Supercars 17 - Winton R9-10

Another week and a longer track for the series at Winton.  Slower than normal with less than 50% at full throttle.  How did everyone fair around the 12 twisty turns?

Race 1:

Gurton qualified first in his honorary ride (of course) and it was a cracking start, after we had a mulligan.

Webster had trouble within the first few laps and went off.

He struggled a bit with the high torque and low speed corners until he got called out for dangerous driving while trying to find the track.  A spotty connection would have kept it difficult to drive for him anyway and he dropped Race 1.

I was doing OK watching Jamie slip into the distance until I overdrove turn 7

But that was about the most excitement in the first race as I recovered for 2nd and Sandy coasted by for a late field finish.

Jamie had no issues and finished about thirty seconds ahead of the rest of the field.

Race 2: 

After Gurton Buster disappeared and I lost my wheel, we finally got the second race going.  However, the 008 decided it didn't want to be on when the green flag fell and Buster had some serious trouble on his hands.

Assuming Gurton had a jump on me, I stayed more conservative and ended up running parallel with Whincup for half of the first lap.

Gurton was trying to take it easy in the opening laps and conserve his car when he got a slight touch from Lowndes that made for a loosey-goosey brake into seven.

That sent him sailing into one of the Pepsi Max rides.

Everyone made it out mostly unscathed.

Meanwhile, back at the start, Webster got caught on the back bumper of Pye which got him all turned around for an awful start.

His woes would continue on as he kept struggling with roughed up tires and damage.

For the second time in a row, I found myself in the lead looking for good racing with the 008 when my car sloughed into the wall off of 12.

Damage and Whincup caused even further problems.

And it kept going downhill from there.

Eventually Zack lost his engine after too many off road events.

The last lap, I had a conversation with Gissy about an earlier altercation and salvaged a 4th.

Gurton swept with little more than negotiating traffic.

Next week we hit the Ranch at Hidden Valley!

Race 1

Track: Winton

Session: Practice

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	008	J Zolecki	1:21.027
2	013	T Nadz	1:22.263
3	1	J Whincup	1:23.586
4	888	C Lowndes	1:23.843
5	9	W Davison	1:23.936
6	5	M Winterbottom	1:23.938
7	6	C Mostert	1:24.097
8	97	S Van Gisbergen	1:24.129
9	2	G Tander	1:24.181
10	8	J Bright	1:24.217
11	55	D Reynolds	1:24.289
12	21	D Wood	1:24.320
13	14	F Coulthard	1:24.323
14	16	S Pye	1:24.484
15	33	S McLaughlin	1:24.590
16	18	J Perkins	1:24.665
17	15	R Kelly	1:24.725
18	4	L Holdsworth	1:25.111
19	222	N Percat	1:25.281
20	22	J Courtney	1:25.286
21	47	T Slade	1:25.305
22	17	D Wall	1:25.372
23	23	R Ingall	1:25.437
24	360	J Moffat	1:25.442
25	023	Z Webster	1:25.452
26	34	R Dahlgren	1:25.989
27	021	T Bear	1:27.145

Weather: Clear, 71 °F, Northeast 18 mph

Session: Qualifying

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	008	J Zolecki	1:21.271
2	1	J Whincup	1:22.931
3	5	M Winterbottom	1:23.213
4	013	T Nadz	1:23.217
5	6	C Mostert	1:23.455
6	8	J Bright	1:23.491
7	888	C Lowndes	1:23.568
8	2	G Tander	1:23.690
9	9	W Davison	1:23.780
10	14	F Coulthard	1:24.081
11	33	S McLaughlin	1:24.230
12	15	R Kelly	1:24.290
13	97	S Van Gisbergen	1:24.302
14	18	J Perkins	1:24.496
15	55	D Reynolds	1:24.611
16	16	S Pye	1:24.660
17	21	D Wood	1:24.784
18	47	T Slade	1:25.195
19	23	R Ingall	1:25.230
20	4	L Holdsworth	1:25.352
21	222	N Percat	1:25.433
22	023	Z Webster	1:25.494
23	34	R Dahlgren	1:25.891
24	22	J Courtney	1:26.053
25	17	D Wall	1:26.281
26	360	J Moffat	1:52.093
27	021	T Bear	--

Weather: Clear, 71 °F, Northeast 26 mph

Session: Happy Hour

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	008	J Zolecki	1:21.076
2	013	T Nadz	1:22.484
3	888	C Lowndes	1:22.740
4	1	J Whincup	1:22.797
5	5	M Winterbottom	1:22.926
6	97	S Van Gisbergen	1:23.275
7	9	W Davison	1:23.296
8	21	D Wood	1:23.297
9	16	S Pye	1:23.360
10	8	J Bright	1:23.374
11	14	F Coulthard	1:23.380
12	6	C Mostert	1:23.464
13	2	G Tander	1:23.477
14	55	D Reynolds	1:23.704
15	33	S McLaughlin	1:23.783
16	15	R Kelly	1:24.059
17	360	J Moffat	1:24.104
18	18	J Perkins	1:24.121
19	222	N Percat	1:24.222
20	4	L Holdsworth	1:24.274
21	17	D Wall	1:24.290
22	22	J Courtney	1:24.341
23	23	R Ingall	1:24.419
24	47	T Slade	1:25.025
25	34	R Dahlgren	1:25.040
26	023	Z Webster	1:27.727
27	021	T Bear	1:28.931

