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The chequered flag waves for last year’s Bathurst 1000 winners Garth Tander and Will Davison,
chased all the way by Jason Richards. It was Tander’s first win at Bathurst since 2000, and you
can see him through the windscreen already looking for his team to celebrate a ‘Great Race.’

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INTRODUCTION
Year after year, Australian motorsport journalists are forced to ask the
same, obvious questions each October.
Over the past seven years, the most popular question has been “Can
Greg Murphy’s record lap time get beaten?”
I spoke to Murph about it on the Saturday of the 2007 race. His
response was “You’re not going to ask me about that too ...”
Another regular Bathurst question taht gets thrown at the drivers is
“Would you prefer to win Bathurst or the championship?”
As time goes on and the average age of the field comes down, the
‘championship’ seems to have become more important to the majority
of drivers.
That is the answer that people will generally give – especially if they
haven’t won Bathurst.
Last year, Will Davison took his first win in The Great Race, paired with
Garth Tander in the #2 Toll Holden Racing Team Commodore. In a casual
conversation I had with him a week after the event, he said that he didn’t
quite understand what it meant to win Bathurst – until after he did it.
What he was referring to was the level of attention that was thrust
on him in the days after the race. He was blown away by the hype, the
flattery and the major focus that the event creates. He is no longer just
‘Will Davison’ – he is ‘Bathurst winner Will Davison.’
In my opinion, the championship has definitely become more
important in the past decade. But more important than Bathurst? I don’t
WHO WILL WIN
think so. THE 2010 V8
SUPERCARS
This is Australian motorsport’s day in the sporting spotlight. It is the
CHAMPIONSHIP
biggest motor race we have. It is The Great Race.
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some familiar faces there too!
Mark Winterbottom 11.00
Caig Lowndes 19.00
Garth Tander 29.00
Green means go! Shane van Gisbergen 41.00
Rick Kelly 251.00
GRANT ROWLEY Lee Holdsworth 401.00
News Engineer, Speedcafe.com.au Michael Caruso 751.00
Paul Dumbrell 1001.00

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BATHURST NEWS
Tyre pressures and camber the key to
V8 teams told not to
V 8 Supercars’ chief tyre man
says that teams and drivers
must be smart with their Dunlops
– or face Bathurst disappointment.
Dunlop’s V8 operations manager
Kevin Fitzsimons says that of all
tracks – and all V8 races – Bathurst
is the circuit that requires the
teams to be smart, rather than
greedy in their chase for speed.
Fitzsimons, pictured right, told
Speedcafe.com.au’s V8 Race
Guide that the teams should
avoid pressuring the tyres below
19psi, and not put too much
camber on the front wheels.
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“Damage to the tyre’s case
seems to be more prevalent
below 19psi,” he said.
“There are new testing
machines in Japan that are able
to do a lot more comprehensive
testing than what we’ve had in
previous years.
“The issue is over-deflection
– the teams have to be careful
– not to too much camber, not too
low under the pressure.
“19psi is the minimum we’d
like to see, if we could. They’ll be
guys who will run them at 17 and
a half and 16 and a half but it’s
just too low on a full tank of fuel
with the cars banging over kerbs.”
Fitzsimons says that the teams
and drivers are both accountable,
with the key message being that
they must not be too aggressive
– both from a driving and set-up
point of view.
“It’s the usual story – you can’t
be over aggressive,” he said.
“I was talking to a driver
recently, and we were talking
about camber. If you go there and
put a lot of camber on the front

going the distance at Mount Panorama
get too speed greedy
wheels, you’ll never get it off.
“Guys will say that it is hard
to steer across the top of the
mountain in the middle sector.
The easiest thing to correct that is
to creep up a bit on the camber,
but if the car is half a second
slower across the mountain
across a 20/25-lap stint, that
means you’ve lost about 12
seconds. Compare that to the time
you’d lose if you have a tyre go
down and you have to make a pit
stop – 12 seconds doesn’t seem
like a lot ...
“If you really think about it,
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nobody is passing from The
Cutting to Forrests Elbow anyway.
It’s just too risky.
“Go back 10 years, the speeds
up and down the mountain aren’t
that much quicker, but the cars are
just so fast across the top now.
They’ve just got to think about it.
“They have to make sure they
get their fuel tank run out of
their tyres. Otherwise, you’ll be
bashing your head against the
wall.
“It’s a massive disadvantage to
be doing additional pit stops ...”
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9 FAST FACTS with Speedcafe.com.au’s Aaron Noonan

After taking victory in the L&H 500 at Phillip Island,

1 TeamVodafone’s Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife
head to Bathurst keen to improve on previous results at the
Mountain.

The duo drove together in 1998 and 2000 for the Holden Racing Team but
finished sixth on each occasion.
However, their win in the L&H 500 has pushed them further in front in
the record books of the ATCC/V8 Supercar Championship Series. The
victory now moves Skaife to 88 race wins and 40 round/event wins, while
Lowndes sits second on the list of most races won (75) but has moved past
Allan Moffat to take third on the all-time list of round/event wins with 32.
Lowndes now sits only behind Skaife and Peter Brock.

Defending Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 winner Garth Tander

2 will need to win his third Bathurst crown
if he’s to keep alive his chances in the $2 million V8 Supercars
Grand Slam.

The Toll Holden Racing Team ace won the first of four ‘Slams’ by dominating
the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide but will have to win Bathurst and be the top
point-scoring driver at the Armor All Gold Coast 600 and Sydney Telstra 500
to collect the prize. Tander and the entire Toll HRT crew will be celebrating
the team’s 20th anniversary at Bathurst this year (it was formed in 1990) in addition to marking the team’s first
Bathurst crown in the same season. Both HRT cars will feature a retro, black and white paint scheme paying
tribute to HRT’s first Bathurst win. Tander himself will also be aiming for history. Having taken pole position in
2008 and 2009, he is aiming to become just the third driver in the race’s history after Allan Moffat (1970-1972)
and Peter Brock (1977-1979) to take three successive pole positions.

Dick Johnson and Jim Beam Racing will mark an important milestone at Bathurst this year – the 30
3 anniversary of Johnson’s collision with an errant rock that launched him into the nation’s sporting
psyche.

Having mortgaged his house to build a brand new XD Falcon, Johnson was leading the 1980 Bathurst
race and had just put former winner Peter Brock a lap down in the early stages. However, he found himself
faced with a huge rock that had accidentally been rolled onto the circuit, which he hit and therefore destroyed
his car. A tearful Johnson appeared on television and viewers flooded Channel Seven’s switchboards offering
donations to help get him back on the track. He duly did in 1981 in a new car built using the funds raised by the
public and the Ford Motor Company and went on to win at Bathurst.

There are four drivers making their first start in the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 this year – this
4 equals the record for the smallest intake of first-timers in the famous race’s history.

James Moffat, the son of four-time race winner Allan (who won his first Bathurst crown 40 years ago
in 1970) will be the headliner of the four in the #6 Dunlop Super Dealer Falcon with Steve Richards,
while Kiwi Ant Pedersen will drive one of two wildcard entries, the #27 Fujitsu Falcon BF with Damian Assaillit.
The other two rookies will drive together as Geoff Emery and Marcus Zukanovic pair up in the #44 National
Directory Distribution Commodore. It is the same ex-Sprint Gas VE Commodore driven to fourth place in last
year’s race by Greg Murphy and Mark Skaife. The last time just four rookies attempted the race was 2005. It’s a
marked contrast from last year when 14 rookies were involved.

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Rock Racing’s Glenn Seton returns to Bathurst this year after missing last year’s Supercheap Auto
5 Bathurst 1000 and is the most experienced driver in this year’s race with a total of 25 previous starts.

By making his 26th start he will move to equal sixth on the all-time Bathurst starts list, drawing
level with Dick Johnson, Allan Grice, Larry Perkins and Graham Moore and now only will trail Jim
Richards, Peter Brock, Colin Bond, Bruce Stewart and Bob Holden. Seton is a three-time runner-up in the race
in 1987, 2003 and 2004 and also a two-time pole-sitter (1994 and 1996). He made 23 consecutive starts between
1986 and 2008, a feat only topped by six drivers in Bathurst race history. He and Jason Bargwanna finished a
delayed 20th in the L&H 500 at Phillip Island.

