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00:00W.O. A torture track built on a sea of sand with deep bunkers at every turn.
00:07Lose your balls here and not even Tiger's going to drive you out.
00:13In case you missed it, round one at Phillip Island was a rip.
00:18Two 45 minute heats that tested tyres, teams, tactics and tempers to the max.
00:23Oh!
00:26Foul, guys!
00:27Raining champ, Craig Lowndes lost an engine.
00:30Paul Mike Conway lost an entire car.
00:33And the blistering pace caused plenty of roasted rubber.
00:37Consistency was the key to Garth Tander's hard-earned victory.
00:41First flood to Holden, but Daird's heat to success showed Ford as in winning form.
00:45So welcome to Perth and round two of the 2000 Shell Championship Series.
00:50Exclusive to your home of Y2K Motorsports.
00:54Network 10.
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01:24The crews have made the long trek across the Nullabore to a place they used to call Wanneroo.
01:29Today it's called Barbagallo Raceway.
01:31Hello everyone, I'm Greg Rust and this is round two of the Shell Championship Series.
01:36And despite the Bureau's prediction of rain, a huge crowd is on hand here.
01:39They're still streaming through the turnstiles even as we speak
01:42and they're eager to see all the action that's going to be on show here in WA today.
01:46Well, the championship point score after one of 13 rounds looks like this.
01:50Garth Tander, top of the table on 108 points.
01:52The Local A's keen to do well again here today.
01:55Marks gave just six points in her ears.
01:57Then it's a pack of hungry four drivers.
01:59Baird, Seton, Radisic and Larkham.
02:00The defending champion Craig Lowndes in seventh place at the moment.
02:03And I can tell you also Russell Ingleby in Forza.
02:06No points on the board thus far.
02:08Well, Barbagallo can be a place that can be really quite tough on drivers.
02:12And one of the legends of motorsport found out last year just how tough it can be.
02:16Looks like a fairly even running for him.
02:18Great start.
02:18Glenn Seath will lead him into the first turn.
02:20Oh no, no, no, look.
02:21Dick Johnson.
02:22He's turned sideways.
02:24Oh no.
02:25No idea who hit him.
02:26They all try and dodge him the best they can.
02:28Oh, they did too.
02:30Oh, there you go.
02:31Yeah, there's no doubt about that.
02:32That was a little bit of a surprise, wasn't it?
02:35Well, with Barry Sheen busy with 500cc commitments this weekend,
02:38we welcome that man to the commentary box.
02:40Dick Johnson, great to have you with us.
02:41Thanks, Greg.
02:42And as long as you don't expect me to talk like Barry,
02:45no, we won't expect you to do that at all, mate.
02:47Now, I guess first and foremost, you're the team manager this year.
02:50How are you enjoying things on this side of pit lane?
02:53Well, it's quite a bit different, I can assure you.
02:55And a lap time takes an awful lot longer behind the fence than what it does on the racetrack.
02:59All right, we'll get some special comments from you in just a few moments' time.
03:01It has been a fairly controversial week in the lead-up to Barbagallo.
03:05For those of you that may not have seen it,
03:06Neil Crompton was involved in a huge shunt in the support races
03:09to the Australian Formula One Grand Prix.
03:11Now, they have repaired the Ford Tickford Racing Falcon.
03:13He's racing this weekend.
03:15But Paul Morris, for his part in that crash,
03:17copped a $10,000 fine
03:18and was actually excluded from racing here at Barbagallo.
03:21He's since successfully appealed that decision and will be racing.
03:24The official's move is something that's lived at Crompton.
03:27He got away with it scot-free,
03:30so we'll just have to wait and see what cams do about that now on an internal basis.
03:34But it sends a very bad message to all competitors
03:37that you can behave like a thug and get away with it.
03:40I was quite within my rights to appeal.
03:42I had my appeal heard by an independent tribune,
03:45and I think they've made a fair and just decision.
03:47And if Neil or if anyone is not happy with the rules,
03:51well, maybe we should try and do something to change it.
03:54But you can only play by the rules that are put forward at the time.
03:57Well, there you go, Dick.
03:58I guess you've heard both sides of the equation there.
04:00What do you think about it?
04:01Well, once again, Greg, I think it shows
04:03that the inefficiency of the very antiquated cams judicial system.
04:07And when you get lawyers involved in these things,
04:09they get out on technicalities.
04:11And as Neil said, it's sending the wrong message to the competitors.
04:14Well, let's hope we're not going to give the lawyers any more money today.
04:17Qualifying, though, yesterday was held in bright, beautiful sunshine.
04:20In fact, quite warm conditions.
04:21And that didn't hinder the pace of Mark Scaife.
04:23He walked away with pole position and a new qualifying lap record.
04:27Craig Lowndes, his old racing teammate,
04:28will start alongside him on the front row.
04:30We go further back.
04:31Russell Ingle, Garth Tander on row two.
04:33Jason Barguana in there as well.
04:35And Mark Largham has confounded the bookies
04:37with that sensational time at the fastest forward driver.
04:40Well, after qualifying yesterday,
04:41Mark Osler caught up with our pole sitter.
04:43Well, Barbagallo Raceway has proved to be a happy hunting ground
04:46for the Holden racing team over the last few years.
04:49Not only has Craig Lowndes got an unbeaten record here in the races,
04:52but by taking his pole position,
04:54Mark Scaife now makes it six pole positions in a row
04:56for the factory Holden team.
04:57You blokes have got a love affair with this place.
04:59You know too many statistics, don't you?
05:02Yeah, look, I mean, the cars have always gone really well here
05:04for whatever reason.
05:05I mean, in yesteryear when we had Bridgestone tyres
05:06and probably a lot of the other teams didn't have,
05:09there was a reasonable, you know, opportunity to have an advantage.
05:11But now that it's on a control tyre,
05:13obviously the car, based on everyone using the same tyre,
05:16is obviously working really well.
05:17Now the big question today is,
05:19can you knock Craig Lowndes off in the races?
05:22Well, obviously he's had a great record here
05:24and he's the sort of guy that he looks after the tyre very well
05:27because, you know, obviously the record shows it.
05:29But in these cars, they're so powerful with small tyres
05:32that his record shows that he's very good at it.
05:35I think our car at the moment
05:37probably is a bit better race car than it was in qualifying
05:40and I'd like to think that we'll be there in the hunt.
05:42If we make a reasonable start, we'll be okay.
05:44Tremendous competition between you two.
05:46You're so close.
05:47It is.
05:48I mean, it doesn't matter what it is.
05:49I mean, if it's a test day or a race day
05:51or a qualifying session or whatever,
05:52we want to beat each other badly.
05:53But I mean, it's healthy
05:54and the rivalry is fantastic for both of us and the team.
05:57Best of luck.
05:58All right, let's take a look at the Barba Gallo layout.
06:01Almost 2.5km in length, plenty of undulation here
06:04and it's characterised, of course, by that main straight
06:06that runs both up and downhill.
