Hi to all you v8 supercars fans around the world.
This weekend 6th – 8th May 2016 is the Perth Supersprint.
Let’s take look back at what happened in 2015.
On the weekend of the 1st – 3rd of May was the Ubet Perth Super Sprint.
In race 7 Chaz Mostert started on pole position alongside him was his teammate Mark Winterbottom (Frosty).
On lap 1, Frosty led the field through turns 1, 2 and 3. Will Davison tried to pass Tim Slade on the run up to turns 2 and 3, but wasn’t able to get it done, Jamie Whincup (JDUB) went from 21st to 19th during the opening lap, Scott McLaughlin passed Todd Kelly at turn 7.
On lap 2 the 2 Pepsi Max Crew, Prodrive Racing Australia cars 5 and 6 were just pulling away. Jason Bright had the line for the next corner which was turn 7. David Reynolds thought that James Courtney was going to leave him some room at the final turn to go down the inside.
On lap 3 the Falcons were still leading the opening race on Saturday.
On lap 4 Craig Lowndes was starting to close the gap down to the 2 Fords.
On lap 5 Craig Lowndes was still following those 2 cars like a hawk and getting closer and closer, Jamie Whincup was right near the back of the pack but moving forward, Garth Tander had a left rear suspension, car 888 closed right up on the back of car 6 coming out of turn 6.
In the middle of the race Nick Percat pushed Andre Heimgartner towards the old pit lane entry. Towards the end of the race JDUB braked really late and avoided hitting the back of the Erebus Motorsport V8. In the end nobody could catch the 2 Pepsi Max Crew Fords.
Results for race 7
1st – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew
2nd – Chaz Mostert – Pepsi Max Crew
3rd – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia.
Race 8
In race 8 Mark Winterbottom started on pole position alongside him was Jamie Whincup for the 25 lap race.
On lap 1 Frosty again got the jump off the start line, and led the field through turns 1, 2 and 3, Fabain Coulthard passed Craig Lowndes approaching turn 7.
On lap 2 James Moffat was trying to maintain his position in front of David Wall. David was lucky to save that big tank slapper that he had on the exit of turn 5.
On lap 4 Jamie Whincup held off Fabain,Coulthard.
On lap 6, JDUB was struggling in sector 1 only because the car wasn’t set up the way that he wanted, that’s why he had to look at the setup on Craig’s Car. Scott McLaughlin had a drama with the throttle sensor, after 7 laps were complete.
In the middle of the race Mark Winterbottom had command of race 8.
Towards the end of race 8 no one was able to catch car 5. In the end Frosty made it 2 from 2.
Results for race 8.
1st – Mark Winterbottom – Pepsi Max Crew
2nd – Jamie Whincup – Red Bull Racing Australia.
3rd – Fabain Coulthard – Freightliner Racing.
Race 9
In race 9 Chaz Mostert started on pole position alongside him was Mark Winterbottom.
On lap 1 Frosty got the jump off the line for 3rd straight race. Garth Tander made contact with the back of Chaz Mostert. Red Bull didn’t have a great weekend in Perth.
On lap 2 Craig Lowndes was having a look at his teammate Jamie Whincup.
On lap 3 Jamie went into the sand trap down at turn 6.
On lap 4 JDUB was down in 24th place and 17 seconds behind the race leader.
On lap 5 Craig Lowndes was near the front of the pack.
On lap 6 Scott McLaughlin was under pressure from Tim Blanchard. Craig Lowndes pitted on lap 26 for his first pit stop.
In the middle of the race Craig Lowndes was being hunted down by Todd Kelly. Craig made his 2nd and final stop on lap 43.
Towards the end of race Will Davison was hunting Craig Lowndes down for his first race win with Erebus Motorsport V8.
The next event is the Winton Super Sprint on the 15th – 17th of May 2015.
Results for race 9.
1st – Will Davison – Erebus Motorsport V8.
2nd – Craig Lowndes – Red Bull Racing Australia.
3rd – Fabain Coulthard – Frieghtliner Racing.
