2009 V8 Supercars Season

[Warren Dawes]

Hmmmnnn!!! I wonder if there has been some discussions behind the scenes about future Ford sponsorship of the 888 Team. I find it staggering that Ford have dropped "official" sponsorship of the most successful Ford Team in V8 Supercars. Maybe we will see this lunacy reversed in the future.

 

[James Johnson]

Not Suprised Ford are still losing Bucket loads of Money.

 

[Warren Dawes]

Not Suprised Ford are still losing Bucket loads of Money.

No doubt they needed to curb spending / sponsorship, but they kept two less successful teams and dropped 888. I think they were hoping that the 888 success would give them "free publicity" but it may have backfired a little.

 

[Warren Dawes]

Looks like my guess was close to the mark.

Latest news from Australia, Team 888 have signed up to drive a Holden next season, so Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes have swapped camp.
Frankly, I'm not surprised, given the treatment they received from Ford, and I hope they carry their winning record across to Holden.

Whincup and Lowndes have also signed up for another three years with Team 888, so Whincup wont be going overseas for a while yet.

 

[Ben Tusting]

I've always been a fan of Craig Lowndes :good:

Good news for Craig and Jamie. (I would love for the BTCC and V8 supercars to do a 1 of race like they used to do, as that was brilliant to watch)

 

[Wido Rossen]

Now where talking.......finaly in a Holden.
Looking forward to next year.

I also read that there`s a rumour going around that the V8 cars gonna be replaced by WTCC looking cars with 2.0l engine`s.
This to reduce the cost in this financial crisis.
I say that gonna kill the sport if it does happen.

 

[Warren Dawes]

I also read that there`s a rumour going around that the V8 cars gonna be replaced by WTCC looking cars with 2.0l engine`s.
This to reduce the cost in this financial crisis.
I say that gonna kill the sport if it does happen.

I'd say extremely, extremely, unlikely to happen.

EDIT: Here's a little more detail regarding this announcement here:
http://simjunkies.org/index.php?opt...ile=index.php&topic=13101.msg182871#msg182871

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

Team Vodafone will switch to Holden

Yikes, this is the biggest thing to happen to V8 Supercars since ...I don't know. Either way, this is huge.

http://sportal.com.au/Motorsport-news-display/triple-eight-leaves-ford-74897

So, Lowndes is back in a Holden next year. Excellent. :dance:

 

[Trebor901]

hmmm, dunno what to make of this, 888 have been a Ford team since they joined V8 Supercars and its a bit wierd since GM dropped them in BTCC that they're switching to a GM company in V8 Supercars.

But i see Ford pulled the factory backing for this year. So if they're a factory Holden team next year i suppose thats a logical decision from them.

 

[Glenn Morris]

V8 supercars needs a big shakeup.

I'm saying outside the square shakeup.
Additional manufacturers.
Cost cutting.

Hell, I find the Production Car Championship a lot more exciting and entertaining than V8s.

 

[Wido Rossen]

V8 Supercars 2009 Round 8 : QLD 300

The Queensland 300 will be held on the 23th of August.

Track Facts:
Circuit Length 3.12 km
Race Direction Clockwise


Track record:
Qualifying John Bowe Ford Falcon 1m.09.2594
Race Garth Tander Holden Commodore 1m.11.0033

 

[Ryan Callan]

I think the circuits, while awesome, are just too tight for those big V8s.

I still love to watch but it is becoming more strategy based rather than racing based. If it wasn't for the slickness of Channel 7's coverage I probably wouldn't bother to watch so much, but Channel 7 do an awesome job.

 

[Warren Dawes]

I think the circuits, while awesome, are just too tight for those big V8s.

Bathurst isn't far away then.

 

[Ryan Callan]

Yup - really looking forward to that. Will be the first Bathurst I watch in full.

 

[Wido Rossen]

V8 Supercars 2009 Round 9 : Phillip Island

Rounds 9 will be held on the 13th of September.....:aus:

Track Facts:
Track Length : 4.446 km
Race Direction : Anticlockwise
Interesting Fact : The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit celebrated 50 Years of motor racing in 2002.

Track records :
Current Qualifying Record:2000 Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore 1.32.0713Current Lap Record : 1999 Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore 1.33.4389


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[Warren Dawes]

This is a really great track, so the racing should be very interesting, especially since it brings the start of the enduro events with top drivers pairing up.
Not long to Bathurst now either. :woot2::aus:

 

[Glenn Morris]

Best thing is Warren, at Phillip Island, you're guaranteed to have a fine, calm, sunny day.... Probably somewhere in the mid 20's...

Especially this time of year.


LOL

 

[Wido Rossen]

Results off race 1:

1. Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 22:29.2630
2. Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon FG + 0.4126
3. Will Davison Holden Commodore VE + 6.4346
4. Shane van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG + 9.3376
5. Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VE + 12.8469
6. Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE + 13.0058
7. David Reynolds Holden Commodore VE + 13.5722
8. Dean Canto Ford Falcon FG + 19.1337
9. Steve Owen Holden Commodore VE + 20.6833
10. Allan Simonsen Ford Falcon FG + 21.0229
11. Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VE + 33.7245
12. Mark McNally Holden Commodore VE + 37.6166
13. Ben Collins Holden Commodore VE + 40.0622
14. Dean Fiore Holden Commodore VE + 41.1827
15. Steven Richards Ford Falcon FG + 51.9031
16. Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE +1:00.6435
17. Warren Luff Ford Falcon FG +1:03.4392
18. Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE +1:07.4712
19. Steven Johnson Ford Falcon FG +1:08.8704
20. Daniel Gaunt Ford Falcon FG +1:11.0246
21. Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE +1:14.3957
22. Greg Ritter Holden Commodore VE +1:20.4852
23. Dale Wood Holden Commodore VE +1:21.3284
24. Michael Patrizi Ford Falcon FG +1:21.7525
25. Mark Noske Holden Commodore VE +1:24.8185
26. Tony D'Alberto Holden Commodore VE +1:25.0850
27. Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE +1:32.0717
28. Leanne Tander Ford Falcon BF +1:35.4934
29. Sam Walter Holden Commodore VE + 1 lap
30. Andrew Fisher Ford Falcon BF + 1 lap
31. Karl Reindler Ford Falcon FG + 1 lap
32. Brad Lowe Ford Falcon BF + 3 laps

 

[Warren Dawes]

Those are only the results of the first qualifying race. They have an "interesting" method of qualifying for the first enduro, the two drivers for each car drive a short race each, and the combined results determine the starting positions for the enduro tomorrow. Points are only counted for the championship in the enduro race.
After both qualifying races, the front row for the enduro are 1. Mark Winterbottom/Steven Richards and 2. Jamie Whincup/Craig Lowndes.

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

Looks like it's going to be Ford's race yet again... :weep: