V8 Supercars: Round 5 Barbagallo Raceway, WA

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This weekend is the 5th round of the series, and so far it looks like we're in for a different round winner again, after Greg Murphy announced he would be swapping from his 2004 car, back to his Bathurst winning 2003 car. Another milestone this weekend is the guy that once hit the safety car, Russel Ingall, will be celebrating his 100th start to a round this weekend.

On another note though, Mark Skaife is still holding a grudge against Marcos Ambrose after the manouvre last round in Darwin where Skaife was leading into the final turn on the last lap of the first race and went off track after Ambrose tried to pass on the inside of him. Whilst the stuards have cleared Ambrose and deemed it a racing incident, Skaife isnt letting go, and warning Ambrose to look over his shoulder, as the 2002 champion is well out of championship contention this year and in a much better position for tactics like what he thought went on last round.

[Falcon500]

Murphs current car hit a brick wall in development....but i never saw this one comming....
Russle Ingall is also the guy who swerved at skaife....whuile he was on foot
Mark Skaife is a shawllow biggot...he should look at some of his own actions....

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Some of the things Skaife's been saying lately, in contrast to what others are saying and even whats being proven by the stuards, ive really just got to laugh at. Like now, what hes saying about the tactics Ambrose used last round, considering Skaife was the one who went wide around the corner, then it was his doing that sent him off after he tried to defend when it was too late. Ambrose had the speed on the weekend no doubt to challenge Skaife, the final race on the same corner remember he got alongside Steven Richards after coming from a bad racing line and was able to nail it until the end and finish a whisker infront of him to claim 2nd for the final race. It will be interesting though next time both Ambrose and Skaife are on V8 Superstars

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Heres todays practise results:

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap
1 51 Kmart Racing Team Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VY 22 21 0:55.6847

2 11 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Steven Richards Holden Commodore VY 27 12 0:56.2231 0:00.5384

3 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VY 26 22 0:56.2774 0:00.5927

4 50 PWR Performance Products Jason Bright Holden Commodore VY 29 25 0:56.3753 0:00.6906

5 29 Sirromet - Life Style Wine Paul Morris Holden Commodore VY 17 15 0:56.4456 0:00.7609

6 17 Shell Helix Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA 30 30 0:56.5162 0:00.8315

7 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VY 26 23 0:56.5474 0:00.8627

8 22 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VY 23 14 0:56.5914 0:00.9067

9 888 Team Betta Electrical Max Wilson Ford Falcon BA 25 14 0:56.7040 0:01.0193

10 12 OzEmail Racing Team John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 30 30 0:56.7337 0:01.0490

11 5 Ford Performance Racing Glenn Seton Ford Falcon BA 28 23 0:56.8458 0:01.1611

12 9 Caltex Havoline Race Team Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 26 26 0:56.8689 0:01.1842

13 8 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VY 27 27 0:56.8860 0:01.2013

14 15 Kmart Racing Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VY 25 25 0:56.8909 0:01.2062

15 16 PWR Performance Products Paul Weel Holden Commodore VY 23 17 0:56.9235 0:01.2388

16 44 Roadships/Alphawest/World Ind Simon Wills Holden Commodore VY 27 17 0:56.9315 0:01.2468

17 88 Team Betta Electrical Paul Radisich Ford Falcon BA 22 21 0:56.9348 0:01.2501

18 021 Team Kiwi Racing Craig Baird Holden Commodore VY 25 22 0:56.9762 0:01.2915

19 18 Shell Helix Racing Warren Luff Ford Falcon BA 29 25 0:56.9837 0:01.2990

20 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VY 28 18 0:57.0102 0:01.3255

21 1 Pirtek Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA 28 21 0:57.0250 0:01.3403

22 20 Larkham Orrcon Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA 24 23 0:57.0562 0:01.3715

23 21 OzEmail Racing Team Brad Jones Ford Falcon BA 30 30 0:57.1248 0:01.4401

24 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 24 11 0:57.1798 0:01.4951

25 7 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Tony Longhurst Holden Commodore VX 22 22 0:57.2843 0:01.5996

26 14 WPS Mark Noske Ford Falcon BA 30 20 0:57.3695 0:01.6848

27 10 Larkham Orrcon Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 20 20 0:57.4288 0:01.7441

28 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VX 23 18 0:57.5211 0:01.8364

29 23 WPS David Besnard Ford Falcon BA 26 14 0:57.6330 0:01.9483

30 75 Toll Racing Anthony Tratt Holden Commodore VY 26 25 0:57.8716 0:02.1869

31 45 Roadships/Alphawest/World Ind Dale Brede Holden Commodore VY 27 15 0:58.2823 0:02.5976

32 31 Super Cheap Auto Racing Steve Ellery Ford Falcon BA 4 3 1:07.1866 0:11.5019

[Falcon500]

Now thats a suprise ambrose in 21st....and seto in 11th this is mroe then a bit strange....Steven Johnson in 6th.....

