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Races 16/17 - Ipswich I Introduction

The phrase ‘Season of Endurance’ has been used by V8 Supercars in recent years to co-promote its two longest races, but in 2012 it has taken on a whole new meaning.

For many teams, the enormity of the task of running a Car of the Future development program alongside its regular racing operations is really starting to hit home.

The traditionally draining back half of the season - which this year packs six events into just nine weeks - has yet to begin, but there’ll be no shortage of weary faces in the paddock at Queensland Raceway this weekend.

Counting the ‘days in lieu’ owed to engineering staff alone would likely give a significant insight into the strain currently being placed on staff as the teams continue to design, produce, and in some cases redesign, components to the continually evolving 2013 regulations.

Triple Eight’s first team-built COTF will sit proudly in the paddock for fans to observe this weekend, but the task of having it ready in time has been far from an easy one. The need to complete the car with its own components was a much-publicised challenge brought about by the lack of complete regulations, but the stories of engines being installed and mapped in the wee hours of the morning give an indication as to the dedication required by the crews involved.

The big teams of course have workshop-based staff that can continue to toil over the new vehicles while the bulk of the crew are away racing, but the drain on resources is unquestionable.

Time, as well as money, is proving increasingly precious, and the form of this year’s field as the season enters its second half will be more interesting to watch than ever as some teams shift a greater and greater emphasis onto the new vehicles.

Triple Eight and Ford Performance Racing have shared all 15 race wins between them so far this year, and it’s hard to imagine that the behind-the-scenes slog will do anything but strengthen the collective dominance of the category’s heavy-hitters.

For the Triple Eight crew members required to return to the track for their COTF’s first proper test on Monday, at least they will likely do so with a hint of champagne still in the air...

Season of Endurance

Stefan BartholomaeuSJournalist, Speedcafe.comEditor, Speedcafe Race Guides

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Steven JohnSon on turning DJr’S SeaSon arounD

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It’s been a tough season for Dick Johnson Racing. The proud Queensland squad expanded to four cars in the 2011/2012

off-season, adding cars for Steve Owen and Dean Fiore alongside second-year driver James Moffat and team stalwart Steven Johnson.

The quartet head to Queensland Raceway just 18th, 21st, 27th and 15th in the points respectively, but can draw some confidence from a rejuvenated effort late-time out

in Townsville that was highlighted by a second-row start for Owen on Saturday.

In the below interview, Steven Johnson tells Speedcafe.com’s Grant Rowley about the team’s recent test day, his goals for the remainder of the season and why it’s important not to be distracted by the incoming Car of the Future...

SPEEDCAFE: We’re more than half way through the 2012 V8 Supercars

Championship, but your team has only just completed its first test day ...

SteVe JohnSon: It’s been a massive year, for both our team and everyone in the sport. For us, we’ve changed to four cars, and everyone has the new Car of the Future coming along next year.

Up until now, there was no point going testing until we had a decent program to test with. There’s no use going to

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Queensland Raceway to change springs and bars. It’s a waste of a day and money.

We wanted to make sure that we had some key things to test and a proper program behind it. We’re going to do at least one more test day before Sandown, and probably have another one before Bathurst too. We’ll get to our four days pretty easily.

We’re working through it, doing it methodically and edging our way back to the

front. Townsville was a good meeting for us, and now with a test day under our belt, it’s hopefully all a step in the right direction and we can really start to get some decent results.

SPEEDCAFE: Townsville saw all four DJR cars enjoy a good turn of speed over different parts of the weekend. Is there something that you can put that down to?

JohnSon: I hate saying “going back to basics,” but we’re going back to stuff we

know and what we work with best. That’s pretty much what we’ve tried to do. We could quite easily get yourself lost in trying to take new directions, trying to find that massive loss of speed that we feel we’re missing this year.

When you think about it, sure, we’re not at the pointy end like we were in for most of last year’s championship, but we’re not far

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off. If we only gain a little bit, we’re going to gain a lot. We certainly haven’t lost our head. We’re all thinking the right way. We’ll just keep working hard and edging our way back forward.

