2008 V8SCFC: Round 9 Phillip Island 500

[Antrodemus]

Rain, rain, come again, and spice up the racing a bit!

Top Ten

P	Team	Owner	Pts
1	Hayden Craig Motorsports	H C Motorsport	657
2	West Surrey Racing	00 XR8	617
3	B.O.R.I.N.G.	Boxy	602
4	Shane's Signs Racing	mtpanorama	599
5	BlueBlood Motorsport	BlueBlood	570
6	Brendon Engineering	Pro Racer	559
7	Dennit Motorsports	Ford00	542
8	Zupps Racing Team	TBMATT05	531
9	Mach 1 Motorsport	Desert Rat	525
10	Andrew Denman Racing	stmookeyj033	521

Hayden Craig Motorsport battled valiantly through the rain to record their first win of the year at P.I., followed closely West Surrey Racing and B.O.R.I.N.G.
Special mention must also be made of Andrew Denman Racing, who scored what I believe is their first top ten ever, and first top 45 result this year!
Congrats to hot and cold H C drivers Shane van Gisbergen, Michael Patrizi, Paul Radisich, and Michael Caruso!

Hard Charger Award
I love enduro time. Really shakes up the standings
Shane's Signs Racing might have missed out on the podium, but they did carry away the Hard Charger Award with a fantastic 20 place gain. They were followed closely by round winner Hayden Craig Motorsport (up 19), while BlueBlood Motorsport (up 15), Zupps Racing Team (up 12), and Pinnacle Motorsport (up 10) also had the afterburners on.


Biggest Loser Award
It must be getting crowded at the top, because the falls are certainly not matching the rises. Team MVMotorsport takes the ignominy of the Biggest Loser with an 11 place fall, while SZaucy Motorsport dropped 10 places, and Hazzard Motorsport stumbled back 9.


Standings:

Pos.	Team	Owner	Pts	Gap	+/-
1	Brendon Engineering	Pro Racer	3860		-
2	B.O.R.I.N.G.	Boxy	3698	-162	3
3	West Surrey Racing	00 XR8	3672	-26	6
4	Two Dollar Shop Racing	kramer	3658	-14	-2
5	Jacko Junior Racing	Jacko44	3582	-76	-1
6	Mach 1 Motorsport	Desert Rat	3580	-2	3
7	Dodo Racing	Razor	3507	-73	-
8	Jose Motorsport	Exceler8	3504	-3	-5
9	Hot Wheels Racing	M-Kart	3488	-16	-3
10	Powertrain Racing	Suttory	3457	-31	1
11	Mongrelpunt Motorsports	mongrelpunt	3436	-21	-3
12	Lego Racers	DarthFalcon	3419	-17	1
13	Dennit Motorsports	Ford00	3357	-62	8
14	Hayden Craig Motorsports	H C Motorsport	3333	-24	19
15	GAZ170 Motorsports	Gaz170	3320	-13	1
16	Scuderia Cavallo Ferro	Antrodemus	3295	-25	-4
17	Total Kaos Racing	Snuggles	3288	-7	2
18	Team Starbucks	krypto71	3287	-1	-4
19	Bahodietek	bahodie	3282	-5	-2
20	Crooks Motorsport	StuiE	3246	-36	-5
21	BlueBlood Motorsport	BlueBlood	3226	-20	15
22	Team Tiger Racing	carma	3214	-12	1
23	Australian Motorsports	Chatters	3203	-11	2
24	Eagle Team.NZL	Biggy G	3202	-1	-4
25	RobbeRacing	Robbe	3185	-17	-7
25	Zupps Racing Team	TBMATT05	3185	=	12
27	Team JVC	Perkins_11	3152	-33	-3
28	Shane's Signs Racing	mtpanorama	3104	-48	20
29	Armageddon Motorsport	Armageddon	3091	-13	-3
30	Pinnacle Motorsport	marcus	3067	-24	10
31	Hazzard Motorsport	redrag	3061	-6	-9
32	Axeman Performance Racing	Axeman444	3019	-42	-2
33	Team Twig	Twig98	2994	-25	-6
34	All American Racers	Matt	2952	-42	-5
35	PD Racing	pat25d	2950	-2	-5
36	Rombles Racing	Rombles1	2931	-19	2
37	Gotta Race	billybanana	2925	-6	2
37	Team Tic Tac	GTRMagic	2925	=	4
39	Team MVMotorsports	MattV	2915	-10	-11
40	LilChad Racing	kiwi20	2909	-6	-7
40	Holden Performance Racing	adz_34	2909	=	-7
42	SZaucy Motorsport	SZaucy	2906	-3	-10
43	Team Bourbonphone	Micklegend	2895	-11	-1
43	Punter Racing	Average Punter	2895	=	-1
43	Grace Motorsport	Big_Red_Bronco	2895	=	-1
43	Archangel Motorsport	Shadow Archangel	2895	=	-1
47	S.L.U.T. Racing	Ben_Dover	2827	-68	-1
48	Racing Green Hornet	Green Hornet	2803	-24	-1
49	Smirnoff Autotechnica	HRT433	2749	-54	1
50	Noiseworker Racing	noiseworker	2722	-27	-1
51	Jacob Racing	nickyf1	2709	-13	-
52	Team Fujitsu	Fernandez_Angel	2663	-46	-
53	Southern Cross Racing	liquid drano	2608	-55	-
54	Andrew Denman Racing	stmookeyj033	2269	-339	3
55	Team Kiwi Butt	kiwi butt	2180	-89	-1
56	Team Coca-Cola	Mikes544	2157	-23	-1
57	T.A Racing	T.A	2016	-141	-1
58	ANZ Racing	Lowndes Force	1985	-31	-
59	Bottle-O Racing	JackBlahBlah	1173	-812	-

Brendon Engineering have managed to extend their championship lead while their main rivals struck trouble. B.O.R.I.N.G. have leapt into second with a solid run, but they now have to worry about the West Surrey Racing and Two Dollar Shop Racing cars stuck to their bumper. Jacko Junior Racing have held off Mach 1 Motorsport for fifth - barely.

Next up, Bathurst

[Pro Racer]

good building a buffer hope it continues.

[stmookeyj033]

Actually it's our first top 10 for 4 years. We won Bathurst in 2004.

[Antrodemus]

Originally Posted by stmookeyj033

Actually it's our first top 10 for 4 years. We won Bathurst in 2004.

Apologies. I'm not used to seeing you way up there!

[H C Motorsport]

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS (back to back 500 winners)

HCM has what most teams dream of, Winning back to back 500's, This year at the Island and last year at Sandown, "It doesn't seem to matter what track it is as long as we do 500ks around we will be right up there, Fantastic job to all involed with the team and lets hope we can finishs as strong as we did last year at Bathurst (top 3) or maybe a couple better, Great work team well done." said one very happy team owner.

[MattV]

Woohoo I'm the biggest loser....

(oh wait up this is not a weight loss challenge)

[Ford00]

Good, a decent result, Top 10 looking good lets jump another 8 places, and to think I was going to sack Caruso