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Races 16/17 - Ipswich I Introduction

Season of Endurance The phrase ‘Season of Endurance’ has been used by V8 Supercars in recent years to co-promote its two longest races, but in 2012 it has taken on a whole new meaning.

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For many teams, the enormity of the task of running a Car of the Future development program alongside its regular racing operations is really starting to hit home. The traditionally draining back half of the season - which this year packs six events into just nine weeks - has yet to begin, but there’ll be no shortage of weary faces in the paddock at Queensland Raceway this weekend. Counting the ‘days in lieu’ owed to engineering staff alone would likely give a significant insight into the strain currently being placed on staff as the teams continue to design, produce, and in some cases redesign, components to the continually evolving 2013 regulations. Triple Eight’s first team-built COTF will sit proudly in the paddock for fans to observe this weekend, but the task of having it ready in time has been far from an easy one. The need to complete the car with its own components was a much-publicised challenge brought about by the lack of complete regulations, but the stories of engines being installed and mapped in the wee hours of the morning give an indication as to the dedication required by the crews involved. The big teams of course have workshop-based staff that can continue to toil over the new vehicles while the bulk of the crew are away racing, but the drain on resources is unquestionable. Time, as well as money, is proving increasingly precious, and the form of this year’s field as the season enters its second half will be more interesting to watch than ever as some teams shift a greater and greater emphasis onto the new vehicles. Triple Eight and Ford Performance Racing have shared all 15 race wins between them so far this year, and it’s hard to imagine that the behind-thescenes slog will do anything but strengthen the collective dominance of the category’s heavy-hitters. For the Triple Eight crew members required to return to the track for their COTF’s first proper test on Monday, at least they will likely do so with a hint of champagne still in the air... Green means go!

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Steven Johnson on turning DJRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season around

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Races 16/17 - Ipswich I Cover Story

t’s been a tough season for Dick Johnson Racing. The proud Queensland squad expanded to four cars in the 2011/2012 off-season, adding cars for Steve Owen and Dean Fiore alongside second-year driver James Moffat and team stalwart Steven Johnson. The quartet head to Queensland Raceway just 18th, 21st, 27th and 15th in the points respectively, but can draw some confidence from a rejuvenated effort late-time out

in Townsville that was highlighted by a second-row start for Owen on Saturday.

Championship, but your team has only just completed its first test day ...

In the below interview, Steven Johnson tells Speedcafe.com’s Grant Rowley about the team’s recent test day, his goals for the remainder of the season and why it’s important not to be distracted by the incoming Car of the Future...

STEVE JOHNSON: It’s been a massive year, for both our team and everyone in the sport. For us, we’ve changed to four cars, and everyone has the new Car of the Future coming along next year.

SPEEDCAFE: We’re more than half way through the 2012 V8 Supercars

Up until now, there was no point going testing until we had a decent program to test with. There’s no use going to

Queensland Raceway to change springs and bars. It’s a waste of a day and money. We wanted to make sure that we had some key things to test and a proper program behind it. We’re going to do at least one more test day before Sandown, and probably have another one before Bathurst too. We’ll get to our four days pretty easily. We’re working through it, doing it methodically and edging our way back to the

front. Townsville was a good meeting for us, and now with a test day under our belt, it’s hopefully all a step in the right direction and we can really start to get some decent results. SPEEDCAFE: Townsville saw all four DJR cars enjoy a good turn of speed over different parts of the weekend. Is there something that you can put that down to? JOHNSON: I hate saying “going back to basics,” but we’re going back to stuff we

know and what we work with best. That’s pretty much what we’ve tried to do. We could quite easily get yourself lost in trying to take new directions, trying to find that massive loss of speed that we feel we’re missing this year. When you think about it, sure, we’re not at the pointy end like we were in for most of last year’s championship, but we’re not far Continue on page 9 >>

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off. If we only gain a little bit, we’re going to gain a lot. We certainly haven’t lost our head. We’re all thinking the right way. We’ll just keep working hard and edging our way back forward. It’s very easy to lose sight of this car, because of the Car of the Future, but as I said to everybody at DJR, podiums and wins this year will feel as good this year compared to what they’ll feel next year. We can’t lose our focus on the job that we’ve got to do. SPEEDCAFE: So after a stronger run at Townsville, plus a test, what’s your expectations ahead of your home track’s race this weekend? JOHNSON: We have a lot of confidence. We had strong results from both cars (Johnson took a seventh and a sixth from the two races). I really think that we can repeat that, even though we didn’t step on the podium.