There will be an amazing 16 second-generation drivers due to line up on the grid for the 2010 race
6 whose fathers have also competed in the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

Of those, only three – Mark Skaife, Steve Richards and David Brabham – have won the race, while
Richards is the only second-generation driver to have won the race after his father Jim. That fact goes
to show that Mount Panorama certainly doesn’t respect bloodlines! The full list is below:

• Steve Owen (#1 TeamVodafone Commodore with Jamie Whincup, father Mal competed in 1979)
• Shane Price (#3 Centaur Commodore with Tony D’Alberto, father Drew is a former class winner)
• David Brabham (#4 IRWIN Falcon with Alex Davison, father Sir Jack famously stalled on the grid in 1976)
• Steve Richards (#6 Dunlop Super Dealer Falcon with James Moffat, father Jim won the race seven times)
• James Moffat (#6 Dunlop Super Dealer Falcon with Steve Richards, father Allan won the race four times)
• Glenn Seton (#11 Rock Commodore with Jason Bargwanna, father Barry won the race in 1965)
• Steven Johnson (#17 Jim Beam Falcon with Marcus Marshall, father Dick won the race three times)
• Warren Luff (#18 Jim Beam Falcon with James Courtney, father Ian finished ninth in the 1997 V8 race)
• David Russell (#19 Mother Falcon with Jonathon Webb, father Geoff finished sixth in 1984)
• David Wall (#21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Commodore with Karl Reindler, father Des finished 13th in 1993)
• Ant Pedersen (#27 Fujitsu Falcon with Damian Assaillit, father Paul competed in the 1998 2-litre race)
• Mark Noske (#30 Gulf Western Oil Commodore with Nathan Pretty, father Tony finished ninth in 1987)
• Greg Ritter (#34 Fujitsu/GRM Commodore with Michael Caruso, father Graham made seven starts)
• Jack Perkins (#47 Wilson Security Falcon with Tim Slade, father Larry won the race six times)
• Paul Dumbrell (#55 Bottle-O Falcon with Dean Canto, father Gary made two starts in 1980 and 1981)
• Mark Skaife (#888 TeamVodafone Commodore with Craig Lowndes, father Russell finished 13th in 1976)

Regardless of whether a Ford or Holden takes pole position for this year’s race, a new record will be
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Both makes have 19 pole positions in the race, so whoever can snatch pole for the 2010 race will be
the first manufacturer to score 20 pole positions. In terms of race wins, Holden leads Ford by 26 to 17
with last year’s race being a ‘red-wash’ for Holden as Commodores filled nine of the top 10 finishing positions.

Jack Daniel’s Racing’s Todd Kelly will celebrate his 31st birthday on Saturday October 9 at the
8 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

The 2005 race winner is making his 13th start in The Great Race and will be joined in the #7 Jack
Daniel’s Commodore by young Victorian Dale Wood. Last year Kelly finished eighth in partnership
with brother Rick, while Wood finished 14th in partnership with Jack Perkins.

Aussie IndyCar ace Ryan Briscoe returns to Bathurst this year to drive with Bundaberg Red Racing
9 and is looking to have his first actual drive on race day in the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

The American-based Sydneysider made his debut on the Mountain in 2006 with Jim Richards in a
Holden Racing Team Commodore. However, he did not get to drive in the race itself after Richards
crashed out in the first stint. Briscoe finished third in last year’s IndyCar Series and will move to Walkinshaw
Racing’s sister Toll HRT operation to share a car with Will Davison for the Armor All Gold Coast 600 a fortnight
after Bathurst. He won the Gold Coast IndyCar race in 2008 and is one of only three winners of that race
– John Andretti and Scott Pruett the others – that have also competed in the Bathurst classic.

