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8-21 May 1998
TITLE-DEFINING MOMENT?: Russell Ingall (right) barely survived this hairy moment at Winton on Sunday, which sent him almost spinning out of control. Ironically, it was a second collision with title rival Craig Lowndes a moment later which straightened him up and allowed him to finish strongly... while Lowndes headed for the pits. Those developments saw a turnaround of as much as 70 points and allowed Ingall to take the series lead at the half-way point. (Photo by Graeme Neander- Coventry studios)
Radical proposal splits TEGA board V8 Supercars could adopt a spectacular reverse grid format as soon as Mallala's Shell series round in two weeks - although a TEGA Board split may delay the change. Often discussed (but rejected) over the years, the move to a par tially reversed grid in the second race of the day would represent a philosophical revolution in Australian circuit racing. A regular feature of Speedway Sprintcar racing, which forces the fastest competitors to pass numbers of cars to get to the front, the proposal in respect of the V8 Supercars could provide spectacular race two action. The proposal, to be considered by TEGA's Board in a phone hook-up later this week, is that, following a normal race one, the race two grid would see the top 18 spots from qualifying reversed.
By CHRIS LAMBDEN In other words, the 18th fastest qualifier would start from pole, Race three's grid would be decided by aggregating the drivers' results from the two previ ous heats, putting the tcfp-scorer on pole. If implemented at last weekend's Winton round, that would have seen Darren Hossack and Terry Finnigan fill the front row for race two, with Skaife, Bowe, Perkins and Ingall facing off on rows eight and nine ... TEGA Chail’man Garry Craft spent the Winton weekend canvassing Level 1 teams for their views and emerged quite confi dent that the initiative would get the green light, However, it seems he faces stern opposition from some quar ters. Continued Page 4
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