It’s very easy to lose sight of this car, because of the Car of the Future, but as I said to everybody at DJR, podiums and wins this year will feel as good this year compared to what they’ll feel next year. We can’t lose our focus on the job that we’ve got to do.

SPEEDCAFE: So after a stronger run at Townsville, plus a test, what’s your expectations ahead of your home track’s race this weekend?

JohnSon: We have a lot of confidence. We had strong results from both cars (Johnson took a seventh and a sixth from the two races). I really think that we can repeat that, even though we didn’t step on the podium.

>> Continuation from page 7If we can do that, I think we can solidly run up there, we’ll inside the top six and put on a good result for the likes of Jim Beam, Norton and VIP Petfoods.

There’s always a little bit of extra pressure being your home track, but it’s a home track to a lot of teams. It will be tough, but it would be amazing to walk away with a couple of trophies.

SPEEDCAFE: And a return to the familiar white Jim Beam livery ...

JohnSon: That’s right. The team has changed the livery for Queensland Raceway, which was always planned. As a team, we’ve had some good results with white Jim Beam liveries. Not that I’m superstitious, but I hope it brings us a change of fortune.

SPEEDCAFE: You’re currently 15th in the championship. We’re generally used to seeing you right inside the top 10. Do you

have a goal to reach by the end of the season?

JohnSon: We wanted to finish this year well inside the top 10. At this point last year, we were about fifth or sixth. It’s going to be tough for us to get to that point now.

If we can finish this year off as good as what we started last year, I think we can definitely finish near the top eight. We just need to have a good end to the year, have a good endurance season and have a bit of luck go our way.

If you look at the points, we’re not far away from the top 10, so one good round will push us up there closer to the top 10. Although it’s frustrating being back in 15th, a couple of good races could really move us forward.

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location: Ipswich, Queenslandlength: 3.12 kilometresDirection: Clockwisemaximum speed: 255km/hfastest Point: Back StraightSlowest Point: Turn 3

Circuit DescriptionQueensland Raceway was quickly dubbed the ‘Paperclip’ when it was opened in 1999 because of its six-turn design and lack of elevation. It has been resurfaced since the V8 Supercars Championship last visited in August 2011 and is the home test circuit to 11 of the field’s 28 cars.

V8 Supercars Qualifying lap record:John Bowe, Ford Falcon AU, 1m09.2594s, 1999

V8 Supercars race lap record:Jamie Whincup, Holden Commodore VE II, 1m10.1637s, 2011

event format:friday: Practice: 2 x 30 min, 2 x 20 min

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

Sunday:Practice: 1 x 30 minQualifying: 1 x 20 minRace: 1 x 200km

tyre format:Teams will have eight new hard compound and 16 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 16/17 - Ipswich I Circuit Info

QueenSland RaCeway

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Friday is going to be an interesting day for all of the Victorian teams as we sample Queensland Raceway’s new surface for the first time.

I went out to the Queensland test (Triple Eight, Stone Brothers Racing, Dick Johnson Racing and Tekno Autosports all completed a test day on Friday July 27th) last week just to snoop around the race track looking at what sort of lap times people were doing on the new surface.

The most notable thing for me was that it still looks reasonably bumpy into Turns 1 and 3, so it’s still going to be a challenge getting the cars slowed down into those corners.

At Willowbank and also where the Victorian teams test at Winton, laps times virtually change with the wind, but the speeds we were seeing at last week’s test weren’t significantly faster than at the race meeting last year.

When the first Willowbank surface went down people were doing 9s and 10s on hard tyres, and I think some people were expecting it to go back to that sort of speed, but I think that’s a bit optimistic.

If the conditions are right though I think we’ll all be around 0.5s faster than last year, so the lap record (1:10.16s set by Jamie Whincup in 2011) should still fall.

