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Sucrogen Townsville 400 July 8 - 10 2011

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Race Guide It was a blue Sunday at the 2010 Sucrogen Townsville 400, with Orrcon Steel Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom taking the weekend’s biggest trophy

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INTRODUCTION RACE GUIDE TOWNSVILLE SEPANG

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EDITOR/PRODUCTION: Stefan Bartholomaeus NEWS EDITOR: Grant Rowley SALES/MARKETING: Leisa Emberson IMAGES: Edge Photographics QUESTION & ANSWER: Mark Winterbottom

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hile the Holden versus Ford battle that has underpinned the growth of V8 Supercar racing may be on the way out, the re-emergence of Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom as a winning threat may well transform the second half of the 2011 season.

The dominance of TeamVodafone, together with cameo appearances from the Toll Holden Racing Team, Jack Daniel’s Racing and Team BOC, has seen Holden draw within one win of the little heralded Manufacturer’s Award for 2011, and has provided a bleak picture for Blue Oval fans.

As Ford’s flagship team, FPR’s struggle with soft tyre life has been well publicised, and still appears far from sorted.

Two pole positions and a reaffirmation that the team can set the pace on the hard tyre last time out at Hidden Valley has given Winterbottom confidence that a big second half of the season could be in store however.

TECHNICAL: Campbell Little

A strong result this weekend in Townsville will build some much needed momentum for the team as it fights not only the gluttony of competitive Holdens, but the increasingly impressive Stone Brothers Racing Falcon entries.

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While TeamVodafone team-mates Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes may be looking ominously safe at the top of the points table, one can’t help but feel that the best racing of season 2011 is yet to come.

May the best team, and brand, win.

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Q&A with MARK WINTERBOTTOM

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eason 2011 has been a winless one so far for Ford Performance Racing and its star driver Mark Winterbottom.

While the 30-year-old sits just ninth in the championship standings after 13 races, Winterbottom heads to Townsville’s Sucrogen 400 optimistic of a breakthrough performance.

Speedcafe.com’s Stefan Bartholomaeus spoke to the former Development Series title holder ahead of the weekend’s action.

SPEEDCAFE: You’re coming off three consecutive pole positions and you had a great car here last year, so you must rate your chances pretty highly heading into the weekend?

MARK WINTERBOTTOM: I think we’ll go quite well up there. We had a good run there last year, and the car is back where it should be. I think the soft tyre is going to play a big role, so that’ll be different to last year, but at least the car makes sense now, so we know which areas we need to chase.

We had a good test day last week, so it’s all starting to come together. Townsville is very hard to win, we realised last year how hard it was, and we stayed out of trouble and got the victory. It’s certainly one of the toughest ones to win.

SPEEDCAFE: Townsville marks the halfway point of the year (including Albert Park). How do you some up the first half that you’ve had?

WINTERBOTTOM: It’s been pretty average. We’ve had some good results but no race wins, and we should be winning races. We’ve definitely underperformed, but we are starting to hit some form now heading into the big races. It’s a nice time to have form heading towards Bathurst, but having said that we’d prefer to be leading the championship!

The first half hasn’t been good enough, but if we can win Bathurst and some of the other races on the run home, then we can still turn our year around.

SPEEDCAFE: Has it been frustrating at times this year, to be sitting on the grid knowing that you had a fast one-lap car, but you weren’t going to be able to have the pace through the races?

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WINTERBOTTOM: Yes, it’s certainly been frustrating.

When you’re on pole, the absolute worst case should be that you lose a couple of positions and you finish fifth or still find the podium. To go from pole to finish 20th at Winton was embarrassing actually.

So it has been frustrating, but at least pole positions show that I’m getting the most out of the car over the single laps. That gives me confidence and gives the team confidence as we try to make it a good race car.

At Darwin we improved it a lot, which built on what we did at Winton, and it’ll be nice when we can actually go the distance and be competitive for the entire race.

We’ve got the speed, we just need to turn it into a good race car.

SPEEDCAFE: With the way the soft tyre will be implemented this weekend (one set per 200km race), finding success isn’t just about having a fast car over the race distance, there’s a fair bit of luck involved in how the strategies play out as well...

WINTERBOTTOM: Yeah, you’ve got to be strategic, but you’ve got to be lucky as well. In Darwin van Gisbergen won the race, but he was nine seconds behind and just conserving his tyres prior to the Safety Car. So you’ve got to be smart about how you do it, but you’ve got to be lucky as well.

That’s what the soft tyre has been about, mixing things up and making the racing better. You have days where it works for you and days where it works against you. Sometimes you can’t do anything about it, it’s just the way it goes.

SPEEDCAFE: You’ve had a lot going on off-track this year. Has it been hard to keep focussed?

WINTERBOTTOM: When I’m at the track it’s no different (to previous years). Obviously what happens off the track plays a big influence in your life, but when you put the helmet on it doesn’t make your car oversteer or understeer.

I’ve definitely been busy between events, but it has nothing to do with how the car’s handling or your lap time. That’s why getting the pole positions has been good - it proves that you can drive it’s just a matter of sorting the car out.

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CIRCUIT INFO

Located just south of the Townsville CBD, the circuit winds its way through Reid Park where specially constructed roads form approximately 70 percent of the circuit. Set in a parkland style reminiscent of the Albert Park street circuit in Melbourne, the Townsville circuit proved to be a challenge in its inaugural year in 2009 and quickly became a favourite of the drivers.

