BATHURST 1000

[EH*ROB]

G'Day Revheads,

Well the great race is here again, so thought I would post the lastest Qualifying Results, as We get them.

Or you can look yourself at;
www.v8supercar.com.au/calendars/clndrevent.asp?sect=RR&ind=M&eid=163

FRIDAY, Qualifying 14:00-15:401


1 15 Kmart Racing Team Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VY 12 5 2:08.0940
2 50 PWR Performance Products Jason Bright Holden Commodore VY 2:08.1283
3 11 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Steven Richards Holden Commodore VY 2:08.1363
4 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 2:08.3637
5 9 Caltex Havoline Race Team Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 2:08.4064
6 29 Sirromet - Life Style Wine Paul Morris Holden Commodore VY 2:08.4906
7 10 Larkham Orrcon Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 2:08.4963
8 12 OzEmail Racing/Brad Jones John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 2:08.5197
9 8 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VY 2:08.5285
10 1 Pirtek Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA 162:08.5736
11 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VY 2:08.6075
12 51 Kmart Racing Team Steve Owen Holden Commodore VY 2:08.6405

18 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VY 10 2 2:08.8824 + 0.7884

26 05 Holden Racing Team Peter Brock Holden Commodore VY 14 9 2:10.5998 + 2.5058

5 Holden's & 5 F**d's in the top ten & only 0.4796 between them.

GO HOLDEN !




>>> Edited by EH*ROB on Friday 8th October 10:44

[motomk]

Just some news for you as I have just watched qualifying on video!
The Skaife car broke a Watts linkage near the start of qualifying and got fixed near the end and only had time to do a couple of laps. I think its best lap was before it broke.
The 2nd PWR car is not well after hitting the wall. It was a brand new car.
The lead Kmart car no.15 is actually the no.51 from surprise surprise last year!!! ie it is the very car that did the super duper qualifying time from last year and was the eventual winner.
Top Ten tomorrow!
Another website for race results is www.natsoft.com.au
I have a batch of cars to follow!
I would like to see Jim Richards win again, he is co-driving with his son. My other Holden car is the Tasman motorsport car. I have some Fords as well!! Lowndes car and the Bargwarna's car.

motomk




>> Edited by motomk on Friday 8th October 13:58

[EH*ROB]

G'Day motomk,

Many thanks for the update.

So thats why Skaifey was so slow today. I want Brocky to win as I've been a big fan of his for years, 1970's Torana's. I also want Brighty to do well & win the Championship for HOLDEN !

I do miss sitting in front of the Telly ALL DAY & whatching it, I camped on the Mountain all through the 80's & can't wait to return to Aus & go back again.

All the best mate, keep us posted on the ltest happenings,

Rob.

[EH*ROB]

SAT PRACTICE, TOP 10


1 11 Castrol Perkins Motorsport S.Richards/J.Richards Holden Commodore VY 2:07.9632
2 50 PWR Performance Products J.Bright/P.Weel Holden Commodore VY 2:08.0836
3 2 Holden Racing Team M.Skaife/T.Kelly Holden Commodore VY 2:08.1539
4 12 OzEmail Racing/Brad Jones J.Bowe/B.Jones Ford Falcon BA 2:08.4570
5 1 Pirtek Racing M.Ambrose/G.Ritter Ford Falcon BA 2:08.6231
6 8 Castrol Perkins Motorsport P.Dumbrell/T.Longhurst Holden Commodore VY 2:08.7563
7 6 Ford Performance Racing G.Seton/C.Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 2:08.8577
8 29 Sirromet - Life Style Wine P.Morris/A.Gurr Holden Commodore VY 2:08.9540
9 15 Kmart Racing Team R.Kelly/G.Murphy Holden Commodore VY 2:09.0458
10 21 OzEmail Racing/Brad Jones A.Jones/J.Cleland Ford Falcon BA 2:09.2227

24 05 Holden Racing Team P.Brock/J.Plato Holden Commodore VY 2:11.0425


TOP 10 SHOOT-OUT

1 11 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Steven Richards Holden Commodore VY 2:07.9611
2 50 PWR Performance Products Jason Bright Holden Commodore VY 2:07.9623
3 8 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VY 2:08.0360
4 15 Kmart Racing Team Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VY 2:08.1177
5 1 Pirtek Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA 2:08.4490
6 12 OzEmail Racing/Brad Jones John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 2:08.5537
7 29 Sirromet - Life Style Wine Paul Morris Holden Commodore VY 2:08.6920
8 9 Caltex Havoline Race Team Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 2:08.9525
9 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 2:09.4096
10 10 Larkham Orrcon Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 2:09.4531


The HRT cars are down in Skaife, 18th and Brock, 26th after tough a day yesterday, but bounced back this morning with a time that would have been good enough for fourth on the grid in the Shootout

Mark Skaife: “The car speed was really encouraging this morning. Obviously it is really frustrating to have the pace and not be in the Shoot Out. But we are confident we have fixed the rear suspension problem from yesterday, and I am happy with the balance and the changes that we have made. Until we get in the mix tomorrow we can’t make any predictions, but we have the package to mix it with the best in the race, and it is a long day where anything can happen. We just plan to work hard to get in the mix and make a race of it”.