Jamie did a 9.4 on good tyres at (the equivalent of ) qualifying

time during the test, and the COTF prototypes were lapping in the mid-9s on good tyres earlier this year, so I’d expect low 1:09s in qualifying (qualifying record currently stands at 1:09.26s, set by John Bowe in the circuit’s first year of use, 1999).

For those of us that haven’t tested there we’ll have to see what difference the new surface will make to tyre wear. The surface is nothing like anything I’ve seen in terms of the type of bitumen. I thought it was going to be the same mix as they’ve recommended for most Grand Prix circuits around the world, but it’s something a bit different.

The locals who have tested their multiple times say that the new surface hasn’t altered the fact that the track can be really fast one day and slow the next, but we’ll wait and see what it’s like when there’s a lot of rubber on it from a full field of cars.

The old surface was very coarse, so it took a long time to actually get rubber into the circuit. I think that the new surface will rubber up better and it’ll go faster, but we won’t know that until we get into the weekend.

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Strategy

Now that people are starting to get more confident with their tyre life fuel economy becomes even more important.

Last year we were seeing guys do 25 laps on the soft tyres, and the fuel window (a full tank of fuel) is about 28 to 30 laps here, so if they did 25 last year they’re not going to blink when it comes to doing that distance on the soft tyre this year.

Certainly in the Sunday race we’ll see a repeat of most events where it’ll be a race to the pits to get onto the better tyres (i.e. starting with a short stint on the hard compound before doing two longer runs on the softs). We saw last year here anyone who pitted early made a major gain. I think we’ll be seeing cars pit on Lap 10 or 11, depending on how brave they are with fuel.

testing

The Queenslanders aren’t the only ones to have tested since Townsville, as we had our first private day of the year last week.

Winton put on a beautiful day for us, the temperature was fairly consistent throughout the day and the sun was out so we couldn’t have asked for anything more.

All three of our co-drivers got plenty of laps, and we were able test some new components, as well as lots of little things that we’ve had on for parts of practice sessions (at race meetings). When the track changes so much and you’ve got no tyres to play with in practice you don’t get clear readings on what’s good, bad or indifferent, so to assess things in a proper test environment was good.

Queensland Raceway was obviously a disaster for us last year, but a lot has changed since then. Naturally after Townsville we worked on tyre life during the test and we think we’ve made some gains.

A lot of the degradation we saw in Townsville came down to compromises we had to make in order to get the car to turn. We’ll find out what gains we’ve really made as the weekend unfolds.

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This year’s Coates Hire Ipswich 300 is the 16th V8 Supercars Championship event to be held at Queensland Raceway.There were two events in 1999 and 2000 - one a sprint

weekend and the other the 500-kilometre endurance race - meaning this year is the 14th actual year of V8 Supercars racing at the circuit.In that time there have been 29 individual races with 17 wins to Holden drivers and 12 wins to Ford pilots.

With four straight wins, TeamVodafone have seized the momentum in the V8 Supercars Championship, however their rivalry with Ford Performance

Racing is becoming something quite special in the record books.Between them, the two teams have won all 15 championship races held this year and have an 18 race winning streak that dates back to Sandown last November.The last time two teams dominated the start of the V8 Supercars Championship was back in 1993, when it was still known as the Australian Touring Car Championship.Between them, Glenn Seton Racing (drivers Glenn Seton and Alan Jones) and Dick Johnson Racing (Dick Johnson and John Bowe) won the first 12 races of the season.Peter Brock’s Holden Dealer Team and Dick Johnson’s Tru-Blu Falcon team won 15 straight championship races between them, though that covered the 1981 season and halfway into 1982.

DID YOUKNOW ?Races 16/17 - Ipswich I did you know

A total of 11 different teams have scored podium finishes at Queensland Raceway, though the two teams that dominated last year - Triple Eight Race

Engineering and Stone Brothers Racing - lead the way.SBR has had 13 podium finishes at QR since the V8 Supercars Championship debuted at the Ipswich circuit in 1999, while Triple Eight have clocked up 12.Next best is the Holden Racing Team (eight) and Garry Rogers Motorsport (five).

