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Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Introduction

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An open house Many of the scribes peering out of Sydney Motorsport Park’s garage-top media centre will more than likely be setting their gaze beyond the race track this weekend. The size of the crowd lapping up the action from the circuit’s grandstand and surrounding grassed mounds will be of more interest than the on-track activity to some as the championship races at the Western Sydney venue for the first time since 2008. Eastern Creek - as it was known until being rebranded midway through this year - and its operator, the Australian Racing Drivers’ Club, have enjoyed a tempestuous relationship with V8 Supercars over the last decade, with poor crowd numbers at the centre of some heated and rather public debates. Previous claims from V8 Supercars that the venue is simply unable to pull a crowd are set to be tested this weekend. In addition to no longer competing with Oran Park for the Western Sydney market, the ARDC has made tickets so relatively cheap that it has described the pricing as “a one-off gesture” to fans. There can be little confusion as to the intent of that strategy. The event’s two-day format means one should be careful drawing comparisons with the traditional three-day weekend figures, although a well trained glance around a circuit’s key spectator venues in the lead-up to race start can often reveal the truest picture anyway... For those playing along at home this weekend, the 2008 event, held amid intensifying negotiations between V8 Supercars and the New South Wales government over the possibility of a Homebush street race, ended with a three-day official attendance of just 23,511. Green means go!

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Races 18/19 - Sydney I Cover Story

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Jonathon Webb set for first

V8 start on home track Story on page 6 >>

Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Cover Story

onathon Webb may live on the Gold Coast these days, but it’s still hard to believe that the Castle Hill native has not raced at his old local track, Sydney Motorsport Park, in over seven years. One of 11 drivers in the field this weekend yet to race a V8 Supercar at the venue at all, Webb at least has the 2011 pre-season test day still relatively fresh in his mind. Having visited the circuit on multiple occasions this year, including for its launch

in late May, Webb is perhaps best qualified of all the drivers to give his opinion on the upgrades that have taken place. Speedcafe.com’s Grant Rowley spoke with him about the facility and his own expectations for the weekend ... SPEEDCAFE: Jonathon, you were one of the first drivers to sample the newlyrefurbished Sydney Motorsport Park circuit in May. The V8s aren’t using the extended track this weekend, but there are a lot of

other improvements around the place. What are your thoughts? JONATHON WEBB: To be honest, they’ve done a really good job with the whole facility. It’s a monster project, and when I was there last weekend, they are still busily working away. There’s still plenty more to come too. It’s obviously great that the V8 Supercars have returned there after the track had a freshen up. The garages are looking really

well presented. It’s probably the perfect time to head back there. SPEEDCAFE: The track that the V8 Supercars will race on is the 3.9km ‘GP’ layout. The only changes to the layout since the last time the category was there is a slight modification to Turn 6/7. Can you tell us about those changes and how it will make your weekend different? WEBB: If anything, it will make it a little easier in that section. They’ve taken out

what was a tricky right-hand kink going into left hander. That kink is now gone and there’s a traditional 90 degree corner.

SPEEDCAFE: Will the change to Turn 6/7 improve passing opportunities at that section of the track?

For our cars, it will help look after the front tyres a bit better, and it will definitely add more speed to that section of track.

WEBB: It probably will. If you get a good, clean run through Turns 4 and 5 and have a good run down to Turn 6 it’s definitely a passing opportunity. Before, it was a tough one to fit two cars through the kink. Now that the kink is gone, it’s going to be easier to pass there.

They’ve also resurfaced a whole heap of other sections that will improve the grip. I think the whole place will be a faster track to race on, compared to the past.

