Edition #70 / Perth 2019
WELCOME TO THE INSIDE LINE WELCOME TO the latest edition of Inside Line for the 2019 Perth SuperNight. This year is a special one for us, as we celebrate 15 years in motorsport. We’re so proud of our committment to our motorsport program. Our various sponsorships have brought us and our closest friends together for well over a decade, and now we’re looking forward to sharing it with you again this weekend. Building on a very successful 2018 season, the Doric and Cowdroy racing programs continue again this year with Supercar star Will Davison, Australian Touring Car legend John Bowe, young gun Hunter McElrea and motorcycling great Troy Bayliss. Cowdroy was first introduced to our motorsport program in 2015, and since, has joined Doric with exposure right around the globe. We are pleased to be able to continue our long relationship with Supercar driver Will Davison, who you will see behind the wheel of the new #230 Ford Mustang for 23Red Racing this weekend. The introduction of the Mustang marks an exciting new chapter for the Supercar series and we’re eager to watch Will be a part of that. 2019 marks Will’s ninth consecutive year as our Doric Ambassador. He is such a big part of our racing family and we’re proud to stand beside him as he continues to push to new heights. We are also continuing our support of our longest-running ambassador in 2019; motorsport legend John Bowe. JB has been a part of the Doric family for many years and is an integral piece of our motorsport program. It is always a thrill to watch JB on track in the Touring Car Masters. JB is entertaining, engaging and an absolute legend, who continues to deliver value for the Doric business. We’ll also be continuing our support of motorcycling legend Troy Bayliss in
the Australian Superbike Championship this year. Troy made a stellar comeback last year, and will no doubt be brilliant to watch on track again in 2019. This year we’re also backing young gun racer Hunter McElrea once again. Hunter won the Australian Formula Ford Championship last year which earned him a place in the USF2000 series in America for the 2019 season. Our sponsorships have taken our brand exposure to a new level, helping raise the professionalism and image of both Doric and Cowdroy and delivering money can’t buy experiences for our valued clients and staff. Motorsport is competitive, exciting, passionate and innovative. The team here at Doric and Cowdroy stand for all the same great values. We hope you enjoy today as our guest and thank you for your ongoing support. NIGEL LONG CEO, Alchin Long Group
CONTENTS Welcome to the Inside Line
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About us
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2019 with Doric and Cowdroy
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Will Davison’s new challenge
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JB is back in black
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Bayliss back in the saddle
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Poster
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McElrea on the hunt
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15 years of ALG in motorsport
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Mustang Supercar Tech Talk
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Need to know: Perth
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On track at Perth
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ABOUT THE INSIDE LINE Managing Editor - Tom Arciuli Alchin Long Group Marketing Manager tom.arciuli@alchinlong.com Production Editor - Hao Nguyen Marketing Communications Coordinator hao.nguyen@alchinlong.com The Inside Line Production Media & Communication Services www.mediacomservices.com.au Editorial & Design: Ashleigh Maxwell Facebook // cowdroyaustralia doricracing Instagram // @doricracing
COMING IN
HOT DORIC AND COWDROY ARE BACK ON TRACK AND HAVE BIG PLANS FOR 2019 ON THE TARMAC.
DORIC AND Cowdroy are back in 2019, building upon its brand marketing and customer activation program in a series of motorsport partnerships around the globe. Central to the 2019 program is the continuation of the exciting partnerships with front-running Supercar star Will Davison, Touring Car legend John Bowe, young gun Hunter McElrea and motorcycle maestro Troy Bayliss. The program saw Doric and Cowdroy follow the racers’ ventures throughout Australia and New Zealand in 2018, and this year, McElrea will see that grow to include the USA. At the heart of the program, parent company Alchin Long Group (ALG) has been building upon many years of loyal commitment to Doric Ambassador Will Davison, joining the star driver at 23Red Racing. Davison will proudly display Doric branding on his helmet throughout the 2019 Supercar season, while Cowdroy branding is visable on the front of his Mustang, which will be seen widely
via the series’ extensive Australia-wide television coverage. John Bowe will also continue into his 12th year as a Doric Ambassador in 2019, contesting the Touring Car Masters series in his all-Aussie Holden SLR5000 Torana, which will sport Doric branding throughout the season. ALG has also continued supporting young gun Hunter McElrea, who will take on the 2019 USF2000 in the United States throughout 2018. McElrea is a true talent and a rising star and we’re proud to stand beside him this year as he takes on this new challenge. Doric has also thrown its support behind two-wheel racing ace, Troy Bayliss, who came out of retirement to chase a maiden Australian Superbike Championship title last year. Aboard a Doric-branded Ducati and racing for the factory-supported DesmoSport Ducati operation he coowns with former racer Ben Henry, Bayliss will be a force to be reckoned with on track this year.