>> Edited by EH*ROB on Saturday 9th October 10:55

>> Edited by EH*ROB on Saturday 9th October 11:06

>> Edited by EH*ROB on Saturday 9th October 11:11

[Aussiedude]

Crikey! Any more mixing by Skaifey and people will start to think he is a baker!!..

[motomk]

Half race update!
Brocks car is out as is the second Ozemail Falcon. The falcon ended up on its roof!
Bright is about 2 laps down after a brake problem.
Skaife's car needed to change some of the belts on the engine and is also about 2 laps down.
Cars going well are the Lowndes car, Kmart car,Bargwanna car and Richards car even after hitting the tyre barrier! The 888,Tasman, and DJR cars aren't going too bad either.
61 laps to go and 3 cars,they reckon only have to make 1 stop whereas everyone else 2 stops!! All Falcons!! However they are running down the back of the pack a bit!

motomk

[motomk]

Lap 108 out of 161

1. Kmart Murphy car
2. Valvoline Tander car
3. Orrcon Bargarna car
4. 888 Radisich car
5. DJR Johson car
6. Ozemail Bowe car
7. Pirtek Ambrose car
8. FPR Lowndes car
9. Castrol Richards car
10. Caltex Ingall car
11. Tasman Richards car
12. Castrol Dumbrell car
13. Kmart Owen car
14. Orrcon Larkham car
15. DJR Brabham car

[motomk]

As I typed that list out....the Castrol Richards car has just hit a Kangaroo and the front doesn't look pretty.

[A11_HSV]

Guess what I've been doing all day? Great race to watch. Have seen more exciting, but still quite nervy at the end.

I just want (another) one
Kiwi Wayne

[tidykiwi_gtrxu1]

Greg Murphy is a legend

HOLDEN, KING OF THE MOUNTAIN (again!!! )

[EH*ROB]

G'Day Guys

Well done Greg Murphy winning for HOLDEN again.

Good job hay all those F**ds coming in behind him. Can't wait to see the race, what with all the action & a Kangaroo, poor old Skippy !

Shame about the Brock car & brocky not getting a drive, ( maybe he could do a last Bathurst next year)

Thanks to motomk for the updates Jason Bright to win the last few races & win the Championship,

Come on Brighty !!

[phase4]

Congrats to Greg Murphy.

Congrats to Craig Lowndes, John Bowe, Marcos Ambrose, Jason Bargwanna, Russell Ingall, and Steve Johnson.

Congrats to Steve Owen, Alex Davidson and Allen Simonsen.

Commiserations to Peter Brock, and Jim Richards.

Mark who ????

>> Edited by phase4 on Sunday 10th October 12:11

[motomk]

They actually had the footage of the Kangaroo but only showed it a couple of times before never replaying it again as it did not look pretty. I think it was just after turn 2. Jim Richards was driving and had nowhere to go. A lot of cars were doing in their front right tyres for some reason including the 05 car, however I don't think it was going anywhere after the Ozemail car hit it. The Valvoline 34 was running well before it was accidentally pushed into the wall at turn 2.
888 Radisich car was going ok beofre it did its Fourth upright for the meeting. Morris's sirromet car also came together with the wall. The Lowndes car stopped 8 times during the race! The average was 4 or 5 I think, so he did really well. He kept having to top up oil in the boot! Skaife finished but well down...he unlapped himself at least once that I can remember.
Here are the final results. oops Thanks to www.natsoft.com.au

