Official 2005 V8 Supercar Thread

[turb06]

Oh, and the chase at bathurst.

Dazza.

[maximum_velocity]

Great idea for a thread dazza.

It will be easy to keep the thread alive because as you said if no1 can post anything about motorsport we can just bag some of the Expensive Daewoo drivers like big nose or a wanka of similar status :lol:

[turb06]

I heard from a friend today that a rule change has been brought in this year stateing that teams can only use 2 rattle guns in the pit lanes? Anyone else heard this and know the reasoning behind it.

Dazza.

[iTec]

I heard from a friend today that a rule change has been brought in this year stateing that teams can only use 2 rattle guns in the pit lanes?  Anyone else heard this and know the reasoning behind it.

Dazza.

havnt heard of it, but most of the things like this are to keep costs down, both for the smaller teams and the longjevity (sp?) of the sport.

[turb06]

I would have thought the guns used would be rather inexpensive (at least compared to the rest of the equipment) and fairly durable, if it is true, I wonder if teams will eliminate a tyre changer and only have one per side, or will the have the 4 tyre changers and just chuck the rattle gun to them. IT all sounds kinda silly to me.

Dazza.

[Barry Blue]

Can't wait for Adelaide!,

           Once again the Missus and I (and bro-inlaw) will be flying down for 5 days. We did this trip last year and it was the best event we have ever been to. Four days at the track and four night concerts, beats work anyday!

                                        Cheers B.B.

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Where abouts do you usually sit? I am thinking of going down next year and sitting on the high speed right hander, that the dipper and turn one at Eastern Creek would have to be the best corners in Australian motorsport.

Dazza.

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We have reserve tickets in the Barry Sheen Grandstand (Block "B"), last year we were in "D" directly opposite the big screen on top of the pits. Great spot as we see all the action in the pits.

Cheers B.B.

[Barry Blue]

I heard from a friend today that a rule change has been brought in this year stateing that teams can only use 2 rattle guns in the pit lanes?  Anyone else heard this and know the reasoning behind it.

Dazza.

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YES, this is definately true, only 2 guns and 2 blokes allowed to change wheels giving a choice of 7sec two wheel change or 15sec four wheel change, I'd say its intended to slow pitstops down so there will be more variation in stoppage times.

Air jack operator is not allowed to help in any way.

Cars will also have 2 lights on their roof to indicate pitstops made, one for fuel and the other for tyres.

Cheers B.B.

[crisso]

Clipsal 500, Adelaide Street Circuit

Round 1 17/3/2005 - 20/3/2005

Qualifying

Race Day: Friday, 14:20-15:05 Race Duration: 20 Minutes

1 1 Pirtek Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA 8 4 1:22.1776

2 021 Team Kiwi Racing Paul Radisich Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 5 3 1:22.5300 0:00.3524

3 88 Team Betta Electrical Steve Ellery Ford Falcon BA 11 9 1:22.5446 0:00.3670

4 888 Team Betta Electrical Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 13 11 1:22.5609 0:00.3833

5 6 Ford Performance Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BA 11 11 1:22.5692 0:00.3916

6 15 HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 9 8 1:22.6948 0:00.5172

7 11 Team Perkins Racing Steven Richards Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VY 12 12 1:22.7015 0:00.5239

8 51 Super Cheap Auto Racing Greg Murphy Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 7 3 1:22.7666 0:00.5890

9 9 Caltex Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 10 8 1:22.8108 0:00.6332

10 2 Expensive Daewoo Racing Team Mark Skaife Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 4 2 1:22.8235 0:00.6459

11 12 Team BOC John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 11 11 1:22.9277 0:00.7501

12 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Cameron McConville Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 13 12 1:22.9389 0:00.7613

13 17 Westpoint Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA 12 8 1:22.9791 0:00.8015

14 24 Team Perkins Racing Paul Dumbrell Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VY 12 11 1:23.0073 0:00.8297

