Awesome win for Whincup. He proved that his car can both preserve its tyres and be economical on fuel compared to the FPR cars.
I think FPR can be disappointed with that race. Frosty let slip a good lead at the start and then just really struggled to match Whincup's pace for the rest of the race. Willy D suffered the indignity of having to stack behind Frosty and just didn't really recover from that...not that he had a great race before that.
I thought Lowndesy recovered well...he had to go through the same stacking pain as Willy D but by virtue of that extra pit-stop and more fuel...managed to gain a few of his places lost.
GT put in a very professional and consummate performance. He was put at a disadvantage at the start when he began on the alternate strategy of starting on softs but benefited greatly from the early SC that allowed him to get over his hard tyre stint before another SC was called...so well done.
Reynolds...he is like an entirely different driver in the race. If someone hadn't watched qualifying and you told them that he got second in the shoot-out, they would be absolutely flabbergasted and wouldn't of thought that would be possible...but it may also just come down to the fact that the FPR cars just use their tyres so much more than 888.
Also, Fabian Coulthard needs a big mention. Another measured drive which enabled him to get a solid top 5. Also, JC should be proud of his drive today as it was improved on what he usually brings to the table.
Here are the full results:
Sucrogen Townsville 400-V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15
TOWNSVILLE STREET CIRCUIT
V8 SUPERCARS - Race 14
Event R6 72 Laps
Scheduled Start 15:35
PRELIMINARY RESULT
Page 1 Issue 1 ST15A
Start Sat Jul 07 15:38
Elapsed Time 01:36:36
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Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Race.Time Fastest...Lap
1 1 TeamVodafone Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VE2 5000 72 01:36:36.6067 21 1:13.7865
2 5 Orrcon Steel FPR Ford Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG 5000 72 01:36:37.7571 25 1:13.8204
3 2 Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE2 5000 72 01:36:45.6850 11 1:13.9124
4 14 Lockwood Racing Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VE2 5000 72 01:36:50.5419 47 1:14.0408
5 888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VE2 5000 72 01:36:52.5898 44 1:13.4977*
6 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team David Reynolds Ford Falcon FG 5000 72 01:37:00.7011 17 1:13.9656
7 49 VIP Petfoods Steve Owen Ford Falcon FG 5000 72 01:37:01.9393 7 1:13.7763
8 15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE2 5000 72 01:37:02.8219 20 1:14.1532
9 4 Irwin Racing Lee Holdsworth Ford Falcon FG 5000 72 01:37:04.1669 28 1:14.2954
10 22 Holden Racing Team James Courtney Holden Commodore VE2 5000 72 01:37:10.5776 61 1:13.5771
11 66 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VE2 5000 72 01:37:11.3247 46 1:13.9108
12 6 Trading Post FPR Ford Will Davison Ford Falcon FG 5000 72 01:37:14.3597 20 1:14.2159
13 18 Team Norton DJR James Moffat Ford Falcon FG 5000 72 01:37:16.3238 18 1:14.6792
14 34 Fujitsu Racing GRM Michael Caruso Holden Commodore VE2 5000 72 01:37:16.5011 54 1:14.2300
15 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE2 5000 72 01:37:27.9001 62 1:14.0539
16 91 Tekno Autosports Michael Patrizi Holden Commodore VE2 5000 72 01:37:35.5151 48 1:14.0537
17 17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon FG 5000 72 01:37:35.9022 51 1:14.2176
18 3 Team Hiflex Tony D'Alberto Ford Falcon FG 5000 72 01:37:46.1336 20 1:14.1579
19 19 Tekno Autosports Jonathon Webb Holden Commodore VE2 5000 71 01:36:48.5001 8 1:14.3442
20 21 Wilson Security Racing David Wall Holden Commodore VE2 5000 71 01:36:55.1614 26 1:14.6605
21 47 Lucky 7 Racing Tim Slade Ford Falcon FG 5000 71 01:37:23.5781 24 1:14.0786
22 9 SP Tools Racing Shane Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG 5000 71 01:37:34.0519 53 1:13.8818
