Eastern Creek Penalties

RaceTime · 29 Apr 2002, 07:36 (Ref:272991)

Stewards penalties imposed at the V8 Supercar Championship Series
Round Three Eastern Creek, 26-28 April 2002

Saturday 27 April

Matters held over from Round 2 at Phillip Island

Car #7 Rodney Forbes received a severe reprimand as a result of the inquiry into the an incident at turn 4 race 2 at Phillip Island on 14 April 2002 between car #7 and car #24 (Paul Romano).

Car #24 Paul Romano was fined $20,000 and had 150 championship points deducted as a result of the inquiry into an incident at turn 4 race 2 at Phillip Island on 14 April between car #24 and car #7. Mr. Romano's team subsequently filed a Notice of Intention to Appeal the Stewards decision. Subject to filing the Form of the Appeal, the appeal will be conducted on Thursday, 2 May.

Saturday 27 April

Car #00 Craig Lowndes was fined $300 for exceeding the pit lane speed limit.

A Stewards Inquiry was opened into the alleged statements made by Greg Murphy in the motor sport press regarding the Stewards decision concerning accident at the start of race 1 between Greg Murphy and Jason Bargwanna at Round 2 at Phillip Island. The Inquiry was subsequently adjourned until Round 4 at Hidden Valley.

Sunday 28 April

Car #021 Jason Richards was penalised with 32 seconds added to his race time for race 2 for a driving infringement.

Car #43 K & J Thermal Products, the entrant of Paul Weel, was reprimanded for losing wheels on two separate occasions.

Car #8 Perkins Motorsport P/L, the entrant of Russell Ingall, was reprimanded for losing a wheel.

Car #2 Jason Bright was penalised with 32 seconds added to his race time for race 3 for a driving infringement.

Car #46 John Faulkner was reprimanded for refueling in the pit garage during race 3.

Car #9 D Besnard received a drive through penalty for a pit stop infringement.

Car #600 S Wills was black flagged for inoperative brake lights.

Car #17 S Johnson received the bad sportsmanship flag for kerb hopping.

calais · 29 Apr 2002, 11:33 (Ref:273156)

can someone tell me why it is illegal to ride the kerbs?????

hoonboyz · 29 Apr 2002, 11:36 (Ref:273162)

kerb hopping usually means the inside wheels were over the kerb , grass or witches hats ie straightlining the corner
and its not illegal just "Bad Sportsmanship"

RaceTime · 29 Apr 2002, 11:46 (Ref:273175)

more like 'I own the circuit, I paid good money to put those kerbs in to extend the width of the track for you and I don't like you going over the kerbs because I have to repaint them everytime you come here'

IOW - tey get put in and, naturally, a racing driver will use ALL of the track including kerbs. Take the kerbs out and problem solved...

Crash Test · 29 Apr 2002, 11:47 (Ref:273176)

hrmmm, it seems every time they showed a shot of T1, someone was bringing dust up from the inside of the track.... blopdy Steven Johnson must have been busy.

Also, where should Faulkner have refuled? Where do they refuel the cars between races? In a nuclear bomb shelter, 500 miles from the track?

mtpanorama · 29 Apr 2002, 12:04 (Ref:273196)

As i said in another thread. They had tyres on the inside of turn one right on the edge of the track for the MGF race, which none of them even came close to hitting, but when the V8s came on they moved them back about 1 mtr. So it allowed the v8s to cut the corner at turn 1 without a problem, and then they penalise them for it.
Typical avesco un organisation

Crash Test · 29 Apr 2002, 12:10 (Ref:273203)

I looked out for that on the Fox replay today- yep, they were back for R1, but right on the kerb for race 2.

RaceTime · 29 Apr 2002, 12:25 (Ref:273218)

Hmmm this will teach me to read the penalties better.

Car #2 Jason Bright was penalised with 32 seconds added to his race time for race 3 for a driving infringement.

Checking the original and subsequently reposted results for race 3 show NO DIFFERENCE inthe positions for Jason Bright -
7 2 Holden Racing Team Jason Bright Holden Commodore VX 5000 39 01:02:09.4877 16 1:32.9041*

That was the replacement result. The original showed:

7 2 Holden Racing Team Jason Bright Holden Commodore VX 5000 39 01:02:09.4877 16 1:32.9041*

So at this stage I swould say the results have NOT been amended correctly according to the Stewards hearing.

So who botched this one up? AVESCO? They control the timing, not the tracks any more....

RaceTime · 29 Apr 2002, 12:29 (Ref:273221)

And just confirming - a 32 sec penalty for Bright puts him down in 9th outright, not 7th

7 888 Ozemail Racing Team John Bowe Ford Falcon AU 39 1:02:35.8604 1:33.1801 5
8 18 Shell Helix Racing Paul Radisich Ford Falcon AU 39 1:02:39.2027 1:33.8892 10
9 2 Holden Racing Team Jason Bright Holden Commodore VX 39 1:02:41.4877 1:32.9041 16

Morris 1100 · 29 Apr 2002, 12:39 (Ref:273231)

Quote:

Originally posted by Crash Test

Also, where should Faulkner have refuled? Where do they refuel the cars between races? In a nuclear bomb shelter, 500 miles from the track?

It is illegal to refuel cars in the garages at the creek, could you imagine a fire due to this? the fire goes up and into the corporate suites! (no great loss)
there are rules for refuling during races like a crewmember with an extinguisher and fire suits, etc.
during a normal meeting at the creek you can't fuel in the garage and you can't fuel in the pitlane if your race does not allow it but you can fuel behind the garages with the kids walking around and people smoking and wearing shorts but it is too dangerous to allow refueling in pitlane with all them fire marshals, etc.

Crash Test · 29 Apr 2002, 12:43 (Ref:273237)

Ah, good reasoning

RaceTime · 29 Apr 2002, 13:51 (Ref:273330)

And more information just in on the wire (interesting phrase that...)

It appears that in Race 2, Jason Richards was also penalised 32 seconds (which has been appplied correctly btw).

Buckshot · 29 Apr 2002, 20:40 (Ref:273637)

Quote:

It is illegal to refuel cars in the garages at the creek, could you imagine a fire due to this? the fire goes up and into the corporate suites! (no great loss)

Hey ! I was in the Orccon box for Sunday !

Crash Test · 30 Apr 2002, 01:54 (Ref:273828)

yes and?

on second thoughts- you were in the orrcon box? that sounds like some form of steel jail cell or something...

RaceTime · 30 Apr 2002, 08:07 (Ref:273975)

CAMS have this afternoon issued the following correction:

Car #02 Rick Kelly received a 32 second penalty to his race time for
race 3 for a driving infringement.

Car #2 Jason Bright was not penalised.

elephino · 30 Apr 2002, 11:49 (Ref:274239)

It seems CAMS are confused by leading 0s now too

RaceTime · 30 Apr 2002, 12:03 (Ref:274259)

But interestingly they used Brights name as well...so obviously not reading the actual charge sheets....

elephino · 1 May 2002, 10:54 (Ref:275359)

Maybe they were just used to seeing Bright's name from PI.

RaceTime · 1 May 2002, 12:08 (Ref:275483)

Another cynic!

elephino · 2 May 2002, 11:10 (Ref:276306)

Nope. The same cynic

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