Pole again for Hills

[D.R.T.]

1 88 Peter Hills Ford Mondeo 1:02.4259*
2 45 David Auger Alfa Romeo 1:02.4391 0:00.0132
3 31 Grant Johnston Ford Mondeo 1:02.6514 0:00.2255
4 95 Jamie Miller Toyota Camry ST 1:03.1969 0:00.7710
5 85 APS Racing/Ray Sidebottom Ray Sidebottom Holden Commodore 5000 FT 4 3 1:03.4105 0:00.9846
6 76 Mathew White Mathew White Holden Commodore 5000 FT 14 9 1:03.5235 0:01.0976
7 12 Sam Dale Sam Dale Ford Mondeo 2000 ST 13 5 1:03.5937 0:01.1678
8 16 Bruce Williams Bruce Williams Holden Commodore 5000 FT 12 2 1:03.9766 0:01.5507
9 54 Brett Youlden Brett Youlden Holden Commodore 5000 FT 14 4 1:04.1703 0:01.7444
10 41 Geoff Parker Geoff Parker Holden Commodore 5000 FT 22 12 1:04.4679 0:02.0420
11 84 APS Racing/Ray Sidebottom Shanan Sidebottom Holden Commodore 5000 FT 19 17 1:05.0886 0:02.6627
12 9 B & A Automotive/Andrew Gilles Andrew Gillespie Ford Falcon XR8 5000 FT 19 16 1:05.1113 0:02.6854
13 6 SVO/Fuchs Lubricants/Michael W Michael Webb Ford Falcon XR8 5000 FT 18 14 1:05.1758 0:02.7499
14 53 Pap's Plumbing Service/Mark Pa Mark Papendell Holden Commodore 5000 FT 24 24 1:05.3401 0:02.9142
15 97 Redline Motorsport Paul Leabeater Hyundai Lantra 2000 ST 17 14 1:05.3424 0:02.9165
16 37 Wayne Smith Racing TBA Holden Commodore 5000 FT 20 20 1:05.4430 0:03.0171
17 11 Leanne Ross Leanne Ross Ford Falcon XR8 5000 FT 12 5 1:05.4544 0:03.0285
18 86 Tim D'Ombrain Tim D'Ombrain Holden Commodore 5000 FT 12 2 1:07.5180 0:05.0921

[mtpanorama]

Yipee

[Crash Test]

[RaceTime]

Originally posted by Crash Test

Come on - say what you really think

I heard through the grapevine over the weekend that there was a slight 'officials number' problem at Calder and that the Chief Steward initially refused to allow racing to take place until numbers were boosted. I gather this was eventually done to either someones satisfaction or someones threats/over-riding authority that 2 races were run at least on Saturday...

Some interesting stories starting to emerge from Calder as well - like the driver who was black flagged (stop/go penalty) for 'hitting' and causing another driver to spin off and, when the C of C was queried afterwards and it was pointed out he wasn't near enough to the other car, there were no marks etc and the other driver admitted to spinning himself, the reasoniung was suddenly changed to 'Oh - you jumped the start then'!!!

however, what I did find intriguing - Simon Maas (sp?) aka BIG Simon from Winton Safety Crew was in attendance at Ph Island and NOT Calder Park despite numerous Winton Officials at Calder...politics at play here as well? Never!

[D.R.T.]

