2011 Bathurst 1000

[Holden is best]

So will any Holden team other than 888 win this year?

[JT]

So will any Holden team other than 888 win this year?

hope so! hopefully Nick Percat will be quick again as he was at the PI 500

endurance pairings:
http://www.v8supercars.com.au/championship/enduropairings/tabid/1352/default.aspx

[Pickles]

I'll be hoping Jamie wins this year.
But who knows....as far as Holden is concerned, ya can never rule out HRT, particularly if Tander is there....he NEVER gives up, their cars are getting better at the right time, so I'd give HRT a real chance.....and of course Tander has scored a RIPPER co-driver.
Cheers, Pickles.

[VY5.7LTR]

Probably not.

Tander & Percat, although reasonably storng, aren't as strong a combo as Skaife and Lowndes in my opinion.
The only way anybody else will win is if they have mechanical gremlins.
That said, it is Bathurst and anything can happen.

Cheers

[Souljah]

That said, it is Bathurst and anything can happen.Cheers
Like the safety car that magically appears with 10 laps to go.... :rofl:

[awesome _vzss]

My money is on Skaife and lowndes,when it comes to the endurance races these 2 have been sensational,as long holden win I'm happy.
GO TEAM VODAFONE........

[steve_t]

What's the long range weather forecast?

[Bling Bling]

long range weather forcast is 1000 km"s away.

[bok1]

looks like a few showers around on the weekend.hopefully a holden will win this year.


phil

[VY18s]

IMO Lowndes/Skaife are the new Brock/Richards. I would really love to see HRT win it though (#2 anyway).

It's been years since a Bathurst rookie has won, so it would be great to see because I feel Tander/Percat are the underdogs as far as conflicting experience goes. In reality any Holden winning is better than a Ford.:)

[bok1]

just got back from the drivers night at bathurst hsv.met a few of the drivers kelly brothers hrt greg murphy and a few others.was a great night once agin.cannot wait for the race to start.also this year they closed the track on monday to the public.


phil

[VH-COM]

Lowndes/Skaife odds are at $3.75 on Betfair .....thought it is worth chancing a few dollars.

[seldo]

just got back from the drivers night at bathurst hsv.met a few of the drivers kelly brothers hrt greg murphy and a few others.was a great night once agin.cannot wait for the race to start.also this year they closed the track on monday to the public.


philFer Chrisakes Phil - write it again in English with some bloody punctuation!

[blackbettyhsv]

tander was,nt holding back about thompson being hopeless in the wet, page 80 todays herald sun.
should make cochrane happy isnt this what he asked for a while back, say whats on your mind fella,s.
he may be hopeless but lowndesy is quite the opposite

[Podge]

Greg Murphy&#39;s Bathurst Lap Record HD - YouTube <--for anyone not quite in the mood for Bathurst.. should get you going ;)

[brentonsav]

Who is everyone's money on?

http://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/motor-racing/bathurst-1000

Nice post Podge! I love that lap!

[73.RSR]

I really hope we get some good racing, something that makes it memorable.
I know it sounds negative but it feels like it gets less exciting and more predictable every year.

I used to love when all the teams who were at the bottom of the points table would place on the podium at Bathurst due to reliability issues of the big budget teams, but they are all reliable these days.

[JT]

Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 - 2011 V8 Supercars - Race 20
MOUNT PANORAMA - BATHURST

V8 SUPERCARS - Practice Part 1

Practice P5 50 Mins
Scheduled Start 10:40
PRELIMINARY RESULT

Page 1 Issue 1 SB06A
Start Thu Oct 06 10:40
Elapsed Time 50:00
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 47 Lucky 7 Racing Tim Slade Ford Falcon FG 5000 15 15 2:24.2255*
2 9 SP Tools Racing Shane Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG 5000 12 12 2:24.2871 0:00.0616
3 18 Jim Beam Racing James Moffat Ford Falcon FG 5000 12 12 2:24.6076 0:00.3821
4 1 Toll Holden Racing Team J.Courtney/C.McConville Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 13 2:25.6022 0:01.3767
5 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon FG 5000 11 11 2:25.6810 0:01.4555
6 12 Triple F Racing Dean Fiore Ford Falcon FG 5000 15 15 2:25.7477 0:01.5222
7 2 Toll Holden Racing Team G.Tander/N.Percat Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 13 2:26.0424 0:01.8169
8 11 Pepsi Max Crew Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 11 2:26.2474 0:02.0219
9 7 Jack Daniel's Racing T.Kelly/David Russell Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 14 2:26.3224 0:02.0969
10 61 Bundaberg Racing F.Coulthard/C.Baird Holden Commodore VE2 5000 15 15 2:26.7215 0:02.4960
11 3 Wilson Security Team McGrath Tony D'Alberto Ford Falcon FG 5000 11 11 2:26.8766 0:02.6511
12 49 VIP Petfoods Steve Owen Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 13 2:26.9611 0:02.7356
13 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team P.Dumbrell/D.Canto Ford Falcon FG 5000 13 13 2:27.0211 0:02.7956
14 6 Trading Post FPR Falcon W.Davison/L.Youlden Ford Falcon FG 5000 13 13 2:27.0880 0:02.8625
15 5 Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG 5000 13 12 2:27.1624 0:02.9369
16 888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 12 2:27.3238 0:03.0983
17 4 Irwin Racing A.Davison/D.Brabham Ford Falcon FG 5000 14 13 2:27.4422 0:03.2167
18 15 Jack Daniel's Racing R.Kelly/O.Kelly Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 9 2:27.7730 0:03.5475
19 16 Stratco Racing David Reynolds Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 12 2:27.7730 0:03.5475
20 19 Mother Energy Racing Team Jonathon Webb Ford Falcon FG 5000 13 12 2:28.1170 0:03.8915
21 88 TeamVodafone J.Whincup/A.Thompson Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 11 2:28.2358 0:04.0103
22 8 Team Boc J.Bright/A.Jones Holden Commodore VE2 5000 15 15 2:28.3051 0:04.0796
23 14 Jana Living Racing J.Bargwanna/S.Price Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 13 2:28.5261 0:04.3006
24 200 Supercheap Auto Racing R.Ingall/J.Perkins Holden Commodore VE2 5000 15 14 2:29.5832 0:05.3577
25 21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Karl Reindler Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 13 2:29.6026 0:05.3771
26 33 Fujitsu Racing GRM Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 11 2:30.3259 0:06.1004
27 34 Fujitsu Racing GRM Michael Caruso Holden Commodore VE2 5000 9 8 2:30.9737 0:06.7482
28 30 Gulf Western Oil Racing W.Luff/N.Pretty Holden Commodore VE2 5000 15 9 2:31.9251 0:07.6996
29 77 Shannons Mars Racing G.Denyer/C.Waters Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 8 2:38.4551 0:14.2296

