Clipsal 500 Adelaide

[Revolution]

Less than two weeks until it starts :D
Anybody else from here going? I look forward to it every year, and this year should be better than ever! It runs from 23-26th of March
Official Website (www.clipsal500.com.au)
Program of Events (http://www.clipsal500.com.au/2006/15_program.html)
And the track map.
http://www.clipsal500.com.au/2006/images_06/3_trackmap/Track-Map-2006-0123_001-tn.jpg
I'll be going on the 25th or 26th, and I'll be sure to take plenty of pics and post 'em up.

[fpv_gtho]

I'd love to see them try the full 1 circuit one year. Would make turn 8 less dangerous, and probably satisfy alot of fans still angry over the AGP going to Melbourne.

Will be alot more dramatic this year though being the first event.

[john14]

Especially, since the Formula 1 Grand Prix was great in Adelaide and is as boring as hell in Melbourne. Recently, F1 racing has become boring and irrelevant to the vast majority people.

[NuclearCrap]

The Formula Ford uses Fiesta engines???? :confused: Omfg.................and they "have formed the careers of Mansell, Senna, Schumacher, Lowndes, Ingall, Bright and Richards." :D

[SlickHolden]

Especially, since the Formula 1 Grand Prix was great in Adelaide and is as boring as hell in Melbourne. Recently, F1 racing has become boring and irrelevant to the vast majority people.
Boring lol Adelaide is boring hahaha:D.

The first F1 race was a good one last night, So lets hope the First V8 is as good.

[nota]

The Formula Ford uses Fiesta engines???? :confused: Omfg.................and they "have formed the careers of Mansell, Senna, Schumacher, Lowndes, Ingall, Bright and Richards." :D
Formula Fords used to be powered by the ancient 1.6 litre Kent OHVs, although they're surprisingly quick devices around a racetrack. I guess its not what you've got - but how you use it ;)



Looks like a great support program too - those great old muscle cars should be grouse to watch, plus plently of biffo from the utes. An unforgiving track so I hope the mini ARCs don't come dramatically unstuck

[charged]

Ive been to both the F1 and Clipsal 500 in Adelaide and the clipsal is heaps better, more cars on the program and we dont have to drink Fosters:D . Adelaide isn't boring Slicks its exciting, you never know when you will be murdered, put in a barrell and taken to the Snowtown bank.:eek: Also Adelaide is the home of the mighty Adelaide Crows, the hot favorites for the 2006 Premiership, the team for ALL south australians.:D

[fpv_gtho]

I think the format for Clipsal makes it great as well. Why settle for one 250km race when you can have 2?

[Revolution]

Also Adelaide is the home of the mighty Adelaide Crows, the hot favorites for the 2006 Premiership, the team for ALL south australians.:D
Damn Straight!! :D :D :D

[SlickHolden]

2007:p. By then the mighty western bulldogs will be fully matured and ready to kill all!:p

[charged]

2007:p. By then the mighty western bulldogs will be fully matured and ready to kill all!:p

Oops, meant 2006, hope the crows play better than my diabolical typing:eek:

[SlickHolden]

Oops, meant 2006, hope the crows play better than my diabolical typing:eek:
No Offence but i hope not:p

[Peter PaP]

Cant wait Rnd 1 of the V8's i think i missed this round last year. Its gonna be great to see all the new looking cars and even new drivers.

I envy you Revolution for going, be sure to take some nice pics for me ey;)

Telecast time: Ch 10 CLIPSAL 500 - V8 SUPERCARS SAT 12:30 to 4:30 SUN 1:00 to 5:00

[Revolution]

And it begins :P
Looks like I'll be going on the Saturday, and I am very much looking forward to it! I'll take plenty of pictures :)

[fpv_gtho]

Saturday = attrition race :p

[fpv_gtho]

