Team shows enduro promise
18/9/2004 17:37 (Press Release) -
Team Dynamik’s hard-charging performance in today’s Sandown 500 in Melbourne has the South Australian V8 Supercar team looking forward to the Bathurst 1000 next month.
Both of Team Dynamik’s Dodo Internet cars made good ground through the field early in today’s Round 9 161-lapper before accidents ended their races prematurely.
Strategy, stops and speed had all gone exactly as planned up to that stage for the Team.
The enduro driving team of Simon Wills and Paul Stokell had blasted the Dodo Internet car #44 from 27th off the grid to fourth position before a race-ending crash on lap 107.
Stokell had the wheel then but was helpless as cars in front virtually stopped at the Dandenong Road corner.
“I don’t think I even had a chance to get on the brakes,” he said. The impact crumpled the bonnet and limited Stokell’s visibility creating further on-track problems. He limped back to the pits but required major repairs, circulating for another lap later in the race before calling it quits.
Co-driver Simon Wills took the Dodo Internet car #44 from 27th on the grid to 10th position, slicing through the field.
“The car was very strong … both Paul and myself were comfortably quicker than most other cars out there but it was a frustrating end to the race. But it’s motor racing and you have to accept this can happen,” Wills said.
Stokell then took over on lap 61 and kept the Dodo Internet car #44 circulating nicely, pushing up to fourth before the accident.
Team Dynamik’s other team of Dale Brede and Will Davison had also shown promising pace before mechanical difficulties, complicated by race damage, ended the race for the Dodo Internet car #45.
A rear impact on lap 29 led to a black flag to repair damage, dropping a lap for the Dodo Internet #45. From there it was a long way back for Brede and Davison.
“I was nailed on turn 8 and pushed onto the grass,” said Brede. “Then we were blackflagged and had to go in to repair the damage. But we showed good car speed and the whole package is looking promising for Bathurst.”
Both cars recorded DNFs but the Team heads to Bathurst with renewed confidence in their racing package. With new naming rights sponsor Dodo Internet on board, the Team is happy with their preparation for the prestige event on the V8 Supercar calendar.
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