If we can do that, I think we can solidly run up there, we’ll inside the top six and put on a good result for the likes of Jim Beam, Norton and VIP Petfoods. There’s always a little bit of extra pressure being your home track, but it’s a home track to a lot of teams. It will be tough, but it would be amazing to walk away with a couple of trophies. SPEEDCAFE: And a return to the familiar white Jim Beam livery ... JOHNSON: That’s right. The team has changed the livery for Queensland Raceway, which was always planned. As a team, we’ve had some good results with white Jim Beam liveries. Not that I’m superstitious, but I hope it brings us a change of fortune. SPEEDCAFE: You’re currently 15th in the championship. We’re generally used to seeing you right inside the top 10. Do you

have a goal to reach by the end of the season? JOHNSON: We wanted to finish this year well inside the top 10. At this point last year, we were about fifth or sixth. It’s going to be tough for us to get to that point now. If we can finish this year off as good as what we started last year, I think we can definitely finish near the top eight. We just need to have a good end to the year, have a good endurance season and have a bit of luck go our way. If you look at the points, we’re not far away from the top 10, so one good round will push us up there closer to the top 10. Although it’s frustrating being back in 15th, a couple of good races could really move us forward.

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Races 16/17 - Ipswich I Circuit Info

Queensland Raceway Location: Ipswich, Queensland Length: 3.12 kilometres Direction: Clockwise Maximum speed: 255km/h Fastest Point: Back Straight Slowest Point: Turn 3

Circuit Description

Event Format:

Friday: Practice: 2 x 30 min, 2 x 20 min Saturday: Practice: 1 x 30 min Qualifying: 1 x 20 min Race: 1 x 140km

Queensland Raceway was quickly dubbed the ‘Paperclip’ when it was opened in 1999 because of its six-turn design and lack of elevation. It has been resurfaced since the V8 Supercars Championship last visited in August 2011 and is the home test circuit to 11 of the field’s 28 cars.

Sunday: Practice: 1 x 30 min Qualifying: 1 x 20 min Race: 1 x 200km

V8 Supercars Qualifying Lap Record:

Teams will have eight new hard compound and 16 new soft compound tyres available to them across the weekend. They will have to use at least one set of each compound in each of the races.

John Bowe, Ford Falcon AU, 1m09.2594s, 1999

V8 Supercars Race Lap Record: Jamie Whincup, Holden Commodore VE II, 1m10.1637s, 2011

Tyre Format:

Races 16/17 - Ipswich I Tech Preview

TECH PREVIEW with

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riday is going to be an interesting day for all of the Victorian teams as we sample Queensland Raceway’s new surface for the first time.

I went out to the Queensland test (Triple Eight, Stone Brothers Racing, Dick Johnson Racing and Tekno Autosports all completed a test day on Friday July 27th) last week just to snoop around the race track looking at what sort of lap times people were doing on the new surface. The most notable thing for me was that it still looks reasonably bumpy into Turns 1 and 3, so it’s still going to be a challenge getting the cars slowed down into those corners. At Willowbank and also where the Victorian teams test at Winton, laps times virtually change with the wind, but the speeds we were seeing at last week’s test weren’t significantly faster than at the race meeting last year. When the first Willowbank surface went down people were doing 9s and 10s on hard tyres, and I think some people were expecting it to go back to that sort of speed, but I think that’s a bit optimistic. If the conditions are right though I think we’ll all be around 0.5s faster than last year, so the lap record (1:10.16s set by Jamie Whincup in 2011) should still fall. Jamie did a 9.4 on good tyres at (the equivalent of ) qualifying

