2019 Aussie Supercars & Supports discussion | Season final @ Newcastle (22-24 Nov)

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Big moment for Chahda in the Super2, lost his rear wing and smacked the wall at turn 1.

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And right as the race is about to start it starts raining and most people are on slicks afaik.

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McLaughlin and Reynolds make contact going into turn 2, they both have to head to the pits.

Scotty only had to change tires but he's lost a lot of time. Reynolds had to go into the garage.

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Track is drying out.

McLaughlin is a minute behind but just did the fastest lap so he could salvage a decent result, especially with a well-timed safety car.

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Coulthard jumps the previous leader Waters in the pitstops.

Whincup crashes, it looks like he's done totally. SC out.

McLaughlin has actually lost a lap through all that. DJRTP fucked up something there.

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It rained again briefly so it will be a bit slippery on the restart and everyone is on slicks.

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Good battle for 3rd/4th between Mostert, Percat and Holdsworth.

There's a few damaged cars. Someone smashed into Todd Hazelwood and blew one of his tires which is a shame.

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Waters to the lead.

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Waters, Coulthard, SVG in for wets. It's raining quite hard now.

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DePasquale now leads because he was on wets earlier.

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Anton is struggling a bit, he's been off the track a couple of times. The track is still very wet.

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There's been some good battles later on in the race, Percat and Waters particuarly until Percat locked up and hit Waters.

Jacobson just stopped on track and brought out the safety car. DePasquale had to pit because he didn't put enough fuel in but he has rejoined in 5th at the lowest. SVG now leads from Coulthard.

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Oh shit, big fire at BJR.

It got put out. That was Percat. Scary moment.

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Something went wrong with the refuelling hose and fuel spilled everywhere.

Unfortunately it looks like the race is going to end under safety car. That was a wild race though.

Jacobson had a fire too, that time it was a blown engine or something.

McLaughlin was 12th and last car on the lead lap, with Coulthard finishing 2nd the points gap will close somewhat.

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Everybody was OK at BJR after that fire.

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It seems the lineups to the Pirtek Enduro Cup is now close to finalised. Bathurst in October is the first round of that.

Brad Jones Racing is the latest team to announce its line-up following confirmation Dean Canto will join Macauley Jones.

The announcement also confirmed Ash Walsh and Tim Blanchard as co-drivers for Tim Slade and Nick Percat respectively.

It leaves only Tickford Racing, Tekno Autosports and Matt Stone Racing yet to officially lock in its enduro drivers.

It is widely expected Super2 driver Thomas Randle will fill the seat alongside Lee Holdsworth in the #5 Bottle-O Ford Mustang.

Jonathon Webb is likely to continue as co-driver after partnering Jack Le Brocq at Tekno Autosports last season.

Entry list: Pirtek Enduro Cup Provisional

Num Team Primary driver Co-driver Car
2 Mobil 1 Mega Racing (WAU) Scott Pye Warren Luff Holden ZB Commodore
22 Mobil 1 Mega Racing (WAU) James Courtney Jack Perkins Holden ZB Commodore
3 Rabble.Club Racing (Kelly) Garry Jacobson Dean Fiore Nissan Altima L33
7 Plus Fitness Racing (Kelly) Andre Heimgartner Bryce Fullwood Nissan Altima L33
15 Castrol Racing (Kelly) Rick Kelly Dale Wood Nissan Altima L33
78 Team Harvey Norman (Kelly) Simona De Silvestro Alex Rullo Nissan Altima L33
5 The Bottle-O Racing (Tickford) Lee Holdsworth TBA (Thomas Randle)* Ford Mustang
6 Monster Energy Racing (Tickford) Cameron Waters Michael Caruso Ford Mustang
23 Milwaukee Racing (Tickford/23Red) Will Davison Alex Davison Ford Mustang
55 Supercheap Auto Racing (Tickford) Chaz Mostert James Moffat Ford Mustang
8 Brad Jones Racing Nick Percat Tim Blanchard Holden ZB Commodore
14 Freightliner Racing (BJR) Tim Slade Ash Walsh Holden ZB Commodore
21 Team CoolDrive (BJR/TBR) Macauley Jones Dean Canto Holden ZB Commodore
9 Penrite Racing (Erebus) David Reynolds Luke Youlden Holden ZB Commodore
99 Penrite Racing (Erebus) Anton De Pasquale Will Brown Holden ZB Commodore
12 Shell V-Power Racing Team (DJRTP) Fabian Coulthard Tony D’Alberto Ford Mustang
17 Shell V-Power Racing Team (DJRTP) Scott McLaughlin Alexandre Premat Ford Mustang
18 Irwin Racing (Team 18) Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards Holden ZB Commodore
19 Truck Assist Tekno Racing Jack Le Brocq TBA (Jonathan Webb)* Holden ZB Commodore
33 Boost Mobile Racing (GRM) Richie Stanaway Chris Pither Holden ZB Commodore
34 Boost Mobile Racing (GRM) James Golding Richard Muscat Holden ZB Commodore
35 Matt Stone Racing Todd Hazelwood TBA Holden ZB Commodore
97 Red Bull Holden Racing Team (Triple Eight) Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander Holden ZB Commodore
888 Red Bull Holden Racing Team (Triple Eight) Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes Holden ZB Commodore

* Likely to get the seat.

Of course Stanaway I would say is a potential change although one would think October would be plenty of time to get over his injury which has put him out of the last few rounds.