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Races 14/15 - Townsville I Introduction

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When one discusses the form in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship with casual observers of the category, the question ‘David who?’ invariably gets asked. David Reynolds’ junior championship achievements and early V8 Supercars efforts may be well known to hardened fans and scribes alike, but the 27-year-old’s move to The Bottle-O Racing this year has undoubtedly thrust him into the spotlight like never before. While frequent displays of the Albury native’s quirky sense of humour at Friday press conferences have raised plenty of eyebrows, Reynolds has been just as notable by his absence from the similar late afternoon talk fests for the top three drivers on Saturdays and Sundays. Continuing on from previous efforts at Kelly Racing, Reynolds’ raw speed has been undeniably strong this season, with 10 consecutive top six qualifying performances leaving the #55 Falcon with a yearto-date starting average of 5.1. Over one lap, only Will Davison, Mark Winterbottom and Jamie Whincup have consistently performed better. Turning that potential into trophies remains a work in progress however, as Reynolds has rather remarkably finished lower than his qualifying position in each one of those last 10 races. Mechanical issues and incidents aside, the race pace has simply not been a match for those starting around him. The green Falcon’s inability to duplicate the tyre life of its blue and orange stable-mates is currently the source of much analysis at FPR, which for the most part has been the team to beat this season. With Davison, Winterbottom and Reynolds’ Saturday qualifying efforts separated by less than 0.05s at Hidden Valley, it’s easy to forget that each driver is extracting the lap time in his own unique way. Science may be the underlying premise for success in professional motor racing, but matching the mechanical variables in the garage to the preferences and style of each driver remains a fine art. Just when Reynolds will crack it for his first podium and victory in the V8 Supercars Championship remains difficult to predict. The question ‘David Who?’ however, is undoubtedly on borrowed time. Green means go!

Stefan Bartholomaeus

Journalist, Speedcafe.com Editor, Speedcafe Race Guides

Races 12/13 - Hidden Valley I Cover Story

Baby Steps

David Reynolds on edging closer to the top Story on page 6 >>

Races 14/15 - Townsville I Cover Story

avid Reynolds has attracted plenty of attention during his first halfseason driving The Bottle-O Racing

me. I still have a lot to learn in the category, the car and the team. I’m still working away, chipping away.

Falcon.

The former Australian Formula Ford and Carrera Cup champion has been dynamite in qualifying, but has yet to register a podium finish. The recently turned 27-year-old spoke to Speedcafe.com’s Grant Rowley ahead of the weekend’s racing. SPEEDCAFE: This season’s V8 Supercars Championship has been dominated by TeamVodafone and Ford Performance Racing. You drive an FPR car, but you haven’t been on a podium yet. Do you feel that it’s far away? DAVID REYNOLDS: It’s been baby steps for

I don’t think we’re too far off. I qualify well. Now, it’s about changing my style and the car in the races to get some more tyre life. SPEEDCAFE: You don’t get fussed about too many things in life, but is it frustrating that your team-mates are winning and you aren’t? REYNOLDS: It’s just about those baby steps. The performance has been a bit erratic at some places, a bit hot and cold, but it’s not like I’m in the top five one week and then the bottom 20 the next. It’s only minor, and were working our way through it. So far, I’m very happy with how everything is going with The Bottle-O car. It’s going

great, despite the fact that I haven’t got a trophy yet. SPEEDCAFE: You look like you’ve fitted in quite well into the FPR organisation. Did you think that was going to be the case before the first race of the year in Adelaide? REYNOLDS: It’s a hard thing to walk into a new work place, or when you’re younger, going to a new school. You don’t know how you’re going to fit in, but I generally get along well with everyone, and I always make an effort to get along with everyone. I’m always trying to have a joke, have a laugh. Some people even laugh at my jokes, which is nice of them! SPEEDCAFE: Your team-mates Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom are competing

for this year’s championship. At this point, it looks like the title fight will be between those two and the TeamVodafone drivers. How have you seen the relationship between Will and Mark develop over the year? REYNOLDS: They both want to win the races and the championship as much as each other. Will is doing a fantastic job, Mark is doing a fantastic job ... Everyone is working together for the same goal. Only one can win it obviously, but as far as I can tell, I think they still get along. SPEEDCAFE: A team manager’s cliche is to say that “the team-mates are allowed to race, but under no circumstances allowed to crash.” Is that what Tim Edwards says to you guys? REYNOLDS: We race as hard we can, but

you don’t want to crash into anyone – full stop. It doesn’t matter if it’s your team-mate or worst enemy. It goes without saying ... We’re not really told to be careful, but we know what we need to do. If a person from my team was passing me, I don’t make it too hard, but I expect the same back. Sometimes that doesn’t happen! SPEEDCAFE: Lets talk about Townsville. You qualified third there for Saturday’s race last year ... REYNOLDS: My (Kelly Racing) car was good there last year. On Friday, it wasn’t that good, but James (Small, engineer) and I tuned it up and it was a pretty good car at the end. Our first race strategy should have played into our hands. We started on softs, but we didn’t get a Safety Car ... We were looking OK, but we’ll never know because

the car failed. This year, I think we can go even better. SPEEDCAFE: What do you think of the actual Townsville circuit? REYNOLDS: I like the layout. It’s a good track. The last two corners are too tight, but that’s what we have to deal with. The rest of the track is pretty fun, and there’s always a good crowd – a real happy, knowledgeable fan base. And there’s always a good party on Sunday night too. Speedcafe’s Greenroom party is the place to be. Continue on page 9 >>

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SPEEDCAFE: Thanks for the plug. So will you have something to celebrate at the Greenroom? REYNOLDS: Definitely.

SPEEDCAFE: And you also recently turned 27 (Tuesday). Happy birthday! What did you get up to on the day? REYNOLDS: It was pretty boring, I have to say. I went to FPRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pre-brief, I went and saw

my trainer and that was about it. I did get a nice present from Dan (housemate and Carrera Cup driver Daniel Gaunt). He gave me a chopping board and a t-shirt. It was a nice surprise and really. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the thought that counts most ...

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Races 14/15 - Townsville I Circuit Info

Reid Park Street Circuit Location: Townsville, Queensland Length: 2.86 kilometres Direction: Clockwise Maximum speed: 260km/h Fastest Point: Front Straight Slowest Point: Turn 11 Hairpin

Circuit Description Located just south of the Townsville CBD, the circuit winds its way through Reid Park where specially constructed roads form 70 percent of the circuit. Set in a parkland style reminiscent of the Albert Park street circuit in Melbourne, the Townsville circuit proved to be a challenge in its inaugural year in 2009 and quickly became a favourite of the drivers.

V8 Supercars Qualifying Lap Record: Garth Tander, Holden Commodore VE, 1m12.4700s, 2009

V8 Supercars Race Lap Record: Lee Holdsworth, Holden Commodore VEII, 1m13.4160s, 2011

Event Format:

Friday: Practice: 4 x 30 min Saturday: Qualifying: 1 x 20 min + Top 10 Shootout Race: 1 x 200km Sunday: Qualifying: 1 x 20 min Race: 1 x 200km

Tyre Format: Teams will use a combination of soft and hard tyres. They will have to use at least one set of hard and soft compound tyres in each race.

Races 14/15 - Townsville I Tech Preview

TECH PREVIEW with

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ownsville is a race track with a lot of character that needs to be taken into account when you’re tuning your car.

It’s really got a bit of everything. There are a couple of big kerbs in there and a couple of bumpy sections that you have to have a think about, particularly to ensure that you have a strong car late in the stints. Last year a lot of us struggled with the kerbs at Turns 5 and 6. The kerbing there is funny in that if you hit it fast enough you can clear the second part of it, but if you’re a little bit cautious you land right on top of it and typically bend the car. We saw a lot of mangled shock absorbers last year in various cars, especially early in the weekend before we got our heads around where we could drive and where we couldn’t. Getting good drive over the bumps at the exit of Turn 3 is also important, and the rest of the circuit is really about trying to stop the car breaking into a flat slide. It’s certainly not an easy circuit to find a balance around. Tyres What they call Turns 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 around the back of the circuit are consecutive right-handers, so that tends

to give the left-rear tyre a real sizzling, especially if the driver isn’t looking after it. There are only two proper left-hand corners on the whole track. With the drive-line torque and the way the chassis twists when it puts its power down, the cars actually turn left better than they do right, so theoretically on a clockwise circuit like this you’ll see shorter tyre life. Townsville hasn’t been particularly hard on tyres in the past though - it’s certainly gentler than a Perth or a Darwin. Last year we saw Jamie do his fastest lap very late in Sunday’s race, which was impressive. I still think though that the current soft tyres are a bit different to how they were 12 months ago. We’re seeing more degradation at most circuits this year, so it remains a bit of a unknown heading into each weekend. The pace has picked up quite a bit this year, so that’s no doubt got something to do with it.

