VESRIX Statistics - Oran Park V8Lites
16/6/2000 21:53 (Shane Rogers) - Statistics for Round 3 of the 2000 V8 Konica Lites Series, Oran Park Raceway, New South Wales.
This is the eighth time Oran Park Raceway has played host to a V8Supercar meeting, the previous 7 meetings all being Shell Series rounds. The previous winners were Jim Richards (1993), Glenn Seton (1994), John Bowe (1995), Peter Brock (1996), Greg Murphy (1997), Craig Lowndes (1998) and Mark Skaife (1999).
The individual heats have been won by Peter Brock (5), Glenn Seton (3), Craig Lowndes (3), Mark Skaife (3), John Bowe (2), Jim Richards and Alan Jones. The dashes have been won by Peter Brock, Glenn Seton, Mark Skaife, John Trimbole, John Faulkner, Trevor Ashby and Cameron McLean.
Holden have won 12 races at Oran Park compared to Ford's 6.
Craig Lowndes currently holds the lap record at 1:08.0631 and was set in 1999.
Holdens outnumber Fords in the entry 12-9.
Making their Oran Park V8Supercar debuts are Garry Holt, Shane Howison, Bill Seiders, John Falk, Ross Halliday, Matthew White, Tim Rowse, Daniel Miller, Rod Salmon, Ryan McLeod, Wayne Wakefield, Terry Wyhoon, Chris Butler and Peter Hansen.
The most experienced driver present in the entry list is Mal Rose with 48 race starts. It is the first time Rose's VS Commodore has started a race since the 1998 Bathurst Classic. Rose himself has made only one start as a co-driver since then, with Chris Smerdon in the 1999 Queensland 500. The only other drivers with more than 20 race starts in V8Supercar are Neil Schembri (44), Richard Mork (34), Wayne Wakefield (23) and Bill Attard (22).
The least experienced is Peter Hansen who will be having his first V8Supercar race on the weekend. He will be the 230th driver to start a V8Supercar race. The next least experienced is Shane Howison who has one previous race start at the Bathurst 1000 last year. 10 of the 21 drivers in the entry list have less than 10 V8Supercar starts.
The youngest driver in the field is Dean Canto at 19 years of age. The oldest is Richard Mork who is 52.
Milestones this weekend:
* Race 2 should be Mal Rose's 50th V8Supercar start.
* Race 2 should be Wayne Wakefield's 25th V8Supercar start.
* Race 3 should be Bill Attard's 25th V8Supercar start.
* Race 2 should be Ryan McLeod's 20th V8Supercar start.
* Race 2 should be Matthew White's 10th V8Supercar start.
* Race 3 should be Garry Holt's 10th V8Supercar start.
V8Supercar driver Birthdays near the Oran Park weekend:
* Smith's Trucks proprietor, Robert Smith turned 44 on Tuesday 13th June.
* Tasmanian based endurance co-driver Tim Briggs turned 28 on Wednesday 14th June.
* 1997 Goodyear AMSCAR Champion, Mal Rose turned 38 on Thursday 15th June.
* 1991 Sandown 500 winner, Mark Gibbs turns 43 on Saturday 17th June.
* Tasmanian based Falcon runner, Ray Hislop turns 36 on Sunday 18th June.
* 1992 World 500cc Motorcycle Champion, Kevin Schwantz turns 36 on Monday 19th June.
* 1996 & 1998 Shell Series Champion, Craig Lowndes turns 26 on Wednesday 21st June.
* Queensland privateer, Danny Osborne turns 34 on Friday 23rd June.
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