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V8 SUPERCARS SPOTTERS GUIDE

Car Number: 1 Car Number: 8

Team: TeamVodafone Team: Team BOC
Driver: Jamie Whincup Driver: Jason Richards
Co-Driver: Steve Owen Co-Driver: Andrew Jones
2010 championship: 2nd 2010 championship: 11th

Car Number: 2 Car Number: 9

Team: Toll Holden Racing Team Team: SP Tools Racing
Driver: Garth Tander Driver: Shane van Gisbergen
Co-Driver: Cameron McConville Co-Driver: John McIntyre
2010 championship: 6th 2010 championship: 5th

Car Number: 3 Car Number: 10

Team: Centaur Racing Team: Bundaberg Red Racing
Driver: Tony D’Alberto Driver: Andrew Thompson
Co-Driver: Shane Price Co-Driver: Ryan Briscoe
2010 championship: 18th 2010 championship: 29th

Car Number: 4 Car Number: 11

Team: Irwin Tools Racing Team: Rock Racing
Driver: Alex Davison Driver: Jason Bargwanna
Co-Driver: David Brabham Co-Driver: Glenn Seton
2010 championship: 21st 2010 championship: 22nd

Car Number: 5 Car Number: 12

Team: Orrcon Steel FPR Team: Triple F Racing
Driver: Mark Winterbottom Driver: Dean Fiore
Co-Driver: Luke Youlden Co-Driver: Michael Patrizi
2010 championship: 3rd 2010 championship: 24th

Car Number: 6 Car Number: 14

Team: Dunlop Super Dealer FPR Team: Trading Post Racing
Driver: Steven Richards Driver: Jason Bright
Co-Driver: James Moffat Co-Driver: Matt Halliday
2010 championship: 19th 2010 championship: 20th

Car Number: 7 Car Number: 15

Team: Jack Daniel’s Racing Team: Jack Daniel’s Racing
Driver: Todd Kelly Driver: Rick Kelly
Engineer: Dale Wood Engineer: Owen Kelly
2010 championship: 17th 2010 championship: 7th

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Car Number: 30
Team: Gulf Western Racing
Driver: Mark Noske
Co-Driver: Nathan Pretty
2010 championship: 57th

Car Number: 16 Car Number: 33

Team: Kelly Racing Team: Fujitsu Racing
Driver: Tony Ricciardello Driver: Lee Holdsworth
Co-Driver: Taz Douglas Co-Driver: David Besnard
2010 championship: 26th 2010 championship: 8th

Car Number: 17 Car Number: 34

Team: Jim Beam Racing Team: Fujitsu Racing
Driver: Steve Johnson Driver: Michael Caruso
Co-Driver: Marcus Marshall Co-Driver: Greg Ritter
2010 championship: 12th 2010 championship: 9th

Car Number: 18 Car Number: 39

Team: Jim Beam Racing Team: Supercheap Auto Racing
Driver: James Courtney Driver: Russell Ingall
Co-Driver: Warren Luff Co-Driver: Paul Morris
2010 championship: 1st 2010 championship: 15th

Car Number: 19 Car Number: 47

Team: Canadian Club Racing Team: Wilson Security Racing
Driver: Jonathon Webb Driver: Tim Slade
Co-Driver: David Russell Co-Driver: Jack Perkins
2010 championship: 13th 2010 championship: 14th

Car Number: 21 Car Number: 51

Team: Fair Dinkum Racing Team: Castrol Racing
Driver: Karl Reindler Driver: Greg Murphy
Co-Driver: David Wall Co-Driver: Allan Simonsen
2010 championship: 28th 2010 championship: 25th

Car Number: 22 Car Number: 55

Team: Toll Holden Racing Team Team: The Bottle-O Racing
Driver: Will Davison Driver: Paul Dumbrell
Co-Driver: David Reynolds Co-Driver: Dean Canto
2010 championship: 16th 2010 championship: 10th

Car Number: 24 Car Number: 888

Team: Bundaberg Red Racing Team: TeamVodafone
Driver: Fabian Coulthard Driver: Craig Lowndes
Engineer: Craig Baird Engineer: Mark Skaife
2010 championship: 23rd 2010 championship: 4th

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TRACK MAP & CIRCUIT INFO

Circuit Length: 6.213-kilometres

Circuit Direction: Anti - Clockwise

Average Speed: 178km/h

Top Speed: 300km/h

V8 Supercars Qualifying Lap Record:

