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Caltex drivers strong in Finale practice PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 30 November 2007
Caltex-backed drivers Craig Lowndes, Jamie Whincup and Russell Ingall have all set times within the top ten during practice for the Dunlop Grand Finale, round 14 of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series at Phillip Island, Victoria, today.

Title contenders Lowndes and Whincup resided at the top end of the time-boards for the duration of the 2 ½ hour, limited lap session with Lowndes sitting atop the sheets for over an hour and a half until the closing fifteen minutes. The final laps of the session saw a flurry of quick times from Mark Winterbottom, Todd Kelly, Mark Skaife, Garth Tander and Lee Holdsworth, with Lowndes and Whincup eventually coming home at sixth and ninth quickest respectively.

Nipping at Whincup’s heels in tenth was Ingall. The pilot of the #9 Caltex Racing Falcon is keen for a good result this weekend while he looks to maintain his running record of finishing in the top ten of every V8 Supercar championship since he started competing in 1996.

Currently 11th in the series standings, Ingall will be one to watch this weekend as he prepares to swap stables in 2008, with this weekend announced on Wednesday as his last with the Stone Brothers Racing and Ford outfits.

Ingall’s team-mate James Courtney was 17th fastest, after sitting as high as tenth on the sheets as the field approached the final laps of this afternoon’s run.

Winterbottom was quickest today, followed by title contender Garth Tander and Todd Kelly.

For the fifth consecutive year a Caltex-backed driver is in the hunt for the V8 title as the championship battle heads to a climax this weekend. On three of the previous four occasions Caltex-backed drivers have been victorious with Marcos Ambrose in 2003 and 2004 and Ingall in 2005.

Tomorrow’s action begins with qualifying at 11.40am (AEDT) and the opening 27-lap race in the afternoon. A further two races will be held on Sunday.

CALTEX QUOTEBOARD

Russell Ingall – #9 Caltex Racing Falcon
“The times from practice today probably don’t give a good indication of our trueingallaction_thumb.jpg position in the field," said Ingall.

“We are really struggling with tyres. We have trashed a lot of tyres in the last three meetings and it has depleted our stock.

“We are only a few tenths off the front runners on some pretty average rubber so it doesn’t put us in bad shape for qualifying tomorrow.”

Craig Lowndes - #888 Team Vodafone Ford Falcon
“The car is working really well,” said Lowndes.

“We started with a pretty good baseline today and made some very positivelowndesaction_th.jpg progression throughout the session.

“I had a pretty good second set of tyres, but just didn’t get the best out of them when I was on a flyer.

“We are happy with our race package but still have a bit of work to do on our qualifying setup."

Jamie Whincup - #888 Team Vodafone Ford Falcon
“We were in the same situation as practice in Tasmania,” said Whincup.

“We just don’t have any good tyres left.

“I was really happy with the car balance today and I am confident we are going to be fast tomorrow.”

James Courtney – #4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport Ford Falcon
courtneyaction_thumb.jpg“We had a pretty tough session today," said Courtney.

“We don’t have many decent tyres to use at all.

“The first set of tyres pointed us in the wrong direction with our set up. We got back on track with a second set of tyres.

“The boys did some pretty lengthy changes to the Jeld-Wen Falcon in the session. We ran out of time to have a crack at it at the end.

“Once we get some green tyres on it tomorrow we will know if we have got it right or not.”

2007 V8 SUPERCAR CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Dunlop Grand Finale – Round 14 of 14
Phillip Island, Victoria
RESULTS: Practice
1 Mark Winterbottom 1.33.9659
2 Garth Tander 1.34.1620
3 Todd Kelly 1.34.4072
4 Mark Skaife 1.34.4103
5 Lee Holdsworth 1.34.4522
6 Craig Lowndes 1.34.4722
7 Greg Murphy 1.34.5767
8 Rick Kelly 1.34.6190
9 Jamie Whincup 1.34.6318
10 Russell Ingall 1.34.6880
11 Steven Richards 1.34.7093
12 Shane van Gisbergen 1.35.0333
13 Jason Bright 1.35.0430
14 Steve Owen 1.35.1334
15 Will Davison 1.35.1500
16 Shane Price 1.35.1506
17 James Courtney 1.35.1546
18 Andrew Jones 1.35.1774
19 Jason Richards 1.35.2801
20 Marcus Marshall 1.35.4891
21 Simon Wills 1.35.4977
22 Paul Dumbrell! 1.35.5244
23 Max Wilson 1.35.5435
24 Dean Canto 1.35.5710
25 Steve Johnson 1.35.6295
26 Cameron McConville 1.35.7077
27 Owen Kelly 1.35.8126
28 Alan Gurr 1.35.9485
29 Jason Bargwanna 1.35.9558
30 John Bowe 1.36.3316
31 Paul Morris 1.37.1934