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 155kph, 107% Of First 1 Is 2:34.3213
Current Practice Record Is 2:06.8012 Set On 08/10/2010 By Craig Lowndes In A Holden Commodore VE
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Issue# 1 - Printed Thu Oct 6 11:58:19 2011 Timing System By NATSOFT (03)63431311 www.natsoft.com.au/results & Dorian DATA-1
Timing by V8 Supercars

[Soopy]

You know whats annoying, we don't get F2A TV and Austar wont have Bathurst on untill 12hrs after the race starts, what a crock.

[Richie217]

You know whats annoying, we don't get F2A TV and Austar wont have Bathurst on untill 12hrs after the race starts, what a crock.

Ouch, that's pretty rough.

I'm hoping to see Jamie get the win.

[JT]

Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 - 2011 V8 Supercars - Race 20
MOUNT PANORAMA - BATHURST

V8 SUPERCARS - Practice Part 2

Practice P6 45 Mins
Scheduled Start 12:55
PRELIMINARY RESULT

Page 1 Issue 1 SB07A
Start Thu Oct 06 12:55
Elapsed Time 45:00
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 5 Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon Steven Richards Ford Falcon FG 5000 13 6 2:27.8960*
2 17 Jim Beam Racing David Besnard Ford Falcon FG 5000 12 4 2:28.3392 0:00.4432
3 7 Jack Daniel's Racing David Russell Holden Commodore VE2 5000 11 4 2:28.6377 0:00.7417
4 888 TeamVodafone Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 4 2:28.7008 0:00.8048
5 33 Fujitsu Racing GRM Greg Ritter Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 11 2:28.7720 0:00.8760
6 49 VIP Petfoods Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 7 2:29.0174 0:01.1214
7 4 Irwin Racing David Brabham Ford Falcon FG 5000 14 2 2:29.4426 0:01.5466
8 19 Mother Energy Racing Team Richard Lyons Ford Falcon FG 5000 14 11 2:29.5518 0:01.6558
9 6 Trading Post FPR Falcon Luke Youlden Ford Falcon FG 5000 13 5 2:29.7686 0:01.8726
10 8 Team Boc Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 5 2:29.7862 0:01.8902
11 11 Pepsi Max Crew Allan Simonsen Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 5 2:29.9801 0:02.0841
12 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Dean Canto Ford Falcon FG 5000 15 2 2:30.1762 0:02.2802
13 15 Jack Daniel's Racing Owen Kelly Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 8 2:30.2985 0:02.4025
14 3 Wilson Security Team McGrath Dale Wood Ford Falcon FG 5000 14 6 2:30.3901 0:02.4941
15 21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing David Wall Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 8 2:30.4655 0:02.5695
16 88 TeamVodafone Andrew Thompson Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 3 2:30.5038 0:02.6078
17 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Nick Percat Holden Commodore VE2 5000 11 3 2:30.5748 0:02.6788
18 1 Toll Holden Racing Team Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE2 5000 11 2 2:30.6332 0:02.7372
19 200 Supercheap Auto Racing Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 2 2:30.8558 0:02.9598
20 12 Triple F Racing Michael Patrizi Ford Falcon FG 5000 12 10 2:30.8874 0:02.9914
21 9 SP Tools Racing John McIntyre Ford Falcon FG 5000 15 5 2:30.9213 0:03.0253
22 16 Stratco Racing Tim Blanchard Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 10 2:30.9445 0:03.0485
23 61 Bundaberg Racing Craig Baird Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 3 2:31.6165 0:03.7205
24 14 Jana Living Racing Shane Price Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 8 2:32.2000 0:04.3040
25 18 Jim Beam Racing Matthew Halliday Ford Falcon FG 5000 10 2 2:32.5236 0:04.6276
26 47 Lucky 7 Racing Daniel Gaunt Ford Falcon FG 5000 13 3 2:33.8575 0:05.9615
27 34 Fujitsu Racing GRM Marcus Marshall Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 2 2:34.2793 0:06.3833
28 30 Gulf Western Oil Racing Nathan Pretty Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 5 2:35.1732 0:07.2772
29 77 Shannons Mars Racing Cameron Waters Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 6 2:35.7144 0:07.8184