Greg Murphy, Holden Commodore VY, 2m06.8594s, 2003 (Dunlop control tyre)

V8 Supercars Race Lap Record:

Jamie Whincup, Ford Falcon BF, 2m08.4651s, 2007 (Dunlop control tyre)

Interesting Fact: This year’s race is the 50th running of Australia’s best-known
motor race. First held in 1963 as the Armstrong 500 after being moved from
Phillip Island, the event has been held every year since, firstly over 500 miles
and then 1000 kilometres since 1973. There were two races held in 1997 and
1998, one for two-litre Super Tourers and one for V8 Supercars, with both
counting in the history books – thus, 2010 is the race’s 50th running.

SCHEDULE & TV TIMES

RD CIRCUIT & DATE SATURDAY TV SUNDAY TV

Rd 1. Yas V8 400 February 18-20 Race 1: Sat, 20 Feb. 12.30-16.30 Race 2: Sun, 21 Feb. 13.30-16.30
Rd 2. Desert 400 February 25-27 Race 3: Sat, 27 Feb. 13.30-16.30 Race 4: Sun, 28 Feb. 13.30-16.30
Rd 3. Clipsal 500 March 11-14 Race 5: Sat 13 Mar. 14.00-17.30 Race 6: Sun 14, Mar. 14.00-17.30
NC Australian F1 Grand Prix March 25-28
Rd 4. ITM Hamilton 400 April 16-18 Race 7: Sat 17 Apr. 13.30-17.30 Race 8: Sun 18 Apr. 14.00-17.30
Rd 5. Ipswich 300 Apr 30-May 2 Race 9: Sat 01 May. 14.00-17.30 Race 10: Sun 02 May. 12.00-15.00
Rd 6. Winton Motor Raceway May 14-16 Race 11: Sat 15 May. 14.30-1600 Race 12: Sun 16 May. 12.00-13.00
Rd 7. SKYCITY Triple Crown June 18-20 Race 13: Sat 19 Jun. 14.30-17.30 Race 14: Sun 20 Jun. 13.30-17.00
Rd 8. Armor All Townsville 400 July 9-11 Race 15: Sat 10 Jul. 13.30-14.00 Race 16: Sun 11 Jul. 2.00-13.00
Rd 9. L&H 500 September 10-12 Q Race: Sat 11 Sep. 15.00-17.30 Race 17: Sun 12 Sep. 12.30-17.30
Rd 10. Supercheap Auto 1000 October 7-10 Q: Sat 09 Oct. 12.00-17.00 Race 18: Sun 10 Oct. 07.00-18.00
Rd 11. Gold Coast 600 October 21-24 Race 19: Sat 23 Oct. 12.00-17.30 Race 20: Sun 24 Oct. 12.00-17.30
Rd 12. Falken Tasmania November 12-14 Race 21: Sat 13 Nov. 14.00-17.30 Race 22: Sun 14 Nov. 14.00-17.30
Rd 13. Norton 360 Sandown November 19-21 Race 23: Sat 20 Nov. 14.30-17.30 Race 24: Sun 21 Nov. 14.00-17.30
Rd 14. Sydney Telstra 500 December 3-5 Race 25: Sat 04 Dec. 14.00-17.30 Race 26: Sun 05 Dec. 13.00-17.30

