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Tuesday, 29 May 2007 |
Now that Holden have a round win on the board, their drivers come to Queensland this weekend with renew vigor for what will be one of the closest duels in years between them and their Ford counterparts. The latter group had been dominant leading up to the second round of the Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Championship. Queensland Raceway’s long straights should suit the Commodore whilst the Fords’ torque gives the Blue Oval boys the advantage getting out of the tighter corners.
At round two on the fast and flowing Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, the Holdens occupied three of the top four spots in qualifying and South Australia’s John Goodacre took the overall round win. But it was certainly no walkover. Indeed the Falcon of Kris Walton won two of the three races and only a tyre issue in the other prevented a domination by the Queenslander.
The Supaloc Saloon Cars are returning to Queensland Raceway this
weekend for round three of their championship. In 2006 they raced a
non-championship event there as a late call up support to the V8
Supercars. They turned on exciting group of races, particularly with
Walton and reigning champion Bruce Heinrich racing side by side for lap
after lap in their Falcons.
The Supaloc Saloon Cars were the talk of the pits, of the paddock and
the spectator areas after these fascinating races. This weekend the
entry is even stronger than then and the competition is expected to be
even more fierce than before – specially with stronger Holdens in among
the many quick Fords.
The Australian Saloon Car Company (TASCCO) is a foundation member of
the CAMS National Racing Championship, one of the five core categories
(Production Cars, F3, Saloon Cars, Commodore Cup and GT/Porsche) in
partnership with CAMS that now make up the Shannons Nationals.
The popular six cylinder Holden Commodore verse Ford Falcon category is
supported by Supaloc Steel Building Systems, Pedders Suspension, Kumho
Tyres, Xtreme Clutch, EMS Fuel Injection, Cebco Brakes and CSA Alloy
Wheels.
Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Championship Round 3 Entry List
1 Bruce Heinrich (SA) Ford Falcon AU
6 John Goodacre (SA) Holden Commodore VT
7 Scott Nicholas (SA) Ford Falcon AU
10 Brendon Tucker (QLD) Holden Commodore VN
13 Troy Hoey (QLD) Ford Falcon AU
17 Matt Lovell (SA) Ford Falcon AU
21 John Van Gilst (QLD) Holden Commodore VN
28 David Mitchell (NSW) Ford Falcon AU
30 Shawn Jamieson (SA) Holden Commodore VT
31 Robert Lonie (SA) Holden Commodore VT
34 Steve Kwiatkowski (SA) Ford Falcon AU
36 Jake Camilleri (QLD) Holden Commodore VT
41 Mark Primer (NSW) Ford Falcon EA
26 Tony Shanks (QLD) Ford Falcon AU
46 Paul Pennisi (VIC) Holden Commodore VT
56 Shane Smollen (NSW) Ford Falcon AU
60 Peter Dane (NSW) Ford Falcon AU
68 Kris Walton (QLD) Ford Falcon AU
87 David Rogers (NSW) Ford Falcon AU
82 Geoff Brown (VIC) Ford Falcon AU
98 Bradly Piggott (NSW) Ford Falcon AU
tba Rod Dawson (QLD) Ford Falcon AU
tba Lindsay Kearns (QLD) Ford Falcon EA
tba Michael Uebergang (QLD) Ford Falcon AU
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