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Dunlop Townsville 400: Here and Now with John Bowe

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:37:24 +0000

The Dunlop Townsville 400, all I can say is what an event! Fantastic weather, amazing crowds and an impressive new street circuit made for an awesome weekend both on and off the race track, and I was lucky enough to be up there for all of it.

Everywhere you looked around the entire city and track it was a sea of black and yellow with the Dunlop brand on just about everything. One of my favourite things away from the racing up there though was definitely the Dunlop Driving Arcade in the paddock area where fans could meet some drivers, have a go on V8 Supercar simulators, use the FPR wheel changing machine or get a tattoo from the Dunlop grid girls!

Back on the race track, quite often new street circuits can be quite fiddley. At Townsville though it was actually really good with a number of flowing fast sections mixed in with hard braking opportunities and a great full throttle kink in main straight. All of this made for exciting weekend of racing.

Dunlop , Townsville and the V8 Supercars are all on a major winner with this excellently presented and conducted event and I would not at all be surprised if it gets the V8’s ‘Event of the Year’ award. It has really set a benchmark for all sporting events and was the perfect platform to launch the SP Sport Maxx TT to the public.

Magnificent Dunlop Townsville 400

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:56:25 +0000

THE RESOUNDING SUCCESS OF THE INAUGURAL DUNLOP TOWNSVILLE 400 HAS SET A NEW STANDARD AS BEING ONE OF THE V8 SUPERCAR CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES MARQUEE ROUNDS.
The Dunlop event was exposed to millions of Australians via the live Channel 7 television telecast and huge amounts of news coverage across the weekend, as well as a crowd of approximately 170,000 people attending across the three days, support that signals that it is here to stay.

The praise of the inaugural Dunlop Townsville 400 has come thick and fast, including from V8 Supercars Australia Executive Chairman Tony Cochrane, who said he was just “blown away” with the success of Townsville’s first event.

“This has been a massive success,” said Cochrane.

“The numbers in our heads were nothing like this. It is a tremendous result and something that everyone involved should take tremendous pride in.”

Goodyear & Dunlop Tyres Vice President of Consumer & General Manager of Sales, David Petrie, said he was equally impressed by the event.

“I was enormously proud to see the scale of the event, what we produced in terms of on-track entertainment and the truly magnificent experience the Dunlop Townsville 400 provided for V8 Supercar fans,” Mr Petrie said.

“The crowd was amazing all weekend with excellent national television coverage also received.

“To start the event’s life off with such a bang is a very big high. Based on this year I can see that it will be one of the gems in the crown of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.”

Dunlop Townsville 400 Event Results

Saturday Race Winner – Race 11 of the V8 Supercar Championship Series
1st: Jamie Whincup Triple 8 Racing
2nd: Will Davison Holden Racing Team
3rd: Garth Tander Holden Racing Team

Sunday Race Winner – Race 12 of the V8 Supercar Championship Series
1st: James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing
2nd: Jamie Whincup Triple 8 Racing
3rd: Garth Tander Holden Racing Team

Dunlop: Here and Now with John Bowe

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:23:48 +0000

I tell you what; I am starting to get very excited! It’s not long now until the inaugural Dunlop Townsville 400 which is going to be a cracker of an outing. Townsville’s first V8 Supercar event will be more than just a race; it will be a festival of events celebrating the best of the V8 Supercars with three action-packed days of sensational motor racing and entertainment.

As the naming right sponsor, Dunlop has heaps of activities and promotions planned both at the track and around the event, with a driving arcade, wheel changing competitions as well as plenty of giveaways to really help the fans enjoy the event.

Dunlop is an iconic name in motorsport and has been at the forefront of motoring development for over 120 years. In the V8 Supercar Championship Series, it is currently in its third consecutive contract to supply its highly acclaimed control tyres to teams. Since 2002, Dunlop has been the sole tyre supplier to the V8 Supercar Championship Series and Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, providing and servicing approximately 10,000 tyres a year. I have personally been racing on Dunlops since the early 1980’s so I reckon I have gone through about number that just myself, but I wouldn’t have it any other way!.

The Dunlop Townsville 400 will also see the exciting and highly anticipated launch to the public of the new Dunlop SP Sport Maxx TT and GT ultra high performance passenger road tyres. From the famous SP Sport Maxx family, which is home to Dunlop’s V8 control tyres, the new TT and GT utilise technology inspired from Dunlop’s racing heritage, which as I touched on last month after doing some driving myself on them, gives an unparalleled driving experience.

I can’t wait to get up there!