Bathurst

[Pink Mist]

you could probably find a link with updates, try the V8 supercar site here

[TizMe]

Spewing.  Still cant find a place around here that has ABC asia pacific.  Missed both grand finals because of that.

ABC A P WebpageYou can watch ABC Asia Pacific television using your own satellite dish and digital decoder. ABC Asia Pacific television is broadcast free on both the PAS-8 and PAS-2 satellites. Each carries the television service plus Radio Australia's English and regional language broadcasts.

You'd really need to pull your finger out to get it set up by tomorrow morning though....

[Pink Mist]

It's shaping up for a good one tomorrow can't wait

[TizMe]

Lowndes leads all-Ford front row for Super Cheap Auto 1000 at Bathurst

Craig Lowndes heads an all-Ford front row of the grid for tomorrow’s Super Cheap Auto 1000 at Mount Panorama, Bathurst. The Team Betta Electrical Ford driver continued his dominant form to grab pole position after being fastest in practice and qualifying, then recording a 2:08.59 in the Top-10 Shootout at Mount Panorama this afternoon.

The 30-year-old, who won Bathurst nine years ago, edged out V8 Supercar Champion Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing Ford) by .025 of a second.

Defending Bathurst champion Greg Murphy (Super Cheap Auto Holden) improved to third alongside Holden Racing Team’s Mark Skaife.

Lowndes, delighted with his team’s form, said a delay after Russell Ingall left the track with a mechanical failure helped his cause. The resulting delay after Ingall’s gears locked and he went into the sand at the end of the downhill mountain chase gave the track time to dry after light rain earlier in the day.

“We were lucky Russell put it in the gravel and allowed the track to dry more,’’ Lowndes said. “We are delighted as a team. The car is basically the same as it rolled out of the transporter.

“Conditions did not allow any records but the car was very good across the top of the mountain. Being fast in qualifying and racing 1000km are totally different things. The last half of the season has been the best for me in the last five years and I’m not prepared to let that go.’’

Lowndes, after trailing pace-setting Ambrose through the first sector, was a full half a second quicker than the next best across the mountain.

However Ambrose said he was more than happy with his performance.

“Craig was unbelievable today,’’ Ambrose said. “We choose to be a little conservative across the top. We didn’t expect to be on the top row. I would have been happy with a top six.’’

Murphy, the lap record holder with his brilliant 2:06.84 two years ago, was pleased with improvements to his car but disappointed with his effort in the shootout.

“It was a very average performance. I was too aggressive on top of the mountain and ran wide at the Chase so it was very disappointing,’’ Murphy said. “The track was fine. I couldn’t fault it. It was the nut behind the wheel.’’

Murphy said his team had made real gains in this morning’s practice where he was the fastest with a 2:07.87.

“The car was not bad at all this morning. Tomorrow will tell the story though.’’

Ingall is the only driver to face a testing time in tomorrow’s early practice after his gear lock-up with no other significant casualties today.

There are six Holdens in the top 10 on the grid which includes all the main pre-race favourites.

Garth Tander, stepping up to the No 1 driver with Rick Kelly still suffering from a virus, produced the fifth fastest time for the HSV Dealer Holden beside Steven Richards (Perkins Holden).

Jason Richards (Dodo Racing Holden) is seventh alongside Glenn Seton (Westport Ford) with the final spots on the top-10 filled by veteran and seven-time Bathurst champion Jim Richards in the second Holden Racing Team car and Ingall.

The 161-lap, 1000km Super Cheap Auto 1000 gets underway at 10am tomorrow.

The Top-10 qualifiers:

C Lowdnes Team Betta Electrical Ford 2:08.59

M Ambrose Pirtek Racing Ford 2:08.85

G Murphy Super Cheap Auto Holden 2:09.10

M Skaife Holden Racing Team 2:09.37

G Tander HSV Dealer Holden 2:09.66

S Richards Perkins Racing Holden 2:09.81

Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden 2:12.20

G Seton Westpoint Racing Ford 2:19.60

J Richards Holden Racing Team 2:20.12

R Ingall Caltex Ford DNF (mechanical failure)

[Pink Mist]

Actually Ingall reckons he selected 2 gears and locked up, possibly but I was watching and he was smokin at the time and at extreme braking I saw smoke from th RH rear tire briefly then front LH smoke and then into kitty litter, if you can select 2 gears at once on decel then they must be worried

[TizMe]

Super Cheap Auto 1000 doesn't have the same ring to it as the old HARDIE-FERODO 1000 does it?

