Ford wins :)

[acecob]

1 888 Team Vodafone C.Lowndes/J.Whincup Ford Falcon BF 300 300
2 3 Sprint Gas Racing G.Murphy/J.Richards Holden Commodore VE 276 276
3 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport D.Besnard/J.Courtney Ford Falcon BF 258 258
4 6 Ford Performance Racing S.Richards/
M.Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 240 240
5 14 WOW Racing B.Jones/M.Wilson Holden Commodore VE 222 222
6 18 Jim Beam Racing W.Davison/S.Johnson Ford Falcon BF 204 204
7 5 Ford Performance Racing D.Canto/L.Youlden Ford Falcon BF 192 192
8 11 Jack Daniel's Racing J.Perkins/N.Pretty Holden Commodore VE 180 180
9 25 Fujitsu Racing J.Bright/A.Macrow Ford Falcon BF 168 168
10 111 Glenfords Racing F.Coulthard/A.Davison Ford Falcon BF 156 156
11 17 Jim Beam Racing W.Luff/S.Owen Ford Falcon BF 144 144
12 1 Toll Holden Racing Team M.Skaife/G.Tander Holden Commodore VE 138 138
13 51 Sprint Gas Racing M.Noske/D.Wood Holden Commodore VE 132 132
14 26 IRWIN Racing M.Halliday/M.Marshall Ford Falcon BF 126 126
15 88 Team Vodafone F.Giovanardi/M.Hynes Ford Falcon BF 120 120
16 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport S.Ellery/G.Ritter Holden Commodore VE 114 114
17 7 Jack Daniel's Racing T.Kelly/S.Price Holden Commodore VE 108 108
18 39 Supercheap Auto Racing R.Ingall/P.Morris Holden Commodore VE 102 102
19 777 Ausdrill Ford Rising Stars M.Patrizi/K.Reindler Ford Falcon BF 96 96
20 16 Autobarn Racing Team P.Dumbrell/R.Kelly Holden Commodore VE 90 90
21 55 Rod Nash Racing J.Bargwanna/T.D'Alberto Holden Commodore VE 0 0
22 2 Toll Holden Racing Team C.Baird/G.Seton Holden Commodore VE 0 0
23 67 Supercheap Auto Racing M.Neal/B.Said Holden Commodore VE 0 0
24 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport M.Caruso/L.Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 0 0
25 9 SP Tools Racing S.Gisbergen/J.Webb Ford Falcon BF 0 0
26 12 Team BOC A.Jones/C.McConville Holden Commodore VE 0 0
27 021 Team Kiwi Racing Kayne Scott Ford Falcon BF 0 0
28 15 HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 0 0
29 50 PWR Performance Products Andrew Thompson Holden Commodore VE 0 0




1 37 Howard Racing/Crimsafe Dean Canto Ford Falcon BA 138 150 288
2 94 Tekno Motorsport Jonathon Webb Ford Falcon BA 150 138 288
3 62 Tint-A-Car Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 120 129 249
4 99 Purple Pig David Reynolds Holden Commodore VZ 111 120 231
5 500 Mack Trucks Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VZ 129 102 231
6 46 A & I Helicopter Services Dale Wood Holden Commodore VZ 102 111 213
7 29 Fujitsu Racing Damian Assaillit Ford Falcon BA 84 96 180
8 64 Global Jet Michael Trimble Holden Commodore VZ 90 84 174
9 28 Playstation 3/Summit/Ford Matthew White Ford Falcon BA 96 78 174
10 42 GIO Racing Jay Verdnik Holden Commodore VZ 78 90 168
11 30 ANT Racing Tony Evangelou Ford Falcon BA 69 66 135
12 32 Howard Racing Luke Youlden Ford Falcon BA 48 72 120
13 74 West Coast Racing Mark McNally Holden Commodore VZ 72 39 111
14 58 Go Karts Go Aust Drew Russell Holden Commodore VZ 45 60 105
15 75 Auto Motion Australia Aaron McGill Ford Falcon BA 42 57 99
16 27 Howard Racing/Novus/Capital Karl Reindler Ford Falcon BA 21 69 90
17 35 Alternative Freight Services Tony Bates Holden Commodore VZ 54 33 87
18 49 Image Racing Terry Wyhoon Ford Falcon BA 27 54 81
19 44 Preston Motors James Bergmuller Holden Commodore VZ 36 45 81
20 48 Kitome Dean Neville Ford Falcon BA 33 42 75
21 60 DQH Jose Fernandez Ford Falcon BA 66 0 66
22 73 Action Racing Marcus Zukanovic Holden Commodore VZ 0 63 63
23 54 Wilson Security Simon Wills Holden Commodore VZ 63 0 63
24 61 Race Image Motorsport Ryan Brown Ford Falcon BA 30 30 60
25 36 N.D.D. Geoff Emery Holden Commodore VZ 60 0 60
26 85 Jesus Racing Andrew Fisher Holden Commodore VZ 57 0 57
27 98 MacArthur Fleetserve Brett Hobson Holden Commodore VZ 0 51 51
28 95 TTM Group Brett Holdsworth Holden Commodore VZ 15 36 51
29 38 Eggleston Motorsport Ben Eggleston Holden Commodore VZ 51 0 51
30 19 Gulf Western Oil David Sieders Ford Falcon BA 0 48 48
31 45 O'Brien Motorsport Shannon O'Brien Ford Falcon BA 39 0 39
32 68 Turbo Brisbane Shane Beikoff Ford Falcon AU 0 27 27
33 23 Autopro/Gawler Farm Machinery Tim Slade Holden Commodore VZ 24 0 24
34 13 All-Trans Trucks/Gulf Western Colin Sieders Ford Falcon BA 18 0 18
35 47 Andrew Walter Constructions Sam Walter Holden Commodore VZ 0 0 0

[LoBelly]

I think 'daylight' was second.

