The Official V8 Supertaxi Theard 2012

[tweety bird]

yes it's back...................

the Clipsal 500 started yesterday with Jamie Whincup winning the race buy overtaking Will Davison on the last lap (Will ran out of petrol).

the top ten for yesterdays race

Jamie Whincup

Will Davison

Garth Tander

Craig Lowndes

Lee Holdsworth

Fabian Coulthard

Rick Kelly

Todd Kelly

Mark Winterbottom

Steven Johnson

lets see what happens today.

[tweety bird]

Craig Lowndes penalised 25 championship points post-race for contact with Todd Kelly at turn nine in the final laps.

http://www.v8supercars.com.au/championship/newsarticle/lowndes-penalised-in-adelaide/tabid/70/newsid/12213/default.aspx

[tweety bird]

Jamie Whincup's on poll for race two

starting order

Note: Murphy and Webb have withdrawn - all cars behind them will move forward on the grid.

1. Jamie Whincup, #1 TeamVodafone Commodore, 1m20.5353s

2. Garth Tander, #2 HRT Commodore, 1m20.6395s

3. Mark Winterbottom, #5 Orrcon Steel FPR, 1m20.6436s

4. Craig Lowndes, #888 TeamVodafone Commodore, 1m20.8034s

5. Rick Kelly, #15 Jack Daniel's Commodore, 1m20.8160s

6. Will Davison, #6 Tradingpost FPR, 1m20.9112s

7. Lee Holdsworth, #4 IRWIN Falcon, 1m20.9115s

8. Tim Slade, #47 Lucky 7 Falcon, 1m20.9172s

9. Shane van Gisbergen, #9 SP Tools Falcon, 1m20.9816s

10. Michael Caruso, #34 Fujitsu Commodore, 1m21.0460s

11. David Reynolds, #55 The Bottle-O Falcon, 1m21.1962s

12. Todd Kelly, #7 Jack Daniel's Commodore, 1m21.3300s

13. Tony D'Alberto #3 PFERD Falcon, 1m21.3329s

14. Fabian Coulthard, #14 Lockwood Commodore, 1m21.3336s

15. Jason Bright, #8 Team BOC Commodore, 1m21.4095s

16. Steven Johnson, #17 Jim Beam Falcon, 1m21.4408s

17. Michael Patrizi, #91 Tekno Commodore, 1m21.5278s

18. Steve Owen, #49 VIP Petfoods Falcon, 1m21.5429s

19. Dean Fiore, #12 Jim Beam Falcon, 1m21.6351s

20. James Moffat, #18 Norton Falcon, 1m21.6741s

21, Russell Ingall, #66 Supercheap Auto Commodore, 1m21.7115s

22. Alexandre Premat, #33 Fujitsu Commodore, 1m21.8156s

23. Jonathon Webb, #19 Tekno Commodore, 1m22.0638s - OUT

24. Taz Douglas, #30 iSelect Commodore, 1m22.0928s

25. Karl Reindler, #11 Fair Dinkum Sheds Commodore, 1m22.3120s

26. David Wall, #21 Wilson Security Commodore, 1m22.4150s

27. Greg Murphy, #51 Pepsi Max Crew Commodore, 6m38.1826s - OUT

28. James Courtney, #22 HRT Commodore, No Time

http://www.v8superca...18/default.aspx

Murphy and Webb are out because they crashed.

http://www.v8superca...17/default.aspx

[mad082]

That was a big crash between Murphy and Web.

Getting sick of my reception dropping out every 30 seconds though.

[tweety bird]

they said Murphy was doing like 200kph, he must of got a bit of a shock when he saw web.

fpr one and two finish

1) Will Davison

2) Mark Winterbottom

3) Garth Tander

[tweety bird]

good and bad news.

Greg Murphy's car is going to be repaired and it will be ready for next weekend's non-championship V8 Supercar races at the Formula 1 gp.

The damage was looked at and evaluated and the workload to change over one of the DVS cars and implement that for the Grand Prix, versus the workload to put my chassis back together and fit it,

meant that it's going to be a lot more work to bring another car in," said Murphy."We'll put the effort into fixing my chassis and having that ready. I'm really glad that's going to happen. It means a lot of work for

our guys and that's the downside, but we'll have the green machine back out on the Thursday at the Grand Prix."

http://www.v8superca...30/default.aspx

Jonathon Webb's car will not be repaired in time for the Formula 1 gp, The team has turned to Paul Morris Motorsport and will borrow the Sargent Security -branded Holden form them.

"We have exhausted every avenue in order to repair Jonathan's race car in time for the Melbourne Grand Prix," says Team Manager Bruce Jenkins."Unfortunately the entire back end requires extensive

repair work that is unachievable in this tight time frame. We have no option but to loan a vehicle or risk major financial penalties from V8 Supercars."

"We are grateful to Paul Morris Motorsport for assisting at such short notice," says Jenkins. "It's not ideal. There is still a lot of work to be done to get it ready for Jonathon to compete with.

"We secured the vehicle late yesterday. Jonathon has never driven it, nor does he know the car's history. We will do everything we possibly can to perform and will go to Melbourne as a professional unit."

http://www.v8superca...31/default.aspx

[Risking]

The 888 built teckno chassis is already back with 888 for a pair of rear rails and floor pan to rear fire wall section.

Shame to see the last of the 888 VE's take such a massive shunt so soon in it's life.

