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Ford Performance Racing in Seventh (Surfboard) Heaven at Surfers Paradise

JAXQuickfit — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:51:32 +0000

Ford Performance Racing’s (FPR) Mark Winterbottom and Richard Lyons combined to give the team its first victory of the 2011 V8 Supercar season after taking the chequered flag first in the final 102-lap race at the Armor All Gold Coast 600 at Surfers Paradise.

Winterbottom and Lyons combined to defeat 54 other drivers around the concrete jungle that is the Surfers Paradise street circuit. The win moves ‘Frosty’ into fourth in the championship and solidifies FPR’s second place in the Team Championship.

The team earned seven of the event’s famous surfboard trophies across the weekend, including four in Saturday’s race for its double podium and an additional three on Sunday for the win and being the winning team.

“Winning on the soft (Dunlop) tyre makes it just that much sweeter as the team has been working incredibly hard and to see their smiling faces at the podium is a result of a lot of hours work so I congratulate them all,” said Winterbottom after his win.

Armor All Gold Coast 600
Race 21 – V8 Supercar Championship Series
1 TeamVodafone – Jamie Whincup / Sebastian Bourdais
2 Trading Post FPR Falcon – Will Davison / Mika Salo
3 Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon – Mark Winterbottom / Richard Lyons

Race 22 – V8 Supercar Championship Series
1 Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon – Mark Winterbottom / Richard Lyon
2 TeamVodafone – Jamie Whincup / Sebastian Bourdais
3 Fujitsu Racing GRM – Lee Holdsworth / Simon Pagenaud

Dunlop Re-signs with FPR

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:53:11 +0000

Dunlop has been a proud and active sponsor of Ford Performance Racing (FPR) in the V8 Supercar Championship Series since the team’s creation by the factory backed Prodrive in 2002.

This long term partnership between Dunlop and the FPR team has now been renewed for a further three years, until 2012.

“Dunlop is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high and ultra high performance tyres with an impressive track record of motorsport success, so Ford Performance Racing is a great fit for our brand,” said Phillip Cavagna, Vice President of Marketing, Dunlop Tyres.

“It also reinforces Dunlop’s long standing relationship with Ford Australia and Ford Performance Vehicles to engineer and supply Original Equipment tyres for their new road cars.”

Ford Performance Racing ‘Building Momentum for Big One’

admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:46:38 +0000

The Bathurst 1000 is looming and Ford Performance Racing (FPR) has proved its credentials with a strong podium finish in the V8 Supercar L&H 500 at Victoria’s Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit on September 11-13.

Mark Winterbottom crossed the line in third place after a stellar race alongside co-driver Steve Richards, who started the 113-lap race from pole position.

“It’s a great result and it’s nice to be back on the podium,” said Frosty.

“I think we’re really building momentum for the big one.”

Richo survived an intense first stint, warring with Alex Davison, David Besnard and being speared off by Nathan Pretty. He held his ground to hand the car over from fourth to Frosty on lap 49.

“The first stint was quite interesting,” said Richo. “I saw Cameron McConville launching onto the track just in front of me and Lee Holdsworth and a few other cars spearing off.

“We seem to be pushing the right buttons at the moment and it’s great to get such a good result forthe L&H 500.”

The Castrol Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon emerged third after the second round of pit stops and Frosty held
rank until the chequered flag for his eighth podium of the year.

PHILLIP ISLAND L&H 500 EVENT RESULTS
Race 15 of the V8 Supercar Championship Series
1. Garth Tander / Will Davison – Holden Racing Team
2. Craig Lowndes / Jamie Whincup – Triple 8 Racing
3. Mark Winterbottom / Steve Richards – Ford Performance Racing