Clipsal 500 in Adelaide

[charged]

Is anyone going to the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide ?

[motorsportnerd]

I'll have to make the trip down from Sydney sometime - but not this year unfortunately. The Grand Prix and Clipsal are too close together for me to consider going to both - and the Grand Prix is where I have chosen to spend the money most years.
Looking forward to watching the Clipsal on TV though.

[fpv_gtho]

Not going, but definately watching. I suppose this means i gotta start my points system again

[fpv_gtho]

Heres today's results:

1 1 Pirtek Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA 78 02:06:56.4343 71 1:23.5119
2 9 Caltex Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 78 02:06:57.2670 71 1:23.6101
3 888 Team Betta Electrical Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 78 02:06:59.4306 71 1:23.7195
4 17 Westpoint Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA 78 02:07:07.5284 73 1:24.4370
5 11 Team Perkins Racing Steven Richards Holden Commodore VY 78 02:07:08.2073 17 1:23.9767
6 51 Super Cheap Auto Racing Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VZ 78 02:07:09.4244 18 1:24.2299
7 16 HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VZ 78 02:07:12.1724 36 1:24.3549
8 22 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 78 02:07:17.0386 34 1:23.7991
9 18 Westpoint Racing Glenn Seton Ford Falcon BA 78 02:07:18.9745 20 1:24.6680
10 23 Tasman Motor Sport Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VY 78 02:07:19.3486 72 1:24.5266
11 50 Super Cheap Auto Racing Paul Weel Holden Commodore VZ 78 02:07:20.5708 73 1:24.8935
12 12 Team BOC John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 78 02:07:21.0245 37 1:24.3202
13 21 Team BOC Brad Jones Ford Falcon BA 78 02:07:22.4723 71 1:24.2442
14 67 Sirromet - Life Style Wine Paul Morris Holden Commodore VZ 78 02:07:43.6265 35 1:24.7788
15 15 HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 78 02:07:43.6668 6 1:23.9705
16 24 Team Perkins Racing Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VY 78 02:07:46.3157 75 1:24.2614
17 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VZ 78 02:08:00.3141 11 1:24.3020
18 48 WPS David Besnard Ford Falcon BA 77 02:07:29.4344 74 1:24.4583
19 6 Ford Performance Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BA 77 02:07:48.1802 63 1:23.7022
20 3 Tasman Motor Sport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VY 76 02:07:43.8064 11 1:24.7273
21 75 Toll Racing Anthony Tratt Holden Commodore VY 76 02:07:50.3390 71 1:25.0851
22 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VZ 75 02:07:24.0948 34 1:24.5927
23 021 Team Kiwi Racing Paul Radisich Holden Commodore VZ 72 02:07:49.8071 10 1:23.7828
24 20 Larkham Orrcon Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA 67 02:07:44.4968 23 1:24.8857
25 25 Fujitsu Racing Steve Owen Ford Falcon BA 64 02:06:56.6198 36 1:24.8887
DNF 52 Fujitsu Racing Matthew White Ford Falcon BA 71 01:57:45.9036 38 1:24.8154
DNF 7 Autobarn Racing Alex Davison Holden Commodore VY 60 01:43:43.3233 40 1:25.0466
DNF 44 Team Dynamic Simon Wills Holden Commodore VZ 58 01:47:04.1449 38 1:24.4261
DNF 45 WOW Sight & Sound Max Wilson Holden Commodore VZ 56 01:30:30.2640 13 1:24.4009
DNF 10 Larkham Orrcon Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 51 01:20:15.7454 11 1:24.2125
DNF 5 Ford Performance Racing Greg Ritter Ford Falcon BA 48 01:16:11.5362 39 1:24.7177
DNF 8 WPS Craig Baird Ford Falcon BA 31 59:26.2919 7 1:25.4770
DNF 88 Team Betta Electrical Steve Ellery Ford Falcon BA 20 28:28.8980 13 1:23.8906
DNF 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VZ 16 02:05:18.1138 15 1:23.1903

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Pretty interesting result overall; Skaife still plaqued with bad luck, some bad strategy decisions with the Kelly brothers, SBR taking a gamble on fuel and having it pay off, Lowndes rebounding nicely and Ellery starting from 3rd of all places.

But when the last 3 of 6 SBR-engined cars left on the lead lap take 1-2-3, you know youve got an interesting weekend and season ahead.

[whiteballz]

what happened to skaife?

[fpv_gtho]

lost electronics for the engine or something, maybe the ECU

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Skaife Still Plaqued?

He's probably just not brushed properly .........

[fpv_gtho]

last year he wouldve finished the race though, it was jut a small issue that he had to start the race without testing the car since it was fixed after his crash yesterday, now that theyve gotten rid of the warm up

[SlickHolden]

I didn't know there was a race this weekend
4 fords and my brother said nothing??? Must have no credits

Skaife broke the lap record If only he could finnish the second race he might be able to use some speed to get in the mix.

