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Skycity Triple Crown, June 15-17, 2012

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Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Introduction

Calling all contenders HIDDEN VALLEY

The V8 Supercars Championship makes its annual trek to the Top End this weekend, where nine teams will again attempt to break the Ford Performance Racing/Triple Eight stranglehold on the 2012 season.

EDITOR: Stefan Bartholomaeus

The two powerhouse squads have shared the victories in the 11 contests held so far, with FPR’s impressive form seeing the factory Ford outfit unbeaten over the last seven races.

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Recent years at Hidden Valley suggest that this weekend could just be the one where a ‘second-tier’ team breaks through.

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Stone Brothers Racing, Kelly Racing, Garry Rogers Motorsport and the Holden Racing Team have all joined FPR and Triple Eight in taking a race win at Hidden Valley over the last four years.

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Of those four operations, it’s undoubtedly SBR that looms as the team most likely to step up this weekend.

Drivers Shane van Gisbergen, Lee Holdsworth and Tim Slade may have scored just one podium between them so far in 2012, but the trio’s consistency sees them sit fifth, sixth and seventh in the standings respectively.

Holdsworth and Slade have enjoyed an extended build-up to this weekend’s event, travelling from Adelaide to Darwin by rail on The Ghan.

While three days on a train may not sound like the ideal preparation for one of the most demanding meetings on the calendar, the duo’s desire to spend their time reviewing footage of last year’s races, training on a stationary bicycle and generally nattering away about racing indicates that their eyes remain well and truly on the prize.

Green means go!

Stefan Bartholomaeus

Journalist, Speedcafe.com Editor, Speedcafe Race Guides

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Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Cover Story

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tone Brothers Racing may not have won a race so far in 2012, but the team enters the Skycity Triple Crown at Hidden Valley with its drivers Shane van Gisbergen, Lee Holdsworth and Tim Slade sitting fifth, sixth and seventh in the championship respectively.

Speedcafe.com’s Stefan Bartholomaeus spoke to Holdsworth and Slade after the trio arrived in Darwin on The Ghan passenger train.

SPEEDCAFE: Boys, first of all, you’ve taken a bit of a different route to Hidden Valley this week. How did you find your three days travelling from Adelaide on The Ghan?

TIM SLADE: It’s a great experience and something that a lot of people don’t get to do.

It’s certainly one that we can tick off the list.

Checking out the end of the Finke Desert Race in Alice Springs was an eye-opener.

Those machines are seriously tough and their drivers and riders are very committed!

Obviously exploring the Katherine Gorges by boat was a highlight as well - you don’t see scenery like that every day.

LEE HOLDSWORTH: It’s always good to get out and see different things, especially when you can kick back in comfort and let others do the work!

Tim brought his bike (bicycle with stationary-stand) onboard as well, so we should point out that it wasn’t all about sitting around and eating! We did a few miles on that, as well as checking out Alice Springs on some mountain bikes.

SPEEDCAFE: Moving on to the more serious stuff. Lee, let’s talk about your season so far.

A big change to go to SBR after six years with Garry (Garry Rogers Motorsport). You must be pleased to be sitting in the championship’s top six at this point.

HOLDSWORTH: Yeah, so far I’d say I’ve been pretty happy with our season. I probably expected these sort of results, but I didn’t think they’d put me where they have in the championship. Sitting sixth at this stage when I’m not entirely comfortable in the car indicates that there are some good things ahead. I feel there’s a lot more potential in the car, it’s just a matter of tuning it to how I like it.

As a team, we’ve started the season with three cars in the top 10, which is a great effort. We need to find a little bit more speed, but I think we’re going in the right direction.

SPEEDCAFE: Tim, you’re in a bit of a different

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situation coming back here for a third year.

You scored a couple of podiums last year, but is consistency what you’re really chasing in 2012?

a bit of a weakness for SBR over the years, they’ve chopped and changed a bit, but within my garage it’s certainly a strength.

SLADE: That’s certainly one of the main things that we pinpointed from the last couple of years. There’s no use in being third one week and 13th the next.

It’s certainly not going to win you a championship. To do that your bad days have to be 10th rather than 18th.

It’s been good to have Lee come into the team as well. He’s got a lot of experience and won races before driving a different car, so he has been able to pick up on things in our cars that we’ve just learnt to deal with over the years.

For me this year it’s been good to have that continuity with SBR. To have exactly the same bunch of guys around me has been great.

Wes (McDougall, race engineer) and I have built a really strong relationship and you never stop learning. Every time we go out on the track we’re trying new things to add to our playbook. I think continuity has been

Overall I’m happy with sitting seventh at the moment. It was awesome to have the sort of pace we did at Phillip Island and to be on the podium again. We’ve had great speed at Hidden Valley over the last couple Continue on page 9 >>

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of years too so we’re really excited to get on track this weekend.

SPEEDCAFE: The points table certainly indicates that SBR is the third best team right now. If you knew exactly what was needed to make the next step I’m sure you’d do it, but are there specific characteristics in the Triple Eight and FPR cars that you see and think ‘my car needs to be able to do that’.

SLADE: Definitely and we’re working pretty hard to try and make our cars quicker, but if it was easy everyone would be doing it.

All the ingredients are there, it’s just a case of getting the recipe right. FPR is evidence of that. Triple Eight has been the benchmark team for a long time, but this year something has clicked at FPR and turned it around.

HOLDSWORTH: I think everyone achieves their speed in different ways as well. You’re not necessarily saying that we need to do exactly what they’re doing. We’re trying to improve every little area on the car not just to match them but to beat them.

Like Tim said, we have all the right ingredients it’s just about getting them all in the bowl and making them set at the right time. It does take time to get it all right, and probably with me coming into the team this year it’s made them try a few different things. Once that settles down a bit and we’ve got a good platform to work from then I think that’s when the results will really come.