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SPEEDCAFE: In some ways, it’s a shame that the V8s won’t be racing on the extended part of Sydney Motorsport Park. You’ve driven around the new section of track. Would you like to see the V8 Supercars race around the full 5.6km circuit? WEBB: From my point of view, I’m a little disappointed that we’re not doing the full length. It’s the newest part of any track in the country, so it would have been nice to get there with our cars, but I can understand the reasoning for V8s being hesitant. Hopefully we’ll go back this year, put on a good event and hopefully there’s a possibility of doing it for the future. SPEEDCAFE: And what are your expectations for car #19 this weekend? WEBB: For myself and the whole Tekno crew, we’re looking for a top 10. That’s really what we’re looking to achieve for the rest of the season. It’s nice to go back to what is my home track. It’s been a few years since I raced there, but I have very fond memories of the place. The last time I raced there was probably Carrera Cup in 2005! But I’m looking forward to it, and if we can come home with a couple of top 10 results, I’ll be more than happy. SPEEDCAFE: There’s a few guys in the V8 field who have done lots of laps around Eastern Creek, but conversely there are few drivers who have recent ‘race’ laps there, including yourself ... WEBB: That’s for sure. Even for the experienced guys, it has been five years since we’ve raced there. We also did the preseason test in 2011, but even since then, the track has been resurfaced and the changes to 6/7 like we discussed. I think that will put more of us on a level playing field.

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Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Circuit Info

Sydney Motorsport Park Location: Eastern Creek, New South Wales Length: 3.93 kilometres Direction: Anti-Clockwise Maximum speed: 255km/h Fastest Point: Back Straight Slowest Point: Turn 3

Circuit Description A fast and flowing circuit very much in the mould of many European tracks, Sydney Motorsport Park requires a finely tuned race car that responds well to change of direction and deals well with constant radius corners. A former home of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix and A1 GP Series, the Western Sydney venue opened in 1990.

V8 Supercars Qualifying Lap Record: Mark Skaife, Holden Commodore VT, 1m30.6556s, 1999

V8 Supercars Race Lap Record: Mark Skaife, Holden Commodore VT, 1m31.7301s, 1999

Event Format:

Friday: Support practice only Saturday: Practice: 2 x 30 min Qualifying: 1 x 20 min Race: 1 x 140km Sunday: Practice: 1 x 30 min Qualifying: 1 x 20 min Race: 1 x 220km

Tyre Format: In a reversal of the most common format used throughout the season, teams will have 16 new hard compound and just eight 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.

Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Tech Preview

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here have obviously been a lot of changes at Eastern Creek Raceway since the last time we were there - including the name.

In January last year we had compulsory pre-season test there, but in terms of racing it’s been four years since our last visit. Back in 2008 Garth Tander was very quick there for the Holden Racing Team. Will Davison ended up winning the weekend under the old round winners format, and the two TeamVodafone cars were thereabouts as well. Craig (Lowndes) topped the 2011 test with a 1:30.2s which was significantly faster than we’d seen there before, obviously aided by it being the first run around the place on the soft tyres. The track has changed a fair bit since then though, so it’ll be interesting to see what the lap times are like this weekend. I have not been there since the redevelopments, but looking at some of the things they have done around the circuit it’s a significantly different race track. Even looking back at the notes from the test day, the grip levels in some of the corners had changed dramatically over 2008 because it had just been resurfaced at that stage. So there are a lot of unknown factors, but we can expect that its tradition of being reasonably kind on brakes but hard on tyres will continue. It’s been quite a bumpy circuit in the past too but we’ll have to wait and see if that’s improved or not.

Strategy The format this weekend is biased towards the hard compound compared to what we’ve usually seen this year, particularly on Sunday. We’ve got four sets of hard tyres and just two sets of softs to play with over the weekend. You certainly won’t want to be making a big enough mistake in qualifying to damage one of your soft tyres. I think on Saturday we’ll see what we usually do where most start on the hard and get it off as soon as they can. The fuel window is similar to the majority of events - they’ve made both races a little bit longer than normal at 140km and 220km to ensure that they are genuine one stop (Saturday) and two stop (Sunday) races. With three stints on Sunday the tyre strategy is a little more open, and people’s decisions on when to use the quicker rubber will no doubt be impacted by where they qualify. In terms of fuel consumption, Eastern Creek is a bit like Phillip Island. Lots of long corners and part throttle always means your consumption per kilometre is down, which is often also what makes it hard on tyres. Interestingly enough Eastern Creek is also quite hard on wheels. You often see cars lose speed because they’ve picked up a big vibration due to a wheel being buckled by the outside edge of the kerbing.

