[V8SC09R05&06]Winton Motor Raceway, Victoria

Razor · 19 Apr 2009, 14:20 (Ref:2444745)

With Jamie Whincup and the T-888 living up to it's terminator-esque team number (Ie: being an unstoppable machine), can anyone stop his dominance or once again could we see the #1 Hogster mobile win series races five and six? The use of stickier rubber and smaller fuel tanks will throw a curve ball for the 200km race while the 100km race could throw some surprises if some people will use the soft tyre.

Pick of the bunch:
Jamie Whincup
Will Davison
Mark Winterbottom
Garth Tander

Dark horses:
Fabian Coulthard
Craig Lowndes
Jason Richards
Jack Perkins
Kelly brothers
Steven Richards

PVDA · 19 Apr 2009, 22:51 (Ref:2445035)

For those attending bring your FM radio &/or TV as you can pick up the broadcast & timing on UHF TV Ch29 & 31 and the commentary on FM 87.6MHz.

Chatters · 20 Apr 2009, 00:55 (Ref:2445083)

An interesting and exciting weekend to look forward to - Winton not in the middle of winter (thank heavens

), new rubbery stuff to play with, should be great!

But will it make a difference? Nope. Jamie Whincup first, daylight second, third, fourth, fifth...

Pro Racer · 20 Apr 2009, 05:11 (Ref:2445187)

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Originally Posted by Chatters

An interesting and exciting weekend to look forward to - Winton not in the middle of winter (thank heavens

), new rubbery stuff to play with, should be great!

But will it make a difference? Nope. Jamie Whincup first, daylight second, third, fourth, fifth...

what he said. although behind daylight i think GRM will be strong and i think the Kelly boys might turn it on abit they are starting to get their heads around the stuff now.

Micklegend · 20 Apr 2009, 02:16 (Ref:2445122)

I wouldnt rule out another strong result for GRM too.

**GTRMagic** · 20 Apr 2009, 02:54 (Ref:2445135)

Who will drive for TKR using what car this weekend?

motofan · 20 Apr 2009, 02:58 (Ref:2445137)

well GTR if your in the know please keep us updated, uni can be very boring at times personally i hope fiore will stay in the car

**GTRMagic** · 20 Apr 2009, 03:12 (Ref:2445142)

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Originally Posted by motofan

well GTR if your in the know please keep us updated, uni can be very boring at times personally i hope fiore will stay in the car

EOI's are supposed to be with VESA by COB today... for the REC.. Presuming FPR (or someone else) stumps up for the REC.. TKR will not appear at Winton with a car using their own licence.

The Official Assignee allegedly still has the TKR brand to sell to satisfy debts.. if it gets sold on, maybe it can appear elsewhere....

motofan · 20 Apr 2009, 03:24 (Ref:2445146)

so the contenders from within the current field are FPR, PMM, and maybe WSR? and outside of them you have that kiwi bloke whose ready to run i forget his name,

jamie for the win if hes out front he will brain them and if he's mid pack t888 are the only team who are bang on with strategy so my guess is hell come in 4 laps earlier then every1 else and come out in front :P either way JW with the win
frosty second
davo third

tander in the wall (fingers crossed)
fabian and jc rounding out top 5

EBXR8 · 20 Apr 2009, 05:32 (Ref:2445194)

After a stellar performance last weekend i would expect to see DJR continue its strong Form.

Pro Racer · 20 Apr 2009, 08:17 (Ref:2445233)

Will was strong there last year with DJR so there is no reason to sujest why they won't be strong again this year.

Reload · 21 Apr 2009, 04:13 (Ref:2446015)

Attended OP last December for the 35 deg Saturday, onto Wakefield this weekend and then Winton the following weekend.
For all the discomfort that goes with supporting this great sport, you wouldn't have it any other way.

rustyinsthoz · 21 Apr 2009, 21:43 (Ref:2446602)

FPR should be closer to the T8 pace as Winton is their test track.

