Supercars 17 - Adelaide R1-2

Things got off to a great start.  No major issues...at least technically.

Race 1:

Gurton Buster was absent for Race 1 so it was me and Zack on the front lines making smoke.

Things were clean at the Senna Chicane so it wasn't until Darrel started rocking bumpers onto Babrahm Straight.

I didn't think cars would roll here but Darrel was doing Scot's work.  He would spend the remainder of the race limping about.

Sandy, looking to capitalize, tried to take an inside line.

But his tires couldn't take any more abuse and he sailed right into the barriers.

Up front, Zack and I were pulling away and he was staying close on my tail.

But after a few laps, he spun the tires onto Bartels Road.

After that his rubbers were spent.

Eventually he had to drop out after his car became useless.

The remainder was fairly uneventful and I came home with the win.

Race 2:

Buster joined us for the second round and we started off in style.

Zack quickly made up for a slightly mediocre qualifying.

We made it through one and two with little issue.

The same could not be said of others.

The melee ensued.

Sandy slowed down for the wreck when his teammate, Darrel, came by to lend a hand.

In the pole vault.

The Bear almost got away with it to continue past stopped cars but he got bogged down in the sand and fell on back.

Back up front, we waged a conservative battle.  Trying to save tires and fuel while not killing or losing each other.

A lap or two later, I lost focus and missed my crucial breaking zone at the Dequetteville Hairpin.

Gurton almost ran away with the show but a lap later he slipped the wheels and rotated.

He got going but fell to 3rd.  But Buster eventually pulled up the boot straps and slid back into 2nd.

While that action was going down, Darrel was making up from Race 1 and his early friendly fire.  But he couldn't help getting a little carried away trying to make moves.

He too fell victim to a spent car.

Gurton was still making a charge but Zack's charges combined with traffic were holding back his times and performance.

For Zack, he again came up against broken tires.

Lap 11 and I was in, handing the lead back to Gurton.

A lap later and he was in for his mandatory, surrendering the lead.

The cycle should have given him a slight advantage but he again ran into trouble with backmarkers.

Which he was handling deftly.

But with friends like these, who needs a win?

While he managed to close within about five seconds, it wasn't enough to make a move for the win.  Which went to me.

We'll now go on to the next venue at Symmons Plains.  Probably our simplest course of the series but not the easiest.

Race 1

Track: BAR Adelaide

Session: Practice

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	013	T Nadz	1:15.023
2	023	Z Webster	1:15.630
3	6	C Mostert	1:17.782
4	14	F Coulthard	1:18.295
5	97	S Van Gisbergen	1:18.464
6	888	C Lowndes	1:18.688
7	2	G Tander	1:18.695
8	21	D Wood	1:18.881
9	9	W Davison	1:18.966
10	5	M Winterbottom	1:19.002
11	15	R Kelly	1:19.249
12	8	J Bright	1:19.273
13	16	S Pye	1:19.329
14	061	D Hamilton	1:19.348
15	1	J Whincup	1:19.432
16	23	R Ingall	1:19.456
17	4	L Holdsworth	1:19.488
18	18	J Perkins	1:19.550
19	33	S McLaughlin	1:19.570
20	021	T Bear	1:19.889
21	360	J Moffat	1:20.248
22	55	D Reynolds	1:20.402
23	34	R Dahlgren	1:20.480
24	47	T Slade	1:20.492
25	222	N Percat	1:20.615
26	7	T Kelly	1:21.157
27	36	M Caruso	1:21.179
28	17	D Wall	1:21.215
29	22	J Courtney	1:21.690

