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Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Introduction

Many of the scribes peering out of Sydney Motorsport Park’s garage-top media centre will more than likely be setting their gaze beyond the race track this weekend.

The size of the crowd lapping up the action from the circuit’s grandstand and surrounding grassed mounds will be of more interest than the on-track activity to some as the championship races at the Western Sydney venue for the first time since 2008.

Eastern Creek - as it was known until being rebranded midway through this year - and its operator, the Australian Racing Drivers’ Club, have enjoyed a tempestuous relationship with V8 Supercars over the last decade, with poor crowd numbers at the centre of some heated and rather public debates.

Previous claims from V8 Supercars that the venue is simply unable to pull a crowd are set to be tested this weekend. In addition to no longer competing with Oran Park for the Western Sydney market, the ARDC has made tickets so relatively cheap that it has described the pricing as “a one-off gesture” to fans. There can be little confusion as to the intent of that strategy.

The event’s two-day format means one should be careful drawing comparisons with the traditional three-day weekend figures, although a well trained glance around a circuit’s key spectator venues in the lead-up to race start can often reveal the truest picture anyway...

For those playing along at home this weekend, the 2008 event, held amid intensifying negotiations between V8 Supercars and the New South Wales government over the possibility of a Homebush street race, ended with a three-day official attendance of just 23,511.

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Jonathon Webb set for firstBound

V8 start on home track

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Jonathon Webb may live on the Gold Coast these days, but it’s still hard to believe that the Castle Hill native has

not raced at his old local track, Sydney Motorsport Park, in over seven years.

One of 11 drivers in the field this weekend yet to race a V8 Supercar at the venue at all, Webb at least has the 2011 pre-season test day still relatively fresh in his mind.

Having visited the circuit on multiple occasions this year, including for its launch

in late May, Webb is perhaps best qualified of all the drivers to give his opinion on the upgrades that have taken place.

Speedcafe.com’s Grant Rowley spoke with him about the facility and his own expectations for the weekend ...

SPEEDCAFE: Jonathon, you were one of the first drivers to sample the newly-refurbished Sydney Motorsport Park circuit in May. The V8s aren’t using the extended track this weekend, but there are a lot of

other improvements around the place. What are your thoughts?

Jonathon WeBB: To be honest, they’ve done a really good job with the whole facility. It’s a monster project, and when I was there last weekend, they are still busily working away. There’s still plenty more to come too.

It’s obviously great that the V8 Supercars have returned there after the track had a freshen up. The garages are looking really

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well presented. It’s probably the perfect time to head back there.

SPEEDCAFE: The track that the V8 Supercars will race on is the 3.9km ‘GP’ layout. The only changes to the layout since the last time the category was there is a slight modification to Turn 6/7. Can you tell us about those changes and how it will make your weekend different?

WeBB: If anything, it will make it a little easier in that section. They’ve taken out

what was a tricky right-hand kink going into left hander. That kink is now gone and there’s a traditional 90 degree corner.

For our cars, it will help look after the front tyres a bit better, and it will definitely add more speed to that section of track.

They’ve also resurfaced a whole heap of other sections that will improve the grip. I think the whole place will be a faster track to race on, compared to the past.

SPEEDCAFE: Will the change to Turn 6/7 improve passing opportunities at that section of the track?

WeBB: It probably will. If you get a good, clean run through Turns 4 and 5 and have a good run down to Turn 6 it’s definitely a passing opportunity. Before, it was a tough one to fit two cars through the kink. Now that the kink is gone, it’s going to be easier to pass there.

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SPEEDCAFE: In some ways, it’s a shame that the V8s won’t be racing on the extended part of Sydney Motorsport Park. You’ve driven around the new section of track. Would you like to see the V8 Supercars race around the full 5.6km circuit?

WeBB: From my point of view, I’m a little disappointed that we’re not doing the full length. It’s the newest part of any track in the country, so it would have been nice to get there with our cars, but I can understand the reasoning for V8s being hesitant.

Hopefully we’ll go back this year, put on a good event and hopefully there’s a possibility of doing it for the future.

SPEEDCAFE: And what are your expectations for car #19 this weekend?

WeBB: For myself and the whole Tekno crew, we’re looking for a top 10. That’s really what we’re looking to achieve for the rest of the season.

It’s nice to go back to what is my home track. It’s been a few years since I raced there, but I have very fond memories of the place. The last time I raced there was probably Carrera Cup in 2005!

But I’m looking forward to it, and if we can come home with a couple of top 10 results, I’ll be more than happy.

SPEEDCAFE: There’s a few guys in the V8 field who have done lots of laps around Eastern Creek, but conversely there are few drivers who have recent ‘race’ laps there, including yourself ...

WeBB: That’s for sure. Even for the experienced guys, it has been five years since we’ve raced there. We also did the pre-season test in 2011, but even since then, the track has been resurfaced and the changes to 6/7 like we discussed. I think that will put more of us on a level playing field.

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location: Eastern Creek, New South Waleslength: 3.93 kilometresDirection: Anti-Clockwisemaximum speed: 255km/hfastest Point: Back StraightSlowest Point: Turn 3

Circuit DescriptionA fast and flowing circuit very much in the mould of many European tracks, Sydney Motorsport Park requires a finely tuned race car that responds well to change of direction and deals well with constant radius corners. A former home of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix and A1 GP Series, the Western Sydney venue opened in 1990.

V8 Supercars Qualifying lap record:Mark Skaife, Holden Commodore VT, 1m30.6556s, 1999

V8 Supercars race lap record:Mark Skaife, Holden Commodore VT, 1m31.7301s, 1999

event format:friday: Support practice only

Saturday:Practice: 2 x 30 minQualifying: 1 x 20 minRace: 1 x 140km

Sunday:Practice: 1 x 30 minQualifying: 1 x 20 minRace: 1 x 220km

tyre format:In a reversal of the most common format used throughout the season, teams will have 16 new hard compound and just eight new soft compound tyres available to them across the weekend. They will have to use at least one set of each compound in each of the races.

Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Circuit Info

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12 Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I tech preview

There have obviously been a lot of changes at Eastern Creek Raceway since the last time we were there - including the name.

In January last year we had compulsory pre-season test there, but in terms of racing it’s been four years since our last visit.

Back in 2008 Garth Tander was very quick there for the Holden Racing Team. Will Davison ended up winning the weekend under the old round winners format, and the two TeamVodafone cars were thereabouts as well.

Craig (Lowndes) topped the 2011 test with a 1:30.2s which was significantly faster than we’d seen there before, obviously aided by it being the first run around the place on the soft tyres. The track has changed a fair bit since then though, so it’ll be interesting to see what the lap times are like this weekend. I have not been there since the redevelopments, but looking at some of the things they have done around the circuit it’s a significantly different race track.

Even looking back at the notes from the test day, the grip levels in some of the corners had changed dramatically over 2008 because it had just been resurfaced at that stage. So there are a lot of unknown factors, but we can expect that its tradition of being reasonably kind on brakes but hard on tyres will continue. It’s been quite a bumpy circuit in the past too but we’ll have to wait and see if that’s improved or not.

Strategy

The format this weekend is biased towards the hard compound compared to what we’ve usually seen this year, particularly on Sunday. We’ve got four sets of hard tyres and just two sets of softs to play with over the weekend. You certainly won’t want to be making a big enough mistake in qualifying to damage one of your soft tyres.

I think on Saturday we’ll see what we usually do where most start on the hard and get it off as soon as they can. The fuel window is similar to the majority of events - they’ve made both races a little bit longer than normal at 140km and 220km to ensure that they are genuine one stop (Saturday) and two stop (Sunday) races. With three stints on Sunday the tyre strategy is a little more open, and people’s decisions on when to use the quicker rubber will no doubt be impacted by where they qualify.

In terms of fuel consumption, Eastern Creek is a bit like Phillip Island. Lots of long corners and part throttle always means your consumption per kilometre is down, which is often also what makes it hard on tyres.

Interestingly enough Eastern Creek is also quite hard on wheels. You often see cars lose speed because they’ve picked up a big vibration due to a wheel being buckled by the outside edge of the kerbing.

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When that happens you’ve just got to soldier on until you’re in your pit window and can get onto another set. The new wheel prove more durable than what we were running back in 2008, but we’ll find out.

Passing

Passing has never been easy at Eastern Creek. Again, it’s a little like Phillip Island in that it really emphasises tyre quality, so that’s where the pitstop windows and those sorts of moves really make a difference.

Turn 8 - the hairpin behind the pits - was always a reasonably good place to make a move. Turn 2, providing you could get your car off of Turn 1 well enough, was a chance as well, but a good fight-back through Turn 3 and 4 means you can hold the other car back out again. So it’s like Phillip Island in that you can have a fair bit of side-by-side racing, but actually getting a move done often requires a fair bit of bravery.

We haven’t seen blue flags working particularly well recently either, which doesn’t help. That was really frustrating for us at Ipswich. It used to be the procedure that when we can see we’re catching a lapped car we’d notify race control, but now that we’re told not to do that it really relies on everyone doing their job properly. I doubt we’ll see quite as many cars getting lapped as what we did at

Ipswich, though - that’s a fairly unique circuit in that sense.

Pitlane

At Queensland Raceway we saw the extra timing line installed at pit entry work quite well in that we didn’t see anyone taking huge chunks of time out of the car in front at the pit entry. At Eastern Creek the cars are doing 220km/h as they approach the pit entry, so it’s always one of the more challenging entries for the drivers, and can catch out those not fully concentrating.

There was some weirdness going on in pitlane at Ipswich where we saw a lot of cars stall trying to leave their pit boxes during the races. That left a lot of people scratching their heads wondering why. It may have been related to the fuel, or it could have been circuit specific, but to see eight or nine cars stall, including both of ours, was a bit unusual. That could be something to watch for as well.

Overall, the thing I’m really surprised about is the fact that we’re going back to Eastern Creek but not using the new circuit. Personally I’d like to have seen us run the new loop that they’ve spent all the time and effort on. It’s always a good challenge for everyone to meet a new bit of race track for the first time, but that’s the way it goes.