06:08To talk you through the finer points,
06:10here's Neil Crompton in the FTR Falcon
06:11with a forward inside line.
06:18Greg, this is one of the greatest little tracks in Australia.
06:21Wateroo Park, 2.41km.
06:24A track that's surrounded by the world's biggest sand trap.
06:28This is third one.
06:29Around about 90km an hour, third gear,
06:32up to these very fast and exciting S's
06:34where you really toss the car from side to side in fourth gear.
06:38Back to third for this constant radius,
06:40uphill, positive camber corner
06:42where you crest the brow here.
06:46About 170-odd k's.
06:49Plunge down the other side.
06:50It's a beautiful view,
06:51although you don't get much of a chance to look at it.
06:53Hard on the brakes.
06:53A couple of bumps.
06:55Back to third gear.
06:56This is turn six, cold corner.
06:58Now, this is a tricky one
06:59because the left rear tyre
07:00fries and dies at this track.
07:03You can feel the car squirming around
07:05as you use all the road on the exit.
07:07Have a look in the mirror.
07:08Check out the traffic.
07:09Fifth gear.
07:10Sixth gear very briefly.
07:11And then super hard on the brakes.
07:14Back to third gear.
07:15It's a bit of an uphill gradient
07:16so you can really brake late.
07:18Bit of a slip and a slide.
07:19Up onto the ripple strip for the exit.
07:21Fourth and then fifth gear.
07:22It's a track that if you make a blue,
07:25you end up in the sand and it's all over
07:26and you can look a little tomato red.
07:28And I have done it once or twice.
07:30Let's hope he doesn't do it today.
07:31We're back, folks, to the three-race format this weekend.
07:34There are two this afternoon.
07:35Race one was yesterday and it was a beauty.
07:37Stand by.
07:38All the action coming your way right after the break.
07:40All right now, baby, it's all right now.
07:52All right now, baby, it's all right now.
08:00Oh, no love lost here.
08:04The old Formula One sparring partners.
08:06Let's look at Perkins.
08:07Oh, they're out of touch there.
08:09Alan Jones money's to catch on.
08:11Larry's gone right off in the sand.
08:13Australia's down to the odds.
08:14Oh, well, Romano's trying to get past him
08:16and obviously may have got a little bit impatient.
08:19Oh, he's gone down the inside.
08:20Some of the highs and lows and the thrills and spills
08:35that we have seen here at Barbagallo Raceway in recent years.
08:38And will this be another chapter
08:39that we can add to those mighty moments here today?
08:42Round two of the Shell Championship Series.
08:44Mark Scaife on pole for race one.
08:46His teammate Craig Lowndes lines up alongside him.
08:48A sensational lap from Scaife, Garth Tander
08:50and Russell Ingle make up row two.
08:52Jason Barguana and Mark Larkham,
08:54the first of the Fords, three-tenths of a second
08:56behind our pole position man, Longhurst, McLean.
08:59Good effort from the Greenfield mower's car.
09:01Craig Baird and John Bauer rounding out that quartet of Fords.
09:04Row seven, Paul Morris and Greg Murphy.
09:06We go further back, Glenn Seaton and Steve Ellery on row nine.
09:09Rodney Forbes in the Winds Racing Commodore row 11
09:11alongside Mark Poole and Paul Wheel and Dougal McDougal on row 12.
09:15Full grid here, 32 cars in all.
09:17Brad Jones, boy, he's having a difficult baptism
09:19at V8 Supercars back there in 25th.
09:22Anthony Trapp, Thomas Mazira making the trip west
09:24and McDonagher rounds out the back of the grid.
09:26Quality field this at Barbagallo Raceway.
09:30This is a 20-lamp race
09:31and the cars now are making their way
09:33around the circuit for the warm-up lap.
09:35There's Paul Radisic we saw there a moment ago.
09:38Quite high up in terms of the Fords here
09:40but domination, Dick Johnson,
09:42in terms of qualifying from the Holden drivers.
09:43Well, it certainly is.
09:45I can tell you that they did a fantastic job.
09:47You know, they've obviously dominated
09:48in qualifying in this particular racetrack
09:51for a number of years now.
09:53And to see five Commodores
09:55and then you've got six Falcons.
09:57So, obviously, there's a little bit more
09:59to be done with the Fords, I'd suggest.
10:01Walker, in-car camera.
10:03You're riding with Garth Tander,
10:04our championship leader.
10:06Drew first blood at Phillip Island
10:07in the opener in February.
10:08Another very exciting race
10:11of the supports of the Grand Prix at Albert Park.
10:15But they were non-championship races.
10:16This is the one that counts
10:17in front of his home crowd.
10:19The boy from WA, just 22 years of age,
10:21leading the Shell Championship Series in 2000.
10:24Keep your eyes on the Valvoline Cummins car.
10:26Big crowd here at Barbagallo today
10:28for race one on the Saturday.
10:29Of course, two races tomorrow.
10:32But this should be a beauty there
10:34is Paul Radisic,
10:35the Shell Helix Racing Falcon.
10:36How's he feeling, Vic?
10:38Is he confident?
10:39Well, he certainly is.
10:41Like, Paul's one guy
10:42who certainly doesn't need any pumping up,
10:44I can tell you.
10:45He gives everything 110%.
10:47And it's amazing because, you know,
10:50sometimes when Paul gets out of the car,
10:52he looks like a round rat, so to speak.
10:55But at the end of the day,
10:56as I said, he puts in 110%.
10:58And it's just a pity we can't put
11:00120 litres in a 100-litre tank.
11:02So you'll be on board
11:05in-car camera with Brad Jones,
11:07the Aussie male Falcon,
11:08made its debut at the Phillip Island opener.
11:11And Bradley a lot further down the grid
11:13than I guess he would have expected to be
11:15outside of the top 20.
11:18But that just shows how tough and competitive
11:20V8 supercar racing is.
11:22The toughest touring car championship
11:23in the world, without a doubt.
11:2419 cars covered by one second.
11:28We'll look at the Ford race analysis.
11:3020 laps the distance, just under 50km total.
11:3332 cars on the grid.
11:35And Craig Lowndes has been so dominant here.
11:36He has never been beaten
11:37in a V8 supercar race at Barba Gallo Raceway.
11:41Could this be the day that all changes?
11:43Three times he's entered a shell
11:44championship round here, if you like,
11:46and three times Lowndes has walked away a winner.
11:49He's won nine races
11:50in V8 supercar terms at Barba Gallo.
11:53There's John Bauer, the B clear
11:55and simple onboard camera
11:57in the Cat Falcon.
12:02Mark Larkin.
12:03Now it wasn't his surprise earlier on.
12:05The Mitre 10 in-car camera
12:06was actually sitting right off on top
12:09of the order in the sessions earlier today,
12:11the untimed practice sessions.
12:13And he's up a little bit further down the order
12:14when the official qualifying was finished.
12:18Looking for a strong performance
12:19from the Mitre 10 car.
12:21Mark Larkin currently sitting
12:22sixth in the championship
12:25after Phillip Island.
12:26So a good points haul
12:28will be very good for the Mitre 10 team.
12:30There's our pole sitter.
12:31A new qualifying record for Mark Skaith.
12:33This guy is so quick
12:34over one lap.
12:35Word from pit lane
12:36is that Paul Romano
12:37will start from the pits
12:39in the Sabco Commodore
12:40and all HRT front row.
12:42Green flag being wiped.
12:43Rebs rising.
12:44We are getting set
12:45for round two
12:45of the Shell Championship Series.
12:47Skate gets away.
12:48Larkin's a brilliant start
12:49as they head towards Cat Corner
12:51for the first time.
12:51Look at Larkin,
12:52a blinding start as well.
12:53And the Ford's trying to come through,
12:54but Clay Lowndes
12:55takes the lead
12:56into turn one
12:57for the first time.
12:58Yeah, good traction.
12:59Oh, we've got a Commodore
13:00going around.
13:00That's one of the Kmart cars.
13:01I think it's Greg Murphy.
13:03He's managed to hang on to it
13:04by the looks of things,
13:05but all crossed up there
13:06for a moment.
13:0732 cars trying to funnel
13:09through this very narrow
13:10strip of bitumen.
13:11Keep our eyes
13:12on this difficult situation
13:13as they try and
13:13sort themselves out.
13:15Coming around the back
13:16over the hill
13:16for the first time
13:17looks like a relatively
13:18clean start to heat one.
13:19Dick, you talked before
13:20about the importance
13:22of having a tyre
13:23that's going to last
13:23a full 20 laps.
13:24I think we're going to see
13:25just who's made the best
13:26set-up choices
13:27with these cars
13:28very early on.
13:29Well, it's not only that.
13:30It's just a matter of
13:31the set-up that you've got
13:32with the car
13:33and the way you qualify
13:34is just paramount
13:35on a circuit like this
13:36because the passing
13:37opportunities aren't
13:38that great.
13:39And what Craig has done
13:41here is put in
13:41a blinder first lap
13:42and that's exactly
13:44how to lead a race here
13:45because you can actually
13:46settle down
13:46and run your own race.
13:49As Craig Lowndes
13:50has proved
13:51throughout his career
13:52very, very fast
13:53on Coltars.
13:53Look at the Biffin barge
13:54going back in the pack.
13:55That's old Big Kev
13:56having another shot
13:57at everything I think, yeah.
13:58Paul Morris
13:58really been in the wars
13:59after those races
14:00and Albert Clarke
14:01squeezes up the inside
14:02of the Greenfield
14:03Moas Falcon.
14:04Baird wants a slice
14:04of the action too.
14:05Bauer's going with him.
14:07There's one of the Kmart
14:07Commodores in there
14:08as well.
14:08It's tough stuff
14:09back in the pack.
14:11Morris lifting wheels
14:12in the Big Kev
14:12racing Commodore.
14:13There's Craig Bend
14:14locking up
14:14the inside front left.
14:17Bend, of course,
14:17the winner of race
14:18two at Phillip Island.
14:20But a little bit
14:21further back
14:21in the pack
14:22in this particular race.
14:23Up in front,
14:23Craig Lowndes
14:24is your leader
14:24from teammate Mark Scaife.
14:26Garth Tander
14:26in third place,
14:27the local guy.
14:28And Larkin
14:29in fourth
14:30at the moment.
14:33So they work
14:33their way out
14:34of Cole Corner
14:35and up the hill.
14:35Let's take a close
14:36look at things.
14:36This is Paul Radisic.
14:37Talk us through this, Dick.
14:38I think one of the
14:39coming...
14:39In fact,
14:39it's Russell Engle there.
14:40It's Russell Engle.
14:41He's getting shuffled out.
14:42The moment you understand
14:43you're a little bit
14:44on the first corner,
14:45well, I tell you what,
14:46you just get shuffled
14:47all the way down the back.
14:49So the order now,
14:50Lowndes,
14:50Scaife, Tander,
14:51Mark and Radisic,
14:52Engle,
14:52Bargwana,
14:54Steve Johnson,
14:56Longhurst and McLean.
14:57That's the top ten
14:57from the whole racing team.
14:59Really getting a squirt
15:00on here.
15:01It's a pretty common side,
15:02isn't it?
15:02It has been over
15:03the past 12 months or so.
15:05Well, it certainly
15:06was a time there
15:07when Lowndes
15:08had much domination
15:09over his teammate
15:10on Cole Tyres
15:11and the opening laps
15:11of Scaife now.
15:12Obviously working very hard
15:14on the set-up of the car.
15:15He seems to be able
15:15to match Lowndes.
15:16He's going with him.
15:17Let's look at the Shell Helix
15:18race score at the bottom
15:19of your screen.
15:20Lowndes,
15:21barely half a second
15:22in front of his teammate
15:22Tander, though.
15:23They've really dropped
15:24the valve lane.
15:24Cummins car on 2.2 seconds,
15:26the gap,
15:26after only two and a half laps.
15:28That is amazing.
15:28And you can see
15:29as they work their way
15:30along the straight there,
15:30visibly how big that gap is.
15:32The two-holded racing team
15:33Commodores,
15:34Craig Lowndes,
15:35the defending Shell Series
15:36champion,
15:37leads from teammate
15:37Mark Scaife.
15:38This is the battle for third
15:40and Mark Larker
15:42Ogun, 22-year-old Garth Kander,
15:45championship leader
15:45at the moment,
15:46winner of round one.
15:48Larker all over the back of him.
15:49The enforcer,
15:50Russell Ingle,
15:51is up there as well.
15:51So too Paul Radisic
15:53and Jason Barguana
15:54just in the background.
15:55There's a lot of fans
15:56to be wondering,
15:57Dick Johnson,
15:57why is it that a team
15:58like Holden Racing Team
15:59could come here
16:00year after year after year
16:01and be so dominant?
16:02Well, when you understand
16:03the tyre as much as they do
16:05because they've been
16:05on that particular tyre
16:07through their,
16:08obviously through the
16:09life of the car
16:10and they've obviously
16:12struck on a set-up
16:13that works very,
16:14very well at this racetrack
16:15and it certainly is
16:16sort of showing that today.
16:18Sure is.
16:19Big gap,
16:202.9,
16:20almost three seconds,
16:21yeah.
16:22Three seconds,
16:23the gap over this man,
16:24Garth Tander,
16:25who is leading
16:26a tremendous battle
16:27for third place
16:28that involves himself,
16:28Mark Larkham,
16:29Ingle,
16:30Radisic,
16:30Barguana,
16:31they're all in there.
16:32So the Holden Racing Team
16:33taking advantage
16:34of this cut and thrust
16:35happening behind them.