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PAST BATHURST Winners

YEAR DRIVER/S TEAM CAR

1963 Harry Firth/Bob Jane Ford Australia Ford Cortina GT

1964 Bob Jane/George Reynolds Ford Australia Ford Cortina GT
1965 Bo Seton/Midge Bosworth Fairfield Motors Pty.Ltd Ford Cortina GT500
1966 Rauno Aaltonen/Bob Holden BMC Works Team Morris Cooper S
1967 Harry Firth/Fred Gibson Ford Australia Ford Falcon XR GT
1968 Bruce McPhee/Barry Mulholland Wyong Motors Holden Monaro GTS 327
1969 Colin Bond/Tony Roberts Holden Dealer Team Holden Monaro GTS 350
1970 Allan Moffat Ford Motor Company Ford Falcon XW GT-HO
1971 Allan Moffat Ford Motor Company Ford Falcon XY GT-HO
1972 Peter Brock Holden Dealer Team Holden Torana XU-1
1973 Allan Moffat/Ian Geoghegan Ford Motor Company Ford Falcon XA GT
1974 John Goss/Kevin Bartlett McLeod Ford Falcon XA GT
1975 Peter Brock/Brian Sampson Gown-Hindhaugh Holden Torana L34
1976 Bob Morris/John Fitzpatrick Ron Hodgson Motors Holden Torana L34
1977 Allan Moffat/Jacky Ickx Moffat Ford Dealers Ford Falcon XC
1978 Peter Brock/Jim Richards Holden Dealer Team Holden Torana A9X
1979 Peter Brock/Jim Richards Holden Dealer Team Holden Torana A9X
1980 Peter Brock/Jim Richards Holden Dealer Team Holden Commodore VC
1981 Dick Johnson/John French Tru-Blu/Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon XD
1982 Peter Brock/Larry Perkins Holden Dealer Team Holden Commodore VH
1983 Peter Brock/Larry Perkins/John Harvey Holden Dealer Team Holden Commodore VH
1984 Peter Brock/Larry Perkins Holden Dealer Team Holden Commodore VK
1985 Armin Hahne/John Goss JRA Ltd/Jaguar Racing Jaguar XJS
1986 Allan Grice/Graeme Bailey Chickadee Chicken Holden Commodore VK
1987 Peter Brock/David Parsons/Peter McLeod Mobil HDT Racing Holden Commodore VL
1988 Tony Longhurst/Tomas Mezera Benson & Hedges Racing Ford Sierra RS500
1989 Dick Johnson/John Bowe Shell Ultra-Hi Racing Ford Sierra RS500
1990 Allan Grice/Win Percy Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VL TWR
1991 Jim Richards/Mark Skaife Nissan Motor Sport Nissan GT-R
1992 Jim Richards/Mark Skaife Winfield Racing Nissan GT-R
1993 Larry Perkins/Gregg Hansford Castrol Perkins Racing Holden Commodore VP
1994 Dick Johnson/John Bowe Shell-FAI Racing Ford Falcon EB
1995 Larry Perkins/Russell Ingall Castrol Perkins Racing Holden Commodore VR
1996 Craig Lowndes/Greg Murphy Mobil Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VR
1997 Geoff Brabham/David Brabham Diet-Coke BMW Racing BMW 320i
1997 Larry Perkins/Russell Ingall Castrol Perkins Racing Holden Commodore VS
1998 Rickard Rydell/Jim Richards Volvo S40 Racing Volvo S40
1998 Jason Bright/Steven Richards Pirtek Racing Ford Falcon EL
1999 Greg Murphy/Steven Richards Wynn’s Racing Holden Commodore VT
2000 Garth Tander/Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VT
2001 Mark Skaife/Tony Longhurst Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VX
2002 Mark Skaife/Jim Richards Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VX
2003 Greg Murphy/Rick Kelly Kmart Racing Holden Commodore VY
2004 Greg Murphy/Rick Kelly Kmart Racing Holden Commodore VY
2005 Mark Skaife/Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VZ
2006 Craig Lowndes/Jamie Whincup Team Betta Electrical Ford Falcon BA
2007 Craig Lowndes/Jamie Whincup TeamVodafone Ford Falcon BF
2008 Craig Lowndes/Jamie Whincup TeamVodafone Ford Falcon BF
2009 Garth Tander/Will Davison Toll Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE

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REVIEW Race 17, L&H 500 Phillip Island

