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Sunday, 20 August 2006 |
Reigning Supaloc Australian Production Car Champion Bruce Heinrich from South Australia, has a third title firmly in his sights after posting yet another pole position at Phillip Island today. In the second of two sessions, he drove his Ford Falcon AU around the fast circuit in a sub lap record time of 1 min 9469 seconds.
“Yes it’s a lot faster than the last time we were here in the old model
Falcon EA last year,” he said. “There is another half second in this
car at least if the handling was right, but I am happy to be on the
front row and I am not going to change it”
Queenslander Kris Walton came frightening close to snaring away the top
spot. At one stage there was just 0.0002 seconds between the flying
Fords before Heinrich pulled out a new benchmark. Try as he might,
Walton hovered around his second session best, but couldn’t make up the
1.7 second deficit.
The champion from 2004, Clint Harvey, made a blue oval trifecta,
slotting his Falcon on the inside of row two, after being third fastest
in both sessions. Best of the Holden Commodores was Queenslander Jake
Camilleri in his VT who was scheduled to start out of position four but
he had problems and would be unlikely to make the first grid.
John Goodacre’s new VT which turned its first wheel yesterday, was
fifth overall ahead of the similar Holdens of Tim Rouse and Shawn
Jamieson while a great second session by Roger Patterson elevated his
AU to eighth – in front of Peter Dane and Malcolm Niall, also in AU’s.
Outside the top ten came Paul Fiore (VN Commodore), Matt Lovell (EA
Falcon), an engine troubled AU of Scott Nicolas, and Brett Niall and
Brad Fox also in the new Fords.
Saloon Cars was developed around Falcon EA’s and Commodore VN’s before
the late 2004 proposal to move to later model AU’s and VT’s. Heinrich
has won the title twice and is the current champion while Harvey won
the series in 2004.
Television coverage of round five will air on SBS – Speedweek – Sunday
August 27 and of Fox Sports at a time to be advised. For more
information about the Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Championship visit www.tascco.com.au.
2006 Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Championship Round 5 Qualifying
| Pos. |
Driver |
State |
Car |
Time |
| 1 |
Bruce Heinrich |
SA |
Ford Falcon AU |
1:50.9469 |
| 2 |
Kris Walton |
QLD |
Ford Falcon AU |
1:51.1207 |
| 3 |
Clint Harvey |
WA |
Ford Falcon AU |
1:52.2687 |
| 4 |
Jake Camilleri |
QLD |
Holden Commodore VT |
1:52.5991 |
| 5 |
John Goodacre |
SA |
Holden Commodore VT |
1:52.7218 |
| 6 |
Timothy Rowse |
VIC |
Holden Commodore VT |
1:52.8709 |
| 7 |
Shawn Jamieson |
SA |
Holden Commodore VT |
1:53.0678 |
| 8 |
Roger Paterson |
SA |
Ford Falcon AU |
1:53.1328 |
| 9 |
Peter Dane |
NSW |
Ford Falcon AU |
1:53.3864 |
| 10 |
Malcolm Niall |
WA |
Ford Falcon AU |
1:53.4942 |
| 11 |
Paul Fiore |
WA |
Holden Commodore VN |
1:53.4950 |
| 12 |
Matt Lovell |
SA |
Ford Falcon EA |
1:53.5061 |
| 12 |
Scott Nicholas |
SA |
Ford Falcon AU |
1:53.5698 |
| 14 |
Brett Niall |
WA |
Ford Falcon AU |
1:53.9353 |
| 15 |
Brad Fox |
SA |
Ford Falcon EA |
1:54.0639 |
| 16 |
Paul Pennisi |
VIC |
Holden Commodore VT |
1:54.1178 |
| 17 |
Michael Barbara |
NSW |
Holden Commodore VN |
1:54.2600 |
| 18 |
Brett Carrington |
VIC |
Ford Falcon AU |
1:54.3755 |
| 19 |
Geoff Brown |
VIC |
Ford Falcon AU |
1:54.6595 |
| 20 |
Tony James |
WA |
Holden Commodore VN |
1:54.7748 |
| 21 |
Paul Williams |
WA |
Ford Falcon EA |
1:54.9131 |
| 22 |
Brett Bowden |
VIC |
Ford Falcon EA |
1:55.4421 |
| 23 |
Andrew Hamilton |
SA |
Ford Falcon EA |
1:55.4540 |
| 24 |
John Ierardo |
VIC |
Holden Commodore VN |
1:55.5041 |
| 25 |
Mark Pilatti |
WA |
Holden Commodore VT |
1:55.6870 |
| 26 |
Mark Primmer |
NSW |
Ford Falcon EA |
1:57.2359 |
| 27 |
Robert Lonie |
SA |
Holden Commodore VN |
1:59.0562 |
| 28 |
Lindsay Gates |
SA |
Holden Commodore VN |
1:59.6327 |
2006 Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Championship Points (after four rounds)
| Pos. |
Driver |
Points |
| 1 |
Heinrich |
400 |
| 2 |
Harvey |
353 |
| 3 |
Walton |
346 |
| 4 |
Jamieson |
269 |
| 5 |
Fiore |
250 |
| 6 |
Goodacre |
237 |
| 7 |
Camilleri |
203 |
| 8 |
Lovell |
170 |
| 9 |
Dane |
149 |
| 10 |
Barbara |
136 |
| 11 |
Kwiatkowski |
128 |
| 12 |
M Niall |
81 |
| 13 |
B Niall |
76 |
| 14 |
Williams |
63 |
| 15 |
Bowden |
61 |
| 16 |
James |
59 |
| 17 |
Geoff Brown |
54 |
| 18 |
King |
51 |
| 18 |
Paterson |
51 |
| 20 |
Lines |
34 |
| 21 |
Nicholas |
29 |
| 21 |
Holmes |
29 |
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| Pos. |
Driver |
Points |
| 23 |
Southerland |
28 |
| 24 |
Rubis |
25 |
| 25 |
Pennisi |
23 |
| 25 |
Robinson |
23 |
| 27 |
Evangelou |
22 |
| 28 |
Smith |
21 |
| 29 |
Van Gilst |
19 |
| 30 |
Bartsch |
16 |
| 31 |
Ierardo |
14 |
| 31 |
Primmer |
14 |
| 33 |
Hamilton |
10 |
| 34 |
Rouse |
9 |
| 35 |
Carrington |
8 |
| 36 |
Wright |
7 |
| 37 |
Fox |
6 |
| 38 |
Hogan |
5 |
| 39 |
Gates |
4 |
| 40 |
Burr |
3 |
| 40 |
Calabrese |
3 |
| 42 |
Boley |
2 |
| 42 |
Monterosso |
2 |
| 44 |
Lonie |
1 |
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