Weather: Cloudy, 100 °F, West 3 mph

Session: Qualifying

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	013	T Nadz	1:14.495
2	023	Z Webster	1:16.004
3	5	M Winterbottom	1:16.970
4	14	F Coulthard	1:17.313
5	6	C Mostert	1:17.469
6	1	J Whincup	1:17.526
7	9	W Davison	1:17.653
8	888	C Lowndes	1:17.676
9	97	S Van Gisbergen	1:18.071
10	2	G Tander	1:18.175
11	8	J Bright	1:18.215
12	061	D Hamilton	1:18.308
13	21	D Wood	1:18.351
14	15	R Kelly	1:18.598
15	18	J Perkins	1:18.619
16	16	S Pye	1:18.648
17	55	D Reynolds	1:19.133
18	222	N Percat	1:19.558
19	47	T Slade	1:19.616
20	360	J Moffat	1:19.941
21	22	J Courtney	1:19.971
22	4	L Holdsworth	1:20.112
23	17	D Wall	1:20.648
24	23	R Ingall	1:21.144
25	7	T Kelly	1:21.309
26	36	M Caruso	1:21.515
27	34	R Dahlgren	1:21.591
28	33	S McLaughlin	1:26.079
29	021	T Bear	--

Weather: Cloudy, 100 °F, Northwest 5 mph

Session: Happy Hour

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	013	T Nadz	1:15.993
2	023	Z Webster	1:18.528
3	14	F Coulthard	1:18.686
4	8	J Bright	1:18.710
5	6	C Mostert	1:18.875
6	061	D Hamilton	1:18.883
7	97	S Van Gisbergen	1:18.930
8	1	J Whincup	1:18.935
9	21	D Wood	1:19.149
10	888	C Lowndes	1:19.202
11	16	S Pye	1:19.545
12	5	M Winterbottom	1:19.560
13	33	S McLaughlin	1:19.601
14	360	J Moffat	1:19.679
15	55	D Reynolds	1:19.698
16	18	J Perkins	1:19.811
17	15	R Kelly	1:19.962
18	4	L Holdsworth	1:20.094
19	22	J Courtney	1:20.123
20	2	G Tander	1:20.205
21	17	D Wall	1:20.247
22	23	R Ingall	1:20.471
23	9	W Davison	1:20.504
24	222	N Percat	1:20.701
25	47	T Slade	1:20.791
26	34	R Dahlgren	1:21.004
27	7	T Kelly	1:21.507
28	021	T Bear	1:22.348
29	36	M Caruso	1:22.767

Weather: Clear, 90 °F, Northeast 18 mph

Session: Race

F	S	#	DRIVER	INTERVAL	LAPS	LED	POINTS	STATUS
1	1	013	T Nadz	122.892	20	20*	185	Running
2	5	6	C Mostert	-20.39	20	0	170	Running
3	4	14	F Coulthard	-22.42	20	0	165	Running
4	3	5	M Winterbottom	-23.46	20	0	160	Running
5	8	888	C Lowndes	-24.62	20	0	155	Running
6	7	9	W Davison	-32.05	20	0	150	Running
7	17	55	D Reynolds	-33.00	20	0	146	Running
8	6	1	J Whincup	-34.75	20	0	142	Running
9	14	15	R Kelly	-42.52	20	0	138	Running
10	28	33	S McLaughlin	-1:03.33	20	0	134	Running
11	24	23	R Ingall	-1:11.67	20	0	130	Running
12	27	34	R Dahlgren	-1:17.52	20	0	127	Running
13	11	8	J Bright	-1L	19	0	124	Running
14	22	4	L Holdsworth	-1L	19	0	121	Running
15	23	17	D Wall	-1L	19	0	118	Running
16	26	36	M Caruso	-1L	19	0	115	Running
17	21	22	J Courtney	-1L	19	0	112	Running
18	18	222	N Percat	-1L	19	0	109	Running
19	20	360	J Moffat	-1L	19	0	106	Running
20	25	7	T Kelly	-1L	19	0	103	Running
21	16	16	S Pye	-3L	17	0	100	Retired
22	12	061	D Hamilton	-3L	17	0	97	Running
23	9	97	S Van Gisbergen	-8L	12	0	94	Accident
24	19	47	T Slade	-9L	11	0	91	Retired
25	10	2	G Tander	-10L	10	0	88	Accident
26	2	023	Z Webster	-11L	9	0	85	Retired
27	13	21	D Wood	-19L	1	0	82	Accident
28	15	18	J Perkins	-19L	1	0	79	Accident
29	29	021	T Bear	-19L	1	0	76	Accident

