After two tense days of racing in Sydney, Whincup sealed the title for his third crown in four years. While Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom claimed the final race win in front of Craig Lowndes and Shane van Gisbergen, the day belonged to Whincup as he became the first driver in the modern era of the V8 Supercars to take the Championship in both a Ford and a Holden.
“Every race is unbelievably important and we just need to keep our head down and keep the focus.
“Once again, I had a fantastic car and a big thanks to the crew. Roll on Sandown.”
TeamVodafone pair Skaife and Craig Lowndes dominated for the second year running and later predicted they were in a better position than leading into last year’s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, which they won.
Tander won the 49th race of his career to surpass the great Peter Brock, labelling it a better victory than his last Bathurst 1000 title and then said it’s only the start. He now sits behind contemporaries Mark Skaife and Craig Lowndes on the all-time winners list.
V8 Supercar Championship Series leader Jamie Whincup extended his lead in the 2011 title chase with a strong victory in Saturday’s race, with the two-time series champion taking the lead by virtue of pitting early and had hit the front by the time the whole field had pitted.
KIWI ACE SHANE VAN GISBERGEN HAS WON HIS FIRST V8 SUPERCAR RACE AT HIS HOME EVENT, THE ITM400 HAMILTON IN NEW ZEALAND ON APRIL 15-17.
This win has been made all the sweeter as, for the first time in the history of the Clipsal 500, the race started in wet conditions which meant the field were battling during the early stages of the race.“This is a huge win for us,” said Whincup.
With the Dunlop SP Sport Maxx ‘Sprint’ soft tyre in play as the only option for teams at the event – compared with the hard compound last year – drivers had to re-think their strategies to extract the best performance and results.
TOLL HOLDEN RACING TEAM’S GARTH TANDER WON THE THIRD RACE AT ALBERT PARK AND ALONG WITH IT, THE NON-CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 BRC IMPCO V8 SUPERCAR CHALLENGE AT THE AUSTRALIAN F1GP ON MARCH 25-28.
In what will go down in history as one of the greatest V8 Supercar races ever, Toll Holden Racing’s Garth Tander won the second leg of the Clipsal 500 Adelaide in dramatic circumstances.
The 90,000 spectators held their collective breath as Tander – with very little fuel left in his tank – hung on to finish ahead of a charging James Courtney, and Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom