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PUKEKOHE NZ, 2006
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:21 am
by Julian Mayo
Pukekohe is on again, this weekend.
Television Times.
Ch 10 Saturday.....PLEASE LOOK UP YOUR LOCAL GUIDES !
EG. Melb 10:30pm
Syd 2:10am (sun)
Sunday noon til 5pm.
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:08 am
by Julian Mayo
The Supercar track:
Puke is a fast flowing, undulating, bumpy, happy hunting ground for NZedder Greg Murphy in his Commodore Supercar.
While it has only 7 corners, straight pieces of road are hard to find, with even the short front straight, and "looonnng" back straight more of continuous bends.
It is 2:8kms in length, and the V8Supercars peel of a lap in 57 seconds !
The lap record is held by Greg at 56:07.
He has won 4 rounds of the last 5 years, with Jason Bright taking the honours in 2004.......( rumour has it he was given an armed escort to the airport, where his passport was stamped "don't come back".)
The event:
Race 1. Saturday 100kms.
Sunday
Race 2....REVERSE GRID.....140kms
Race 3...140kms
Monday .........the teams' panel beaters go to work.
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:56 am
by Julian Mayo
Friday Practice:
The Stone Brothers were raised just a few miles from Pukekohe race track, and yesterday Russell Ingall gave them a nice homecoming by posting fastest time in practice. The SBR fords have been quick in testing recently, and they appear to have overcome the sorting problems inherited by some innovative development during the off season.
The Friday top ten are:
Ingall 55:7928
R Kelly
J Whincup
T Kelly
J Bright
Skaife
Lowndes
Murphy
J Richards
S Richards 56: 0986
That is 4 Fords and 6 Holdens in the top ten.
But there are 3 Fords and 2 Holdens in the top 5.
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:20 pm
by Julian Mayo
QUALIFYING RESULTS:
Lowndes 55:8047
Skaife
Bright
Whincup
Winterbottom
Tander
Ingall
R Kelly
M Wilson
Murphy 56:1633
S Richards
J Richards
Dumbrell
T Kelly
J Courtney
S Johnson
Bowe
McConville
Bargwanna
W Davison 56:5388
Canto
Radisich
Holdsworth
Coulthard
Luff
B Jones
S Owen
M Porter
M Marshall 57:7586
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:25 pm
by Julian Mayo
TOP TEN SHOOTOUT :
After the top ten shootout, the grid will be:
Tander
Skaife
Lowndes
Ingall
Bright
Winterbottom
Whincup
R Kelly
Murphy
Wilson
The gap from 1 to 10 was 0:11:688.
The first corner/second corner sweep onto the back straight is going to be very interesting. Ingall is lined up behind Skaife.
Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:28 pm
by Julian Mayo
Well, gee, the first reverse grid race was a big hit ! So much so that as a result of a multiple car prang, John Bowe suffered a stuck throttle and damaged the armco barrier so badly the race was red flagged on lap 17 of 50.
it will continue.