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I have been quite impressed by Fullwood this year in both Super2 and his enduro drives. Jack Smith, well, not so much and a waste of a main game seat. Money overides talent in that case.

Final race of the year is go. Whincup to the lead. A few cars got damaged.

Yeah Reynolds ran along the wall on the outside of T1 and Holdsworth had nowhere to go and came off much worse. Both had to pit, Reynolds to pull the rear bumper away and new wheel, and Holdsworth for more repair time.

Some strategy games going on with Waters in for new tyres and fuel after half a dozen laps. Rejoins in clear air.
SVG is on a charge.
After 7 laps.

Lap 16 Scott pits and rejoins behind Waters in 18th

Courtney and DePasquale bounce off eachother a bunch, DePas into the wall and Courtney blows a tire. SC out.

Waters now leads from McLaughlin and Whincup.

I thought Courtney hung DePas out to dry and was a bit naughty at first but on replay a racing incident. Stewards agree and no penalty .

Courtney got a DTP for an unsafe release

Waters is holding up McLaughlin and Whincup in places.

There's some showers around the track.

Waters pits so McLaughlin goes to the lead.

That was close, Mostert with a big dive on Waters at turn 2. Chaz got by him.

Golding into the wall at turn 2. He got out so no SC.

SVG and Waters bumping and banging.

So Whincup wins, Coulthard comes home in second with Tim Slade in third. Scotty Mac came 4th, so DJRTP take out the team championship by an increased margin from pre race. (SVG came through to 7th in tthe end.

Race ended with a time certain finish after 93/95 laps

Final race result.



Top 15 in the drivers championship (53 drivers scored points in the season (includes co drivers in the Enduro Cup)

Drivers’ championship

Pos Driver Pts
1 Scott McLaughlin 3872
2 Shane van Gisbergen 3310
3 Jamie Whincup 3208
4 Fabian Coulthard 3058
5 Chaz Mostert 2879
6 David Reynolds 2694
7 Cameron Waters 2588
8 Will Davison 2495
9 Nick Percat 2445
10 Lee Holdsworth 2428
11 James Courtney 2275
12 Scott Pye 2193
13 Mark Winterbottom 2092
14 Anton De Pasquale 2015
15 Tim Slade 1940


Teams’ championship

Pos Car(s)# Team Pts
1 12 17 DJRTP 6626
2 88 97 Triple Eight 6471
3 5 55 Tickford 5294 (Tickford ran 4 cars, (two teams of 2 cars each)
4 6 23 Tickford 5059
5 9 99 Erebus 4757
6 2 22 WAU 4449
7 8 14 BJR 4416 (As with Tickford, Brad Jones Racing ran 2 teams of 2 cars each)
8 7 15 Kelly 3706 (as above 2 teams of 2 cars each)
9 33 34 GRM 3145
10 3 78 Kelly 2746
11 18 Team 18 2055
12 35 MSR 1560
13 21 BJR 1327
14 19 Tekno 1262

And, so ends the season......

So, nobody talks parity anymore after Triple 8 won all post-Bathurst races? Sounds about right.

Vassago wrote: ↑4 years ago So, nobody talks parity anymore after Triple 8 won all post-Bathurst races? Sounds about right.

Nah, Holden fans kept quiet on their sudden success..... they are too busy talking about cheaters over the DJRTP non race Bathurst engine that was found to have exeeded tolerances by less than the width of a hair.... on an engine that was rooted, having on the Supercars testbed (where it showed no power advantage) been found to be venting water (the original reason it was changed out after qualy for a new engine for the race.... an engine that was also subjected to post race examination and passed . Oh and the ruling on that was not made until a few weeks after Bathurst when it happened. They (DJRTP) got a hefty fine and ordered to start Sandown from rear of grid having qualified on pole.

DJRTP had apparently some 400 eligibility checks over the season, and failed just one (on the rooted non race engine) by a hairs width only on a couple of cylinders, they are labelled as cheaters, tainted championships, and has sparked a tirade of social media abuse from other competitors and mainly fans. Supercars ended up sending a letter to all teams telling them to settle down after Walkinshaw I think it was likened Scott/DJRTP to Lance Armstrong!

PLus of course the abuse of SC protocol at Bathurst where Fabian Coulthard held the field up as he tried to cool his engine ( ), allowing the leading Red Bull and Scotty to pit without others having to double stack. Yes he did overdo the accepted norm in that case, but he was excluded from the results for his sins, loss of several hundred team points, plus Coulthards race points,and the team fined $250,000 which sparked the "Penske buys Bathurst Trophy stories.

Just to clarify I am not a Ford or a Holden fan.... I support selected drivers from both the Holden and Ford side of the fence.