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 151kph, 107% Of First 1 Is 2:38.2487
Current Practice Record Is 2:06.8012 Set On 08/10/2010 By Craig Lowndes In A Holden Commodore VE
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Issue# 1 - Printed Thu Oct 6 14:28:23 2011 Timing System By NATSOFT (03)63431311 www.natsoft.com.au/results & Dorian DATA-1
Timing by V8 Supercars

[beno]

This could be useful for time information...
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?09/10/2011.MOUN

It shows all classes on the mountain, not just the V8 supercars. Click on the link under event - ie P6
OR, click on the Ind Lap Access link for the event & you will see all lap times for all drivers, even sector by sector.. very cool

Enjoy!

[VH-COM]

V8supercar.com.au site still has last years Bathurst1000 winners [Lowndes/Skaife] listed driving a Falcon BF .......hello

[VY18s]

tander was,nt holding back about thompson being hopeless in the wet, page 80 todays herald sun.
should make cochrane happy isnt this what he asked for a while back, say whats on your mind fella,s.
he may be hopeless but lowndesy is quite the opposite

It appears it's stirred up a few people too. Maybe what he said was blunt, but it's the exact reason why I like the bloke. Tander is no goody goody that's for sure.

[VX2VESS]

Had on the news they don't have enough wets, need to truck up from melb.

doh, forecast said rain for a week you think they would bring enough

[brentonsav]

as much as i hate to say it, Shane van Gisbergen will be hard to beat in the wet this weekend if he can contain his aggression.

it sucks this weekend when I'm not there. Went in '09 and def going in '12. Bloody vracking weekend for all involved, regardless of the weather.

[steve_t]

Go Giz!! :goodjob:

[JT]

Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 - 2011 V8 Supercars - Race 20
MOUNT PANORAMA - BATHURST

V8 SUPERCARS - Practice Part 4

Practice P13 45 Mins
Scheduled Start 09:15
PRELIMINARY RESULT

Page 1 Issue 1 SB09A
Start Fri Oct 07 09:15
Elapsed Time 45:00
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 1 Toll Holden Racing Team Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 14 2:09.8765*
2 888 TeamVodafone Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE2 5000 11 11 2:10.4522 0:00.5757
3 5 Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon Steven Richards Ford Falcon FG 5000 16 14 2:10.5029 0:00.6264
4 33 Fujitsu Racing GRM Greg Ritter Holden Commodore VE2 5000 10 8 2:10.6550 0:00.7785
5 3 Wilson Security Team McGrath Dale Wood Ford Falcon FG 5000 14 12 2:10.7478 0:00.8713
6 88 TeamVodafone Andrew Thompson Holden Commodore VE2 5000 10 7 2:10.7693 0:00.8928
7 34 Fujitsu Racing GRM Marcus Marshall Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 12 2:10.8620 0:00.9855
8 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Nick Percat Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 10 2:11.1140 0:01.2375
9 6 Trading Post FPR Falcon Luke Youlden Ford Falcon FG 5000 16 15 2:11.2699 0:01.3934
10 61 Bundaberg Racing Craig Baird Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 12 2:11.3100 0:01.4335
11 4 Irwin Racing David Brabham Ford Falcon FG 5000 10 10 2:11.3955 0:01.5190
12 200 Supercheap Auto Racing Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE2 5000 6 5 2:11.4681 0:01.5916
13 21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing David Wall Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 11 2:11.6030 0:01.7265
14 9 SP Tools Racing John McIntyre Ford Falcon FG 5000 13 13 2:11.6543 0:01.7778
15 14 Jana Living Racing Shane Price Holden Commodore VE2 5000 15 14 2:11.8058 0:01.9293
16 7 Jack Daniel's Racing David Russell Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 13 2:11.8823 0:02.0058
17 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Dean Canto Ford Falcon FG 5000 16 16 2:11.9817 0:02.1052
18 11 Pepsi Max Crew Allan Simonsen Holden Commodore VE2 5000 10 9 2:12.0772 0:02.2007
19 17 Jim Beam Racing David Besnard Ford Falcon FG 5000 11 11 2:12.1360 0:02.2595
20 8 Team Boc Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VE2 5000 10 10 2:12.1612 0:02.2847
21 47 Lucky 7 Racing Daniel Gaunt Ford Falcon FG 5000 10 10 2:12.3021 0:02.4256
22 12 Triple F Racing Michael Patrizi Ford Falcon FG 5000 8 8 2:12.3272 0:02.4507
23 30 Gulf Western Oil Racing Nathan Pretty Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 10 2:12.9161 0:03.0396
24 18 Jim Beam Racing Matthew Halliday Ford Falcon FG 5000 12 10 2:13.0862 0:03.2097
25 19 Mother Energy Racing Team Richard Lyons Ford Falcon FG 5000 10 10 2:13.4138 0:03.5373
26 15 Jack Daniel's Racing Owen Kelly Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 10 2:13.4833 0:03.6068
27 49 VIP Petfoods Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE2 5000 8 7 2:14.0246 0:04.1481
28 77 Shannons Mars Racing Cameron Waters Holden Commodore VE2 5000 9 9 2:14.7580 0:04.8815
29 16 Stratco Racing Tim Blanchard Holden Commodore VE2 5000 3 1 2:18.0941 0:08.2176