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap
1 22 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 13 10 1:23.0503
2 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VZ 12 7 1:23.1242 0:00.0739
3 67 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris Holden Commodore VZ 16 6 1:23.3136 0:00.2633
4 888 Team Betta Electrical Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 20 12 1:23.3918 0:00.3415
5 88 Team Betta Electrical Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BA 16 13 1:23.4971 0:00.4468
6 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Steven Richards Holden Commodore VZ 16 11 1:23.5213 0:00.4710
7 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VZ 17 4 1:23.5559 0:00.5056
8 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VZ 16 16 1:23.5584 0:00.5081
9 021 Team Kiwi Racing Paul Radisich Holden Commodore VZ 14 10 1:23.5863 0:00.5360
10 11 Jack Daniel's Racing Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VZ 18 6 1:23.7633 0:00.7130
11 6 Ford Performance Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BA 17 6 1:23.7650 0:00.7147
12 1 Caltex Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 16 10 1:23.8776 0:00.8273
13 8 WPS Racing Max Wilson Ford Falcon BA 17 11 1:23.8816 0:00.8313
14 17 First Rock Mortgage Centre Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA 12 4 1:23.9077 0:00.8574
15 51 Super Cheap Auto Racing Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VZ 16 7 1:23.9873 0:00.9370
16 15 Toll HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 14 11 1:24.0276 0:00.9773
17 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Dean Canto Holden Commodore VZ 17 17 1:24.0527 0:01.0024
18 50 Super Cheap Auto Racing Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VZ 15 9 1:24.1290 0:01.0787
19 12 Team BOC John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 18 15 1:24.1371 0:01.0868
20 55 Autobarn Racing Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 19 11 1:24.4145 0:01.3642
21 23 Tasman Motorsport Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VZ 17 15 1:24.4492 0:01.3989
22 18 V8 Telecom Will Davison Ford Falcon BA 20 12 1:24.4557 0:01.4054
23 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport James Courtney Ford Falcon BA 17 12 1:24.4766 0:01.4263
24 5 Ford Performance Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA 15 4 1:24.5089 0:01.4586
25 14 Team BOC Brad Jones Ford Falcon BA 17 7 1:24.5664 0:01.5161
26 10 WPS Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 14 14 1:24.7322 0:01.6819
27 25 Fujitsu Racing Warren Luff Ford Falcon BA 17 4 1:24.9364 0:01.8861
28 39 Team Sirromet Wines Alan Gurr Holden Commodore VZ 18 15 1:25.4339 0:02.3836
29 26 Fujitsu Racing Jose Fernandez Ford Falcon BA 21 11 1:25.6836 0:02.6333
30 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VZ 20 6 1:25.7611 0:02.7108
31 20 Glenfords Racing Marcus Marshall Ford Falcon BA 17 7 1:26.7634 0:03.7131

[fpv_gtho]

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap
1 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VZ 16 15 1:22.4429
2 88 Team Betta Electrical Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BA 17 16 1:22.4564 0:00.0135
3 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VZ 18 14 1:22.5251 0:00.0822
4 22 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 15 13 1:22.6433 0:00.2004
5 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VZ 14 12 1:22.7321 0:00.2892
6 11 Jack Daniel's Racing Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VZ 17 16 1:22.9215 0:00.4786
7 5 Ford Performance Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA 17 17 1:22.9480 0:00.5051
8 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport James Courtney Ford Falcon BA 17 14 1:23.0660 0:00.6231
9 021 Team Kiwi Racing Paul Radisich Holden Commodore VZ 18 7 1:23.0676 0:00.6247
10 15 Toll HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 16 7 1:23.0940 0:00.6511
11 8 WPS Racing Max Wilson Ford Falcon BA 18 14 1:23.1155 0:00.6726
12 888 Team Betta Electrical Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 19 14 1:23.1709 0:00.7280
13 17 First Rock Mortgage Centre Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA 13 13 1:23.2279 0:00.7850
14 67 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris Holden Commodore VZ 19 19 1:23.2337 0:00.7908
15 1 Caltex Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 18 15 1:23.2831 0:00.8402
16 55 Autobarn Racing Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 18 15 1:23.3637 0:00.9208
17 51 Super Cheap Auto Racing Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VZ 17 17 1:23.3992 0:00.9563
18 18 V8 Telecom Will Davison Ford Falcon BA 20 17 1:23.4642 0:01.0213
19 12 Team BOC John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 20 19 1:23.5471 0:01.1042
20 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Dean Canto Holden Commodore VZ 19 18 1:23.5671 0:01.1242
21 14 Team BOC Brad Jones Ford Falcon BA 17 16 1:23.5826 0:01.1397
22 50 Super Cheap Auto Racing Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VZ 16 11 1:23.7558 0:01.3129
23 23 Tasman Motorsport Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VZ 16 16 1:23.8131 0:01.3702
24 6 Ford Performance Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BA 12 8 1:23.8927 0:01.4498
25 39 Team Sirromet Wines Alan Gurr Holden Commodore VZ 19 19 1:23.9569 0:01.5140
26 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Steven Richards Holden Commodore VZ 9 2 1:23.9585 0:01.5156
27 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VZ 20 16 1:24.0235 0:01.5806
28 10 WPS Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 15 15 1:24.0301 0:01.5872
29 25 Fujitsu Racing Warren Luff Ford Falcon BA 19 18 1:24.0447 0:01.6018
30 20 Glenfords Racing Marcus Marshall Ford Falcon BA 21 13 1:24.9228 0:02.4799
31 26 Fujitsu Racing Jose Fernandez Ford Falcon BA 24 23 1:25.6745 0:03.2316