[fpv_gtho]

I mustve missed when they said Skaife broke the lap record in all the talk of Ambrose setting the fastest lap some 5 laps before the finish

[fpv_gtho]

Race 2:

1 1 Pirtek Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA 78 01:59:11.1013 5 1:23.1359
2 888 Team Betta Electrical Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 78 01:59:17.4615 30 1:23.6877
3 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VZ 78 01:59:17.9126 21 1:23.4655
4 22 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 78 01:59:33.3809 23 1:23.5374
5 24 Team Perkins Racing Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VY 78 01:59:37.6892 22 1:23.9226
6 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VZ 78 01:59:38.2501 25 1:24.0007
7 45 WOW Sight & Sound Max Wilson Holden Commodore VZ 78 01:59:40.8632 68 1:24.5093
8 50 Super Cheap Auto Racing Paul Weel Holden Commodore VZ 78 01:59:47.9944 25 1:24.4427
9 15 HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 78 01:59:51.3224 5 1:24.4431
10 021 Team Kiwi Racing Paul Radisich Holden Commodore VZ 78 01:59:54.5585 22 1:24.0302
11 6 Ford Performance Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BA 78 01:59:54.6351 29 1:24.6689
12 52 Fujitsu Racing Matthew White Ford Falcon BA 78 02:00:01.6610 31 1:24.6222
13 25 Fujitsu Racing Steve Owen Ford Falcon BA 78 02:00:17.0300 27 1:24.4355
14 20 Larkham Orrcon Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA 78 02:00:18.7343 22 1:24.6804
15 17 Westpoint Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA 78 02:00:24.9317 21 1:23.7483
16 67 Sirromet-Life Style Wine Paul Morris Holden Commodore VZ 78 02:00:27.8641 38 1:24.9785
17 8 WPS Craig Baird Ford Falcon BA 77 01:59:35.7804 6 1:24.6992
18 9 Caltex Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 77 02:00:01.9867 6 1:23.5537
19 44 Team Dynamik Simon Wills Holden Commodore VZ 77 02:00:34.9538 46 1:24.0666
20 21 Team BOC Brad Jones Ford Falcon BA 75 01:59:19.4266 28 1:24.4842
21 7 Autobarn Racing Alex Davison Holden Commodore VY 75 01:59:22.8606 29 1:24.9816
22 23 Tasman Motorsport Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VY 75 01:59:57.0915 21 1:23.2894
23 48 WPS David Besnard Ford Falcon BA 75 02:00:32.0654 7 1:24.3241
24 75 Toll Racing Anthony Tratt Holden Commodore VY 74 01:59:58.2007 21 1:24.4662
25 18 Westpoint Racing Glenn Seton Ford Falcon BA 71 02:00:19.0438 26 1:24.2896
26 11 Team Perkins Racing Steven Richards Holden Commodore VY 69 02:00:38.8878 22 1:23.3554
27 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VZ 66 01:59:29.1384 23 1:24.4538
DNF 12 Team BOC John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 68 01:45:30.4619 28 1:24.1952
DNF 5 Ford Performance Racing Greg Ritter Ford Falcon BA 52 01:20:12.1620 28 1:24.6928
DNF 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VY 52 01:20:14.5348 22 1:23.9705
DNF 10 Larkham Orrcon Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 48 01:14:23.2734 22 1:24.5644
DNF 16 HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VZ 14 23:28.3126 4 1:23.7780
DNF 51 Super Cheap Auto Racing Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VZ 7 9:58.2553 6 1:24.0364
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Another interesting race, Ambrose just cruising around and still lapping about half a second quicker than Richards, who was named as one of the 4 fastest cars on track following the first race. It wouldve been interesting to see Todd Kelly run a green race, although at least one of those drive through's was his fault alone so i guess it wasnt to be.

EDIT: Points already worked out as well on my new system which is in the Aussie cars section

[charged]

I mustve missed when they said Skaife broke the lap record in all the talk of Ambrose setting the fastest lap some 5 laps before the finish

Yeah how was that, old shitty tyres and he peels of fastest lap at the end of race 1, he's saying to the rest boys you have some serious catching up to do, Im raving on a bit as I have drank to much beer and not enough sleep, thank god clipsal is only once a year

[charged]

Our local guy Mark Papandell didnt set the world on fire in the Development Series,had a chat to him afterwards, he was just glad he didnt bend it.Macrow did well as I follow him a bit as he's a ex improved production racer who's scored a gig in the big time

[SlickHolden]

That's a pete brock trick set the fastest lap on the last lap just to prove the car has got plenty in it still

I still like the look of HRT this year both cars in the mix as in the past it was 1 at best no skaife.
Marcus looks good as always and craig has got some better wheels under him this year it show's. Better donk also

[motorsportnerd]

There were five drivers who were on it all weekend - Ambrose, Skaife, Lowndes, Ingall and Kelly. The last two were blighted by bad luck. This years V8 Supercar champion should be one of these five.
You can't overlook Ambrose's all round performance, but Skaife and Lowndes were particularly impressive coming through from the rear of the field. And Lowndes pulled a very clean pass on Skaife.
A sixth driver impressed in qualifying - Paul Radisich. Team Kiwi seems to have a very fast car. Not sure why Radisich and Lowndes couldn't go around a corner side by side in the first race. Looked like Radisich left Lowndes enough room, but somehow Lowndes ran out of room and the Team Kiwi car hit the wall lightly. Radisich finished 10th in the second race, so there is some speed in that car.