2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series Round Winners
Rd 1 - Adelaide, SA - Todd Kelly (Holden)
Rd 2 - Perth, WA - Garth Tander (Holden)
Rd 3 - Pukekohe, NZ - Rick Kelly (Holden)
Rd 4 - Winton, Vic - Jamie Whincup (Ford)
Rd 5 - Eastern Creek, NSW - Mark Skaife (Holden)
Rd 6 - Darwin, NT - Craig Lowndes (Ford)
Rd 7 - Ipswich, QLD - Garth Tander (Holden)
Rd 8 – Oran Park, NSW – Lee Holdsworth (Holden)
Rd 9 – Sandown, Vic – Craig Lowndes/Jamie Whincup (Ford)
Rd 10 – Bathurst, NSW – Craig Lowndes/Jamie Whincup (Ford)
Rd 11 – Gold Coast, Q! LD – Garth Tander (Holden)
Rd 12 – Bahrain, UAE –! Mark Wi nterbottom (Ford)
Rd 13 – Launceston, Tas – Jamie Whincup (Ford)

2007 V8 SUPERCAR CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Championship Standings – After Round 13 of 14
1 Jamie Whincup 569
2 Garth Tander 562
3 Craig Lowndes 548
4 Rick Kelly 521
5 Mark Winterbottom 381
6 Steven Richards 366
7 Mark Skaife 335
8 James Courtney 331
9 Todd Kelly 325
10 Will Davison 315
11 Russell Ingall 301
12 Steven Johnson 294
13 Greg Murphy 238
14 Jason Richards 235
15 Lee Holdsworth 189
16 Dean Canto 122
17 Jason Bargwanna 109
18 Max Wilson 108
19 Steve Owen 103
20 Paul Radisich 96
21 Paul Dumbrell 69
22 Paul Morris 66
23 Jason Bright 64
24 Owen Kelly 63
25 Richard Lyons 63
26 Allan Simonsen 63
27 David Besnard 60
28 Tony D'Alberto 54
29 Paul Weel 51
3! 0 John Bowe 47
31 Craig Baird 45
32 Nathan Pretty 45
33 Mathew Halliday 42
34 Luke Youlden 33
35 Cameron McConville 33
36 Alex Davison 30
37 Andrew Thompson 30
38 Glenn Seton 30
39 Shane Price 30
40 Cameron McLean 27
41 Greg Ritter 27
42 Jonathon Webb 24
43 Andrew Jones 19
44 Shane Van Gisbergen 17
45 Tony Longhurst 12
46 Simon Wills 12
47 Fabian Coulthard 8
48 Steve Ellery 6
49 Michael Caruso 6
50 Grant Denyer 6

2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series Team’s Standings
After Round 13 of 14
1. Toll HSV Dealer Team 1083
2. Team Vodafone 1036
3. Ford Performance Racing 735
4. Holden Racing Team 700
5. Stone Brothers Racing 632
6. Jim Beam Racing 588
7. Tasman Motorsport 419
8. Garry Rogers Motorsport 299
9. WPS/WOW Racing 190
10. Autobarn Racing 103
11. Supercheap Auto Racing 102
12. Team Sirromet Wines 74
13. Fujitsu Racing 74
14. Team Kiwi Racing 53
15. Glenfords Racing 47
16. Jack Daniel’s Racing 42
17. Team BOC 31

RACE SCHEDULE
Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Times
Saturday 1 December
11:40am – 12:35pm - Qualifying
3:45pm – Race One (27 laps)

Sunday 2 December
11:25am – Race Two (27 laps)
4:00pm – Race Three (27 laps)

NB: Queensland times are one hour earlie! r. SA and NT are 30 minutes earlier. WA times are two hours earlier.

AUSTRALIAN TV SCHEDULE
Seven Network – Check Local Guides
Saturday 1 December 2007
2:00pm – 5:30pm (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth)
1:30pm – 5:00pm (Brisbane)
Sunday 2 December 2007
2:00pm – 5:30pm (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth)
 
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