V8SC - R01 - CLIPSAL 500 Adelaide

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2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series


Holden Racing Team
Garth Tander Car 1 - Commodore VE
Mark Skaife Car 2 - Commodore VE


Tasman Motorsport
Jason Richards Car 3 - Commodore VE
Greg Murphy Car 51 - Commodore VE


Stone Brothers Racing
James Courtney Car 4 - Falcon BF
Shane Van Gisbergen Car 9 - Falcon BF


Ford Performance Racing
Mark Winterbottom Car 5 - Falcon BF
Steven Richards Car 6 - Falcon BF


Jack Daniel's Racing
Todd Kelly Car 7 - Commodore VE
Shane Price Car 11 - Commodore VE


Team BOC
Andrew Jones Car 12 - Commodore VE
Cameron McConville Car 14 - Commodore VE


HSV Dealer Team
Rick Kelly Car 15 - Commodore VE
Paul Dumbrell Car 16 - Commodore VE


Jim Beam Racing
Steve Johnson Car 17 - Falcon BF
Will Davison Car 18 - Falcon BF


Paul Weel Racing
Andrew Thompson Car 50 - Commodore VE


Walden Motorsport
Garth Walden Car 24 - Falcon BF


Britek Motorsport
Jason Bright Car 25 - Falcon BF
Marcus Marshall Car 26 - Falcon BF


Garry Rogers Motorsport
Lee Holdsworth Car 33 - Commodore VE
Michael Caruso Car 34 - Commodore VE


Supercheap Auto Racing
Russell Ingall Car 39 - Commodore VE
Paul Morris Car 67 - Commodore VE


Rod Nash Racing
Tony D'Alberto Car 55 - Commodore VE


TeamVodafone
Jamie Whincup Car 88 - Falcon BF
Craig Lowndes Car 888 - Falcon BF


Team Kiwi Racing
Kayne Scott Car 021 - Falcon BF


Glenford's Racing
Fabian Coulthard Car 111 - Falcon BA

results
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?24/02/2008.ADEL

schedule
DAY EVENT FORMAT R/GRID TIMES & RESULTS
Friday Practice 50 Minutes N 09:45 - 10:35
Friday Practice 50 Minutes N 11:25 - 12:15
Friday Qualifying 55 Minutes N 14:35 - 15:30
Saturday Warm Up 20 Minutes N 11:20 - 11:40
Saturday Race 178 Laps N 14:30 - 16:30
Sunday Warm Up 20 Minutes N 10:35 - 10:55
Sunday Race 278 Laps N 14:30 - 16:30

http://www.hrt.com.au/galleries/hrt/2008/launch/day1/hrtLaunch1.jpg

[VX_Rules]

Is there anyway to see the series on UK TV or online streaming?

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Motors TV

Ch5 show highlights

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PRACTICE SESSIONS P12 P13
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Fastest...Lap Gap

1 88 Team Vodafone Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BF 5000 P13 1:21.3707R
2 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport James Courtney Ford Falcon BF 5000 P13 1:21.7147 0:00.3440
3 33 Valvoline Cummins Race Team Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 5000 P13 1:21.8048 0:00.4341
4 16 Autobarn Racing Team Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 5000 P13 1:21.8349 0:00.4642
5 14 Team WOW Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE 5000 P13 1:21.9394 0:00.5687
6 5 Ford Performance Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 5000 P13 1:21.9446 0:00.5739
7 18 Jim Beam Racing Will Davison Ford Falcon BF 5000 P13 1:21.9503 0:00.5796
8 2 Toll Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE 5000 P12 1:22.0682 0:00.6975
9 1 Toll Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 5000 P13 1:22.0851 0:00.7144
10 888 Team Vodafone Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BF 5000 P13 1:22.0933 0:00.7226
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?24/02/2008.ADEL.P13.Y

[ShiftingGears]

Looking forward to it. Also, the amount of silver on the liveries is repulsive.

[bt52b]

^don't mind silver, but all that white ;(



Whincup takes pole.