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Team Norton DJR’s James Moffat will make history at Sydney Motorsport Park by becoming the last driver to debut a new chassis under the current V8 Supercars

Championship regulations ahead of next year’s introduction of Car of the Future.Moffat will debut an unraced Triple Eight-built FG Falcon chassis (888-021) that Dick Johnson Racing have had in its workshop for the past three and a half years.It replaces Moffat’s car of the last 18 months, which is the same Falcon taken to victory in the 2010 championship by James Courtney. The team will retain and restore that car.The now Holden Racing Team-mounted Courtney and Lucky 7 Racing’s Tim Slade have also debuted new cars during the 2012 season.

DID YOUKNOW ?Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I did you know

Pole position at Sydney Motorsport Park has, over recent history, been almost the exclusive domain of the Holden Racing Team and Stone Brothers Racing

- thanks largely to Mark Skaife and Marcos Ambrose.Since control tyres were introduced to the V8 Supercars Championship in 1999, only Triple Eight Race Engineering (via Craig Lowndes in 2005) have been able to steal a pole away from the two teams.HRT have six poles in the period and SBR four, all of them taken by Ambrose, who clinched both of his V8 Supercar Championships at the circuit in 2003 and 2004.

The 2012 V8 Supercars Championship grid is a very different one to the last time the series competed at Sydney Motorsport Park in 2008. Of the 28 drivers that

competed in that event four years ago, just 17 (including the injured Greg Murphy) remain full-time in the V8SC.Eleven of the 28 drivers in this year’s field have never actually raced a V8 Supercar at Sydney Motorsport Park, but most of them have experience there in other categories.The 11 drivers are:- Karl Reindler (Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing)- Dean Fiore (Jim Beam Racing)- James Moffat (Team Norton DJR)- Jonathon Webb (Tekno Autosports)- David Wall (Wilson Security Racing)- Taz Douglas (Team iSelect)- Alex Premat (Fujitsu Racing/GRM), right- Tim Slade (Lucky 7 Racing)- David Reynolds (The Bottle-O Racing Team)- Jacques Villeneuve (Pepsi Max Crew)- Michael Patrizi (Tekno Autosports)

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While Mark Skaife (10 wins) and Marcos Ambrose (seven) also stand out as the men

over time to have dominated the race winners’ list at Sydney Motorsport Park, Craig Lowndes’ record is impressive too.With five race wins at ‘The Creek’ - including Triple Eight’s first-ever V8 Supercar race win in 2005 - Lowndes is fourth on the all-time race win list at the circuit.But it’s his record since his sparkling championship debut at the venue in 1996 that really stands out.In the 29 races he’s started there since that glorious debut with the Holden Racing Team, Lowndes has racked up 26 top-10 race results and of those, 21 in the top-five!Lowdnes’ current TeamVodafone team-mate Jamie Whincup, meanwhile has yet to record a pole or race win in five event and 11 race starts at the venue.

Even though no V8 Supercars Championship teams are based in Sydney, there are plenty of

drivers who grew up there.Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom grew up just down the road from Sydney Motorsport Park in

Doonside, while the Holden Racing Team’s James Courtney is a born and bred Penrith boy.Tekno Autosport’s Jonathon Webb calls the Gold Coast home now but is another originally from Sydney, so too is now-Melbourne-based Michael

Caruso from Fujitsu Racing/GRM.The only Sydney driver who still lives there is Wilson Security Racing’s David Wall, right. The V8SC rookie has won four Australian GT Championship rounds at the circuit in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

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The Holden squad enters the event as narrow favourites on the account of winning the last six consecutive races. With Craig Lowndes back to his unstoppable best at Ipswich, it’s anyone’s guess as to who will prevail between the two Triple Eight team-mates, though.

Base: Banyo, QueenslandCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Triple Eight Race EngineeringEngines: KRE Team principal: Roland Dane

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Walkinshaw Racing

#2 Garth Tander

#22 James Courtney

#66 Russell Ingall

Base: Clayton, VictoriaCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Walkinshaw RacingEngines: Walkinshaw RacingTeam principal: Steve Hallam

Team: Toll Holden Racing TeamBorn: 31 March 1977V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 1998Starts: 425 Wins: 50Career Highlights: 2007 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2000, 2009 & 2011 Bathurst 1000, 1997 Australian Formula Ford Champion

Team: Toll Holden Racing Team Born: 29 June 1980V8SC debut: Sandown, 2005Starts: 204 Wins: 9Career Highlights: 2010 V8 Supercars Champion, 2001 British Formula Ford Champion, 2002 Jaguar F1 test driver, 2000 British Formula Ford Champion

Team: Supercheap Auto RacingBorn: 24 February 1964V8SC debut: Eastern Creek, 1996Starts: 490 Wins: 27Career Highlights: 2005 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 1995 & 1997 Bathurst 1000,1st 1998 Sandown 500 & 1999 Queensland 500, 1993 British Formula Ford Champion

the BaGman’S SaY...Walkinshaw Racing’s form was as curious as ever last-time out

at Queensland Raceway. Traditional team flag bearer Garth Tander endured his worst weekend of the season - failing to see the top 10 in either qualifying session or race and suffering the indignity of being lapped on Sunday - while Russell Ingall starred. Despite Tander’s qualifying average having now blown out to 10.2, it remains the seventh best in the field, emphasising how mixed the form has been behind the first couple of grid rows this season.