time during the test, and the COTF prototypes were lapping in the mid-9s on good tyres earlier this year, so I’d expect low 1:09s in qualifying (qualifying record currently stands at 1:09.26s, set by John Bowe in the circuit’s first year of use, 1999). For those of us that haven’t tested there we’ll have to see what difference the new surface will make to tyre wear. The surface is nothing like anything I’ve seen in terms of the type of bitumen. I thought it was going to be the same mix as they’ve recommended for most Grand Prix circuits around the world, but it’s something a bit different. The locals who have tested their multiple times say that the new surface hasn’t altered the fact that the track can be really fast one day and slow the next, but we’ll wait and see what it’s like when there’s a lot of rubber on it from a full field of cars. The old surface was very coarse, so it took a long time to actually get rubber into the circuit. I think that the new surface will rubber up better and it’ll go faster, but we won’t know that until we get into the weekend.

Strategy Now that people are starting to get more confident with their tyre life fuel economy becomes even more important. Last year we were seeing guys do 25 laps on the soft tyres, and the fuel window (a full tank of fuel) is about 28 to 30 laps here, so if they did 25 last year they’re not going to blink when it comes to doing that distance on the soft tyre this year. Certainly in the Sunday race we’ll see a repeat of most events where it’ll be a race to the pits to get onto the better tyres (i.e. starting with a short stint on the hard compound before doing two longer runs on the softs). We saw last year here anyone who pitted early made a major gain. I think we’ll be seeing cars pit on Lap 10 or 11, depending on how brave they are with fuel. Testing The Queenslanders aren’t the only ones to have tested since Townsville, as we had our first private day of the year last week.

Winton put on a beautiful day for us, the temperature was fairly consistent throughout the day and the sun was out so we couldn’t have asked for anything more. All three of our co-drivers got plenty of laps, and we were able test some new components, as well as lots of little things that we’ve had on for parts of practice sessions (at race meetings). When the track changes so much and you’ve got no tyres to play with in practice you don’t get clear readings on what’s good, bad or indifferent, so to assess things in a proper test environment was good. Queensland Raceway was obviously a disaster for us last year, but a lot has changed since then. Naturally after Townsville we worked on tyre life during the test and we think we’ve made some gains. A lot of the degradation we saw in Townsville came down to compromises we had to make in order to get the car to turn. We’ll find out what gains we’ve really made as the weekend unfolds.

Races 16/17 - Ipswich I Did you know

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ith four straight wins, TeamVodafone have seized the momentum in the V8 Supercars Championship, however their rivalry with Ford Performance Racing is becoming something quite special in the record books. Between them, the two teams have won all 15 championship races held this year and have an 18 race winning streak that dates back to Sandown last November. The last time two teams dominated the start of the V8 Supercars Championship was back in 1993, when it was still known as the Australian Touring Car Championship. Between them, Glenn Seton Racing (drivers Glenn Seton and Alan Jones) and Dick Johnson Racing (Dick Johnson and John Bowe) won the first 12 races of the season. Peter Brock’s Holden Dealer Team and Dick Johnson’s Tru-Blu Falcon team won 15 straight championship races between them, though that covered the 1981 season and halfway into 1982.

total of 11 different teams have scored podium finishes at Queensland Raceway, though the two teams that dominated last year - Triple Eight Race Engineering and Stone Brothers Racing - lead the way. SBR has had 13 podium finishes at QR since the V8 Supercars Championship debuted at the Ipswich circuit in 1999, while Triple Eight have clocked up 12. Next best is the Holden Racing Team (eight) and Garry Rogers Motorsport (five).

his year’s Coates Hire Ipswich 300 is the 16th V8 Supercars Championship event to be held at Queensland Raceway. There were two events in 1999 and 2000 - one a sprint weekend and the other the 500-kilometre endurance race meaning this year is the 14th actual year of V8 Supercars racing at the circuit. In that time there have been 29 individual races with 17 wins to Holden drivers and 12 wins to Ford pilots.