Quali

Pos Driver Make Time
1. Jamie Whincup Ford 1:21.3301
2. James Courtney Ford 1:21.3406 + 0.0105
3. Mark Winterbottom Ford 1:21.6647 + 0.3346
4. Garth Tander Holden 1:21.6930 + 0.3629
5. Will Davison Ford 1:21.7557 + 0.4256
6. Craig Lowndes Ford 1:21.8745 + 0.5444
7. Lee Holdsworth Holden 1:21.9638 + 0.6337
8. Steven Johnson Ford 1:22.0282 + 0.6981
9. Steven Richards Ford 1:22.0976 + 0.7675
10. Paul Dumbrell Holden no time
11. Todd Kelly Holden 1:21.9779 + 0.6478
12. Rick Kelly Holden 1:22.0049 + 0.6748
13. Shane van Gisbergen Ford 1:22.08 14 + 0.7513
14. Mark Skaife Holden 1:22.0939 + 0.7638
15. Jason Richards Holden 1:22.1513 + 0.8212
16. Fabian Coulthard Ford 1:22.3425 + 1.0124
17. Jason Bright Ford 1:22.3910 + 1.0609
18. Russell Ingall Holden 1:22.4469 + 1.1168
19. Cameron McConville Holden 1:22.4609 + 1.1308
20. Greg Murphy Holden 1:22.7538 + 1.4237
21. Andrew Jones Holden 1:22.7571 + 1.4270
22. Michael Caruso Holden 1:22.7915 + 1.4614
23. Shane Price Holden 1:22.9660 + 1.6359
24. Tony D'Alberto Holden 1:23.0891 + 1.7590
25. Andrew Thompson Holden 1:23.1461 + 1.8160
26. Paul Morris Holden 1:23.6190 + 2.2889
27. Kayne Scott Ford 1:23.9923 + 2.6622
28. Marcus Marshall Ford 1:24.5641 + 3.2340

[mercury8]

http://www.v8central.com/gallery/albums/2008Clipsal/V8Supercars/IMG_4418_lrg.JPG

[mercury8]

Is there anyway to see the series on UK TV or online streaming?

Try this :s mokin:

:http://61.9.191.56/wm9.streaming.telstra.com/ucs-wh_v8supe0live3

[ShiftingGears]

If the backmarker Jason Richards would've backed off then Courtney would almost certainly have won. But good job for 888 Team regardless.

Also, Paul Morris ran his typical race, competing for positions 10-15 places lower than his teammate before taking someone out and blaming it on everyone but himself. This guy is an embarrassment.

[XR8]

I'll stick up for him! He can't help it. He does this all the time!

[LeonBrooke]

Great first race, nice to see the new cars, all looking good. But we didn't see much of the new drivers... anyway, can't wait for the second race being broadcast tonight.

[ShiftingGears]

Wow! That Clipsal 500 was quality. McConville was a big surprise.

[AJP]

Wow! That Clipsal 500 was quality. McConville was a big surprise.

Looks like we have a good year of racing ahead of us...
Who was in the wrong, Courtney or Lowndes ??
Courtney could have lifted and let Lowndes through, who was far enough in front going into the corner..
Or Lowndes could have tried next lap at a cleaner pass down the back straight.

I'm going to have to say racing incident..too close to call..
bloody great action though..

[syameese]

Looks like we have a good year of racing ahead of us...
Who was in the wrong, Courtney or Lowndes ??
Courtney could have lifted and let Lowndes through, who was far enough in front going into the corner..
Or Lowndes could have tried next lap at a cleaner pass down the back straight.

I'm going to have to say racing incident..too close to call..
bloody great action though..

Both Courtney and Lowndes suffer from the God delusion that everyone should defer to them, so it was probably just a case of natural selection!

[bt52b]

Wow! That Clipsal 500 was quality. McConville was a big surprise.

Was quick in miost of practice, although I thought he would do better in quali'

Great to see GRM & BJR on the podium.

[ShiftingGears]

Looks like we have a good year of racing ahead of us...
Who was in the wrong, Courtney or Lowndes ??
Courtney could have lifted and let Lowndes through, who was far enough in front going into the corner..
Or Lowndes could have tried next lap at a cleaner pass down the back straight.

I'm going to have to say racing incident..too close to call..
bloody great action though..

Without having seen it over and over I think it's leaning towards Lowndes' fault. Although they both were guilty of giving others a helping hand when passing.


Jack Elsegood T-Boned someone's driver's side door pretty hard in the utes race (red flagged) and haven't heard anything about it. Anyone in the know?

Also, best wishes to Ashley Cooper, who is still in critical condition.

[Civic]

Cooper's crash is on YouTube. He hit the wall hard on the port side of the car (I'm from the U.S. and A. but I didn't want to say driver's side since I'm not sure where the driver sits in Australia). It looked like he didn't even brake for that corner.