The fact that the WR VEs were quick at EC in 2007 and 2008 may or may not give an indication as to their performance this week, leaving the squad’s form as hard as ever to predict.

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Stone Brothers Racing

#4 Lee Holdsworth

#9 Shane van Gisbergen

#47 Tim Slade

Base: Yatla, QueenslandCar: Ford Falcon FGChassis: Stone Brothers RacingEngines: Stone Brothers RacingTeam principal: Ross Stone

Team: IRWIN RacingBorn: 2 February 1983.V8SC debut: Sandown, 2004Starts: 212 Wins: 2Career Highlights: 1st 2010 V8 Supercars Race 26 (Sydney), 1st 2007 V8 Supercars Round 8 (Oran Park), 3rd 2009 Bathurst 1000, 7th 2010 V8 Supercars Championship

Team: SP Tools RacingBorn: 9 May 1989V8SC deubt: Oran Park, 2007 Starts: 149 Wins: 2Career Highlights: 1st 2011 ITM400 Hamilton (Race 6), 1st 2011 Skycity Triple Crown (Race 12), 2005/06 NZ FFord Champion, 2nd 2006/07 Toyota Racing Series

Team: Lucky 7 RacingBorn: 3 August 1985V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2009Starts: 94 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2nd 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 7th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series, 9th 2011 V8 Supercars Championship

the BaGman’S SaY...In comparison to its 2011 efforts, all three SBR Falcons were

disappointingly off the pace at Queensland Raceway. Shane van Gisbergen and Tim Slade managed to snag a pair of top 10 race results, but the pair were over 30 seconds down on winner Craig Lowndes at the conclusion of 200km on Sunday.

The team will join the likes of WR and BJR, which both edged it for pace at QR, in hoping that the different tyre format can help break the now 20 race Triple Eight/FPR race winning streak. Saving the soft tyres for the final stint propelled Van Gisbergen to the team’s most recent win at Hidden Valley 12 months ago, and may prove their only realistic shot at toppling the giants this weekend.

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Ford Performance Racing

#5 Mark Winterbottom

#6 Will Davison

#55 David Reynolds

Base: Campbelfield, VictoriaCar: Ford Falcon FGChassis: Ford Performance RacingEngines: Ford Performance RacingTeam principal: Tim Edwards

Team: Orrcon Steel FPRBorn: 20 May 1981V8SC debut: Sandown, 2003Starts: 259 Wins: 20Career Highlights: 1st 2006 Sandown 500, 1st 2003 V8 Supercars Development Series, 2nd 2008 V8 Supercars Championship, 2nd 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Team: Tradingpost FPRBorn: 30 August 1982V8SC debut: Winton, 2004Starts: 209 Wins: 12Career Highlights: 1st 2009 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2009 Phillip Island 500, 2nd 2009 V8 Supercars Championship, 2001 Australian Formula Ford Champion

Team: The Bottle-O RacingBorn: July 1985.V8SC debut: Sandown, 2007Starts: 64 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Champion, 2004 Australian Formula Ford Champion, 4th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series

the BaGman’S SaY...Amid the hype of Craig Lowndes’ form at Queensland Raceway, it

was easy to downplay just how hard Mark Winterbottom was able to push the TeamVodafone pilot. The FPR entries locked out the front-row of the grid for the sixth time in eight races on Sunday, with Winterbottom finishing less than two seconds behind Lowndes in second place on both days. For what had been described as the team’s ‘bogey circuit’, it was a big achievement.

Will Davison, meanwhile, has just one podium finish in the last five races, but has happy memories of scoring his first round win at EC in 2008. Another victory this weekend would be just the tonic his title bid needs at this point of the season.

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Kelly Racing

#7 Todd Kelly

#11 Karl Reindler

Base: Braeside, VictoriaCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Kelly RacingEngines: Kelly RacingTeam principals: Rick and Todd Kelly

Team: Jack Daniel’s RacingBorn: 9 October 1979V8SC debut: Eastern Creek, 1999Starts: 371 Wins: 19Career Highlights: 1st 2005 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2003 Sandown 500, 2nd 1998 Australian Drivers’ Championship, 2nd 2006 Bathurst 1000, 2nd 2006 Bathurst 1000

Team: Fair Dinkum Sheds RacingBorn: 18 April 1985V8SC debut: Bathurst, 2008Starts: 71 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2004 Australian F3 Champion, 8th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series, 3rd 2006 A1GP Shanghai Feature Race

the BaGman’S SaY...Kelly Racing’s dismal on-track performances show no signs of

picking up before season’s end, with all four cars against struggling last time out at Queensland Raceway.

Adding insult to the squad’s lack of car speed was the need to pit Rick Kelly for a third time in the dying stages of Sunday’s race as his pit strategy saw the #15 Holden run low on fuel. The once top 10 certainty now sits a lowly 16th in the points standings.