23 30 Team iSelect Taz Douglas Holden Commodore VE2 5000 69 01:37:08.2469 6 1:14.1276
24 12 Jim Beam Racing Dean Fiore Ford Falcon FG 5000 66 01:37:09.8551 39 1:14.5895
25 11 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Karl Reindler Holden Commodore VE2 5000 60 01:37:33.1148 8 1:14.0419
DNF 8 Team BOC Jason Bright Holden Commodore VE2 5000 38 51:50.0806 25 1:14.0512
DNF 33 Fujitsu Racing GRM Alexandre Premat Holden Commodore VE2 5000 30 39:17.9872 20 1:14.3661
DNF 51 Pepsi Max Crew Jaques Villeneuve Holden Commodore VE2 5000 18 23:47.0775 6 1:15.1825
3 Safety Car Periods With A Total Of 7 Laps
Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 140kph, Race Av.Speed Is 128kph
Current Race Lap Record Is 1:13.4160 Set On 09/07/2011 By Lee Holdsworth In A Holden Commodore VE2
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time
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Issue# 1 - Printed Sat Jul 7 17:26:34 2012 Timing System By NATSOFT (03)63431311
www.natsoft.com.au/results & Dorian DATA-1
Timing by V8 Supercars
www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?08/07/2012.TVSC.R6Series Points' StandingsSucrogen Townsville 400-V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15
TOWNSVILLE STREET CIRCUIT
V8 SUPERCARS - Race 14
SERIES POINTS REPORT
Event R6 72 Laps
Scheduled Start 15:35
PRELIMINARY RESULT
Page 1 Issue 1
Start Sat Jul 07 15:38
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Pos Driver Penalty R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Total
1 Jamie Whincup 0 150 120 129 150 138 138 92 92 86 0 111 150 138 150 1644
2 Mark Winterbottom 0 84 138 138 111 36 150 100 86 92 150 102 129 129 138 1583
3 Will Davison 0 138 150 150 129 150 129 20 100 100 0 150 138 102 69 1525
4 Craig Lowndes 25 120 111 111 0 120 120 86 68 68 60 138 120 150 111 1358
5 Shane Van Gisbergen 0 72 102 120 138 39 78 64 48 34 138 120 96 96 39 1184
6 Lee Holdsworth 0 111 90 84 102 66 102 80 74 28 111 84 78 69 84 1163
7 Garth Tander 25 129 129 96 39 129 27 0 52 42 120 78 90 84 129 1119
8 Tim Slade 0 69 78 90 120 60 72 68 64 60 129 69 102 78 42 1101
9 Fabian Coulthard 0 102 84 57 72 84 111 40 80 64 39 33 33 111 120 1030
10 David Reynolds 25 0 96 102 27 0 96 44 56 18 42 90 111 90 102 849
11 Todd Kelly 0 90 36 78 78 63 84 28 26 24 69 72 72 63 60 843
12 James Courtney 0 0 30 51 90 96 39 74 44 46 51 66 69 72 78 806
13 Jason Bright 0 0 57 30 63 69 42 52 60 80 90 129 66 66 0 804
14 Rick Kelly 0 96 72 48 57 111 69 56 30 32 102 0 0 36 90 799
15 Michael Caruso 0 39 39 60 96 90 30 60 46 56 36 45 0 120 63 780
16 Steven Johnson 0 78 54 72 42 72 60 32 32 52 48 54 51 48 54 749
17 Jonathon Webb 0 36 0 0 84 48 66 42 28 30 96 96 84 60 48 718
18 Russell Ingall 0 66 66 33 30 78 63 48 36 44 72 60 36 0 72 704
19 Steve Owen 50 48 63 66 69 102 0 0 16 38 78 42 63 39 96 670
20 Michael Patrizi 62 63 60 45 54 54 0 34 42 74 84 30 57 51 57 643
21 Dean Fiore 25 57 48 39 51 57 57 38 34 40 54 48 48 54 33 633
22 Tony D'Alberto 50 42 69 27 60 51 90 30 40 0 66 0 60 42 51 578
23 Taz Douglas 0 0 33 69 45 45 48 22 18 20 45 51 0 57 36 489
24 Karl Reindler 25 45 45 36 33 0 45 24 24 36 57 36 54 0 30 440
25 Alexandre Premat 25 54 51 54 66 0 33 36 14 22 0 39 39 45 0 428
26 James Moffat 25 60 0 63 48 0 51 0 22 26 0 57 42 0 66 410
27 David Wall 0 51 42 0 36 42 36 26 20 0 63 0 45 0 45 406
28 Greg Murphy 0 33 0 - - 0 54 46 38 48 33 63 - - - 315
29 David Russell 0 - - 42 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 - 42
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Issue# 1 - Printed Sat Jul 7 17:27:44 2012 Timing System By NATSOFT (03)63431311
www.natsoft.com.au/results & Dorian DATA-1
Timing by V8 Supercars
www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?08/07/2012.TVSC.V8S.S
Whincup has skipped away, especially from Willy D holding a 119 point lead over him. Garth Tander moved up a spot as SBR struggled today - probably their worst race of the year.
It must be practice 
