:8618 - - 22
9 51 Castrol Edge Racing Greg Murphy Commodore VE 16 01:12:8837 - - 17
10 3 Centaur Racing Tony D'Alberto Commodore VE 15 01:12:8855 - - 16
11 9 SP Tools Racing Shane van Gisbergen Falcon FG 15 01:12:9077 - - 17
12 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly Commodore VE 19 01:12:9248 - - 21
13 39 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall Commodore VE 18 01:13:0394 - - 19
14 34 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Michael Caruso Commodore VE 17 01:13:0949 - - 19
15 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson Falcon FG 16 01:13:1741 - - 19
16 24 Bundaberg Red Racing Fabian Coulthard / David Reynolds Commodore VE 12 01:13:2110 - - 18
17 22 Toll Holden Racing Team Will Davison Commodore VE 9 01:13:2328 - - 13
18 15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly Commodore VE 6 01:13:2598 - - 14
19 1 TeamVodafone Jamie Whincup / Steve Owen Commodore VE 14 01:13:2832 - - 17
20 6 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Steve Richards / Will Power Falcon FG 10 01:13:3525 - - 21
21 21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Karl Reindler / Fabrizio Giovanardi Commodore VE 13 01:13:3591 - - 15
22 47 Wilson Security Racing Tim Slade / Helio Castroneves Falcon FG 19 01:13:3801 - - 21
23 4 IRWIN Racing Alex Davison Falcon FG 20 01:13:3860 - - 22
24 12 Triple F Racing Dean Fiore Falcon FG 19 01:13:5545 - - 20
25 11 Rock Racing Jason Bargwanna Commodore VE 16 01:13:6894 - - 19
26 19 Dick Johnson Racing Jonathon Webb / Sebastian Bourdais Falcon FG 7 01:13:9995 - - 17
27 10 Bundaberg Red Racing Andrew Thompson Commodore VE 1 01:15:2122 - - 4
28 16 Stratco Racing Dale Wood / Tony Ricciardello Commodore VE 14 01:15:3150 - - 21
29 30 Gulf Western Oil Racing Nathan Pretty / Scott Pruett Commodore VE 19 01:15:6548 - - 20........................

[hoon69]

Race Results

Saturday: Qualifying(Official)

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap Race Time Laps
1 33 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Lee Holdsworth Commodore VE 15 01:11:9101 - - 15
2 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Commodore VE 16 01:11:9163 - - 17
3 5 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Mark Winterbottom Falcon FG 15 01:11:9424 - - 16
4 6 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Steve Richards Falcon FG 17 01:12:2042 - - 17
5 34 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Michael Caruso Commodore VE 15 01:12:2290 - - 16
6 18 Jim Beam Racing James Courtney Falcon FG 15 01:12:2811 - - 19
7 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Paul Dumbrell Falcon FG 13 01:12:3026 - - 16
8 1 TeamVodafone Jamie Whincup Commodore VE 17 01:12:4074 - - 18
9 888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes Commodore VE 6 01:12:4214 - - 13
10 22 Toll Holden Racing Team Will Davison Commodore VE 15 01:12:4687 - - 17
11 15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly Commodore VE 17 01:12:5174 - - 18
12 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson Falcon FG 19 01:12:6005 - - 20
13 9 SP Tools Racing Shane van Gisbergen Falcon FG 18 01:12:6020 - - 18
14 8 Team BOC Jason Richards Commodore VE 16 01:12:6127 - - 16
15 39 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall Commodore VE 16 01:12:7298 - - 19
16 24 Bundaberg Red Racing Fabian Coulthard Commodore VE 15 01:12:8820 - - 18
17 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly Commodore VE 18 01:12:9522 - - 18
18 47 Wilson Security Racing Tim Slade Falcon FG 18 01:12:9625 - - 18
19 51 Castrol Edge Racing Greg Murphy Commodore VE 17 01:12:9647 - - 17
20 11 Rock Racing Jason Bargwanna Commodore VE 13 01:12:9725 - - 16
21 4 IRWIN Racing Alex Davison Falcon FG 10 01:13:0167 - - 19
22 19 Dick Johnson Racing Jonathon Webb Falcon FG 15 01:13:0523 - - 17
23 21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Karl Reindler Commodore VE 8 01:13:1289 - - 16
24 3 Centaur Racing Tony D'Alberto Commodore VE 16 01:13:1876 - - 17
25 12 Triple F Racing Dean Fiore / Gianni Morbidelli Falcon FG 17 01:13:4880 - - 17
26 10 Bundaberg Red Racing Andrew Thompson Commodore VE 15 01:13:5548 - - 16
27 16 Stratco Racing Tony Ricciardello Commodore VE 16 01:14:7204 - - 17
28 14 Trading Post Racing Jason Bright Commodore VE 4 01:14:8369 - - 12
30 Gulf Western Oil Racing Nathan Pretty Commodore VE - - - - -1