Strategy

earlier in the stint as well and get away with it.

I’d be very surprised to see anyone try something outside of the standard two-stop, hard-soft-soft tyre strategy that we’ve seen at the other 200km races so far this year.

I think though that it’s a strategy that has a far greater effect at some circuits than others. It works very well at Perth and Darwin, but at circuits like Townsville where the degradation is a lot less it’s naturally less important.

There are very big fuel windows, but if we see the tyre degradation that we did last year then everyone is just going to try and run as long as they can on the soft tyre. To do it any other way (starting on softs) really leaves yourself open to a Safety Car. Managing the tyre bank In Darwin we saw Craig Lowndes really benefit from sacrificing a qualifying run on Sunday in order to finish the race on a brand new set of soft tyres. It’s a good, deliberate play to save a set and then go to it as soon as you can in the race, because you’ve got a five or six lap advantage over anyone who has run their tyres in qualifying. You seem to be able to push the tyre harder

To be fair, no one had Triple Eight’s car speed in Darwin anyway. They certainly had better tyre life than us on the day. Our form in Darwin was possibly a bit track specific, but Triple Eight had better tyre life than us in Perth and Hamilton as well, so we’ll see what it’s like this weekend. It’s often about how you pick the balance for your car for a session. You can hear drivers complaining about having understeer on their hard tyre set or early in their soft tyre stint, but then they’ll come on really strongly at the end of the session. It’s a very, very close fight between us and Triple Eight at the moment.

Races 14/15 - Townsville I Did you know

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anadian Jacques Villeneuve will make his return to the V8 Supercars Championship in Townsville. The 41-year-old will replace Greg Murphy in the #51 Pepsi Max Crew Commodore as the Kiwi continues to recover from recent back surgery. Villeneuve last appeared in the V8 Supercars Championship at the 2010 Armor All Gold Coast 600, sharing The Bottle-O Falcon with Paul Dumbrell. They finished 22nd and fifth in the two races. Villeneuve is one of only three men, alongside Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi, to win the F1 World Championship, IndyCar Series and Indy 500.

he Holden Racing Team may not have won a race since last October, but Garth Tander’s record in Townsville suggests North Queensland could be where he breaks the drought. The 2007 V8 Supercar champion, like rival Jamie Whincup, has finished on the podium in Townsville in five of the six races held there since 2009. Tander, who won the Saturday race last year in

istory is quickly proving that you don’t need to start from the front row of the grid at the Sucrogen Townsville 400 to win a race. Of the six races held so far, only once has a winner come from the front row of the grid - Jamie Whincup started on pole position on Saturday in 2010. In the other five races, the winner has started fourth or worse on the grid! The lowest grid position for a Townsville race winner is ninth Jamie Whincup in the inaugural race on the Saturday in 2009. Garth Tander started fifth to win on Saturday last year, while Whincup came from eighth to win on Sunday.

Townsville, is the only driver to have qualified in the top five for every race held at the circuit. Tander’s average Townsville qualifying position is 3.16, better than Whincup (4), Mark Winterbottom (5.3), Craig Lowndes (6.8), Lee Holdsworth (7.7) and James Courtney (7.7).

Races 14/15 - Townsville I Did you know

he battle for the Armor All Pole Position Award in the V8 Supercars Championship is heating up as the halfway mark of the season approaches. Craig Lowndes, Will Davison and Jamie Whincup are all tied on three pole positions with Garth Tander and Mark Winterbottom tied on two. They are all aiming to knock off Whincup, who has won the ARMOR ALL Pole Position Award for four years straight from 2008 to 2011. Of the 29 drivers that have competed so far this year, Davison has the best qualifying average from the 13 grids set so far in 2012. Davison’s average qualifying position sits at 3.4, clear of teammate Winterbottom (3.7), Whincup (3.7), David Reynolds (5.1), Tander (8.3) and Shane van Gisbergen (8.6). See Page 37 of this Race Guide for the full field’s 2012 season qualifying and race averages.

ujitsu Racing GRM’s Michael Caruso has proven himself to be one of the best ‘racers’ in the field in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship. The #34 Commodore driver has qualified in the top 10 for just two of the 13 races held so far this year - but finished inside it five times.

Four times he’s been able to score a top 10 race finish after starting outside it, with his biggest charge coming in Race 4 in Hamilton, NZ - 22nd to seventh for a gain of 15 positions. Caruso qualified a season-best fifth for the last race in Darwin and converted it into a season-best fourth. Caruso’s Townsville form tells a

similar story to his stats sheet from 2012. His best qualfying of fourth and race finish of fifth came in the very first race in Townsville in 2009. Since then he’s been unable to qualify better than 14th or finish a race higher than 11th on the North Queensland street layout.

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THE BAGMAN’S SAY... TeamVodafone struck back in its season-long tussle with Ford Performance Racing at Hidden Valley. While the factory Fords proved superior in qualifying, Whincup and Lowndes shared the race wins thanks chiefly to superior tyre life. The team’s cars have proven strong in Townsville since the event’s exception, with tyres again proving a determining factor in Whincup’s victory last year. Expect another tough fight between TeamVodafone and FPR this weekend, with the red cars entering the events as narrow favourites for the first time in months.

Base: Banyo, Queensland Car: Holden Commodore VEII Chassis: Triple Eight Race Engineering Engines: KRE Team principal: Roland Dane

#1 Jamie Whincup Team: TeamVodafone Born: 6 February 1983 V8SC debut: Queensland, 2002 Starts: 258 Wins: 55 Career Highlights: 2008, 2009 & 2011 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2006, 2007 & 2008 Bathurst 1000, 2002 Australian Formula Ford Champion

#888 Craig Lowndes Team: TeamVodafone Born: 21 June 1974 V8SC debut: Calder Park, 1996 Starts: 454 Wins: 83 Career Highlights: 1996, 1998 & 1999 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 Bathurst 1000, 1993 Australian Formula Ford Champion

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Races 14/15 - Townsville I Driver Profiles

Walkinshaw Racing THE BAGMAN’S SAY... Garth Tander may have had a middling weekend last time out at Hidden Valley, but history indicates that one shouldn’t discount the #2 Commodore’s chances on the streets of Townsville. Tander has five podium finishes from six starts at the Reid Park circuit, and won Saturday’s race last year after proving the class of the field on both compounds of tyre. At the very least Tander can be considered a reasonable chance to add to his pair of poles and podiums already recorded this season. Courtney and Ingall meanwhile continue to struggle to make the top 10 in both qualifying and the races.

Base: Clayton, Victoria Car: Holden Commodore VEII Chassis: Walkinshaw Racing Engines: Walkinshaw Racing Team principal: Steve Hallam

#2 Garth Tander

Team: Toll Holden Racing Team Born: 31 March 1977 V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 1998 Starts: 423 Wins: 50 Career Highlights: 2007 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2000, 2009 & 2011 Bathurst 1000, 1997 Australian Formula Ford Champion

#22 James Courtney Team: Toll Holden Racing Team Born: 29 June 1980 V8SC debut: Sandown, 2005 Starts: 200 Wins: 9 Career Highlights: 2010 V8 Supercars Champion, 2001 British Formula Ford Champion, 2002 Jaguar F1 test driver, 2000 British Formula Ford Champion

#66 Russell Ingall Team: Supercheap Auto Racing Born: 24 February 1964 V8SC debut: Eastern Creek, 1996 Starts: 488 Wins: 27 Career Highlights: 2005 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 1995 & 1997 Bathurst 1000,1st 1998 Sandown 500 & 1999 Queensland 500, 1993 British Formula Ford Champion

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Stone Brothers Racing Base: Yatla, Queensland Car: Ford Falcon FG Chassis: Stone Brothers Racing Engines: Stone Brothers Racing Team principal: Ross Stone

THE BAGMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SAY... Qualifying form is set to be the key for Stone Brothers Racing this weekend following difficulties extracting one-lap speed from its cars here in 2011 and last-time out at Hidden Valley. All three of the Queensland-based Fords started Race 13 from outside the top 10 - making the task of adding a fourth podium to its season highly difficult. Race pace has generally been a strength on both compounds of tyre however, with each of its three entries capable of finishing in the top five this weekend.