SLADE: That’s exactly what I touched on before. Lee has only been at one team before, but it was a different team, and this year myself and Shane are able to ask Lee ‘did your Fujitsu car do this here’ and he’ll say ‘no, it shouldn’t be doing that’. So I’ve really found that to be a good thing this year.

SPEEDCAFE: So Lee, what have you pointed to as the strengths of the SBR package? Tyre life was a big advantage for them this time last year, but a lot of the other guys seemed to close that gap as the season progressed.

HOLDSWORTH: There was definitely a point last year when they had an advantage in terms of soft tyre life. But you’re right, the other teams have caught up. That’s not a case of SBR losing anything,

it’s just everyone else lifting their game.

That means we have to find something else to get an advantage again.

Tyre life is still a strength, but for me my biggest problem and probably Tim’s as well this year has been front-grip. Having good front-grip, particularly mid-corner allows you to have better tyre life because if you’re having to turn the car with the throttle it hurts the tyre life a lot.

That’s probably more of a car set-up thing and just getting the set-up right on the day.

But that all comes with knowledge of the car and experience. I’m still learning from Tim and Shane on how to set the car up to last over a race distance, as well as what changes to make in the stops. Sometimes I’ve been reluctant to make a change because I’m not sure how big a difference it will make. That’ll come with time.

SPEEDCAFE: Looking to the rest of the year, what will make it a successful season from here? Do you feel you can jag a couple of wins between now and December?

SLADE: I don’t have any real particular goal for the year, but last year we were ninth, so if we can finish anywhere ahead of that I think it’ll be a success.

But for sure we’re out there chasing that first win as well, and I can’t see why we can’t do it. I think if we can be up there near the top often enough then our turn will come.

HOLDSWORTH: My goal coming into this year was top five (in the championship).

That’s a pretty high expectation for the first year with a new team, but it’s looking achievable.

For me the year is not so much about where we’re running in the championship, it’s about learning more and more with my engineer every time I go out in the car.

It’s Brad’s (Wischusen, engineer) first year with the team as well, and we’re learning together at every round. Obviously I want to get a podium with the team as soon as we can, and from there I’d like to think we can get a race win this year.

SPEEDCAFE: For you in particular Lee, this year is surely about getting all of the processes and relationships right so that you

can make a real bid for the championship in 2013. The way SBR is set up for the Car of the Future was stated as one of the key reasons you chose to join the team...

HOLDSWORTH: Firstly, I want to make the most of the package we’ve got at the moment. I don’t think we need to go throwing potential wins away this year if they’re there to be had.

But you’re right, the big picture is that if we learn and build with the team this year, we’ll have a solid platform for 2013. The boys have been working around the clock on the COTF so that we can really take-off next year. This is my seventh full-time year in the class, and I need to start winning races and fighting for championships. The aim all along has been for next year to be that year.

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Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Circuit Info

Hidden Valley Raceway Location: Hidden Valley, Darwin Length: 2.29 kilometres Direction: Anti-clockwise Average speed: 149km/h Maximum speed: 271km/h Fastest Point: Front Straight Slowest Point: Turn 1

Circuit Description South of Darwin, the Hidden Valley circuit features a long front straight and the second half of the lap requires a car that changes direction very well. The warm conditions mean tyre conservation and strategy will be critical to determining the race results.

V8 Supercars Qualifying Lap Record: Jason Bright, Holden Commodore VX, 1m07.8546s, 2002

V8 Supercars Race Lap Record: Jason Bright, Ford Falcon AU, 1m09.0149s, 1999

Tyre format: Teams will use a combination of soft and hard tyres.

They will have to use at least one set of hard and soft compound tyres in each race.

Event Format:

Friday: Practice: 2 x 30 min (Lower 50% of the Championship and additional drivers) Practice: 2 x 20 min practice (All Drivers) Saturday: Qualifying: 1 x 20 min Race: 1 x 120km Sunday: Qualifying: 1 x 20 min Race: 1 x 200km

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Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Tech Preview

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idden Valley is quite an interesting race track. A lot of guys like to go there because it presents a variety of challenges. It’s got bumps and hollows, the occasional big kerb and several different corner types.

It’s always a good test on brakes. There are big stops at Turns 1 and 4, so by the time you get to the Turn 5 hairpin the brakes are very, very hot, especially if you’re running close to other cars.

For a driver it’s quite a good race track, and the weather this time of year seems to thaw out the Victorians, which is nice for them!

Strategy Last year we had just one set of soft tyres to use on Sunday, but this year will be running both the hards and softs during the two races, with two sets of softs and one set of hards on Sunday. That format should be a bit more entertaining.

I think it’ll be a bit like Perth in terms of giving you the option to go either way with the tyres (starting on softs and finishing on hards or vice versa), particularly on Saturday.

We’ve had a fairly low Safety Car frequency up there over

the years. This time we’re going there a little bit later in the year, and traditionally Safety Cars at Hidden Valley are related to grass size! They’ve had a fairly wet wet season, but who knows what it’ll be like until we get there.

V8 Supercars have recently been throwing out the competition caution a little to make things entertaining, which may sway people against starting on softs, but I think that anyone starting up the front could do a good job running the softs first.

The window for making a pitstop on Saturday is only going to be around 10 laps. You could see people taking it by the horns and coming in as early as Lap 6 or 7, but that’ll very much depend on what they think they can get out of their soft tyres. I don’t see anyone being brave enough to do pit purely based on the fuel window.

We didn’t see particularly good soft tyre life from a lot of guys here last year - no one was able to do more than

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around 18 laps on those tyres. Our (Ford Performance Racing’s) soft tyre life generally wasn’t good last year, but in Darwin we weren’t too far away. The Stone Brothers cars were the strongest up there on the soft tyres, and our cars were probably the best on the hards.

