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9psi-vr, on Sep 12 2005, 11:36 AM, said:
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Lowndes force at Betta Electrical 500
Release Date: 11/09/2005
The force of the ever-resurgent Craig Lowndes propelled his Betta Electrical team to win the event of the same name and claim valuable season points back from V8 Supercar Championship Series leaders Marcos Ambrose and Russell Ingall in Melbourne today.
Lowndes and his French co-driver Yvan Muller claimed the Betta Electrical 500 title at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne from Holden Racing Team’s Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly and the equally resurgent Dodo Racing Team of Jason Richards and Jamie Whincup.
It was the race of the season to date when Lowndes took the lead with just four laps to go from a fading Skaife who decided to stay out on the track despite getting low on fuel and having a damaged front end that slowed him down terribly.
Skaife has a late fuel top up which gave Lowndes a comfortable victory.
From a Series perspective it meant Caltex Racing’s Ingall (1408) clawed back to within 78 points of the Championship lead with Castrol’s Steven Richards (1363) now 123 points behind the leader, Pirtek Racing’s Ambrose on 1486 points.
Lowndes had led for a major slice of the race at the start when pit stop strategies came into play dividing the field whenever someone came in for fuel, tyres and driver changes. It was a tactical minefield for all the teams, won in the end by Lowndes’ team and a great co-drive by Muller.
“We went for a dry car set up even though we knew it was going to be wet,” Lowndes said.
“The end was always going to be interesting because we thought the HRT guys would have to pit but as it turned out that didn’t eventuate. It would have been nice to have a battle towards the end but either way we won the race.”
Lowndes co-driver Muller lived up to the challenge many thought might be too hard. He did exactly what was required and some more.
“It was a really big challenge to be quick, not make a mistake and stay on the pace,” he said.
For all concerned it is a great build up to the Super Cheap Auto 1000 at Bathurst in four weeks time.
“I’ve been the bridesmaid at Bathurst in the last two years so we’d really love to go one step better. We will do the same with Yvan again but there are so many variables in that race that everything needs to go right.”
For the Dodo Racing Team it was an outstanding day for Richards and Whincup. Both have been strong all year and again proved they are a force and a potential dark horse at the Super Cheap Auto 1000.
“Our campaign is amazing,” Richards said.
“It shows that if you keep knocking on the door one day it is going to open. Every time and every race meeting we have something new and make some progress.”
The fickle Melbourne weather played havoc for the entire race as drizzle constantly threatened, brining race tactics and tyre strategy firmly into play.
Lowndes raced out of the blocks and left the field in his wake from the start of the grid. He streeted the field until his first pit stop when he changed with co-driver, Frenchman Yvan Muller.
Muller held his own in the unfamiliar right-hand drive cars and despite losing the lead early in his stint fought back for it on lap 96 when he took advantage of a tyre change by the Holden Racing Team and Dodo Racing.
The tough day for Stone Brothers Racing continued when Ingall was black flagged for an incident which set him back further while his team-mate Ambrose continued to struggle with water loss. Ambrose was then docked another 26 seconds for an infringement.
Ambrose finished 14th and Ingall seventh.
“We obviously did not get the championship points we were aiming for,” said Ambrose.
“It was a tough day for everyone involved at Pirtek Racing and we have become used to producing better results than that. At the end of the day we managed to finish the race, but the overheating problems could have certainly caused something that was terminal.
“We are not sure what the problem was, but it looks as though we have a small hole in the radiator or something. Sometimes you just have to wear an ordinary result, thankfully we did not have endure something worse than 12th.”
For Ingall there was some good in the bad.
“What a day,” said Ingall. “We certainly had our chances, but things didn’t fall our way. It was good to pick up 20 points on Marcos (Ambrose) in the championship, but I think overall we could have had a much better result.
“When the weather is like it was today you sometimes have to roll the dice, but it just adds so many more variables. We now have to re-group and ensure that we are ready to go at Bathurst in a month’s time.”
Super Cheap Auto’s Greg Murphy and Paul Weel had a great day and were looking at a possible victory on lap 143 of 161. All of a sudden their race came crashing in around them when their engine suddenly failed on the lap out after changing tyres and refueling.
Holden Special Vehicles Dealer Team’s Rick Kelly and Garth Tander missed a podium finish by a matter of five seconds – and a shower of rain.
The pair finished a fast-closing fourth place in the 161-lap classic after battling the famously fickle Sandown weather which once again turned tyre choice into a lottery.
In the end, Tander, who was running wet weather tyres in the final stint, just needed another shower of rain in the closing stages of the 500km race to haul in Richards, who was running on dry-weather slicks.
The day began dramatically when WOW Racing’s Simon Wills left the track during the warm-up session and slammed straight into a steel Armco at around 200km/h. He left his Holden Commodore completely written off.
Despite the massive damage to the car Wills suffered no great injuries but was taken to hospital for observation throughout the day.
Top 10 Race Results:
1.C.Lowndes/Y.Muller (Ford) 161
2.M.Skaife/T.Kelly (Holden) 161
3.J.Richards/J.Whincup (Holden) 161
4.R.Kelly/G.Tander (Holden) 161
5.S.Ellery/A.Macrow (Ford) 161
6.D.Brabham/J.Bright (Ford) 160
7.R.Ingall/L.Youlden (Ford) 160
8.P.Morris/P.Radisich (Holden) 160
9.J.Bowe/B.Jones (Ford) 160
10.C.McConville/A.Jones (Holden) 160
Top 10 Championship Points
After 9 of 13 rounds
1.Marcos Ambrose (Ford) 1486
2.Russell Ingall (Ford) 1408
3.Steven Richards (Holden) 1363
4.Craig Lowndes (Ford) 1261
5.Todd Kelly (Holden) 1253
6.Mark Skaife (Holden) 1202
7.Garth Tander (Holden) 1144
8.Jason Bright (Ford) 1096
9.Steven Johnson (Ford) 1042
10.Glenn Seton (Ford) 1038
taken from official v8 supercar website
Lowndes force at Betta Electrical 500
Release Date: 11/09/2005
The force of the ever-resurgent Craig Lowndes propelled his Betta Electrical team to win the event of the same name and claim valuable season points back from V8 Supercar Championship Series leaders Marcos Ambrose and Russell Ingall in Melbourne today.
Lowndes and his French co-driver Yvan Muller claimed the Betta Electrical 500 title at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne from Holden Racing Team’s Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly and the equally resurgent Dodo Racing Team of Jason Richards and Jamie Whincup.
It was the race of the season to date when Lowndes took the lead with just four laps to go from a fading Skaife who decided to stay out on the track despite getting low on fuel and having a damaged front end that slowed him down terribly.
Skaife has a late fuel top up which gave Lowndes a comfortable victory.
From a Series perspective it meant Caltex Racing’s Ingall (1408) clawed back to within 78 points of the Championship lead with Castrol’s Steven Richards (1363) now 123 points behind the leader, Pirtek Racing’s Ambrose on 1486 points.
Lowndes had led for a major slice of the race at the start when pit stop strategies came into play dividing the field whenever someone came in for fuel, tyres and driver changes. It was a tactical minefield for all the teams, won in the end by Lowndes’ team and a great co-drive by Muller.
“We went for a dry car set up even though we knew it was going to be wet,” Lowndes said.
“The end was always going to be interesting because we thought the HRT guys would have to pit but as it turned out that didn’t eventuate. It would have been nice to have a battle towards the end but either way we won the race.”
Lowndes co-driver Muller lived up to the challenge many thought might be too hard. He did exactly what was required and some more.
“It was a really big challenge to be quick, not make a mistake and stay on the pace,” he said.
For all concerned it is a great build up to the Super Cheap Auto 1000 at Bathurst in four weeks time.
“I’ve been the bridesmaid at Bathurst in the last two years so we’d really love to go one step better. We will do the same with Yvan again but there are so many variables in that race that everything needs to go right.”
