Any Ideas On Who Is Going To Win Bathurst?

[motorsportnerd]

Personally, I'd love to see Jim Richards win the race one last time. Its not impossible, just unlikely given he's no longer a full time V8 Supercar driver.

[Rinmax]

Lowndes, just because it's his turn and he's on fire.

[Daz27]

I had to go back 4 pages to find this thread... anyways, its 3 days to go till the cars are on track. Who still stands by there original claims of who will win? I still think it'll be Lowndes, he'll do it for Brocky. Oh, and before you close this thread FPV, just remember, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL ONE. ta.

[Monty_Burns]

What's the weather forecast???? If the conditions are right, Murphy's lap record (a 2:06.8 in 2003) will probably be broken - I was looking at the Archives, and the Practice/Qualifying Times for 2005 were faster than 2003, but the rain spoilt any chances of it being broken in the Shootout.

https://sports.centrebet.com/

Tander/Skaife are the favourites on $3.50, followed by Lowndes/Whincup on $4.00, Kelly Bros on $5.50, and Bright/Winterbottom on $6.00. I'll call them the BIG 4.

Interestingly, for winning make, Holden are favourites on $1.70, with Ford on $2.05.

I'm still hoping for a Courtney/Seton victory (would be such a fairytale finish ) It could happen, as Courtney is fully up to speed now (he's made the last couple of Top-10 Shootouts.)

I think I'll get my dad to go down to the T.A.B. and put some money on Courtney/Seton

[fpv_gtho]

Well i think on top of Courtney/Seton, alot of people will be gunning for the Briscoe/Richards and Bowe/Jones pairings. Personally i'd like to see Lowndes and Whincup win. Im surprised theyre tipped so close to Tander/Skaife actually, just 50c in it which really isnt all that much.

[Daz27]

10 hrs drive away from the track due west. Today it was blustery and 31 degrees. Quite warm for this time of year. Havent looked but there appears to be a cold front coming through in the next day or two. Having said that, Australia is in the biggest drought in history at the moment so rain is unlikely except in the south around Melbourne etc. Im not sure if the weather comes in from the west like it does here, purely because when I lived in Sydney the weather seemed to come in off the ocean ie east. Should be fine for the event though.
Courtney and Seto are the sentimental favourites. Surely Seto can get up for a win one day...

[Monty_Burns]

alot of people will be gunning for the Briscoe/Richards and Bowe/Jones pairings.

Yeah.....I've got a soft spot for Bowe/Jones - theyve been around for a long time now, and they always seem to hit their stride in the enduros. They got into the Top-5 at Sandown too....so things are looking up for them.

[adrenaline]

That poll on the first page is stupidity.

In my opinion, Lowndes and Whincup will smash em'

Seriously, last year Lowndes was the fastest (until that tyre went through his windscreen) and Whincup came second overall. They came 3rd in Sandown after being a LAP DOWN. Lowndes is first right now in the championship and Whincupis doing very well too. They are a good team and I look forward to seeing them get out there at full speed.

[Monty_Burns]

Times from the Opening Practice Session:

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap
1 2 Holden Racing Team M.Skaife/G.Tander Holden Commodore VZ 29 28 2:08.1727
2 6 Ford Performance Racing J.Bright/M.Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA 24 20 2:08.9665 0:00.7938
3 15 Toll HSV Dealer Team R.Kelly/T.Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 31 23 2:08.9803 0:00.8076
4 17 FirstRock Home Loans W.Davison/S.Johnson Ford Falcon BA 25 25 2:09.0053 0:00.8326
5 7 Jack Daniel's Racing P.Dumbrell/S.Richards Holden Commodore VZ 31 29 2:09.0613 0:00.8886
6 888 Team Betta Electrical C.Lowndes/J.Whincup Ford Falcon BA 30 28 2:09.3283 0:01.1556
7 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport J.Courtney/G.Seton Ford Falcon BA 32 30 2:09.3508 0:01.1781
8 1 Caltex Racing R.Ingall/L.Youlden Ford Falcon BA 24 19 2:09.6874 0:01.5147
9 14 Team BOC J.Bowe/B.Jones Ford Falcon BA 32 29 2:09.7406 0:01.5679
10 51 Supercheap Auto Racing C.McConville/G.Murphy Holden Commodore VZ 27 24 2:09.7509 0:01.5782
11 5 Ford Performance Racing M.Halliday/D.Brabham Ford Falcon BA 31 17 2:09.8232 0:01.6505
12 10 WPS Racing C.Baird/J.Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 29 26 2:09.9721 0:01.7994
13 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team G.Ritter/C.McLean Holden Commodore VZ 32 27 2:10.0744 0:01.9017
14 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team D.Canto/L.Holdsworth Holden Commodore VZ 32 31 2:10.1350 0:01.9623
15 18 APVC Racing A.Davison/G.Denyer Ford Falcon BA 30 27 2:10.2430 0:02.0703
16 67 Team Sirromet Wines S.Ellery/P.Morris Holden Commodore VZ 30 22 2:10.4604 0:02.2877
17 25 Fujitsu Racing W.Luff/A.Macrow Ford Falcon BA 32 31 2:10.6036 0:02.4309
18 23 Tasman Motorsport A.Jones/O.Kelly/M.Noske/J.Richards Holden Commodore VZ 33 15 2:10.9007 0:02.7280
19 39 Team Sirromet Wines A.Gurr/P.Morris/K.Scott Holden Commodore VZ 28 25 2:10.9197 0:02.7470
20 50 Supercheap Auto Racing N.Pretty/P.Weel Holden Commodore VZ 32 23 2:10.9312 0:02.7585
21 22 Holden Racing Team R.Briscoe/Jim Richards/G.Tander Holden Commodore VZ 32 10 2:11.1323 0:02.9596
22 20 Glenfords AEG Racing M.Marshall/J.Webb Ford Falcon BA 32 28 2:11.3662 0:03.1935
23 55 Autobarn Racing T.Longhurst/S.Owen Holden Commodore VZ 26 22 2:11.4509 0:03.2782
24 021 Team Kiwi Racing F.Coulthard/P.Radisich Holden Commodore VZ 25 12 2:11.4788 0:03.3061
25 88 Team Betta Electrical R.Lyons/A.Simonsen Ford Falcon BA 16 15 2:11.7026 0:03.5299
26 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team T.D'Alberto/R.Kelly/A.Tratt Holden Commodore VZ 32 31 2:11.9855 0:03.8128
27 12 Team BOC D.Brede/M.Porter Ford Falcon BA 32 29 2:12.2089 0:04.0362
28 26 Fujitsu Racing J.Fernandez/W.Luff/T.Ricciardello Ford Falcon BA 31 21 2:12.4968 0:04.3241
29 8 WPS Racing Max Wilson Ford Falcon BA 4 2 2:13.5134 0:05.3407
30 11 Jack Daniel's Racing J.Perkins/S.Price Holden Commodore VZ 32 31 2:13.8552 0:05.6825
31 3 Tasman Motorsport Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VZ 1

[Monty_Burns]

Skaife & Tander already up 8/10ths up on 2nd place

[fpv_gtho]

Got to remember there'll be some teams setting their cars up towards the later stages of the race. This is perhaps the last race they want to go for qualy glory as by the 5th + 6th hrs, they'll be nowhere.

[acemotorsport]

murph did it in 03 and he won

i would like seto to win for once or any ford for once

[Monty_Burns]

I reckon its kinda cheap how all the Holden drivers are saying that they should win because Peter Brock drove for Holden.....taking it a bit too far IMO.

[fpv_gtho]

I agree, to an extent. Theres plenty of other drivers out there who had close relations with Brock that probably want to win for him as well, the most notable one would be Lowndes.

[Monty_Burns]

I reckon the make of car he drove is somewhat irrelevant really in the grand scheme of things - he was a friend to pretty much all of them.