Aggression At Phillip Island we saw a lot of aggression, particularly after the Safety Cars. It’s a circuit where it’s very easy to be two seconds off the pace and hold up the cars behind you. That means the only way to get past is to dive-bomb them or start using your bumper.

In Darwin we’ve often seen a similar thing. Turn 7 to 13 is really single-file, so seeing a train of cars lined up behind one car is not unusual. We’ve seen some fairly interesting overtaking moves on the approach to Turn 14 and Turn 1, with cars diving down the inside and knocking other people out of the way. That’s always something to look out for.

Pit stacking Pit congestion was an issue that arose again at Phillip Island, but I don’t understand why people rant and rave about cars that are double-stacked. The drivers can’t just disappear in those situations.

The only real solution is to make the pitlanes wider. Any regulations they could introduce, like closing the pitlane under Safety Car, will detract from the entertainment and produce artificial results. I’d hate to see them do what they do at the Grand Prix where you can only service one car at a time. That’d take one team car out of the race every time the Safety Car comes out. Likewise the system of closing the pitlane completely under Safety Car would effectively force everyone to stop as soon as their window opens.

With the current system, I think what goes around comes around to a certain extent. Sometimes you get held up and sometimes you hold up others. It really is just the way it goes.

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Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Did you know

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ust 29 points covers the top three drivers in the V8 Supercars Championship heading to the Skycity Triple Crown in Darwin. And that is in stark contrast to this time last year …

Will Davison holds a 10-point margin over Jamie Whincup with Davison’s Ford Performance Racing teammate Mark Winterbottom only another 19 points further back in third.

At the same time last year (after five events and 11 races), Whincup was a massive 262 points in front of Craig Lowndes with third-placed Garth Tander another 47 points further back.

That meant a spread of 299 points – virtually an entire weekend – at the same time last year between the top three, meaning the 2012 title race is much, much closer.

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he Holden Racing Team may have more race wins at Hidden Valley than any other V8 Supercar team (14), but it’s currently stuck in one of its longest winning droughts in some time.

The factory Holden team hasn’t won a race since Garth Tander and Nick Percat won last October’s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – a winning drought of some eight months.

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t’s hard to believe, but reigning V8 Supercar Champion Jamie Whincup has never taken a pole position at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin – and neither has his TeamVodafone squad!

Amazingly, the TeamVodafone driver has qualified on the front row of the grid for five of the last six races in Darwin since 2009 – but has been second on each occasion!

Whincup’s qualifying average in Darwin since joining Triple Eight Race Engineering in 2006 sits at 4.55.

Winless so far in 2012, the last time it took this many races for HRT to win an Australian Touring Car Championship/V8 Supercars Championship race in a season was 1994, when Peter Brock collected victory in the 13th race (Round 7, Race 1) of the season.

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upercheap Auto Racing’s Russell Ingall will line up for his 210th Australian Touring Car Championship/V8 Supercars Championship event start at Hidden Valley.

The 2005 V8 Supercars champion now moves past Glenn Seton into outright fourth on the all-time list with only John Bowe, Mark Skaife and Peter Brock ahead of ‘The Enforcer’.

Ingall is one of only three drivers (Craig Lowndes and Garth Tander are the others) to have competed in each and every Hidden Valley event since the venue joined the V8 Supercars Championship calendar in 1998.

Last year Ingall finished fifth in the Sunday race in Darwin, his best race finish at Hidden Valley since 2008.

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icking a winner at Hidden Valley has proven to be difficult over the last few years with five different teams winning the last five races in the ‘Top End’.

Since Garry Rogers Motorsport won on Sunday in 2009, Ford Performance Racing,

TeamVodafone, Jack Daniel’s Racing and Stone Brothers Racing have all won races at Hidden Valley.

The Holden Racing Team has won more Hidden Valley races than any other team (14), followed by Perkins Engineering, Stone Brothers Racing and TeamVodafone (five each), Ford

Performance Racing (four), Kmart Racing/HSV Dealer Team (three), Garry Rogers Motorsport (two) and Kelly Racing (one).

Adding to the unpredictability, both of last year’s race winners (Rick Kelly and Shane van Gisbergen) started 12th on the grid!

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THE BAGMAN’S SAY...

Jamie Whincup can be expected to resume his titanic battle with Ford Performance Racing at Hidden Valley. The TeamVodafone cars were the class of the field in Sunday’s mixed tyre race here last year, with only a late-race Safety Car robbing Whincup of victory.

Qualifying was a weakness for Whincup last-time out at Phillip Island, but one expects that to have been a track-specific issue.

Lowndes meanwhile scored a third pole for the season at the Victorian circuit, and spent a recent test day working on his suspect starts. Both drivers should be well and truly in the fight here.

Base: Banyo, Queensland Car: Holden Commodore VEII Chassis: Triple Eight Race Engineering Engines: KRE Team principal: Roland Dane

#1 Jamie Whincup Team: TeamVodafone Born: 6 February 1983 V8SC debut: Queensland, 2002 Starts: 256 Wins: 54 Career Highlights: 2008, 2009 & 2011 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2006, 2007 & 2008 Bathurst 1000, 2002 Australian Formula Ford Champion

#888 Craig Lowndes Team: TeamVodafone Born: 21 June 1974 V8SC debut: Calder Park, 1996 Starts: 452 Wins: 82 Career Highlights: 1996, 1998 & 1999 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 Bathurst 1000, 1993 Australian Formula Ford Champion

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Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Driver Profiles

Walkinshaw Racing THE BAGMAN’S SAY...

The performance of the #2 Holden Racing Team Commodore has proven the hardest of all to predict so far this season, and anything could again be on the cards this weekend. The Bagman expected Garth Tander to be a serious thorn in the side of FPR and T8 at Phillip Island - a prediction that proved far from the case.

Hidden Valley was a disaster for the team last year as all three cars struggled both for one-lap speed and race pace.