Race Results

Saturday: Top 10 Shootout(Official)

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap Race Time Laps
1 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Commodore VE 1 01:12:6841 - - 1
2 18 Jim Beam Racing James Courtney Falcon FG 1 01:12:7886 - - 1
3 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Paul Dumbrell Falcon FG 1 01:12:8301 - - 1
4 5 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Mark Winterbottom Falcon FG 1 01:12:9361 - - 1
5 33 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Lee Holdsworth Commodore VE 1 01:13:0330 - - 1
6 888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes Commodore VE 1 01:13:2678 - - 1
7 6 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Steve Richards Falcon FG 1 01:13:3678 - - 1
8 1 TeamVodafone Jamie Whincup Commodore VE 1 01:13:4799 - - 1
9 34 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Michael Caruso Commodore VE 1 01:13:6265 - - 1
10 22 Toll Holden Racing Team Will Davison Commodore VE 1 01:13:6466 - - 1

[iloveholden]

Garth the man!

[hoon69]

HRT:
STEWARDS:

what a bloody joke hand a black flag out to car 2 for fluid leaking and it was leaking something at that time,then moments later takes his whole right hand front off only to have the flag removed,HOW THE #$%^does that work,then to watch the parts just flap and fall off collecting the guys behind what a joke,HRT must have deep pockets,were now paying off stewards....

And before you start look back to what Dane said he had a defuser issue that got them a black flag and it fell off but still RULES R RULES yet at Indy we throw them out the window,and what about that start typical KART SERIES start where you take out half the field before turn 1.


bring on tomorrow :smilesandbanana:

[hoon69]

Well done to the stewards once again
championship leader
race leader

and after a few laps and making a gap you penalise a guy for something that happened a few times at Bathurst this is gunna be talked about for a while
180 point lead cut to 90 i bet T888 and HRT are smiling,this kinda of crap ruins championships.


This Race Is A Joke!

[conrodss]

WHAT A JOKE ! , one of the biggest international coverage races and this is what happens , since when could a black flag be with drawn , I've been into racing of all types of motor sport competing and enjoying for 30 years and never has this happened that I have ever seen. Courtney was robbed of a great race win , I'm Holden through and through but he deserved that win and HRT should of had a drive through for the jump start not the 10 sec penalty so they could get the gap effectively having no penalty at all, then having the car fall apart and leak fluid every where doesn't matter what it is allowed to continue is biggest farce ever in motor racing.

This was the chance for V8's to show what a great category it can be, but now it just looks like a bunch of amateurs running a billy cart race , V8 supercars is over this is the first nail in the coffin I feel. :flamin:

[hoon69]

Looking at the replays Courtney and Tander were braking and accelerating up the back of the course before the restart but tander might of done it due to courtneys actions but this wasnt at the restart and it didnt effect the race restart or tander as they went across the line nose to tail.


its still a joke i know rules are rules but someones painted a target on DJR and then gave Get out of jail free cards to HRT,not the finish that was deserving of such a great event,puts a huge dampener on the event,thank god i didnt waste my money and attend just to see that happen.