Lowndes and Skaife add another win to their bank

Old Dogs have bite 2010 V8 Supercars Drivers Points

T he L&H 500 at Phillip Island looked like it was set to be a

TeamVodafone demonstration. 1
2
James Courtney
Jamie Whincup
2101
1922
While the team did take the win with Craig Lowndes and Mark 3 Mark Winterbottom 1862
Skaife – the most experienced driver line-up in the field – it looked 4 Craig Lowndes 1739
like the only car that would stop them from success would be the 5 Shane van Gisbergen 1689
sister Vodafone Commodore of Jamie Whincup and Steve Owen. 6 Garth Tander 1680
In the final stint, Whincup’s car developed a vibration in the front 7 Rick Kelly 1574
bumper which caused damage underneath the car, forcing the entry 8 Lee Holdsworth 1439
to pit and drop well down the order. 9 Michael Caruso 1358
10 Paul Dumbrell 1314
While the team got to celebrate another endurance win, it could
have been so much more ... Teams Championship
Mark Winterbottom and Luke Youlden finished second in their
1 TeamVodafone 3661
Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon. While the pair didn’t have the pace to race
2 Jim Beam Racing 3385
with the leading TeamVodafone Commodores, they were easily the
3 Fujitsu Racing/GRM 2822
best of the rest. The result has thrown Winterbottom right back into
4 Ford Performance Racing 2779
title contention after a couple of average rounds in the mid-part of
5 Toll Holden Racing Team 2703
the season.
6 Stone Brothers Racing 2577
Third place went to Team BOC’s Jason Richards and Andrew Jones. 7 Jack Daniel’s Racing 2561
After an issue with a wheel at the team’s first pit stop, the squad 8 Brad Jones Racing 2203
rolled the dice with its strategy – and it paid off. The #8 Commodore 9 Paul Morris Motorsport 1856
roared up the field, taking third place and proving that Richards can 10 Kelly Racing 1414
never be discounted in endurance mode.

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V8/ATCC CHAMPIONS
2009 Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon FG
2008 Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BF
2007 Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE
2006 Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VZ
2005 Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA
2004 Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA
2003 Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA
2002 Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VX
2001 Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VX
2000 Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VT
1999 Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VT/VS
1998 Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VS/VT
1997 Glenn Seton Ford Falcon EL
1996 Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VR
1995 John Bowe Ford Falcon EF
1994 Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VP
1993 Glenn Seton Ford Falcon EB
1992 Mark Skaife Nissan GT-R
1991 Jim Richards Nissan GT-R
1990 Jim Richards Nissan Skyline GTS-R/GT-R
1989 Dick Johnson Ford Sierra RS500
1988 Dick Johnson Ford Sierra RS500
1987 Jim Richards BMW M3
1986 Robbie Francevic Volvo 240T
1985 Jim Richards BMW 635Csi
1984 Dick Johnson Ford Falcon XE
1983 Allan Moffat Mazda RX7
1982 Dick Johnson Ford Falcon XD
1981 Dick Johnson Ford Falcon XD
1980 Peter Brock Holden Commodore VB
1979 Bob Morris Holden Torana A9X
1978 Peter Brock Holden Torana A9X
1977 Allan Moffat Ford Falcon XB GT
1976 Allan Moffat Ford Falcon GT
1975 Colin Bond Holden Torana L34
1974 Peter Brock Holden Torana XU1/SLR5000
1973 Allan Moffat Ford Falcon GTHO
1972 Bob Jane Chevrolet Camaro
1971 Bob Jane Chevrolet Camaro
1970 Norm Beechey Holden Monaro GTS 350
1969 Ian Geoghegan Ford Mustang
1968 Ian Geoghegan Ford Mustang
1967 Ian Geoghegan Ford Mustang
1966 Ian Geoghegan Ford Mustang
1965 Norm Beechey Ford Mustang
1964 Ian Geoghegan Ford Cortina GT
1963 Bob Jane Jaguar 4.1 Mk11
1962 Bob Jane Jaguar 3.8 Mk11
1961 Bill Pitt Jaguar 3.4 Mark Skaife: Five-times
1960 David McKay Jaguar 3.4 V8 Supercars Champion.