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 172kph, 107% Of First 1 Is 2:18.9679
Current Practice Record Is 2:06.8012 Set On 08/10/2010 By Craig Lowndes In A Holden Commodore VE
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Issue# 1 - Printed Fri Oct 7 10:22:06 2011 Timing System By NATSOFT (03)63431311 www.natsoft.com.au/results & Dorian DATA-1
Timing by V8 Supercars

[JT]

Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 - 2011 V8 Supercars - Race 20
MOUNT PANORAMA - BATHURST

V8 SUPERCARS - Practice Part 5

Practice P14 46:19 Mins
Scheduled Start 11:00
PRELIMINARY RESULT

Page 1 Issue 1 SB10A
Start Fri Oct 07 11:08
Elapsed Time 46:19
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 9 SP Tools Racing Shane Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG 5000 17 17 2:07.6035*
2 88 TeamVodafone Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 13 2:07.7008 0:00.0973
3 5 Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG 5000 13 13 2:07.7679 0:00.1644
4 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 11 2:07.8033 0:00.1998
5 33 Fujitsu Racing GRM Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE2 5000 16 16 2:07.9805 0:00.3770
6 4 Irwin Racing Alex Davison Ford Falcon FG 5000 15 14 2:08.1400 0:00.5365
7 1 Toll Holden Racing Team James Courtney Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 13 2:08.1619 0:00.5584
8 6 Trading Post FPR Falcon Will Davison Ford Falcon FG 5000 13 12 2:08.2108 0:00.6073
9 34 Fujitsu Racing GRM Michael Caruso Holden Commodore VE2 5000 15 15 2:08.2477 0:00.6442
10 49 VIP Petfoods Steve Owen Holden Commodore VE2 5000 15 14 2:08.4794 0:00.8759
11 47 Lucky 7 Racing Tim Slade Ford Falcon FG 5000 15 15 2:08.5208 0:00.9173
12 8 Team Boc Jason Bright Holden Commodore VE2 5000 17 16 2:08.6350 0:01.0315
13 15 Jack Daniel's Racing R.Kelly/O.Kelly Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 13 2:08.6965 0:01.0930
14 11 Pepsi Max Crew G.Murphy/A.Simonsen Holden Commodore VE2 5000 16 12 2:08.7185 0:01.1150
15 888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 13 2:08.7286 0:01.1251
16 3 Wilson Security Team McGrath Tony D'Alberto Ford Falcon FG 5000 14 13 2:08.8135 0:01.2100
17 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Paul Dumbrell Ford Falcon FG 5000 12 12 2:08.9580 0:01.3545
18 30 Gulf Western Oil Racing Warren Luff Holden Commodore VE2 5000 17 14 2:09.0998 0:01.4963
19 19 Mother Energy Racing Team Jonathon Webb Ford Falcon FG 5000 16 16 2:09.2319 0:01.6284
20 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 11 2:09.3238 0:01.7203
21 21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Karl Reindler Holden Commodore VE2 5000 16 15 2:09.3698 0:01.7663
22 61 Bundaberg Racing Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 7 2:09.4004 0:01.7969
23 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon FG 5000 15 15 2:09.4949 0:01.8914
24 200 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 10 2:09.5571 0:01.9536
25 12 Triple F Racing D.Fiore/M.Patrizi Ford Falcon FG 5000 16 11 2:09.7853 0:02.1818
26 18 Jim Beam Racing James Moffat Ford Falcon FG 5000 15 15 2:10.0751 0:02.4716
27 16 Stratco Racing David Reynolds Holden Commodore VE2 5000 6 6 2:12.1017 0:04.4982
28 77 Shannons Mars Racing Grant Denyer Holden Commodore VE2 5000 17 12 2:13.6989 0:06.0954

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 175kph, 107% Of First 1 Is 2:16.5357
Current Practice Record Is 2:06.8012 Set On 08/10/2010 By Craig Lowndes In A Holden Commodore VE
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Issue# 1 - Printed Fri Oct 7 12:07:06 2011 Timing System By NATSOFT (03)63431311 www.natsoft.com.au/results & Dorian DATA-1
Timing by V8 Supercars

[brentonsav]

as much as i hate to say it, Shane van Gisbergen will be hard to beat in the wet this weekend if he can contain his aggression.

it sucks this weekend when I'm not there. Went in '09 and def going in '12. Bloody vracking weekend for all involved, regardless of the weather.

told ya he'd be fast!! down into the 2.07.6's so the track is dry at least. bring on tomorrow afternoon and sunday!

lowndes and skaife have the runs on the board and will be hard to beat all weekend i think.