V8 Supercars Lap Records Qualifying 2009 Race 2009

Garth Tander Fabian Coulthard

Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon FG

1:12.4700s 1:13.4470s

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TECH PREVIEW with

CAMPBELL LITTLE

TECHNICAL by CAMPBELL LITTLE

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his year marks our third visit to the Reid Park Street Circuit.

Since last year they’ve resurfaced a couple of corners (Turn 3 and the Turn 7/8 chicane) with a different aggregate. I don’t think it’ll change the speed of the track it’ll just make it less prone to breaking up which is a problem that we’ve seen here in the past.

They resurfaced the last three corners last year, and they may have had to do some more work after the flooding earlier in the year, but it’s the same for everyone. We’ll just turn up and see what we’ve got.

Set-up Car set-up for Townsville is a real compromise, as there are two distinct facets to the layout.

The first third of it is reasonably fast and requires one sort of set-up, while the last three corners require a completely different car.

You can either have it for one end or the other, you don’t seem to be able to have it at both ends for the

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types of corners that are there.

The final three corners, Turn 11, 12 and 13, are probably the hardest corners, because by that stage you’ve got a lot of left-rear tyre temperature, having come from the high-speed direction change at 8 and 9, and then the long right-hander at 10.

So the cars have a real tendancy to be sideways in the final three corners and you really have to drive out of that as straight as you can, because the tyres really don’t like doing two things at once.

Kerbs The kerbs here are really important here. It’ll be interesting to see what V8 Supercars have got to say about a couple of the kerbs. In the past we’ve seen people taking a very large amount of kerb over the back of the circuit without any consequences.

In Darwin we were told that if you put two wheels off the circuit we’d get a drive-through, but at Indy (Gold Coast) last year we saw the two leaders drive through

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chicane after chicane and got nothing, while the year before you had to give away a couple of positions if we went through a chicane. So it’s really just a matter of guessing what they are going to do next!

Strategy Safety Cars will again play a big part in it. It was really interesting how it worked at Hidden Valley, because things fell the way of the guys that started on softs a little bit with the early Safety Car, as it forced everyone into two long runs to finish the race. But then the opposite happened at the other end of the race (when the Safety Car appeared again), and the guys who started on softs really lost out (Jamie Whincup and Lee Holdsworth).

I think we’re seeing more and more people running the ‘conservative’ option of putting the soft tyre on last, and you’ll only see someone in the first two or three rows start on the soft because they can actually make use of it. That could prove to be completely wrong, but that’s how I’m reading it from the Grand Prix and Darwin.

There are a couple of other strategies that are outside possibilities, such as going soft-hard-soft. If there’s an early Safety Car again like we saw in Darwin, that

is possible. People will be examining all options after their long runs on Friday.

Tyres Having not run them here before, it’s really hard to say how well the soft tyres will last in Townsville. I think most people got fairly good mileage out of them in Darwin. They do tend to get to a point where they start dropping off massively, which is the ‘cliff’ effect they speak of in Formula One. A lot of it seems to depend on how the tyres are treated in their first five or six laps. We’ve seen (Shane) van Gisbergen and (Tim) Slade being very controlled in the first third of their soft tyre stints, and then be very strong at the end.

I think we could have gone into the 1:08s easily at Hidden Valley on a green soft if we’d tried, but the fastest lap for Shane was a 10.6s. The Stones are looking after their tyres better, but it’s not simply the car, they’re using them very smartly as well.

With the track surface in Townsville, last year the tyre deg wasn’t bad at all on hards, so I think that should carry over to the soft. The last three turns will be the interesting ones in terms of tyre wear.

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DID YOU KNOW? Mark Winterbottom is aiming for his fourth straight championship pole position, a feat not achieved since Mark Skaife scored four straight in 1998 for the Holden Racing Team at Winton, Mallala, Barbagallo and Calder.

A driver recording four or more consecutive poles has only occurred nine times in ATCC/V8 Supercars Championship history.

The greatest streak remains Peter Brock’s 13 straight poles across 1979 and 1980, while Allan Moffat took nine straight across the 1971 and 1972 seasons.

The other drivers to achieve the feat are Colin Bond (1975), Dick Johnson (six straight in 1988 and four straight in 1989) and John Bowe (three streaks of four within the 1994, 1995 and 1996 seasons).

Championship leader Jamie Whincup, has been the dominant man in many statistical categories this year and, not surprisingly, he’s also led the most number of laps this season.

The two-time champion has led 276 of 724 laps and led in 9 of the 13 races held in the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship, a rate of 38% laps led.

A driver must lead the field across the start/ finish line on a lap to be considered a lap

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leader. Drivers who take the lead mid-lap but lose it again before the line are not credited with a lap led.

Interestingly, Mark Winterbottom has led the second most number of laps (80) but not yet won a race.

Next best is Rick Kelly (77), Jason Bright (74), Garth Tander (48), Will Davison (35), Shane van Gisbergen (30), James Courtney (23), Steven Johnson (21) and Lee Holdsworth (19).

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The Pepsi Max Crew’s Greg Murphy will not only debut a new-look Commodore in Townsville – he will also start his 400th Australian Touring Car Championship/V8 Supercars Championship race on the Saturday.