Jacques Villeneuve, meanwhile, returns for a third weekend in the team’s Pepsi entry. The Canadian failed to truly move off the bottom of the pile at Queensland Raceway, and will be desperate to at least prove competitive with the tail end runners prior to Greg Murphy’s return.

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#15 Rick KellyTeam: Jack Daniel’s RacingBorn: 7 January 1983V8SC debut: Queensland, 2001Starts: 312 Wins: 12Career Highlights: 2006 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2003 & 2004 Bathurst 1000 , 2001 Australian Drivers’ Champion, 2nd 2000 Australian Formula Ford Championship

#51 Jacques VilleneuveTeam: Pepsi Max CrewBorn: 9 April 1971V8SC debut: Gold Coast, 2010Starts: 4 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 1997 World Drivers’ Champion, 1st 1995 Indianapolis 500, 1st 1995 CART World Series, 2nd 2008 Le Mans 24 Hours

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Brad Jones Racing

#8 Jason Bright

#14 Fabian Coulthard

#21 David Wall

Base: Albury, VictoriaCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Walkinshaw RacingEngines: Noonan Race EnginesTeam principals: Brad and Kim Jones

Team: Team BOCBorn: 7 March 1973V8SC debut: Symmons Plains, 1997 Starts: 398 Wins: 30Career Highlights: 1st 1998 Bathurst 1000, 1995 Australian Formula Ford Champion, 1997 Australian Drivers’ Champion, 1st 2006 Sandown 500

Team: Lockwood RacingBorn: 28 July 1982V8SC debut: Oran Park, 2004Starts: 171 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Champion, 2001 NZ Formula Ford Champion, 3rd 2004 Australian Carrera Cup, 4th 2000 NZ Formula Ford Championship

Team: Wilson Security RacingBorn: 1 January 1983V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2009Starts: 21 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2009 & 2010 Australian GT Champion, 3rd 2007 Australian GT Championship, 11th 2011 V8 Supercars Development Series

the BaGman’S SaY...The apparently minor ‘engineering philosophy’ differences that

saw BJR shuffle its driver/engineer combinations prior to Hamilton appear to have developed into a chasm over recent events as the team’s cars consistently figure in different parts of the field.

Fabian Coulthard’s efforts at Queensland Raceway ensure that the #14 car has scored four top five finishes in the past five races in what is arguably the strongest spell for any non-Triple Eight or FPR car all season.

Jason Bright meanwhile, hasn’t put a single-digit result on the board since his podium in Race 11 at Phillip Island - a weekend that in-turn proved disastrous for Coulthard. SMP’s Phillip Island-style sweeps will therefore mark an interesting test for the two sides of the BJR garage this weekend.

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Dick Johnson Racing

#12 Dean Fiore

#17 Steven Johnson

Base: Yatla, QueenslandCar: Ford Falcon FGChassis: Triple Eight Race EngineeringEngines: InnoV8 (Roger Higgins)Team principal: Dick Johnson

Team: Jim Beam RacingBorn: 1 December 1983V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2009Starts: 95 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2nd 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 4th 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 5th 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

Team: Jim Beam RacingBorn: 6 September 1974V8SC debut: Oran Park, 1994Starts: 400 Wins: 3Career Highlights: 1st 2001 Queensland 500, 1st 2001 Canberra 400, 5th 2001 V8 Supercars Championship, 6th 2009 V8 Supercars Championship

the BaGman’S SaY...Dick Johnson Racing may be highly unlikely to repeat its winning

Eastern Creek form of 2008, but the team will head to the Sydney venue buoyed by flickers of form over the last two events.

Although unable to replicate Steve Owen’s season-best Townsville performance, Queensland Raceway saw Owen, Steven Johnson and Dean Fiore all contend for top 10 finishes. It was unarguably Fiore’s most positive weekend since joining the squad at the beginning of the year - car #12 qualifying in the top dozen for both races.

Getting all four of its cars inside the top 20 continues to be an achievement for this team however.

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#18 James Moffat

#49 Steve Owen

Team: Team Norton DJRBorn: 18 June 1984V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2010Starts: 45 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2nd 2009 V8 Development Series, 3rd 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 3rd 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Team: VIP Petfoods RacingBorn: 18 December 1974V8SC debut: Bathurst, 1999Starts: 149 Wins: 1Career Highlights: 1st 2008 & 2010 V8 Supercars Development Series, 1st 2010 V8 Supercars Race 20 (Gold Coast), 2nd 1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship

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33Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I driver profiles

Tekno Autosports

#19 Jonathon Webb

#91 Michael Patrizi

Base: Stapylton, QueenslandCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Triple Eight Race EngineeringEngines: KRETeam principal: Jonathon Webb

Team: Tekno AutosportsBorn: 10 December 1983V8SC debut: Sandown, 2006Starts: 76 Wins: 1Career Highlights: 1st 2009 V8 Supercars Development Series, 3rd 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 2010 V8 Supercars Race 26 winner

Team: Tekno AutosportsBorn: 4 May 1984V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2008Starts: 45 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2nd 2005 Formula BMW Asia,, 8th 2006 Formula BMW UK, 18th 2007 Formula 3 Euroseries, 6th 2011 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

the BaGman’S SaY...Jonathon Webb will be looking to bounce back from a disastrous run

at Queensland Raceway that was dogged by mechanical failures. The #19 Commodore qualified in the top six for the first time in 10 races on Sunday at Ipswich but eventually retired with gearbox problems - a day after engine issues forced him out of Race 16.