[hRTHSV]

God I can't stand Tom Willimas on the Bathurst telecast every year, surely they can find someone else. :soap:

[blackbettyhsv]

God I can't stand Tom Willimas on the Bathurst telecast every year, surely they can find someone else. :soap:

while they are at it maybe get some cameramen who will go to the add breaks when not much is happening

[VY18s]

Tander on provisional pole. :goodjob:

I know Lowndes/Skaife will be hard to beat, but I would love to see Tander/Percat win it to secure HRT's 200th win. It would be the first time in 30 years since a rookie has won Bathurst at his first go.

Hopefully Percat is our equivalent of Trevor Bayne who won the 2011 Daytona 500 in Nascar in his first attempt.

[JT]

V8 SUPERCARS - Qualifying

Qualifying Q4 40 Mins
Scheduled Start 14:45
PRELIMINARY RESULT

Page 1 Issue 1 SB12A
Start Fri Oct 07 14:45
Elapsed Time 40:00
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE2 5000 11 10 2:07.6640*
2 5 Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG 5000 14 13 2:07.7187 0:00.0547
3 88 TeamVodafone Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VE2 5000 11 6 2:07.7408 0:00.0768
4 16 Stratco Racing David Reynolds Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 12 2:07.8371 0:00.1731
5 11 Pepsi Max Crew Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 14 2:07.9126 0:00.2486
6 888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VE2 5000 11 8 2:08.0024 0:00.3384
7 1 Toll Holden Racing Team James Courtney Holden Commodore VE2 5000 11 9 2:08.0035 0:00.3395
8 33 Fujitsu Racing GRM Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 13 2:08.0942 0:00.4302
9 9 SP Tools Racing Shane Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG 5000 12 6 2:08.0955 0:00.4315
10 49 VIP Petfoods Steve Owen Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 11 2:08.1411 0:00.4771
11 6 Trading Post FPR Falcon Will Davison Ford Falcon FG 5000 12 8 2:08.1982 0:00.5342
12 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Paul Dumbrell Ford Falcon FG 5000 13 10 2:08.2443 0:00.5803
13 4 Irwin Racing Alex Davison Ford Falcon FG 5000 14 13 2:08.2887 0:00.6247
14 34 Fujitsu Racing GRM Michael Caruso Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 9 2:08.4464 0:00.7824
15 47 Lucky 7 Racing Tim Slade Ford Falcon FG 5000 13 9 2:08.4721 0:00.8081
16 15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 11 2:08.5250 0:00.8610
17 18 Jim Beam Racing James Moffat Ford Falcon FG 5000 10 7 2:08.6631 0:00.9991
18 8 Team Boc Jason Bright Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 10 2:08.6681 0:01.0041
19 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 13 2:08.7271 0:01.0631
20 61 Bundaberg Racing Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VE2 5000 13 10 2:08.7746 0:01.1106
21 14 Jana Living Racing Jason Bargwanna Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 6 2:09.1155 0:01.4515
22 30 Gulf Western Oil Racing Warren Luff Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 7 2:09.1503 0:01.4863
23 3 Wilson Security Team McGrath Tony D'Alberto Ford Falcon FG 5000 11 10 2:09.1948 0:01.5308
24 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon FG 5000 11 11 2:09.3076 0:01.6436
25 200 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VE2 5000 12 12 2:09.3328 0:01.6688
26 19 Mother Energy Racing Team Jonathon Webb Ford Falcon FG 5000 12 9 2:09.4017 0:01.7377
27 21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Karl Reindler Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 13 2:09.4020 0:01.7380
28 12 Triple F Racing Dean Fiore Ford Falcon FG 5000 14 13 2:10.0191 0:02.3551
29 77 Shannons Mars Racing Grant Denyer Holden Commodore VE2 5000 14 12 2:11.7371 0:04.0731

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 175kph, 107% Of First 1 Is 2:16.6005
Current Practice Record Is 2:06.8012 Set On 08/10/2010 By Craig Lowndes In A Holden Commodore VE
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Issue# 1 - Printed Fri Oct 7 17:10:42 2011 Timing System By NATSOFT (03)63431311 www.natsoft.com.au/results & Dorian DATA-1
Timing by V8 Supercars

[Goggles]

God I can't stand Tom Willimas on the Bathurst telecast every year, surely they can find someone else. :soap:
yeah he's a pain.

just watching Friday's telecast now, and it's miles better than the crap ch10 served up for the AFL grand final last weekend. that was appalling television.

[hoon69]

C86s4LH1gU4
Bathurst rookie Cameron Waters' spectacular spin at Skyline yesterday was caught on camera.

"It was a little but scary!" said Waters, who is making his V8 Supercar debut at Bathurst in the #77 Shannon Mars Commodore.

"It all happened pretty quick going over the top, as I turned it in I must have hit one of the wet lines and I got a bit loose.

"As soon as I got on the kerb on the outside, around it went. I managed to save it and not hit anything.

"I just did it a little bit better than Fabian (Coulthard) I suppose!"

Waters and Grant Denyer will start the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 from 29th on the grid.

[VH-COM]

Will Davidson almost done a Steven Bradbury !!!!
Onya Murph lookin good for tomorrow.

[evl.346]

Will Davidson almost done a Steven Bradbury !!!!
Onya Murph lookin good for tomorrow.

:lmao:

pity about the rain, but atleast its holden up top

[brentonsav]

Go Murph! The car looks awesome!

http://www.v8supercars.com.au/Portals/V8/images/56/56252_4_1.jpg

[steve_t]

Yeah Murph!! Go Kiwis!