The Kiwi sits 10th overall on the all-time event starts list in ATCC/V8SC history with his 400th race in Townsville coming at his 177th event.

Debuting at Calder Park in 1997 for the Holden Racing Team, Murphy sits equal 10th with longtime rival Marcos Ambrose on 28 championship race wins.

Holden is in the box seat to set a record for the earliest Manufacturer’s Award win in V8 Supercar history.

With 11 race wins from the first 13 races, Commodore drivers only need to win four of the remaining 15 races to seal the trophy for the second year in a row for Holden.

Holden won the crown four times between its inception in 1999 and 2002, before following those successes up with wins in 2004, 2007 and 2010.

The Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series is the main support category at the Sucrogen Townsville 400 with a former series winner making a return.

The 2004 Fujitsu Series title holder, Andrew Jones, will return to the category for the first time since clinching the title at Mallala in August 2004. He will drive a Commodore run

by Brad Jones Racing and backed by FlexiHire.

Last year’s Winton Fujitsu Series round winner Cameron McConville will also make an appearance in Ben Eggleston’s ex-Walkinshaw Commodore.

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THE CRAIG LOWNDES GUIDE TO TOWNSVILLE DAYTIME: CRAIG ONON TOWNSVILLE CRAIG PERTH

Townsville is a fantastic town and a really great place to showcase the V8 Supercar Championship. This is the third year we’ve been going to north Queensland and I can’t wait to get up there this weekend. Every time we go back you can see the growth of the event year to year, which is great because I think it was a part of the country that was untapped.

It’s also great to get up to some warm weather at this time of year especially for all the Victorian based teams.

CRAIG ON PERTH CRAIG ON THE REID PARK CIRCUIT

The event itself is a carbon copy of the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide, which is great because it means it works so well. There is an amazing atmosphere at the track across the whole weekend and everything is really accessible. I haven’t had the best run at the circuit in the past, but we’re looking to turn that around this year at what I believe is one of the best events of the year.

HOW TO STAY FOCUSSED DURING THE SEASON I think it’s something I learnt very early on in my career, you really need to have the ability to switch off during the season, so you don’t get burnt out at the races. I’m fortunate that I can escape to the farm and recharge the batteries before I have to come back to work again, but you don’t always have that opportunity during the season.

You need to be able to remove yourself from racing and concentrate on something else, so that when you get back to the track you’re 100% focused.

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NIGHT TIME:

CACTUS JACKS A TOUCH OF SALT Overlooking the Ross River in Townsville’s city centre, A Touch of Salt is a great little restaurant. Dine inside or make the most of the warm weather by eating on the balcony they’re open for dinner from Tuesday to Saturday.

Known as one of the best Tex-Mex restaurants going around, Cactus Jack’s has multiple locations around Townsville. For some of the best Fajitas you’re likely to eat anywhere make sure you give it a try.

Palmer St, Townsville, QLD 4810 / T: (07) 4721 1478 / www.cactusjacks.com.au

Metro Quays 86 Ogden St, Townsville, QLD 4810 / T: (07) 4724 4441 / www.atouchofsalt.com.au

VINE21

If you like your wine then Vine 21 is the place for you. They offer a great selection of Australian and International wines in this small bar right in the centre of Townsville.

520 Flinders St, Townsville, QLD 4810 / T: (07) 4771 2104 / www.vine21.com.au

MONSOON BAR

Positioned right on Townsville’s night-life strip, this is a laidback lunch venue that quickly changes into a live entertainment spot which is ideal after the on-track action is finished. This is the perfect place to stop for a drink if you’re after a night out in town.

194 Flinders St, Townsville, QLD 4810 / (07) 4772 0900 / www.monsoonsbarandgrill.com.au

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SPOTTER’S GUIDE

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Car Number: 1 Driver: James Courtney Team: Toll Holden Racing Team Born: 29 June 1980 Starts: 174 Wins: 9 Engineer: Scott Sinclair

Car Number: 2 Driver: Garth Tander Team: Toll Holden Racing Team Born: 31 March 1977 Starts: 395 Wins: 48 Engineer: Alistair McVean

Car Number: 3 Driver: Tony D’Alberto Team: Wilson Security Racing Born: 9 December 1985 Starts: 107 Wins: 0 Engineer: Adam DeBorre

Car Number: 4 Driver: Alex Davison Team: IRWIN Racing Born: 3 November 1979 Starts: 93 Wins: 0 Engineer: Dan Kroehn

Car Number: 5 Driver: Mark Winterbottom Team: Orrcon Steel FPR Born: 20 May 1981 Starts: 229 Wins: 15 Engineer: Campbell Little

Car Number: 6 Driver: Will Davison Team: Trading Post FPR Born: 30 August 1982 Starts: 179 Wins: 6 Engineer: Grant McPherson

Car Number: 7 Driver: Todd Kelly Team: Jack Daniel’s Racing Born: 9 October 1979 Starts: 331 Wins: 19 Engineer: Brendan Hogan

Car Number: 8 Driver: Jason Bright Team: Team BOC Born: 7 March 1973 Starts: 368 Wins: 17 Engineer: Phil Keed