Russell Ingall and James Courtney have both scored solid midfield finishes in recent races but continue to struggle in qualifying - Ingall only starting inside the top 20 once in the last five races.

Base: Clayton, Victoria Car: Holden Commodore VEII Chassis: Walkinshaw Racing Engines: Walkinshaw Racing Team principal: Steve Hallam

#2 Garth Tander

Team: Toll Holden Racing Team Born: 31 March 1977 V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 1998 Starts: 421 Wins: 50 Career Highlights: 2007 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2000, 2009 & 2011 Bathurst 1000, 1997 Australian Formula Ford Champion

#22 James Courtney Team: Toll Holden Racing Team Born: 29 June 1980 V8SC debut: Sandown, 2005 Starts: 200 Wins: 9 Career Highlights: 2010 V8 Supercars Champion, 2001 British Formula Ford Champion, 2002 Jaguar F1 test driver, 2000 British Formula Ford Champion

#66 Russell Ingall Team: Supercheap Auto Racing Born: 24 February 1964 V8SC debut: Eastern Creek, 1996 Starts: 486 Wins: 27 Career Highlights: 2005 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 1995 & 1997 Bathurst 1000,1st 1998 Sandown 500 & 1999 Queensland 500, 1993 British Formula Ford Champion

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Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Driver Profiles

Stone Brothers Racing Base: Yatla, Queensland Car: Ford Falcon FG Chassis: Stone Brothers Racing Engines: Stone Brothers Racing Team principal: Ross Stone

THE BAGMAN’S SAY...

Stone Brothers Racing’s have proven highly competitive at Hidden Valley over the last two seasons, with Shane van Gisbergen making the most of a Safety Car to take Sunday’s win last year.

Recent form suggests the team will again pose a threat for victory this weekend, although an improvement in qualifying pace will be required to knock off the FPR and T8 juggernaut in a conventional race.

Although Holdsworth is still looking for his first SBR podium, all three drivers look ready to take a breakthrough victory.

#4 Lee Holdsworth Team: IRWIN Racing Born: 2 February 1983.

V8SC debut: Sandown, 2004 Starts: 208 Wins: 2 Career Highlights: 1st 2010 V8 Supercars Race 26 (Sydney), 1st 2007 V8 Supercars Round 8 (Oran Park), 3rd 2009 Bathurst 1000, 7th 2010 V8 Supercars Championship

#9 Shane van Gisbergen Team: SP Tools Racing Born: 9 May 1989 V8SC deubt: Oran Park, 2007 Starts: 145 Wins: 2 Career Highlights: 1st 2011 ITM400 Hamilton (Race 6), 1st 2011 Skycity Triple Crown (Race 12), 2005/06 NZ FFord Champion, 2nd 2006/07 Toyota Racing Series

#47 Tim Slade Team: Lucky 7 Racing Born: 3 August 1985 V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2009 Starts: 90 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2nd 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 7th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series, 9th 2011 V8 Supercars Championship

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Ford Performance Racing

THE BAGMAN’S SAY...

Ford Performance Racing is the undisputed favourite heading into the weekend on the account of the fact that between them, Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom have won nine of the season’s first 11 races, including the last seven in succession.

David Reynolds meanwhile continues to show impressive speed, with the #55 entry leading the opening lap of both Phillip Island encounters. Reynolds will this weekend remain in the chassis that he used at Phillip Island, having claimed to find a speed improvement when stepping back to the older car. A clean run in either race this weekend will likely see Reynolds with a maiden podium finish.

Base: Campbelfield, Victoria Car: Ford Falcon FG Chassis: Ford Performance Racing Engines: Ford Performance Racing Team principal: Tim Edwards

#5 Mark Winterbottom Team: Orrcon Steel FPR Born: 20 May 1981 V8SC debut: Sandown, 2003 Starts: 255 Wins: 20 Career Highlights: 1st 2006 Sandown 500, 1st 2003 V8 Supercars Development Series, 2nd 2008 V8 Supercars Championship, 2nd 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship

#6 Will Davison Team: Tradingpost FPR Born: 30 August 1982 V8SC debut: Winton, 2004 Starts: 205 Wins: 12 Career Highlights: 1st 2009 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2009 Phillip Island 500, 2nd 2009 V8 Supercars Championship, 2001 Australian Formula Ford Champion

#55 David Reynolds Team: The Bottle-O Racing Born: July 1985.

V8SC debut: Sandown, 2007 Starts: 60 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Champion, 2004 Australian Formula Ford Champion, 4th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series

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Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Driver Profiles

Kelly Racing Base: Braeside, Victoria Car: Holden Commodore VEII Chassis: Kelly Racing Engines: Kelly Racing Team principals: Rick and Todd Kelly

#7 Todd Kelly

THE BAGMAN’S SAY...

Rick Kelly took his team to victory on Saturday at Hidden Valley last year, but it’ll take a major turnaround in the team’s 2012 form to see a repeat this weekend.

The team has openly admitted that its Nissan Car of the Future program is currently taking up the bulk of its resources, making results during the remainder of this season potentially hard to come by.

The squad has been further destabilised with the news that Greg Murphy will miss the next three months with a back injury.

Top 10 finishes will be a strong result for either of the Jack Daniel’s backed cars here, while its other two entries should be looking for the top 20.

