SPEED.com can reveal the Austin, Texas-based Circuit of the Americas has signed a five-year deal to host the V8 Supercars series. Supercars Headed To Texas In 2013.
Holden Racing Team driver Garth Tander has taken victory in race one at Townsville, whilst Jamie Whincup extends his championship lead in the Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden with second. Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes have taken a one-two finish for TeamVodafone at the Sucrogen Townsville 400.
TeamVodafone’s Craig Lowndes made a clean sweep of the Coates Hire Ipswich 300, winning all three races of the weekend.
Race 16 & 17 saw a new format of two 22 lap sprint races with a 15 minute pit lane service in between the two races. Lowndes led the first 22-lap race from start to finish but was pushed all the way by Lucky 7 Racing’s Tim Slade, who scored the best race result of his career and his first podium finish. Lowndes then went on to win Race 17 which sealed the 2011 Manufacturer’s championship for Holden; the red lion claiming 15 of the season’s 17 races.
Race 18 on Sunday, in front of an enthusiastic crowd, Lowndes chalked up his 80th career victory after holding off a hard-charging Tim Slade. Slade pushed Lowndes all the way and the pair finished the race over 30 seconds ahead of third-placed Shane van Gisbergen.
Holden Racing Team hire NASCAR and former F1 engineer Steve Hallam new MD.
Zitat1 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Garth Tander / Nick Percat Commodore VE 127 02:09:4013 - 06:26:52:2691 161 300 2 888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes / Mark Skaife Commodore VE2 76 02:09:6513 - 06:26:52:5608 161 276 3 11 Pepsi Max Crew Greg Murphy / Allan Simonsen Commodore VE2 130 02:10:1698 - 06:27:04:0641 161 258 4 5 Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon Steve Richards / Mark Winterbottom Falcon FG 127 02:09:7242 - 06:27:11:7877 161 240 5 8 Team Boc Jason Bright / Andrew Jones Commodore VE2 67 02:10:7375 - 06:27:12:1918 161 222 6 9 SP Tools Racing Shane van Gisbergen / John McIntyre Falcon FG 73 02:10:0467 - 06:27:25:8804 161 204 7 1 Toll Holden Racing Team Cameron McConville / James Courtney Commodore VE2 126 02:09:9320 - 06:27:28:4741 161 192 8 200 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall / Jack Perkins Commodore VE2 68 02:10:8076 - 06:27:29:4516 161 180 9 3 Wilson Security Team McGrath Tony D'Alberto / Dale Wood Falcon FG 125 02:10:9292 - 06:27:33:9441 161 168 10 34 Fujitsu Racing GRM Michael Caruso / Marcus Marshall Commodore VE2 102 02:10:0714 - 06:27:40:1258 161 156 11 49 VIP Petfoods Paul Morris / Steve Owen Commodore VE2 100 02:10:7027 - 06:27:42:0196 161 144 12 47 Lucky 7 Racing Tim Slade / Daniel Gaunt Falcon FG 69 02:10:5989 - 06:27:42:3904 161 138 13 19 Mother Energy Racing Team Jonathon Webb / Richard Lyons Falcon FG 72 02:11:0224 - 06:27:43:1531 161 132 14 21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Karl Reindler / David Wall Commodore VE2 127 02:11:0884 - 06:27:47:6209 161 126 15 30 Gulf Western Oil Racing Warren Luff / Nathan Pretty Commodore VE2 72 02:10:4957 - 06:27:57:0766 161 120 16 4 Irwin Racing Alex Davison / David Brabham Falcon FG 56 02:10:3603 - 06:28:04:1190 161 114 17 33 Fujitsu Racing GRM Lee Holdsworth / Greg Ritter Commodore VE2 72 02:10:2774 - 06:28:29:8879 161 108 18 6 Trading Post FPR Falcon Will Davison / Luke Youlden Falcon FG 68 02:09:8502 - 06:28:40:5818 161 102 19 16 Stratco Racing David Reynolds / Tim Blanchard Commodore VE2 78 02:10:1059 - 06:28:55:5565 161 96 20 12 Triple F Racing Michael Patrizi / Dean Fiore Falcon FG 159 02:11:6242 - 06:27:01:0932 160 90 21 88 TeamVodafone Jamie Whincup / Andrew Thompson Commodore VE2 127 02:09:3340 - 06:27:05:4642 160 84 22 15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly / Owen Kelly Commodore VE2 128 02:10:3043 - 06:28:29:2994 159 78 23 14 Jana Living Racing Jason Bargwanna / Shane Price Commodore VE2 74 02:10:7909 - 06:27:39:1809 158 72 24 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly / David Russell Commodore VE2 54 02:11:4222 - 06:28:31:6207 154 66 25 18 Jim Beam Racing James Moffat / Matthew Halliday Falcon FG 120 02:10:8370 - 06:28:06:6759 146 60 DNF 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Paul Dumbrell / Dean Canto Falcon FG 127 02:09:8088 - 05:51:01:7182 144 0 DNF 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson / David Besnard Falcon FG 101 02:10:5756 - 04:21:49:5665 112 0 DNF 77 Shannons Mars Racing Grant Denyer / Cameron Waters Commodore VE2 65 02:13:3209 - 06:28:10:8761 95 0 DNF 61 Bundaberg Racing Fabian Coulthard / Craig Baird Commodore VE2 5 02:11:8965
V8 SUPERCARS Chairman Tony Cochrane says the decision on any replacement for Dan Wheldon and other possible changes to the Armor All Gold Coast 600 will be made over coming days.