Car Number: 9 Driver: Shane van Gisbergen Team: SP Tools Racing Born: 9 May 1989 Starts: 119 Wins: 2 Engineer: Paul Forgie

Car Number: 11 Driver: Greg Murphy Team: Pepsi Max Crew Born: 23 August 1972 Starts: 399 Wins: 28 Engineer: Barry Ryan

Car Number: 12 Driver: Dean Fiore Team: Triple F Racing Born: 1 December 1983 Starts: 65 Wins: 0 Engineer: Andrew Simpson

Car Number: 14 Driver: Jason Bargwanna Team: Jana Living Racing Born: 26 April 1972 Starts: 364 Wins: 7 Engineer: Andrew Edwards

Car Number: 15 Driver: Rick Kelly Team: Jack Daniel’s Racing Born: 17 January 1983 Starts: 272 Wins: 11 Engineer: Adam Hardy

Car Number: 16 Driver: David Reynolds Team: Stratco Racing Born: 3 July 1985 Starts: 46 Wins: 0 Engineer: James Small

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Car Number: 17 Driver: Steven Johnson Team: Jim Beam Racing Born: 6 September 1974 Starts: 368 Wins: 3 Engineer: Greg Wheeler

Car Number: 18 Driver: James Moffat Team: Jim Beam Racing Born: 18 June 1984 Starts: 13 Wins: 0 Engineer: Perry Kapper

Car Number: 19 Driver: Jonathon Webb Team: Mother Energy Racing Born: 10 December 1983 Starts: 47 Wins: 1 Engineer: Geoff Slater

Car Number: 21 Driver: Karl Reindler Team: Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Born: 18 April 1985 Starts: 40 Wins: 0 Engineer: Chris Stuckey

Car Number: 30 Driver: Warren Luff Team: Gulf Western Oil Racing Born: 21 April 1976 Starts: 96 Wins: 0 Engineer: Rob Palmero

Car Number: 33 Driver: Lee Holdsworth Team: Fujitsu Racing Born: 2 February 1983 Starts: 182 Wins: 2 Engineer: Richard Hollway

Car Number: 34 Driver: Michael Caruso Team: Fujitsu Racing Born: 25 May 1983 Starts: 105 Wins: 1 Engineer: Steven Todkill

Car Number: 39 Driver: Russell Ingall Team: Supercheap Auto Racing Born: 24 February 1964 Starts: 460 Wins: 27 Engineer: Mark Fenning

Car Number: 47 Driver: Tim Slade Team: Lucky 7 Racing Born: 3 August 1985 Starts: 64 Wins: 0 Engineer: Wes McDougall

Car Number: 49 Driver: Steve Owen Team: VIP Petfoods Racing Born: 18 December 1974 Starts: 119 Wins: 1 Engineer: Blake Smith

Car Number: 55 Driver: Paul Dumbrell Team: The Bottle-O Racing Born: 1 September 1982 Starts: 257 Wins: 1 Engineer: Dave Patterson

Car Number: 61 Driver: Fabian Coulthard Team: Bundaberg Racing Born: 28 July 1982 Starts: 141 Wins: 0 Engineer: Rob Starr

Car Number: 88 Driver: Jamie Whincup Team: TeamVodafone Born: 6 February 1983 Starts: 224 Wins: 47 Engineer: Mark Dutton

Car Number: 888 Driver: Craig Lowndes Team: TeamVodafone Born: 21 June 1974 Starts: 426 Wins: 77 Engineer: Jeromy Moore

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#1 James Courtney

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Had another horror run in Darwin, again lacking qualifying speed and failing to bring home a straight car in the races. Has gotten on very well with the Townsville layout in the previous two seasons, but qualifying in the top 10 will be the first target this weekend.

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#2 Garth Tander

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Tander’s Darwin weekend was almost as bad as his team-mate’s - with the Hidden Valley event marking the first weekend since Abu Dhabi that car #2 did not see the podium in any race. Should bounce back into the top five this weekend however, having had a very strong car in Townsville in the past. Becoming a father and renewing HRT contract between events is unlikely to change Tander’s steely mindset.

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#3 Tony D’Alberto

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Showed strong speed in Darwin running genuinely inside the top 10 during both races. Has only finished one of the four races so far in Townsville, and must avoid incident if he is to again see the top 10.

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#4 Alex Davison

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Had a quiet run at Hidden Valley, and has not gotten on well with the Townsville circuit in the past.

Could again benefit from strong soft tyre life this weekend, and has shown he has to ability to qualifying inside the top 10 this season.

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#5 Mark Winterbottom

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Has one of the very best cars in qualifying and on the hard tyre, but soft tyre life is again the question mark. Is looking to extend his streak of pole positions to four, but may struggle to see the podium if long runs are required on the soft tyre.

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#6 Will Davison

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Made big changes after opening qualifying in Darwin and had strong race pace across both races. Has the same issue as his team-mate in the tyre life department, so a top five would still be a very good result.

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Qual 1

12

7

13

2

9

20

Qual 2

13

1

10

8/14

15

6

Race 1

12

9

6

3

13

5

Race 2

16

7

4

8

24

7

Race 3

-

-

-

15

-

-

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#7 Todd Kelly

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Continues to amble along as a rank outsider after another tough run in Darwin. Bad qualifying form continued, while everything seemed to go wrong in the races.