#4 Lee Holdsworth Team: IRWIN Racing Born: 2 February 1983. V8SC debut: Sandown, 2004 Starts: 210 Wins: 2 Career 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

#9 Shane van Gisbergen Team: SP Tools Racing Born: 9 May 1989 V8SC deubt: Oran Park, 2007 Starts: 147 Wins: 2 Career 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

#47 Tim Slade Team: Lucky 7 Racing Born: 3 August 1985 V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2009 Starts: 92 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2nd 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 7th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series, 9th 2011 V8 Supercars Championship

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Ford Performance Racing

THE BAGMAN’S SAY... Ford Performance Racing’s Falcons continued to prove the fastest qualifying cars last time out at Hidden Valley, but for the first time all season, tyre life was a serious issue. The factory Fords fell away from their TeamVodafone rivals during the races, especially on the soft tyre. Davison and Winterbottom’s form from earlier in the season suggests this may have been a track-specific issue, but it’s something to look out for this weekend regardless. While Reynolds has struggled to put race results on the board all year, he was exceptionally quick here last year with Kelly Racing and continues to threaten for a career first pole.

Base: Campbelfield, Victoria Car: Ford Falcon FG Chassis: Ford Performance Racing Engines: Ford Performance Racing Team principal: Tim Edwards

#5 Mark Winterbottom Team: Orrcon Steel FPR Born: 20 May 1981 V8SC debut: Sandown, 2003 Starts: 257 Wins: 20 Career Highlights: 1st 2006 Sandown 500, 1st 2003 V8 Supercars Development Series, 2nd 2008 V8 Supercars Championship, 2nd 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship

#6 Will Davison Team: Tradingpost FPR Born: 30 August 1982 V8SC debut: Winton, 2004 Starts: 207 Wins: 12 Career Highlights: 1st 2009 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2009 Phillip Island 500, 2nd 2009 V8 Supercars Championship, 2001 Australian Formula Ford Champion

#55 David Reynolds Team: The Bottle-O Racing Born: July 1985. V8SC debut: Sandown, 2007 Starts: 62 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Champion, 2004 Australian Formula Ford Champion, 4th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series

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Races 14/15 - Townsville I Driver Profiles

Kelly Racing Base: Braeside, Victoria Car: Holden Commodore VEII Chassis: Kelly Racing Engines: Kelly Racing Team principals: Rick and Todd Kelly

#7 Todd Kelly

THE BAGMAN’S SAY... Kelly Racing’s Commodores may have struggled so far this year, but the team will garner plenty of attention this weekend thanks to the one-off appearance of former F1 champ Jacques Villeneuve in the Pepsi Max entry. The Canadian caused controversy with his driving in his only previous V8 start on the Gold Coast in 2010, but ultimately proved one of the fastest international drivers across the weekend. Qualifying off the back couple of rows will be a tough ask this weekend however, the combination of the category’s competitiveness and Kelly Racing’s woes setting up a tough challenge. The team’s other three entries are also unlikely to see the top 10 over one-lap, leaving the Kelly brothers to fight amongst the midfield in the races.

Team: Jack Daniel’s Racing Born: 9 October 1979 V8SC debut: Eastern Creek, 1999 Starts: 369 Wins: 19 Career Highlights: 1st 2005 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2003 Sandown 500, 2nd 1998 Australian Drivers’ Championship, 2nd 2006 Bathurst 1000, 2nd 2006 Bathurst 1000

#11 Karl Reindler Team: Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Born: 18 April 1985 V8SC debut: Bathurst, 2008 Starts: 69 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2004 Australian F3 Champion, 8th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series, 3rd 2006 A1GP Shanghai Feature Race

Races 14/15 - Townsville I Driver Profiles

#15 Rick Kelly Team: Jack Daniel’s Racing Born: 7 January 1983 V8SC debut: Queensland, 2001 Starts: 310 Wins: 12 Career Highlights: 2006 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2003 & 2004 Bathurst 1000 , 2001 Australian Drivers’ Champion, 2nd 2000 Australian Formula Ford Championship

