Super Cheap Auto Bathurst 1000
The greatest race in Australia and perhaps even the world was held on Sunday.
Here are the results for those that don't know.
Turned out to be a really good race in the end. Cameron McConville's Super Cheap Auto entry didn't even start after blowing an engine on the warm-up lap. That car would have been right up there too. The race was really efficient with only a few cars retiring in the first 130 laps. Andrew Jones's car caught fire coming down Conrod Straight, Marcus Marshall spun at the Cutting, smashing the entire back window, young Jack Perkins car caught fire inside whilst in the chase and Dean Canto went into the wall at the Esses.
But, the rain came down with about 18 laps remaining causing havoc at the top of the mountain, with Paul Morris put his car into the wall at the Cutting brining out the 7th safety car. The rain came down heavier, Mark Winterbottom spun at the end of Conrod Straight into the sand trap, relinquishing the lead to Lowndes. That wasn't it though, Jason Bright, Mark Skaife and Russell Ingall all crashed at the Dipper bringing out another safety car, the 8th one of the race.
Some teams gambled on wet tyres but the rain eventually stopped but the track was still very slippery. Steven Johnson had the lead for less than a lap after passing Craig Lowndes but Lowndes got him back at the Chase with James Courtney able to take advantage of Johnson's mistake.
They all stayed in the same order from there as Lowndes and co-drive Jamie Whincup went onto win their second Bathurst in a row and also Ford's second in a row, a feat they haven't achieved for a very long time.
Not a good day if you're a Holden fan, with a lot of Holden cars not making it to the finish. |@
Who watched the race?
The greatest race in Australia and perhaps even the world was held on Sunday.
Here are the results for those that don't know.
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Pos Car Entrant Driver(s) Vehicle Laps Race Time Behind Leader
1 888 Team Vodafone C.Lowndes/J.Whincup Ford Falcon BF 161 06:29:10.1985
2 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport D.Besnard/J.Courtney Ford Falcon BF 161 06:29:10.8223 + 0.6238
3 17 Jim Beam Racing W.Davison/S.Johnson Ford Falcon BF 161 06:29:11.0145 + 0.8160
4 51 Tasman Motorsport G.Murphy/J.Richards Holden Commodore VE 161 06:29:11.3697 + 1.1712
5 88 Team Vodafone R.Lyons/A.Simonsen Ford Falcon BF 161 06:29:18.5113 + 8.3128
6 55 Autobarn Racing S.Owen/T.D'Alberto Holden Commodore VZ 161 06:29:19.5279 + 9.3294
7 8 WPS Racing J.Bargwanna/M.Wilson Ford Falcon BF 161 06:29:22.0323 + 11.8338
8 18 Jim Beam Racing A.Davison/A.Thompson Ford Falcon BF 161 06:29:24.8447 + 14.6462
9 34 Valvoline Cummins Race Team C.McLean/G.Ritter Holden Commodore VE 161 06:29:28.0785 + 17.8800
10 6 Ford Performance Racing S.Richards/M.Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 161 06:29:28.5564 + 18.3579
11 22 Holden Racing Team N.Pretty/G.Seton Holden Commodore VE 161 06:29:38.5373 + 28.3388
12 20 Supercheap Auto Racing P.Dumbrell/P.Weel Holden Commodore VE 161 06:29:41.9875 + 31.7890
13 5 Ford Performance Racing M.Halliday/O.Kelly Ford Falcon BF 161 06:30:25.3606 + 1:15.1621
14 111 Glenfords Racing J.Bowe/J.Webb Ford Falcon BF 160 06:30:05.3069 + 1 Lap
15 10 WPS Racing M.Caruso/G.Denyer Ford Falcon BF 159 06:30:02.3733 + 2 Laps
16 39 Team Sirromet Wines F.Coulthard/C.Pither Holden Commodore VZ 159 06:30:52.0009 + 2 Laps
DNF 9 Caltex Racing R.Ingall/L.Youlden Ford Falcon BF 149 05:56:11.7892 + 12 Laps (Contact)
DNF 25 Fujitsu Racing J.Bright/A.Macrow Ford Falcon BF 148 05:52:11.8935 + 13 Laps (Contact)
DNF 2 Holden Racing Team T.Kelly/M.Skaife Holden Commodore VE 148 05:52:14.2582 + 13 Laps (Contact)
DNF 021 Team Kiwi Racing S.Gisbergen/J.McIntyre Ford Falcon BF 148 06:20:11.0470 + 13 Laps (Spin)
DNF 67 Team Sirromet Wines S.Ellery/P.Morris Holden Commodore VE 145 05:47:41.8790 + 16 Laps (Contact)
DNF 3 Tasman Motorsport M.Noske/J.Verdnik Holden Commodore VE 138 05:30:34.3369 + 23 Laps (Spin)
DNF 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team C.Baird/P.Radisich Holden Commodore VE 137 05:29:06.7170 + 24 Laps (Brakes)
DNF 1 Toll HSV Dealer Team R.Kelly/G.Tander Holden Commodore VE 134 05:23:22.6199 + 27 Laps (Brakes)
DNF 26 IRWIN Racing A.Gurr/W.Luff Ford Falcon BF 134 06:00:11.8774 + 27 Laps (Mechanical)
DNF 33 Valvoline Cummins Race Team D.Canto/L.Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 118 04:35:18.1862 + 43 Laps (Contact)
DNF 7 Jack Daniel's Racing J.Perkins/S.Price Holden Commodore VE 102 04:00:30.7537 + 59 Laps (Electrics)
DNF 11 Jack Daniel's Racing M.Marshall/K.Scott Holden Commodore VE 91 03:33:36.8580 + 70 Laps (Contact)
DNF 12 Team BOC A.Jones/S.Wills Ford Falcon BF 52 01:59:21.8522 + 109 Laps (Engine)
DNS 50 Supercheap Auto Racing Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE 0 - + 161 Laps (Engine)Turned out to be a really good race in the end. Cameron McConville's Super Cheap Auto entry didn't even start after blowing an engine on the warm-up lap. That car would have been right up there too. The race was really efficient with only a few cars retiring in the first 130 laps. Andrew Jones's car caught fire coming down Conrod Straight, Marcus Marshall spun at the Cutting, smashing the entire back window, young Jack Perkins car caught fire inside whilst in the chase and Dean Canto went into the wall at the Esses.
But, the rain came down with about 18 laps remaining causing havoc at the top of the mountain, with Paul Morris put his car into the wall at the Cutting brining out the 7th safety car. The rain came down heavier, Mark Winterbottom spun at the end of Conrod Straight into the sand trap, relinquishing the lead to Lowndes. That wasn't it though, Jason Bright, Mark Skaife and Russell Ingall all crashed at the Dipper bringing out another safety car, the 8th one of the race.
Some teams gambled on wet tyres but the rain eventually stopped but the track was still very slippery. Steven Johnson had the lead for less than a lap after passing Craig Lowndes but Lowndes got him back at the Chase with James Courtney able to take advantage of Johnson's mistake.
They all stayed in the same order from there as Lowndes and co-drive Jamie Whincup went onto win their second Bathurst in a row and also Ford's second in a row, a feat they haven't achieved for a very long time.
Not a good day if you're a Holden fan, with a lot of Holden cars not making it to the finish. |@
Who watched the race?