Will need a lucky strategy to figure strongly if again starting from the back half of the grid this weekend.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

17

12

Qual 2

-

-

-

20

28

Race 1

-

-

-

10

17

Race 2

-

-

-

DNF

19

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

17

16

19

25

16

25

Qual 2

12

19

2

27/26 18

23

Race 1

10

7

3

27

21

16

Race 2

DNF

DNF

15

22

DNF

DNF

Race 3

-

-

-

16

-

-

#8 Jason Bright

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Shocking run in Darwin has curtailed any championship hopes, but had a very fast car in Townsville last year and should be a top five contender again this weekend. Will need to qualify better than in the recent past to head into the races as one of the very favourites for victory, however.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

27

4

Qual 2

-

-

-

8

5

Race 1

-

-

-

16

DNF

Race 2

-

-

-

18

18

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM

18 24

ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

7

9

20

10

14

15

Qual 2

7

11

24

2/2

8

18

Race 1

DNF

4

19

6

7

DNF

Race 2

2

23

11

1

1

DNF

Race 3

-

-

-

2

-

-

Races 14/15 - Townsville

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#9 Shane van Gisbergen

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Was again the hero in Darwin thanks to the combination of speed, strategy and luck. Has a knack for conserving the soft tyres early in stints, and is aggressive when he needs to be. Unlikely to have the speed of Whincup in a straight fight, but is a genuine chance of victory regardless. Qualifying speed is still an issue.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

7

9

Qual 2

-

-

-

7

16

Race 1

-

-

-

12

8

Race 2

-

-

-

DNF

7

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

15

6

4

16

24

3

Qual 2

18

23

4

20/18

9

12

Race 1

4

13

16

4

14

7

Race 2

8

18

1

10

4

1

Race 3

-

-

-

7

-

-

#11 Greg Murphy

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Outqualified his team-mates on Saturday in Darwin and on for a top 10 result until a late race incident. A breakthrough result is unlikely on a track where Kelly Racing struggled last year however.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

26

23

Qual 2

-

-

-

23

13

Race 1

-

-

-

19

23

Race 2

-

-

-

DNF

17

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

27

24

8

22

22

8

Qual 2

24

12

5

18/11

DSQ

17

Race 1

21

18

8

15

18

12

Race 2

9

19

DNF

24

11

22

Race 3

-

-

-

10

-

-

29

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#12 Dean Fiore

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Again struggled for speed but stayed out of trouble in Darwin to record two top 20 finishes.

More solid points will be a good result this weekend.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

28

22

Qual 2

-

-

-

28

27

Race 1

-

-

-

17

20

Race 2

-

-

-

16

21

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

26

27

10

24

25

23

Qual 2

23

26

18

23/27

23

25

Race 1

22

15

21

24

25

17

Race 2

20

15

14

21

DNF

19

Race 3

-

-

-

22

-

-

#14 Jason Bargwanna

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Was a quiet achiever in Darwin, recording two top 10 finishes despite average qualifying form. Is expected to have more outright speed in Townsville after the form shown by both Jason Bright and Jason Richards in BJR machinery here last year.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

20

15

Qual 2

-

-

-

15

20

Race 1

-

-

-

14

22

Race 2

-

-

-

DNF

10

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM

30

ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

19

17

25

21

23

17

Qual 2

25

16

20

7/13

22

28

Race 1

18

10

13

11

DNF

8

Race 2

12

DNF

DNF

3

14

10

Race 3

-

-

-

8

-

-

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#15 Rick Kelly

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Didn’t have the fastest car on Saturday in Darwin but kept his head when all around were losing theirs. Made mistakes on Sunday and was forced to put softs on too early and his result suffered as a consequence. Has struggled for consistency this year and may experience another results downturn this weekend if 2010 Townsville form is any indication.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

19

13

Qual 2

-

-

-

12

15

Race 1

-

-

-

7

15

Race 2

-

-

-

DNF

13

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

25

4

3

5

12

12

Qual 2

27

8

1

14/10 12

14

Race 1

13

12

1

9

4

1

Race 2

19

2

6

16

17

20

Race 3

-

-

-

12

-

-

#16 David Reynolds

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Qualified solidly in Darwin, if not quite as well as at Winton, before accidents took the youngster out of both races. Should again push team-boss Rick Kelly in qualifying in Townsville, but with only one top 10 finish on the board in the opening 13 races, big results can’t be expected just yet.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

11

-

Qual 2

-

-

-

11

-

Race 1

-

-

-

22

-

Race 2

-

-

-

14

-

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

23

21

7

15

6

13

Qual 2

21

10

26

26/23

7

13

Race 1

17

22

24

19

22

DNF

Race 2

4

14

20

20

20

21

Race 3

-

-

-

24

-

-

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Races 14/15 - Townsville

#17 Steven Johnson

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Continues to step up to the plate and has found strong qualifying and race form with engineer Greg Wheeler. The DJR FG package has proven to be a race winner here with James Courtney behind the wheel, so more top five finishes could be on the cards for Johnson this weekend.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

