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Post by Julian Mayo » Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:52 pm

rah wrote:Love Oran Park, one of the great venues for spectators and drivers.

1 Craig Lowndes
2 Russell Ingall
3 Todd Kelly
4 Steven Richards
5 Marcos Ambrose
6 Greg Murphy
7 Mark Skaife
8 Rick Kelly
9 John Bowe
10 Jason Bright
Yes, next to the Mount it is my favourite, a shame to see it go. Can you be more specific about the planned track yet?
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Post by Graham Ross » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:07 pm

Looks like it is pretty close at the top :wink:

M Ambrose
C Lowndes
S Richards
M Skaife
T Kelly
G Murphy
J Bowe
P Radisich
R Ingall
R Kelly

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Post by Julian Mayo » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:21 pm

Yes, this is a make or break round for a couple of aspirants :wink:
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Post by Julian Mayo » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:31 pm

JayVee wrote:Nearly forgot :shock:

1 Marcos Ambrose
2 Craig Lowndes
3 Steven Richards
4 Todd Kelly
5 Mark Skaife
6 Garth Tander
7 Paul Radisich
8 Steven Johnson
9 Russell Ingall
10 John Bowe

As per my secret formula :lol:
Which, no doubt involves a bottle of tequila, a lemon, salt, a rolly and a large dart board :lol:
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Post by Julian Mayo » Sat Aug 13, 2005 2:09 pm

PRACTICE RESULTS FOR ORAN PARK

Ambrose 1:08:3077
Lowndes :4508
JASON Richards :4614
(Team Dodo)
Ingall :6262
Whincup :6870
(team Dodo)
Tod Kelly :6880
Bowe :6920
Johnson : 7208
(DJR)
Seton :7364
(DJR)
Skaife :7665
Rick Kelly was next, he and the next eight under 1:09:00
Team Dodo have done unbelievably well, Jason's car has just been rebuilt after that massive rollover in QLD. Steve Richards struggled into 15th, with Jason Bright just behind him
Seven tenths of a second seperate the first 19 cars, and the rest are close behind. I have a feeling there is going to be some bent metal.
Jason is driving with a rib protector and still has a very painful neck.
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Post by mlittle » Sat Aug 13, 2005 4:44 pm

Boy, I cannot wait to hear julian's reaction when he reads your posting, sgd. I cannot wait, so I'm going to stay out of his way on this one.
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TOP 10 SHOOTOUT RESULTS

Post by Julian Mayo » Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:34 pm

THE ORDER OF THE TOP 10 AFTER THE ORAN PARK SHOOTOUT (From Telstra Bigpond)
drumroll...


AMBROSE
RICK KELLY (Not Tod)
SKAIFE
LOWNDES
INGALL
STEVEN RICHARDS
PAUL MORRIS
TANDER
S. JOHNSON
JASON RICHARDS

Some of those names featured in all your tips, some did not.
I think it will be a cracker of a race
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Post by Julian Mayo » Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:38 pm

No doubt, with the break in F1, ED will have the competition results posted within the hour, folk. :lol:
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Post by sgd » Sun Aug 14, 2005 1:03 am

mlittle wrote:Boy, I cannot wait to hear julian's reaction when he reads your posting, sgd. I cannot wait, so I'm going to stay out of his way on this one.
Boy, what a reaction! :lol: :lol: 8)

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Post by Julian Mayo » Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:31 pm

The two races in the round have been run and won, and the quiet Kiwis, aka The Stone Bros, would be feeling " a bit chuffed" right now. So would a bloke who has never stood on the Oran Park Podium in ten years of V8 Supercar racing. I will be doing a full review at a later time, these are my immediate post race thoughts.
Skaife had a shocker, and found someone else to blame.
His team mate Tod Kelly also had a bad day.
Murphy surprised himself, and everyone else with two fine thirds.
Lowndes was lucky and unlucky.
So was Ambrose
Rusty Ingall didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he did both.
The O.P. curbs did their usual amount of damage to a number of runners.
A full report shortly....oh and the T.V coverage gets worse at every meeting
Race One
S Richards
Ingall
Murphy
Ambrose
R kelly
J Richards


Race two
Ingall
Ambrose
Murphy
Lowndes
Tander

Black Flags and drive thru penalties played a significant role.
More to come in the review.
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Post by rah » Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:49 pm

julian mayo wrote:
rah wrote:Love Oran Park, one of the great venues for spectators and drivers.

1 Craig Lowndes
2 Russell Ingall
3 Todd Kelly
4 Steven Richards
5 Marcos Ambrose
6 Greg Murphy
7 Mark Skaife
8 Rick Kelly
9 John Bowe
10 Jason Bright
Yes, next to the Mount it is my favourite, a shame to see it go. Can you be more specific about the planned track yet?
No idea on the plans. It is being done by the sam people who currently own the track. Evidently it was always going to happen. Something to do with the zoning. After the upgrades of the current owners I am sure it will be a good track, and not something like Eastern Creek.
Ok, Lewis may win the WDC in 07, but Sato will beat him in 08.

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Review

Post by Julian Mayo » Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:19 pm

I am going to keep this short, it is hard work typing with one hand.
The Stone bros were the act of the day.
Race one:

From the flag Ambrose was untouchable til he copped a drive thru penalty, then he powered back to fourth at the flag. The only one who looked at all threatenening was Lowndes,with a Stone Bros engine, and he then copped a drive thru.
Skaife crept on the grid, then bogged down and was away with the mid-field, ,,end of his day..he copped a drive thru for a jump start as well. Race 2 saw him in the sand, and out of contention.
Richards, Ingall fought hard to the flag, and finished in that order, with Murphy 3rd, and Rick Kelly deposed to fifth by Ambrose on the last corner, last lap. Jason Richards did well to finish 6th in the rebuilt car.

Race two
Skaife was into the sand on lap 1, and forced a safety car. The restart saw Rusty, Ambrose, Richo and Murphy in a good scrap for the lead,with Lowndes closing fast, then Ambrose pulled away. He pitted soon after, 1 commentator saying he had a deflating tyre. After the pit stops Ambrose had the lead with Rusty, who pitted for tyres much later, closing fast. The Team Boss was heard to say there were no team orders, just keep it clean. I think Rusty stopped listening after "orders", cos he was down the inside on turn 3 and shoving Ambrose aside. They both got away with it, and Rusty simply drove away on fresher rubber. The rest of the pack were in survive mode, Richards and Lowndes were going backwards and Murphy was safe in third.
At the flag it was .
Ingall, Ambrose, Murphy, Lowndes, Tander, R Kelly, J. Bright


Murphy showed good car speed, and the car seemed kind to its rubber, remember, Bathurst is not far off.
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Post by Southernman » Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:55 pm

I did watch the first race and thought Murphy did well to get third from where he qualified. I couldn't believe that two drivers got drive through penalties for speeding in Pit lane. It's going to be sad to see the end of this track.

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Post by Julian Mayo » Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:09 pm

Southernman wrote:I did watch the first race and thought Murphy did well to get third from where he qualified. I couldn't believe that two drivers got drive through penalties for speeding in Pit lane. It's going to be sad to see the end of this track.
Yes it is. Both teams tended data which showed they were not speeding in pit lane. The volunteer official with the radar gun at the Entry to pit lane said they were ....penalty enforced.
Murphy is coming good in time for his favourite track ! It is hellishly hard to switch engines( which require relocation of most of the ancilliaries) and get the balance of the car right with the limited testing available to the teams. such heavy cars, with limited lock etc, require best possible balance to stay on the black stuff, much less conserve tyres etc.
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