1 31 Peter Hills Grant Johnson Ford Mondeo 1998 ST 18 19:01.4815 3 1:01.8884*
2 88 Peter Hills Peter Hills Ford Mondeo 1998 ST 18 19:02.6259 8 1:02.3118
3 45 David Auger David Auger Alfa Romeo 2000 ST 18 19:05.2581 7 1:02.3796
4 30 David Searle SAE Luke Searle BMW 1996 ST 18 19:20.2756 8 1:02.6347
5 85 APS Racing/Ray Sidebottom Ray Sidebottom Holden Commodore 5000 FT 18 19:28.2835 9 1:03.2504
6 12 Sam Dale Sam Dale Ford Mondeo 2000 ST 18 19:29.4370 4 1:03.5147
7 95 Jamie Miller Jamie Miller Toyota Camry 2000 ST 18 19:31.5970 4 1:02.7321
8 54 Brett Youlden Brett Youlden Holden Commodore 5000 FT 18 19:41.2865 12 1:04.5572
9 53 Pap's Plumbing Service/Mark Pa Mark Papendell Holden Commodore 5000 FT 18 19:43.4153 18 1:04.0369
10 84 APS Racing/Ray Sidebottom Shanan Sidebottom Holden Commodore 5000 FT 18 19:49.9654 18 1:04.6404
11 41 Geoff Parker Geoff Parker Holden Commodore 5000 FT 18 20:03.4676 4 1:04.5523
12 97 Redline Motorsport Paul Leabeater Hyundai Lantra 2000 ST 18 20:04.4388 12 1:05.1827
13 9 B & A Automotive/Andrew Gilles Andrew Gillespie Ford Falcon XR8 5000 FT 18 20:06.6864 16 1:05.1877
14 37 Wayne Smith Racing Mark Telfer Holden Commodore 5000 FT 17 19:17.6339 16 1:06.2588
15 76 Mathew White Mathew White Holden Commodore 5000 FT 16 19:36.8602 6 1:04.5309
16 19 Mark Sutherland Mark Sutherland Holden Commodore 5000 FT 12 19:39.0179 4 1:04.7217
DNF 16 Bruce Williams Bruce Williams Holden Commodore 5000 FT 13 14:49.7458 9 1:03.7180
DNF 6 SVO/Fuchs Lubricants/Michael W Michael Webb Ford Falcon XR8 5000 FT 13 15:13.4330 8 1:05.1830
DNF 11 Leanne Ross Leanne Ross Ford Falcon XR8 5000 FT

[Buckshot]

Are the Super Tourers getting slower or are the Future Tourers getting faster ?

The ST's used to flog all the Ft's last season...now the FT's are taking positions away from the ST's.

Does anyone care ?

[racer69]

Well, the first Future Tourer finished 30 odd seconds behind Hills.

I care, but would more if they got there act together and did something new and different, we've got V8 Touring Cars and ST's are old. ETCC rules are the way i would go, they are different, which was why ST did ok at the start, it was something different. Not much chance of my idea happenening though i don't think.

You were right about Calder struggling for officials for Saturday's races RT. Interest that CAMS (in their infinite wisdom) should saunction two meetings in one state (Vic) with Calder and Phillip Island, let alone have the same senario happen in NSW with Oran Park and Wakefield Park's big Historic meeting.

So officals would be stretched to the limit there also. Given that Procar would have brought people to Oran Park from Qld, I wonder how they went for numbers at Qld Raceway on the weekend.

I can remember some years back when the ARDC tried to run an AMSCAR meeting at Amaroo and how can CAMS (and AVESCO) canned it because V8 Supercars were running in Tasmania. CAMS cited at the time that they would not allow two major meetings on the same weekend as one of its reasons for stopping the NSW event (there were reasons too).

Yep, good old CAMS does it again.

[D.R.T.]

I cannot wait the races to be shown on SBS. Does anyone know when they will be shown ?

[Crash Test]

I don't think there were any dramas at QR- there seemed to be three or four officials at each point.

Remember a while back when they had Super Tourers and V8s clashing- and think of poor old GRM...

[Buckshot]

It would have to feel like a hollow victory though wouldn't it ? I mean he's only winning because Paul Morris and Hendo aren't showing up anymore.

[Crash Test]

...and Paul Morris was only winning because Volvo, Audi, McLean, all of the other manufacturers, the pope, the queen and prime minister of Paraguay didn't turn up.

It wouldn't be hollow, a wins a win. Relative to the competition, Hillsy is the new Morris

[D.R.T.]

Too right. A win is a win, no matter how you do it, or who is or isn't there. Peter Hills has come a long way since the old Ford Sierra's at the back of the grid. Peter deserves this and should be congratulated.

[Crash Test]

Too right...the poor old Sierra was one piece of equipment that belonged in a museum long before it was given its last flogging...

Even then when he first got the Mondeo's in 1997, he was the perpetual no hoper, but he started to click in 1998. Remember his cars date back to 1993/94, but they continue to get faster and faster...but then again, you only get more and more speed out of a car at a rate corresponding to the amount of coin you throw at it...

[D.R.T.]

It would have been intruiging to see how fast the old mondeo's could have gone, if in 99 Ford would have got behind the Knight Racing Squad.

[Crash Test]

There probably wasn't/isn't that much more speed left in the Mondeos. If Ford had gotten behind them in 1999 (they wouldn't have done that) they would ahve had to bring some new rocket ships in the country, and that most definately would not have happened...