Post Tagged with: "craig lowndes"

FPR Take on Team Vodafone

Ford Performance Racing finally had some luck attached to their race craft as Will Davidson stepped up over the weekend to win race two in Adelaide and lead the championship heading into round two.   Albeit only the first weekend of a long year ahead, Davison won his first race since taking Bathurst with Garth [...]

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Wave of Emotion

TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup carried a passenger with him across 78 of the most scintillating race laps in a most heart-stopping finish at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide. Whincup’s father David passed away after a short battle with cancer just six days ago but he refused to let his professionalism or attitude wilt under the enormous emotional strain. [...]

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Classic Craig Lowndes

The start of the V8 Supercar season started in the best possible way for Craig Lowndes as he secured pole position for the first time in Adelaide.   The three-time V8 Supercar great agreed to new terms with TeamVodafone this week and Friday he effortlessly claimed his first Armor All Pole Position at the Clipsal [...]

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R8 LMS Defends Title

The King of the Mountain was crowned after 12 hours of tough competition on Sunday with Audi defending their crown. On Australia’s most challenging race track the successful GT3 sports car from Audi Sport customer racing took victory in challenging conditions. Christer Jöns (D), Christopher Mies (D) and Darryl O’Young (HK) won the endurance classic [...]

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Club Look – HSCCQ

When first looking at getting into motor sport, the decision of which club to join becomes a rather important question. The right club can help define what sort of racing you want to get into and help you to get what you want out of your racing career. If racing interests you and you don’t [...]

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Supercars Night of Nights

Craig Lowndes fought hard for the 2011 V8 Supercar Championship only missing by 35 points, but overnight he had a reason to smile with his third Barry Sheene Medal at the 2011 Gala Dinner Awards inSydney.   Lowndes took the prestigious medal named after the late great Sheene for his all-round appeal with fans and [...]

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Audi to Defend its Bathurst Title

The Bathurst 12-hour is an event many people want to win and just as many manufactures want to claim. Audi, 2011 winners, will be heading back to the mountain to defend their title. After the one-two result at the Bathurst 12 Hour race last February, the successful GT3 sports car will again compete at the [...]

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Winterbottom Steels Whincup’s Thunder

Mark Winterbottom stole Jamie Whincup’s thunder at the Armor All Gold Coast 600 with his first V8 Supercar victory of the year and also the maiden win for Irishman Richard Lyons.   Winterbottom ran almost the perfect race with Lyons, who stepped up for Will Power following the tragic crash that claimed the life of [...]

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Whincup Wins Street Fight

Jamie Whincup was the benefactor of a similar problem that lost him the Championship lead two weeks ago after a polished win with Frenchman Sebastian Bourdais in the first 300km leg of the Armor All Gold Coast 600.   Whincup took back the V8 Supercar Championship lead he had lost to TeamVodafone team-mate Craig Lowndes who failed [...]

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V8 Supertourers Announce Tyre Supplier

New Zealand’s new V8SuperTourer championship will run on tyres developed for the German-based DTM series. V8SuperTourers Ltd announced it has appointed Hankook as the exclusive supplier to the series for three years, commencing in 2012. All entrants will run on Ventus F200 slick and Ventus Z207 wet tyres that have the same construction and compounds [...]

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