//PONY EXPRESS : WILL DAVISON IN 2019 WILL DAVISON loves a challenge. In fact, he thrives on them. Throughout his Supercars career, he’s faced plenty of new experiences to keep him on his toes. And in 2019, the racing star has the special task of taking on a brand new car with 23 Red Racing. At the helm of one of six new Ford Mustangs in the Supercars Championship this year, Davison kicked off the season in style at Adelaide with two top-ten finishes - one just shy of a podium. Over the next three rounds, the 23 Red Racing team has showed it means business, with Will hardly straying from the top ten. With the team heading into the Perth round sitting sixth in the championship standings, 2019 is shaping up to be a stellar year on track for Will and the crew.
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BACK IN BLACK : JOHN BOWE IN 2019
JOHN BOWE has become a staple of both the Doric Racing family and the Touring Car Masters Series, since joining the series in 2008. The legendary touring car racer has been a consistent front-runner, raising the bar over and over again. JB has already shown 2019 will be no exception, with the seasoned champion proving nothing will hold him back. After claiming two third places in the opening races in Adelaide, catastrophic engine problems put JB out of the following race. But in a race against time, JB’s team managed to piece together his SLR5000 in time for the last race. Bowe didn’t let the hard work go to waste, storming from 12th to 5th place in final the 10-lap dash. At the next round at Phillip Island, Bowe crept through the field for a third place finish in Race Three, taking back fourth place in the championship. Bowe will next take to the track at Winton later this month.
BACK IN THE
SADDLE
: TROY BAYLISS IN 2019
MOTORCYCLE RACING legend Troy Bayliss was back in the saddle for the 2019 Australian Superbike Championship with DesmoSport Ducati this year. However the opening round at Phillip Island did not go to plan for the team, with Bayliss suffering a devestating blow and leaving the round with two broken fingers. “That’s not the way I thought this season would start, that’s for sure,” said Bayliss after the opening round. “Breaking the little finger on my left hand wasn’t ideal, but I was able to ride with it. The team did a great job in rebuilding the bike after the second crash, and when I headed out for race two, I was confident I would be able to race and collect some points, even after confirming that I’d broken the end of my middle finger on my right hand. On the out-lap though, I just couldn’t pull the brake lever properly. I’m really disappointed, but I’m booked for surgery on Tuesday and I’ll be back, ready to ride for round two next month.” Sadly, things have not gone to plan and Bayliss now looks unlikely to be back in the saddle this year. The DesmoSport team has recruited hot shot racer Mike Jones to pilot the Ducati for the ASBK title. The 25-year-old Queenslander hasn’t wasted any time getting up to speed, taking four podium finishes and a pole position in the two rounds since he took over the controls. DesmoSport and Jones will next hit the track for Round Four at Morgan Park.
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on the
HUNT : HUNTER MCELREA IN 2019 KIWI YOUNG gun Hunter McElrea just keeps raising the bar. The 19-year-old kicked off the 2019 USF2000 season with a bang in Florida earlier this year. In his first international race meeting, McElrea claimed two podium finishes from two starts at the St. Petersberg showdown. The young racer will now head into the next round of the season this month in second place in the series standings, just 15 points shy of the championship lead. “After dropping down the order to P7 at the start, I was able to fight back to 2nd in Race 2 after another crazy race,” said McElrea. “I learnt so much this weekend, and I really enjoyed all the new experiences, and I head into Round 3 and 4 at Indianapolis sitting 2nd in the Championship.” It was an incredible start to his American openwheeler campaign, although hardly a surprise, after total domination in the Australian Fornula Ford Championship last year. McElrea was a force to be wreckoned with in the Australian Formula Ford Championship last year, taking clean sweeps of multiple rounds, accruing an incredible 13 race wins and the series title. Doric is thrilled to stand beside McElrea this year as he tests his mettle on the big stage in the United States and can’t wait to see what this young racer does next.
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Hunter won the 2018 Australian Formula Ford Championship
Retro Re 2019 marks a historic milestone for ALG’s motorsport program. The coming season is the Aussie brand’s 15th year of involvement in Supercars and motorsport in Australia. Starting with a sponsorship program alongside Rupprecht Motorsport in 2004, our involvement has come a long way over the past 15 years. So this year we’ll be looking back at some of our favourite moments from the track over this time.
2006 It was in 2006 that Doric and Paul Cruickshank Racing made the jump from the V8 Development Series to the main game Supercar Championship. With Doric taking up a spot on the front and rear of the #20 Ford Falcon, young gun Marcus Marshall raced to an impressive top-ten finish just four rounds into the team’s first main game season.
evival
2007 Looking to expand on its first foray into the main game in 2006, Doric threw its support behind Touring Car and Bathurst Champion John Bowe in 2007 at PCR. In what was Bowe’s final year racing fulltime in Supercars, Doric graced the front of the PCR Falcon as the legend accrued a record 225 round starts.
tech talk
2019 FORD MUSTANG SUPERCAR
: THAT WING :
One of the most talked about features of the new Mustang is the massive rear spoiler.
: DEVELOPMENT :
Development of the Supercars Mustang has been led by DJR Team Penske in Queensland in co-operation with Ford Performance in the USA, Tickford Racing in Melbourne and Ford’s Melbourne design office.
