Canberra V8 Race One Results

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R03: 2001 Shell Championship Series Round 5 Race 1
Official Race Results

Pos Nr Driver(s) Car Laps F/Lap On
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1 17 Steven Johnson Ford Falcon AU 25 1:45.2451 6
2 100 Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon AU 25 1:44.7826 7
3 1 Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VX 25 1:45.5615 17
4 34 Garth Tander Holden Commodore VX 25 1:45.4826 8
5 5 Glenn Seton Ford Falcon AU 25 1:45.4111 7
6 18 Paul Radisich Ford Falcon AU 25 1:45.0943 20
7 29 Paul Morris Holden Commodore VX 25 1:45.7226 8
8 8 Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VX 25 1:45.8340 6
9 35 Jason Bargwanna Holden Commodore VX 25 1:46.1200 7
10 600 John Bowe Ford Falcon AU 25 1:46.1680 7
11 2 Jason Bright Holden Commodore VX 25 1:46.5382 7
12 51 Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VX 25 1:45.3338 7
13 11 Larry Perkins Holden Commodore VX 25 1:47.1233 7
14 21 Brad Jones Ford Falcon AU 25 1:46.4616 9
15 9 David Besnard Ford Falcon AU 25 1:47.0246 25
16 43 Paul Weel Ford Falcon AU 25 1:46.4393 10
17 75 Anthony Tratt Ford Falcon AU 25 1:46.5155 9
18 10 Mark Larkham Ford Falcon AU 25 1:46.7505 9
19 3 Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VX 25 1:45.8677 6
20 121 Jason Richards Holden Commodore VT 25 1:47.1455 8
21 31 Steve Ellery Ford Falcon AU 25 1:46.0039 7
22 50 Tyler Mecklem Holden Commodore VT 25 1:47.1200 9
23 7 Rodney Forbes FORD AU 25 1:47.1495 9
24 24 Paul Romano Holden Commodore VX 25 1:49.9447 20
25 16 Dugal McDougall Holden Commodore VX 25 1:47.3077 5
26 6 Steven Richards Ford Falcon AU 24 1:45.6915 7
27 23 Steve Reed Holden Commodore VS 22 1:48.0033 8
DNF 15 Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VX 23 1:45.5615 9
DNF 40 Cameron McLean Ford Falcon AU 16 1:46.4230 6
DNF 4 Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon AU 9 1:45.6005 7
DNF 54 Tony Longhurst Holden Commodore VX 2 1:48.2843 2
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Created from official timing information on:
Saturday 9th June, 2001 at 17:00

[DAVID PATERSON]

So what happned to Kelly and Longhurst?

[Ray Bell]

Lowndes got fastest lap by a big margin... could be his event tomorrow.

[DAVID PATERSON]

He's got his work cut out for him in the reverse grid race, but if he makes up a few places there, he might get a good grid spot for the 50 lapper.

I'm a Holden fan, but I'm also still a big fan of Lowndesy. Oh, who to cheer?

[Crash Test]

Kelly obviously suffered damage from his coming together with Sellery, Longhurst- possibly a problem after the Besnard contact?

By the way- who was stuck in the escape road at the round-a-bout after the Chinese Embassy just before the pace car for Ambrose? Hmm, actually, it was probably Longhurst.

[DAVID PATERSON]

Yeah, i saw the yellow flags and they never told us why.

I was glad to hear the Chinese embassy get a mention. If they said Parliament House once more i was going to scream.

How about Longhurst and Besnard playing banger cars down Flynn Drive. I wonder if Tony was demonstrating how he is still dirty about losing his seat to a bloke who has to prequalify.

[Crash Test]

BTW- Why don't they mention the National Library? Or would none of the audience understand the concept of l-i-b-r-a-r-y?

They could have a race in my backyard, it can run between the new and the old vegie patch....I'm sure Bill and Barry could make it sound exciting....

[DAVID PATERSON]

There are many, many landmarks within that circuit, why not mention them all? I'm sure that the government who are paying for the race would dearly love us to hear about them all.