EBXR8 · 22 Apr 2009, 01:10 (Ref:2446698)

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Originally Posted by rustyinsthoz

FPR should be closer to the T8 pace as Winton is their test track.

"Should" Being The Appropiate Word

**GTRMagic** · 22 Apr 2009, 12:58 (Ref:2446980)

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Originally Posted by rustyinsthoz

FPR should be closer to the T8 pace as Winton is their test track.

Pace isnt worth anything if you cant finish a race without a car in the wall

bludvl_x19 · 23 Apr 2009, 00:06 (Ref:2447433)

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Originally Posted by rustyinsthoz

FPR should be closer to the T8 pace as Winton is their test track.

Someone wise once said that racing at your test track isn't the advantage that you would think. Instead of arriving and setting up the car to the conditions and chasing a decent setup that way like most teams, a team is more likely to set the car up to the best setup they had at the last test day, and then could fall behind as they aren't using the weather conditions etc to assist them with choosing the setup.

Hope that made more sense to you guys than it does to me reading it

For the record, I shall be there in my usual vantage point, I'm hoping for a HRT victory, but I'm more likely to get T8 coming towards me first.

rustyinsthoz · 24 Apr 2009, 00:01 (Ref:2448263)

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Originally Posted by bludvl_x19

Someone wise once said that racing at your test track isn't the advantage that you would think. Instead of arriving and setting up the car to the conditions and chasing a decent setup that way like most teams, a team is more likely to set the car up to the best setup they had at the last test day, and then could fall behind as they aren't using the weather conditions etc to assist them with choosing the setup.

Hope that made more sense to you guys than it does to me reading it

For the record, I shall be there in my usual vantage point, I'm hoping for a HRT victory, but I'm more likely to get T8 coming towards me first.

Well, a smart team would take weather and track conditions in to account when setting their car up. But then again, we are talking about FPR aren't we.

Chatters · 27 Apr 2009, 13:58 (Ref:2450701)

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Originally Posted by bludvl_x19

Someone wise once said that racing at your test track isn't the advantage that you would think.

It worked for Jack Jack and Shane Price a couple of years back... Top 10 qualifying results for all!

retro · 28 Apr 2009, 00:58 (Ref:2451191)

Back to Basics for Slade...

click here

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Under-fire V8 Supercar rookie Tim Slade will keep his job but lose all mod cons in his car for this weekend's championship round at Winton Raceway.

Slade has had a disastrous start to his first year in V8 Supercars - crashing his Supercheap Auto Holden in all four championship races this year.

carma · 23 Apr 2009, 06:00 (Ref:2447544)

cant see anyone beating wincup he is on fire .......

Racenut7 · 23 Apr 2009, 19:12 (Ref:2448087)

Could JW do a Frosty's Winton Pole Lap. That was a 0.7sec gap.

bludvl_x19 · 24 Apr 2009, 00:10 (Ref:2448267)

Its more the preconcived 'ideal' setup, rather than going with a blank canvas, so to speak

Trevor · 24 Apr 2009, 21:03 (Ref:2448861)

It has raining up here all day yesterday, so the grass in Winton's infield will be nice and greasy. I hope it keeps away for the rest of the week.

Rachel Richards · 26 Apr 2009, 01:15 (Ref:2449604)

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Originally Posted by Big_Trev

It has raining up here all day yesterday, so the grass in Winton's infield will be nice and greasy. I hope it keeps away for the rest of the week.

Q: How do you end a four month dry spell. (12 years actually)

A: Schedule a V8 Round......

Check the latest weather

BTW Trev, speaking of keeping away; will you be there next weekend ?

Reload · 26 Apr 2009, 19:45 (Ref:2450127)

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Originally Posted by Rachel Richards

Q: How do you end a four month dry spell. (12 years actually)

A: Schedule a V8 Round......

Check the latest weather

BTW Trev, speaking of keeping away; will you be there next weekend ?

A prediction of around 1mm a day is hardly alarming ??

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