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Supercheap Auto Racing’s Russell Ingall is one of three drivers alongside Garth Tander and Craig

Lowndes to have competed in every V8 Supercars Championship event at Queensland Raceway.Ingall’s record at the Ipswich circuit has been quite impressive too. He’s finished in the top three in 18 of 29 races and in the top 10 in 23 of those 29 races. ‘The Enforcer’ - who will equal Peter Brock for third on the all-time event starts list (212) - has three race wins at Queensland Raceway and six podium finishes.Despite a reputation as a poor qualifier, Ingall has qualified in the top 10 on 15 of 18 occasions at his old test circuit from his time with Stone Brothers and Paul Morris Motorsports.

Four drivers will make their first V8 Supercars Championship start at Queensland Raceway.

Fujitsu Racing GRM’s Frenchman Alex Premat, Jacques Villeneuve (Pepsi Max Crew), David Wall (Wilson Security Racing) and Taz Douglas (Team iSelect) are all making their

‘main game’ debut at the Ipswich circuit.Of the four, only Premat does not have experience at the circuit.Douglas has competed there for the past two years in the Dunlop Series, while Wall has experience in the development category in addition

to the Porsche Carrera Cup and Australian GT Championship.Villeneuve, meanwhile, spent a day at the circuit aboard Ford Performance Racing’s The Bottle-O Falcon in 2010 ahead of his maiden V8 Supercars start alongside Paul Dumbrell at the Armor All Gold Coast 600.

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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...The Holden Racing Team enjoyed a competitive run last time out

in Townsville, with Garth Tander returning the factory Holden squad to the podium for the first time since Hamilton, and James Courtney qualifying in the top six for the first time all season.

While the team has traditionally fielded competitive cars at the street venue, its Queensland Raceway form is less consistent. Following a strong run in 2010, Tander and Courtney qualified in the back half of the field here for both races last year.

An improvement is almost guaranteed this year, although how far into the top 10 Tander can penetrate is always difficult 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...Many eyes will be on Tim Slade this weekend after the Lucky 7

Falcon driver scored his first three career podiums in the three races here last year.

SBR endured an uncharacteristically inconsistent weekend in Townsville, where all three drivers found themselves caught up in incidents after mid-pack qualifying efforts.

The team has traditionally been one of the best performers at Queensland Raceway however, and has the most experience of the new surface having already undertaken all three of its permitted tests for the year. This weekend undoubtedly represents the squad’s best chance yet of ending the T8/FPR stranglehold on the 2013 season.

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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...FPR has continued to prove the benchmark for one-lap speed in

recent races, locking out the front-row of the grid for each race in both Darwin and Townsville. All four of those races were won by Triple Eight drivers however, as tyre life and pitstop speed counted against the factory Fords.

FPR recently undertook its first test of the season at Winton, where a range of new suspension and steering parts were explored in what was described as a highly productive day.

The team may have endured one of its worst weekends of the season here un 2011, but with vastly different cars and a new track surface, FPR should be well in contention to add to its nine victories scored so far this year.

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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 season showed no sign of improvement in Townsville,

where 15th on Saturday for Rick Kelly represented the best qualifying position of any of its four entries all weekend.

By contrast, the team showed a reasonable turn of speed at Queensland Raceway last year, with Greg Murphy taking a respectable sixth on Saturday. The team has scored just two top six finishes from 60 chances so far this year however, indicating that a repeat of last year’s heroics are unlikely.

This weekend sees Jacques Villeneuve return for a second run with the team. Expect a marginally improved run from the Canadian, although the technical nature of the Ipswich layout is unlikely to favour a driver unfamiliar with his vehicle.

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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...Fabian Coulthard continued to shade team-mate Jason Bright in

Townsville, and now holds an 11-4 qualifying record over the 1998 Bathurst winner so far this season.

Although a Race 15 collision with Rick Kelly ended a run of consecutive top five finishes, Coulthard is cemented inside the top 10 in the points standings, and will be aiming to add to his eight top 10 results achieved during the campaign thus far.