8

6

Qual 2

-

-

-

22

9

Race 1

-

-

-

13

11

Race 2

-

-

-

5

22

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

8

12

2

4

2

4

Qual 2

4

15

14

6/6

3

8

Race 1

11

11

5

5

3

2

Race 2

18

8

9

14

8

9

Race 3

-

-

-

6

-

-

#18 James Moffat

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Is making his first main game Townsville start this weekend, but two years in the Fujitsu Series means he’s far from a circuit rookie. Finished in the front half of the field in both races in Darwin and is capable of repeating the feat this weekend.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

-

-

Qual 2

-

-

-

-

-

Race 1

-

-

-

-

-

Race 2

-

-

-

-

-

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

28

25

12

9

21

22

Qual 2

22

24

28

12/21 17

26

Race 1

16

DNF

9

18

19

14

Race 2

DNF

22

17

17

9

13

Race 3

-

-

-

21

-

-

35

Race Guide

#19 Jonathon Webb

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Showed great improvement from Saturday to Sunday in Darwin, but still could not record a second top 10 finish for the season. Single car team has punched above its weight but is likely to again struggle to make the top 10 in Townsville.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

-

28

Qual 2

-

-

-

-

12

Race 1

-

-

-

-

16

Race 2

-

-

-

-

9

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM UAE

C500 HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

10

14

14

18

20

26

Qual 2

17

7

27

22/20 21

11

Race 1

20

14

DNF

20

24

22

Race 2

6

11

12

15

12

16

Race 3

-

-

-

23

-

-

#21 Karl Reindler

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Will run back-to-back meetings with the same chassis for the first time since his Barbagallo accident, which should help the West Aussie’s cause. Qualifying form has been lacking all season, aside from Barbagallo, but may improve this weekend on a circuit where the BJR cars were fast last year.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

-

21

Qual 2

-

-

-

-

23

Race 1

-

-

-

-

21

Race 2

-

-

-

-

DNF

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM

36

ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

22

28

23

6

26

27

Qual 2

28

25

23

13/9

26

22

Race 1

DNF

19

17

7

20

DNF

Race 2

11

17

13

DNS

23

25

Race 3

-

-

-

DNS

-

-

Races 14/15 - Townsville

#30 Warren Luff

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Will have his first Townsville start in the main game this weekend and has little reason to be optimistic of a result. Pace was again lacking in Darwin, despite fresher Walkinshaw equipment.

Ran more reliably at Hidden Valley than at Winton at least.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

-

-

Qual 2

-

-

-

-

-

Race 1

-

-

-

-

-

Race 2

-

-

-

-

-

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

24

26

17

26

28

28

Qual 2

26

27

22

28/28

27

24

Race 1

23

21

DNF

26

DNF

24

Race 2

17

DNF

16

25

22

23

Race 3

-

-

-

25

-

-

#33 Lee Holdsworth

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Ran strongly in both races in Darwin despite not quite having the car to challenge for genuine victory. Team has strong form on ‘traditonal’ street circuits, but may not shine as strongly on the more flowing Townsville layout.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

1

8

Qual 2

-

-

-

13

11

Race 1

-

-

-

DNF

4

Race 2

-

-

-

7

15

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

9

3

27

11

4

6

Qual 2

6

4

6

10/12

11

4

Race 1

9

20

22

16

2

4

Race 2

22

DNF

2

9

15

15

Race 3

-

-

-

18

-

-

37

Race Guide

#34 Michael Caruso

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Couldn’t find the right balance in qualfying in Darwin and was again outshone by his teammate. Results in Townsville last year were below what the car achieved in ‘09. Could be in for another tough weekend.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

4

16

Qual 2

-

-

-

6

21

Race 1

-

-

-

5

19

Race 2

-

-

-

10

11

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

18

18

24

13

10

16

Qual 2

9

22

16

19/22

5

20

Race 1

15

16

15

12

16

11

Race 2

5

21

DNF

18

6

12

Race 3

-

-

-

17

-

-

#39 Russell Ingall

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Showed strong race pace on the soft tyres in Darwin, particularly on Sunday afternoon. Has had two great runs here (and two DNFs) in the past, but has yet to qualifying inside the top 10.

Saturday will show if Darwin form was a blip or a sign of genuine improvement.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

14

27

Qual 2

-

-

-

17

18

Race 1

-

-

-

6

6

Race 2

-

-

-

DNF

DNF

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM

38

ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

21

22

16

20

18

18

Qual 2

15

14

17

24/24

24

10

Race 1

24

DNF

14

14

17

23

Race 2

DNF

16

8

12

DNF

5

Race 3

-

-

-

19

-

-

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Race Guide

#47 Tim Slade

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Was very strong in Darwin for the second year in a row, but Townsville is likely to prove a bigger test. Stone Brothers equipment has improved this season, but may still lack something here. Could still feature in the top 10 at the end of the races, though.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

23

17

Qual 2

-

-

-

25

25

Race 1

-

-

-

DNF

12

Race 2

-

-

-

13

12

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

6

15

26

19

17

5

Qual 2

10

18

15

17/19

10

7

Race 1

5

8

DNF

22

15

21

Race 2

DNF

13

DNF

5

13

4

Race 3

-

-

-

9

-

-

#49 Steve Owen

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Can be optimistic heading to Townsville after recording his first dry top 10 qualifying result of the year on Saturday in Darwin.

Raced strongly on the hard tyres also, but lost his way on Sunday.

