*spoiler* Barbagallo ...............................

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race 3 update

p1 rick
p2 bright
p3 toddler
p4 richo
p5 ambrose

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bairdo did not start and is doing commentry.

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lowndes did not start

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p1 bright
p2 rick
p3 toddler
p4 richo
p5 ambrose
p6 bowe
p7 tander
p8 skaife
p9 ellery
p10 weel

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bright tearing off quick laps in p1 and pulling away - richo gets toddler.

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lap 21

p1 bright
p2 rick
p3 richo
p4 toddler
p5 ambrose
p6 bowe
p7 tander
p8 skaife
p9 ellery
p10 weel

[tiko]

Pirtek Racing, just to add to your comment on a earlier deleted post. You made mention you believe Dumbrell shouldn't be in the field, At lap 27 of Race 2 he had the fastets lap of the race and his time was equal to that of his team mate, Steve Richards, so before you decide to put someone down next time just think about it.

[Pirtek Racing]

did i? if i did i was referring to his incidents

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47,000 people at todays race.
lap 26

p1 bright
p2 richo 5 sec behind
p3 toddler
p4 ambrose
p5 rick
p6 bowe
p7 tander
p8 ellery
p9 skaife
p10 weel

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p1 bright
p2 richo 5 sec behind
p3 ambrose
p4 toddler
p5 rick
p6 bowe
p7 tander
p8 ellery
p9 weel
p10 skaife
__________________

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p1 bright
p2 richo 8 sec behind
p3 ambrose
p4 toddler
p5 rick
p6 bowe has gone off
p7 tander
p8 weel
p9 ellery
p10 skaife

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p1 bright
p2 richo 9 sec behind
p3 ambrose
p4 toddler
p5 rick
p6 weel
p7 tander
p8 bowe
p9 ellery
p10 skaife

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4 laps to go

p1 bright
p2 richo 9 sec behind
p3 ambrose
p4 toddler
p5 rick
p6 weel
p7 tander
p8 bowe
p9 ellery
p10 skaife
seto out

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race over

p1 bright
p2 richo
p3 ambrose
p4 rick
p5 weel
p6 tander
p7 bowe
p8 ellery
p9 skaife
p10 toddler

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Race 3

Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Race Time Fastest Lap Fastest Time
1 50 PWR Performance Products Jason Bright Holden Commodore VY 42 40:13.2662 35 0:55.9440
2 11 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Steven Richards Holden Commodore VY 42 40:22.2239 35 0:56.2069
3 1 Pirtek Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA 42 40:22.9166 33 0:56.3068
4 15 Kmart Racing Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VY 42 40:32.6275 8 0:56.6307
5 16 PWR Performance Products Paul Weel Holden Commodore VY 42 40:33.0519 21 0:56.4601
6 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VY 42 40:34.4108 8 0:56.5408
7 12 OzEmail Racing Team John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 42 40:34.5734 8 0:56.5656
8 31 Super Cheap Auto Racing Steve Ellery Ford Falcon BA 42 40:35.0781 15 0:56.3912
9 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VY 42 40:35.2506 16 0:56.4941
10 22 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VY 42 40:36.4612 6 0:56.2047
11 17 Shell Helix Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA 42 40:38.5236 33 0:56.6641
12 21 OzEmail Racing Team Brad Jones Ford Falcon BA 42 40:38.9125 26 0:56.6549
13 9 Caltex Havoline Race Team Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 42 40:39.3761 41 0:56.5537
14 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VX 42 40:45.0212 32 0:56.7005
15 20 Larkham Orrcon Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA 42 40:45.6665 13 0:56.6517
16 51 Kmart Racing Team Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VY 42 40:53.0754 6 0:56.7352
17 888 Team Betta Electrical Max Wilson Ford Falcon BA 42 40:56.0194 31 0:56.7728
18 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VY 42 40:57.0850 32 0:56.8324
19 10 Larkham Orrcon Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 42 40:57.2692 32 0:56.9090
20 7 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Tony Longhurst Holden Commodore VX 42 40:57.6684 31 0:56.8213
21 44 Roadships/Alphawest/World Ind Simon Wills Holden Commodore VY 42 40:57.9318 34 0:56.3388
22 23 WPS David Besnard Ford Falcon BA 42 41:00.8137 13 0:56.8317
23 18 Shell Helix Racing Warren Luff Ford Falcon BA 42 41:01.1931 34 0:56.6343
24 75 Toll Racing Anthony Tratt Holden Commodore VY 42 41:10.8972 16 0:56.9522
25 14 WPS Mark Noske Ford Falcon BA 42 41:11.2962 20 0:57.0441
26 29 Sirromet - Life Style Wine Paul Morris Holden Commodore VY 41 40:14.8257 32 0:56.5034
27 8 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VY 41 40:17.5924 17 0:56.4693
28 45 Roadships/Alphawest/World Ind Dale Brede Holden Commodore VY 41 40:20.0777 32 0:56.9355
29 88 Team Betta Electrical Paul Radisich Ford Falcon BA 41 40:21.8867 40 0:56.9209
DNF 5 Ford Performance Racing Glenn Seton Ford Falcon BA 25 24:48.4285 13 0:56.7783

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[mmciau]

Now for the points please

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ambrose 872
rick 822
richo 820
murph 811
bright 783

[mmciau]

Richo getting knocked out in a race gets very expensive - may have doomed his chances this year

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Race 2 & 3 started without the rear of the grid being set - what's the g o ???

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funny press conference - how good is rick going?? he really is a nice kid.

84,000 people for the 3 days.

[Pirtek Racing]

i met ambrose tonight at his golf club hotel palce, had a good chat, got him to sign my auntie's wedding book signature thingo

[mjt57]

Originally posted by Pirtek Racing
and with channel 10 now coming back to the same lap where they left for an ads break and not four laps on is great

Unfortunately, I could only see the first 20 mins of the telecast as I'm nightshift. I got to see 2 laps(?) before the pace car came out and the resultant traffic jam in pitlane. I wish that they could've "fast forwarded" through the pace car laps to when actual racing started again, instead of going to an ad break and coming back to watch more pace car laps.

Why can't they just yellow flag the part of the track where there is a potential hazard, rather than bringing the pace car out? Or is that still considered too dangerous?

Whatever, watching that part of the "race" put me in a good frame of mind for going back to bed....

Looks like the actual racing was OK, though. Hopefully, Fox Sports will replay it tonight.