1 15 Kmart Racing Team R.Kelly/G.Murphy Holden Commodore VY 5000 161 06:29:36.2055 117 2:09.3744
2 6 Ford Performance Racing G.Seton/C.Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 5000 161 06:29:45.7793 30 2:08.9075
3 12 OzEmail Racing/Brad Jones J.Bowe/B.Jones Ford Falcon BA 5000 161 06:29:56.4254 78 2:09.4021
4 1 Pirtek Racing M.Ambrose/G.Ritter Ford Falcon BA 5000 161 06:30:06.8950 8 2:09.4132
5 10 Larkham Orrcon Racing J.Bargwanna/
M.Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA 5000 161 06:30:08.4095 132 2:09.8001
6 9 Caltex Havoline Race Team R.Ingall/C.McLean Ford Falcon BA 5000 161 06:30:25.0477 7 2:09.9004
7 17 Shell Helix Racing S.Johnson/W.Luff Ford Falcon BA 5000 161 06:30:32.6532 30 2:10.3665
8 51 Kmart Racing Team T.Leahey/S.Owen Holden Commodore VY 5000 160 06:30:28.0051 43 2:09.9009
9 7 Castrol Perkins Motorsport J.Whincup/A.Davison Holden Commodore VX 5000 160 06:30:44.7899 114 2:11.4418
10 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team N.Pretty/A.Simonsen Holden Commodore VY 5000 160 06:30:51.6105 73 2:11.4553
11 20 Larkham Orrcon Racing M.Larkham/M.Halliday Ford Falcon BA 5000 160 06:31:11.6811 61 2:11.8772
12 50 PWR Performance Products J.Bright/P.Weel Holden Commodore VY 5000 159 06:30:29.2235 94 2:08.8972*
13 44 Team Dynamic/DoDo/Roadships S.Wills/P.Stokell Holden Commodore VY 5000 159 06:30:32.8779 60 2:10.6620
14 2 Holden Racing Team M.Skaife/T.Kelly Holden Commodore VY 5000 159 06:30:37.1482 56 2:09.2879
15 48 WPS N.McFadyen/A.Yoong Ford Falcon BA 5000 159 06:31:37.5769 129 2:11.6442
16 31 Super Cheap Auto Racing S.Ellery/L.Youlden Ford Falcon BA 5000 158 06:31:07.6317 29 2:09.7520
17 18 Shell Helix Racing O.Kelly/D.Brabham Ford Falcon BA 5000 157 06:30:43.7601 129 2:10.6843
18 75 Toll Racing A.Tratt/T.Mezera Holden Commodore VY 5000 157 06:30:47.5460 125 2:11.3884
19 43 PWR Performance Products C.D'Agostin/K.Wimmer Holden Commodore VX 5000 157 06:31:05.8179 8 2:14.1550
20 3 Tasman Motorsport J.Richards/F.Coulthard Holden Commodore VY 5000 152 06:31:37.8607 142 2:10.1004
21 11 Castrol Perkins Motorsport S.Richards/J.Richards Holden Commodore VY 5000 148 06:31:36.8798 76 2:09.0851
22 021 Team Kiwi Racing C.Baird/M.Porter Holden Commodore VY 5000 129 06:30:10.8708 5 2:11.9238
DNF 888 Team Betta Electrical Y.Muller/D.Canto Ford Falcon BA 5000 138 05:43:27.9135 42 2:09.5552
DNF 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team C.McConville/G.Tander Holden Commodore VY 5000 133 05:23:32.6264 18 2:09.8852
DNF 8 Castrol Perkins Motorsport P.Dumbrell/T.Longhurst Holden Commodore VY 5000 129 05:28:09.4539 125 2:09.1084
DNF 88 Team Betta Electrical P.Radisich/M.Wilson Ford Falcon BA 5000 116 04:40:34.2536 45 2:10.0499
DNF 23 WPS D.Besnard/J.McIntyre Ford Falcon BA 5000 99 04:02:15.9823 15 2:10.9771
DNF 14 IMS M.Noske/L.Holdsworth Holden Commodore VY 5000 59 02:31:42.5889 17 2:11.3786
DNF 29 Sirromet - Life,Style,Wine P.Morris/A.Gurr Holden Commodore VY 5000 50 02:04:40.8068 8 2:10.0944
DNF 45 Team Dynamic/DoDo/Roadships D.Brede/W.Davison Holden Commodore VY 5000 49 02:04:11.4418 13 2:11.4249
DNF 5 Ford Performance Racing A.Menu/A.Macrow Ford Falcon BA 5000 43 02:00:22.0690 11 2:10.2890
DNF 21 OzEmail Racing/Brad Jones A.Jones/J.Cleland Ford Falcon BA 5000 29 01:12:58.2688 19 2:10.2052
DNF 05 Holden Racing Team Jason Plato Holden Commodore VY 5000 27 01:08:41.4208 11 2:11.1185
DNF 24 Romano Racing Garth Walden Ford Falcon AU 5000 18 40:41.6043 4 2:13.7581



>> Edited by motomk on Sunday 10th October 14:23

[EH*ROB]

[quote]

Mark who ????

[/quote]

G'Day Sandy,

Nice to see you on here stirring it up. I will tell you who MARK SKAIFE is.