16:36They're opening the gap
16:37every lap.
16:38Tander under immense pressure
16:39as he works his way
16:41onto the start-finish straight
16:44once again.
16:45Mark Larkham in the background
16:46there,
16:46just in behind him,
16:47so too Russell Ingle.
16:48Look at them climbing the kerbs.
16:49It's a real freight train.
16:50Paul Radisic,
16:51Jason Barguana,
16:52Stephen Johnson's up there,
16:53so too Tony Longhurst
16:54and Paul Morris
16:55as they stream
16:57through Cat Corner
16:57and Tander leads them
17:00to the field.
17:01Yeah,
17:01just an indication
17:02of his improved form.
17:05Garth Tander,
17:05when he came here last year,
17:06he qualified 11th
17:07and finished 13th overall
17:08after the round.
17:09Well,
17:09he's been on fire
17:10in qualifying.
17:11Third fastest
17:12behind the mobile
17:13hole for racing team cars
17:14and now he finds himself
17:15leading the battle
17:16for third.
17:16Much improved performance
17:17from the youngster.
17:19Up in front,
17:19of course,
17:20Lowndes and Scaife
17:21continue to hold stay.
17:22This is the battle
17:23for third.
17:23John Bowers
17:23had a moment there.
17:24Coming across the top.
17:25I think he's got
17:26more than a moment.
17:27Yep,
17:27he's got smoke billowing
17:28from the back of the car.
17:29He's had some sort
17:29of mechanical failure
17:30and pulls off the racing lines.
17:32That's a big disappointment
17:33for the Caterpillar team.
17:34What do you think
17:35the problem is there,
17:36Dick?
17:36Well,
17:36it looks like there's
17:37obviously a fair bit of smoke
17:38coming from under the front
17:39of the car somewhere.
17:40It certainly doesn't look
17:41as though it's lost
17:42a lot of power,
17:42but I would suggest
17:44that it's a sufficiently
17:45large enough problem
17:46where I think you'll find
17:47John will come into the fifth.
17:49So John Bowers
17:50stays right off the racing line,
17:52probably pumping out
17:52a little bit of oil.
17:53The dramas,
17:54big battles up and down
17:55through the pack,
17:56but the lead remains the same.
17:583.5 seconds.
18:00Rodney Forbes.
18:02Now,
18:02he's had a moment there
18:03just coming on
18:03to the start,
18:04finish straight
18:05in the wins racing.
18:06Commodore.
18:06So no luck
18:07for young Rodney.
18:09And John Bowers.
18:10Great disappointment.
18:11The bonnet goes up.
18:12That's never a good sign
18:13any race,
18:14but particularly
18:14in a sprint round,
18:15you've got no chance then.
18:17Well, certainly
18:17the way the race format is,
18:19he's got to start
18:19down the back
18:20of the grid next.
18:20So, you know,
18:21he's got his work cut out
18:22from down there,
18:23let me tell you.
18:233.5 seconds,
18:25the gap
18:25that Lowndes and Scaife
18:27have opened up
18:28over Garth Tander.
18:30So,
18:30the Holden Racing team
18:31really monstering
18:32the opposition here
18:33in the opening heat.
18:34There it is,
18:343.5,
18:356 seconds,
18:36the gap.
18:37And Lowndes
18:38heading for a record
18:3910th race win
18:41in a row
18:41if he can hold out
18:42his teammate.
18:42Well, you have damage
18:43there.
18:43We saw a moment ago
18:44to Cameron McConville's
18:45Auto Pro Commodore,
18:46the Rod Nash Racing entry.
18:48So, he's been
18:48in the walls early.
18:49Look at this,
18:49Mark Larkham
18:49fighting off a challenge
18:51from Paul Radisic
18:52as they work
18:53in the cat corner.
18:54So, Larkham now
18:55playing defensive.
18:55Ingle's gotten around him
18:56and Tander retains
18:58the lead,
18:59if you like,
18:59in this battle
19:00for third place.
19:01He's been ahead
19:03in this battle
19:03for third for some time
19:04because in the distance,
19:05the two Holden Racing
19:06team Commodores
19:07continue to gallop away.
19:08Well, while the fight
19:09goes on
19:10for these minor placings,
19:11the other guys
19:13have just been able
19:13to settle down
19:14and go
19:15and get out
19:15and go for it.
19:18It's a closer look
19:19at what happened
19:20to Rodney Forbes there.
19:22Just coming on
19:23to the start
19:24finish straight.
19:24Dick, talk us through this.
19:26Well, he obviously
19:26gets in there
19:27and has obviously
19:29locked his rear brakes up
19:30and, like,
19:31when you lock
19:31the rear brakes
19:31you really,
19:32it just pivots
19:33around the radiated
19:34rain plug then.
19:36They're looking
19:37stuck in the sand.
19:40John Bauer
19:41apparently back
19:41in the race
19:42steering fluid leak
19:44onto the exhaust system.
19:47Maybe something
19:47in the edge
19:48of pumping out
19:48a lot of oil.
19:49Apparently,
19:49they've plugged that gap
19:50so let's hope
19:51John Bauer
19:51can continue
19:52with any more
19:53mechanical problems.
19:54See,
19:55Ingalls got around
19:55Mark Larkham
19:56and now he's sort of
19:57coming up
19:57on the back of Tander
19:58so this could be
19:59fairly interesting.
20:01Dick,
20:01when you've got 19 cars
20:02coming by a second
20:03in qualifying,
20:04I mean,
20:04the opportunities to pass
20:05must be so difficult.
20:06Is it just a game
20:07of intimidation?
20:08You've got to fill up
20:08the mirrors of the car
20:09in front and try
20:10and make a mistake.
20:12Well,
20:12you've got to be able
20:13to drive quick enough
20:14so the guys behind
20:15don't exactly run
20:16over the top of you
20:17because when they get
20:18that close,
20:19you start to really
20:20sort of press on
20:21like Mark is there
20:22and you lock a wheel,
20:23you flat spot a tyre
20:24and all you can do
20:26is hear this tyre
20:26flapping going down
20:27the street
20:27and you think
20:28to yourself,
20:28well boy,
20:29is it going to go bang
20:30or what's going to
20:30happen?
20:30Because it's not
20:31a good feeling either.
20:333.6 seconds,
20:34the gap,
20:35Holden Racing team
20:36have opened up
20:36one tenth of a second
20:37over Tander
20:38as he holds up
20:38this freight train
20:39behind in this battle
20:40for third.
20:41Involves a number
20:42of top cars.
20:44Lowndes a 58.91,
20:47Skate 58.8,
20:48Tander a 59.
20:49So this is what you
20:49said Dick Johnson
20:50before the race
20:51you're probably going
20:51to see the race pace
20:52slip out
20:53and go a little bit slower.