Races 16/17 - Ipswich I Did you know

upercheap Auto Racing’s Russell Ingall is one of three drivers alongside Garth Tander and Craig Lowndes to have competed in every V8 Supercars Championship event at Queensland Raceway. Ingall’s record at the Ipswich circuit has been quite impressive too. He’s finished in the top three in 18 of 29 races and in the top 10 in 23 of those 29 races. ‘The Enforcer’ - who will equal Peter Brock for third on the all-time event starts list (212) - has three race wins at Queensland Raceway and six podium finishes. Despite a reputation as a poor qualifier, Ingall has qualified in the top 10 on 15 of 18 occasions at his old test circuit from his time with Stone Brothers and Paul Morris Motorsports.

our drivers will make their first V8 Supercars Championship start at Queensland Raceway. Fujitsu Racing GRM’s Frenchman Alex Premat, Jacques Villeneuve (Pepsi Max Crew), David Wall (Wilson Security Racing) and Taz Douglas (Team iSelect) are all making their

‘main game’ debut at the Ipswich circuit. Of the four, only Premat does not have experience at the circuit. Douglas has competed there for the past two years in the Dunlop Series, while Wall has experience in the development category in addition

to the Porsche Carrera Cup and Australian GT Championship. Villeneuve, meanwhile, spent a day at the circuit aboard Ford Performance Racing’s The Bottle-O Falcon in 2010 ahead of his maiden V8 Supercars start alongside Paul Dumbrell at the Armor All Gold Coast 600.

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

It’s hard to look past either of Triple Eight’s entries for victory this weekend. The team has turned the tables on FPR over the last two events, scoring four consecutive race wins despite struggling to match the qualifying pace of the factory Fords. Triple Eight took all three wins here last year with Craig Lowndes, and was one of several teams to test on the resurfaced layout last week. A heavy pre-test COTF workload is the only major factor that could count against this squad completing another clean-sweep.

#1 Jamie Whincup Team: TeamVodafone Born: 6 February 1983 V8SC debut: Queensland, 2002 Starts: 260 Wins: 57 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: 456 Wins: 83 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 16/17 - Ipswich I Driver Profiles

Walkinshaw Racing THE BAGMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SAY... The Holden Racing Team enjoyed a competitive run last time out in Townsville, with Garth Tander returning the factory Holden squad to the podium for the first time since Hamilton, and James Courtney qualifying in the top six for the first time all season. While the team has traditionally fielded competitive cars at the street venue, its Queensland Raceway form is less consistent. Following a strong run in 2010, Tander and Courtney qualified in the back half of the field here for both races last year. An improvement is almost guaranteed this year, although how far into the top 10 Tander can penetrate is always difficult to predict.

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: 425 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: 204 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: 490 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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Stone Brothers Racing Base: Yatla, Queensland Car: Ford Falcon FG Chassis: Stone Brothers Racing Engines: Stone Brothers Racing Team principal: Ross Stone

THE BAGMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SAY... Many eyes will be on Tim Slade this weekend after the Lucky 7 Falcon driver scored his first three career podiums in the three races here last year. SBR endured an uncharacteristically inconsistent weekend in Townsville, where all three drivers found themselves caught up in incidents after mid-pack qualifying efforts. The team has traditionally been one of the best performers at Queensland Raceway however, and has the most experience of the new surface having already undertaken all three of its permitted tests for the year. This weekend undoubtedly represents the squadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best chance yet of ending the T8/FPR stranglehold on the 2013 season.

#4 Lee Holdsworth Team: IRWIN Racing Born: 2 February 1983. V8SC debut: Sandown, 2004 Starts: 212 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: 149 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: 94 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 BAGMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SAY... FPR has continued to prove the benchmark for one-lap speed in recent races, locking out the front-row of the grid for each race in both Darwin and Townsville. All four of those races were won by Triple Eight drivers however, as tyre life and pitstop speed counted against the factory Fords. FPR recently undertook its first test of the season at Winton, where a range of new suspension and steering parts were explored in what was described as a highly productive day. The team may have endured one of its worst weekends of the season here un 2011, but with vastly different cars and a new track surface, FPR should be well in contention to add to its nine victories scored so far this year.