Team: Jack Daniel’s Racing Born: 9 October 1979 V8SC debut: Eastern Creek, 1999 Starts: 367 Wins: 19 Career Highlights: 1st 2005 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2003 Sandown 500, 2nd 1998 Australian Drivers’ Championship, 2nd 2006 Bathurst 1000, 2nd 2006 Bathurst 1000

#11 Karl Reindler Team: Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Born: 18 April 1985 V8SC debut: Bathurst, 2008 Starts: 67 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2004 Australian F3 Champion, 8th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series, 3rd 2006 A1GP Shanghai Feature Race

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#15 Rick Kelly Team: Jack Daniel’s Racing Born: 7 January 1983 V8SC debut: Queensland, 2001 Starts: 308 Wins: 12 Career Highlights: 2006 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2003 & 2004 Bathurst 1000 , 2001 Australian Drivers’ Champion, 2nd 2000 Australian Formula Ford Championship

#51 David Russell Team: Pepsi Max Crew Born: 4 January 1982 V8SC debut: Bathurst, 2003 Starts: 8 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 3rd 2009 and 2011 V8 Supercars Development Series, 3rd 2008 Australian Carrera Cup, 5th 2010 V8 Supercars Development Series

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Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Driver Profiles

Brad Jones Racing Base: Albury, Victoria Car: Holden Commodore VEII Chassis: Walkinshaw Racing Engines: Noonan Race Engines Team principals: Brad and Kim Jones

THE BAGMAN’S SAY...

Jason Bright looms as the biggest dark horse of all in the Top End having shown exceptional qualifying pace over the last two events. Bright has started four of the last five races in the top five, and has backed up that speed with five consecutive top 10 finishes, including a podium in Race 11 at Phillip Island.

Team-mate Fabian Coulthard meanwhile had a shocking run in the races at Phillip Island, but has started five of the last six races in the top 10, and can be expected to once again mix it among the top half of the field this weekend.

#8 Jason Bright Team: Team BOC Born: 7 March 1973 V8SC debut: Symmons Plains, 1997 Starts: 394 Wins: 30 Career Highlights: 1st 1998 Bathurst 1000, 1995 Australian Formula Ford Champion, 1997 Australian Drivers’ Champion, 1st 2006 Sandown 500

#14 Fabian Coulthard Team: Lockwood Racing Born: 28 July 1982 V8SC debut: Oran Park, 2004 Starts: 167 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Champion, 2001 NZ Formula Ford Champion, 3rd 2004 Australian Carrera Cup, 4th 2000 NZ Formula Ford Championship

#21 David Wall Team: Wilson Security Racing Born: 1 January 1983 V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2009 Starts: 17 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2009 & 2010 Australian GT Champion, 3rd 2007 Australian GT Championship, 11th 2011 V8 Supercars Development Series

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Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Driver Profiles

THE BAGMAN’S SAY...

Dick Johnson Racing

Hidden Valley was one of Dick Johnson Racing’s stronger events last year, with Steve Johnson emerging from the late-race carnage to take second in the opening race.

The team’s four drivers have scored just four top 10 finishes from the first 11 races this year however, with Johnson himself having recorded a best of just 10th.

DJR has been in the news since Phillip Island, with confirmation that Charlie Schwerkolt will take his #18 license from the team next season potentially increasing the pressure on James Moffat for the second half of the year.

Base: Yatla, Queensland Car: Ford Falcon FG Chassis: Triple Eight Race Engineering Engines: InnoV8 (Roger Higgins) Team principal: Dick Johnson

#12 Dean Fiore Team: Jim Beam Racing Born: 1 December 1983 V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2009 Starts: 91 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2nd 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 4th 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 5th 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

#17 Steven Johnson Team: Jim Beam Racing Born: 6 September 1974 V8SC debut: Oran Park, 1994 Starts: 396 Wins: 3 Career Highlights: 1st 2001 Queensland 500, 1st 2001 Canberra 400, 5th 2001 V8 Supercars Championship, 6th 2009 V8 Supercars Championship

Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Driver Profiles

#18 James Moffat Team: Team Norton DJR Born: 18 June 1984 V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2010 Starts: 41 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2nd 2009 V8 Development Series, 3rd 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 3rd 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship

#49 Steve Owen Team: VIP Petfoods Racing Born: 18 December 1974 V8SC debut: Bathurst, 1999 Starts: 145 Wins: 1 Career Highlights: 1st 2008 & 2010 V8 Supercars Development Series, 1st 2010 V8 Supercars Race 20 (Gold Coast), 2nd 1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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Tekno Autosports

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Tekno Autosports underlined its claim to being a top 10 contender at Phillip Island, with Jonathon Webb taking a pair of impressive seventh place finishes at the Victorian venue.

Both Webb and team-mate Michael Patrizi have shown that they can run in the top half of the field in what is clearly high-quality equipment.

There is nothing to suggest that the team’s recent form won’t continue this weekend at Hidden Valley.

Base: Stapylton, Queensland Car: Holden Commodore VEII Chassis: Triple Eight Race Engineering Engines: KRE Team principal: Jonathon Webb

#19 Jonathon Webb Team: Tekno Autosports Born: 10 December 1983 V8SC debut: Sandown, 2006 Starts: 72 Wins: 1 Career Highlights: 1st 2009 V8 Supercars Development Series, 3rd 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 2010 V8 Supercars Race 26 winner

#91 Michael Patrizi Team: Tekno Autosports Born: 4 May 1984 V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2008 Starts: 41 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2nd 2005 Formula BMW Asia,, 8th 2006 Formula BMW UK, 18th 2007 Formula 3 Euroseries, 6th 2011 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

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Garry Rogers Motorsport

THE BAGMAN’S SAY...

Hidden Valley has proven to be one of Garry Rogers Motorsport’s stronger circuits in recent years. Lee Holdsworth ran strongly in the team’s #33 car here for much of Sunday’s race last year before a late-race Safety Car ruined his tyre strategy.

The Top End circuit is also the scene of Michael Caruso’s only career race win, which came in a mixed tyre race in 2009.

Caruso currently sits 13th in the points standings depsite a tough run at Phillip Island, and can be expected to run at least on the heels of the top 10 here.

Team-mate Alexandre Premat meanwhile is mired down in 25th in the standings having qualified inside the top 20 just twice so far.