21:12This of course
21:13is Mark Larkin
21:14and work in the
21:15Vita 10 Falcon
21:16Dick talk us around
21:16here,
21:17we're watching the
21:17B Clear and Simple
21:18telemetry
21:18as they work
21:19through Cold Corner.
21:20Well it certainly
21:20looks as though
21:21Mark's using
21:214th gear to there
21:22being down
21:23around 5,000 RPM
21:24where we'll go
21:25up to 5th gear
21:26now and sort of
21:27run over the
21:28top of the hill.
21:31So that corner
21:32is just so
21:33important.
21:34It looks like
21:34he's covering
21:34his line here
21:35because somebody's
21:35having a shot
21:36at him,
21:37which would
21:38probably be
21:38the rabbit.
21:45So across
21:46the start-finish
21:46line.
21:47Start-finish
21:47line down to
21:48turn.
21:48Oh, he runs.
21:49Yeah.
21:49Ball's just
21:50got underneath
21:51him and
21:51when you get
21:52underneath somebody
21:53like that,
21:53you've got to be
21:53very careful
21:54that you don't
21:54actually get to
21:55a point where
21:56you understeer
21:56yourself off the
21:57road and get
21:57retaken.
21:59Well, you can
22:00see that he was
22:00moving over to
22:01take a conservative
22:01line as he
22:02breaks down
22:03toward Fitzstraight.
22:04Because Radisic was
22:05applying the blowtorch
22:06behind him,
22:07he got through too,
22:07so Radisic moves
22:08up another position
22:10puts him up to
22:11spin behind that
22:13quartet of
22:13Commodores.
22:14Lowndes,
22:14scape,
22:15Tander and
22:15Ingle up ahead
22:16of him.
22:17Having a go down
22:18the inside here
22:18on Larcombe,
22:19into Colb Corner
22:20and Barks is
22:21through.
22:21So in the space
22:22of half a lap,
22:24Larcombe has
22:24fallen back two
22:25places.
22:27His tyres are
22:28obviously starting
22:29to get the soft
22:30on the back
22:30because that's
22:31the problem,
22:31yeah?
22:33Yeah.
22:34Your actual
22:35car set up
22:36is so important.
22:37Let's have a look
22:38on the Shell
22:38Helix replay,
22:39this passing move.
22:40Talk us through
22:40this, Dick.
22:41Well, Mark
22:41got himself up
22:42on the curve
22:42there and lost
22:43a bit of speed
22:44coming out of
22:44the turn which
22:45allowed Paul to
22:45sort of duck
22:46down inside him
22:47and now Tander's
22:48looking at having
22:49a shot here but
22:49he's too far
22:50behind.
22:52In terms of a
22:53race pace now,
22:53most of the
22:54drivers into the
22:5559s.
22:55Lowndes are 59-32
22:56last time around,
22:58scape are 59-16.
22:59They are 1-2 on
23:00the road here at
23:01Barber Gallo at
23:02the moment.
23:03Garth Tander in
23:03third place,
23:04Russell Ingle in
23:05fourth.
23:06And Craig Lowndes
23:07is holding
23:07stay at the
23:08moment.
23:10Look at the gap
23:11they've opened up
23:12on the Valvoline
23:12car though.
23:13Four seconds,
23:14Holden Racing
23:14team really
23:15rubbing their
23:15noses in it
23:16at the moment.
23:17Let's take a
23:18look at them
23:18for you.
23:18We've had a
23:19sneak up.
23:20Trevor Ashby
23:20I think has
23:21gone off.
23:23And Donohue
23:24taking a base
23:25of action there
23:25in the TDK
23:26Ultratune
23:27Commodore.
23:28Craig Lowndes
23:28top of things
23:29from Markscape.
23:29Garth Tander
23:30in third at
23:31the moment.
23:31Russell Ingle
23:31in fourth.
23:32Paul Radisic,
23:33Jason Barguana,
23:34Mark Larkham
23:34in seventh,
23:35Stephen Johnson
23:35in eighth,
23:36Tony Longhurst
23:37ninth,
23:37Paul Morris
23:38tenth.
23:38Can Craig Lowndes
23:39retain the lead
23:40and go on to
23:41win ten races
23:41from ten starts
23:42here at
23:43Barba Gallo?
23:49Welcome back
23:50to Barba Gallo
23:51Raceway.
23:52The Holden
23:52Racing team
23:53one and two
23:54at the moment
23:55in race one
23:56of round two
23:57of the Shell
23:57Championship Series.
23:58Lowndes leads
23:59from Markscape.
24:00Hard luck
24:00for John Bowe.
24:01He's in pit lane
24:01and the word is
24:02he will be out
24:04for the rest
24:04of this race
24:05as some sort
24:05mechanical problem
24:06for the Cat team
24:07and Bowie undoing
24:08the seatbelts.
24:10Yep,
24:10never a nice sign.
24:12Canterbill of 14,
24:13big disappointment
24:14for John Bowe.
24:15But this is amazing,
24:174.3 seconds,
24:18they're pumping
24:18the lead out
24:19every lap
24:19by several tenths
24:20of a second.
24:21Just showing
24:22the dominance
24:22of the factory
24:24Holdens
24:24at Barba Gallo
24:25Raceway,
24:26but the big interest
24:26here is
24:27Can Scafe,
24:28Topoli's teammate
24:29because Lowndes
24:30is on a roll.
24:30Nine race wins
24:31in a row,
24:32never been beaten
24:33in a V8 supercar
24:34at Barba Gallo
24:35Raceway.
24:36Can Scafe
24:36break that
24:38this afternoon?
24:40Family of power
24:41steering problems
24:42persisting with
24:43the Canterpillar
24:44Ford,
24:44we just hear
24:44from the pit,
24:45so time to
24:46put it back
24:46in the garage
24:47and see if they
24:47can fix it
24:48for heat two.
24:48Decker on lap
24:5013 of 20,
24:51we can see
24:51as they come
24:51down the hill
24:52here how big
24:52the gap is
24:53between Scafe
24:54to Garth Tander.
24:55What can Garth
24:56do about trying
24:56to reel these
24:57guys in?
24:58Well, the thing
24:59is that Garth
25:00is not exactly
25:01being attacked
25:01from behind,
25:02so he really
25:03has a clear track,
25:04but those guys
25:05in front are
25:06just stroking
25:06their cars along
25:07to get to the
25:08finish, so I
25:09don't think he
25:10can do an awful
25:10lot about it
25:11at this point
25:11in time.
25:14Look back
25:15through the field
25:15for you,
25:16Mark Larkham
25:16coming under
25:17pressure now
25:17from Stephen
25:18Johnson.
25:19Tony Longhurst
25:19in the Caltech's
25:21Javeline Ford,
25:22there's Paul
25:22Morris in the
25:23Big Kev
25:24Commodore,
25:25so a bit of
25:26a train building
25:26up behind the
25:27minor 10 car,
25:28you're looking
25:28back from
25:29behind Mark
25:30Larkham,
25:30this is roughly
25:31what he's seeing
25:32in his rearview
25:32mirror.