15 22 Expensive Daewoo Racing Team Todd Kelly Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 6 6 1:23.0607 0:00.8831

16 44 Team Dynamic Simon Wills Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 11 7 1:23.0889 0:00.9113

17 23 Tasman Motor Sport Jamie Whincup Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VY 5 3 1:23.1801 0:01.0025

18 16 HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 11 10 1:23.2143 0:01.0367

19 67 Sirromet - Life Style Wine Paul Morris Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 11 7 1:23.2405 0:01.0629

20 20 Larkham Orrcon Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA 10 9 1:23.2601 0:01.0825

21 21 Team BOC Brad Jones Ford Falcon BA 13 3 1:23.3289 0:01.1513

22 48 WPS David Besnard Ford Falcon BA 11 11 1:23.3663 0:01.1887

23 10 Larkham Orrcon Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 10 4 1:23.3955 0:01.2179

24 18 Westpoint Racing Glenn Seton Ford Falcon BA 12 7 1:23.4013 0:01.2237

25 75 Toll Racing Anthony Tratt Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VY 12 12 1:23.5881 0:01.4105

26 5 Ford Performance Racing Greg Ritter Ford Falcon BA 11 10 1:23.6424 0:01.4648

27 50 Super Cheap Auto Racing Paul Weel Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 13 12 1:23.6548 0:01.4772

28 3 Tasman Motor Sport Jason Richards Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VY 9 6 1:23.7219 0:01.5443

29 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Andrew Jones Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 5 4 1:23.8982 0:01.7206

30 25 Fujitsu Racing Steve Owen Ford Falcon BA 11 6 1:23.9342 0:01.7566

31 7 Autobarn Racing Alex Davison Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VY 13 9 1:23.9380 0:01.7604

32 8 WPS Craig Baird Ford Falcon BA 7 7 1:24.2139 0:02.0363

33 52 Fujitsu Racing Matthew White Ford Falcon BA 13 13 1:24.3102 0:02.1326

[Jaymz]

Top 10 Shootout Results for Clipsal

1 15 HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 1 1 1:22.9438

2 1 Pirtek Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA 1 1 1:23.0490

3 88 Team Betta Electrical Steve Ellery Ford Falcon BA 1 1 1:23.1918

4 9 Caltex Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 1 1 1:23.2425

5 6 Ford Performance Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BA 1 1 1:23.4423

6 51 Super Cheap Racing Greg Murphy Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 1 1 1:23.4958

7 11 Team Perkins Racing Steven Richards Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VY 1 1 1:23.5888

8 888 Team Betta Electrical Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 1 1 1:23.7449

9 021 Team Kiwi Racing Paul Radisich Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 1 1 1:24.0786

No time for Skaife shown so something must have happened to him I assume he will still start from 10 but there is no time for position 10 shown

[mbjunior99]

Top 10 Shootout Results for Clipsal

1 15 HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 1 1 1:22.9438 

2 1 Pirtek Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA 1 1 1:23.0490

3 88 Team Betta Electrical Steve Ellery Ford Falcon BA 1 1 1:23.1918

4 9 Caltex Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 1 1 1:23.2425

5 6 Ford Performance Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BA 1 1 1:23.4423

6 51 Super Cheap Racing Greg Murphy Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 1 1 1:23.4958

7 11 Team Perkins Racing Steven Richards Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VY 1 1 1:23.5888

8 888 Team Betta Electrical Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 1 1 1:23.7449

9 021 Team Kiwi Racing Paul Radisich Expensive Daewoo Late model camira VZ 1 1 1:24.0786

No time for Skaife shown so something must have happened to him I assume he will still start from 10 but there is no time for position 10 shown

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Yeah I was just looking at the V8 SuperCar website and notice that Skaife qualified in 10th but wasn't listed in the shootout results. Should be interesting to see how everyone goes in their first hitout for 2005. Bring on 1pm Saturday