When that happens you’ve just got to soldier on until you’re in your pit window and can get onto another set. The new wheel prove more durable than what we were running back in 2008, but we’ll find out.

Ipswich, though - that’s a fairly unique circuit in that sense.

Passing

At Queensland Raceway we saw the extra timing line installed at pit entry work quite well in that we didn’t see anyone taking huge chunks of time out of the car in front at the pit entry. At Eastern Creek the cars are doing 220km/h as they approach the pit entry, so it’s always one of the more challenging entries for the drivers, and can catch out those not fully concentrating.

Passing has never been easy at Eastern Creek. Again, it’s a little like Phillip Island in that it really emphasises tyre quality, so that’s where the pitstop windows and those sorts of moves really make a difference.

Pitlane

Turn 8 - the hairpin behind the pits - was always a reasonably good place to make a move. Turn 2, providing you could get your car off of Turn 1 well enough, was a chance as well, but a good fight-back through Turn 3 and 4 means you can hold the other car back out again. So it’s like Phillip Island in that you can have a fair bit of sideby-side racing, but actually getting a move done often requires a fair bit of bravery.

There was some weirdness going on in pitlane at Ipswich where we saw a lot of cars stall trying to leave their pit boxes during the races. That left a lot of people scratching their heads wondering why. It may have been related to the fuel, or it could have been circuit specific, but to see eight or nine cars stall, including both of ours, was a bit unusual. That could be something to watch for as well.

We haven’t seen blue flags working particularly well recently either, which doesn’t help. That was really frustrating for us at Ipswich. It used to be the procedure that when we can see we’re catching a lapped car we’d notify race control, but now that we’re told not to do that it really relies on everyone doing their job properly. I doubt we’ll see quite as many cars getting lapped as what we did at

Overall, the thing I’m really surprised about is the fact that we’re going back to Eastern Creek but not using the new circuit. Personally I’d like to have seen us run the new loop that they’ve spent all the time and effort on. It’s always a good challenge for everyone to meet a new bit of race track for the first time, but that’s the way it goes.

Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Did you know

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he 2012 V8 Supercars Championship grid is a very different one to the last time the series competed at Sydney Motorsport Park in 2008. Of the 28 drivers that competed in that event four years ago, just 17 (including the injured Greg Murphy) remain full-time in the V8SC. Eleven of the 28 drivers in this year’s field have never actually raced a V8 Supercar at Sydney Motorsport Park, but most of them have experience there in other categories. The 11 drivers are: - Karl Reindler (Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing) - Dean Fiore (Jim Beam Racing) - James Moffat (Team Norton DJR) - Jonathon Webb (Tekno Autosports) - David Wall (Wilson Security Racing) - Taz Douglas (Team iSelect) - Alex Premat (Fujitsu Racing/GRM), right - Tim Slade (Lucky 7 Racing) - David Reynolds (The Bottle-O Racing Team) - Jacques Villeneuve (Pepsi Max Crew) - Michael Patrizi (Tekno Autosports)

ole position at Sydney Motorsport Park has, over recent history, been almost the exclusive domain of the Holden Racing Team and Stone Brothers Racing - thanks largely to Mark Skaife and Marcos Ambrose. Since control tyres were introduced to the V8 Supercars Championship in 1999, only Triple Eight Race Engineering (via Craig Lowndes in 2005) have been able to steal a pole away from the two teams. HRT have six poles in the period and SBR four, all of them taken by Ambrose, who clinched both of his V8 Supercar Championships at the circuit in 2003 and 2004.

eam Norton DJR’s James Moffat will make history at Sydney Motorsport Park by becoming the last driver to debut a new chassis under the current V8 Supercars Championship regulations ahead of next year’s introduction of Car of the Future. Moffat will debut an unraced Triple Eight-built FG Falcon chassis (888-021) that Dick Johnson Racing have had in its workshop for the past three and a half years. It replaces Moffat’s car of the last 18 months, which is the same Falcon taken to victory in the 2010 championship by James Courtney. The team will retain and restore that car. The now Holden Racing Team-mounted Courtney and Lucky 7 Racing’s Tim Slade have also debuted new cars during the 2012 season.

Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Did you know

hile Mark Skaife (10 wins) and Marcos Ambrose (seven) also stand out as the men over time to have dominated the race winners’ list at Sydney Motorsport Park, Craig Lowndes’ record is impressive too. With five race wins at ‘The Creek’ including Triple Eight’s first-ever V8 Supercar race win in 2005 - Lowndes is fourth on the all-time race win list at the circuit. But it’s his record since his sparkling championship debut at the venue in 1996 that really stands out. In the 29 races he’s started there since that glorious debut with the Holden Racing Team, Lowndes has racked up 26 top-10 race results and of those, 21 in the top-five! Lowdnes’ current TeamVodafone teammate Jamie Whincup, meanwhile has yet to record a pole or race win in five event and 11 race starts at the venue.

ven though no V8 Supercars Championship teams are based in Sydney, there are plenty of drivers who grew up there. Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom grew up just down the road from Sydney Motorsport Park in

Doonside, while the Holden Racing Team’s James Courtney is a born and bred Penrith boy. Tekno Autosport’s Jonathon Webb calls the Gold Coast home now but is another originally from Sydney, so too is now-Melbourne-based Michael

Caruso from Fujitsu Racing/GRM. The only Sydney driver who still lives there is Wilson Security Racing’s David Wall, right. The V8SC rookie has won four Australian GT Championship rounds at the circuit in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

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

Four years between visits to Sydney Motorsport Park - and a tweaked tyre format - may mean the weekend throws up more unknowns than usual, but one can still be confident that TeamVodafone and FPR will be the pace-setters this weekend. The Holden squad enters the event as narrow favourites on the account of winning the last six consecutive races. With Craig Lowndes back to his unstoppable best at Ipswich, it’s anyone’s guess as to who will prevail between the two Triple Eight team-mates, though.

#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 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Driver Profiles

Walkinshaw Racing THE BAGMAN’S SAY... Walkinshaw Racing’s form was as curious as ever last-time out at Queensland Raceway. Traditional team flag bearer Garth Tander endured his worst weekend of the season - failing to see the top 10 in either qualifying session or race and suffering the indignity of being lapped on Sunday - while Russell Ingall starred. Despite Tander’s qualifying average having now blown out to 10.2, it remains the seventh best in the field, emphasising how mixed the form has been behind the first couple of grid rows this season. The fact that the WR VEs were quick at EC in 2007 and 2008 may or may not give an indication as to their performance this week, leaving the squad’s form as hard as ever 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... In comparison to its 2011 efforts, all three SBR Falcons were disappointingly off the pace at Queensland Raceway. Shane van Gisbergen and Tim Slade managed to snag a pair of top 10 race results, but the pair were over 30 seconds down on winner Craig Lowndes at the conclusion of 200km on Sunday. The team will join the likes of WR and BJR, which both edged it for pace at QR, in hoping that the different tyre format can help break the now 20 race Triple Eight/FPR race winning streak. Saving the soft tyres for the final stint propelled Van Gisbergen to the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most recent win at Hidden Valley 12 months ago, and may prove their only realistic shot at toppling the giants this weekend.

#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

Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Driver Profiles

Ford Performance Racing

THE BAGMAN’S SAY... Amid the hype of Craig Lowndes’ form at Queensland Raceway, it was easy to downplay just how hard Mark Winterbottom was able to push the TeamVodafone pilot. The FPR entries locked out the front-row of the grid for the sixth time in eight races on Sunday, with Winterbottom finishing less than two seconds behind Lowndes in second place on both days. For what had been described as the team’s ‘bogey circuit’, it was a big achievement. Will Davison, meanwhile, has just one podium finish in the last five races, but has happy memories of scoring his first round win at EC in 2008. Another victory this weekend would be just the tonic his title bid needs at this point of the season.

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 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Driver Profiles

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

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THE BAGMAN’S SAY... Kelly Racing’s dismal on-track performances show no signs of picking up before season’s end, with all four cars against struggling last time out at Queensland Raceway. Adding insult to the squad’s lack of car speed was the need to pit Rick Kelly for a third time in the dying stages of Sunday’s race as his pit strategy saw the #15 Holden run low on fuel. The once top 10 certainty now sits a lowly 16th in the points standings. Jacques Villeneuve, meanwhile, returns for a third weekend in the team’s Pepsi entry. The Canadian failed to truly move off the bottom of the pile at Queensland Raceway, and will be desperate to at least prove competitive with the tail end runners prior to Greg Murphy’s return.