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: 259 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: 209 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: 64 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 16/17 - Ipswich 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... Kelly Racing’s season showed no sign of improvement in Townsville, where 15th on Saturday for Rick Kelly represented the best qualifying position of any of its four entries all weekend. By contrast, the team showed a reasonable turn of speed at Queensland Raceway last year, with Greg Murphy taking a respectable sixth on Saturday. The team has scored just two top six finishes from 60 chances so far this year however, indicating that a repeat of last year’s heroics are unlikely. This weekend sees Jacques Villeneuve return for a second run with the team. Expect a marginally improved run from the Canadian, although the technical nature of the Ipswich layout is unlikely to favour a driver unfamiliar with his vehicle.

Team: Jack Daniel’s Racing Born: 9 October 1979 V8SC debut: Eastern Creek, 1999 Starts: 371 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: 71 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: 312 Wins: 12 Career Highlights: 2006 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2003 & 2004 Bathurst 1000 , 2001 Australian Drivers’ Champion, 2nd 2000 Australian Formula Ford Championship

#51 Jacques Villeneuve Team: Pepsi Max Crew Born: 9 April 1971 V8SC debut: Gold Coast, 2010 Starts: 4 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 1997 World Drivers’ Champion, 1st 1995 Indianapolis 500, 1st 1995 CART World Series, 2nd 2008 Le Mans 24 Hours

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

THE BAGMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SAY... Fabian Coulthard continued to shade team-mate Jason Bright in Townsville, and now holds an 11-4 qualifying record over the 1998 Bathurst winner so far this season. Although a Race 15 collision with Rick Kelly ended a run of consecutive top five finishes, Coulthard is cemented inside the top 10 in the points standings, and will be aiming to add to his eight top 10 results achieved during the campaign thus far. Bright meanwhile will need to improve his qualifying performances if he is to have a shot at a big result.

#8 Jason Bright Team: Team BOC Born: 7 March 1973 V8SC debut: Symmons Plains, 1997 Starts: 398 Wins: 30 Career Highlights: 1st 1998 Bathurst 1000, 1995 Australian Formula Ford Champion, 1997 Australian Driversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Champion, 1st 2006 Sandown 500

#14 Fabian Coulthard Team: Lockwood Racing Born: 28 July 1982 V8SC debut: Oran Park, 2004 Starts: 171 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: 21 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2009 & 2010 Australian GT Champion, 3rd 2007 Australian GT Championship, 11th 2011 V8 Supercars Development Series

Races 16/17 - Ipswich I Driver Profiles

THE BAGMAN’S SAY...

Dick Johnson Racing

Dick Johnson Racing heads to Queensland Raceway with renewed confidence after a promising run in Townsville and a positive preevent Ipswich test. A pair of top six qualifying performances, and a seventh place finish in Race 14, highlighted the team’s resurgence in Townsville, which it should be noted is a circuit that has proven to suit the team’s chassis in the past. Encouragingly, DJR’s most competitive outing of 2011 came at Queensland Raceway, where Steven Johnson and James Moffat both scored a treble of top 10 finishes. This year’s form suggests that Owen and Johnson will lead the team’s quest for its sixth top 10 finish of the season this weekend.