Bright meanwhile will need to improve his qualifying performances if he is to have a shot at a big result.

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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 heads to Queensland Raceway with renewed

confidence after a promising run in Townsville and a positive pre-event Ipswich test. A pair of top six qualifying performances, and a seventh place finish in Race 14, highlighted the team’s resurgence in Townsville, which it should be noted is a circuit that has proven to suit the team’s chassis in the past.

Encouragingly, DJR’s most competitive outing of 2011 came at Queensland Raceway, where Steven Johnson and James Moffat both scored a treble of top 10 finishes.

This year’s form suggests that Owen and Johnson will lead the team’s quest for its sixth top 10 finish of the season this weekend.

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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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31Races 16/17 - Ipswich 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...Tekno Autosport drivers Jonathon Webb and Michael Patrizi

have both proven regular top 10 runners across the last four events, and there’s little evidence to suggest that will change this weekend.

The team joined its fellow Queensland-based outfits at the pre-event test on the new surface, and is looking for its eighth top 10 finish in the last six races.

While Jonathon Webb failed to shine here last year while running a Triple Eight Ford chassis, the TeamVodafone-run Triple Eight Holdens proved the class of the field, which can only add to the Tekno squad’s confidence.

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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’s top-five finish in Sunday’s race at Hidden Valley

was quickly forgotten last time out in Townsville, where neither Caruso nor team-mate Alexandre Premat managed to qualify better than the 10th row across the two races.

Premat, in fact, was just 26th fastest in each qualifying session before spending the opening phase of Sunday’s race dicing with Kelly Racing rookie Jacques Villeneuve.

The team is one of few not to have tested since Townsville, and should have modest expectations for the Queensland Raceway event.

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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 should head to Queensland Raceway with increased

confidence after finding form in Townsville. D’Alberto continued his 2012 trend of showing strong pace on street circuits, with the Hiflex Falcon qualifying an impressive fifth on Saturday before a combination of tyre degradation and a restart incident scuppered his chances of a strong race result.

While the privately-prepared FPR Falcon largely out-performed the team’s flagship entries at Queensland Raceway 12 months ago, such a result is highly unlikely to be repeated this year.

the BaGman’S SaY...Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport endured a typically up-and-down

weekend in Townsville, with a 17th place run on Sunday following a Saturday effort hampered by an opening lap incident.

As has been the case at several venues this year, Taz Douglas has yet to compete at Queensland Raceway in a V8 Supercars Championship event, but has plenty of experience at the circuit in Formula Ford and V8 Supercars Development Series competition.

Adding to the five top 20 finishes scored so far this season is a clear goal for Douglas this weekend.

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Pos Driver team Car Pts1 Jamie Whincup TeamVodafone Holden Commodore VE 1794

2 Mark Winterbottom Orrcon Steel FPR Ford Falcon FG 1694

3 Will Davison Trading Post FPR Ford Falcon FG 16544 Craig Lowndes TeamVodafone Holden Commodore VE 14965 Shane Van Gisbergen SP Tools Racing Ford Falcon FG 12806 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE 12397 Lee Holdsworth IRWIN Racing Ford Falcon FG 11908 Tim Slade Lucky 7 Racing Ford Falcon FG 11709 Fabian Coulthard Lockwood Racing Holden Commodore VE 103010 David Reynolds The Bottle-O Racing Holden Commodore VE 95111 Todd Kelly Jack Daniel’s Racing Holden Commodore VE 88512 Jason Bright Team BOC Holden Commodore VE 88213 James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE 86614 Rick Kelly Jack Daniel’s Racing Holden Commodore VE 844

15 Steven Johnson Jim Beam Racing Ford Falcon FG 81516 Michael Caruso Fujitsu Racing GRM Holden Commodore VE 81017 Jonathon Webb Tekno Autosport Holden Commodore VE 80818 Steve Owen VIP Petfoods Racing Ford Falcon FG 74219 Michael Patrizi Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore VE 72720 Russell Ingall Supercheap Auto Racing Holden Commodore VE 704