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Ambrose was using this session to gather data for the team on tyre wear with old tyres, as the team believes that even with the resurfacing tyre wear will be a crucial factor. Ingall was also running a development suspension setup.

[Falcon500]

oh so hes on old rubber...epect an early pit stop.....but it sounds a little sus experimenting on a possible championship winner?

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Ambrose was at it again this morning, again the fastest Ford was Steven Johnson:


Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap

1 11 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Steven Richards Holden Commodore VY 17 13 0:55.9518

2 51 Kmart Racing Team Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VY 18 18 0:55.9567 0:00.0049

3 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VY 24 19 0:56.0239 0:00.0721

4 17 Shell Helix Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA 27 27 0:56.1427 0:00.1909

5 50 PWR Performance Products Jason Bright Holden Commodore VY 23 21
0:56.2588 0:00.3070

6 16 PWR Performance Products Paul Weel Holden Commodore VY 18 16 0:56.3367 0:00.3849

7 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VY 25 21 0:56.3717 0:00.4199

8 9 Caltex Havoline Race Team Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 23 23 0:56.3998 0:00.4480

9 20 Larkham Orrcon Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA 17 16 0:56.4123 0:00.4605

10 22 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VY 21 7 0:56.4293 0:00.4775

11 021 Team Kiwi Racing Craig Baird Holden Commodore VY 16 12 0:56.4371 0:00.4853

12 18 Shell Helix Racing Warren Luff Ford Falcon BA 25 25 0:56.5658 0:00.6140

13 44 Roadships/Alphawest/World Ind Simon Wills Holden Commodore VY 21 17 0:56.5769 0:00.6251

14 888 Team Betta Electrical Max Wilson Ford Falcon BA 17 8 0:56.6174 0:00.6656

15 12 OzEmail Racing Team John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 24 7 0:56.6376 0:00.6858

16 23 WPS David Besnard Ford Falcon BA 20 16 0:56.6502 0:00.6984

17 29 Sirromet - Life Style Wine Paul Morris Holden Commodore VY 13 13 0:56.7342 0:00.7824

18 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 18 8 0:56.7572 0:00.8054

19 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VY 21 14 0:56.7595 0:00.8077

20 88 Team Betta Electrical Paul Radisich Ford Falcon BA 16 16 0:56.8197 0:00.8679

21 5 Ford Performance Racing Glenn Seton Ford Falcon BA 25 25 0:56.8430 0:00.8912

22 21 OzEmail Racing Team Brad Jones Ford Falcon BA 25 17 0:56.8798 0:00.9280

23 31 Super Cheap Auto Racing Steve Ellery Ford Falcon BA 23 23 0:56.9312 0:00.9794

24 8 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VY 22 15 0:56.9878 0:01.0360

25 15 Kmart Racing Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VY 20 20 0:57.0219 0:01.0701

26 10 Larkham Orrcon Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 22 3 0:57.1562 0:01.2044

27 75 Toll Racing Anthony Tratt Holden Commodore VY 23 22 0:57.2086 0:01.2568

28 1 Pirtek Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA 16 8 0:57.2292 0:01.2774

29 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VX 22 14 0:57.2786 0:01.3268

30 7 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Tony Longhurst Holden Commodore VX 24 21 0:57.4899 0:01.5381

31 45 Roadships/Alphawest/World Ind Dale Brede Holden Commodore VY 24 17 0:57.4906 0:01.5388

32 14 WPS Mark Noske Ford Falcon BA 14 10 0:57.5827 0:01.6309

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Qualifying:

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap

1 50 PWR Performance Products Jason Bright Holden Commodore VY 11 6 0:55.8539

2 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VY 6 3 0:56.0931 0:00.2392

3 88 Team Betta Electrical Paul Radisich Ford Falcon BA 15 14 0:56.1565 0:00.3026

4 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VY 15 14 0:56.2595 0:00.4056

5 11 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Steven Richards Holden Commodore VY 8 6 0:56.2622 0:00.4083

6 15 Kmart Racing Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VY 14 12 0:56.2854 0:00.4315

7 12 OzEmail Racing Team John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 10 3 0:56.3696 0:00.5157

8 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VX 13 13 0:56.3702 0:00.5163

9 5 Ford Performance Racing Glenn Seton Ford Falcon BA 15 12 0:56.3790 0:00.5251

10 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 14 10 0:56.3930 0:00.5391

11 22 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VY 6 3 0:56.3991 0:00.5452

