Bathurst 1000

[charged]

Cant wait for Sunday, having a BBQ and Beers at the nephews a heap of the IP racers are going to be there, might be a messy day

[fpv_gtho]

Looks that way, and I seeing as I've got $20 on the #9 car, I'm 110% behind them

Ingall and Youlden have the experience behind them as a pairing, but i'm not convinced they'll be able to get out of Courtney's shadow on the day. The only saving grace will be IMO Youlden is less likely to bin it than Besnard.

[fpv_gtho]

Friday Practice


Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap
1 6 Ford Performance Racing Steven Richards Ford Falcon BF 9 8 2:07.6938
2 17 Jim Beam Racing Will Davison Ford Falcon BF 9 8 2:08.0484 0:00.3546
3 33 Valvoline Cummins Race Team Dean Canto Holden Commodore VE 10 10 2:08.3809 0:00.6871
4 888 Team Vodafone Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BF 9 7 2:08.5916 0:00.8978
5 34 Valvoline Cummins Race Team Greg Ritter Holden Commodore VE 11 9 2:08.6219 0:00.9281
6 51 Tasman Motorsport Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE 9 5 2:08.7906 0:01.0968
7 1 Toll HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 10 4 2:08.8084 0:01.1146
8 2 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 8 5 2:08.9381 0:01.2443
9 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Shane Price Holden Commodore VE 11 10 2:09.2387 0:01.5449
10 67 Team Sirromet Wines Steve Ellery Holden Commodore VE 9 8 2:09.2813 0:01.5875
11 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team Craig Baird Holden Commodore VE 10 7 2:09.2923 0:01.5985
12 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport David Besnard Ford Falcon BF 11 5 2:09.3430 0:01.6492
13 88 Team Vodafone Allan Simonsen Ford Falcon BF 11 6 2:09.3595 0:01.6657
14 12 Team BOC Simon Wills Ford Falcon BF 4 2 2:09.4073 0:01.7135
15 9 Caltex Racing Luke Youlden Ford Falcon BF 8 7 2:09.5695 0:01.8757
16 8 WPS Racing Max Wilson Ford Falcon BF 11 10 2:09.6384 0:01.9446
17 5 Ford Performance Racing Owen Kelly Ford Falcon BF 11 6 2:09.8622 0:02.1684
18 18 Jim Beam Racing Andrew Thompson Ford Falcon BF 10 6 2:09.9502 0:02.2564
19 25 Fujitsu Racing Adam Macrow Ford Falcon BF 11 11 2:10.0377 0:02.3439
20 111 Glenfords Racing John Bowe Ford Falcon BF 11 11 2:10.1344 0:02.4406
21 22 Holden Racing Team Nathan Pretty Holden Commodore VE 9 8 2:10.1706 0:02.4768
22 20 Supercheap Auto Racing Paul Weel Holden Commodore VE 10 10 2:10.4420 0:02.7482
23 26 IRWIN Racing Alan Gurr Ford Falcon BF 10 9 2:10.4591 0:02.7653
24 50 Supercheap Auto Racing David Reynolds Holden Commodore VE 10 7 2:10.6457 0:02.9519
25 11 Jack Daniel's Racing Kayne Scott Holden Commodore VE 10 6 2:10.6890 0:02.9952
26 14 Team BOC Christian Murchison Ford Falcon BF 10 7 2:10.9844 0:03.2906
27 55 Autobarn Racing Tony D'Alberto Holden Commodore VZ 10 9 2:11.1862 0:03.4924
28 3 Tasman Motorsport Jay Verdnik Holden Commodore VE 10 5 2:11.7233 0:04.0295
29 10 WPS Racing Grant Denyer Ford Falcon BF 10 9 2:11.9445 0:04.2507
30 021 Team Kiwi Racing John McIntyre Ford Falcon BF 2 1 2:12.5270 0:04.8332
31 39 Team Sirromet Wines Chris Pither Holden Commodore VZ 10 10 2:12.5463 0:04.8525

