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Aussie Racing Cars Entry List V8 Supercars Coates Hire Sydney 500 I Welcome/Contents 3 COATES HIRE SYDNEY 500 Contents DECEMBER 4 - 6, 2015 IN EVERY ISSUE! EDITOR IN CHIEF: Gordon Lomas 3 WELCOME/CONTENTS 28 CARUSO/MOFFAT 7 CIRCUIT GUIDE 29 BRIGHT/COULTHARD JOURNALIST: 9 V8 SUPERCARS ENTRY LIST 30 WOOD/MCLAUGHLIN Tom Howard 10 PREVIOUS WINNERS 31 WALL/PYE 13 TV TIMES 32 GISBERGEN DESIGN: 14 2015 V8 SUPERCARS CALENDAR 34 V8 SUPERCAR CHAMPIONS Kirstie Fuentes 15 WHINCUP/LOWNDES 38 DUNLOP SERIES ENTRY LIST 16 TANDER/COURTNEY 39 F4 ENTRY LIST SALES/MARKETING: 18 SLADE/HOLDSWORTH 40 V8 UTES ENTRY LIST Leisa Emberson 20 BLANCHARD/PERCAT 43 STADIUM SUPER TRUCKS 22 WALSH/W.DAVISON ENTRY LIST PARTNERS: 23 WINTERBOTTOM/WATERS 44 AUSSIE RACING CARS ENTRY LIST SUBSCRIBE AND NEVER Armor All 25 REYNOLDS/HEIMGARTNER 45 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS MISS A COPY! Castrol Edge 27 T.KELLY/R.KELLY Pirtek Coates Hire Crimsafe Dunlop Tata Motors Apex Jobstop GearWrench STATS DID YOU KNOW SUpercheap Auto CHAMPIONSHIP Craig Lowndes will start his 250th round this weekend, equalling Russell Ingall for STANDINGS the most starts in Australian Touring Car/V8 36 4 Supercars Championship history... Frosty’s career defining moment fter 33 races spanning the length and breadth circuit’s punishing nature and often changeable weather of Australia, the scene is now set to crown a conditions. new V8 Supercars champion. As a result, Lowndes has a slim since of pulling off one of A Two protagonists remain following an the most impressive title fightback having been 423 points eventful Phillip Island Super Sprint which has adrift following Sandown. seen Mark Winterbottom’s lead cut to 179 points following It is a tall order with Lowndes requiring to pocket at least a strong showing from title rival Craig Lowndes. 30 points more than Winterbottom across the two 125km With 300 points up fro grabs, Frosty is rapidly closing races to lower the margin to 149 points, with 150 to be won in on securing a breakthrough championship with the on the Sunday. Prodrive driver only needing to finish 14th across the three Whatever the result the final round of the season is sure races to achieve a life-long ambition. to provide a thrilling climax to the year. Pressure has been mounting on Winterbottom as he The Coates Hire Sydney 500 will also see the Dunlop approaches the most important racing week-end of his Series title decided with Cameron Waters the favourite to career having seen his championship lead whittled down take the crown in his Prodrive Falcon. to 179 points. A fierce battle is expected for the V8 Utes Racing Series crown While the pressure of being on the verge of winning with Ryal Harris holding a 85 points over George Miedecke, with the most coveted championship in Australian motorsport Adam Marjoram a further 12 points back in third. exists, Frosty says the anxiety will subside once he gets The support line up is completed by the CAMS Jayco behind the wheel. Australian Formula 4 Championship and the Aussie Racing Cars. “I’m looking forward to the challenge,” said Making a debut event appearance are the popular Winterbottom. Stadium Super Trucks, who are set to entertain the crowds “There’s pressure, there’s lots of things going on, but with their spectacular on track antics. when you get in that car it’s all going to relax. “I’m really looking forward to it. It’s hopefully going to be a good weekend, but there’s a lot at stake. It’s a massive Tom Howard weekend.” Tom Howard Although the odds are in his favour, Sydney has a Multimedia Journalist, habit of throwing up an unpredictable result virtue of the Speedcafe.com 4 V8 Supercars Coates Hire Sydney 500 I Did You Know DID ?YOU KNOW? Lowndes is fighting for his 2fourth championship this weekend and his first in 16 years. He has finished runner-up in the pointscore five times since joining Triple Eight in 2005. Championship leader 3Mark Winterbottom is trying to become the 23rd driver in history to be crowned ATCC/V8SC champion and the first man to win the title for Prodrive Racing Australia. If Winterbottom wins, it will be 4the 24th time a Ford has won the ATCC/V8SC and the first time since 2010 a Falcon has won the championship. Should Winterbottom win 5he will also become the first Dunlop Series winner (he won in 2003) to go on Craig Lowndes will start his 250th round this weekend, and become V8 Supercars 1equalling Russell Ingall for the most starts in Australian Touring Champion. Car/V8 Supercars Championship history. V8 Supercars Coates Hire Sydney 500 I Did You Know 5 Picking a race winner is 6tricky at Sydney Olympic Park as nine different drivers have won the 13 races held there. The only multiple winners are Jamie Whincup (three), Craig Lowndes and Shane van Gisbergen (two each). Pole-sitters are even harder to 7predict, with eight different teams earning the last eight poles at the venue. Since Will Davison took pole on Sunday in 2011 for FPR (now Prodrive), the next seven poles have been taken by Stone Brothers Racing, Holden Racing Team, Triple Eight, TEKNO Autosports, Erebus Motorsport V8, Brad Jones Racing and