Base: Knoxfield, Victoria Car: Holden Commodore VEII Chassis: Garry Rogers Motorsport Engines: Walkinshaw Racing Team principal: Garry Rogers

#33 Alexandre Premat Team: Fujitsu Racing GRM Born: 5 April 1982 V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2012 Starts: 11 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2008 Le Mans Series Champion, 1st 2005-06 A1 GP Series (Team France), 1st 2004 Macau Grand Prix, 1st 2004 Masters of F3

#34 Michael Caruso Team: Fujitsu Racing GRM Born: 25 May 1983 V8SC debut: Bathurst, 2006 Starts: 131 Wins: 1 Career Highlights: 2003 Australian Formula 3 Champion, 3rd 2009 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2009 V8 Supercars Race 10 (Hidden Valley), 2nd 2007 V8 Supercars Development Series

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Tony D’Alberto Racing Base: Knoxfield, Victoria Car: Ford Falcon FG Chassis: Ford Performance Racing Engines: Ford Performance Racing Team principal: Al D’Alberto

THE BAGMAN’S SAY...

Tony D’Alberto’s up-and-down season continued at Phillip Island, with the team’s customer FPR chassis failing to mirror to the immense pace of the Prodrive-run cars.

Twenty-second in the standings doesn’t truly represent the potential in this entry however, with three DNFs having stifled progress.

Qualifying in the top half of the field for the first time since Hamilton is likely to be a precondition for a return to top 10 finishes this weekend.

#3 Tony D’Alberto Team: Team Hiflex Born: 9 December 1985 V8SC debut: Sandown, 2005 Starts: 133 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 1st 2007 V8 Supercars Development Series, 6th 2007 Bathurst 1000, 5th 2005 V8 Supercars Development Series, 9th 2011 Bathurst 1000

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Base: Nunawading, Victoria Car: Holden Commodore VEII Chassis: Triple Eight Race Engineering Engines: KRE Team principal: Lucas Dumbrell

THE BAGMAN’S SAY...

Taz Douglas heads to Hidden Valley following a return to the top 20 at Phillip Island. After a horrid weekend at Barbagallo, the iSelect Commodore recorded quiet 20th and 18th place results in the two legs of the Phillip Island 300, moving the DVS graduate up to 23rd in the points standings.

More visits to the top 20 can surely be the only expectation for this weekend, with the team’s stunning Symmons Plains form now somewhat of a distant memory.

#30 Taz Douglas Team: Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Born: 11 February 1985 V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2009 Starts: 16 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 1st 2010 V8 Supercars Development Series Sandown Race 2, 8th 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 9th 2009 V8 Supercars Development Series

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Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Race Stats

Championship Standings Pos 1

Driver Will Davison

Team Trading Post FPR

Car Ford Falcon FG

Pts 1216

2

Jamie Whincup

TeamVodafone

Holden Commodore VE

1206

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Mark Winterbottom Craig Lowndes Shane Van Gisbergen Lee Holdsworth Tim Slade Garth Tander Fabian Coulthard Rick Kelly Jason Bright Todd Kelly Michael Caruso Russell Ingall

Orrcon Steel FPR TeamVodafone SP Tools Racing IRWIN Racing Lucky 7 Racing Holden Racing Team Lockwood Racing Jack Daniel’s Racing Team BOC Jack Daniel’s Racing Fujitsu Racing GRM Supercheap Auto Racing

Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE

1187 977 953 932 879 816 766 673 672 648 597 596

15 16 17 18 19 20

Steven Johnson James Courtney David Reynolds Michael Patrizi Jonathon Webb Dean Fiore

Jim Beam Racing Holden Racing Team The Bottle-O Racing Tekno Autosports Tekno Autosport Jim Beam Racing

Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon FG

596 587 546 540 526 498

21 22 23 24 25

Steve Owen Tony D’Alberto Taz Douglas Karl Reindler Alexandre Premat

VIP Petfoods Racing Tony D’Alberto Racing Team iSelect Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Fujitsu Racing GRM

Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE

497 425 396 381 369

26 27 28 29

David Wall Greg Murphy James Moffat David Russell

Wilson Security Racing Pepsi Max Crew Team Norton DJR Pepsi Max Crew

Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE

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Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Race Stats

2012 SEASON STATISTICS Race Wins

Fastest Laps

Will Davison 6, Mark Winterbottom 3,

Mark Winterbottom 3, Jamie Whincup 2,

Jamie Whincup 2

Garth Tander 2, Craig Lowndes 2, James Courtney 1, Will Davison 1

Pole Positions Jamie Whincup 3, Craig Lowndes 3,

Podiums

Garth Tander 2, Mark Winterbottom 2,

Will Davison 9, Jamie Whincup 8, Mark

Will Davison 1

Winterbottom 7, Garth Tander 3, Shane van Gisbergen 2, Craig Lowndes 2, Tim Slade, Jason Bright 1