#51 Jacques Villeneuve Team: Pepsi Max Crew Born: 9 April 1971 V8SC debut: Gold Coast, 2010 Starts: 2 Wins: 0 Career 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 Base: Albury, Victoria Car: Holden Commodore VEII Chassis: Walkinshaw Racing Engines: Noonan Race Engines Team principals: Brad and Kim Jones

THE BAGMAN’S SAY... Hidden Valley provided mixed results for Brad Jones Racing, with Jason Bright seemingly losing his recent momentum, and Fabian Coulthard turning around a tough three-race run by finishing an impressive fifth in Sunday’s Race 13. The Team BOC entry started and finished both races outside the top 10 in Darwin, but at least showed relatively impressive tyre life on the soft rubber. Coulthard meanwhile could be highly satisfied after coming out on top in a race-long battle with Will Davison. Both drivers will again be shooting for the top 10 this weekend, while third pilot David Wall will be looking to add to his three top 20 finishes earned so far in his rookie season.

#8 Jason Bright Team: Team BOC Born: 7 March 1973 V8SC debut: Symmons Plains, 1997 Starts: 396 Wins: 30 Career Highlights: 1st 1998 Bathurst 1000, 1995 Australian Formula Ford Champion, 1997 Australian Drivers’ Champion, 1st 2006 Sandown 500

#14 Fabian Coulthard Team: Lockwood Racing Born: 28 July 1982 V8SC debut: Oran Park, 2004 Starts: 169 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Champion, 2001 NZ Formula Ford Champion, 3rd 2004 Australian Carrera Cup, 4th 2000 NZ Formula Ford Championship

#21 David Wall Team: Wilson Security Racing Born: 1 January 1983 V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2009 Starts: 19 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2009 & 2010 Australian GT Champion, 3rd 2007 Australian GT Championship, 11th 2011 V8 Supercars Development Series

Races 14/15 - Townsville I Driver Profiles

THE BAGMAN’S SAY...

Dick Johnson Racing

Expectations again remain low for results from DJR this weekend following another troubled outing at Hidden Valley. All four of the team’s drivers sit in the bottom half of the championship standings having again failed to see the top 10 in either of the respective qualifying sessions or races. Taking the gamble to start two of its cars on the soft tyres for both races in Darwin appeared to be at best an optimistic tactic and at worst an act of desperation. Townsville meanwhile will mark Fiore’s second weekend working alongside Nathan McColl. Having qualified 26th and 27th for the two races in Darwin, there’s plenty of work to do.

Base: Yatla, Queensland Car: Ford Falcon FG Chassis: Triple Eight Race Engineering Engines: InnoV8 (Roger Higgins) Team principal: Dick Johnson

#12 Dean Fiore

Team: Jim Beam Racing Born: 1 December 1983 V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2009 Starts: 93 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2nd 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 4th 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 5th 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

#17 Steven Johnson Team: Jim Beam Racing Born: 6 September 1974 V8SC debut: Oran Park, 1994 Starts: 398 Wins: 3 Career Highlights: 1st 2001 Queensland 500, 1st 2001 Canberra 400, 5th 2001 V8 Supercars Championship, 6th 2009 V8 Supercars Championship

Races 14/15 - Townsville I Driver Profiles

#18 James Moffat Team: Team Norton DJR Born: 18 June 1984 V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2010 Starts: 43 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2nd 2009 V8 Development Series, 3rd 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 3rd 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship

#49 Steve Owen Team: VIP Petfoods Racing Born: 18 December 1974 V8SC debut: Bathurst, 1999 Starts: 147 Wins: 1 Career 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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Races 14/15 - Townsville I Driver Profiles

Tekno Autosports

THE BAGMAN’S SAY... Jonathon Webb’s 17th position in the championship standings belies the inherent speed shown by the #19 Commodore this season. Webb has qualified inside the top 10 on seven occasions so far, and finished there in three of the last four races. Team-mate Michael Patrizi meanwhile has arguably been the more consistent of the pair - finishing nine of the season’s first 13 races between 14th and 20th, albeit with a qualifying average almost six places lower than Webb’s impressive 11.7. Expect both cars to run well inside the top 20 here, with anything up to a top five finish appearing achievable.

Base: Stapylton, Queensland Car: Holden Commodore VEII Chassis: Triple Eight Race Engineering Engines: KRE Team principal: Jonathon Webb

#19 Jonathon Webb Team: Tekno Autosports Born: 10 December 1983 V8SC debut: Sandown, 2006 Starts: 74 Wins: 1 Career Highlights: 1st 2009 V8 Supercars Development Series, 3rd 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 2010 V8 Supercars Race 26 winner

#91 Michael Patrizi Team: Tekno Autosports Born: 4 May 1984 V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2008 Starts: 43 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2nd 2005 Formula BMW Asia,, 8th 2006 Formula BMW UK, 18th 2007 Formula 3 Euroseries, 6th 2011 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

Races 14/15 - Townsville I Driver Profiles

Garry Rogers Motorsport

THE BAGMAN’S SAY... Michael Caruso heads to Townsville off the back of scoring GRM’s first top five qualifying and race results of the season on Sunday at Hidden Valley. The Race 13 result came despite a stall on the grid, which the #34 Commodore drop to the back of the field. Encouragingly for the team, Premat qualified 12th for Sunday’s race - just one place shy of his career best. The Frenchman’s season qualifying average of 21.9 however is the fourth-worst in the field, and will need to be lifted if he is to score a maiden top 10 finish.

Base: Knoxfield, Victoria Car: Holden Commodore VEII Chassis: Garry Rogers Motorsport Engines: Walkinshaw Racing Team principal: Garry Rogers

#33 Alexandre Premat Team: Fujitsu Racing GRM Born: 5 April 1982 V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2012 Starts: 13 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 2008 Le Mans Series Champion, 1st 2005-06 A1 GP Series (Team France), 1st 2004 Macau Grand Prix, 1st 2004 Masters of F3

#34 Michael Caruso Team: Fujitsu Racing GRM Born: 25 May 1983 V8SC debut: Bathurst, 2006 Starts: 133 Wins: 1 Career Highlights: 2003 Australian Formula 3 Champion, 3rd 2009 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2009 V8 Supercars Race 10 (Hidden Valley), 2nd 2007 V8 Supercars Development Series

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Races 14/15 - Townsville I Driver Profiles

Tony D’Alberto Racing Base: Knoxfield, Victoria Car: Ford Falcon FG Chassis: Ford Performance Racing Engines: Ford Performance Racing Team principal: Al D’Alberto

THE BAGMAN’S SAY... Tony D’Alberto will likely be relishing a return to street racing in Townsville this weekend. The #3 Falcon showed strong speed in both Adelaide and Hamilton earlier this year - qualifying in the top half of the field on all four occasions. D’Alberto has had a tough run in recent events. Qualifying in the highly competitive midfield has led to some difficult races, including Race 13 in Darwin where the Hiflex-backed entry took on damage at the first corner.

#3 Tony D’Alberto Team: Team Hiflex Born: 9 December 1985 V8SC debut: Sandown, 2005 Starts: 135 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 1st 2007 V8 Supercars Development Series, 6th 2007 Bathurst 1000, 5th 2005 V8 Supercars Development Series, 9th 2011 Bathurst 1000

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Base: Nunawading, Victoria Car: Holden Commodore VEII Chassis: Triple Eight Race Engineering Engines: KRE Team principal: Lucas Dumbrell

THE BAGMAN’S SAY... Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport has enjoyed a relatively quiet last few events following its incident-packed start to the year. While an electrical issue resulted in a rare mechanical DNF on Saturday in Darwin, Taz Douglas scored a 16th place finish on the Sunday - his second best result of the season. Adding to his seven top 20 results is surely the aim for this small outfit this weekend.