[hoon69]

Race Results

Saturday: Race(Intermediary)

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap Race Time Laps Points
1 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Cameron McConville / Garth Tander Commodore VE 74 01:13:4073 - 02:20:00:6981 102 150
2 888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes / Andy Priaulx Commodore VE 69 01:13:1879 - 02:20:02:5530 102 138
3 9 SP Tools Racing Shane van Gisbergen / John McIntyre Falcon FG 73 01:13:4597 - 02:20:04:6282 102 129
4 34 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Michael Caruso / Patrick Long Commodore VE 89 01:13:5784 - 02:20:05:9298 102 120
5 4 IRWIN Racing Alex Davison / David Brabham Falcon FG 65 01:13:7628 - 02:20:25:7409 102 111
6 1 TeamVodafone Jamie Whincup / Steve Owen Commodore VE 44 01:13:7387 - 02:20:26:1390 102 102
7 14 Trading Post Racing Jason Bright / Alain Menu Commodore VE 40 01:13:6329 - 02:20:26:6205 102 96
8 19 Dick Johnson Racing Jonathon Webb / Sebastian Bourdais Falcon FG 75 01:13:8859 - 02:20:27:4299 102 90
9 21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Karl Reindler / Fabrizio Giovanardi Commodore VE 91 01:14:1321 - 02:20:40:2605 102 84
10 18 Jim Beam Racing James Courtney / Warren Luff Falcon FG 42 01:13:3223 - 02:20:40:4481 102 78
11 11 Rock Racing Jason Bargwanna / Alex Tagliani Commodore VE 67 01:14:5293 - 02:20:44:8445 102 72
12 39 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall / Jack Perkins Commodore VE 70 01:14:3569 - 02:20:46:6950 102 69
13 51 Castrol Edge Racing Greg Murphy / Yvann Muller Commodore VE 73 01:13:8425 - 02:20:48:9171 102 66
14 15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly / Owen Kelly Commodore VE 45 01:13:7931 - 02:21:11:7552 102 63
15 8 Team BOC Jason Richards / Andrew Jones Commodore VE 43 01:13:5726 - 02:20:07:9495 101 60
16 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson / Dario Franchitti Falcon FG 73 01:13:7926 - 02:20:31:6900 101 57
17 24 Bundaberg Red Racing Fabian Coulthard / David Reynolds Commodore VE 68 01:13:7023 - 02:20:33:1026 101 54
18 47 Wilson Security Racing Tim Slade / Helio Castroneves Falcon FG 66 01:13:6704 - 02:20:33:7576 101 51
19 33 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Lee Holdsworth / Greg Ritter Commodore VE 41 01:13:5029 - 02:20:41:0834 101 48
20 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly / Scott Dixon Commodore VE 66 01:13:8399 - 02:20:47:2096 101 45
21 5 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Mark Winterbottom / Luke Youlden Falcon FG 55 01:13:8080 - 02:20:51:0367 94 42
22 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Paul Dumbrell / Jaques Villeneuve Falcon FG 62 01:14:7422 - 02:21:07:0607 91 39
DNF 16 Stratco Racing Dale Wood / Tony Ricciardello Commodore VE 86 01:15:7650 - 02:11:30:8393 93 0
DNF 10 Bundaberg Red Racing Andrew Thompson / Mika Salo Commodore VE 74 01:14:3626 - 01:49:42:6823 78 0
DNF 3 Centaur Racing Tony D'Alberto / Tiago Monteiro Commodore VE 31 01:15:5005 - 01:14:43:8521 50 -1
DNF 30 Gulf Western Oil Racing Nathan Pretty / Scott Pruett Commodore VE 22 01:15:4662 - 36:20:5798 24 -1
DNF 12 Triple F Racing Dean Fiore / Gianni Morbidelli Falcon FG - - - 02:12:0457 1 -1
DNF 22 Toll Holden Racing Team Will Davison / Ryan Briscoe Commodore VE - - - - -1 0
DNF 6 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Steve Richards / Will Power Falcon FG - - - - -1 -1

[Carby650]

Guys we are only on Lap 20 in Wait Awhile so I'm sure I will see what the issue is soonish.
I think the 10 sec penalty is std for Surfers for jumping the start. Not sure why though.

cheers
Carby650

[Carby650]

ok just seen it... I think it was withdrawn as race control thought it was a fuel leak however it was water. No different to some cars who have had water going on to their brakes leaking. Never been a problem.

cheers
Carby650

[VY18s]

I think GT should've been given a black flag for the bodywork only. The fact he was going to be given a black flag for what was thought to be leaking fuel is just b.s just as it was last year when Rick Kelly got a similar penalty. Only this time it was just water, so that probably explains why it was revoked.