25:33Oh, no!
25:34Problems there,
25:34Baird's gone off,
25:35so too John
25:36Faulkner in the
25:37Asia Online
25:37Commodore,
25:38now Baird is
25:39parked precariously
25:40there on the
25:41exit of Cat
25:41Corner,
25:42trying to make
25:43his way towards
25:43the Essers,
25:44that's where
25:44Trevor Ashby's
25:45gone off as
25:45well.
25:46And that's a
25:46very similar
25:47position to
25:47that,
25:47very car was
25:4812 or 18
25:50months ago
25:50when it was
25:51here.
25:51Don't remind
25:52them.
25:52Poor thing.
25:53No, Baird
25:53very exposed
25:54there on the
25:55outside of the
25:55circuit,
25:56there's still a
25:56number of
25:56cars come off
25:57on that
25:57corner.
25:57lap 14 of 20,
26:01so the
26:01Pertec Ford
26:02is stuck.
26:02Now,
26:03will we see
26:03safety car
26:05come out
26:05here?
26:06It would
26:07be an
26:07interesting
26:07scenario.
26:08Now,
26:08the safety
26:09car,
26:09we've been
26:09told,
26:10has come
26:10onto the
26:10circuit.
26:11There it
26:11is.
26:12So,
26:12they consider
26:13that too
26:13dangerous
26:13leaving those
26:14cars there,
26:15so the
26:15cars will
26:15come under
26:16formation
26:16behind the
26:18safety car.
26:18They'll
26:18clear up those
26:19wrecks before
26:19they return to
26:20green flag,
26:21full racing
26:21conditions,
26:22which allow
26:23Tander to close
26:23the gap right
26:24up on the
26:25mobile Holden
26:25racing team
26:26duo.
26:27Monroe
26:27safety car
26:28leads them
26:28around,
26:28lights flashing,
26:30beautifully
26:30presented
26:31Commodore
26:31there.
26:32I think
26:32this is
26:32just the
26:33brake that
26:34Tander
26:34really needed,
26:36and the
26:36same with
26:36Mark Scaife,
26:37because it's
26:38going to be a
26:39very interesting
26:39restart.
26:41So,
26:41talk us
26:41through what
26:41happened here,
26:42Dick.
26:42Well,
26:43it looks
26:43as though
26:43he's gone
26:44underneath him
26:45and then
26:46Faulkner's
26:48obviously
26:49understeered out
26:50and shoved
26:50both of them
26:51off the road
26:52a bit,
26:53and they've
26:54gone to the
26:54beach for a
26:55while.
26:55Definitely
26:55a collision
26:56between the
26:56two cars
26:57there.
26:57Faulkner
26:57kept his
26:58foot into
26:58it,
26:58but managed
26:59to drive
26:59out of
26:59the sand,
27:01but Baird
27:01not so
27:01lucky,
27:02got hooked
27:02up on
27:02the side
27:03of the
27:03track.
27:05Paul Romano
27:06on the
27:06Shell Helix
27:07replay,
27:07what happens
27:07here?
27:08Oh,
27:08I don't
27:09think that's
27:10the B
27:10pillar,
27:11that's more
27:12like the C
27:13pillar.
27:13That's not
27:13in the
27:14rule book.
27:14I think
27:15Paul's going
27:16to be
27:16visiting a
27:18shed up
27:18the back.
27:19Now,
27:19bear in
27:20mind,
27:20folks,
27:20that the
27:21first five
27:22laps of
27:22this safety
27:23car period
27:23do not
27:24count.
27:27There's
27:27Craig Baird.
27:29Baird
27:30into the
27:30pits,
27:30got a
27:30problem
27:31here.
27:32I would
27:32say it
27:32would be
27:32full of
27:33sand.
27:34Got him
27:35out of
27:35the sand.
27:37All
27:37right,
27:37we are
27:38away and
27:38racing once
27:39again.
27:39The
27:39safety
27:39car is
27:40off and
27:40we have
27:41a green
27:41light
27:41racing
27:42again
27:42at
27:42Barbagallo.
27:43Craig
27:43Lownds
27:44remains in
27:45the lead.
27:45We have
27:45six laps
27:46remaining,
27:47six laps
27:47remaining
27:48in this
27:48one.
27:49In
27:49second
27:49place,
27:49Marks
27:50get
27:50but
27:50things
27:50all
27:50closely
27:51bunched
27:51up.
27:51Look
27:51at
27:51Stephen
27:52Johnson
27:52giving
27:53Mark
27:53Larkham
27:54the hurry
27:54up as
27:55they exit
27:55cat
27:55turn and
27:57the field
27:57straight
27:57through the
27:58S's now.
28:00That's what
28:00you call
28:01applying maximum
28:01pressure.
28:02Great shot
28:02on the
28:03Channel 10
28:03cameras there
28:04right in.
28:04You can
28:04just see the
28:05rear bumper
28:05of Larkham's
28:06car flexing
28:07under the
28:08pressure from
28:08Stephen
28:08Johnson saying
28:09get a
28:09move on.
28:10Got
28:11Tony Longhurst
28:11breathing
28:11down by
28:12next.
28:12Steve
28:12hasn't run
28:13down the
28:13inside.
28:13He's
28:13going to
28:14get him
28:14under
28:14brakes.
28:14Goal!
28:16Steve
28:17had a
28:17look there
28:18Larkham
28:18shut the
28:19door and
28:19Longhurst
28:20is looking
28:20for any
28:20sort of
28:21opportunity
28:21here.
28:21Look at
28:22Longhurst
28:22coming on
28:22the
28:22inside of
28:23Stephen
28:23Johnson
28:23now.
28:24They run
28:24up the
28:24hill.
28:25He's
28:25two side
28:25by side.
28:26Longhurst
28:26has got
28:27the
28:27inside
28:27running
28:27and
28:28some
28:29dirt
28:29and
28:29dust
28:29on
28:30the
28:30track.
28:30Paul
28:30Morris
28:31is
28:31in
28:31there
28:31as
28:31well.
28:31So
28:31soon
28:32he's
28:32got
28:32Stephen
28:34Johnson
28:35and
28:36now
28:36out
28:37after
28:37Mark
28:37Larkham.
28:38What up
28:39there
28:39Dickie
28:39plenty of
28:40pressure
28:41coming
28:41down
28:41the
28:41hill.
28:41Oh yeah
28:42you know
28:42Longhurst
28:43is doing
28:43this normal
28:44old trick
28:44of using
28:45every bit
28:45of the
28:45road
28:45which is
28:46normal.
28:47Put five
28:47laps to
28:48go it's
28:48going to
28:48be a
28:48very
28:48interesting
28:49five
28:49laps.
28:50Well
28:50Garth
28:50Tander
28:50got a
28:51second
28:51win
28:52here
28:52right
28:52behind
28:53car
28:53two.
