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V8SC 2009 - Event 04 - Symmons Plains, Tasmania

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RESULTS
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TRACK MAP
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Symmons Plains is a 2.4km anticlockwise circuit located 30km south of Launceston.[/spoiler]

WEATHER
Tasmanian Cities Forecast
North West Tasmania 256km Radar

PREVIOUS SUCCESS
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Year  Driver on Pole    Car     Round Winner      Car 
1997  Peter Brock       Holden  Greg Murphy       Holden
1998  Mark Skaife       Holden  Craig Lowndes     Holden
1999  Paul Radisich     Ford    Mark Skaife       Holden
2004  Steven Richards   Holden  Russell Ingall    Ford
2005  Steven Richards   Holden  Garth Tander      Holden
2006  Mark Skaife       Holden  Garth Tander      Holden
2007  Garth Tander      Holden  Jamie Whincup     Ford
2008  Garth Tander      Holden  Jamie Whincup     Ford

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LAP RECORDS
V8 Practice - 2007 - Garth Tander - Holden - 0:51.5657
V8 Lap - 2005 - Steven Richards - Holden - 0:52.1863
Outright - 1982 - A. Constanzo - Lola F5000 - 0:50.54

SCHEDULE (Tasmania +10GMT)
[spoiler]Friday 29th May 2009
0910-0930: V8 Utes - Practice 1
0940-1000: Formula Ford - Practice 1
1010-1030: Targa Invitational Series - Practice
1040-1050: Entertainment Session
1100-1120: Mini Challenge - Practice 1
1130-1150: V8 Utes - Practice 2
1200-1210: Entertainment Session
1225-1300: V8 Supercars - Practice Part A
1315-1405: V8 Supercars - Practice Part B
1415-1435: Formula Ford - Practice 2
1445-1535: V8 Supercars - Practice Part C
1540-1600: Targa Invitational Series - Qualifying
1605-1625: Mini Challenge - Practice 2

Saturday 30th May 2009
0925-0945: V8 Utes - Qualifying
0955-1015: Formula Ford - Qualifying
1025-1045: Targa Invitational Series - Race 1
1100-1120: V8 Supercars - Leg 1 Qualifying
1125-1140: V8 Supercars - Leg 2 Qualifying
1155-1225: V8 Supercars - Top Ten Shootout
1230-1250: Mini Challenge - Qualifying
1255-1305: Entertainment Session
1310-1330: V8 Utes - Race 1
1340-1400: Targa Invitational Series - Race 2
1410-1430: Formula Ford - Race 1
1440-1500: Mini Challenge - Race 1
1510-1520: Entertainment Session
1535-xxxx: V8 Supercars - Race 7 - 42 laps

Sunday 31st May 2009
0925-0945: Mini Challenge - Race 2
0950-1000: Entertainment Session
1005-1025: V8 Utes - Race 2
1035-1055: V8 Supercars - Qualifying
1105-1125: Targa Invitational Series - Race 3
1130-1150: Formula Ford - Race 2
1155-1215: Mini Challenge - Race 3
1215-1250: Entertainment Session
1305-1443: V8 Supercars - Race 8 - 84 laps or 1 lap after 1443 (whichever occurs 1st)
1505-1525: Formula Ford - Race 3
1530-1550: V8 Utes - Race 3
1600-1620: Targa Invitational Series - Race 4[/spoiler]

ENTRY LIST + CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS
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                                                                C'ship        Event Statistics     Race Statistics 
No.       Sponsor Name                 Driver               Car Pos Pts +/-  Best  1-2-3  T5-T10  Best  1-2-3  T5-T10
1    888  Team Vodafone                Jamie Whincup        FG   1  804   =   1st  2-0-0   3-3     1st  4-1-0   5-5
2    HRT  Toll Holden Racing Team      Garth Tander         VE   6  504  +2   2nd  0-1-0   1-2     3rd  0-0-2   2-4
3    TAS  Sprint Gas Racing            Jason Bargwanna      VE  29  150   =  16th  0-0-0   0-0    10th  0-0-0   0-1
4    SBR  Irwin Racing                 Alex Davison         FG  16  354  -5   7th  0-0-0   0-1     9th  0-0-0   0-2
5    FPR  Ford Performance Racing      Mark Winterbottom    FG  12  396  +2   9th  0-0-0   0-1     2nd  0-2-0   2-2
6    FPR  Ford Performance Racing      Steven Richards      FG  11  399  +5   6th  0-0-0   0-1     3rd  0-0-1   1-2
7    KRT  Jack Daniels Racing          Todd Kelly           VE  23  252  -8  15th  0-0-0   0-0     7th  0-0-0   0-2
8    BJR  Team BOC                     Jason Richards       VE   9  417  -3   5th  0-0-0   1-1     5th  0-0-0   1-3
9    SBR  SP Tools Racing              Shane Van Gisbergen  FG   8  453  +1   7th  0-0-0   0-2     6th  0-0-0   0-2
10   WAL  Autobarn Racing Team         Paul Dumbrell        VE  15  372  +4   7th  0-0-0   0-1     4th  0-0-0   1-1
11   KRT  Kelly Racing                 Jack Perkins         VE  27  198   =  18th  0-0-0   0-0    17th  0-0-0   0-0
12   BJR  WOW Racing                   Cameron McConville   VE  13  378   =  11th  0-0-0   0-0     5th  0-0-0   1-2
15   KRT  Jack Daniels Racing          Rick Kelly           VE   5  531  +2   3rd  0-0-1   1-3     4th  0-0-0   1-5
16   KRT  Kelly Racing                 Dale Wood            VE  24  243   =  20th  0-0-0   0-0    14th  0-0-0   0-0
17   DJR  Jim Beam Racing              Steven Johnson       FG   3  573  +1   3rd  0-0-1   2-2     3rd  0-0-1   3-4
18   DJR  Jim Beam Racing              James Courtney       FG  14  374  -4   6th  0-0-0   0-1     2nd  0-1-0   1-2
22   HRT  Toll Holden Racing Team      Will Davison         VE   2  690  +1   2nd  0-1-0   3-3     2nd  0-1-1   4-6
24   WAL  Bundaberg Red Racing         David Reynolds       VE  17  342   =  10th  0-0-0   0-1     8th  0-0-0   0-1
25   BRI  Fujitsu Racing               Jason Bright         BF  19  297  -1  10th  0-0-0   0-1    11th  0-0-0   0-0
33   GRM  Garry Rogers Motorsport      Lee Holdsworth       VE   4  534  -2   2nd  0-1-1   2-2     2nd  0-1-1   4-4
34   GRM  Garry Rogers Motorsport      Michael Caruso       VE  20  291   =  12th  0-0-0   0-0     6th  0-0-0   0-2
39   PMM  Supercheap Auto Racing       Russell Ingall       VE  18  332  +5   9th  0-0-0   0-2     8th  0-0-0   0-2
51   TAS  Sprint Gas Racing            Greg Murphy          VE  21  264   =  17th  0-0-0   0-0     8th  0-0-0   0-2
55   RNR  The Bottle-O Racing Team     Tony D’Alberto       VE  22  258  +4  14th  0-0-0   0-0    11th  0-0-0   0-0
67   PMM  Supercheap Auto Racing       Tim Slade            VE  30  105   =  17th  0-0-0   0-0    17th  0-0-0   0-0
77   INT  Team Intaracing              Marcus Marshall      BF  26  201  +2  12th  0-0-0   0-0     9th  0-0-0   0-1
111  PCR  Wilson Security Racing       Fabian Coulthard     FG  10  414  -5   5th  0-0-0   1-1     5th  0-0-0   1-2
333  PCR  Wilson Security Racing       Michael Patrizi      BF  25  216  -3  14th  0-0-0   0-0    13th  0-0-0   0-0
888  888  Team Vodafone                Craig Lowndes        FG   7  501 +11   1st  1-0-0   1-2     1st  2-0-0   3-3
021  TKR  Team Kiwi Racing             Dean Fiore           VE  28  183  -3  15th  0-0-0   0-0    16th  0-0-0   0-0

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TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP
888 1305, HRT 1194, DJR 957. GRM 825, SBR 807 (+2), FPR 795 (+3), BJR 795 (-2), JDR 783 (-2), WAL 714 (+1), WSR 630 (-2), SCAR 447 (+3), KRT 441 (-1), SGR 414, BRI* 297 (-2), RNR* 258 (+1), INT* 201 (+1), FFF* 183 (-2)
* = single team

AUSTRALIAN TELECAST TIMES
Times from http://www.v8supercar.com.au/content/te ... channel_7/
Check http://www.tvguide.com.au or your local guides closer to the event to check for any disparity.

Saturday
1400-1730: Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth

Sunday
1000-1300: Perth
1200-1500: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane
2230-0130: Adelaide

Pretty pissed about the BS delayed telecast on Sunday for Adelaide viewers just cause the crows and port games are on the same day. V8's need to get a better deal instead of playing second fiddle to the AFL.

Finally another V8 round, though they have been a bit lackluster thus far.

Ingall was so much quicker than Tander, bloody traffic ruined what would have been a good fight. Love this sprint tyre though, not as large performance gap here but it still throws a nice spanner in the works.

Also what is with McConville? Can't qualify for shit but always seems to warp his way through the field for the race.

My god the XXXX angles are terrible, but so damn sexy!

Looking forward to this race, temps will make any tyre changes interesting.

Didn't see yesterday but really enjoyed todays race and was quite intrigued to see the age of the guys on the podium (Whincup, Davison & Coulthard). Good to see the young guys do well.

Thought the stewarding was crap - how did Dumbrell get away with blocking Coulthard into the hairpin when he was blue flagged (2 or 3 laps to go). Would have been interesting to see if Fabian had anything for Davison and Wincup because he sure caught them quickly. Also Patrizzi needed shot for what he did at the hairpin (and didn't even get a drive thru), Steve Richards somehow avoided punishment for spinning Murph (enjoyed the love taps he gave him though!).

I enjoyed Race 2. I missed Race 1 due to work. I just wish there were a few more laps to see what Coulthard could do.

Any idea when Motors are going to show this?

next week

It was fairly average but the Enforcer was up on the wheel!

Enjoy race two a lot. Winterbottom should have stolen that one. I'd like to know what happened between he and Murph.

Tim Slade 9th in Race 2

What was up with the compulsory pit stops? I didn't like that.

Initially the fuel burn at the start of the year was expected to be poor so you wouldn't get 100km on a tank of fuel. This was proved wrong at Adelaide.

For rounds after this they looked at bringing in a smaller fuel tank to make cars have to pit at least once per 100km. This was going to be costly so they've changed the rules that in a 100km race there must be at least one stop where 50L of fuel is used, and in a 200km race there must be at least two stops where 100L is used.

The smaller tanks were only going to be used for the non-endurance races.
120L tanks will be in use for Bathurst. I think these were getting 130-150km at Adelaide.
So 6 or 7 stops for Bathurst.

Might actually see some teams doing endurance runs rather than full out sprints.