: A FIRST :
The Mustang is the first two-door to race in the current series. Previous generations were raced under different technical regualtions in the past, by stars such as Dick Johnson, Pete Geoghegan and Allan Moffat.
: PARITY PLAY :
The new Supercars entrant has undergone a series of thorough straight-line aerodynamic tests at Temora Airstrip in New South Wales. The Mustang was matched against a current model Holden ZB Commodore and a Nissan Altima, ensuring the new Ford is on par with the other models.
: ONE-OF-A-KIND :
The new Mustang has had to adapt to the official Supercars control chassis, which has meant a series of changes. Compared to the road-going Mustang, the roofline of the Supercar is higher to clear the roll cage, while the body has been lengthened to meet the required wheelbase.
: POWERPLANT :
Power comes from the same 473Kw 5.0-liter V-8 used in the Falcon race cars.
NEED TO KNOW :
THE INSIDE SCOOP
THE FORM BOOK The new Ford Mustang has been the one to watch in 2019, winning nine of the 10 races so far this season. However technical changes to the Mustang ahead of Perth round to manage the category’s parity could mean things are about to change. The new Pony has well and truly lived up to its hype, but small changes to the rear wing and centre of gravity will, in theory, level the playing field. How these changes will effect the cars in the technical Bargaballo circuit is yet to be determined. And with just a little over 300 points separating Will Davison from the top of the series standings, small gains will make a big difference on track this weekend. This, combined with the new track surface, will give commentators plenty to talk about.Barbagallo was completely resurfaced over the summer, a project which was last completed in 2004. Some drivers have predicted lap times up to four seconds faster than last year. The lap record could also very possibly fall.
BEST VIEWPOINTS The open and undulating Barbagallo circuit offers plenty of good options for spectators. None are quite as good as the corporate suites on the main straight, which offer great views of the track. However, the Turn Four-Five sequence is often an exciting spot and a great place to keep an eye on throughout the race.
THE FORECAST Weather can have a big impact at Barbagallo Raceway, from wind blowing sand onto the circuit to variable conditions wreaking havoc on strategies. The forecast for this weekend is showing possible showers on Saturday, which could certainly change the way the cards will fall.
THE CIRCUIT First opening in 1969, Barbagallo Raceway has become a favourite for many Supercars drivers. The circuit offers the best of both words, with a blistering fast straight and tight, technical corvers. Passing opportunities are most common at turns six and seven, but the new surface on the circuit could really shake things up this year.
STATS THAT MATTER This year marks the 42nd time the Supercars Championship has visited Barbagallo Raceway in Western Australia. The Safety Car has appeared just twice in the last 12 Barbagallo races. Barbagallo’s 2.4km layout will feature 41 lighting towers and five flood lights transported over from the east coast.
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PERTH :
SCHEDULE
11:55 - 12:15
Historic Touring Cars
Practice 1
13:25 - 13:55
ECB SuperUtes Series
Practice 1
12:30 - 13:10 14:10 - 14:40 14:55 - 15:35 15:50 - 16:10 16:25 - 16:45 17:35 - 18:05 18:40 - 19:10
Dunlop Super2 Series Australian GT Dunlop Super2 Series Historic Touring Cars
ECB SuperUtes Series Australian GT
Supercars Championship
Practice 1 Practice 1 Practice 2 Qualifying
Practice 2 Practice 2 Practice 1
12:15 - 12:30
Historic Touring Cars
Race 1
13:30 - 13:50
ECB SuperUtes Series
Qualifying
12:45 - 13:15 14:05 - 14:20 14:25 - 14:40 14:55 - 15:10 15:25 - 15:35 15:40 - 15:50 15:55 - 16:05 16:20 - 16:35 16:50 - 17:10 17:25 - 17:55 18:45 - 19:40 20:00 - 20:40
Supercars Championship Australian GT Australian GT Dunlop Super2 Series
Supercars Championship Supercars Championship Supercars Championship Historic Touring Cars
ECB SuperUtes Series Dunlop Super2 Series
Supercars Championship Australian GT
Practice 2 Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2
Qualifying - Race 1
Qualifying Part 1 - Race 11 Qualifying Part 2 - Race 11 Qualifying Part 3 - Race 11 Race 2 Race 1 Race 1
Race 11 Race 1
12:20 - 12:50 ECB SuperUtes Series
Race 2
13:05 - 13:35 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship Practice 3
13:50 - 14:05 Dunlop Super2 Series ARMOR ALL Qualifying - Race 2 14:20 - 14:35 Historic Touring Cars Race 4 14:50 - 15:00 Supercars Championship
Qualifying Part 1 - Race 12
15:20 - 15:30 Supercars Championship
Qualifying Part 3 - Race 12
15:05 - 15:15 Supercars Championship 15:45 - 16:25 Australian GT Race 2
16:40 - 17:00 ECB SuperUtes Series
17:15 - 17:45 Dunlop Super2 Series Race 2
Qualifying Part 2 - Race 12
Race 3
18:45 - 20:15 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship Race 12 20:35 - 21:15 Australian GT Race 3
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11:55 - 12:10 Historic Touring Cars Race 3