Webb is one of several drivers with little V8 Supercars experience at SMP due to its recent absence from the calendar, but has more knowledge of the recent circuit alterations having helped to launch the developments in late May.

Top 10 results are not out of the question for either Tekno entry this weekend, especially considering their strong form at the similarly flowing Phillip Island earlier in the year.

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Garry Rogers Motorsport

#33 Alexandre Premat

#34 Michael Caruso

Base: Knoxfield, VictoriaCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Garry Rogers MotorsportEngines: Walkinshaw RacingTeam principal: Garry Rogers

Team: Fujitsu Racing GRMBorn: 5 April 1982V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2012Starts: 15 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2008 Le Mans Series Champion, 1st 2005-06 A1 GP Series (Team France), 1st 2004 Macau Grand Prix, 1st 2004 Masters of F3

Team: Fujitsu Racing GRMBorn: 25 May 1983V8SC debut: Bathurst, 2006Starts: 135 Wins: 1Career Highlights: 2003 Australian Formula 3 Champion, 3rd 2009 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2009 V8 Supercars Race 10 (Hidden Valley), 2nd 2007 V8 Supercars Development Series

the BaGman’S SaY...Michael Caruso was the quiet achiever at Queensland Raceway,

rebounding from a poor run in Townsville to record top 10 results in both races. Encouragingly, Caruso had also qualified in the top 10 on both occasions - bringing the team’s number of top 10 starts for the season to four. Caruso’s speed was reflected in Alex Premat’s one-lap pace too, with the Frenchman starting both races on a weekend inside the top 20 for the first time in his short career.

Premat is likely to enjoy the European-style Eastern Creek layout more than the circuits such as Ipswich, but having not seen a top 15 finish since Symmons Plains, expectations should be kept low.

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36 Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I driver profiles

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

#30 Taz Douglas

Base: Nunawading, VictoriaCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Triple Eight Race EngineeringEngines: KRETeam principal: Lucas Dumbrell

Team: Lucas Dumbrell MotorsportBorn: 11 February 1985V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2009Starts: 20 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 1st 2010 V8 Supercars Development Series Sandown Race 2, 8th 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 9th 2009 V8 Supercars Development Series

Tony D’Alberto Racing

#3 Tony D’Alberto

Base: Knoxfield, VictoriaCar: Ford Falcon FGChassis: Ford Performance RacingEngines: Ford Performance RacingTeam principal: Al D’Alberto

Team: Team HiflexBorn: 9 December 1985V8SC debut: Sandown, 2005Starts: 137 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 1st 2007 V8 Supercars Development Series, 6th 2007 Bathurst 1000, 5th 2005 V8 Supercars Development Series, 9th 2011 Bathurst 1000

the BaGman’S SaY...Tony D’Alberto may have just one top 10 finish to his name so far

this season, but his qualifying form over the last four races indicates that such a result should not be ruled out this weekend.

The Hiflex Falcon has recorded an average starting position of 9.5 over the Townsville and Queensland Raceway events - bested only by the Triple Eight/FPR quintet and the continually impressive Fabian Coulthard.

While the races have gone a little less swimmingly, expect this outfit to be punching solidly in the midfield at a minimum.

the BaGman’S SaY...Although Tekno Autosports’ Triple Eight customer cars continue

to show flashes of speed, Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport’s switch to the Queensland-developed machinery this season has left it scarcely further up the grid than in previous seasons.

Having proven unable to put a dint in the top 20 last time out at Queensland Raceway, this entry will be one of several that could be forgiven for taking an unconventional strategy in Sunday’s race in a bid to vault into the top 10 for the first time all season.

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38 Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Race Stats

ChaMpIonShIp StandIngSPos Driver team Car Pts1 Jamie Whincup TeamVodafone Holden Commodore VE 2052

2 Mark Winterbottom Orrcon Steel FPR Ford Falcon FG 1970

3 Will Davison Trading Post FPR Ford Falcon FG 18764 Craig Lowndes TeamVodafone Holden Commodore VE 17965 Shane Van Gisbergen SP Tools Racing Ford Falcon FG 14726 Tim Slade Lucky 7 Racing Ford Falcon FG 13447 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE 13238 Fabian Coulthard Lockwood Racing Holden Commodore VE 12619 Lee Holdsworth IRWIN Racing Ford Falcon FG 121710 David Reynolds The Bottle-O Racing Holden Commodore VE 101711 James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE 98912 Michael Caruso Fujitsu Racing GRM Holden Commodore VE 98413 Todd Kelly Jack Daniel’s Racing Holden Commodore VE 98314 Jason Bright Team BOC Holden Commodore VE 981

