Hidden Valley – Round 4, Qualifying
27/5/2004 16:24 (Anthony Goode) -
Under clear blue skies, the Hidden Valley crowd watched as Jason Bright grabbed provisional pole during the qualifying run.
The PWR Performance Products driver scorched around Darwin’s premier motor sport venue setting a top time of 1:09.2821 seconds, after a mere two and a half minutes.
Despite the best efforts of all the drivers, no one was able to top the time in the remaining 17 minutes of the upper 50% session.
HRT's Mark Skaife came closest, falling short by 0.0482 of a second, securing him the second to last run for the shootout. Teammate Todd Kelly backed up his team leader by finishing one spot behind in 3rd on a 1:09.3771.
Results at Kmart racing were mixed, Eastern Creek round winner Rick Kelly sat in 6th, teammate Greg Murphy could do no better than 17th in car 51.
888 Engineering had only one car in the top ten after Paul Radisich was unable to produce a better time than 1:09.7629, which left him 13th; Max Wilson leading the team in 8th position with a 1:09.6207 lap time.
Larkham Orrcon Racing continued its strong form, with lead driver Bargwanna setting the 10th fastest time of 1:09.7297; while rookie teammate Mark Winterbottom finished a career high 14th.
The good pace shown by the two FPR Falcons in the preceding two practise sessions went missing at the wrong time, with Craig Lowndes just missing out on a berth in the top ten shootout, setting a time of 1:09.2590, which left him stranded in 11th.
He fared better than teammate Glenn Seton, however, who had an off road excursion on the way to an unfortunate 20th. "I locked the rears coming into turn four on my first lap and speared off" was Glenn’s' explanation.
John Bowe was disappointed to finish only 12th for Ozemail/Brad Jones Racing, making it the first time he did not take part in the shootout, while team boss Brad Jones was 18th.
Other drivers to make the shootout were, Steven Richards 4th, Marcos Ambrose 5th, Russell Ingall 7th and Simon Wills in 9th.
Qualifying Results;
1 50 PWR Performance Products Jason Bright Holden Commodore VY
2 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VY
3 22 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VY
4 11 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Steven Richards Holden Commodore VY
5 1 Pirtek Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA
6 15 Kmart Racing Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VY
7 9 Caltex Havoline Race Team Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA
8 888 Team Betta Electrical Max Wilson Ford Falcon BA
9 44 Roadships/Alphawest/World Ind Simon Wills Holden Commodore VY
10 10 Larkham Orrcon Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA
11 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA
12 12 OzEmail/Brad Jones Racing Team John Bowe Ford Falcon BA
13 88 Team Betta Electrical Paul Radisich Ford Falcon BA
14 20 Larkham Orrcon Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA
15 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VY
16 29 Sirromet - Life Style Wine Paul Morris Holden Commodore VY
17 51 Kmart Racing Team Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VY
18 21 OzEmail/Brad Jones Racing Team Brad Jones Ford Falcon BA
19 17 Shell Helix Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA
20 5 Ford Performance Racing Glenn Seton Ford Falcon BA
21 16 PWR Performance Products Paul Weel Holden Commodore VY
22 021 Team Kiwi Racing Craig Baird Holden Commodore VY
23 8 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VY
24 18 Shell Helix Racing Warren Luff Ford Falcon BA
25 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VY
26 31 Super Cheap Auto Racing Steve Ellery Ford Falcon BA
27 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VX
28 23 WPS David Besnard Ford Falcon BA
29 75 Toll Racing Anthony Tratt Holden Commodore VY
30 7 Castrol Perkins Motorsport Tony Longhurst Holden Commodore VX
31 45 Roadships/Alphawest/World Ind Dale Brede Holden Commodore VY
32 48 WPS Mark Noske Ford Falcon BA
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