Clipsal 500

[MatsHolden]

First Practice Session Top 10

1) Mark Skaife Holden (VE) 1:23.4435
2) Steven Johnson Ford (BF)
3) Dean Canto Holden (VE)
4) Garth Tander Holden (VE)
5) Craig Lowndes Ford (BF)
6) Jason Richards Holden (VE)
7) Russell Ingall Ford (BF)
8) James Courtney Ford (BF)
9) Lee Holdsworth Holden (VZ)
10) Will Davidson Ford (BF)



Second Practice Session Top 10

1) Mark Winterbottom Ford (BF)1:22.6619
2) Steven Johnson Ford (BF)
3) Garth Tander Holden (VE)
4) Jason Richards Holden (VE)
5) Mark Skaife Holden (VE)
6) Jamie Whincup Ford (BF)
7) Todd Kelly Holden (VE)
8) Steven Richards Ford (BF)
9) Craig Lowndes Ford (BF)
10) Will Davidson Ford (BF

[Tfer]

Bugger me.... Steven Johnson is a surprise :eek:

[JasonGilholme]

How many VZ's in the field???

Is the new VE Chassis proving its worth??

[MatsHolden]

If he's still up there after Qualifying, then he will have surprised me...

[MatsHolden]

How many VZ's in the field???

Is the new VE Chassis proving its worth??

Only 4 VZ's in the field. Way too early to tell about the VE and if anyone thinks it's going to be bucket loads quicker than the VZ, they're dreaming.

[seldo]

Here's the whole lot:

2007 CLIPSAL 500 Adelaide
ADELAIDE PARKLANDS CIRCUIT

V8 SUPERCARS
PRACTICE SESSIONS P13 P14


Practice Issue 1 SAP14C Page # 1_________________________________
Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Cap CL Fastest...Lap Gap
1 5 Ford Performance Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:22.6619*
2 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:22.7318 0:00.0699
3 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 5000 P14 1:22.7726 0:00.1107
4 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE 5000 P14 1:22.7769 0:00.1150
5 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE 5000 P14 1:22.7799 0:00.1180
6 88 Team Vodafone Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:22.8153 0:00.1534
7 22 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 5000 P14 1:22.8704 0:00.2085
8 6 Ford Performance Racing Steven Richards Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:22.9990 0:00.3371
9 888 Team Vodafone Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:23.0333 0:00.3714
10 18 Jim Beam Racing Will Davison Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:23.0370 0:00.3751
11 51 Tasman Motorsport Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE 5000 P14 1:23.0450 0:00.3831
12 25 Fujitsu Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:23.2045 0:00.5426
13 1 Toll HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 5000 P14 1:23.2537 0:00.5918
14 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport James Courtney Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:23.2544 0:00.5925
15 9 Caltex Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:23.4025 0:00.7406
16 33 Valvoline Cummins Race Team Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VZ 5000 P14 1:23.4888 0:00.8269
17 34 Valvoline Cummins Race Team Dean Canto Holden Commodore VE 5000 P13 1:23.5083 0:00.8464
18 8 WPS Racing Max Wilson Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:23.5869 0:00.9250
19 021 Team Kiwi Racing Adam Macrow Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:23.5910 0:00.9291
20 12 Team BOC Andrew Jones Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:23.7717 0:01.1098
21 111 Glenfords Racing John Bowe Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:23.8333 0:01.1714
22 39 Team Sirromet Wines Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VZ 5000 P14 1:23.8624 0:01.2005
23 50 Supercheap Auto Racing Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VZ 5000 P14 1:23.9403 0:01.2784
24 11 Jack Daniel's Racing Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE 5000 P14 1:23.9836 0:01.3217
25 10 WPS Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:24.0518 0:01.3899
26 26 IRWIN Racing Alan Gurr Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:24.1589 0:01.4970
27 14 Team BOC Brad Jones Ford Falcon BF 5000 P14 1:24.2109 0:01.5490
28 20 Supercheap Auto Racing Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 5000 P14 1:24.4746 0:01.8127
29 67 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris Holden Commodore VZ 5000 P13 1:24.9699 0:02.3080
30 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Shane Price Holden Commodore VE 5000 P13 1:25.0255 0:02.3636
31 55 Autobarn Racing Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 5000 P13 1:25.1111 0:02.4492
Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 142kph, 105% Of First 1 Is 1:26.7950
Current Practice Record Is 1:21.6102 Set On 24/03/2006 By Mark Skaife In A Holden Commodore VZ
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time______________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ________________________________Issue# 1 - Printed Fri Mar 2 12:24:06 2007 Timing System By NATSOFT (03)63342353 www.natsoft.com.au/results (http://www.natsoft.com.au/results) & Dorian DATA-1 Timing by V8 SUPERCARS/A7CSA - B Frost Chief Timekeeper

[JasonGilholme]

Only 4 VZ's in the field. Way too early to tell about the VE and if anyone thinks it's going to be bucket loads quicker than the VZ, they're dreaming.

yeah thats true.