At least that's what it looked like in the bit I saw on the news...

LoBelly

[Merv and Sharon]

This race in Australia used to be a great one but is now reduced to two manufacturers, and only two models from them - Falcon and Commodore - in external appearance at least.

When one considers reports that GM may well go under in the current US financial crash it maybe only Fords next year. How boring would that be! It would be great if we could also see Nissan GTRs, Porsche GT3s, Lancer Evos and Subaru Rexes at Bathurst against the two 'stock' cars that we are dished up.

Merv

[Aussie Mike]

Run what you brung and hope you brung enough!

I enjoyed watching Bathurst when it was a mix of cars od all different configurations. Who remebers watching the Jag XJ12s runnig round or the BMWs.

What keeps the current formula watchable for mee is the camera work and the in car footage. I just wish it was a little more varied in the machinery out there rather than a 2 horse race.

Cheers

[OZCOBRA]

Originally Posted by Merv and Sharon

This race in Australia used to be a great one but is now reduced to two manufacturers, and only two models from them - Falcon and Commodore - in external appearance at least.

When one considers reports that GM may well go under in the current US financial crash it maybe only Fords next year. How boring would that be! It would be great if we could also see Nissan GTRs, Porsche GT3s, Lancer Evos and Subaru Rexes at Bathurst against the two 'stock' cars that we are dished up.

Merv

C'mon are you for real ,when the series was looking rocky we were all screaming that we need to go back to the classic battle of Ford Vs Holden we've now got that and you want to now go back to Ba$tardising the series again .......
The real solution is to dump Channel 7's appalling AD filled coverage..Bring back 10......and remove the entrenched Eccelston wanna be's in Cochrane and Co. the series is plaqued by woeful race infringement decisions...resulting in what almost equate to race fixing to manipulate the Championship results...I sat at the lunch table with Cochrane and Co. at Grand Finale at Phillip Island a while back and to hear the conversations at that table re how things were going to pan out if it wasn't scripted i'll go he... they should join shop with the Wrestling in the States!!!!

FORD Vs HOLDEN Is they way it has to be....

[LoBelly]

Had this same conversation on the weekend while looking at the coverage.

- 'they all look the same' -
- 'not using production engines' - etc

ended up agreeing that the variety of configurations etc was much better, the problem for the majority mullet modelling viewers was that the local marques often didn't stack up so well = dont watch = no cash.

I think NASCAR has all the same body (!?)

Homologation specials of yesteryear were the answer then and created some collectable cars....just a thought

LoBelly

[Merv and Sharon]

Boring, boring, boring. Commodore look alike versus Falcon look alike. Next year there may only be Ford, if the some of US stock market pundits are right. Let's have some variation and structured classes of vehicles like other major international races. This used to be an interesting race with good marketing angles in which we could all get involved, without losing the confrontation between the high HP models. We can do better!


Merv

[alffie]

Bring back the group A rules, if people cant buy it off the showroom ya cant race it!! They both have the same front and rear ends now. same brakes, tyres etc.

[stephen low]

How abouts a field of thirty odd starters - all cobras!!

[Merv and Sharon]

Now that could be an interesting class.... Even an "historic" Bathurst - as now at Silverstone and Le Mans

Merv

[acecob]

To be honest I lost interest when it became a two horse race, I hate looking for no's and names on cars just to make out what brand it is, they look the same and half the time you don't know whats winning, imagine if they didn't have the scrolls with race names and no's telling you positions.
Until they bring back all the others classes , throw in some cobra's as well or maybe a sprinter.

[HSVREDSLED]

Originally Posted by Aussie Mike

Run what you brung and hope you brung enough!

I enjoyed watching Bathurst when it was a mix of cars od all different configurations. Who remebers watching the Jag XJ12s runnig round or the BMWs.

What keeps the current formula watchable for mee is the camera work and the in car footage. I just wish it was a little more varied in the machinery out there rather than a 2 horse race.

Cheers

I can remember watching Kevin Bartletts Channel 9 Camaro coming into skyline. The noise made the leaves fall off the trees.

[Aussie Mike]

That Camaro was awesome.

I loved the Jags. They were just so bloody quick



Cheers

[boxhead]

What a great race track, thanks for the footage Mike.

[OZVENOM]

I must agree with you guys i hope Toyota get join the fun i just hope they dont have to run a bloody push rod engine to get to compete. even with all the years of development i recon a 4.0 ltr 1uzfe could make more power than the 5.0 ltr dinosoars running now . torque would be the only issue but then variable cam timing would fix that one.
The ol lexus might not have been the fastest at the nationals this year but it sure wasn't from a lack of hp.

[Rob. Smith]

Nascar is the same in US. Watch the real old films of bathurst when the drivers wore suits because they were sponsored by a suit maker and when they got a flat tyre they pulled over and changed it. Great fun !

[boxhead]

I would love to see a 300C racing down Conrod straight, get Chrysler back into it.

[Merv and Sharon]

Apparently two companies in the US are seriously discussing a merger - GM and Chrysler. Could be that 300C will be there soon!

Merv