Caution Flags: 0 (0 laps)

Lead Changes: 0 (1 driver)

Weather: Cloudy, 89 °F, East 27 mph

Pitstop Frequency: 4x

AI Strength: 95%

Race 2

Session: Qualifying

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	008	J Zolecki	1:14.538
2	013	T Nadz	1:14.896
3	888	C Lowndes	1:17.059
4	9	W Davison	1:17.082
5	1	J Whincup	1:17.082
6	14	F Coulthard	1:17.110
7	6	C Mostert	1:17.178
8	5	M Winterbottom	1:17.197
9	023	Z Webster	1:17.673
10	21	D Wood	1:17.686
11	8	J Bright	1:17.891
12	97	S Van Gisbergen	1:17.923
13	2	G Tander	1:18.293
14	15	R Kelly	1:18.309
15	16	S Pye	1:18.514
16	23	R Ingall	1:18.769
17	33	S McLaughlin	1:18.882
18	18	J Perkins	1:18.905
19	061	D Hamilton	1:19.014
20	55	D Reynolds	1:19.032
21	47	T Slade	1:19.327
22	222	N Percat	1:19.410
23	4	L Holdsworth	1:19.853
24	22	J Courtney	1:19.880
25	360	J Moffat	1:19.908
26	17	D Wall	1:20.088
27	7	T Kelly	1:20.284
28	36	M Caruso	1:20.429
29	34	R Dahlgren	1:21.013
30	021	T Bear	--

Weather: Cloudy, 86 °F, Southwest 16 mph

Session: Happy Hour

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	33	S McLaughlin	1:18.895
2	16	S Pye	1:19.791
3	18	J Perkins	1:25.920
4	23	R Ingall	1:26.392
5	061	D Hamilton	2:33.528

Weather: Clear, 85 °F, North 7 mph

Session: Race

F	S	#	DRIVER	INTERVAL	LAPS	LED	POINTS	STATUS
1	2	013	T Nadz	126.326	20	17*	185	Running
2	1	008	J Zolecki	-13.28	20	3	175	Running
3	12	97	S Van Gisbergen	-1:07.27	20	0	165	Running
4	4	9	W Davison	-1:08.81	20	0	160	Running
5	11	8	J Bright	-1:07.25	20	0	155	Running
6	3	888	C Lowndes	-1:08.34	20	0	150	Running
7	6	14	F Coulthard	-1:14.13	20	0	146	Running
8	20	55	D Reynolds	-1L	19	0	142	Running
9	15	16	S Pye	-1L	19	0	138	Running
10	17	33	S McLaughlin	-1L	19	0	134	Running
11	23	4	L Holdsworth	-1L	19	0	130	Running
12	16	23	R Ingall	-1L	19	0	127	Running
13	14	15	R Kelly	-1L	19	0	124	Running
14	13	2	G Tander	-1L	19	0	121	Running
15	19	061	D Hamilton	-1L	19	0	118	Running
16	26	17	D Wall	-1L	19	0	115	Running
17	7	6	C Mostert	-1L	19	0	112	Running
18	8	5	M Winterbottom	-1L	19	0	109	Running
19	18	18	J Perkins	-1L	19	0	106	Running
20	25	360	J Moffat	-1L	19	0	103	Running
21	9	023	Z Webster	-1L	19	0	100	Running
22	29	34	R Dahlgren	-1L	19	0	97	Running
23	24	22	J Courtney	-1L	19	0	94	Running
24	27	7	T Kelly	-1L	19	0	91	Running
25	28	36	M Caruso	-1L	19	0	88	Running
26	30	021	T Bear	-3L	17	0	85	Running
27	10	21	D Wood	-3L	17	0	82	Running
28	21	47	T Slade	-8L	12	0	79	Accident
29	5	1	J Whincup	-11L	9	0	76	Retired
30	22	222	N Percat	-18L	2	0	73	Clutch

Caution Flags: 0 (0 laps)

Lead Changes: 4 (2 drivers)

Weather: Cloudy, 85 °F, Northwest 6 mph

Pitstop Frequency: 4x

AI Strength: 95%