May need tyre strategy to play into another top 10 finish this weekend.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

22

21

-

-

-

Qual 2

-

-

-

-

-

Race 1

17

13

-

-

-

Race 2

24

12

-

-

-

Race 3

18

19

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM

40

ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

13

13

21

17

15

9

Qual 2

20

-

3

25/25

25

27

Race 1

14

27

20

17

23

10

Race 2

13

DNS

5

DNS

10

14

Race 3

-

-

-

DNS

-

-

Races 14/15 - Townsville

#55 Paul Dumbrell

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Mistakes in qualifying on both days cost Dumbrell a more competitive weekend, while a first lap off in Race 12 raised the ire of a ‘guest steward.’ Speed is far better than the results suggest, but FPR tyre life remains a big issue.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

12

24

Qual 2

-

-

-

19

14

Race 1

-

-

-

7

10

Race 2

-

-

-

8

4

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

5

10

18

14

5

10

Qual 2

11

6

11

21/17 19

29

Race 1

21

25

DNS

DNF

5

20

Race 2

10

6

19

19

18

11

Race 3

-

-

-

14

-

-

#61 Fabian Coulthard

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Struggled for pace in the Top End alongside his Toll HRT stablemates - slipping down the points standings in the process.

A miracle turnaround is unlikley this weekend.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

10

7

Qual 2

-

-

-

10

19

Race 1

-

-

-

15

14

Race 2

-

-

-

19

DNF

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

11

20

15

27

7

21

Qual 2

19

21

25

16/16

14

16

Race 1

8

5

7

23

10

13

Race 2

15

9

DNF

11

5

18

Race 3

-

-

-

13

-

-

41

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#88 Jamie Whincup

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Failed to see the podium due to an incident (Saturday) and a poor strategy decision (Sunday) at Hidden Valley, but again is the hot favourite this weekend. Has been very fast on the Townsville circuit in its first two years of existence, and was only robbed of a qualifying/races clean-sweep last year due to a brake line failure.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

‘07

‘08

‘09

‘10

Qual 1

-

-

-

9

1

Qual 2

-

-

-

3

1

Race 1

-

-

-

1

1

Race 2

-

-

-

2

23

Race 3

-

-

-

-

-

2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

2

2

1

1

3

2

Qual 2

1

2

9

1/1

2

2

Race 1

1

2

23

1

1

9

Race 2

3

1

18

2

2

6

Race 3

-

-

-

1

-

-

#888 Craig Lowndes

THE BAGMAN’S SAY Has yet to have a good run in Townsville, but is likely to continue his early 2011 season form by contending for the podium and picking up strong points. Can spring a victory, but unlikely if on same tyre strategy as team-mate Whincup.

LATEST RESULTS AT TOWNSVILLE ‘06

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Qual 1

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15

10

Qual 2

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9

2

Race 1

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13

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Race 2

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DNF

Race 3

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2011 SEASON FORM ABU

ADEL HAM

BAR

WIN

HVA

Qual 1

1

11

5

3

1

7

Qual 2

2

9

2

3/3

6

3

Race 1

7

3

8

2

11

3

Race 2

21

12

10

4

7

2

Race 3

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COLOUR Mark Skaife Clipsal girls champagne sprayValley’s on the podium It was all gives smilesone for of SPthe Tools Racing ona Sunday at Hidden after hisCity victory onCrown Sunday in Round 2 of the 2001 Clipsal 500.

Sky Triple

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CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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Jamie Whincup TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes Team Vodafone Shane van Gisbergen SP Tools Racing Rick Kelly

Jack Daniel’s Racing Steven Johnson Jim Beam Racing Will Davison

Trading Post Racing FPR Garth Tander Toll Holden Racing Team Alex Davison IRWIN Racing Mark Winterbottom Orrcon Steel FPR Jason Bright

Team BOC Fabian Coulthard Bundaberg Racing Lee Holdsworth Fujitsu Racing Tim Slade

Lucky 7 Racing Michael Caruso Fujitsu Racing Jason Bargwanna Jana Living Racing James Courtney Toll Holden Racing Team Greg Murphy Pepsi Max Crew Jonathon Webb Mother Energy Racing Paul Dumbrell The Bottle-O Racing Steve Owen VIP Petfoods Racing James Moffat Jim Beam Racing David Reynolds Stratco Racing

Russell Ingall

Supercheap Auto Racing Todd Kelly

Jack Daniel’s Racing Dean Fiore Triple F Racing Tony D’Alberto Wilson Security Racing Karl Reindler Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Warren Luff Gulf Western Oil Racing

Holden Commodore VEII Holden Commodore VEII Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VEII Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VEII Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon FG

Holden Commodore VEII

Holden Commodore VEII Holden Commodore VEII Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VEII Holden Commodore VEII Holden Commodore VEII Holden Commodore VEII Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VEII Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VEII Holden Commodore VEII Holden Commodore VEII Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon FG

Holden Commodore VEII Holden Commodore VEII

1395 1239 1134 1082 1030 1020 1013 963 961 920 838 801 711 696 686 679 635 618 616 576 568 564 539 517 517 493 444 355

Races 5/63/4 Hamilton Races – Adelaide

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PAST TOWNSVILLE RACE WINNERS 2009

2010

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Jamie Whincup James Courtney Jamie Whincup Mark Winterbottom

