Stewards Penalties Imposed At Pukekohe

[RaceTime]

STEWARDS PENALTIES IMPOSED AT THE V8 SUPERCAR CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES, ROUND 12, PUKEKOHE, 7-9 NOVEMBER 2003



FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER
An inquiry was held into an alleged breach of Rules, in that Lansvale Smash Repair Team (car #3) failed to use an incompressible jack stand whilst a crew member was underneath the car. Due to conflicting evidence, a breach of rules could not be established.



SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER
Following the non-participation of car #75, Anthony Tratt, in the qualifying session, it was determined that car #75 would start Race 1 from the rear of the grid.


Car #10, Mark Larkham, was found to be in breach of Rules in that car #10 failed to undertake a compulsory pit stop during Race 1. Breach was proved by admission and a penalty of car #10 to start from the rear of the grid in Race 2 was imposed.


An inquiry was held into an alleged breach of Rules, that car #17, Steven Johnson, passed car #5, Glenn Seton, under yellow flags during Race 1. The pass was established as a redress of position during a safety car period and the allegation was dismissed.



SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER
Car #50, Jason Bright, was found to be in breach of Rules, exceeding the pit lane speed limit during the warm-up. A fine of $300 was imposed.


An inquiry was held into an alleged breach of Rules, in that car #4, Marcos Ambrose, passed car #8, Paul Dumbrell, under yellow flags during Race 1. The evidence presented showed that the pass occurred prior to the yellow flag at Flag Point 2 and did not support a breach of the Rules.


An inquiry was held into an incident whereby car #21, Brad Jones, failed to respond to a mechanical black flag signal during Race 3 until the car had completed a total of four laps after initial display. A breach of the Rules was established, however given the number of positions lost by car #21 when the car duly responded to the flag signal, no further penalty was imposed.


An inquiry was held following receipt of a Request for Incident Review from car #3, Cameron McConville, alleging contact between car #3 and car #29, Paul Morris, during Race 3. Evidence supported a breach of careless driving Rule by Paul Morris. A penalty of an official reprimand was imposed.


Car #9, Russell Ingall, was found to be in breach of Rules, following an inquiry held after receipt of a Request for Incident Review from car #17, Steven Johnson. The incident involving car #17 and car #9 was reviewed and the evidence supported a breach of careless driving Rule by Russell Ingall. A penalty of a deduction of 20 Championship Points from Russell Ingall's accumulated total was imposed.

[harderfaster]

20 points off Ingall... that's gotta hurt!

[vortexo]

Kim has escaped it appears ????

[TSR]

So he should. One J Greech escapes from the same situation at every V8 meeting.

[Nevermind]

Did larkham not stop at all, or pit outside the window?

[HRT #1]

Interesting I thought Ingall would of got a time penalty for his careless driving, oh well a 20 point deduction is just as good.

[GTRMagic]

Not sure, but it sounds like a good strategy... run the car without a pitstop and only get bumped to the rear in R2, but keep the championship points

[Conrod Kieron]

Thats a great loophole GTR, I wonder what you get if you don't take you CPS in the final race of the round?
I wonder what the outcome would be if say Ambrose didn't take a CPS in R1 at EC, won the race and started from the back in R2

[jetsetter]

It seems strange for him not to take a pit stop, it surely couldn't just slip his mind. What did he think his pit crew was standing in pit lane for?

[RaceTime]

Exercise?

[GTRMagic]

To look after the quick car of J.Bargwanna!

[Wizzby]

Good to see Kim got off, but the description of the meatball incident sounds like a bloody hard back pedal to me!

[William Dale Jr]

Quick question, does anyone know if the everyone moved up a slot on the grid after Larko was bumped back, or was his spot left vacant?

[RaceTime]

Not sure what did happen,m but the way AVESCO works, they would have shortened the previous race to ensure the grid was moved arund to fill the 'empty grid space'

[GTRMagic]

Originally posted by Wizzby
Good to see Kim got off, but the description of the meatball incident sounds like a bloody hard back pedal to me!

Think of it this way, if Mr Jones was lined up to be fined for the boring 'bringing the sport into disrepute' angle, and the officials knowingly f&*(ed up, perhaps a compromise was reached, where one particular incident and its outcomes offsets the other to achieve a win-win situation for all.

Stranger things have happened

[Wizzby]

Two wrongs don't make a right though... not that I think what Kim did was wrong mind you. I reckon the officials do enough to being the sport into disrepute on their own...

[GTRMagic]

Well it was 3 wrongs actually, BJ ignored the meatball flag too....

[GTRMagic]

So tell me, given that Jr complained to the stewards about the nerf from Rusty, and McConville complained to the stewards about a nerf from Morris, is this the way the teams will get issues redressed when they feel they are badly done by??

So Rusty should have complained about BJ nerfing him into the wall at Pukekohe and stuffing his race.

Just as Marcos should have about the PI incidents with Jason Bright

Are the teams having to self-regulate because the stewards cant be bothered????