I would've been fuming it GT got a drive through for something like leaking water. The penalty at the start was more than sufficient. A drive through for moving a couple of millimeters again would've made my blood boil. Plenty of drivers have jumped the line over the years without getting drive throughs. Why should it have been any different today?

On JC's penalty I thought it was quite harsh to be honest, but I'm quite surprised nothing was done about the obvious boxing in SJ, and JC applied to GT for a good few laps. SJ was blocking GT to allow JC to close in. It was as obvious a sore thumb.

The truth is there was alot of crappy decisions made. GT's one will stick out the most, because it's HRT, and HRT are always seen as the antichrist. It's simple.

[hoon69]

I think GT should've been given a black flag for the bodywork only. The fact he was going to be given a black flag for what was thought to be leaking fuel is just b.s just as it was last year when Rick Kelly got a similar penalty. Only this time it was just water, so that probably explains why it was revoked.

I would've been fuming it GT got a drive through for something like leaking water. The penalty at the start was more than sufficient. A drive through for moving a couple of millimeters again would've made my blood boil. Plenty of drivers have jumped the line over the years without getting drive throughs. Why should it have been any different today?

On JC's penalty I thought it was quite harsh to be honest, but I'm quite surprised nothing was done about the obvious boxing in SJ, and JC applied to GT for a good few laps. SJ was blocking GT to allow JC to close in. It was as obvious a sore thumb.

The truth is there was alot of crappy decisions made. GT's one will stick out the most, because it's HRT, and HRT are always seen as the antichrist. It's simple.See though i see your point,your not seeing the point being made.

Once a decision is made like a black flag you must excercise it and they allowed X amount of laps to do so before disqualifying you

so once its made the powers to be go oops we got it wrong lets now change our minds,well sorry but Dane is correct and has every right to blow up you cant just make rules for one team and then the rest of the paddock

so as for damage on tanders car that's a blatant black flag every day of the week a headlight was flapping about dangerously it did infact come out and poor Lowndes copped it in the front bar LUCKILY not damaging his front bar enough to cause the results to change,so imho they waited far too long to take a look at it and when they did the damage had been rectified,how convenient was that.

Courtney was the best of the field and HRT got a win handed to them DJR have every right to feel dirty and robbed,HRT has the holden gods watching over them today lets see how they fair tom'w and what the weather brings.

As for the BOX IN,it was pretty obvious wasnt it but hey SJ 90% of the lap was infront comfortably of Tander but yes back markers were a issue today.

bring on race 2 and some Karma :)

[VY18s]

That's not what I'm talking about though. I think it was stupid how the black flag was revoked, but the beef I have is why was it given to something so harmless like leaking fluid, but not the obvious bodywork? I'm not trying to say HRT shouldn't have been penalized, but it's what they were going to be penalized for.

As for HRT being handed a win..you say that like they didn't have a chance. Up until the last 30 odd laps GT was definitely the man to beat. JC didn't become a factor until late in the race.

Despite not being happy with the circumstances as far as I'm concerned GT done nothing wrong, and the stewards will be known for tarnishing his win. Hopefully he can win again tomorrow without the controversy of today's race.

Go GT, and HRT.

[Carby650]

so once its made the powers to be go oops we got it wrong lets now change our minds,well sorry but Dane is correct and has every right to blow up you cant just make rules for one team and then the rest of the paddock

so as for damage on tanders car that's a blatant black flag every day of the week a headlight was flapping about dangerously it did infact come out and poor Lowndes copped it in the front bar LUCKILY not damaging his front bar enough to cause the results to change,so imho they waited far too long to take a look at it and when they did the damage had been rectified,how convenient was that.


The reason why the black flag was revoked was because the stewards got it wrong. They thought it was fuel and not water. Very different to what happened to Wincup where the flag was shown for the bodywork and even though it had fallen off the penalty had to be served.
I do however agree that a black flag should have been given to Garth for the bodywork. I'll still take the win though.
I'm sitting on the fence as far as the Smashney penalty. It was clear why it was given however I am not sure if the punishment fit the crime.
cheers
Carby650

[VY18s]

I agree about Courtney's penalty. I think it was deserved, but the punishment was harsh. At the very worst I think he should've had a few points taken away, but not the drive through he got.