TeamVodafone TeamVodafone TeamVodafone Orrcon Steel FPR

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

Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley

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PAST CHAMPIONS 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960

James Courtney Jamie Whincup Jamie Whincup Garth Tander Rick Kelly Russell Ingall Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ambrose Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Craig Lowndes Craig Lowndes Glenn Seton Craig Lowndes John Bowe Mark Skaife Glenn Seton Mark Skaife Jim Richards Jim Richards Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Jim Richards Robbie Francevic Jim Richards Dick Johnson Allan Moffat Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Peter Brock Bob Morris Peter Brock Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Colin Bond Peter Brock Allan Moffat Bob Jane Bob Jane Norm Beechey Ian Geoghegan Ian Geoghegan Ian Geoghegan Ian Geoghegan Norm Beechey Ian Geoghegan Bob Jane Bob Jane Bill Pitt David McKay

Dick Johnson Racing Triple Eight Race Engineering Triple Eight Race Engineering Toll HSV Dealer Team Toll HSV Dealer Team Stone Brothers Racing Stone Brothers Racing Stone Brothers Racing Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Glenn Seton Racing Holden Racing Team Dick Johnson Racing Gibson Motor Sport Glenn Seton Racing Winfield Team Nissan Gibson Motor Sport Gibson Motor Sport Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing JPS Team BMW Volvo Dealer Team JPS Team BMW Dick Johnson Racing Peter Stuyvesant Racing Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing Marlboro Holden ealer Team Ron Hodgson Channel 7 Racing Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Moffat Ford Dealers Allan Moffat Racing Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Ford Motor Company Bob Jane Racing Team Bob Jane Racing Team Shell Racing Team Mustang Team Mustang Team Mustang Team Total Team Neptune Racing Team Total Team Bob Jane Bob Jane Bill Pitt David McKay

Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon BF Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VZ Ford Falcon BA Ford Falcon BA Ford Falcon BA Holden Commodore VX Holden Commodore VX Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VS/VT Holden Commodore VS/VT Ford Falcon EL Holden Commodore VR Ford Falcon EF Holden Commodore VP Ford Falcon EB Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R/R32 GT-R Ford Sierra RS500 Ford Sierra RS500 MW M3 E30 Volvo 240T BMW 635CSi Ford XE Falcon Mazda RX-7 Ford Falcon XD Ford Falcon XD Holden Commodore VB Holden Torana LX SS A9X Holden Torana LX SS A9X Ford Falcon XB GT/XC Ford Falcon XB GT Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34 Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1/LH SL/R 5000 Ford Falcon XY GTHO Phase III Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1 Holden Monaro HT GTS350 Ford Mustang Ford Mustang Ford Mustang Ford Mustang Ford Mustang Ford Cortina GT Jaguar 3.8 Litre Mk II Jaguar 3.8 Litre Mk II Jaguar 3.4 Litre Jaguar 3.4 Litre

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY Start Finish Category Duration 0755 0815 Australian GT 20 minutes 0825 0845 Carerra Cup 20 minutes 0900 0940 Fujitsu V8 Supercars 40 minutes 0955 1015 V8 Utes Series 20 minutes 1025 1055 V8 Supercars 30 minutes 1110 1130 Australian GT 20 minutes 1140 1210 V8 Supercars 30 minutes 1225 1245 Carrera Cup 20 minutes 1255 1325 V8 Supercars 30 minutes 1435 1505 V8 Supercars 30 minutes 1520 1540 V8 Ute Series 20 minutes 1550 1610 Australian GT 20 minutes

Session Practice 1 Practice 1 Practice 1 Practice 1 Practice - Part 1 Practice 2 Practice - Part 2 Practice 2 Practice - Part 3 Practice - Part 4 Practice 2 Qualifying

SATURDAY Start Finish Category Duration 0830 0850 Carrera Cup 20 minutes 0900 0920 V8 Utes 20 minutes 0935 1005 Fujitsu V8 Supercars 30 minutes 1020 1050 Australian GT 30 minutes 1105 1125 V8 Supercars 20 minutes 1145 1205 Carrera Cup 20 minutes 1215 1245 V8 Supercars 30 minutes 1300 1320 V8 Utes 11 laps 1350 Fujitsu V8 Supercars 14 Laps 1535 V8 Supercars 72 Laps

Session Qualifying Qualifying Qualifying Race 1 Qualifying Race 1 Top Ten Shootout Race 1 Race 1 Race 14 - 200km

SUNDAY Start Finish Category Duration 0835 0855 Carrera Cup 20 minutes 0910 0935 V8 Ute Series 13 laps 1000 Fujitsu V8 Supercars 14 laps 1035 1105 Australian GT 30 minutes 1030 1050 V8 Utes 12 laps 1140 1200 V8 Supercars 20 minutes 1220 1240 Carerra Cup 20 minutes 1310 Fujitsu V8 Supercars 18 laps 1400 1420 V8 Ute Series 11 laps 1535 V8 Supercars 72 Laps

Session Race 2 Race 2 Race 2 Race 2 Race 3 Qualifying Race 3 Race 3 Race 3 Race 15 - 200km

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Andrew Thompson (top) will again be the man to beat in the Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series, while a full field of Porsches (below) will again take part in the Carrera Cup

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FLASHBACK

A mistake from Mark Skaife let Marcos Ambrose through to victory at Hidden Valley in 2003

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