28:53Mark
28:53Scaife
28:54our pole
28:54position
28:54man
28:55Lowndes
28:55is
28:55scampering
28:56away
28:56like a
28:57scalded
28:57cat as
28:57he tends
28:58to do.
28:59Now
28:59Scaife
28:59has to
29:00contend
29:00with the
29:00Valvoline
29:00Cummins
29:01car.
29:02Only
29:02a few
29:02laps
29:02remaining
29:03in
29:03this
29:03heat
29:03one
29:04that
29:04safety
29:04car
29:05period
29:05is
29:05really
29:06at
29:06home
29:06today.
29:07Tander
29:08right
29:08in
29:08touch
29:09now
29:09with
29:11Mark
29:11Scaife
29:11as we
29:12count
29:12down
29:12to
29:12the
29:12finish
29:13of
29:13race
29:13one
29:14round
29:14two
29:15of
29:15the
29:15shell
29:15championship
29:16series
29:16but
29:20Scaife
29:20is
29:20well
29:21under
29:22a lot
29:22of
29:23pressure
29:23from
29:23Tander
29:23we hear
29:24that Craig
29:24Baird
29:25has rejoined
29:25the circuit
29:26for our
29:27Kiwi
29:27viewers
29:28that are
29:28watching
29:28for a
29:28team
29:28big
29:29one
29:29in
29:29New
29:29Zealand
29:29I'll
29:29be
29:29pleased
29:30about
29:30that
29:30and look
29:31at
29:31Tander
29:31all over
29:32the
29:32back
29:32of
29:32Scaife
29:33now
29:33as they
29:33work
29:33towards
29:34the
29:34start
29:34finish
29:35straight
29:35once again
29:35there's a
29:36shot of
29:36how
29:36Mounds
29:36has pulled
29:37out
29:37have a
29:37look at
29:37this
29:38talk us
29:38through
29:38it
29:38Dink
29:38Steven
29:39applying
29:39the
29:40thumbscrew
29:40to
29:40Larko
29:41well I
29:41think
29:42Mark is
29:43obviously
29:43covering his
29:44line very
29:44well indeed
29:45and when
29:46you go in
29:46like that
29:47and you
29:47miss your
29:47run out of
29:48the corner
29:48of course
29:49Tony Long
29:49has seen
29:50this all
29:50happening
29:51so he
29:51actually
29:53he managed
29:58to back
29:59out of
29:59it
29:59okay
29:59he's got
30:00a little
30:00bit of
30:00damage
30:00to the
30:01front
30:01left hand
30:02corner
30:02of the
30:02shell
30:03hill
30:03export
30:03he's
30:04powering
30:04on
30:04okay
30:05Russell
30:05Ingle
30:05getting a
30:06little
30:06timely
30:06in the
30:06background
30:07the
30:07enforcer
30:08currently
30:08in fourth
30:09place
30:09and under
30:09a lot
30:09of
30:10pressure
30:10from
30:10Paul
30:10Radisic
30:11so lots
30:12of things
30:12could happen
30:13as we
30:13work towards
30:14the finish
30:14of this
30:14one
30:14Garb
30:15Tander
30:15the 22
30:16year old
30:17the kid
30:17from Western
30:18Australia
30:18who wants
30:19to do
30:19big things
30:20here this
30:20weekend
30:21in front
30:23can he
30:23get around
30:23Marksgate
30:24I don't
30:25think he's
30:25going to
30:25be able
30:25to challenge
30:26for the
30:26lead
30:26look at
30:26Tander
30:27trying to
30:28make a
30:28move here
30:29Radisic's
30:30playing defensive
30:30with Tander's
30:31teammate Jason
30:32Bargwana
30:32who sits
30:33back in
30:33sixth place
30:34at the
30:34moment
30:34we have
30:35three laps
30:36remaining
30:36as I come
30:36across
30:37the start
30:37finish line
30:38this time
30:38around
30:39well the key
30:40thing here
30:40to Dick
30:41Johnson
30:41I'm sure
30:41you'd be
30:42aware of
30:43how important
30:44it is to
30:44get those
30:45points
30:45to keep
30:45those points
30:46coming in
30:46and Tander
30:47sitting back
30:47there in
30:47third position
30:48it would be
30:48nice to
30:49challenge
30:49for the
30:49lead
30:50but in
30:50third place
30:50is another
30:51big bag
30:51of points
30:51as he tries
30:52to build
30:52up a
30:52championship
30:53potential
30:54championship
30:54winning
30:54performance
30:55well that's
30:56what winning
30:56championships
30:56is all
30:57about
30:57is gathering
30:58points
30:58while you
30:59possibly
30:59can
30:59it's all
31:00very nice
31:01to win
31:01races
31:02but to win
31:03races
31:03and to win
31:03championships
31:04you've got
31:04to keep
31:04finishing
31:05Garth Thander
31:07very mature
31:08head on
31:08younger shoulders
31:09he was a
31:09wild man
31:09when he came
31:10into V8
31:10but he really
31:11has settled
31:11down
31:12under Gary
31:13Rogers
31:13tutelage
31:13he is now
31:14a genuine
31:15championship
31:15contender in
31:162000
31:16this is a bit
31:17further back
31:17Longhurst
31:18just locking
31:18the brakes
31:19well that's
31:19all in
31:20up like a
31:2050 cent
31:21piece
31:21I'd reckon
31:21yeah
31:22as he approaches
31:24the fastest
31:25part of the
31:26track
31:26250 km
31:27an hour
31:28flat out
31:28in 6th gear
31:29as they
31:29approach
31:29this turn
31:31this uphill
31:32braking
31:32section
31:33there's Cameron
31:33MacLean
31:34in behind
31:34the big
31:34cab
31:35Commodore
31:35Paul Morris
31:35two laps
31:36remaining
31:36you can see
31:37the field
31:38strung out
31:38behind there
31:39all sorts
31:40of battles
31:40going right
31:41up and down
31:41the field
31:41in V8
31:42supercar racing
31:43as we've
31:43come to
31:44know
31:44oh
31:45Neil
31:47Crompton
31:47there
31:47and Mark
31:48Poole
31:49here
31:49the John
31:50Deere
31:50racing
31:50Commodore
31:51battling
31:51away
31:51not a
31:52good
31:52weekend
31:52thus far
31:53for the
31:54forward
31:54Tickford
31:54racing
31:54operations
31:55seat
31:55currently
31:5616th
31:56and
31:57Crompton
31:57languishing
31:58by his
31:59standards
31:59back in
31:5921st
32:00at the
32:00moment
32:00the field
32:01stream again
32:02through
32:02the
32:03S's
32:03Larry