Lets see what wonderful decisions will be made tomorrow. Maybe drivers will start getting into shit for their cool suits failing? I wouldn't put it passed VESA.

[hoon69]

That's not what I'm talking about though. I think it was stupid how the black flag was revoked, but the beef I have is why was it given to something so harmless like leaking fluid, but not the obvious bodywork? I'm not trying to say HRT shouldn't have been penalized, but it's what they were going to be penalized for.

As for HRT being handed a win..you say that like they didn't have a chance. Up until the last 30 odd laps GT was definitely the man to beat. JC didn't become a factor until late in the race.

Despite not being happy with the circumstances as far as I'm concerned GT done nothing wrong, and the stewards will be known for tarnishing his win. Hopefully he can win again tomorrow without the controversy of today's race.

Go GT, and HRT.Exactly how i see it it wasnt Tanders fault he just drives the car,i totally blame the stewards they made the calls

the liquid spill should of been looked at better before passing the judgement

penalties all year havent been revoked so why start now i think thats what grinds everyones gears the most

what i meant by handed was the stewards not so much HRT or Tander


VESA and V8SC are the ones who are at fault i just hope tomorrows race goes smoother then todays.

Carby650: when they read the rules out and i saw the footage i was like Ohhhhhh sugar he could be guilty of a rule breach but like you said the penalty didnt fit the crime they got a clean start and noone was impeded so play on and continue the race not penalise the bloke laps later and at 99% of the race thats just BS.


tomorrow looks promising though

[VY18s]

Oh I see what you mean mate. Yeah I really hope the race is cleaner tomorrow.

I bet Tander's spewing he didn't win Bathurst, because he's halfway winning the GC600, and as most of us know he had to win Clipsal, Bathurst, GC600, and the Telstra 500 to win $2,000,000.

Tomorrow is a new day. Lets start fresh.

[hoon69]

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[Djbarnstar]

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villnerve is a dick for keeping on it with about 30 cars to come through that corner.

And BTW, the calls yeasterday were BS. I don't mind GT, but keep it consistent FFS!!!

[hoon69]

Race Results

Sunday: Qualifying(Official)

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap Race Time Laps
1 5 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Mark Winterbottom Falcon FG 14 01:12:0389 - - 15
2 6 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Steve Richards Falcon FG 18 01:12:3944 - - 18
3 18 Jim Beam Racing James Courtney Falcon FG 16 01:12:4122 - - 16
4 1 TeamVodafone Jamie Whincup Commodore VE 8 01:12:4846 - - 15
5 14 Trading Post Racing Jason Bright Commodore VE 17 01:12:5381 - - 17
6 9 SP Tools Racing Shane van Gisbergen Falcon FG 16 01:12:5608 - - 16
7 33 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Lee Holdsworth Commodore VE 14 01:12:5680 - - 14
8 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Paul Dumbrell Falcon FG 9 01:12:5869 - - 12
9 8 Team BOC Jason Richards Commodore VE 8 01:12:5888 - - 15
10 15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly Commodore VE 15 01:12:7159 - - 16
11 888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes Commodore VE 6 01:12:7633 - - 12
12 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson Falcon FG 16 01:12:7989 - - 16
13 51 Castrol Edge Racing Greg Murphy Commodore VE 15 01:12:8713 - - 16
14 34 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Michael Caruso Commodore VE 14 01:12:8845 - - 14
15 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Commodore VE 4 01:12:9575 - - 7
16 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly Commodore VE 15 01:12:9736 - - 15
17 4 IRWIN Racing Alex Davison Falcon FG 17 01:12:9858 - - 18
18 3 Centaur Racing Tony D'Alberto Commodore VE 11 01:12:9926 - - 15
19 19 Dick Johnson Racing Jonathon Webb Falcon FG 18 01:13:0249 - - 18
20 10 Bundaberg Red Racing Andrew Thompson Commodore VE 14 01:13:0873 - - 14
21 22 Toll Holden Racing Team Will Davison Commodore VE 15 01:13:1018 - - 15
22 11 Rock Racing Jason Bargwanna Commodore VE 9 01:13:1477 - - 15
23 47 Wilson Security Racing Tim Slade Falcon FG 12 01:13:2287 - - 17
24 24 Bundaberg Red Racing Fabian Coulthard / David Reynolds Commodore VE 17 01:13:2389 - - 17
25 39 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall Commodore VE 17 01:13:2447 - - 17
26 21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Karl Reindler Commodore VE 8 01:13:5509 - - 14
27 12 Triple F Racing Dean Fiore Falcon FG 17 01:13:6985 - - 17
28 16 Stratco Racing Tony Ricciardello Commodore VE 9 01:14:5809 - - 16