[syko]

who took over from Ambros?

edit: i see they changed the sponser to Jeld-wen

[Peter PaP]

Ambrose was replaced with James Courtney. You might remember him from the endouros last year he raced with HRT in the number 2 car with Jim Richards.

Qualifying and Top 10 Shootout results are up.

[nota]

^^ The only thing I rememeber about Courtney was a big publicity buildup then he crashed at Bathurst debut only a few laps into his first stint while looking at the gauges, got confused by a red light on the dash or something :D

Did he do any other V8 races aside from that?

[Revolution]

Well, the race today was great, except I am dead tired right now :)
The main race was good, with plenty of thrills and spills, and you should have heard the Holden fans in the crowd roar when Rusty got a drive-through :P
Lowndsey won at the end of the day (:() but there's still tomorrow :)
Other highlights of the day include somebody rolling a Brute Ute, and the yellow Camaro Z28 in the Muscle Cars class pulling powerslides around the BP Ultimate hairpin :D
I'll upload some of the pics I took tomorrow, I'm too tired now.

[motorsportnerd]

Lowndes won :) . Only thing that would've been better from my perspective would've been seeing Whincup pass Rick Kelly.
Anyway, despite the fact I support Lowndes and Revolution doesn't :p , one has to admit it was a good race and I believe the right man won on the day.

[fpv_gtho]

I didnt see the race, but something about Skaifes crash still seems odd. In the PR's for the race he clearly states he noticed the car having pretty bad problems around turn 4, where he apparently had to take the service road. If the car was noticeably that bad, why take turn 8 at race speeds when its normally a dangerous corner, rather than limp back to the pits?

[Revolution]

:( Ford won again.
Still, it was a very exciting race, with plenty of damage. Perhaps the most speccy crash was the big pileup which took out Lowndes, McConville, Courtney and some others. The next biggest was when Murphy crashed on Turn 8, and Skaife ploughed into the back of him, having nowhere else to go.

[SlickHolden]

I didnt see the race, but something about Skaifes crash still seems odd. In the PR's for the race he clearly states he noticed the car having pretty bad problems around turn 4, where he apparently had to take the service road. If the car was noticeably that bad, why take turn 8 at race speeds when its normally a dangerous corner, rather than limp back to the pits?
Nah he said he wasn't going at race speed, It's just when he came around the corner it didn't turn all of a sudden, He said if i was going flat out it would have killed, He thought that was the hardest crash he had.
I think he forgets the eastern creek crash that almost ended his life.

[Peter PaP]

Ye he wasnt going race speed, it was a full course yellow. That crash in Race 1 seemed to be caused by a loose wheel nut. The crew worked on it all night to get it ready for Race 2 only to have Skaife get caught in Greg Murphys mistake on turn 8 leaving Skaife behind nowhere to go. So thats 2 DNF's no points for Skaife in round 1, thats a bit of bad luck if you ask me :(

*cough pics revolution cough*

[SlickHolden]

In race 2 he was and he had a couple of nice sounds to sing to Murphy to:p

[fpv_gtho]

Well he wont even be driving his own car this weekend, and Murphy wont be driving at all.

[SlickHolden]

Be interesting to see how he goes in a 2004 model car:). I think Murphy is a little ill.

[fpv_gtho]

He was going alright, although Todd was in another world in performance. Pity Courtney was struck with such luck, he was in an 03 car!

[SlickHolden]

Hell that's even worse would be funny if the 2 oldest cars in the field come 1-2:D. Did Todd win i mist the whole thing was at the footy in doggie heaven:)

[fpv_gtho]

yeh he won, he originally had a 5 second lead thanks to jason richards, but jose fernandez brought out the safety car 4 laps to go, so they got 2 laps sprint to the end

[SlickHolden]

I mist all of the action to:( Had the niece's and nephew over so no lounge no TV:(