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: 95 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: 400 Wins: 3 Career Highlights: 1st 2001 Queensland 500, 1st 2001 Canberra 400, 5th 2001 V8 Supercars Championship, 6th 2009 V8 Supercars Championship

Races 16/17 - Ipswich I Driver Profiles

#18 James Moffat Team: Team Norton DJR Born: 18 June 1984 V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2010 Starts: 45 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: 149 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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Races 16/17 - Ipswich I Driver Profiles

Tekno Autosports

THE BAGMAN’S SAY... Tekno Autosport drivers Jonathon Webb and Michael Patrizi have both proven regular top 10 runners across the last four events, and there’s little evidence to suggest that will change this weekend. The team joined its fellow Queensland-based outfits at the preevent test on the new surface, and is looking for its eighth top 10 finish in the last six races. While Jonathon Webb failed to shine here last year while running a Triple Eight Ford chassis, the TeamVodafone-run Triple Eight Holdens proved the class of the field, which can only add to the Tekno squad’s confidence.

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: 76 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: 45 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

Races 16/17 - Ipswich I Driver Profiles

Garry Rogers Motorsport

THE BAGMAN’S SAY... Michael Caruso’s top-five finish in Sunday’s race at Hidden Valley was quickly forgotten last time out in Townsville, where neither Caruso nor team-mate Alexandre Premat managed to qualify better than the 10th row across the two races. Premat, in fact, was just 26th fastest in each qualifying session before spending the opening phase of Sunday’s race dicing with Kelly Racing rookie Jacques Villeneuve. The team is one of few not to have tested since Townsville, and should have modest expectations for the Queensland Raceway event.

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: 15 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: 135 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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Races 16/17 - Ipswich I Driver Profiles

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 should head to Queensland Raceway with increased confidence after finding form in Townsville. D’Alberto continued his 2012 trend of showing strong pace on street circuits, with the Hiflex Falcon qualifying an impressive fifth on Saturday before a combination of tyre degradation and a restart incident scuppered his chances of a strong race result. While the privately-prepared FPR Falcon largely out-performed the team’s flagship entries at Queensland Raceway 12 months ago, such a result is highly unlikely to be repeated this year.

#3 Tony D’Alberto Team: Team Hiflex Born: 9 December 1985 V8SC debut: Sandown, 2005 Starts: 137 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... Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport endured a typically up-and-down weekend in Townsville, with a 17th place run on Sunday following a Saturday effort hampered by an opening lap incident. As has been the case at several venues this year, Taz Douglas has yet to compete at Queensland Raceway in a V8 Supercars Championship event, but has plenty of experience at the circuit in Formula Ford and V8 Supercars Development Series competition. Adding to the five top 20 finishes scored so far this season is a clear goal for Douglas this weekend.

#30 Taz Douglas Team: Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Born: 11 February 1985 V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2009 Starts: 20 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 16/17 - Ipswich I Race Stats

Championship Standings Pos 1

Driver Jamie Whincup

Team TeamVodafone

Car Holden Commodore VE

Pts 1794

Mark Winterbottom

Orrcon Steel FPR

Ford Falcon FG

1694

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

Will Davison Craig Lowndes Shane Van Gisbergen Garth Tander Lee Holdsworth Tim Slade Fabian Coulthard David Reynolds Todd Kelly Jason Bright James Courtney Rick Kelly

Trading Post FPR TeamVodafone SP Tools Racing Holden Racing Team IRWIN Racing Lucky 7 Racing Lockwood Racing The Bottle-O Racing Jack Daniel’s Racing Team BOC Holden Racing Team Jack Daniel’s Racing

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

1654 1496 1280 1239 1190 1170 1030 951 885 882 866 844

15 16 17 18 19 20

Steven Johnson Michael Caruso Jonathon Webb Steve Owen Michael Patrizi Russell Ingall

Jim Beam Racing Fujitsu Racing GRM Tekno Autosport VIP Petfoods Racing Tekno Autosports Supercheap Auto Racing

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

815 810 808 742 727 704

21 22 23 24 25

Dean Fiore Tony D’Alberto Taz Douglas Karl Reindler David Wall

Jim Beam Racing Tony D’Alberto Racing Team iSelect Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Wilson Security Racing

