Category: V8 Supercars racing

  • Rick Kelly is catching Craig Lowndes

    It’s a real race now between Ford and Holden or Craig Lowndes and Rick Kelly. With only 30 points difference and still 3 races to go, it could be anyone. Rick took out last weekends Gillette V8 Supercar challenge on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland with Craig coming in 10th place overall.  Not a good weekend for the Betta Electrical team.

    The results for the round where:
    1 Todd Kelly – Holden
    2 Mark Winterbottom – Ford
    3 Rick Kelly – Holden
    4 Jason Bright – Ford

    1 22 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly 313
    2 5 Ford Performance Racing Mark Winterbottom 300
    3 15 Toll HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly 294
    4 6 Ford Performance Racing Jason Bright 274
    5 1 Caltex Racing Russell Ingall 259
    6 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander 257
    7 17 FirstRock Home Loans Steven Johnson 234
    8 10 WPS Racing Jason Bargwanna 233
    9 50 Supercheap Auto Racing Cameron McConville 227
    10 888 Team Betta Electrical Craig Lowndes 223
    11 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport James Courtney 213
    12 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards 190
    13 7 Jack Daniel’s Racing Steven Richards 170
    14 14 Team BOC Brad Jones 166
    15 18 APVC Racing Will Davison 163
    16 51 Supercheap Auto Racing Greg Murphy 160
    17 8 WPS Racing Max Wilson 151
    18 111 Glenfords AEG Racing Marcus Marshall 150
    19 34 Repco Valvoline [*****]mins Team Dean Canto 134
    20 88 Team Betta Electrical Jamie Whincup 120
    21 12 Team BOC John Bowe 117
    22 55 Autobarn Racing Steve Owen 110
    23 39 Team Sirromet Wines Alan Gurr 90
    24 67 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris 83
    25 33 Repco Valvoline [*****]mins Team Lee Holdsworth 73
    26 11 Jack Daniel’s Racing Paul Dumbrell 70
    27 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife 67
    28 25 Fujitsu Racing Warren Luff 30
    29 23 Tasman Motorsport Andrew Jones 23
    30 26 Fujitsu Racing Jose Fernandez 0
  • Gillette V8 Supercar, Race 2 results

    Sunday 22nd October 2006, Gillette V8 Supercar, Race 2 results

    Pos Driver Vehicle
    1 Garth Tander Holden Commodore VZ
    2 Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VZ
    3 Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA
    4 Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VZ
    5 Jason Richards Holden Commodore VZ
    6 Jason Bright Ford Falcon BA
    7 Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA
    8 Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA
    9 Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA
    10 Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA

    22 laps, 5 out of 30 did not finish

    Pos Driver Vehicle Car Entrant Race Time Fastest Lap Fastest Time
    1 Garth Tander Holden Commodore VZ 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team 46:22.397 16 01:51.162
    2 Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 22 Holden Racing Team 46:22.908 14 01:50.852
    3 Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA 5 Ford Performance Racing 46:27.975 14 01:51.144
    4 Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 15 Toll HSV Dealer Team 46:29.143 14 01:51.417
    5 Jason Richards Holden Commodore VZ 3 Tasman Motorsport 46:29.934 13 01:51.317
    6 Jason Bright Ford Falcon BA 6 Ford Performance Racing 46:30.393 16 01:51.206
    7 Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 888 Team Betta Electrical 46:32.022 14 01:50.957
    8 Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 1 Caltex Racing 46:32.614 16 01:51.172
    9 Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 10 WPS Racing 46:49.098 14 01:52.610
    10 Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA 17 FirstRock Home Loans 46:49.731 22 01:52.750
    11 Will Davison Ford Falcon BA 18 APVC Racing 46:50.807 18 01:52.732
    12 Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VZ 50 Supercheap Auto Racing 46:51.477 16 01:52.614
    13 James Courtney Ford Falcon BA 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport 46:51.915 16 01:52.662
    14 Max Wilson Ford Falcon BA 8 WPS Racing 46:56.177 15 01:52.304
    15 Brad Jones Ford Falcon BA 14 Team BOC 46:56.823 16 01:52.209
    16 John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 12 Team BOC 47:00.711 16 01:52.384
    17 Marcus Marshall Ford Falcon BA 111 Glenfords AEG Racing 47:11.761 17 01:53.037
    18 Alan Gurr Holden Commodore VZ 39 Team Sirromet Wines 47:15.404 17 01:52.801
    19 Paul Morris Holden Commodore VZ 67 Team Sirromet Wines 47:18.422 18 01:53.205
    20 Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VZ 51 Supercheap Auto Racing 47:22.420 17 01:52.325
    21 Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VZ 2 Holden Racing Team 47:39.043 21 01:51.424
    22 Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BA 88 Team Betta Electrical 46:57.562 17 01:51.639
    23 Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VZ 33 Repco Valvoline [*****]mins Team 47:04.836 17 01:53.076
    24 Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 55 Autobarn Racing 47:05.409 17 01:52.484
    25 Dean Canto Holden Commodore VZ 34 Repco Valvoline [*****]mins Team 48:10.876 17 01:52.666
    DNF Jose Fernandez Ford Falcon BA 26 Fujitsu Racing 25:53.428 9 01:54.552
    DNF Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VZ 11 Jack Daniel’s Racing 09:22.868 2 01:53.846
    DNF Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VZ 23 Tasman Motorsport 04:10.777 2 01:57.217
    DNF Warren Luff Ford Falcon BA 25 Fujitsu Racing 02:11.169 1 02:11.169
    DNF Steven Richards Holden Commodore VZ 7 Jack Daniel’s Racing
  • Gillette v8 Supercar challenge – Race 1 results

    Results of race 1 of the Gillette v8 Supercar challenge at the Sunshine coast, Queensland, is:

    1st – T Kelly – Holden
    2nd – G Tander – Holden
    3rd – M Winterbottom – Ford
    4th – J Richards – Holden
    5th – C Lowndes – Ford
    6th – J Courtney – Ford
    7th – S Richards – Holden
    8th – R Kelly – Holden
    9th – J Bright – Ford
    10th – R Ingall – Ford

    2 cars of the field of 30 did not complete.

    11th – J Bargwanna – Ford

    12th – S Johnson – Ford
    13th – P Dumbrell – Holden
    14th – C McConville - Holden
    15th – W Davison – Ford
    16th – B Jones – Ford
    17th – J Bowe – Ford
    18th – D Canto – Holden
    19th – G Murphy – Holden
    20th – M Marshal – Holden
    21st – L Holdsworth – Holden
    22nd – A Gurr – Holden
    23rd – P Moris – Holden
    24th – W Luff – Ford
    25th – M Skaife – Holden
    26th – A Jones – Holden
    27th – S Owne – Holden
    28th – M Wilson – Ford
    DNF – J Fernandez – Ford
    DNF – J Wincup – Ford

    22 laps, dry cool track. 1 caution period.

    Data Source http://v8supercar.bigpond.com