21 Dean Fiore Jim Beam Racing Ford Falcon FG 65922 Tony D’Alberto Tony D’Alberto Racing Ford Falcon FG 64123 Taz Douglas Team iSelect Holden Commodore VE 51824 Karl Reindler Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Holden Commodore VE 47925 David Wall Wilson Security Racing Holden Commodore VE 454

26 Alexandre Premat Fujitsu Racing GRM Holden Commodore VE 44827 James Moffat Team Norton DJR Ford Falcon FG 44628 Greg Murphy Pepsi Max Crew Holden Commodore VE 31529 David Russell Pepsi Max Crew Holden Commodore VE 42

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2012 SeaSon STaTISTICSrace WinsWill Davison 6, Jamie Whincup 5, Mark

Winterbottom 3, Craig Lowndes 1

Pole PositionsJamie Whincup 3, Craig Lowndes 3, Will

Davison 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

PodiumsJamie Whincup 12, Will Davison 11, Mark

Winterbottom 10, Craig Lowndes 5, 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 4.0 1 26 3.7

2 Garth Tander 1 21 8.7 3 28 10.3

3 Tony D'Alberto 5 26 15.9 8 28 18.1

4 Lee Holdsworth 4 19 11.3 4 26 9.9

5 Mark Winterbottom 1 10 3.4 1 23 4.5

6 Will Davison 1 9 3.6 1 25 5.8

7 Todd Kelly 11 23 17.1 8 23 14.9

8 Jason Bright 2 27 14.9 3 28 14.1

9 Shane Van Gisbergen 2 18 9.5 2 22 9.3

11 Karl Reindler 21 28 25.7 16 25 21.5

12 Dean Fiore 11 27 21.5 15 24 18.0

14 Fabian Coulthard 6 17 10.7 4 27 12.5

15 Rick Kelly 5 19 13.0 5 27 15.2

17 Steven Johnson 7 24 15.1 10 21 15.7

18 James Moffat 8 28 17.4 13 28 21.2

19 Jonathon Webb 4 23 11.8 7 27 15.1

21 David Wall 21 28 25.8 14 28 22.2

22 James Courtney 6 28 15.5 5 26 14.3

30 Taz Douglas 8 27 22.5 12 27 21.1

33 Alexandre Premat 11 28 22.5 13 28 21.3

34 Michael Caruso 5 22 17.3 4 27 16.1

47 Tim Slade 5 20 12.3 3 21 9.7

49 Steve Owen 4 23 14.0 6 28 16.4

51 Greg Murphy 17 27 21.9 11 27 18.8

55 David Reynolds 1 11 4.6 5 26 13.1

66 Russell Ingall 14 28 20.7 10 28 17.1

91 Michael Patrizi 7 28 16.7 5 27 16.0

888 Craig Lowndes 1 20 6.5 1 28 6.3

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Year Driver team Car2011 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VEII

Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VEIICraig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VEII

2010 James Courtney Jim Beam Racing Ford Falcon FGJames Courtney Jim Beam Racing Ford Falcon FG

2009 Will Davison Toll Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VEJames Courtney Jim Beam Racing Ford Falcon FG

2008 Mark Winterbottom Orrcon Steel FPR Ford Falcon BFMark Winterbottom Orrcon Steel FPR Ford Falcon BFJames Courtney Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BF

2007 Garth Tander Toll HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VEGarth Tander Toll HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VEGarth Tander Toll HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VE

2006 Garth Tander Toll HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZMark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VZGarth Tander Toll HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ

2005 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA2004 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA2003 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA2002 D.Besnard/S.Wills Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon AU2001 P.Radisich/S.Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon AU2000 C.Lowndes/M.Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VT

Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VTCraig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VTCraig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VT

1999 L.Perkins/R.Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VTGarth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VSCraig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VTRussell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VT

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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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41Races 16/17 - Ipswich I event Schedule

Schedule of eventsSaturday

Start finish Category Duration Session

0800 0815 Formula 3 15 minutes Qualifying 1

0825 0835 Formula 3 10 minutes Qualifying 2

0850 0910 Touring Car Masters 20 minutes Qualifying

0925 0955 Dunlop Series 30 minutes Qualifying

1010 1040 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Practice – Part 4

1055 1110 Entertainment Session 15 minutes

1120 1140 Formula Ford 20 minutes Qualifying (post)

1150 1210 Touring Car Masters 12 laps Race 1 (TX)

1220 1240 Formula 3 16 laps Race 1

1255 1315 Course & Safety Car Rides 20 minutes

1325 1345 V8 Supercars 20 minutes Qualifying (TX)

1405 Dunlop Series Pit Exit Open

1410 Dunlop Series Pit Exit Closed

1415 1435 Dunlop Series 15 laps Race 1 (TX)

1450 1510 Formula Ford 14 laps Race 1 (post)

1525 1540 Entertainment Session 15 minutes

1540 Fuel Check

1545 V8 Supercars 20 Minute Signal

1550 V8 Supercars Pit Exit Open

1555 V8 Supercars Pit Exit Closed

1605 V8 Supercars 45 laps or 1 lap after 1715

Race 16 – 140km (TX)

V8 Supercars 15 minutes Podium

SundayStart finish Category Duration Session

0800 0820 Formula 3 16 laps Race 2

0830 0850 Touring Car Masters 12 laps Race 2

0900 0915 Course & Safety Car Rides 15 minutes

0920 Dunlop Series Pit Lane Open

0925 Dunlop Series Pit Lane Closed

0930 0950 Dunlop Series 15 laps Race 2

1005 1035 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Practice – Part 5

1050 1110 Formula Ford 14 laps Race 2 (post)

1120 1140 Touring Car Masters 12 laps Race 3

1155 1225 Formula 3 24 laps Race 3

1240 1255 Entertainment Session 15 minutes

1300 1320 V8 Supercars 20 minutes Qualifying (TX)

1335 1355 Formula Ford 14 laps Race 3 (post) (poss TX)

1405 Dunlop Series Pit Exit Open

1410 Dunlop Series Pit Exit Closed

1415 1445 Dunlop Series 22 laps

Dunlop Series 10 minutes Podium

1455 1510 Entertainment Session 15 minutes

1510 V8 Supercars Fuel Check

1515 V8 Supercars 20 Minute Signal

1520 Pit Exit Open

1525 V8 Supercars Pit Exit Closed

1535 1715 V8 Supercars 65 laps or 1 lap after 1715

Race 17 – 200km (TX)

V8 Supercars 15 minutes Podium

fridayStart finish Category Duration Session

0730 Dunlop Series Scrutineering

0730 0830 Dunlop Series Document Check

0800 0820 Formula Ford 20 minutes Practice 1

0830 0850 Formula 3 20 minutes Practice 1

0830 V8 Supercars Scrutineering

0830 1000 V8 Supercars Document Check

0900 0940 Dunlop Series 40 minutes Practice 1

0955 1015 Touring Car Masters 20 minutes Practice 1

1025 1045 Formula Ford 20 minutes Practice 2

1055 1115 Formula 3 20 minutes Practice 2

1125 1155 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Practice – Part 0

1205 1245 Dunlop Series 40 minutes Practice 2

1300 1330 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Practice – Part 1

1340 1400 Touring Car Masters 20 minutes Practice 2

1410 1430 V8 Supercars 20 minutes Practice – Part 2

1445 1505 V8 Supercars 20 minutes Practice – Part 3

1515 1535 V8 TV Session 20 minutes

1540 1610 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Meeting Rides

1615 1635 Dunlop Series 20 minutes Meeting Rides

1640 1700 Course & Safety Car Rides 20 minutes

1730 V8 Supercars Drivers & Competitors Briefing

1800 Dunlop Series Drivers & Competitors Briefing

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