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Issue No. 182 Nov 23 - 29 2010
JUST OVER A WEEK AGO PAUL DUMBRELL HADN’T FINISHED ON A V8 SUPERCAR ROUND PODIUM. NOW, HE IS A RACE AND POLE POSITION WINNER. WHAT’S NEXT?
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Issue No. 182 | Nov 23-29 2010
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Worth Bottling Ford backs Nash and PD 6 PMM gets T8 man as TM New role for new year 9 Emery in at GMR Early signing for FV8s 10 Cup runneth over Porsches confirmed for AGP 12 Eeza tyres eeza nodda bad Pirellis impress in F1 testing
chat 26 Five Minutes With ... Taz Douglas
comment 28 van Leeuwen: Webber! 30 Sandown V8 Supercars race 40 Fujitsu V8s 48 Touring Car Masters 50 Miami NASCAR Sprint Cup
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THE GREENS GET THE FACTORY BLUES!
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OD Nash’s The Bottle-O Racing will be an official Ford factory team in 2011, following its breakthrough weekend at Sandown. This season, The Bottle-O car has not officially, or financially, been back by Ford, apart from being built and prepared by Ford Performance Racing. However, a run of great results from Paul Dumbrell in the #55 Falcon – including his first podium finish in Tasmania, and first win and first pole at Sandown – has secured official backing from the Blue Oval for next season. “It’s good recognition from the brand, and it’s good commercially,” Nash told eNews. “We haven’t pushed for this just for
commercial reasons. We’ve been really happy with the Ford element of our program this year. They have been very supportive – morally supportive – and we’ve turned that into a financial arrangement. “What I’m happiest about is that we can now go into 2011 as series contenders. We have everything in place before this season has even finished, and Paul has now marked himself as someone capable of running at the front, so we can jump out of the box right with [Mark] Winterbottom at the start of next year.” Nash also highlighted the fact that the support he’s had from The Bottle-O is to thank for Dumbrell’s breakthrough win and pole position at Sandown. “It was the sponsor that allowed us to negotiate a deal with a factory team in the
first place,” he told eNews. “That’s been the key to Paul’s success, because you need to the car under you to be competitive, and we’ve found that at Ford Performance Racing.” While the focus was on Dumbrell’s breakthroughs, the win and pole were also the fruition of 13 years of hard work from Nash, through his RNR brand. “I’m really happy to have been part of the growth of V8 Supercars over the last 13 years,” he added. “From my perspective, I’m just loving it. But I try not to count my chickens before they hatch, although I’ve been a racer all my life, and I want to do as well as possible every single day.” The Bottle-O have two years remaining on their current contract with RNR and FPR. – ANDREW VAN LEEUWEN
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