[brentonsav]

Yeah Murph!! Go Kiwis!

hey go easy mate! keep it to go murph and go holden!!

i doesn't even have the accent anymore, bro!

[steve_t]

hey go easy mate! keep it to go murph and go holden!!

i doesn't even have the accent anymore, bro!

I wish Giz was driving a Holden and starting from 2nd. 5th is alright too. Go Giz and Go Murph!! ;)

[brentonsav]

http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2011/10/08/1226161/935640-mountain-man.jpg

All good mate ;)

[VY18s]

Wish it was Tander on pole, but hey go Murph. I'm betting W Davison is glad Holdsworth got penalized.

[VH-COM]

I'm betting W Davison is glad Holdsworth got penalized.
Yeah from 11th to second on the grid - courtesy of penalty and rain .
I believe they call it pure @rse.

[Micks]

Glad to see anyone in a Holden Team up there aside that @sshole Lowndes

Cheers
VYT

[VH-COM]

Maybe a wet AND dry raceday.
Perhaps the teams that make the right calls at the right times will be there at the end.
The teams that have made good clever calls in the past IMO - 888,HRT,GRM,SBR

[v8dude78]

C86s4LH1gU4
Bathurst rookie Cameron Waters' spectacular spin at Skyline yesterday was caught on camera.

"It was a little but scary!" said Waters, who is making his V8 Supercar debut at Bathurst in the #77 Shannon Mars Commodore.

"It all happened pretty quick going over the top, as I turned it in I must have hit one of the wet lines and I got a bit loose.

"As soon as I got on the kerb on the outside, around it went. I managed to save it and not hit anything.

"I just did it a little bit better than Fabian (Coulthard) I suppose!"

Waters and Grant Denyer will start the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 from 29th on the grid.

Gezz he may only be 17 but the boy has talent :goodjob:

[Pickles]

Glad to see anyone in a Holden Team up there aside that @sshole Lowndes

Cheers
VYT
Now listen VY...just because Craig's one of Tony's mates, there's no need for you to bring Politics into this!
Cheers, Pickles.

[seldo]

Gezz he may only be 17 but the boy has talent :goodjob:....and a huge heap of luck!!!!!

[Pickles]

....and a huge heap of luck!!!!!

What I can't work out his why he is even allowed to drive in the race.....from what I'm lead to understand, he's had virtually no driving experience....even on the road......so, with all the rules & regs, & all the other stuff we have to contend with these days, how do CAMS etc, or anyone else allow him on the track......doesn't worry me AT ALL, but imagine all the "HOO HA", from the do gooders, anti car brigade etc etc, if something were to happen to him?
I hope it's a good race & not spoilt by rain.
Cheers, Pickles.

[Micks]

Now listen VY...just because Craig's one of Tony's mates, there's no need for you to bring Politics into this!
Cheers, Pickles.

That mongrel bastard! :box:

Cheers
VYT

[vzss05]

What I can't work out his why he is even allowed to drive in the race.....from what I'm lead to understand, he's had virtually no driving experience....even on the road......so, with all the rules & regs, & all the other stuff we have to contend with these days, how do CAMS etc, or anyone else allow him on the track......doesn't worry me AT ALL, but imagine all the "HOO HA", from the do gooders, anti car brigade etc etc, if something were to happen to him?
I hope it's a good race & not spoilt by rain.
Cheers, Pickles.

Correct me if Im wrong, but isnt he currently leading the formula ford championship by 78 points?????? Not bad for someone with virtually no experience:hide:

[sixlta]

What ever the deal is with rookie Cameron Waters, good luck to him, hope he has a good and safe race, wish I was sitting in one! Lucky bugger

[Devil CV8]

What I can't work out his why he is even allowed to drive in the race.....from what I'm lead to understand, he's had virtually no driving experience....even on the road......so, with all the rules & regs, & all the other stuff we have to contend with these days, how do CAMS etc, or anyone else allow him on the track......doesn't worry me AT ALL, but imagine all the "HOO HA", from the do gooders, anti car brigade etc etc, if something were to happen to him?
I hope it's a good race & not spoilt by rain.
Cheers, Pickles.

As has been said, Waters does have a reasonable amount of experience. Biggest issue for the race is both Waters and Denyer are going to be a mobile chicane as they are both well off the pace. I hope their actions don't affect the outcome of the race, after all how many races have been affected by back markers in the past

[ebbett21]

Be nice for Murph to win. He was pretty happy after getting fastest lap of God's,

[GR346]

Looks like its gonna be an interesting race weather wise :driving:

Not long now...

[v8dude78]

What ever the deal is with rookie Cameron Waters, good luck to him, hope he has a good and safe race, wish I was sitting in one! Lucky bugger

Yep wish i was sitting in his seat :woot:

[VX2VESS]

Adds every 4-5 laps great :hmmm:

[feistl]

God damn commercials

[steve_t]

God damn commercials

More ads than racing :doh:

[GR346]

Adds every 4-5 laps great :hmmm:

...and they seem to go longer than the actual program timeslots

Ive actually gone PIP to watch the UFC on One

[steve_t]

Bugger for Waters

[Micks]

Looks like Cockhead & Skaife are in good position if they can hold it :evil:

Cheers
VYT

[VX2VESS]

Track is falling apart...just messaged a mate that does the road works around there he did a crappy job ;)

[GR346]

Looks like Cockhead & Skaife are in good position if they can hold it :evil:


Percat certainly looks like he is gonna make it hard for them though :driving:

[GR346]

Looks like I spoke too soon :hide:

[Micks]

I like GT in fourth, great spot to be in atm.