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

659 641 518 479 454

26 27 28 29

Alexandre Premat James Moffat Greg Murphy David Russell

Fujitsu Racing GRM Team Norton DJR Pepsi Max Crew Pepsi Max Crew

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

448 446 315 42

Races 16/17 - Ipswich I Race Stats

2012 SEASON STATISTICS Race Wins

Fastest Laps

Will Davison 6, Jamie Whincup 5, Mark

Craig Lowndes 5, Mark Winterbottom 4,

Winterbottom 3, Craig Lowndes 1

Jamie Whincup 2, Garth Tander 2, James Courtney 1, Will Davison 1

Pole Positions Jamie Whincup 3, Craig Lowndes 3, Will

Podiums

Davison 3, Mark Winterbottom 3, Garth

Jamie Whincup 12, Will Davison 11, Mark

Tander 2, David Reynolds 1

Winterbottom 10, Craig Lowndes 5, Garth Tander 4, Shane van Gisbergen 2, Tim Slade 1, Jason Bright 1

Results overview Qualifying Results

Race Results

Driver

Best

Worst

Average Best

Worst

Average

Jamie Whincup

4.0

3.7

Garth Tander

8.7

10.3

Tony D'Alberto

15.9

18.1

Lee Holdsworth

11.3

9.9

Mark Winterbottom

3.4

4.5

Will Davison

3.6

5.8

Todd Kelly

17.1

14.9

Jason Bright

14.9

14.1

Shane Van Gisbergen

9.5

9.3

Karl Reindler

25.7

21.5

Dean Fiore

21.5

18.0

Fabian Coulthard

10.7

12.5

Rick Kelly

13.0

15.2

Steven Johnson

15.1

15.7

James Moffat

17.4

21.2

Jonathon Webb

11.8

15.1

David Wall

25.8

22.2

James Courtney

15.5

14.3

Taz Douglas

22.5

21.1

Alexandre Premat

22.5

21.3

Michael Caruso

17.3

16.1

Tim Slade

12.3

9.7

Steve Owen

14.0

16.4

Greg Murphy

21.9

18.8

David Reynolds

4.6

13.1

Russell Ingall

20.7

17.1

Michael Patrizi

16.7

16.0

888

Craig Lowndes

6.5

6.3

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Past Ipswich Race Winners Year 2011

2010 2009 2008

2007

2006

2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

1999

Driver Craig Lowndes

Team Triple Eight Race Engineering

Car Holden Commodore VEII

Craig Lowndes Craig Lowndes James Courtney James Courtney Will Davison James Courtney Mark Winterbottom Mark Winterbottom James Courtney Garth Tander Garth Tander Garth Tander Garth Tander Mark Skaife Garth Tander Craig Lowndes Marcos Ambrose Russell Ingall D.Besnard/S.Wills P.Radisich/S.Johnson C.Lowndes/M.Skaife Craig Lowndes Craig Lowndes Craig Lowndes L.Perkins/R.Ingall Garth Tander Craig Lowndes Russell Ingall

Triple Eight Race Engineering Triple Eight Race Engineering Jim Beam Racing Jim Beam Racing Toll Holden Racing Team Jim Beam Racing Orrcon Steel FPR Orrcon Steel FPR Stone Brothers Racing Toll HSV Dealer Team Toll HSV Dealer Team Toll HSV Dealer Team Toll HSV Dealer Team Holden Racing Team Toll HSV Dealer Team Triple Eight Race Engineering Stone Brothers Racing Stone Brothers Racing Stone Brothers Racing Dick Johnson Racing Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Perkins Engineering Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Racing Team Perkins Engineering

Holden Commodore VEII Holden Commodore VEII Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon BF Ford Falcon BF Ford Falcon BF Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VZ Holden Commodore VZ Holden Commodore VZ Ford Falcon BA Ford Falcon BA Ford Falcon BA Ford Falcon AU Ford Falcon AU Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VS Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VT

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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

Jaguar 3.8 Litre Mk II

1962

Bob Jane

Jaguar 3.8 Litre Mk II

1961

Bill Pitt

Jaguar 3.4 Litre

1960

David McKay

Jaguar 3.4 Litre

Races 16/17 - Ipswich I Event Schedule

Schedule of Events Friday Start

Finish

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