32:03Perkins
32:03in there
32:04both
32:04the
32:04Kmart
32:04racing
32:05Commodores
32:05now
32:06Bathurst
32:06winners
32:07Greg
32:07Murphy
32:07his
32:07teammate
32:08Stephen
32:08Richards
32:08in
32:08behind
32:09him
32:09but out
32:10in front
32:10it is
32:10Craig
32:11Lowndes
32:11from
32:11Mark
32:12Scaife
32:12Garth
32:13Tanners
32:13is in
32:13third place
32:14and throwing
32:15out a
32:15real challenge
32:15to Scaife
32:16what a way
32:17to celebrate
32:17his birthday
32:18this weekend
32:18Larry Perkins
32:20and under fire
32:21Murphy up the
32:23inside
32:24so close
32:25you couldn't get a
32:25razor blade
32:26between it
32:26now
32:26who's going to
32:27win the
32:27sprint
32:27up the hill
32:28once you get
32:29up the inside
32:30over there
32:30I think
32:30she's all over
32:31Red Rover
32:32for Larry
32:32and if he's
32:34not careful
32:35he's going to
32:35lose another
32:36one
32:36one
32:37flat board
32:38being shown
32:38to our
32:39leader
32:39Craig
32:39Will he go
32:40on to win
32:41his tenth
32:41V8 supercar
32:42race
32:43look at this
32:44though
32:44how close
32:45do you like
32:46it
32:46Larry Perkins
32:47the beat
32:47of the
32:47Kmart
32:48sandwich
32:48he's
32:49coughing up
32:50both
32:50directions
32:51he might
32:52be 50
32:52years of
32:52age
32:53but he
32:53certainly
32:53has
32:53lots
32:54his
32:54aggressive
32:56style
32:56as he
32:57knows
32:57keen to
32:58hang on
32:58to that
32:58position
32:59here
32:59is
32:59yellow
32:59race
33:00leader
33:00folks
33:00and
33:01doing
33:01a
33:01terrific
33:02job
33:02Craig
33:02Lowndes
33:03from
33:03Sigmate
33:04Mark
33:04Scape
33:04Holden
33:05Racing
33:05team
33:051 and
33:062
33:06on the
33:06road
33:06at the
33:06moment
33:07a
33:07very
33:08consistent
33:08and
33:08level
33:09headed
33:09performance
33:09once again
33:10from
33:10Garth
33:10Tander
33:11he sits
33:11in third
33:11and if
33:12he stays
33:12there
33:13more
33:13valuable
33:13points
33:14in the
33:14bag
33:14well
33:14Dick
33:15as you
33:15said
33:15earlier
33:15there
33:15is
33:16a
33:16real
33:16art
33:16in
33:16qualifying
33:17and
33:17a
33:17real
33:17art
33:18in
33:18racing
33:18looks
33:18like
33:19Lowndes
33:19has
33:19got
33:19the
33:19edge
33:20on
33:20Scape
33:20in
33:20race
33:20trim
33:21this
33:21time
33:21well
33:21he
33:21certainly
33:22is
33:22at
33:22this
33:22point
33:22in
33:23time
33:23and
33:23when
33:23you
33:23see
33:23the
33:23times
33:24now
33:24they're
33:24really
33:24starting
33:25to drop
33:25off
33:25aren't they
33:26yep
33:26for the
33:27final time
33:28Craig
33:28Lowndes
33:29brings it
33:29down
33:29the
33:29hill
33:29and
33:30look at
33:30this
33:30battle
33:31going on
33:31here
33:31Radisic
33:32and
33:32Ingle
33:32oh
33:33there's
33:33been a
33:33bit of
33:34contact
33:34there
33:34between
33:35Russell
33:35and look
33:36at this
33:36Jason
33:37Bargwiner
33:37comes
33:37along
33:37for
33:38the
33:38ride
33:38congratulations
33:39Craig
33:39Lowndes
33:40takes
33:40it
33:40out
33:40from
33:40Mark
33:41Skate
33:41third
33:42place
33:42is
33:42teared
33:42up
33:42Ingle
33:43under
33:43pressure
33:43all
33:44the
33:44way
33:44from
33:44Bargwiner
33:45and you
33:45gotta feel
33:46sorry
33:46for the
33:46Rat
33:47the Rat
33:47was the
33:47big
33:47loser
33:48in
33:48that
33:48one
33:48you're
33:49not
33:49wrong
33:49actually
33:49that's
33:50a pretty
33:50dirty play
33:51really
33:51when you
33:51look at
33:51things
33:52like
33:52that
33:52there's
33:52plenty
33:52of room
33:53there
33:53for two
33:53cars
33:54and he
33:54was
33:54never
33:55any
33:55challenge
33:55I
33:55don't
33:55think
33:56so
33:56to get
33:56the
33:56elbows
33:57out
33:57well
33:58I
33:58think
33:58there'll
33:59be a
34:00tit
34:00for
34:00tap
34:00there's
34:01still
34:01two
34:01races
34:02to go
34:02long
34:03way
34:03to go
34:04Barbagallo
34:04he's got
34:06a pretty
34:06good
34:06rim
34:06the Rat
34:09is back
34:10right in
34:10the thick
34:10of things
34:11sixth
34:11fastest
34:11sixth
34:13position
34:13I should
34:14say
34:14after that
34:14little
34:14scrap
34:15there's
34:15Garth
34:16Tander
34:16third
34:16place
34:16today
34:17good
34:17way
34:17to
34:17open
34:18his
34:18account
34:18on
34:19home
34:19soil
34:19behind
34:20the
34:20mobile
34:20hold
34:20racing
34:21team
34:21but
34:21he'll
34:21be
34:21running
34:21to
34:22be
34:23a
34:23couple
34:23of
34:23positions
34:23better
34:24than
34:24that
34:24by
34:24the
34:24end
34:24of
34:24this
34:25weekend
34:25we'll
34:25check
34:26him
34:26out
34:26for
34:26you
34:26in
34:26a
34:26moment
34:26Craig
34:27Lowndes
34:27your
34:27winner
34:27from
34:28Mark
34:28Scaife
34:29there is
34:30your
34:30championship
34:31leader
34:31Garth
34:32Tander
34:32at the
34:34moment
34:34one at
34:34Phillip
34:35Island
34:35and more
34:35valuable
34:36points
34:36for him
34:37after
34:37race
34:37one
34:38here
34:38at
34:38Barbagallo
34:39Craig
34:39Lowndes
34:40waves
34:40to the
34:40crowd
34:4110
34:41race
34:41wins
34:42from
34:4210
34:42starts
34:42in
34:43V8
34:43supercar
34:43racing
34:51speaking
34:52inside
34:52the
34:52top
34:5210
34:52Greg
34:53Murphy
34:53battling
34:53all the
34:54way
34:54with
34:54Larry
34:54Perkins
34:55we go
34:55further
34:55back
34:55Neil
34:56Crompton
34:56and
34:56Karen
34:56McCondell
34:57what a
34:58great
34:58start
34:58from
34:59Craig
34:59Lowndes
34:59to
35:00win
35:00race
35:01one