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Whincup Secures Winton Victory As Four Caltex Drivers Finish In The Top 12 PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
Caltex-backed TeamVodafone driver Jamie Whincup showed consistency is the key to victory in round four of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series at the Winton Motor Raceway in Victoria today.

After winning yesterday’s opening 40-lap race Whincup recorded a pair of second place finishes in today’s two heats aboard his Caltex-backed TeamVodafone Falcon to finish the round one point clear of championship leader Garth Tander.

Today’s victory is Whincup’s first since last October’s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 and the third of his V8 Supercar career. As a consequence of his win he is now third in the championship standings.

Whincup’s team-mate Craig Lowndes was the next best of the Caltex-backed drivers in fifth place overall. Lowndes was one of the big movers in this morning’s race moving up 12 spots from his 18th starting position. He continued this trend in the final race by crossing the line fifth.

Caltex Racing’s Russell Ingall showed true grit and determination to claw his way back to near the front of the back after he was forced to start from 31st position in yesterday’s opening race. Ingall’s pace was vastly improved during today’s two races and he finished seventh overall for the round.

Courtesy of today’s result Ingall is now inside the top ten in the series standings in ninth position.

James Courtney crossed the line eighth in the final race, which was seven spots higher than his starting position, to secure 12th overall for the round in his Jeld-Wen Motorsport Falcon.

After four rounds in the 14-round championship Rick Kelly leads the way one point ahead of team-mate Tander.

The next round of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series will be held at Sydney’s Eastern Creek Raceway on June 9 – 11.

CALTEX QUOTEBOARD

Russell Ingall - #9 Caltex Racing Ford Falcon
“We turned a mud pie into a pavlova today,” said Ingall.

“It was just a shame that we couldn’t take advantage of the wet race yesterday. We had the pace to win the race and James would have been there too if the circumstances had gone our way.

“We were going to run the same strategy as the Jeld-Wen guys, going to dry tyres.

“There was a good chance both of us would have finished in the top three and if you can start from there today, you have every chance of winning the round.

“We even had good pace in the dry today so there are definitely good things happening.

“Coming from the back of the grid twice is pretty hard. We are still not there yet and we can’t pack up and pat ourselves on the back.

“We are still a couple of tenths away from the guys that are winning the championship and we have to find them. We have to step it up.”

Craig Lowndes - #888 Team Vodafone Ford Falcon
“Race Two was disappointing in that our pit strategy was effective in leap frogging a number of positions but being turned around and losing those was disheartening,” said Lowndes.

“All credit must go to both car engineers on producing a dry track setup after we had poor form during practice and qualifying.

“I am always happy to see the team do well but I must say I am really looking forward to Eastern Creek where I have had some good results.”

Jamie Whincup - #88 Team Vodafone Ford Falcon
“We had a slow start to the weekend but once the rain came we were very quick in the wet,” said Whincup.

“The gamble with setup in Race Three worked well and we had good balance throughout the race. In fact the car was as fast at the end as it was at the start.

“It is great to have the first Ford win for 2007. It must be that Chassis 10 really feels at home here after Craig winning with it last year.”

James Courtney - #4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport Ford Falcon
“It’s been a trying weekend,” said Courtney.

“We had good pace in the Jeld-Wen Falcon in the wet and intermediate conditions and we had the gear to pass a lot of cars.

“But with a few calls from the crew not coming off and me not seeing the yellow flag on Saturday we didn’t get the results that we should have.

“I think I passed about 100 cars this weekend so in that way it was a lot of fun. The result wasn’t what I wanted but being able to race hard, make lots of moves and rough things up a bit in the rain was definitely good fun.”

2007 V8 SUPERCAR SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS After 4 of 14 rounds
1 Rick Kelly 224
2 Garth Tander 223
3 Jamie Whincup 168
4 Todd Kelly 153
5 James Courtney 112
6 Mark Skaife 104
7 Craig Lowndes 104
8 Steven Johnson 103
9 Russell Ingall 97
10 Will Davison 90
11 Mark Winterbottom 87
12 Greg Murphy 83
13 Steven Richards 80
14 Lee Holdsworth 49
15 Jason Bright 37
16 Paul Radisich 36
17 Steve Owen 26
18 Jason Richards 25
19 Max Wilson 21
20 Shane Price 16
21 Paul Morris 14
22 Cameron McConville 13
23 Dean Canto 11
24 Jason Bargwanna 11
25 John Bowe 8
26 Andrew Jones 8
27 Fabian Coulthard 2
28 Alan Gurr 2

2007 V8 Championship Series - Round 4 of 14 Winton Motor Raceway, Victoria ROUND POINTS
1 Jamie Whincup 64
2! Garth Tander 63
3 Rick Kelly 51
4 Greg Murphy 26
5 Craig Lowndes 25
6 Steven Richards 25
7 Steven Johnson 25
8 Russell Ingall 22
9 Todd Kelly 21
10 Steve Owen 21
11 Jason Bright 20
12 Lee Holdsworth 13
13 James Courtney 12
14 Will Davison 12
15 Shane Price 12
16 Paul Morris 10
17 Paul Radisich 9
18 Max Wilson 9
19 Mark Winterbottom 8
20 Jason Bargwanna 8
21 Andrew Jones 8
22 Cameron McConville 5
23 Dean Canto 3
24 John Bowe 3
25 Alan Gurr 2

RACE THREE RESULTS
1 Garth Tander – 40 laps
2 Jamie Whincup
3 Rick Kelly
4 Todd Kelly
5 Craig Lowndes
6 Russell Ingall
7 Greg Murphy
8 James Courtney
9 Will Davison
10 Mark Winterbottom
11 Steve Owen
12 Steven Richards
13 Paul Radisich
14 Dean Canto
15 Jason Bargwanna
16 Jason Richards
17 Joh! n Bowe
18 Shane Price
19 Fabian Coulthard
20 An! drew Jon es
21 Paul Dumbrell
22 Cameron McConville
23 Simon Wills
24 Jason Bright
25 Alan Gurr
26 Mark Skaife – 36 laps
DNF Max Wilson – 26 laps
DNF Paul Morris – 21 laps
DNF Steven Johnson – 10 laps
DNS Jack Perkins
DNS Lee Holdsworth

RACE TWO RESULTS
1 Garth Tander – 40 laps
2 Jamie Whincup
3 Rick Kelly
4 Greg Murphy
5 Steven Johnson
6 Craig Lowndes
7 Steve Owen
8 Russell Ingall
9 Jason Bright
10 Andrew Jones
11 Todd Kelly
12 Paul Radisich
13 Shane Price
14 Will Davison
15 James Courtney – 39 laps
16 Steven Richards
17 Mark Skaife
18 Jack Perkins
19 Fabian Coulthard
20 Mark Winterbottom
21 Cameron McConville
22 Jason Bargwanna
23 Dean Canto
24 Alan Gurr
25 Paul Dumbrell
DNF Simon Wills – 38 laps
DNF John Bowe – 33 laps
DNF Max Wilson – 32 la! ps
DNF Lee Holdsworth – 16 laps
DNF Paul Morris – 14 laps
DNF Jason Richards – 13 laps
 
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