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

Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Driver Profiles

#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

#8 Jason Bright

THE BAGMAN’S SAY... The apparently minor ‘engineering philosophy’ differences that saw BJR shuffle its driver/engineer combinations prior to Hamilton appear to have developed into a chasm over recent events as the team’s cars consistently figure in different parts of the field. Fabian Coulthard’s efforts at Queensland Raceway ensure that the #14 car has scored four top five finishes in the past five races in what is arguably the strongest spell for any non-Triple Eight or FPR car all season. Jason Bright meanwhile, hasn’t put a single-digit result on the board since his podium in Race 11 at Phillip Island - a weekend that in-turn proved disastrous for Coulthard. SMP’s Phillip Island-style sweeps will therefore mark an interesting test for the two sides of the BJR garage this weekend.

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 Drivers’ 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 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Driver Profiles

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Dick Johnson Racing

Dick Johnson Racing may be highly unlikely to repeat its winning Eastern Creek form of 2008, but the team will head to the Sydney venue buoyed by flickers of form over the last two events. Although unable to replicate Steve Owen’s season-best Townsville performance, Queensland Raceway saw Owen, Steven Johnson and Dean Fiore all contend for top 10 finishes. It was unarguably Fiore’s most positive weekend since joining the squad at the beginning of the year - car #12 qualifying in the top dozen for both races. Getting all four of its cars inside the top 20 continues to be an achievement for this team however.

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 18/19 - Eastern Creek 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 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Driver Profiles

Tekno Autosports

THE BAGMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SAY... Jonathon Webb will be looking to bounce back from a disastrous run at Queensland Raceway that was dogged by mechanical failures. The #19 Commodore qualified in the top six for the first time in 10 races on Sunday at Ipswich but eventually retired with gearbox problems - a day after engine issues forced him out of Race 16. Webb is one of several drivers with little V8 Supercars experience at SMP due to its recent absence from the calendar, but has more knowledge of the recent circuit alterations having helped to launch the developments in late May. Top 10 results are not out of the question for either Tekno entry this weekend, especially considering their strong form at the similarly flowing Phillip Island earlier in the year.

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 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Driver Profiles

Garry Rogers Motorsport

THE BAGMAN’S SAY... Michael Caruso was the quiet achiever at Queensland Raceway, rebounding from a poor run in Townsville to record top 10 results in both races. Encouragingly, Caruso had also qualified in the top 10 on both occasions - bringing the team’s number of top 10 starts for the season to four. Caruso’s speed was reflected in Alex Premat’s one-lap pace too, with the Frenchman starting both races on a weekend inside the top 20 for the first time in his short career. Premat is likely to enjoy the European-style Eastern Creek layout more than the circuits such as Ipswich, but having not seen a top 15 finish since Symmons Plains, expectations should be kept low.

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 18/19 - Eastern Creek 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 may have just one top 10 finish to his name so far this season, but his qualifying form over the last four races indicates that such a result should not be ruled out this weekend. The Hiflex Falcon has recorded an average starting position of 9.5 over the Townsville and Queensland Raceway events - bested only by the Triple Eight/FPR quintet and the continually impressive Fabian Coulthard. While the races have gone a little less swimmingly, expect this outfit to be punching solidly in the midfield at a minimum.

#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... Although Tekno Autosports’ Triple Eight customer cars continue to show flashes of speed, Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport’s switch to the Queensland-developed machinery this season has left it scarcely further up the grid than in previous seasons. Having proven unable to put a dint in the top 20 last time out at Queensland Raceway, this entry will be one of several that could be forgiven for taking an unconventional strategy in Sunday’s race in a bid to vault into the top 10 for the first time all season.