Cheers
VYT

[GR346]

Looks like the weather is starting to change - could be a real interesting finish if it gets wet

[steve_t]

Here comes the rain :driving:

[Soopy]

A marshal has a boo boo so they call the safty car.. FFS!

[swingtan]

So if Volunteer has a medical emergency, they don't deserve the best assistance? Without these guys there would be no race!

[VX2VESS]

what happened to him? I stopped watching while that and the adds were on.

rsi on his flag hand ;)

[alian]

Well a fire in around crashed car isnt good thats for sure.

Ian

[madredss]

Fark!!!! That went up quick!!!!
Coulda ended real bad if those fire marshalls werent so quick too get out there!!

[Soopy]

That fire was huge.

Full marks to the marshals effort.

[steve_t]

Good work fire marshalls!! :goodjob:

[davus]

that marshal that attacked the fire approaching the drivers door........legend.

Actually if you look closely, it looks to me as though fluel splattered up onto the camera at the time of impact.

Could have been a lot worse than it was.....

[Soopy]

It was water out of the tyres the car hit, so the commentators said.

[VX2VESS]

not sure why the fire started way back up the track away from the car. then traveled back to the car.

must of been something hot back up the road

[Soopy]

Could have been anything there, Battery may have come out of the boot. Who knows.

[alian]

Wouldnt have been good to see the fire coming towards the car you were strapped into.

[Micks]

88 just died! wonder how 888 ull go.....:lmao:

Cheers
VYT

[steve_t]

Tander, Murphy, Bright, Lowndes... Go Holden!

[W427GOT1]

Tander, Murphy, Bright, Lowndes... Go Holden!

Like.........

[Micks]

Very pleased GT got this one! :thumbsup:

Cheers
VYT

[Woteva]

Yeah not a bad result. Would have liked Skaife and Lowndes to get up again though. :driving:

[vess330]

Well driven GT!!

Go you Holdens!!!

[madredss]

Good job tander/percat!!!!

[vess330]

So will any Holden team other than 888 win this year?

YES...apparently so

[davus]

would have liked to see skaifey get up.....

But holden 1,2,3,4.........cant argue with that.

Cant wait untill tomorrow. My boss is a Ford fan :)

[1BEAST2NV]

you little ripper, soooo close good finish from the HOLDEN crew :), nearly lowndes......1 more lap mate :)

[hoon69]

Lowndes drove the wheels off that car,3 pit stops where he had to line up and fight back thru the field time and time again,as for whinecup lol couldnt of happened to a nicer bloke lol :driving::thumbsup:

[W427GOT1]

Tander........doing it for the west aussies.....bloody good work

Holden wins again

[VX2VESS]

good finish. if lowndes wasn't screwed in all the pit stops he would have had a good lead/win

[hoon69]

7 out of top ten were holdens
need ya say any more :D

[ratter]

70% of the field are holden now aren't they so should expect those numbers at every race.

Was hoping Lowndes would get past Tander, actually after Tanders comments re thommo, I was hoping Tander would loose the car in a rain shower :hide:

[Podge]

A marshal has a boo boo so they call the safty car.. FFS!

wow thats a bit harsh

you gotta remember, there is only one way to get the guy off the mountain. what if it was a family member of yours (or even you) and they had a heart attack or broke a leg or something? just chuck em on the back of a motorbike and bring them back down?

Anyways, back on track... great end to the race, unfortunately way too many safety cars but thats racing! The spectacle of Bathurst just keeps getting better and better.

Agree with the comments about the ad's too!

[hRTHSV]

Great race well done to all, I thought the top three all deserved a trophy for their drives at the end.

I think had Whincupp not got the car restarted after it cut out up the top of the mountain just infornt of Winterbottom and lowndes and held them up for some time under yellows Lowndes would have been much closer, and Tander would have been in trouble. But that's the way it is.

[trialweis]

great race really enjoyed it would of liked to see Lowndes win after all the pit drama

[awesome _vzss]

What an awesome race, credit has to be given to tander and pircat,though what a performance by lowndes and Skaife today.
If lowndes had on more lap tander wouldn't be standing in the middle of the podium.
HOLDEN OWN MOUNT PANORAMA:bow::bow::bow:

[alian]

It would have been great to see Lowndes get there after the last 10 laps he did. He added some excitement to what I thought was a fairly boring race. Not that I left the lounge all day.
Cheers Ian

[VH-COM]

Didn't see the post race posters usually given out the the winning team - you know the ones that say "Five in a row for Holden" (2005) etc etc.

Perhaps with car of the future coming maybe they are going to forget about it, as printing several different sets that won't get used is a bit stupid.

Also..... are these posters from past Bathurst1000 races a collectable?
I would imagine someone is into collecting them every year.

[VY18s]

Another Holden 1,2,3.:D

[Pickles]

Correct me if Im wrong, but isnt he currently leading the formula ford championship by 78 points?????? Not bad for someone with virtually no experience:hide:
Fair enough then.....I didn't know that.....I didn't know that he had racing experience...I thought he was simply some young guy that won a competition!
Cheers, Pickles.