[ssv402]

This whole race is just rediculous today. They cant do more than 4 laps without a car being taken out permanently and a safety car. This whole new race set up they have is proving itself.

[feistl]

its brilliant isnt?
havnt seen this much action all year

[BennyMac]

its brilliant isnt?
Havnt seen this much action all year

+1 :) :) :)

[hoon69]

V.G was infront on last lap into turn one
going into the chicane and whincup runs em both off,i thought you could not gain position if you did this,either way was some nice racing towards the end.

Race Results

Sunday: Race(Intermediary)

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap Race Time Laps Points
1 TeamVodafone Jamie Whincup / Steve Owen Commodore VE - - - - -1 -1
9 SP Tools Racing Shane van Gisbergen / John McIntyre Falcon FG - - - - -1 -1
5 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Mark Winterbottom / Luke Youlden Falcon FG - - - - -1 -1
18 Jim Beam Racing James Courtney / Warren Luff Falcon FG - - - - -1 -1
5 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Paul Dumbrell Falcon FG 79 01:13:4957 - 02:29:55:6009 102 -1
15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly / Owen Kelly Commodore VE - - - - -1 -1
7 22 Toll Holden Racing Team Will Davison Commodore VE 78 01:13:7689 - 02:30:01:3036 102 -1
39 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall / Jack Perkins Commodore VE - - - - -1 -1
9 33 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Lee Holdsworth / Greg Ritter Commodore VE 77 01:13:3611 - 02:30:03:8231 102 -1
10 888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes Commodore VE 76 01:13:7294 - 02:30:08:5735 102 -1
11 34 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Michael Caruso Commodore VE 65 01:13:4073 - 02:30:10:6205 102 -1
24 Bundaberg Red Racing Fabian Coulthard / David Reynolds Commodore VE - - - - -1 -1
13 6 FPR - Orrcon Steel and Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Falcon Steve Richards Falcon FG 12 01:13:9161 - 02:30:14:0111 102 -1
12 Triple F Racing Dean Fiore Falcon FG - - - - -1 -1
15 51 Castrol Edge Racing Greg Murphy Commodore VE 67 01:14:2456 - 02:30:47:7392 102 -1
16 19 Dick Johnson Racing Jonathon Webb / Sebastian Bourdais Falcon FG 93 01:13:8808 - 02:30:50:3373 102 -1
17 3 Centaur Racing Tony D'Alberto Commodore VE 68 01:13:8586 - 02:31:09:2783 102 -1
16 Stratco Racing Dale Wood / Tony Ricciardello Commodore VE - - - - -1 -1
19 47 Wilson Security Racing Tim Slade Falcon FG 26 01:14:1442 - 02:30:39:3170 96 -1
20 11 Rock Racing Jason Bargwanna / Alex Tagliani Commodore VE 81 01:14:0070 - 02:30:44:0328 92 -1
2 Toll Holden Racing Team Cameron McConville / Garth Tander Commodore VE - - - - -1 -1
DNF 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson Falcon FG 30 01:14:5319 - 01:02:48:7845 38 -1
21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Karl Reindler Commodore VE - - - - -1 -1
DNF 8 Team BOC Jason Richards / Andrew Jones Commodore VE 13 01:14:5301 - 52:27:6886 34 -1
DNF 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly Commodore VE 31 01:14:8351 - 52:29:3904 34 -1
30 Gulf Western Oil Racing Nathan Pretty Commodore VE - - - - -1 -1
DNF 10 Bundaberg Red Racing Andrew Thompson Commodore VE 11 01:15:9252 - 20:11:8096 12 -1
DNF 4 IRWIN Racing Alex Davison Falcon FG 3 02:10:8311 - 06:09:8783 3 -1
14 Trading Post Racing Jason Bright Commodore VE - - - - -1 -1