Results overview Qualifying Results

Race Results

#

Driver

Best

Worst

Average Best

Worst

Average

1

Jamie Whincup

1

5

3.7

1

4

4.6

2

Garth Tander

1

20

7.3

3

28

11.8

3

Tony D'Alberto

6

23

17.1

8

28

18.5

4

Lee Holdsworth

4

15

10.2

4

21

8.3

5

Mark Winterbottom

1

10

3.8

1

23

5.0

6

Will Davison

1

9

3.8

1

25

5.8

7

Todd Kelly

11

21

16.5

8

23

14.8

8

Jason Bright

2

27

15.4

4

28

13.5

9

Shane Van Gisbergen

2

14

8.5

2

22

8.8

11

Karl Reindler

25

28

26.1

17

25

21.3

12

Dean Fiore

11

26

20.5

15

22

17.5

14

Fabian Coulthard

6

17

11.1

4

16

11.6

15

Rick Kelly

5

15

12.5

5

20

13.7

17

Steven Johnson

7

24

14.9

10

21

15.4

18

James Moffat

9

20

16.9

14

28

21.5

19

Jonathon Webb

4

23

11.7

9

27

16.0

21

David Wall

22

28

26.0

18

28

22.5

22

James Courtney

8

28

15.8

5

26

15.2

30

Taz Douglas

8

27

22.1

12

27

21.4

33

Alexandre Premat

11

28

22.6

13

28

21.3

34

Michael Caruso

10

22

18.0

7

25

15.5

47

Tim Slade

6

20

11.7

4

15

8.7

49

Steve Owen

5

23

15.9

6

28

17.5

51

Greg Murphy

17

27

21.9

11

27

18.1

55

David Reynolds

3

11

5.5

6

26

15.6

66

Russell Ingall

16

28

21.6

10

25

15.1

91

Michael Patrizi

9

28

18.4

5

27

16.5

888

Craig Lowndes

1

16

5.7

3

28

7.5

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Hidden Valley Winners Year 2011 2010 2009 2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

Driver Shane van Gisbergen Rick Kelly Jamie Whincup Mark Winterbottom Michael Caruso Jamie Whincup Steven Richards Garth Tander Mark Winterbottom Craig Lowndes Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife Craig Lowndes Jason Bright Mark Skaife Garth Tander Todd Kelly Todd Kelly Todd Kelly Rick Kelly Russell Ingall Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ambrose Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Jason Bright Mark Skaife Greg Murphy Russell Ingall Garth Tander Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Jason Bright Russell Ingall Russell Ingall Russell Ingall Russell Ingall Craig Lowndes

Team Stone Brothers Racing Jack Daniel’s Racing TeamVodafone Ford Performance Racing Garry Rogers Motorsport TeamVodafone Ford Performance Racing Toll Holden Racing Team Ford Performance Racing TeamVodafone TeamVodafone Holden Racing Team Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Performance Racing Holden Racing Team HSV Dealer Team Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Kmart Racing Stone Brothers Racing Stone Brothers Racing Stone Brothers Racing Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Kmart Racing Castrol Perkins Racing Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Stone Brothers Racing Castrol Perkins Racing Castrol Perkins Racing Castrol Perkins Racing Castrol Perkins Racing Holden Racing Team

Car Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE II Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon BF Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon BF Ford Falcon BF Ford Falcon BF Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon BA Ford Falcon BA (Reverse Grid) Holden Commodore VZ Holden Commodore VZ Holden Commodore VZ Holden Commodore VZ Holden Commodore VY Holden Commodore VY Ford Falcon BA Ford Falcon BA Ford Falcon BA Holden Commodore VY Holden Commodore VX Holden Commodore VX Holden Commodore VX Holden Commodore VX Holden Commodore VX Holden Commodore VX Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VT Ford Falcon AU Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VT

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Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Race Stats