Any news about if his car broke before the crash? Do drivers in that series wear some kind of neck restraint like HANS?

[ShiftingGears]

Cooper's crash is on YouTube. He hit the wall hard on the port side of the car (I'm from the U.S. and A. but I didn't want to say driver's side since I'm not sure where the driver sits in Australia). It looked like he didn't even brake for that corner.

Any news about if his car broke before the crash? Do drivers in that series wear some kind of neck restraint like HANS?

Wasn't drivers side. He's dead though. RIP.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23271941-5012789,00.html

[mercury8]

RIP Ashley.Condolences to family and friends.

Here is the V8 Ute crash from the weekend.Tough joint when you crash.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ImbJ9leGf4s&feature=related#

[Zeakiwi]

I wonder if part of the inquiry should look at whether 'safer barrier' is required on some of the faster corners on the street circuits in use in the Australasian area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAFER_Barrier

[Zeakiwi]

Also v8 supercars are not rally cars, the yump on the Adelaide circuit is sub-standard circuit design. imo

[Ranger]

I wonder if part of the inquiry should look at whether 'safer barrier' is required on some of the faster corners on the street circuits in use in the Australasian area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAFER_Barrier


They should look into it definitely.

However, as pointed out by Winterbottom and Courtney, Dev.Series don't have the safety features that the V8's do. I presume this means no HANS-devise or something similar, in which case the investment will far outweigh the costs.

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:up:

Yes, hopefully they'll stick Safer barriers there. That is such an awesome part of the race track (I love the in-car cams) but unfortunately the writing was on the wall that someone would get seriously hurt.

RIP Ashley Cooper

[thompp]

http://www.v8central.com/gallery/albums/2008Clipsal/V8Supercars/IMG_4418_lrg.JPG


Wow - you'll believe a V8 can fly! Would this car be penalised for having all four wheels off the track, and not using an airport..? ;)

[Livewireshock]

There is a push now to go back to the full length GP parklands circuit. It was shortened to be cheaper to construct & to cause less disruption to city traffic. It was also not figured that the crowds would equal the size of the the Adelaide F1GP days initially.

However from a safety point of view, it also allowed a greater run off area coming onto the back straight than the current shorter circuit allows. From the very first year of racing, turn 8 has always had a question mark over it's safety and has been redesigned several times.

A move back to the full length GP circuit will enhance safety, allow for greater crowds (which are now bigger than the F1 days) & also provide for better racing down the back straight.

[ShiftingGears]

I'd hate to see Turn 8 go. A SAFER barrier would do - It'd take off quite a bit of the critical lateral force acting on the drivers neck.

[AJP]

RIP Ashley Cooper

[Rusty]

RIP Ashley Cooper

Amen R.I.P. Ashley

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There is a push now to go back to the full length GP parklands circuit. It was shortened to be cheaper to construct & to cause less disruption to city traffic. It was also not figured that the crowds would equal the size of the the Adelaide F1GP days initially.

However from a safety point of view, it also allowed a greater run off area coming onto the back straight than the current shorter circuit allows. From the very first year of racing, turn 8 has always had a question mark over it's safety and has been redesigned several times.

A move back to the full length GP circuit will enhance safety, allow for greater crowds (which are now bigger than the F1 days) & also provide for better racing down the back straight.

I was just wondering whether there were similar incidents to Mika Hakkinen horrible crash at a similar corner in the ATCC days??

In this day and age the kerbs would be almost dead flat.

[racer69]

Mark Skaife rolled a works Nissan GTR there in 1990 at Brewery Bend. Gary Scott also had a hairy moment in a Mitsubishi Starion at the same corner in 1987.

Livewireshock - there's no doubt the Clipsal 500 is popular, but the crowds don't top the Grand Prix nor really come close. In 1995 the raceday figure alone was 205,000 people in attendance.

[Nurburgring]

RIP Ashley Cooper
Condolences to all his family and friends

[mercury8]

Here is a pic of the dust up in the ute race at Clipsal!! :eek: Just past same corner as the flying Ford pic

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3748/0590503200mx2.jpg

[WSRfan82]

how big was that crash of Lowndes is he ok

[mercury8]

how big was that crash of Lowndes is he ok
Yeah it was a big one and Lowndesy is fine.The guys in that ute crash ended in hospital but all ok.