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Well I stuffed up ..... had to go out and did not have my watch on. Got delayed and then looked at my phone to check the time, realised the race was about to start.... so got home and ended up watching it about half an hour behind live so couldnt log in here. Got caught out by it being still day light when it is getting late.I thought the arly SC had screwed those who started on the soft when everyone pitted early, especially when others seemed to make them last. So much for the track being a night mare on tyres. It seems the super soft they were using for the first time tonight I think, handle the track better than the ordinary softs. Of course it worked out at the end with the RBs re-using the SS tyres they took off.
Some great dicing at the end for the whole top ten and a bit sorry to see the two Erebus guys fade at the end as the track got more and more wet. It could not have been that far from cars having to stop again for wet rubber.
Have to give it to SVG, a masterclass in the conditions to come back from a double stack delay and not getting the early benefit from the SS, to come through at the end.
I think the 1-2 finish for RBR will have tied up the Team Championship in their favour. I think the drivers title is technically / mathematically not over yet, but in reality it is.
All in all I hate to say it but another dramatic race at Eastern Creek. (SMP if you must)
Who would have thought that.
Tomorrow is the day they were saying was going to be really wet.
Edit: Just looked at the drivers points and a good finish tomorrow will I think tie up the drivers title for SVG. He now leads by 349 with 450 on the table
Results: Race 29, Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight
Pos Num Team/Sponsor Driver Car Diff
1 97 Red Bull Ampol Racing Team Shane van Gisbergen Holden Commodore ZB
2 88 Red Bull Ampol Racing Team Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore ZB +1.110
3 6 Monster Energy Racing Cameron Waters Ford Mustang GT +5.179
4 11 Shell V-Power Racing Team Anton De Pasquale Ford Mustang GT +5.570
5 25 Mobil 1 Appliances Online Chaz Mostert Holden Commodore ZB +6.076
6 20 DEWALT Racing Scott Pye Holden Commodore ZB +6.203
7 9 Erebus Motorsport William Brown Holden Commodore ZB +7.609
8 99 Erebus Boost Mobile Racing Brodie Kostecki Holden Commodore ZB +8.879
9 17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Will Davison Ford Mustang GT +10.961
10 8 R&J Batteries Nick Percat Holden Commodore ZB +13.152
11 5 Truck Assist Racing Jack Le Brocq Ford Mustang GT +15.677
12 18 IRWIN Racing Mark Winterbottom Holden Commodore ZB +18.575
13 3 CoolDrive Racing Tim Slade Ford Mustang GT +21.852
14 14 Dunlop Super Dealer Racing Todd Hazelwood Holden Commodore ZB +25.734
15 7 NED Whisky Racing Andre Heimgartner Ford Mustang GT +26.246
16 4 SCT Logistics Jack Smith Holden Commodore ZB +28.284
17 26 Penrite Racing David Reynolds Ford Mustang GT +30.804
18 34 UNIT Racing Jake Kostecki Holden Commodore ZB +33.065
19 35 Yellow Cover Racing Zane Goddard Holden Commodore ZB +34.744
20 44 Boost Mobile Racing James Courtney Ford Mustang GT +41.536
21 19 Local Legends Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore ZB +1:12.972
22 22 PremiAir Hire Garry Jacobson Holden Commodore ZB +1:13.521
23 2 Mobil 1 Middy’s Racing Bryce Fullwood Holden Commodore ZB +1:26.135
NC 96 Coca-Cola Racing Macauley Jones Holden Commodore ZB
Drivers’ championship
1&2 seems sorted but 3-6 is all a bit tight.
Pos Driver Pts
1 Shane van Gisbergen 2828
2 Jamie Whincup 2479
3 Will Davison 2233
4 Chaz Mostert 2194
5 Cameron Waters 2093
6 Anton De Pasquale 2075
7 Nick Percat 1804
8 William Brown 1748
Teams’ championship
Again 1&2 sorted but 3&4 plus 5&6 are still tight.
Pos Car(s) Team Pts
1 88 97 Triple Eight Race Engineering 5307
2 11 17 (100) Dick Johnson Racing 4308
3 6 44 Tickford Racing 3548
4 2 25 Walkinshaw Andretti United 3463
5 9 99 Erebus Motorsport 3278
6 8 14 Brad Jones Racing 3137
7 18 20 Team 18 3075
8 7 26 Kelly Grove Racing 2674