15 Steven Johnson Jim Beam Racing Ford Falcon FG 96516 Rick Kelly Jack Daniel’s Racing Holden Commodore VE 94317 Russell Ingall Supercheap Auto Racing Holden Commodore VE 91718 Steve Owen VIP Petfoods Racing Ford Falcon FG 87719 Michael Patrizi Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore VE 85020 Jonathon Webb Tekno Autosport Holden Commodore VE 808

21 Dean Fiore Jim Beam Racing Ford Falcon FG 77622 Tony D’Alberto Tony D’Alberto Racing Ford Falcon FG 73723 Taz Douglas Team iSelect Holden Commodore VE 59324 Karl Reindler Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Holden Commodore VE 58425 David Wall Wilson Security Racing Holden Commodore VE 547

26 Alexandre Premat Fujitsu Racing GRM Holden Commodore VE 54527 James Moffat Team Norton DJR Ford Falcon FG 53228 Greg Murphy Pepsi Max Crew Holden Commodore VE 31529 Jacques Villeneuve Pepsi Max Crew Holden Commodore VE 6630 David Russell Pepsi Max Crew Holden Commodore VE 42

39Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Race Stats

2012 SEaSon StatIStICSrace WinsWill Davison 6, Jamie Whincup 5, Mark

Winterbottom 3, Craig Lowndes 3

Pole PositionsCraig Lowndes 4, Will Davison 4, Jamie

Whincup 3, Mark Winterbottom 3, Garth

Tander 2, David Reynolds 1

fastest lapsCraig Lowndes 5, Mark Winterbottom 4,

Jamie Whincup 2, Garth Tander 2, James

Courtney 1, Will Davison 1, Russell Ingall 1,

Lee Holdsworth 1

PodiumsJamie Whincup 14, Mark Winterbottom 12,

Will Davison 11, Craig Lowndes 6, Garth

Tander 4, Shane van Gisbergen 2, Tim

Slade 1, Jason Bright 1

results overview Qualifying results race results

# Driver Best Worst Average Best Worst Average

1 Jamie Whincup 1 9 3.8 1 26 3.6

2 Garth Tander 1 24 10.2 3 28 11.5

3 Tony D'Alberto 5 26 15.3 8 28 18.2

4 Lee Holdsworth 4 19 11.7 4 27 11.8

5 Mark Winterbottom 1 10 3.3 1 23 4.2

6 Will Davison 1 9 3.5 1 25 5.7

7 Todd Kelly 11 24 17.5 8 23 14.9

8 Jason Bright 2 27 15.0 3 28 14.6

9 Shane Van Gisbergen 2 18 9.2 2 22 9.1

11 Karl Reindler 21 28 25.7 14 25 21.0

12 Dean Fiore 11 27 20.4 11 24 17.7

14 Fabian Coulthard 5 17 10.2 4 27 11.6

15 Rick Kelly 5 23 13.8 5 27 15.6

17 Steven Johnson 7 24 15.1 10 21 15.1

18 James Moffat 8 28 17.4 13 28 20.9

19 Jonathon Webb 4 23 12.1 7 28 16.7

21 David Wall 21 28 26.0 14 28 21.9

22 James Courtney 6 28 16.0 5 26 14.4

30 Taz Douglas 8 27 22.8 12 27 21.2

33 Alexandre Premat 11 28 22.1 13 28 21.2

34 Michael Caruso 5 22 16.3 4 27 15.2

47 Tim Slade 5 20 12.4 3 21 9.5

49 Steve Owen 4 23 14.4 6 28 16.0

51 Greg Murphy 17 27 21.9 11 27 18.1

55 David Reynolds 1 13 5.2 5 26 14.4

66 Russell Ingall 5 28 19.1 5 28 15.7

91 Michael Patrizi 7 28 17.4 5 27 15.8

888 Craig Lowndes 1 20 6.1 1 28 5.6

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Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Race Stats

Year Driver team Car2008 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BF

Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BFGarth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE

2007 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BFMark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VEMark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE

2005 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BACraig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA

2004 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BAMarcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA

2004 Rick Kelly Kmart Racing Holden Commodore VY2003 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA

Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA2003 Marcos Ambrose Racing Stone Brothers Ford Falcon BA2002 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VX

Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VXMark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VX

2001 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VXGreg Murphy Kmart Racing Holden Commodore VX

2000 Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VTPaul Radisich Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon AUMark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VTCraig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VTMark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VTMark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VT

1997 Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon ELGlenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon ELGlenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon EL

1996 Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VRCraig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VRJohn Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EF

1995 Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport Holden Commodore VRGlenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon EF

1994 Peter Brock Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VPPeter Brock Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VP

1993 Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon EBGlenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon EB

1992 John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500

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42 Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Race Stats