Past ATCC/V8SC Champions Year

Driver Team

Car

2011

Jamie Whincup

Triple Eight Race Engineering

Holden Commodore VE

2010

James Courtney

Dick Johnson Racing

Ford Falcon FG

2009

Jamie Whincup

Triple Eight Race Engineering

Ford Falcon FG

2008

Jamie Whincup

Triple Eight Race Engineering

Ford Falcon BF

2007

Garth Tander

Toll HSV Dealer Team

Holden Commodore VE

2006

Rick Kelly

Toll HSV Dealer Team

Holden Commodore VZ

2005

Russell Ingall

Stone Brothers Racing

Ford Falcon BA

2004

Marcos Ambrose

Stone Brothers Racing

Ford Falcon BA

2003

Marcos Ambrose

Stone Brothers Racing

Ford Falcon BA

2002

Mark Skaife

Holden Racing Team

Holden Commodore VX

2001

Mark Skaife

Holden Racing Team

Holden Commodore VX

2000

Mark Skaife

Holden Racing Team

Holden Commodore VT

1999

Craig Lowndes

Holden Racing Team

Holden Commodore VS/VT

1998

Craig Lowndes

Holden Racing Team

Holden Commodore VS/VT

1997

Glenn Seton

Glenn Seton Racing

Ford Falcon EL

1996

Craig Lowndes

Holden Racing Team

Holden Commodore VR

1995

John Bowe

Dick Johnson Racing

Ford Falcon EF

1994

Mark Skaife

Gibson Motor Sport

Holden Commodore VP

1993

Glenn Seton

Glenn Seton Racing

Ford Falcon EB

1992

Mark Skaife

Winfield Team Nissan

Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R

1991

Jim Richards

Gibson Motor Sport

Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R

1990

Jim Richards

Gibson Motor Sport

Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R, R32 GT-R

1989

Dick Johnson

Dick Johnson Racing

Ford Sierra RS500

1988

Dick Johnson

Dick Johnson Racing

Ford Sierra RS500

1987

Jim Richards

JPS Team BMW

BMW M3 E30

1986

Robbie Francevic

Volvo Dealer Team

Volvo 240T

1985

Jim Richards

JPS Team BMW

BMW 635CSi

1984

Dick Johnson

Dick Johnson Racing

Ford Falcon XE

1983

Allan Moffat

Peter Stuyvesant Racing

Mazda RX-7

1982

Dick Johnson

Dick Johnson Racing

Ford Falcon XD

1981

Dick Johnson

Dick Johnson Racing

Ford Falcon XD

1980

Peter Brock

Marlboro Holden Dealer Team

Holden Commodore VB

1979

Bob Morris

Ron Hodgson Channel 7 Racing

Holden Torana LX SS A9X

1978

Peter Brock

Marlboro Holden Dealer Team

Holden Torana LX SS A9X

1977

Allan Moffat

Moffat Ford Dealers

Ford Falcon XB GT, XC

1976

Allan Moffat

Allan Moffat Racing

Ford Falcon XB GT

1975

Colin Bond

Marlboro Holden Dealer Team

Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34

1974

Peter Brock

Marlboro Holden Dealer Team

Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1, LH SL/R 5000

1973

Allan Moffat

Ford Motor Company

Ford Falcon XY GTHO Phase III

1972

Bob Jane

Bob Jane Racing Team

Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1

1971

Bob Jane

Bob Jane Racing Team

Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1

1970

Norm Beechey

Shell Racing Team

Holden Monaro HT GTS350

1969

Ian Geoghegan

Mustang Team

Ford Mustang

1968

Ian Geoghegan

Mustang Team

Ford Mustang

1967

Ian Geoghegan

Mustang Team

Ford Mustang

1966

Ian Geoghegan

Total Team

Ford Mustang

1965

Norm Beechey

Neptune Racing Team

Ford Mustang

1964

Ian Geoghegan

Total Team

Ford Cortina GT

1963

Bob Jane

Bob Jane

Jaguar 3.8 Litre Mk II

1962

Bob Jane

Bob Jane

Jaguar 3.8 Litre Mk II

1961

Bill Pitt

Bill Pitt

Jaguar 3.4 Litre

1960

David McKay

David McKay

Jaguar 3.4 Litre

Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Event Schedule

Schedule of Events Saturday

Thursday Start

Finish

Category

1210

1300

Duration

Session

Start

Finish

Category

Duration

V8 Supercars

Transporter Parade

0815

0835

Safety & Course Car Rides

20 minutes

1500

V8 Supercars

Organisers Meeting

0840

0900

V8 Utes

20 minutes

Qualifying (post)

1630

V8 Supercars

Team Manager’s Briefing

0910

0925

Imp. Prod/Commodore Cup/HQ

8 Laps

Race 1

0935

0955

Formula 3

20 minutes

Qualifying

1005

1025

Touring Car Masters

20 minutes

Qualifying

1030

1050

Demonstration Events

20 minutes

1100

1120

V8 Supercars

20 minutes

Qualifying (TX)

1130

1150

V8 Utes

12 Laps

Race 1 (post)

1205

1215

Imp. Prod/Commodore Cup/HQ

8 Laps

Race 2

1225

1245

Formula 3

12 Laps

Race 1 (time certain)

1255

1325

V8 Supercars

30 minutes

Top Ten Shootout (TX)

1330

1345

Demonstration Events

15 minutes

1350

1410

Touring Car Masters

12 laps

Race 1 (TX) (time certain)

1420

1445

V8 Utes

14 laps

Race 2 (TX) (time certain)

1450

1510

Demonstration Events

20 minutes

Friday Start

Finish

Category

0830

1000

V8 Supercars

Duration

0800

0830

Imp. Prod/Commodore Cup/HQ

30 Minutes

Closed track

10 Minutes

Session Document Check Practice

0840

0900

V8 Utes

20 Minutes

Practice 1

0910

0930

Touring Car Masters

20 minutes

Practice 1

0940

1010

Formula 3

30 minutes

Practice 1

1025

1055

V8 Supercars

30 minutes

Practice – Part 1

1105

1120

Demonstration events

15 minutes

1125

1145

Imp. Prod/Commodore Cup/HQ

20 minutes

Qualifying

1200

1230

V8 Supercars

30 minutes

Practice – Part 2

1240

1300

V8 Utes

20 minutes

Practice 2

1305

1320

Demonstration events

15 minutes

1335

1405

V8 Supercars

30 minutes

Closed track

10 minutes

1415

1435

Touring Car Masters

20 minutes

Closed track

5 minutes

Practice – Part 3

1505

V8 Supercars

Fuel Fill Check

1515

V8 Supercars

20 Minute Signal

1520

V8 Supercars

Pit Exit Open

V8 Supercars

Pit Exit Closed

1525 1535

V8 Supercars

Practice 2

1440

1500

Formula 3

20 minutes

Practice 2

1515

1545

V8 Supercars

30 minutes

Practice – Part 4

Session

42 laps or one lap after 1645

V8 Supercars

Race 12 - 120km (Live) Podium

Sunday

1555

1610

V8 Utes

15 minutes

Meeting Rides

Start

1610

1625

Touring Car Masters

15 minutes

Meeting Rides

0815

0835

Course & Safety Car Rides

20 minutes

1630

1700

V8 Supercars

30 minutes

Meeting Rides

0840

0855

Imp. Prod/Commodore Cup/HQ

8 Laps

Race 3

Closed track

5 minutes

0905

0925

Formula 3

12 Laps

Race 2

V8TV Session

15 minutes

0935

0955

Touring Car Masters

12 laps

Race 2

Closed track

5 minutes

1000

1020

Demonstration Events

20 minutes

Safety & Course Car Rides

15 minutes

1030

1050

V8 Utes

12 Laps

1100

1110

Drivers’ Harley Parade

10 minutes

1120

1135

Imp. Prod/Commodore Cup/HQ

8 Laps

1140

1155

Demonstration Events

15 minutes

1205

1230

Formula 3

14 Laps

Race 3 (time certain)

1240

1300

V8 Supercars

20 minutes

Qualifying

1305

1315

Demonstration Events

10 minutes

1325

1345

V8 Utes

12 laps

Race 4 (TX) (time certain)

1355

1415

Touring Car Masters

12 laps

Race 3 (time certain)

1420

1440

Demonstration Events

20 minutes

1705 1725 1735

1720 1740

V8 Supercars

Drivers & Competitors Briefing

Finish

Category

Duration

Session

Race 3 (post) Race 4

1440

V8 Supercars

Fuel Fill Check

1445

V8 Supercars

20 Minute Signal

1450

V8 Supercars

Pit Exit Open

1455 1505

V8 Supercars V8 Supercars V8 Supercars

Pit Exit Closed 69 Laps or 1 lap Race 13 - 200km (Live) after 1645 Podium

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