Theres definately more difference between the VZ and the VE on teh street but thats cause they're stock. These guys modify the cars soo much that the chassis difference would be negligable.

[seldo]

Qualifying:

2007 CLIPSAL 500 Adelaide
ADELAIDE PARKLANDS CIRCUIT

V8 SUPERCARS - QUALIFYING



Qualifying Q7 45 Mins Scheduled Start 14:10PRELIMINARY RESULTTrack Hot Page 1 Issue 1 SAP17AStart Fri Mar 02 14:10Elapsed Time 45:00_________________________________________
Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap
1 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport James Courtney Ford Falcon BF 5000 20 19 1:22.3584*
2 88 Team Vodafone Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BF 5000 25 22 1:22.4712 0:00.1128
3 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 5000 19 18 1:22.5496 0:00.1912
4 5 Ford Performance Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 5000 18 17 1:22.5900 0:00.2316
5 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE 5000 22 18 1:22.6406 0:00.2822
6 888 Team Vodafone Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BF 5000 25 23 1:22.6513 0:00.2929
7 22 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 5000 19 15 1:22.6850 0:00.3266
8 9 Caltex Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BF 5000 26 21 1:22.6960 0:00.3376
9 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BF 5000 21 17 1:22.7326 0:00.3742
10 33 Valvoline Cummins Race Team Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VZ 5000 18 14 1:23.3118 0:00.9534
11 51 Tasman Motorsport Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE 5000 16 14 1:22.9274 0:00.5690
12 25 Fujitsu Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BF 5000 12 6 1:22.9992 0:00.6408
13 18 Jim Beam Racing Will Davison Ford Falcon BF 5000 15 8 1:23.0449 0:00.6865
14 34 Valvoline Cummins Race Team Dean Canto Holden Commodore VE 5000 16 16 1:23.0614 0:00.7030
15 1 Toll HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 5000 15 13 1:23.0704 0:00.7120
16 6 Ford Performance Racing Steven Richards Ford Falcon BF 5000 14 9 1:23.0722 0:00.7138
17 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE 5000 12 10 1:23.1464 0:00.7880
18 12 Team BOC Andrew Jones Ford Falcon BF 5000 18 16 1:23.2983 0:00.9399
19 10 WPS Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BF 5000 16 15 1:23.5071 0:01.1487
20 20 Supercheap Auto Racing Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 5000 14 14 1:24.5840 0:02.2256
21 111 Glenfords Racing John Bowe Ford Falcon BF 5000 8 7 1:23.6123 0:01.2539
22 67 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris Holden Commodore VZ 5000 8 7 1:23.6507 0:01.2923
23 8 WPS Racing Max Wilson Ford Falcon BF 5000 8 6 1:23.6656 0:01.3072
24 50 Supercheap Auto Racing Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VZ 5000 9 8 1:23.7515 0:01.3931
25 39 Team Sirromet Wines Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VZ 5000 8 8 1:23.8029 0:01.4445
26 11 Jack Daniel's Racing Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE 5000 9 7 1:23.8635 0:01.5051
27 26 IRWIN Racing Alan Gurr Ford Falcon BF 5000 9 8 1:23.8805 0:01.5221
28 14 Team BOC Brad Jones Ford Falcon BF 5000 9 7 1:23.9948 0:01.6364
29 55 Autobarn Racing Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 5000 8 8 1:24.0337 0:01.6753
30 021 Team Kiwi Racing Adam Macrow Ford Falcon BF 5000 7 7 1:24.1811 0:01.8227
31 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Shane Price Holden Commodore VE 5000 9 4 1:24.2683 0:01.9099
Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 143kphCurrent Practice Record Is 1:21.6102 Set On 24/03/2006 By Mark Skaife In A Holden Commodore VZ
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time______________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ________________________________Issue# 1 - Printed Fri Mar 2 15:12:38 2007 Timing System By NATSOFT (03)63342353 www.natsoft.com.au/results (http://www.natsoft.com.au/results) & Dorian DATA-1Car 20 Fastest Lap Invalidated Timing by V8 SUPERCARS/A7CSA - B Frost Chief Timekeeper

[xplosv57]

As per usual Skaifey f***s up when he really shouldn't, hope he can make his way through the field from 17th!!!