For the Dodo Racing Team it was an outstanding day for Richards and Whincup. Both have been strong all year and again proved they are a force and a potential dark horse at the Super Cheap Auto 1000.
“Our campaign is amazing,” Richards said.
“It shows that if you keep knocking on the door one day it is going to open. Every time and every race meeting we have something new and make some progress.”
The fickle Melbourne weather played havoc for the entire race as drizzle constantly threatened, brining race tactics and tyre strategy firmly into play.
Lowndes raced out of the blocks and left the field in his wake from the start of the grid. He streeted the field until his first pit stop when he changed with co-driver, Frenchman Yvan Muller.
Muller held his own in the unfamiliar right-hand drive cars and despite losing the lead early in his stint fought back for it on lap 96 when he took advantage of a tyre change by the Holden Racing Team and Dodo Racing.
The tough day for Stone Brothers Racing continued when Ingall was black flagged for an incident which set him back further while his team-mate Ambrose continued to struggle with water loss. Ambrose was then docked another 26 seconds for an infringement.
Ambrose finished 14th and Ingall seventh.
“We obviously did not get the championship points we were aiming for,” said Ambrose.
“It was a tough day for everyone involved at Pirtek Racing and we have become used to producing better results than that. At the end of the day we managed to finish the race, but the overheating problems could have certainly caused something that was terminal.
“We are not sure what the problem was, but it looks as though we have a small hole in the radiator or something. Sometimes you just have to wear an ordinary result, thankfully we did not have endure something worse than 12th.”
For Ingall there was some good in the bad.
“What a day,” said Ingall. “We certainly had our chances, but things didn’t fall our way. It was good to pick up 20 points on Marcos (Ambrose) in the championship, but I think overall we could have had a much better result.
“When the weather is like it was today you sometimes have to roll the dice, but it just adds so many more variables. We now have to re-group and ensure that we are ready to go at Bathurst in a month’s time.”
Super Cheap Auto’s Greg Murphy and Paul Weel had a great day and were looking at a possible victory on lap 143 of 161. All of a sudden their race came crashing in around them when their engine suddenly failed on the lap out after changing tyres and refueling.
Holden Special Vehicles Dealer Team’s Rick Kelly and Garth Tander missed a podium finish by a matter of five seconds – and a shower of rain.
The pair finished a fast-closing fourth place in the 161-lap classic after battling the famously fickle Sandown weather which once again turned tyre choice into a lottery.
In the end, Tander, who was running wet weather tyres in the final stint, just needed another shower of rain in the closing stages of the 500km race to haul in Richards, who was running on dry-weather slicks.
The day began dramatically when WOW Racing’s Simon Wills left the track during the warm-up session and slammed straight into a steel Armco at around 200km/h. He left his Holden Commodore completely written off.
Despite the massive damage to the car Wills suffered no great injuries but was taken to hospital for observation throughout the day.
Top 10 Race Results:
1.C.Lowndes/Y.Muller (Ford) 161
2.M.Skaife/T.Kelly (Holden) 161
3.J.Richards/J.Whincup (Holden) 161
4.R.Kelly/G.Tander (Holden) 161
5.S.Ellery/A.Macrow (Ford) 161
6.D.Brabham/J.Bright (Ford) 160
7.R.Ingall/L.Youlden (Ford) 160
8.P.Morris/P.Radisich (Holden) 160
9.J.Bowe/B.Jones (Ford) 160
10.C.McConville/A.Jones (Holden) 160
Top 10 Championship Points
After 9 of 13 rounds
1.Marcos Ambrose (Ford) 1486
2.Russell Ingall (Ford) 1408
3.Steven Richards (Holden) 1363
4.Craig Lowndes (Ford) 1261
5.Todd Kelly (Holden) 1253
6.Mark Skaife (Holden) 1202
7.Garth Tander (Holden) 1144
8.Jason Bright (Ford) 1096
9.Steven Johnson (Ford) 1042
10.Glenn Seton (Ford) 1038
