[iV8SC14R171819] SkyCity Triple Crown, Darwin -20-22 June

[GTRMagic]

Time to go to one of the hottest places in the country... to go motor racing... V8Supercar style...

Will we get another new winner this round? Will some of the old favourites pull their finger out of the proverbial and cross the line in front of their compadres?

Will the Kiwi feud between ex-SBR old boys Mr Van Gisbergen & Mr McLaughlin break out onto the track... the blue Volvo with the missile engine against the might of the Tekno tornado...

Will HRT cook their engine supply, like they did many moons ago...

Will Erebus get their new engines for this round? Timing from the media reports suggests yes.. but you just never know...

Will the Nissan pilots find a new way to have a bad weekend? Or will they find a magic potion to cure what ails 'em?

Will Mr Ingall be a threat in qually then eat the tyres with poor balance the rest of proceedings?

Too many questions, not enough answers, with the racing only a couple of weeks away....

#6 for another win?

[Umai Naa]

I suspect 1, 5, 6, and 888 will be the most competitive, but are likely to trip over one another.

Anyone within cooee of them will fare well.

[mtpanorama]

Will I be sober enough at 1:50am monday morning to board the plane home, that is the biggest question ?

[Average Punter]

Originally Posted by mtpanorama

Will I be sober enough at 1:50am monday morning to board the plane home, that is the biggest question ?

Ain't that a challenge?

You get moved on from your accommodation at 10am for a midnight-ish flight so where else is there to go but Mitchell Street and the Ducks Nuts...

[sizzle]

Must be almost due for another visit AP! Will catch up with you at Bathurst this year.
Did you get your Townsville fishing trip sorted?

[TSR]

Besides the 2 888,FPR & BJR cars plus #33 & #22 can anyone see any other cars making a decent race this wend.

[sizzle]

Dunno but the birds in the mall obviously aren't fans of Frosty, going by the way they pooped on him anyway!

[peckstar]

Originally Posted by TSR

Besides the 2 888,FPR & BJR cars plus #33 & #22 can anyone see any other cars making a decent race this wend.

to be fair, you just named half the field,

[Umai Naa]

Originally Posted by sizzle

Dunno but the birds in the mall obviously aren't fans of Frosty, going by the way they pooped on him anyway!

That's supposed to be good luck, isn't it?

[peckstar]

SVG on provisional pole, although on softs, moffs not happy with him though

Nissan and volvo in the top ten

Ford making up spots 22-25

[ForumNick]

Originally Posted by peckstar

SVG on provisional pole,

No! He only had fastest lap in P3. 1st Quali is tomorrow AM

[RX767]

Moff needs to harden up . Of course you are going to go for the tow down the straight.

[bluesport]

Practice:

2014 SKYCITY Triple Crown - V8 Supercars C'ship -Races 17-19
HIDDEN VALLEY RACEWAY

V8 SUPERCARS
PRACTICE SESSIONS P1 P2 P3
Practice

Issue 1 SDR04C
Page # 1

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Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Fastest...Lap Gap

1 97 Team Tekno VIP Petfoods Shane Van Gisbergen Holden Commodore VF 5000 P3 1:09.3476*
2 1 Red Bull Racing Australia Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VF 5000 P3 1:09.6227 0:00.2751
3 22 Holden Racing Team James Courtney Holden Commodore VF 5000 P3 1:09.8988 0:00.5512
4 15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly Nissan Altima 5000 P3 1:10.1279 0:00.7803
5 23 Repair Management Aust Racing Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VF 5000 P3 1:10.1518 0:00.8042
6 360 Norton Hornets James Moffat Nissan Altima 5000 P2 1:10.1537 0:00.8061
7 36 Norton Hornets Michael Caruso Nissan Altima 5000 P3 1:10.1796 0:00.8320
8 34 Valvoline Racing GRM Robert Dahlgren Volvo S60 5000 P3 1:10.1873 0:00.8397
9 7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly Nissan Altima 5000 P2 1:10.2106 0:00.8630
10 33 Valvoline Racing GRM Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 5000 P2 1:10.3389 0:00.9913
11 888 Red Bull Racing Australia Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VF 5000 P3 1:10.5314 0:01.1838
12 14 Lockwood Racing Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VF 5000 P1 1:10.5465 0:01.1989
13 5 Ford Pepsi Max Crew Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG 5000 P3 1:10.5610 0:01.2134
14 4 Erebus Motorsport V8 Lee Holdsworth Mercedes E63 AMG 5000 P3 1:10.5753 0:01.2277
15 8 Team BOC Jason Bright Holden Commodore VF 5000 P1 1:10.5988 0:01.2512
16 55 The Bottle-O Racing Team David Reynolds Ford Falcon FG 5000 P3 1:10.6095 0:01.2619
17 9 Erebus Motorsport V8 Will Davison Mercedes E63 AMG 5000 P3 1:10.6802 0:01.3326
18 47 Supercheap Auto Racing Tim Slade Holden Commodore VF 5000 P3 1:10.6890 0:01.3414
19 2 Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VF 5000 P3 1:10.7882 0:01.4406
20 222 Walkinshaw Racing Nick Percat Holden Commodore VF 5000 P3 1:10.8453 0:01.4977
21 16 Wilson Security Racing Scott Pye Ford Falcon FG 5000 P1 1:10.9114 0:01.5638
22 21 Team Advam/GB Dale Wood Holden Commodore VF 5000 P3 1:11.0488 0:01.7012
23 6 Ford Pepsi Max Crew Chaz Mostert Ford Falcon FG 5000 P3 1:11.1509 0:01.8033
24 18 Team JELD-WEN Jack Perkins Ford Falcon FG 5000 P1 1:11.1729 0:01.8253
25 17 Wilson Security Racing David Wall Ford Falcon FG 5000 P1 1:11.2005 0:01.8529