[KID_SRi]

The Race will result in a Ford 1-2-3 Podium :)
The VE is a Barge Arse, Its too fat for the Adelaide Streets.

[JasonGilholme]

Damn only 2 seconds seperating the whole field. Must make racing very hard.

[seldo]

Also note that Courtney's pole is .7 slower than Skaife's pole last year...

[MatsHolden]

As per usual Skaifey f***s up when he really shouldn't, hope he can make his way through the field from 17th!!!

Doesn't really matter where Skaifey starts, he can't get his starts right anyway. Even if he was on pole, he'd end up about 8th off the line anyway lol. And remember what happend at Bathurst with Skaifey on the front row... :( Ok that was a slipping clutch, but front row might be a hoodoo for Skaifey, lol. Who knows.

[Charlatan]

Doesn't really matter where Skaifey starts, he can't get his starts right anyway. Even if he was on pole, he'd end up about 8th off the line anyway lol. And remember what happend at Bathurst with Skaifey on the front row... :( Ok that was a slipping clutch, but front row might be a hoodoo for Skaifey, lol. Who knows.

so it happened once and its a hoodoo? wtf?

The 2 secs gap across the field is what makes V8 supercar racing so good. Who cares what sort of makes the cars are when the parity b/w the cars is that close

[xplosv57]

Ummm go back through Skaifeys career and see how many starts hes stuffed up from the front row, you will find that its happened way more than once!!!

[MatsHolden]

so it happened once and its a hoodoo? wtf?



Wasn't referring to Bathurst as a start he stuffed. That was due to a clutch as I said. As Xplosv said, have a look at Skaifey's career and his starts, it is not his strong point! He even admits it himself.

[seldo]

Doesn't really matter where Skaifey starts, he can't get his starts right anyway. Even if he was on pole, he'd end up about 8th off the line anyway lol. And remember what happend at Bathurst with Skaifey on the front row... :( Ok that was a slipping clutch, but front row might be a hoodoo for Skaifey, lol. Who knows.
...Ermmm....It helps if you start in 1st rather than 3rd.... these clutches are only so good.........:shock:

[MatsHolden]

...Ermmm....It helps if you start in 1st rather than 3rd.... these clutches are only so good.........:shock:

He didn't start in 3rd though on that occasion at Bathurst... but yes he has done so on other occasions. But his starts even in the correct gear he bogs down.

[Tfer]

What's with the obsession with Skaife anyway...... :rolleyes:

[MatsHolden]

What's with the obsession with Skaife anyway...... :rolleyes:

He's the man... lol plus he lives near me, have a chat every now and then about his new HSV which he seems to have a different one each week, well maybe not each week, but almost! Lucky bastard.

[Tfer]

He's the man... lol plus he lives near me, have a chat every now and then about his new HSV which he seems to have a different one each week, well maybe not each week, but almost! Lucky bastard.

Okay then.... that is nice :)

*walks away shaking his head*

But hey I used to support bloody Dick Johnson :eek:

[seldo]

He didn't start in 3rd though on that occasion at Bathurst... but yes he has done so on other occasions. But his starts even in the correct gear he bogs down.
...Ermmm.....a little birdie told me who should know roooley roooley well, disagrees.....3rd ;)

[Shaun]

Toll HSV Dealer Team wins... VE is very quick it seems from the outset. Bring on Bathurst 2007.

[MatsHolden]

The Race will result in a Ford 1-2-3 Podium :)
The VE is a Barge Arse, Its too fat for the Adelaide Streets.

Barge Arse? Ford 1-2-3? hehe

Good to see Rick get up today, shove it up those Ford fans.

Stupid the way they determine the winner of the round by the winner on the Sunday. Toddy Kelly got a 1st and 2nd, Rick Kelly gets a 4th and 1st but Rick is the round 'winner'...

[poita]

i agree on that 'round' winner thing
its a load of crap todd should be declared the winner.
but anyway, its just something else that AVESCO have screwed up i guess

[MatsHolden]

i agree on that 'round' winner thing
its a load of crap todd should be declared the winner.
but anyway, its just something else that AVESCO have screwed up i guess

Yeh, at least they've got the points system sorted now... rewards the winner more now.