[awesome _vzss]

great finish to the race towards the end ,good to see holden up the front:goodjob:

[hoon69]

First off; Shane was in the lead going in to turn 1. There was a moment when JW did go in front, but that was for a moment under brakes. Shane was technically leading the race because he crossed the line in front of JW.

Exhibit A:
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/jimbolimbobimbo/V8%20Supercars/ExhibitA.jpg

Shane was also in front going into the chicane.

Exhibit B:
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/jimbolimbobimbo/V8%20Supercars/ExhibitB.jpg

JW should have, in line with the rules, yielded position going in to the chicane. Any professional driver would know that if you're on the outside of the chicane you should pull back and file in behind.

[VY18s]

I think overall this event was extremely costly, and I would imagine most teams wont be looking forward to it next year. A good concept adding international drivers, but I think this would be better for somewhere like Sandown. All the accidents put a damper on the weekend.

Anyway part of me wanted to see the Giz win even though he drives a Ford. Whincup done a great job to handle the pressure, but I agree he should have backed off as Shane had track position. It wont be long before he gets his first win.

I would love to see him in a Holden one day though.

[Carby650]

Ouch big hit for GT... Came in too hot to avoid the cars coming out of the pits.

cheers
Carby650

[hoon69]

I think overall this event was extremely costly, and I would imagine most teams wont be looking forward to it next year. A good concept adding international drivers, but I think this would be better for somewhere like Sandown. All the accidents put a damper on the weekend.

Anyway part of me wanted to see the Giz win even though he drives a Ford. Whincup done a great job to handle the pressure, but I agree he should have backed off as Shane had track position. It wont be long before he gets his first win.

I would love to see him in a Holden one day though.what a crappy way to end the race,he was too busy watching the pit lane car locking up into the turn and not watching his own line and there is where it became inevitable, anyways Whincup did well to hold the giz off that was the most pressure i seen a ford put on a holden since skaife and ambrose days still wasnt happy how J.W pushed his way thru on courtney or the fact the end result is yet again under scrutiny :rofl:

I reckon most the Internationals needed much more practice,but in saying that look at the end results alot of them did get used to the cars the longer they were in them,J.V kept it straight in race 2 and Dumbrell bought it home 5th what a great result.

I dont know what the No7 car and No8 car were doing but that was down right dangerous,and what the hell happened with Steven johnson and Rick kelly he clearly punted No17 who then took out No47 and the award for the biggest stuff ups in history goes to FPR bringing both cars in and the driver of No5 wasnt even ready and put 1,2 back to the end of the pack,if thats fords best well their doomed.

[VY18s]

Ouch big hit for GT... Came in too hot to avoid the cars coming out of the pits.

cheers
Carby650

Yeah it was a huge hit, but I'm glad he's alright. There's always next time. I was very pleased with both Tander, and McConville over the whole weekend. A few clouds over their heads (so to speak), but I was quite happy with the way they drove. Hell even Davo got a reasonably decent result considering the year he's had.

I'm looking forward to the rest of the year, because typically from this point Tander really comes alive. He obviously wont win the championship, but I'm confident he'll get a few more victories before the year's out, and hopefully there wont be any controversy this time around.

[HazzaHSV]

First off; Shane was in the lead going in to turn 1. There was a moment when JW did go in front, but that was for a moment under brakes. Shane was technically leading the race because he crossed the line in front of JW. Not really. Shane was only in the lead because Whincup reduced his speed enough to make the chicane, the only reason the gis edged slightly ahead was because he carried too much speed, over ran and couldn't make the turn. Whincup had no where to go after gis ran straight ahead so had to go with him. Also the only reason the gis was so far alongside was due to the love taps he gave Whincup through the last corner. If you are going to classify the love taps as racing incident then you need to classify them going straight on at the chicane a racing incident too. It was a class drive by both of them.