Weather: Cloudy, 74 °F, Northeast 5 mph

Session: Race

OFFICIAL STANDINGS

F	S	#	DRIVER	INTERVAL	LAPS	LED	POINTS	STATUS
1	1	008	J Zolecki	80.273	17	16*	185	Running
2	4	013	T Nadz	-21.15	17	0	170	Running
3	2	1	J Whincup	-24.99	17	0	165	Running
4	5	6	C Mostert	-29.01	17	1	165	Running
5	3	5	M Winterbottom	-29.81	17	0	155	Running
6	13	97	S Van Gisbergen	-33.22	17	0	150	Running
7	9	9	W Davison	-36.89	17	0	146	Running
8	8	2	G Tander	-40.65	17	0	142	Running
9	15	55	D Reynolds	-46.48	17	0	138	Running
10	12	15	R Kelly	-47.47	17	0	134	Running
11	14	18	J Perkins	-50.96	17	0	130	Running
12	11	33	S McLaughlin	-51.79	17	0	127	Running
13	17	21	D Wood	-52.77	17	0	124	Running
14	16	16	S Pye	-56.82	17	0	121	Running
15	18	47	T Slade	-1:01.40	17	0	118	Running
16	20	4	L Holdsworth	-1:04.89	17	0	115	Running
17	6	8	J Bright	-1:08.90	17	0	112	Running
18	19	23	R Ingall	-1:09.52	17	0	109	Running
19	21	222	N Percat	-1:10.37	17	0	106	Running
20	24	22	J Courtney	-1:12.19	17	0	103	Running
21	23	34	R Dahlgren	-1:14.56	17	0	100	Running
22	26	360	J Moffat	-1:15.04	17	0	97	Running
23	25	17	D Wall	-1:25.07	17	0	94	Running
24	10	14	F Coulthard	-1L	16	0	91	Running
25	7	888	C Lowndes	-2L	15	0	88	Running
26	27	021	T Bear	-2L	15	0	85	Running
27	22	023	Z Webster	-14L	3	0	82	DQ

Caution Flags: 0 (0 laps)

Lead Changes: 2 (2 drivers)

Weather: Cloudy, 73 °F, East 2 mph

Pitstop Frequency: 3x

AI Strength: 95%

PENALTIES

LAP	#	INFRACTION	PENALTY
4	023	Reckless driving	DQ'd: Scoring is ended
4	023	Reckless driving	DQ'd: Scoring is ended

Race 2

Session: Qualifying

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	008	J Zolecki	1:21.423
2	013	T Nadz	1:22.779
3	14	F Coulthard	1:23.541
4	1	J Whincup	1:23.704
5	6	C Mostert	1:23.740
6	888	C Lowndes	1:23.760
7	9	W Davison	1:23.837
8	97	S Van Gisbergen	1:24.022
9	2	G Tander	1:24.075
10	8	J Bright	1:24.163
11	21	D Wood	1:24.516
12	15	R Kelly	1:24.867
13	22	J Courtney	1:24.965
14	18	J Perkins	1:25.129
15	16	S Pye	1:25.157
16	33	S McLaughlin	1:25.259
17	55	D Reynolds	1:25.263
18	222	N Percat	1:25.411
19	4	L Holdsworth	1:25.512
20	23	R Ingall	1:25.629
21	360	J Moffat	1:25.949
22	17	D Wall	1:26.171
23	34	R Dahlgren	1:26.830
24	023	Z Webster	1:26.879
25	5	M Winterbottom	1:35.672
26	47	T Slade	1:37.381
27	021	T Bear	--

Weather: Clear, 85 °F, Northeast 2 mph

Session: Race

OFFICIAL STANDINGS

F	S	#	DRIVER	INTERVAL	LAPS	LED	POINTS	STATUS
1	1	008	J Zolecki	78.945	17	15*	185	Running
2	4	1	J Whincup	-18.28	17	0	170	Running
3	6	888	C Lowndes	-28.21	17	0	165	Running
4	2	013	T Nadz	-37.94	17	2	165	Running
5	9	2	G Tander	-39.68	17	0	155	Running
6	16	33	S McLaughlin	-41.63	17	0	150	Running
7	3	14	F Coulthard	-43.83	17	0	146	Running
8	8	97	S Van Gisbergen	-44.49	17	0	142	Running
9	7	9	W Davison	-45.67	17	0	138	Running
10	5	6	C Mostert	-46.57	17	0	134	Running
11	11	21	D Wood	-47.17	17	0	130	Running
12	12	15	R Kelly	-49.04	17	0	127	Running
13	25	5	M Winterbottom	-50.70	17	0	124	Running
14	13	22	J Courtney	-53.36	17	0	121	Running
15	10	8	J Bright	-56.35	17	0	118	Running
16	15	16	S Pye	-58.71	17	0	115	Running
17	19	4	L Holdsworth	-1:01.34	17	0	112	Running
18	17	55	D Reynolds	-1:01.64	17	0	109	Running
19	18	222	N Percat	-1:02.48	17	0	106	Running
20	21	360	J Moffat	-1:03.09	17	0	103	Running
21	23	34	R Dahlgren	-1:12.29	17	0	100	Running
22	14	18	J Perkins	-1:13.92	17	0	97	Running
23	26	47	T Slade	-1:14.27	17	0	94	Running
24	22	17	D Wall	-1:16.29	17	0	91	Running
25	20	23	R Ingall	-1L	16	0	88	Running
26	27	021	T Bear	-1L	16	0	85	Running
27	24	023	Z Webster	-5L	12	0	82	Gearbox

Caution Flags: 0 (0 laps)

Lead Changes: 1 (2 drivers)

Weather: Clear, 85 °F, Northeast 4 mph

Pitstop Frequency: 3x

AI Strength: 95%

PENALTIES

LAP

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INFRACTION

PENALTY