[tweety bird]

SEVEN-TIME Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher has helped launch a new scholarship to advance the careers of women in all forms of motor sport, including V8 Supercars.

http://www.v8superca...56/default.aspx

TODAY V8 Supercar teams hit the Albert Park track for the first race of the MSS Security V8 Supercars Challenge, but first they need to adapt to a new Qualifying Race format.

The cars will line up in the order that they qualified yesterday and take part in a Qualifying Race. Results won’t count for points for the overall weekend result, but will feature a

“drop zone” where the last three cars on the track at the end of each lap from Lap 3 to 8 will be eliminated from the race, leaving the top 10 to race for victory.

http://www.v8superca...55/default.aspx

[dori34]

good work Schumacher!

spewing i missed out on the olympic park race due to the rain, i had free tickets as well!

will definitely be there this year.

[tweety bird]

The Tekno car (Jonathon Webbs car)

[Whiplash]

If you want to watch some real supercars Round 1 of The Aussie GT's from Adelaide will be on 7mate today at 3pm

[tweety bird]

i called this the supertaxi thread for a reason.

[tweety bird]

does anyone else find it annoying when when they go ''this is a classic ford vs holden battle''.

what else would it be?

[tweety bird]

Nissan Announcement This Week

KELLY Racing driver Rick Kelly and team chairman John Crennan are heading to the United States following last weekend’s Tasmania Challenge at Symmons Plains.The duo will be at the New York Auto Show on Thursday morning (Australian time) along with representatives from Nissan Australia to unveil a new model – the Altima - which is strongly linked with being the

car the company will use when it enters the V8 Supercars Championship next year.

Nissan USA have posted five video clips on YouTube giving a brief insight into the new model Altima ahead of its unveiling.

http://www.v8supercars.com.au/championship/newsarticle/nissan-announcement-this-week/tabid/70/newsid/12317/default.aspx

[mad082]

how good was whincup's spin in sunday's race? spun, kept the boot in, looped it round then drove off like a BAWS. last time i saw someone do that was (from memory) glen seaton at adelaide. got tagged coming onto the back straight, did a full 360 and kept on driving. was probably still doing 60kmh when he was spinning

[Mr. Untouchable]

watched it first hand, i gave him a round of applause lol, and to come back and win with ease. good stuff, shame to see lowndes off he was providing some good entertainment. top day sunday, good track to spectate at since you can see the whole thing from just about anywhere. there was some quick datsuns in the support races too ;-)

[mad082]

Was just about to compare channel 7's v8 coverage to onehd when the coverage died with 2 laps to go, but they have just replayed the last 2 laps. So I'm happy now, lol.

Great drive by whincup as usual to get so close at the end. he really is mr consistent.

[tweety bird]

hmmm @ channel 7

good race but.

and

THE V8 Supercars Championship will return to Eastern Creek International Raceway in Sydney this year.

The newly refurbished circuit will now fill the August 24-26 date.

[mad082]

Did I hear them say Winton has been moved?

[tweety bird]

yep, the full read.

THE V8 Supercars Championship will return to Eastern Creek International Raceway in Sydney this year.

The newly refurbished circuit will now fill the August 24-26 date that was to have been the Winton weekend, while the rural Victorian circuit will now move to hosting the penultimate event of the championship on November 16-18.

The Winton event takes the place of the previous ‘to be announced’ calendar slot and will fall exactly two weeks after the Yas V8 400 in Abu Dhabi and two weeks before the season-finale Sydney Telstra 500.

“We believe Australia’s largest city can have motorsport nirvana with a thrilling circuit race at a great permanent venue followed by all the street circuit bells and whistles of the Sydney Telstra 500,” V8 Supercar CEO David Malone says.

“We compete three times in Victoria and three times in Queensland each year so our view is we can sustain three New South Wales events, certainly for this year, based on their different market appeal, location, timing and format."

The Australian Racing Drivers Club will promote the Eastern Creek V8 Supercar event, which falls the weekend before the ultra-successful Muscle Car Masters and makes for strong back-to-back weekends of motorsport.

Glenn Matthews, CEO of the ARDC, managers of Eastern Creek International Raceway, said that since the venue's $11-million refurbishment, Sydney’s motorsport fans had been loud and constant in their call for V8 Supercars to return.

"Eastern Creek is the only permanent race circuit in Sydney and is a perfect complement to the street circuit event held at Olympic Park in December," Matthews said.

“Having the V8 boys back is ideal to re-launch the new Eastern Creek, with exhilarating new circuit layouts, refurbished pit lane and upgraded spectator facilities almost complete, combined with September marking the 60th Anniversary of the ARDC.

“Over the coming months we will also be making further important announcements regarding Eastern Creek that I am sure will be well received."

The V8 Supercars Championship has not raced at Eastern Creek since 2008, when Will Davison took his maiden victory for Jim Beam Racing.

Since then the venue has regularly been used by V8 Supercar teams for corporate ride days and last year it hosted the pre-season Official Test and Launch Day.

The Australian Touring Car Championship/V8 Supercars Championship has a long history at Eastern Creek, first competing there in 1992.

A total of 17 ATCC/V8SC events have been held at Eastern Creek in that time with the series grand finale hosted by the venue in 2003 and 2004 – both years where two events were held at the circuit in the same season.

Eastern Creek was the site of the Holden Racing Team’s first ATCC/V8SC win in 1994 with the late Peter Brock and the venue in 2007 where Mark Skaife broke Brock’s long-time ATCC/V8SC event wins record.

The news means that the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship will be contested over 15 events and 29 individual races.

http://www.v8supercars.com.au/championship/newsarticle/double-dose-of-v8-action-for-sydney/tabid/70/newsid/12373/default.aspx