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Spent the day at Pukekohe with my eldest son who turned 12 yesterday.
Check out the photos below!
Results:
Jamie Whincup - 4th, 2nd, 5th
Craig Lowndes - 14th, 7th, 4th
A good race meeting for Team Vodafone; Jamie Whincup coming 3rd for the round overall and with Craig Lowndes running in the top 10 all weekend, Team Vodafone were easily the best of the Ford teams.
Jamie Whincup
Craig Lowndes
For Jojo: Grid Girls
Also on show:
Ford FPV GT
Ford FPV Ute
Porsche GT3's
3000hp Dragster. Performed an awesome burnout down the front straight...
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Posted: 2007-04-22 13:32:14
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@car - I never knew that this THREAD exists
as I am a bit BUSY with the 2007 F1 Race Thread
Yeah . . . to be honest I like browsing at those sexy and pretty girls than with the cars
(I like the babe in black !) . . . WOW, those Porsches looks nice ! There are times that by chance I manage to watch races very similar to this one . . . held most of the time in - Australia though !
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Posted: 2007-04-22 22:17:57
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TeamVodafone ready to bridge the gap at Winton
Tuesday, May 15 2007
With hundreds of man hours dedicated to the preparation and setup of their racecars, TeamVodafone drivers Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes are eager to repay their crew for their exhaustive efforts with a podium result as the V8 Supercar Championship Series heads to Winton this weekend.
While Whincup's pace was encouraging at Pukekohe, it was clear that there was potential improvement to be found for both Falcons, and at last week's test session it was evident that the leading Ford team had raised the bar.
Both drivers made smooth progress through the session, and with a good base setup they were able to target specific areas in order to improve handling and extract pace.
The TeamVodafone pairing is the only driver combination to have made the final stage of the new elimination-style qualifying at each 2007 round, and is sure to maintain this consistency at Winton.
Winton is a deceptively difficult track to put together a quick, complete lap on, but the Team is confident of finding the form it did at the Victorian circuit last year, where it took the overall round win thanks to a brilliant performance by Craig Lowndes.
While the opening three rounds were certainly an unexpected test for 2005 and 2006 Championship Runner-Up Lowndes, he is confident that the gap to the frontrunners has been bridged significantly.
"Heading into the weekend it looks as though rain may pay a major part in the racing, and to be honest I won't really mind, I'm pretty confident on a wet track," said Lowndes.
"This is one of the most important rounds in terms of qualifying at the front, given that there are so few places to pass."
"The Team has a good handle on what's required to do well here, and I'm looking forward to getting underway after we won here last year."
"Last week's test proved very successful, and while the tyres we ran on weren't that great we still made some really good progress in terms of setup."
Lowndes is in 7th place, with 79 points to his name heading into round 4.
Never one to shy away from a challenge, Jamie Whincup has stepped forward and taken up the Ford charge at the front of the field, comfortably placed in 4th after three rounds of competition.
Whincup gave his team a glowing review following weeks of hard work at their Brisbane base and the subsequent test session, and said he was very happy with the way his car was performing.
"We had a very good and productive test last Friday where we tested a number of new components ahead of the race weekend at Winton, which will be a significant round in terms of the championship," said Whincup. "The Team are just phenomenal - they are working really hard to make up the deficit and trying a whole range of new things," he said. "To see them putting in the hard yards gives me great confidence and inspires me to work even harder on my own preparation." "Both Craig and I were quick at Winton last year and I am confident we will have quick cars again this year, my focus is to keep the momentum that I've built up from the start of the season going."
The drivers will contest 3 x 32 lap races of the 3-kilometre circuit this weekend, with the opening race to be held on Saturday, and the following races to feature on Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon.
The racetrack, which is located around 10 minutes from the township of Benalla, is set to be a hive of activity as the event approaches, with a number of quality support classes, including the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series on show.
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[ This Message was edited by: carkitter on 2007-05-15 23:26 ]
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Posted: 2007-05-16 00:23:21
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Whincup wins for TeamVodafone at Winton
Sunday, May 20 2007
Jamie Whincup has continued the Triple Eight flourish at Winton Motor Raceway, taking his and TeamVodafone's first round victory for the year after finishing second in both 40-lap races today.
Whincup took the round win by just one point from Garth Tander and Rick Kelly. Teammate Craig Lowndes finished fifth overall after resurrecting his weekend with two top ten race results...
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Posted: 2007-05-21 03:30:02
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Another good round for Team Vodafone cementing their 2nd position in the Team Championship and Jamie Whincup getting a third podium result in a row with a 3rd at a very wet Eastern Creek Raceway over the weekend. Craig Lowndes came fifth for the round. Individual race results were:
Whincup - 2nd, 3rd, 4th; Lowndes - 9th, 4th, 2nd.
more...
Official images from rounds 3 and 4 are on the site now.
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Posted: 2007-06-11 14:07:01
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I like those Porsches!
Ps still no
branding?
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Posted: 2007-06-11 14:17:24
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No, not on the cars
, but certainly is on the
team clothing
Edit: BTW, I'm glad you popped in, I was beginning to get a little lonely here...
I'm glad you like the photos; I took 55 shots that day - these are just a few of the best ones to summarise what went on. I'm proud of the fact I got Jamie Whincup to pose for a pic
and even managed to sneak into the Pit garage at the end of the day for some close up shots of the cars.
And to top it off, the team is doing very well in the championship too!
Go Team Vodafone!
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If a man speaks in the woods and there's no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?
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Posted: 2007-06-11 15:00:07
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Jamie must be the chick with the nice legs!
The sports very popular there, I used to watch a bit when the Holden team was winning race after race.
Are you part of the sport or a proud fan?
Whats that blue Ford GT? Looks powerful.
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Posted: 2007-06-11 15:55:05
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Actually the chick in black had asked some friends to take a pic of her with her camera, I couldn't resist taking one of my own...
you know, for the thread here of course.
The Holdens are still winning most of the races... Toll HSV are leading the championship and Holden Racing Team are in there too. That shows how successful Team Vodafone are as the leading Ford team competing at the front of the field with the best of the Holdens.
Ford Performance Vehicles GT is rated at 290kw. I'd say that blue on has more than that...
I'm just an avid fan, but I visit Pukekohe Park Raceway often to watch club meetings, endurance events and national championship races.
BAD NEWS
Statement from Triple Eight Race Engineering
Tuesday, June 12 2007
As a result of a post race Stewards enquiry Triple Eight Race Engineering has accepted the Stewards findings of a breach of technical specifications concerning the rear brake discs of car # 88 in the final V8 Supercar race at Eastern Creek Raceway today.
Triple Eight accepts responsibility for the disqualification of Jamie Whincup's result from Race 3, a consequence of mistakenly using 2006 specification discs.
The error occurred due to the Team including a number of 2006 specification discs sets in the truck spares for Eastern Creek which were to be used on the spare car for the Team's ride days planned for Tuesday and Wednesday this week. It is normal practice to use up redundant stocks of parts on the ride car in this way. Alcon, the suppliers of the control discs for the Category in 2007, were happy to confirm to the Stewards that there was no performance advantage to be gained from using the older, heavier, 2006 specification discs.
A simple mistake was made and, whilst there was no performance gain or advantage in running the old spec discs, Triple Eight Race Engineering acknowledge there was a breach of the technical rules and accepts the penalty imposed.
Whincup's revised meeting points put him in back to fifth place and his new Championship total sees him tied on 205 points with Holden driver Todd Kelly.
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Posted: 2007-06-13 04:55:21
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