[Pink Mist]

We just call it Bathurst, names come and go but the venue remains

[Old Croc]

Actually Ingall reckons he selected 2 gears and locked up, possibly but I was watching and he was smokin at the time and at extreme braking I saw smoke from th RH rear tire briefly then front LH smoke and then into kitty litter, if you can select 2 gears at once on decel then they must be worried

No wonder he stuffed up if he was having a smoke at the bottom of Conrod at 290 kph!

[chuchok]

I heard that it's lowndes,Ambrose and Murphy at the mo and it's as cold as a witches tit at Bathurst.

[Pink Mist]

Lowndes in the pits broken Watts linkage

[Pink Mist]

Murphy just hit the lead, Lowndes coming out again, few laps down

[Pink Mist]

Spectactular, Lowndes cops Dunbrells loose wheel to the windscreen looks like a tree fell on him.

[chuchok]

Murphy just hit the lead, Lowndes coming out again, few laps down

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Go Murph ....long way to go though.

[TizMe]

Well done Skaify. Holden 7 in a row.

Another great exciting race. F1 has got nothin' on the Bathurst 1000.

No doubt there will be some post mortem discussions about Murphy's and Ambrose's altercation.

[chuchok]

Well done Skaify. Holden 7 in a row.

Another great exciting race. F1 has got nothin' on the Bathurst 1000.

No doubt there will be some post mortem discussions about Murphy's and Ambrose's altercation.

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What happened?

I don't expect Broncs to answer this question today.

[Pink Mist]

well done scaifey jees it got messy at the end

go holden

[chuchok]

well done scaifey jees it got messy at the end

go holden

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Good on Holden, but what was the &lt;deleted&gt; that happened at the end?

[Pink Mist]

big crash 10 laps from the finish, up the top on skyline, ambrose and murphy had words , about 10 or more involved

[TizMe]

Bathurst's done, gone for the year,

the end result, not good I fear.

Skaifie's made it yet again

much to our collective distain

Stone bothers came then went away,

Lownes lead for a bit, but did not stay

went to hard and bent the car

Still driving for holden? don't go THAT far...

Ambrose and Murphy, kissy kissy

lined each other up and had a hissy

cars all busted, bits all bent

barely one left there without a dent

Fords pulled in, with radiator leaking,

watts linkage broken, suspension freak'n

so slow in the pits? what was the game?

ford takes to long for a warranty claim....

[Pink Mist]

good one mate

[Jai Dee]

Good one TizMe...

But just for the record, Craig Lowndes in the Betta Electrical 888 Ford did not bend his car... someone else's fcuken tyre landed on his windshield!!!

A great race... congrats to the Holden boys.

[Pink Mist]

Good one TizMe...

But just for the record, Craig Lowndes in the Betta Electrical 888 Ford did not bend his car... someone else's fcuken tyre landed on his windshield!!! 

A great race... congrats to the Holden boys.

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sorry jai he did bend it and broke a watts linkage first

[chuchok]

Good one TizMe...

But just for the record, Craig Lowndes in the Betta Electrical 888 Ford did not bend his car... someone else's fcuken tyre landed on his windshield!!! 

A great race... congrats to the Holden boys.

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That's what happens when you do a Judas on Holden and go and bat for the other side.

[Jai Dee]

That's what happens when you do a Judas on Holden and go and bat for the other side.

I did own a Torana once...

[chuchok]

That's what happens when you do a Judas on Holden and go and bat for the other side.

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I did own a Torana once...

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[Pink Mist]

That's what happens when you do a Judas on Holden and go and bat for the other side.

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I did own a Torana once...

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Was it an L34?

[Jai Dee]

That's what happens when you do a Judas on Holden and go and bat for the other side.

I did own a Torana once...

Was it an L34?

Unfortunately not...

It was an LJ with a 308 under the bonnet.

Talk about a twitchy rear end...

[TizMe]

Although I've always barracked for Holdens at Bathurst I've actually owned more Fords than Holdens.

Zephyr MK1, XR, XC and XD Falcons but only one Holden an HR (which I serously bent)

[Old Croc]

Good one TizMe...

But just for the record, Craig Lowndes in the Betta Electrical 888 Ford did not bend his car... someone else's fcuken tyre landed on his windshield!!! 

A great race... congrats to the Holden boys.

Just saw vision on tv of the wheel coming into the windscreen from the drivers perspective. Scary stuff

[Pink Mist]

Good one TizMe...

But just for the record, Craig Lowndes in the Betta Electrical 888 Ford did not bend his car... someone else's fcuken tyre landed on his windshield!!! 

A great race... congrats to the Holden boys.

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Just saw vision on tv of the wheel coming into the windscreen from the drivers perspective. Scary stuff

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It was only lowndes the turncoat