#30 Taz Douglas Team: Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Born: 11 February 1985 V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2009 Starts: 18 Wins: 0 Career Highlights: 1st 2010 V8 Supercars Development Series Sandown Race 2, 8th 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 9th 2009 V8 Supercars Development Series

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Races 14/15 - Townsville I Race Stats

Championship Standings Pos 1

Driver Jamie Whincup

Team TeamVodafone

Car Holden Commodore VE

Pts 1494

Will Davison

Trading Post FPR

Ford Falcon FG

1456

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Mark Winterbottom Craig Lowndes Shane Van Gisbergen Lee Holdsworth Tim Slade Garth Tander Fabian Coulthard Jason Bright Todd Kelly David Reynolds James Courtney Michael Caruso

Orrcon Steel FPR TeamVodafone SP Tools Racing IRWIN Racing Lucky 7 Racing Holden Racing Team Lockwood Racing Team BOC Jack Daniel’s Racing The Bottle-O Racing Holden Racing Team Fujitsu Racing GRM

Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE

1445 1247 1145 1079 1059 990 910 804 783 747 728 717

15 16 17 18 19 20

Rick Kelly Steven Johnson Jonathon Webb Russell Ingall Dean Fiore Michael Patrizi

Jack Daniel’s Racing Jim Beam Racing Tekno Autosport Supercheap Auto Racing Jim Beam Racing Tekno Autosports

Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE

709 695 670 632 600 586

21 22 23 24 25

Steve Owen Tony D’Alberto Taz Douglas Alexandre Premat Karl Reindler

VIP Petfoods Racing Tony D’Alberto Racing Team iSelect Fujitsu Racing GRM Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing

Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE

574 527 453 453 435

26 27 28 29

David Wall James Moffat Greg Murphy David Russell

Wilson Security Racing Team Norton DJR Pepsi Max Crew Pepsi Max Crew

Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE Holden Commodore VE

361 344 315 42

Races 14/15 - Townsville I Race Stats

2012 SEASON STATISTICS Race Wins

Fastest Laps

Will Davison 6, Mark Winterbottom 3,

Craig Lowndes 4, Mark Winterbottom 3,

Jamie Whincup 3, Craig Lowndes 1

Jamie Whincup 2, Garth Tander 2, James Courtney 1, Will Davison 1

Pole Positions Jamie Whincup 3, Craig Lowndes 3,

Podiums

Will Davison 3, Garth Tander 2, Mark

Will Davison 10, Jamie Whincup 10, Mark

Winterbottom 2

Winterbottom 9, Garth Tander 3, Craig Lowndes 3, Shane van Gisbergen 2, Tim Slade 1, Jason Bright 1

Results overview Qualifying Results

Race Results

Driver

Best

Worst

Average Best

Worst

Average

Jamie Whincup

3.7

4.2

Garth Tander

8.3

11.3

Tony D'Alberto

17.1

18.5

Lee Holdsworth

10.7

8.7

Mark Winterbottom

3.7

4.7

Will Davison

3.4

5.5

Todd Kelly

16.7

14.5

Jason Bright

14.6

13.5

Shane Van Gisbergen

8.6

8.5

Karl Reindler

25.8

21.2

Dean Fiore

21.4

17.5

Fabian Coulthard

10.8

12.1

Rick Kelly

12.4

15.4

Steven Johnson

15.6

15.8

James Moffat

18.4

21.7

Jonathon Webb

11.8

15.3

David Wall

25.6

22.6

James Courtney

15.7

14.6

Taz Douglas

22.4

21.2

Alexandre Premat

21.9

21.2

Michael Caruso

16.8

15.5

Tim Slade

11.6

8.6

Steve Owen

15.4

17.5

Greg Murphy

21.9

18.1

David Reynolds

5.1

14.2

Russell Ingall

20.9

16.7

Michael Patrizi

17.7

16.5

888

Craig Lowndes

6.8

6.7

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Races 14/15 - Townsville I Race Stats

Previous Townsville Winners Year 2011 2010 2009

Driver Jamie Whincup

Team Triple Eight Race Engineering

Car Holden Commodore VEII

Garth Tander Mark Winterbottom Jamie Whincup James Courtney Jamie Whincup

Holden Racing Team Ford Performance Racing Triple Eight Race Engineering Dick Johnson Racing Triple Eight Race Engineering

Holden Commodore VEII Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VE Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon FG

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Races 14/15 - Townsville I Race Stats

Past ATCC/V8SC Champions 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

Jaguar 3.8 Litre Mk II

1962

Bob Jane

Jaguar 3.8 Litre Mk II

1961

Bill Pitt

Jaguar 3.4 Litre

1960

David McKay

Jaguar 3.4 Litre

Races 14/15 - Townsville I Event Schedule

Schedule of Events Friday Start

Finish