12 29 Sirromet - Life Style Wine Paul Morris Holden Commodore VY 6 3 0:56.4516 0:00.5977

13 8 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VY 14 11 0:56.4610 0:00.6071

14 51 Kmart Racing Team Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VY 14 3 0:56.4751 0:00.6212

15 21 OzEmail Racing Team Brad Jones Ford Falcon BA 16 15 0:56.5075 0:00.6536

16 31 Super Cheap Auto Racing Steve Ellery Ford Falcon BA 16 14 0:56.5605 0:00.7066

17 9 Caltex Havoline Race Team Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 10 6 0:56.5772 0:00.7233

18 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VY 8 7 0:56.5864 0:00.7325

19 10 Larkham Orrcon Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 13 4 0:56.6665 0:00.8126

20 17 Shell Helix Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA 11 3 0:56.6897 0:00.8358

21 1 Pirtek Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA 14 13 0:56.7018 0:00.8479

22 7 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Tony Longhurst Holden Commodore VX 17 15 0:56.7483 0:00.8944

23 44 Roadships/Alphawest/World Ind Simon Wills Holden Commodore VY 15 7 0:56.7506 0:00.8967

24 021 Team Kiwi Racing Craig Baird Holden Commodore VY 8 6 0:56.7670 0:00.9131

25 20 Larkham Orrcon Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA 7 3 0:56.7809 0:00.9270

26 23 WPS David Besnard Ford Falcon BA 15 11 0:56.9282 0:01.0743

27 888 Team Betta Electrical Max Wilson Ford Falcon BA 6 6 0:57.0160 0:01.1621

28 18 Shell Helix Racing Warren Luff Ford Falcon BA 11 5 0:57.0215 0:01.1676

29 45 Roadships/Alphawest/World Ind Dale Brede Holden Commodore VY 18 14 0:57.1383 0:01.2844

30 16 PWR Performance Products Paul Weel Holden Commodore VY 12 3 0:57.1392 0:01.2853

31 75 Toll Racing Anthony Tratt Holden Commodore VY 18 14 0:57.1465 0:01.2926

32 14 WPS Mark Noske Ford Falcon BA 15 12 0:57.1790 0:01.3251

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Shootout results:

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap

1 11 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Steven Richards Holden Commodore VY 1 1 0:55.9216

2 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VY 1 1 0:56.0431 0:00.1215

3 50 PWR Performance Products Jason Bright Holden Commodore VY 1 1 0:56.1323 0:00.2107

4 15 Kmart Racing Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VY 1 1 0:56.4674 0:00.5458

5 88 Team Betta Electrical Paul Radisich Ford Falcon BA 1 1 0:56.4728 0:00.5512

6 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VY 1 1 0:56.6436 0:00.7220

7 12 OzEmail Racing Team John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 1 1 0:56.9285 0:01.0069

EXC 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VX

EXC 5 Ford Performance Racing Glenn Seton Ford Falcon BA

EXC 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA

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Skaife with a win finally

[Falcon500]

Skaife with a win finally

Yeah but what doesit mean...jack all hes not a contotender....

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Skaife with a win finally

well its something that hes been really desperate for, but it doesnt change my opinion of him. ellery was giving him a good run today in the final race and those comments he made earlier this week about Ambrose were really stupid

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Well the dust has settled and jason bright with his first round win in a long time...this all helped by rick kelly being the cork in the bottlewhile bright manged to rocket away....but that said hiks car was a genuine missile this race all the power to him....I can no longer say he cant win unless hes in ford
Abrose came second despite the fact he was on level points with kelly his previous round wins i guess gave him the silver trophy....he ran a good race and i was plesently suprised by this result...he also regained the chmapionship from richards with this result.....
And rick kelly who ran some good races other then the last one when he was slower and had people queaing up behind him...but thats raceing....
Murphs Tyres seemed to go off fairly eearly on and then towards the end you could see it sliding around....
Johnson had a few good runs this race and manged to break the top 10 for the round...Ellery was also someone who was alining who manged to get a good setup for the race....
Suprise Steven Richards had an off which cost him the chamiponship lead aqnd he seemd to lack some poke in the 2nd race....
Craig Baird losthis top 10 in the championship and because of a shunt missed the 2nd and 3rd race.....
Hard luck also to Bargs and the entier FPV team...bargs for his part in the shunt with craig baird and the fpr team for several engine relatedproblemsduring the race....also hard luck for skaife and dale Brede for speeding in pit lane....

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Interesting round. Felt a little sorry for Steve Richards. Went off through no fault of his own. Can't blame either Skaife or Bright either. Racing incident - 3 cars into 1 doesn't go...
Bright is looking pretty good a this stage in the championship. Ambrose will still be hard to beat though.