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 149kph, 105% Of First 1 Is 1:12.8150
Current Practice Record Is 1:07.8546 Set On 18/05/2002 By Jason Bright In A Holden Commodore VX
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time

[peckstar]

Originally Posted by ForumNick

No! He only had fastest lap in P3. 1st Quali is tomorrow AM

D6.5 Exceptional Qualifying Circumstances
6.5.1 If, due to exceptional circumstances a qualifying session cannot be completed, the stewards may allocate grid positions according to practice session times or by other criteria.

Im happy with provisional pole

[bluesport]

Originally Posted by peckstar

D6.5 Exceptional Qualifying Circumstances
6.5.1 If, due to exceptional circumstances a qualifying session cannot be completed, the stewards may allocate grid positions according to practice session times or by other criteria.

Im happy with provisional pole

What exceptional circumstances have occurred? Are you saying that there is no qualifying today?

[chavez]

Originally Posted by bluesport

What exceptional circumstances have occurred? Are you saying that there is no qualifying today?

Even if the exceptional circumstances did occur, fastest in practice is no guarantee of pole position - the rule quoted by Peckstar states that clearly - therefore anyone in the field could rightly claim provisional pole at this moment in time.

[bluesport]

Originally Posted by chavez

Even if the exceptional circumstances did occur, fastest in practice is no guarantee of pole position - the rule quoted by Peckstar states that clearly - therefore anyone in the field could rightly claim provisional pole at this moment in time.

Thanks for the info chavez, but it seems I may have missed something, it's gone right over my head.

[Tourer]

Originally Posted by peckstar

D6.5 Exceptional Qualifying Circumstances
6.5.1 If, due to exceptional circumstances a qualifying session cannot be completed, the stewards may allocate grid positions according to practice session times or by other criteria.

Im happy with provisional pole

Sorry Pecky but fastest in a single P session is nowhere near "provisional pole" in any way, shape or form.

Even if the rules you quote were applied, the stewards allocate grid positions and could do so by any criteria that they deem to use - such as championship order for instance.

[pigs fly]

Originally Posted by peckstar

D6.5 Exceptional Qualifying Circumstances
6.5.1 If, due to exceptional circumstances a qualifying session cannot be completed, the stewards may allocate grid positions according to practice session times or by other criteria.

Im happy with provisional pole

THE exceptional circumstances would only be if something like cyclone Tracy reappears this morning and wipes out Darwin again and qualifying cant be held, sorry Pecky you lose this argument.

[peckstar]

Originally Posted by pigs fly

THE exceptional circumstances would only be if something like cyclone Tracy reappears this morning and wipes out Darwin again and qualifying cant be held, sorry Pecky you lose this argument.

In the same sentance you explain how I'm right and then you conclude I lost.

Provisional pole it is.

The only reason they would use championship order is if there hadn't been a practise

[EL GT]

I thought Race 1 was a bit dull but Race 2 was the most boring V8 Supercar race I've seen for a long time,..com'on V8 Supercars lets see some racing, its not a tyre economy run

[mikuni]

Originally Posted by EL GT

I thought Race 1 was a bit dull but Race 2 was the most boring V8 Supercar race I've seen for a long time,..com'on V8 Supercars lets see some racing, its not a tyre economy run

I agree! I came on here to post the same thing. Shockingly boring.

Hidden Valley doesn't appear to be a sprint circuit, at least with the current generation of cars being so closely matched - just no real passing opportunities.

I suggest they should do a 200km race on Saturday and 300km on Sunday. At least the tyre strategy would introduce a little bit more excitement.

[rich07]

The only excitement to come out of either race was GT and Frosty in race one. I enjoyed that. But otherwise it was just another Whincup benefit. Urgh

[peckstar]

was whincup even racing, they showed him as the winner but i didnt event see him after the first corner in each race

today was a bit follow the leader, hopefully tomorrow, with the benefit of strategy, will be different

[Go Harder.]

Yeah, didn't see much of the provisional round winner.....