[Carby650]

Wierd feeling watching the end of that race.. Both me and the missus sat there in our Holden colours cheering on the Giz for the win !!!
He is such a telent. Yes wold love to see him in the Red team.

cheers
Carby650

[hoon69]

Not really. Shane was only in the lead because Whincup reduced his speed enough to make the chicane, the only reason the gis edged slightly ahead was because he carried too much speed, over ran and couldn't make the turn. Whincup had no where to go after gis ran straight ahead so had to go with him. Also the only reason the gis was so far alongside was due to the love taps he gave Whincup through the last corner. If you are going to classify the love taps as racing incident then you need to classify them going straight on at the chicane a racing incident too. It was a class drive by both of them.
driving down the middle,obviously slower the Giz had nothing to do with them taps did it,like i said it's common sense that you cannot run the outside into turn one whincup tried cause afterall his fighting for a win and the championship and mate JW was tapn into V.G door that why giz didnt make the corner the picture shows VG turns in and JW pounding the door,could argue about this all night but who had the racing line?
end of story!
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/jimbolimbobimbo/V8%20Supercars/ExhibitB.jpg INFRONT

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r181/jimbolimbobimbo/V8%20Supercars/ExhibitA.jpgAND INFRONT

[HazzaHSV]

The contact at the final corner slid the rear end of Whincup's car wide and hampered his exit speed. Gis got the run due to it and pulled alongside, common sense. Look at the previous 20 laps and tell me another reason for it. If you had argued regarding the technicalities of the chicane, there would have been a little bit of merit. Arguing that the love taps weren't the reason gis got alongside has none. Oh the tap at turn in did not hamper Gis attempting a turn in the opposite direction, he simply ran too deep. End of story! The technicalities of both of them straight lining the chicane was the only doubt, and ruled as a racing incident just like the taps on Whincup. Fair enough.

[kayman]

Im with Hazza on this. To me it looked like SVG didnt even attempt to turn in. Racing incident.

[Cosmo Kramer]

Hoon, you need to look at the video again.

YouTube - 2010 V8Supercars Gold Coast 600 at Surfers Paradise Final Lap Close Finish


The was no way Shane was going to make the corner at that speed on that racing line. The tap into the door by JW had nothing to do with it. Have a look at Winterbottom behind, he shows you the racing line for that corner at that speed and he was following JW. Shane had track position but not the racing line whereas JW had the opposite with the racing line but not track position. Shane had to brake earlier than JW if he was going to make that corner. Have a listen to the radios after the race finish. You hear Shane apologising to the team for not being able to pull it up at the chicane, otherwise he would have had to give the corner up.

JW sucked him into a late brake and got away with it because Shane couldn't make the corner.

Cheers.


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[hoon69]

whatever hazza i have my opinion you do yours.

here we go enjoy the last lap :goodjob:

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[conrodss]

after the debacle of saturday , I thought the racing was good and that there was no interference from officails . the hit between courtney and whincup was good to see re addressed on the track , and the last laps with the rear hits and taps on the qtr pnls from van gis on whincup, then that chicane incident that was left alone to sort out on track was great , I bet both drivers loved it and had a great talk about it tonight , thats what you start racing for in the 1st place , bit rubbing and bumping and a good laugh at the end .

[VY18s]

Wierd feeling watching the end of that race.. Both me and the missus sat there in our Holden colours cheering on the Giz for the win !!!
He is such a telent. Yes wold love to see him in the Red team.

cheers
Carby650

Yeah it was a weird feeling lol. He's an awesome asset to the series. Just a shame he drives for the wrong side.:D

[hoon69]

Garth Tander crash
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David Brabham wreck
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Gold Coast 600 Race 2 last few laps
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[v8 ute]

Awesome last few laps from both JW & Giz, I was cheerin Giz on (but then I'm a big fan of SBR).

[HSV590]

I was there for the Sunday race sitting in the grandstand and I for one reckon that was as good if not better than any Indy I'd been to and I've been to 4 of them. Even with the damage received to all the cars, I'm lead to believe from a very close source inside V8SCA that the teams loved it too..Can't wait for next year..