[vzss05]

Fair enough then.....I didn't know that.....I didn't know that he had racing experience...I thought he was simply some young guy that won a competition!
Cheers, Pickles.

All good, his experience didn't help him yesterday!!!!!!!:lmao:

Not the first or last to be caught out there though

[VX2VESS]

I noticed maybe for the first time as don't watch all races, how the clutch is connect to the accelerator for down changes so they don't need to heel toe.

[kayman]

I noticed maybe for the first time as don't watch all races, how the clutch is connect to the accelerator for down changes so they don't need to heel toe.

are you sure thats right? i was under the impression that they could shift down without the clutch. hence the need to blip or suffer from compression lock.

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[VX2VESS]

They shift up without the clutch.

Not sure they all have this, but the car with the camera up under the dash sure showed this connection between the clutch and accel.

Everytime he down changed he hit the far left (his side) pedal which also pulled down the accel pedal, his foot was no where near the accel.

Which allowed to to also brake easily at the same time when required while slowing.

Was probably on some cam reduction setup, as the accelerator didn't go right down, as the clutch was going all the way down.

was interesting watching that

[jaykay]

Anyone know what happened to the car the 17yo was driving to put it into the wall ?....Grant Denyers co-driver ?

It was funny when they said he only has his "L" plates for the road :lmao:

Hope he doesn't fail his "P" test this Wednesday for hooning :driving:

[VX2VESS]

PS I'm wrong found a YT vid on it, he IS heel-toeing it didn't notice that watching it live on TV, but I can see it on this vid now.. damn thought they had some new setup to heel for them...

xyQJ2EFGRaI

[iloveholden]

Holden 1,2,3...great to see the lion continue its dominance on the mountain!

Tander, W.A boy, :woot:

[steve_t]

PS I'm wrong found a YT vid on it, he IS heel-toeing it didn't notice that watching it live on TV, but I can see it on this vid now.. damn thought they had some new setup to heel for them...

xyQJ2EFGRaI

You know how they only use a few inches of clutch travel? Does that work in our cars? I always just jam it to the floor. I guess it depends on where the 'bite' point is

[mjrandom]

When I was playing with minis in my dim, dark and distant youth we would adjust the clutch to come on very quickly and then put a leather strap behind the pedal limiting how far back it would go. Very common mod in other cars too. Stab the clutch and then side step it. Made a difference for sure.

[Carby]

not sure why the fire started way back up the track away from the car. then traveled back to the car.

must of been something hot back up the road


Hmmm It has been suggested elsewhere that some one in the crowd threw a cigarette butt down towards the track, may account for how the fire started away from the vehicle........

[andy15762003]

Hmmm It has been suggested elsewhere that some one in the crowd threw a cigarette butt down towards the track, may account for how the fire started away from the vehicle........

A better explanation might be that the flame from the exhaust on the car behind on the overrun ( VIP petfoods) ignited what would have been a hell of a lot of fuel vapours that would have been there as a result of spilling all that fuel

[VX2VESS]

probably the car behind. i've tested throwing a butt in fuel it didn't light it.

[W427GOT1]

are you sure thats right? i was under the impression that they could shift down without the clutch. hence the need to blip or suffer from compression lock.

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its all in the type of box used (which i guess most of you know) up shift is easy with out a clutch.
and the down shift they need to use a clutch and use 'hell and toe'
but also most have a button on the gear shift lever that when pressed cuts fuel and spark to the engine. thus helping to break the torque loading on the upshifts and down shifts.......

[Podge]

A better explanation might be that the flame from the exhaust on the car behind on the overrun ( VIP petfoods) ignited what would have been a hell of a lot of fuel vapours that would have been there as a result of spilling all that fuel

best i could come up with was that the air/fuel ratio wasnt right until a car drove past and the air disbursed by that car caused the perfect mixture and there was bits of hot exhaust already in the puddle... once the fire started, well it will regulate itself for oxygen pretty much

[Rat Pack]

Hmmm It has been suggested elsewhere that some one in the crowd threw a cigarette butt down towards the track, may account for how the fire started away from the vehicle........

That area on either side of the track I dont think is a spectators area. It's a flaggies area only.

[Rat Pack]

its all in the type of box used (which i guess most of you know) up shift is easy with out a clutch.
and the down shift they need to use a clutch and use 'hell and toe'
but also most have a button on the gear shift lever that when pressed cuts fuel and spark to the engine. thus helping to break the torque loading on the upshifts and down shifts.......

Thats kinda right. I believe that when the gear lever is pulled back, there are sensors on the lever/in the box that are mapped to the engine management system, and it cuts the fuel supply for a split second & that allows the engine revs to drop when changing gear. I will find out next week for sure.

[JT]

Thats kinda right. I believe that when the gear lever is pulled back, there are sensors on the lever/in the box that are mapped to the engine management system, and it cuts the fuel supply for a split second & that allows the engine revs to drop when changing gear. I will find out next week for sure.

I always thought it was the timing was cut back on gear changes rather than fuel being cut

[kayman]

probably the car behind. i've tested throwing a butt in fuel it didn't light it.

yeah ive done the same test with same results

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