Year Driver team Car

2011 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE

2010 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG

2009 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon FG

2008 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BF

2007 Garth Tander Toll HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VE

2006 Rick Kelly Toll HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ

2005 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA

2004 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA

2003 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA

2002 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VX

2001 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VX

2000 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VT

1999 Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VS/VT

1998 Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VS/VT

1997 Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon EL

1996 Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VR

1995 John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EF

1994 Mark Skaife Gibson Motor Sport Holden Commodore VP

1993 Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon EB

1992 Mark Skaife Winfield Team Nissan Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R

1991 Jim Richards Gibson Motor Sport Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R

1990 Jim Richards Gibson Motor Sport Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R, R32 GT-R

1989 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500

1988 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500

1987 Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW M3 E30

1986 Robbie Francevic Volvo Dealer Team Volvo 240T

1985 Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635CSi

1984 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon XE

1983 Allan Moffat Peter Stuyvesant Racing Mazda RX-7

1982 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon XD

1981 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon XD

1980 Peter Brock Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Holden Commodore VB

1979 Bob Morris Ron Hodgson Channel 7 Racing Holden Torana LX SS A9X

1978 Peter Brock Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Holden Torana LX SS A9X

1977 Allan Moffat Moffat Ford Dealers Ford Falcon XB GT, XC

1976 Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Racing Ford Falcon XB GT

1975 Colin Bond Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34

1974 Peter Brock Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1, LH SL/R 5000

1973 Allan Moffat Ford Motor Company Ford Falcon XY GTHO Phase III

1972 Bob Jane Bob Jane Racing Team Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1

1971 Bob Jane Bob Jane Racing Team Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1

1970 Norm Beechey Shell Racing Team Holden Monaro HT GTS350

1969 Ian Geoghegan Mustang Team Ford Mustang

1968 Ian Geoghegan Mustang Team Ford Mustang

1967 Ian Geoghegan Mustang Team Ford Mustang

1966 Ian Geoghegan Total Team Ford Mustang

1965 Norm Beechey Neptune Racing Team Ford Mustang

1964 Ian Geoghegan Total Team Ford Cortina GT

1963 Bob Jane Bob Jane Jaguar 3.8 Litre Mk II

1962 Bob Jane Bob Jane Jaguar 3.8 Litre Mk II

1961 Bill Pitt Bill Pitt Jaguar 3.4 Litre

1960 David McKay David McKay Jaguar 3.4 Litre

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43Races 18/19 - Eastern Creek I Event Schedule

Schedule of Events

SundayStart finish Category Duration Session

0830 0850 Safety Car Rides 20 minutes

0900 0920 Production Sports Car 20 minutes Race 2

0930 0950 Improved Production Car 20 minutes Race 2

1000 1020 Aussie Racing Car 20 minutes Race 2

1035 1105 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Practice 3 – All Drivers

1120 1140 Safety Car Rides 20 minutes

1150 1210 Formula Vee 20 minutes Race 2

1225 1255 V8 Supercars 20 minutes Qualifying

1310 1330 Production Sports Car 20 minutes Race 3

1340 1400 Improved Production Car 20 minutes Race 3

1410 1430 Aussie Racing Car 20 minutes Race 3

1440 1500 Formula Vee 20 minutes Race 3

1515 V8 Supercars 20 Minute Signal

1520 V8 Supercars Pit Exit Open

1525 V8 Supercars Pit Exit Closed

1535 V8 Supercars 56 laps or 1 lap after 1715

Race 19 220 km

Podium

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fridayStart finish Category Duration Session

0800 V8 Supercars Park up

0930 0950 Safety Car Rides 20 minutes

1000 V8 Supercars Unloading

1000 V8 Supercars Organisers Meeting

1000 V8 Supercars Tyre Fitting

1000 1130 TBC 90 minutes Media Activity

1140 1200 Production Sports Car 20 minutes Practice 1

1210 1230 Improved Production Car 20 minutes Practice 1

1240 1400 V8 Supercars 80 minutes Track Walk

1405 1425 Aussie Racing Car 20 minutes Practice 1

1435 1455 Formula Vee 20 minutes Practice 1

1505 1525 Production Sports Car 20 minutes Practice 2

1535 1555 Improved Production Car 20 minutes Practice 2

1605 1625 Aussie Racing Car 20 minutes Practice 2

1630 1705 V8 Supercars 35 minutes Meeting Rides

1730 V8 Supercars Team Managers Briefing

SaturdayStart finish Category Duration Session

0800 0930 V8 Supercars Scrutineering

0800 0930 V8 Supercars Document check

0830 0850 Safety Car Rides 20 minutes

0900 0920 Formula Vee 20 minutes Practice 2

0930 0950 Production Sports Car 20 minutes Qualifying

1000 1030 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Practice 1 – All Drivers

1045 1105 Improved Production Car 20 minutes Qualifying

1120 1150 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Practice 2 – All Drivers

1205 1225 Aussie Racing Car 20 minutes Qualifying

1230 V8 Supercars Competitors & Drivers Briefing

1235 1255 Formula Vee 20 minutes Qualifying

1305 1325 Production Sports Car 20 minutes Race 1

1335 1355 Improved Production Car 20 minutes Race 1

1405 1425 V8 Supercars 20 minutes Qualifying

1440 1500 Aussie Racing Car 20 minutes Race 1

1510 1530 Formula Vee 20 minutes Race 1

1545 V8 Supercars 20 Minute Signal

1550 V8 Supercars Pit Exit Open

1555 V8 Supercars Pit Exit Closed

1605 V8 Supercars 36 laps or 1 lap after 1715

Race 18 140 km

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