Garry Rogers Motorsport. Claiming pole position at Sydney 8Olympic Park is no guarantee of success – only four times in 13 races has the pole-sitter converted it into a race victory. Races can be won from nearly anywhere on the grid; Jonathon Webb started 21st to win a wild wet race on Saturday in 2010, Craig Lowndes started 16th and still won on Saturday in 2012 and he also started 10th to claim victory on Saturday in 2011. All 13 races at Sydney 10Olympic Park have featured at least one Safety Car period – 27 per cent of racing laps conducted at the circuit in V8 Supercars have been run No Sydney 500 V8 Supercars race has been decided by a margin under yellow flag Safety Car 9bigger than four seconds. The ‘biggest’ winning margin is 3.9087s conditions. No race has seen from James Courtney to Michael Caruso on Sunday in 2009. The closest all starting cars classified as finishing margin is 0.6375s from Jonathon Webb to Jason Bright on finishers. Saturday in 2010. V8 Supercars Coates Hire Sydney 500 I Circuit Guide 7 SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK Location: Sydney Olympic Park Street surfaces. Its designers, including five-time series champion Mark Length: 3.42km Skaife, have focussed on creating a real challenge for the drivers, Direction: Anti-clockwise with a variety of bumps, camber changes and fast and slow Average speed: 139km/h corners making it difficult to complete the perfect lap. Maximum speed: 248km/h Fastest Point: Front Straight 2014 Highlight: Torrential rain played havoc in Sunday’s finale Slowest Point: Turn 11 which saw Shane van Gisbergen capitalise on a mistake from long Corners: 13 (9 Left 4 Right) time leader Garth Tander. Most Race Wins: Craig Lowndes 2 Jamie Whincup 2 Most Pole Positions: Lee Holdsworth 3 2015 Event Information: Qualifying Lap Record: 1m27.3878s (Jamie Whincup Holden Friday: 3x30 minute Practice Sessions Commodore VF 2013) Saturday: 1x 30 minute Practice, 2x 15 minute Qualifying, Race Lap Record: 1m28.3839s (Craig Lowndes Holden 2x 125km Races Sunday: 1x 20 minute Qualifying, 1x Top 10 Commodore VEII 2011) Shootout, 1x 250km Race Defending Winners: Jamie Whincup x2, Shane van Gisbergen Tyre Format: 20 hard compound tyres will be supplied to each Circuit description: entry. Winding its way around the complex that hosted the Sydney Best Vantage Point: The rush down to the first corner is the best 2000 Olympic Games, the venue is a mixture of corners and track overtaking spot on the circuit. V8 Supercars Coates Hire Sydney 500 I Entry List 9 Entry List: Coates Hire Sydney 500 No Entry Driver Car #1 Triple Eight Race Engineering Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VF #2 Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VF #3 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Tim Blanchard Holden Commodore VF #4 Erebus Motorsport Alex Davison Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG W212 #5 Prodrive Racing Australia Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG X #6 Prodrive Racing Australia Steve Owen Ford Falcon FG X #7 Nissan Motorsport Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 #8 Brad Jones Racing Jason Bright Holden Commodore VF #9 Erebus Motorsport Will Davison Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG W212 #14 Brad Jones Racing Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VF #15 Nissan Motorsport Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 #17 DJR Team Penske Scott Pye Ford Falcon FG X #18 Charlie Schwerkolt Racing Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VF #21 Brad Jones Racing Dale Wood Holden Commodore VF #22 Holden Racing Team James Courtney Holden Commodore VF #23 Nissan Motorsport Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 #33 Volvo Polestar Racing Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 #34 Volvo Polestar Racing David Wall Volvo S60 #47 Walkinshaw Racing Tim Slade Holden Commodore VF #55 Rod Nash Racing David Reynolds Ford Falcon FG X #97 Tekno Autosports Shane van Gisbergen Holden Commodore VF #99 Nissan Motorsport James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 #111 Super Black Racing Chris Pither Ford Falcon FG X #222 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VF #888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VF 10 V8 Supercars Coates Hire Sydney 500 I Previous Winners PREVIOUS SYDNEY 500 WINNERS Year Drivers Team Car 2014 Shane van Gisbergen Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore VF Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF 2013 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF Shane Van Gisbergen Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore VF 2012 Will Davison Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE II 2011 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE II 2010 Jonathon Webb Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE II 2009 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE V8 Supercars Coates Hire Sydney 500 I TV Times 13 TV Times The 2015 V8 Supercars Championship will be broadcast on Network 10 and Foxtel as part of a new television rights deal for this year.
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