Zitat1. 88 Jamie Whincup / Sebastien Bourdais TeamVodafone 102 2:13:21.5515 97 1:11.6865r 2. 6 Will Davison / Mika Salo Ford Performance Racing 102 2:13:23.7417 96 1:12.6686r 3. 5 Mark Winterbottom / Richard Lyons Ford Performance Racing 102 2:13:24.0198 101 1:12.2977r 4. 18 James Moffat / Joey Hand Jim Beam Racing 102 2:13:24.3234 99 1:11.3020R 5. 61 Fabian Coulthard / Patrick Long Bundaberg Racing Team 102 2:13:27.3948 102 1:12.0323r 6. 11 Greg Murphy / Oliver Gavin Kelly Racing 102 2:13:28.6881 64 1:12.8150r 7. 15 Rick Kelly / Jorg Bermeister Jack Daniel's Racing 102 2:13:33.9845 72 1:12.8667r 8. 34 Michael Caruso / Augusto Farfus Jr Garry Rogers Motorsport 102 2:13:35.1554 79 1:12.2442r 9. 19 Jonathan Webb / Gil De Ferran Tekno Autosports 102 2:13:36.5708 88 1:11.8573r 10. 33 Lee Holdsworth / Simon Pagenaud Garry Rogers Motorsport 102 2:13:38.3600 87 1:12.3749r 11. 2 Garth Tander / Ryan Briscoe Toll Holden Racing Team 102 2:13:38.3741 65 1:12.8777r 12. 47 Tim Slade / Helio Castroneves Lucky 7 Racing 102 2:13:38.6205 72 1:12.7869r 13. 7 Todd Kelly / Richard Westbrook Jack Daniel's Racing 102 2:13:38.9841 95 1:12.5631r 14. 1 James Courtney / Darren Turner Toll Holden Racing Team 102 2:13:42.2283 44 1:12.8328r 15. 55 Paul Dumbrell / Christian Klein The Bottle-O Racing Team 102 2:13:43.6123 47 1:13.0291r 16. 9 Shane Van Gisbergen / Emanuele Pirro Stone Brothers Racing 102 2:13:45.4316 75 1:12.5124r 17. 14 Jason Bargwanna / Allan Simonsen Brad Jones Racing 102 2:13:47.4393 74 1:13.2757 18. 49 Steve Owen / Boris Said Paul Morris Motorsport 102 2:13:50.4773 68 1:12.6251r 19. 16 David Reynolds / Alex Tagliani Kelly Racing 100 2:13:51.1914 64 1:12.9075r 20. 12 Dean Fiore / Gianni Morbidelli Triple F Racing 100 2:14:09.6162 94 1:13.0722r 21. 8 Jason Bright / Stephane Sarrazin Brad Jones Racing 99 2:13:53.7629 73 1:13.1356 22. 39 Russell Ingall / Jan Magnussen Paul Morris Motorsport 97 2:14:27.5129 39 1:13.1343 23. 4 Alex Davison / Marc Lieb Stone Brothers Racing 78 2:13:57.6370 58 1:13.4668 DNF. 3 Tony D'Alberto / Vitantonio Liuzzi Wilson Security Racing 75 2:13:31.6118 46 1:13.1534 DNF. 888 Craig Lowndes / Andy Priaulx TeamVodafone 52 1:41:17.3821 26 1:12.6441r DNF. 17 Steven Johnson / Dirk Muller Jim Beam Racing 24 31:17.3493 20 1:14.2562 DNF. 30 Warren Luff / Marino Franchitti Gulf Western Oil Racing 14 18:43.4264 6 1:15.2456 DNF. 21 Karl Reindler / Fabrizio Giovanardi Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing 13 17:11.9693 10 1:13.9750
The Ford Performance Racing duo of Mark Winterbottom and last minute stand-in Richard Lyons have taken victory in the second race at the Gold Coast 600, snatching victory from Jamie Whincup in the final laps. sebastien Bourdais win Dan Wheldon Trophy.
Mark Winterbottom took his second win of the season in a dramatic season finale at Sydney Olympic Park ahead of a hard charging Craig Lowndes, whilst Jamie Whincup claims his third title for Triple Eight Race Engineering.
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