Red Bull Racing Australia continued to perform well, taking two of the three races in this weekend’s Skycity Triple Crown outside Darwin, and maintaining its championship lead. Even so, greater parity was seen than at the V8 Supercars’ debut in Austin, Tex., with six different drivers taking the nine podium positions available. Season points leader Jamie Whincup (Red Bull Racing Australia Holden) took the victory in Saturday’s 42-lap Race 17, beating Shane van Gisbergen (TEKN...
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Jordan Taylor and Max Angelelli (Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP) entered the weekend holding the DP points lead and doubled down on their grip by taking pole at Mid-Ohio. Robin Liddell and John Edwards (Stevenson Motorsports Camaro) had won three-straight GT races and held pole with Edwards behind the wheel at the start of Mid-Ohio action. Ricky Taylor (Spirit of Daytona Corvette DP) took the DP lead from brother Jordan at the start, with the Stevenson Camaro staying out front in GT. Contact b...
Photo: Red Bull Both practice and qualifying saw on-and-off rain, with some of the heaviest reserved for Saturday’s qualifying sessions. Romain Grosjean (Lotus) failed to make it out of Q3, but kept his car in one piece. Felipe Massa (Ferrari), however, had his third hard crash in the past two events, his back end breaking loose during Q2 and sending him into a wall. In the end, the front row was locked down by a pair of the usual suspects, Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) and Lewis Hamilto...
Round 6 winner Johnny O’Connell (Cadillac Racing CTS-V) started at P3 for the second race at Belle Isle. James Sofronas (Global Motorsports Group Audi R8) was on the pole, with Randy Pobst (K-PAX Racing Volvo S60 R) on the outside of the front row. Andy Lee (Best IT Racing Camaro) took the GTS pole with Jack Baldwin (GTSport Racing with Goldcrest Motorsports Porsche Cayman S) starting P2. O’Connell took Sofronas at the start. Tomy Drissi (LG Motorsports Corvette) moved into P3 duri...
Photo: Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor (Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP) won his first Rolex Series DP pole at Belle Isle and combined with co-driver Max Angelelli to win the race as well. Joao Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi (Action Express Racing Corvette DP) finished second, with the Starworks Ford/Riley driven by Ryan Dalziel and Alex Popow taking the final step on the podium. John Fogarty and Alex Gurney (Gainsco Bob Stallings Racing Corvette DP) finished P6. Robin Liddell (Stevenson...
Photo: Chris Smith/GonzoGeek Media Inc. Off and on rain was part of testing and remained a possibility at race time. Johnny O’Connell (Cadillac Racing CTS-V) took his third straight pole of the season, with Randy Pobst (K-PAX Racing Volvo S60 T6) starting P2. Mark Wilkins (Kinetic Kia Racing Optima) was out front in GTS. O’Connell was still in front after the first caution, brought out by Wilkins’ Kia teammate Nic Jonsson, with Pobst in P2 and James Sofronas (Global Mo...
Photo: Reuters Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton locked down the front row of the gird during qualifying, putting a definitive point on a week which had seen Mercedes consistently the fastest make in the field. It was Rosberg’s third straight pole and followed his posting the fasted times in each of the week's practice sessions. Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber (Red Bull) started P3 and P4. Hamilton got off the line fastest but Rosberg held the inside line going into Turn 1 to r...
With Craig Lowndes (Red Bull Racing Australia, Holden) having retired early from qualifying and lining up in P12, Garth Tander (Holden Racing Team) and Jason Bright (Team BOC, Holden) line up to start this race behind Lowndes’ teammate Jamie Whincup and Race 15 winner Fabian Coulthard (Lockwood Racing, Holden). Shane van Gisbergen (TEKNO Team VIP, Holden) took P4 from Bright during Lap 3. A safety car came out during Lap 5, following contact between Scott McLaughlin (Fujitsu Racin...
The starting three mimics the podium for the first to Australian V8 Supercars’ races at Circuit of the Americas: Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes (Red Bull Racing Australia, Holden), followed by Fabian Coulthard (Lockwood Racing, Holden)….likely bad news for the rest of the field. Each team brought 7 sets of dry-weather tires for the entire race weekend. This prompted some to go out for practice on wets and has left most teams with just two sets for the final two races. Mark Winte...
Photo: Chris Smith/GonzoGeek Media Inc. Johnny O’Connell (Cadillac Racing CTS V.R), the Race 4 winner, started from the pole. O’Connell’s teammate Andy Pilgrim took P2 at the start, with the Global Motor Sports Group Audi R8s of James Sofronas and Duncan Ende running third and fourth. The GTS field at the end of Lap 1 was Nic Jonsson, Mark Wilkins (both Kinetic Kia Racing Russell Smith Optimas), and Jack Baldwin in his GTSport Racing with Goldcrest Porsche Cayman S. O&rsquo...