Friday Practice

Friday : Practice
Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap
1 1 Toll HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 9 5 2:07.0093
2 6 Ford Performance Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 10 9 2:07.3141 0:00.3048
3 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE 8 8 2:07.4869 0:00.4776
4 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BF 7 6 2:07.6162 0:00.6069
5 51 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE 9 8 2:07.9103 0:00.9010
6 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport James Courtney Ford Falcon BF 11 11 2:07.9143 0:00.9050
7 9 Caltex Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BF 9 9 2:08.0187 0:01.0094
8 888 Team Vodafone Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BF 10 7 2:08.0601 0:01.0508
9 25 Fujitsu Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BF 9 8 2:08.0700 0:01.0607
10 88 Team Vodafone Richard Lyons Ford Falcon BF 10 9 2:08.1420 0:01.1327
11 22 Holden Racing Team Glenn Seton Holden Commodore VE 10 9 2:08.1973 0:01.1880
12 12 Team BOC Andrew Jones Ford Falcon BF 11 9 2:08.4709 0:01.4616
13 33 Valvoline Cummins Race Team Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 10 9 2:08.4806 0:01.4713
14 5 Ford Performance Racing Mathew Halliday Ford Falcon BF 10 8 2:08.5065 0:01.4972
15 55 Autobarn Racing Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 10 7 2:08.5442 0:01.5349
16 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team Paul Radisich Holden Commodore VE 10 5 2:08.5781 0:01.5688
17 20 Supercheap Auto Racing Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 10 9 2:08.5879 0:01.5786
18 18 Jim Beam Racing Alex Davison Ford Falcon BF 8 6 2:08.9037 0:01.8944
19 50 Supercheap Auto Racing Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE 10 5 2:09.0708 0:02.0615
20 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE 11 9 2:09.2876 0:02.2783
21 11 Jack Daniel's Racing Marcus Marshall Holden Commodore VE 8 7 2:09.3176 0:02.3083
22 8 WPS Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BF 11 10 2:09.3590 0:02.3497
23 14 Team BOC Damian White Ford Falcon BF 11 6 2:09.3846 0:02.3753
24 26 IRWIN Racing Warren Luff Ford Falcon BF 8 5 2:09.4732 0:02.4639
25 39 Team Sirromet Wines Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VZ 9 6 2:09.7509 0:02.7416
26 021 Team Kiwi Racing Shane Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon BF 7 4 2:09.8427 0:02.8334
27 3 Tasman Motorsport Mark Noske Holden Commodore VE 10 6 2:09.9840 0:02.9747
28 34 Valvoline Cummins Race Team Cameron McLean Holden Commodore VE 9 8 2:10.4035 0:03.3942
29 10 WPS Racing Michael Caruso Ford Falcon BF 10 9 2:10.4545 0:03.4452
30 67 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE 8 5 2:10.6181 0:03.6088
31 111 Glenfords Racing Jonathon Webb Ford Falcon BF 11 10 2:10.7317 0:03.7224

You know, i'm fancying the #88 car for a pretty good result...

[charged]

Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000-2007 V8 Supercar Series Rnd 10
MOUNT PANORAMA - BATHURST

V8 SUPERCARS - Qualifying


Qualifying Q5 60 Mins
Scheduled Start 14:05
PRELIMINARY RESULT

Page 1 Issue 1 SB16A
Start Fri Oct 05 14:05
Elapsed Time 01:17:00


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Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 6 Ford Performance Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 5000 16 15 2:07.1481*
2 1 Toll HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 5000 11 9 2:07.3856 0:00.2375
3 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE 5000 15 9 2:07.4512 0:00.3031
4 888 Team Vodafone Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BF 5000 19 18 2:07.6214 0:00.4733
5 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport James Courtney Ford Falcon BF 5000 13 12 2:07.9036 0:00.7555
6 9 Caltex Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BF 5000 16 15 2:07.9066 0:00.7585
7 51 Tasman Motorsport Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE 5000 18 15 2:08.0331 0:00.8850
8 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BF 5000 14 8 2:08.0881 0:00.9400
9 33 Valvoline Cummins Race Team Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 5000 16 14 2:08.2545 0:01.1064
10 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team Paul Radisich Holden Commodore VE 5000 18 12 2:08.3500 0:01.2019
11 34 Valvoline Cummins Race Team Greg Ritter Holden Commodore VE 5000 20 16 2:08.4006 0:01.2525
12 20 Supercheap Auto Racing Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 5000 20 18 2:08.4802 0:01.3321
13 25 Fujitsu Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BF 5000 17 9 2:08.6625 0:01.5144
14 22 Holden Racing Team Glenn Seton Holden Commodore VE 5000 15 9 2:08.6628 0:01.5147
15 12 Team BOC Andrew Jones Ford Falcon BF 5000 19 18 2:08.9001 0:01.7520
16 88 Team Vodafone Richard Lyons Ford Falcon BF 5000 18 14 2:08.9718 0:01.8237
17 11 Jack Daniel's Racing Marcus Marshall Holden Commodore VE 5000 21 12 2:08.9984 0:01.8503
18 50 Supercheap Auto Racing Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE 5000 18 11 2:09.0878 0:01.9397
19 3 Tasman Motorsport M.Noske/J.Verdnik Holden Commodore VE 5000 17 14 2:11.2633 0:04.1152
20 18 Jim Beam Racing Alex Davison Ford Falcon BF 5000 6
21 8 WPS Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BF 5000 10 5 2:09.5378 0:02.3897
22 26 IRWIN Racing Warren Luff Ford Falcon BF 5000 7 7 2:09.7122 0:02.5641
23 55 Autobarn Racing Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 5000 7 7 2:09.7822 0:02.6341
24 5 Ford Performance Racing Mathew Halliday Ford Falcon BF 5000 5 4 2:09.8141 0:02.6660
25 111 Glenfords Racing John Bowe Ford Falcon BF 5000 8 8 2:09.8464 0:02.6983
26 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE 5000 9 9 2:10.0196 0:02.8715
27 67 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE 5000 9 8 2:10.0945 0:02.9464
28 39 Team Sirromet Wines Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VZ 5000 10 5 2:10.3498 0:03.2017
29 021 Team Kiwi Racing Shane Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon BF 5000 7 1 2:10.4038 0:03.2557
30 14 Team BOC Damian White Ford Falcon BF 5000 5 2 2:11.2080 0:04.0599
31 10 WPS Racing Michael Caruso Ford Falcon BF 5000 7 7 2:11.5360 0:04.3879

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 176kph
Current Practice Record Is 2:06.8594 Set On 11/10/2003 By Greg Murphy In A Holden Commodore VY
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time
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Issue# 1 - Printed Fri Oct 5 15:47:44 2007 Timing System By NATSOFT (03)63342353 Natsoft &#174 - IT Specialists! & Dorian DATA-1
Car 18 Excluded - Part 2 Timing by V8 Supercars & NSW Team - Lisa Drayton: Chief

Whitey had a big shunt on the mountain , dont know if BJR can fix it the pole ripped the front completley off

[charged]

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Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000-2007 V8 Supercar Series Rnd 10
MOUNT PANORAMA - BATHURST

V8 SUPERCARS - Warm Up


Practice W1 20 Mins
Scheduled Start 07:10
PRELIMINARY RESULT

Page 1 Issue 1 SB33A
Start Sun Oct 07 07:10
Elapsed Time 20:00


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Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap

1 1 Toll HSV Dealer Team R.Kelly/G.Tander Holden Commodore VE 5000 8 7 2:08.5863*
2 88 Team Vodafone R.Lyons/A.Simonsen Ford Falcon BF 5000 8 8 2:08.6478 0:00.0615
3 51 Tasman Motorsport G.Murphy/J.Richards Holden Commodore VE 5000 8 8 2:08.7529 0:00.1666
4 6 Ford Performance Racing S.Richards/
M.Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 5000 8 8 2:08.8702 0:00.2839
5 34 Valvoline Cummins Race Team Greg Ritter Holden Commodore VE 5000 7 5 2:08.8800 0:00.2937
6 55 Autobarn Racing S.Owen/T.D'Alberto Holden Commodore VZ 5000 8 2 2:08.8953 0:00.3090
7 888 Team Vodafone C.Lowndes/J.Whincup Ford Falcon BF 5000 9 4 2:09.0185 0:00.4322
8 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport D.Besnard/J.Courtney Ford Falcon BF 5000 8 2 2:09.0216 0:00.4353
9 2 Holden Racing Team T.Kelly/M.Skaife Holden Commodore VE 5000 8 8 2:09.2229 0:00.6366
10 25 Fujitsu Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BF 5000 7 6 2:09.2388 0:00.6525
11 021 Team Kiwi Racing S.Gisbergen/J.McIntyre Ford Falcon BF 5000 9 9 2:09.2722 0:00.6859
12 50 Supercheap Auto Racing C.McConville/D.Reynolds Holden Commodore VE 5000 7 7 2:09.5285 0:00.9422
13 17 Jim Beam Racing W.Davison/S.Johnson Ford Falcon BF 5000 7 6 2:09.5464 0:00.9601
14 9 Caltex Racing R.Ingall/L.Youlden Ford Falcon BF 5000 8 8 2:09.6751 0:01.0888
15 12 Team BOC A.Jones/S.Wills Ford Falcon BF 5000 8 7 2:09.6779 0:01.0916
16 11 Jack Daniel's Racing M.Marshall/K.Scott Holden Commodore VE 5000 9 4 2:09.7500 0:01.1637
17 7 Jack Daniel's Racing J.Perkins/S.Price Holden Commodore VE 5000 8 8 2:09.8003 0:01.2140
18 22 Holden Racing Team N.Pretty/G.Seton Holden Commodore VE 5000 8 7 2:09.8938 0:01.3075
19 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team C.Baird/P.Radisich Holden Commodore VE 5000 8 7 2:09.9796 0:01.3933
20 18 Jim Beam Racing A.Davison/A.Thompson Ford Falcon BF 5000 8 6 2:10.2512 0:01.6649
21 26 IRWIN Racing Warren Luff Ford Falcon BF 5000 8 7 2:10.4107 0:01.8244
22 20 Supercheap Auto Racing P.Dumbrell/P.Weel Holden Commodore VE 5000 8 2 2:11.1304 0:02.5441
23 33 Valvoline Cummins Race Team D.Canto/L.Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 5000 4 1 2:11.2236 0:02.6373
24 3 Tasman Motorsport M.Noske/J.Verdnik Holden Commodore VE 5000 4 3 2:11.4440 0:02.8577
25 5 Ford Performance Racing M.Halliday/O.Kelly Ford Falcon BF 5000 6 6 2:11.6793 0:03.0930
26 10 WPS Racing M.Caruso/G.Denyer Ford Falcon BF 5000 8 8 2:12.2390 0:03.6527
27 111 Glenfords Racing J.Bowe/J.Webb Ford Falcon BF 5000 3 2 2:12.4265 0:03.8402
28 8 WPS Racing J.Bargwanna/M.Wilson Ford Falcon BF 5000 7 3 2:12.4740 0:03.8877
29 39 Team Sirromet Wines F.Coulthard/C.Pither Holden Commodore VZ 5000 5 2 2:13.0048 0:04.4185
30 67 Team Sirromet Wines S.Ellery/P.Morris Holden Commodore VE 5000 6 3 2:18.6494 0:10.0631