#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 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Race Stats

Championship Standings Pos 1

Driver Jamie Whincup

Team TeamVodafone

Car Holden Commodore VE

Pts 2052

Mark Winterbottom

Orrcon Steel FPR

Ford Falcon FG

1970

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

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

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

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

1876 1796 1472 1344 1323 1261 1217 1017 989 984 983 981

15 16 17 18 19 20

Steven Johnson Rick Kelly Russell Ingall Steve Owen Michael Patrizi Jonathon Webb

Jim Beam Racing Jack Daniel’s Racing Supercheap Auto Racing VIP Petfoods Racing Tekno Autosports Tekno Autosport

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

965 943 917 877 850 808

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

776 737 593 584 547

26 27 28 29 30

Alexandre Premat James Moffat Greg Murphy Jacques Villeneuve David Russell

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

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

545 532 315 66 42

Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek 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 3

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

Pole Positions

Lee Holdsworth 1

Craig Lowndes 4, Will Davison 4, Jamie Whincup 3, Mark Winterbottom 3, Garth

Podiums

Tander 2, David Reynolds 1

Jamie Whincup 14, Mark Winterbottom 12, Will Davison 11, Craig Lowndes 6, 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

3.8

3.6

Garth Tander

10.2

11.5

Tony D'Alberto

15.3

18.2

Lee Holdsworth

11.7

11.8

Mark Winterbottom

3.3

4.2

Will Davison

3.5

5.7

Todd Kelly

17.5

14.9

Jason Bright

15.0

14.6

Shane Van Gisbergen

9.2

9.1

Karl Reindler

25.7

21.0

Dean Fiore

20.4

17.7

Fabian Coulthard

10.2

11.6

Rick Kelly

13.8

15.6

Steven Johnson

15.1

James Moffat

17.4

20.9

Jonathon Webb

12.1

16.7

David Wall

26.0

21.9

James Courtney

16.0

14.4

Taz Douglas

22.8

21.2

Alexandre Premat

22.1

21.2

Michael Caruso

16.3

15.2

Tim Slade

12.4

9.5

Steve Owen

14.4

16.0

Greg Murphy

21.9

18.1

David Reynolds

5.2

14.4

Russell Ingall

19.1

15.7

Michael Patrizi

17.4

15.8

888

Craig Lowndes

6.1

5.6

Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Race Stats

Past Sydney Motorsport Park Winners Year 2008

2007

2005 2004 2004 2003 2003 2002

2001 2000

1997

1996

1995 1994 1993 1992

Driver Mark Winterbottom

Team Ford Performance Racing

Car Ford Falcon BF

Will Davison Garth Tander Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Marcos Ambrose Craig Lowndes Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ambrose Rick Kelly Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ambrose Racing Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Greg Murphy Russell Ingall Paul Radisich Mark Skaife Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Craig Lowndes Craig Lowndes John Bowe Mark Skaife Glenn Seton Peter Brock Peter Brock Glenn Seton Glenn Seton John Bowe

Dick Johnson Racing Holden Racing Team Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Stone Brothers Racing Triple Eight Race Engineering Stone Brothers Racing Stone Brothers Racing Kmart Racing Stone Brothers Racing Stone Brothers Racing Stone Brothers Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Kmart Racing Perkins Engineering Dick Johnson Racing Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Glenn Seton Racing Glenn Seton Racing Glenn Seton Racing Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Dick Johnson Racing Gibson Motorsport Glenn Seton Racing Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team Glenn Seton Racing Glenn Seton Racing Dick Johnson Racing

Ford Falcon BF Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon BF Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon BA Ford Falcon BA Ford Falcon BA Ford Falcon BA Holden Commodore VY Ford Falcon BA Ford Falcon BA Ford Falcon BA Holden Commodore VX Holden Commodore VX Holden Commodore VX Holden Commodore VX Holden Commodore VX Holden Commodore VT Ford Falcon AU Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VT Holden Commodore VT Ford Falcon EL Ford Falcon EL Ford Falcon EL Holden Commodore VR Holden Commodore VR Ford Falcon EF Holden Commodore VR Ford Falcon EF Holden Commodore VP Holden Commodore VP Ford Falcon EB Ford Falcon EB Ford Sierra RS500

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Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek 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

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 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Event Schedule

Schedule of Events Friday Start

Finish

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