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Seven’s biggest-e
V8 Supercars Television and Network Seven have won countless Logies for their coverage of
the Bathurst 1000. Here is a list of reasons why it will probably win again this year ....
• 116 cameras in-car, on-track, in concrete kerbs and walls, in the air and in the pits for coverage of The Great Race – The
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.
• Including in-car cameras in other races across the weekend, Seven will have a total of 168 cameras at Mount Panorama – the
biggest broadcast ever undertaken on Australian television.
• 40 cameras on-track. 4 cameras in the pits. 1 helicopter camera. 65 in-car cameras in 13 V8 Supercars and a further 52 in-car
cameras in cars competing in other races across the 1000 weekend. 5 electronic field production cameras. And, 1 “pokey cam”.
• On-board cameras include a specially built “rail” camera that can track by remote control alongside the driver’s seat in the
Supercheap car of Ingall and Morris. The helmet camera will return on Rick Kelly, along with a new under-car camera for
the Lowndes/Skaife car, a mirror camera for the Mark Winterbottom FPR car, several miniature cameras with zoom controls,
and also mounted on the steering column, plus many other places across thirteen cars.
• V8 Supercar drivers carrying in-car cameras:
# Drivers Car
1 Jamie Whincup Steve Owen
2 Garth Tander Cameron McConville
5 Mark Winterbottom Luke Youlden
8 Jason Richards Andrew Jones
9 Shane van Gisbergen John McIntyre
11 Jason Bargwanna Glenn Seton
15 Rick Kelly Owen Kelly
18 James Courtney Warren Luff
24 Fabian Coulthard Craig Baird
33 Lee Holdsworth David Besnard
39 Russell Ingall Paul Morris
51 Greg Murphy Tim Blanchard
888 Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife
• 36 kilometres of television production cable, enough to lap the circuit six times.
• Flycam covering the pits, the starting grid and the run down Pit Straight to the first turn at Hell Corner. 160 kilometres an
hour top-speed. 450 metres of flycam cabling.

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ever Great Race coverage

• Extreme slow-motion cameras will also be in use in pit lane and various locations across the top of the mountain – capturing
every little flex and twist, the full stress and strain of V8 Supercars and crews going at full tilt.
• On-screen information will see 3D CADCAM take viewers inside the cars and a computer-generated graphics system will track
cars around the circuit.
• Host area garage is a full working display of a team set-up, including a full racing car from Supercheap, a drive train and a pit
boom. Pit reporter Mark Larkham will be based there, and in his regular Dick Smith Tech Centre, to explain the inner workings of
a V8 Supercar. Larkham will even have a small camera of his own, known as “Pokey Cam”, to get into places on a V8 Supercar
that you may never have seen.
• Television production team of 315 air-lifted to Bathurst from all over Australia and New Zealand to bring together the best
experience in motorsport television for Seven’s coverage.
• Coverage being broadcast in 130 countries across Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, the Middle East, throughout Asia,
the United States, and across Europe and North Africa.
• Matthew White and Neil Crompton will anchor Seven’s coverage along with Aaron Noonan in the commentary booth. Mark
Beretta, Mark Larkham and Grant Denyer will follow the drama in the pits, and Tom Williams is back at the mountain this year to
capture the colour and personalities involved in the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.
• A new one hour special – Battle of Bathurst – is a look back at some of the old Bathurst footage and heroes of the Mountain.
Mark Skaife and Mark Larkham relive memories of The Great Race. Coming from pit lane on the Friday night before the big
race on Seven (with a re-broadcast on 7mate on Saturday), the special will also capture the racing teams’ preparations for the
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.
• Seven’s coverage is led by Seven’s Head of Sport, Saul Shtein, Executive Producer for V8 Supercars Television, Murray
Lomax, Senior Producer for V8 Supercars Television, Simon Fordham, and Senior Director for V8 Supercars Television, Nathan
Prendergast.
Broadcast Times: The Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000*
Friday, 8 October 1:00-4:00pm
Saturday, 9 October 12:00-5:00pm
Sunday, 10 October 7:00am-6:00pm
Battle of Bathurst
Friday, 8 October 11:20pm-12:20am
Sunday, 11 October 6:00-7:00am
Battle of Bathurst on 7mate
Saturday, 9 October 5:00-6:00pm
* All times Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time. Check local guides for broadcast information

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Pre-Bathurst media moments: Todd and Rick Kelly’s Jack Daniel’s Commodores and transporters
and an F/A-18 Hornet at the RAAF Williamtown in New South Wales.

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FLASHBACK Bathurst, 2008

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Bathurst 2008: Steven Richards leads the field away

at the start while pole-sitter Garth Tander is left at
the back of the field after a slow get-away.

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