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 174kph, 107% Of First 1 Is 2:17.5873
Current Practice Record Is 2:06.8594 Set On 11/10/2003 By Greg Murphy In A Holden Commodore VY
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Issue# 1 - Printed Sun Oct 7 07:40:53 2007 Timing System By NATSOFT (03)63342353 Natsoft &#174 - IT Specialists! & Dorian DATA-1
Timing by V8 Supercars & NSW Team - Lisa Drayton: Chief

[Daz27]

I love you Lowndsey, you can father my babies anyday.

[charged]

Yep best race for ages the last 20 odd laps were great, Ford Badges 1 ,2 ,3

[IBrake4Rainbows]

I'm contractually obliged to be happy for the winners....because they're sponsor pays my salary.

But in all honesty a feature packed race where the best team eventually won out.

[fpv_gtho]

Good god i think they may have also for once shown an accident LIVE AS IT HAPPENED! Seriously they couldnt have been using a better camera when they had the bumper cam showing Bright, Skaife and Ingall go off into the wall across the mountain. The commentators i think had to wait a second and process what they were seeing.

Ive got to really feel for Winterbottom and Richards though, Frosty did a pretty good job keeping the car pointing the right way and almost on all 4 wheels going through the sand. Its those sorts of accidents where sand traps can do more damage than good if they catch the car and throw it into a roll or spin.

[fordman6]

Who let the Fords out?! Who, who who who?!

[whiteballz]

I wish I watched it. oh well. highlights reel for me.

[Zytek_Fan]

Holy crap The Jeld-Wen Ford finished 2nd. I did not intend on that happening when making my pick...

[nota]

Holy crap The Jeld-Wen Ford finished 2nd. I did not intend on that happening when making my pick...

In the pre-race there was some good in-car racecam footage of Courtney going across the mountain and it was really noticable (to me) how smooth this guy is, as regards the line chosen and especially smoothness of throttle applications. No on-off jerkiness as typified by other racers, but instead mostly keeping some throttle up to it, really impressive imho & honestly reminding me of the similar (but rarely-seen) and wonderfully flowing style of driving as exemplified by the late, great Peter Brock in his prime

Courtney had a rough intro to Supercars but after seeing this I am convinced of his ability & innate talent

[Monty_Burns]

Quiet for the first half, but what a finish! Great battle for the lead on the closing laps, made hugely entertaining by the conditions. Lowndes showed his class, pulling away a bit on the last couple of laps, but Courtney and Johnson made him work hard. Great to see a Ford trifecta after the lean 1999-2005 period at the mountain.

Gotta feel for Frosty and Richo..they had it in the bag

[fpv_gtho]

I think those last few laps, the top 3 were only going 8/10ths. You could tell by the rhythm of the cars they were going alot more smoother and none of them looked as racey as they had a few laps earlier.