MARK SKAIFE

PROFILE
DOB: 3 April 1967
Birthplace: Gosford, NSW (MY HOME TOWN)
Resides: Melbourne
Height: 180cm
Weight: 75kg
Hobbies: Water Sports, Skiing, Squash, Music
Married: Fiancé – Toni
Vehicle: Holden Commodore VY (racing)
HSV GTS 300 (road)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2003 1st: Sandown 500
2002 Bathurst 1000
Australian Drivers Champion
2001 1st: Bathurst 1000
V8 Supercars Champion
2000 V8 Supercars Champion
1994 ATCC Champion
1993 Australian Drivers Champion
1992 1st: Bathurst 1000
ATCC Champion
Australian Drivers Champion
1991 1st: Bathurst 1000
Australian Drivers Champion
1st: Pukekohe 500
1989 1st: Sandown 500


"" Mark Skaife now ranks as one of the most successful touring car drivers in Australia’s motor sport history "", with 5 titles (equal with Ian Geoghegan and Dick Johnson) and 35 round wins (second only to Peter Brock.)

After commencing his racing in karts, Skaife graduated to circuit racing in 1984 at age 17. The early part of the nineties was his first productive period with victories at Bathurst in 1991 and '92,
Touring Car titles in '92 and '94 and "Gold Star's" in the Australian Driver's Championship in '91 '92 and '93.

A move to the Holden Racing Team upon the retirement of Peter Brock in 1997 has led to the next successful phase of his career, finishing third in the V8 Supercar series in both 1998 and '99, before his “three-peat” of Championship successes in 2000, 2001 and 2002.

The drama-filled year of 2003 saw Skaife take over the ownership of HRT following the troubles of the TWR Group and Holden’s subsequent buy out of the UK Company and he finished the year by being elected to the TEGA Board, the V8 Supercar category’s technical controlling body.

With a stable environment of people, ownership and a say in the future of the category, Skaife is set to focus on adding more achievements to his impressive list of accomplishments, which includes receiving the Order of Australia Medal in this year’s Australia Day Awards.

THAT'S WHO MARK SKAIFE IS !

The most successful F**d Touring Car Driver at the moment would have to be Craig Lowndes. Most of his Achievements have come in a HOLDEN, with MARK SKAIFE in the HRT Car. He has won just ONE , yes 1 race in a F**d.


Career Achievements


1992
Victorian Formula Ford Champion
1993
National Formula Ford Champion
1994
Formula Holden Silver Star Champion
V8 Supercar debut at Bathurst and Sandown endurance races with the Holden Racing Team (HRT), highlighted with a second place finish at Bathurst.
1995
Earned Pole Position at both 1995 Sandown and Bathurst endurance races with HRT.
1996
Signed as full time driver for HRT and became the youngest ever Australian Touring Car Champion at just 22 years of age. Lowndes became the second driver ever to win the Bathurst and Sandown endurance races along with the Championship title in the one season.
1997
Lowndes explored career opportunities in Europe, competing in the 1997 FIA Formula 3000 World Championship.
1998
Returned to the V8 Supercar Championship with HRT, once again winning the Championship.
1999
Won his third V8 Supercar Championship title with HRT, making him the second driver in the history of
the sport to win back to back titles.
2000
Third overall in the title chase, partnering HRT team mate Mark Skaife to the Championship victory at Bathurst.
2001
Lowndes made the decision to join Ford, signing with Gibson Motorsport to race a Falcon in the 2001
Championship. This would be the first time that Lowndes had competed in a Ford since he dominated the Formula Ford Championship as a teenager.
Debut Ford season started with a podium finish at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix V8 Supercar Showdown along with three further Championship event podium finishes at Phillip Island, Oran Park and Sandown. Lowndes finished 11th overall for the season.
2002
Joined Ford V8 Supercar Team 00 Motorsport for the new season and drove consistently throughout to finish the season 7th overall.
2003
Lowndes joined Ford Performance Racing, backed by the technical expertise of multiple World Championship winning motor racing and automotive engineering company, Prodrive. He won his first V8 Supercar round in a Ford and scored a memorable maiden FPR victory at Phillip Island, following this up with second places at Eastern Creek, Oran Park and Bathurst (with team mate Glenn Seton). Lowndes finished a solid 5th in FPR's debut season, marking the most successful team debut in the history of V8 Supercar racing.
2004
Lowndes' start to the new season has been highlighted with second place at the series' second Round at Sydney's Eastern Creek in a completely re-designed CAT FPR Falcon.

OK then Mate ?

SKAIFEY !




>> Edited by EH*ROB on Tuesday 12th October 22:24

>> Edited by EH*ROB on Tuesday 12th October 22:25

>> Edited by EH*ROB on Tuesday 12th October 22:26

[Phase4]

Phew, Rob :-)

Oh yeah, the Nissan guy :-) :-)