AGP Race 1 Race Summary and Full Results
11/3/2000 11:28 (Shane Rogers) - Garth Tander has won the first of three races in the Hot Wheels V8Supercar showdown at Albert Park, yesterday. Tander led from start to finish. Mark Skaife finished second, with Paul Radisich the first Ford home in third.
Tander won a clean start from Skaife and Radisich. Radisich soon passed Tander for second as the top five cars (Lowndes 4th, Ingall 5th) pulled a gap on the trailing pack led by Steven Johnson.
Johnson had a small off and dropped to the back of the bunch, while Skaife went wide at Turn 14, and was passed by Ingall and Lowndes. Skaife soon repassed Lowndes, and both the HRT cars were closing on Ingall. Radisich was right behind Tander on lap 2.
Brad Jones retired soon after with a damaged front spoiler. On lap 3, Craig Baird spun into the gravel at Turn 1 and retired. Paul Morris spun his Commodore at Turn 3, before continuing. Skaife passed Ingall for third position.
By lap 4, Tander was pulling away from Radisich, while Lowndes passed Ingall for fourth.
There were many spins during the 10-lap event. Jason Bargwanna spun at Turn 1 and retired. Cameron McLean and Todd Kelly also spun during the race.
Into the final lap, Radisich was passed firstly by Skaife at the start of the back section, followed through by Lowndes.
At turn 15, Skaife make a mistake, forcing Lowndes to back off. Radisich seized his opportunity and passed on the inside, the two cars touching as the exited turn 15.
Sam Newman managed not to be lapped by the leading cars, but he is expected to be lapped in the longer 12-lap race today.
Results:
1. 34 Garth Tander (Valvoline/Cummins Racing Team)
2. 2 Mark Skaife (Holden Racing Team)
3. 18 Paul Radisich (Shell Helix Racing)
4. 1 Craig Lowndes (Holden Racing Team)
5. 8 Russell Ingall (Castrol Perkins Racing)
6. 11 Larry Perkins (Castrol Perkins Racing)
7. 60 John Bowe (CAT Racing)
8. 17 Steven Johnson (Shell Helix Racing)
9. 9 Tony Longhurst (Caltex Havoline Racing)
10. 10 Mark Larkham (Mitre 10 Championship Racing)
11. 5 Glenn Seton (Ford Tickford Racing)
12. 31 Steve Ellery (SuperCheap Auto)
13. 7 Steven Richards (K-mart Racing)
14. 46 John Faulkner (Asia Online)
15. 29 Paul Morris (Big Kev Racing)
16. 43 Paul Weel (K & J Thermal Products)
17. 6 Neil Crompton (Ford Tickford Racing)
18. 54 Cameron McConville (AutoPro/Bud Racing)
19. 24 Paul Romano (Siemens Mobile Motorsport)
20. 3 Trevor Ashby (Lansvale Smash Repairs)
21. 16 Dougal McDougall (Pepsi)
22. 40 Cameron McLean (Greenfield Mowers Racing)
23. 23 Steve Reed (Lansvale Smash Repairs)
24. 15 Todd Kelly (Holden Young Lions)
25. 99 Sam Newman (Hot Wheels Racing)
Retirements (in no particular order):
DNF. 35 Jason Bargwanna (Valvoline/Cummins Racing Team)
DNF. 4 Craig Baird (Pirtek Racing)
DNF. 12 Greg Murphy (K-mart Racing)
DNF. 21 Brad Jones (OzEmail Internet Racing)
DNF. 13 Rodney Forbes (Wynn's Racing)
Special Thanks to Mark Jones at Albert Park for sending us this report.
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