VESRIX Preview - Lakeside V8Lites
6/8/2000 9:53 (Shane Rogers) - Statistics for Round 4 of the 2000 V8 Konica Lites Series, Lakeside Raceway, Queensland.
This is the seventh time Lakeisde Raceway has played host to a V8Supercar meeting, the previous 6 meetings all being Shell Rounds. The previous winners were Alan Jones (1993), Larry Perkins (1994), Glenn Seton (1995), Craig Lowndes (1996), John Bowe (1997) and Russell Ingall (1998).
The individual heats have been won by Craig Lowndes (3), John Bowe (3), Russell Ingall (3), Dick Johnson (2), Glenn Seton (2), Alan Jones and Larry Perkins. The dashes have been won by Alan Jones, Glenn Seton, Larry Perkins, Greg Crick, Trevor Ashby and Kevin Heffernan.
Ford have won 8 races at Lakeside compared to Holden's 7.
Glenn Seton currently holds the lap record at 51.4452 and was set in 1997.
Holdens outnumber Fords in the entry 11-10.
Making their Lakeside V8Supercar debuts are Garry Holt, Craig Harris, Bill Attard, Shane Howison, Bill Sieders, Mal Rose, Dean Canto, Luke Sieders, Daniel Natoli, Ross Halliday, Matthew White, Tim Rowse, Daniel Miller, Rod Salmon, Craig Bastian, David Besnard, Wayne Wakefield and Terry Wyhoon. The only drivers with previous V8Supercar experience at Lakeside are Neil Schembri, Richard Mork and Ryan McLeod. Daniel Natoli has raced his V8Supercar at this circuit before in Sports Sedans. Craig Harris, Mal Rose, Dean Canto, David Besnard and Wayne Wakefield have all driven the circuit before in other categories.
The most experienced driver present in the entry list is Mal Rose with 51 race starts. The only other drivers with more than 20 race starts in V8Supercar are Neil Schembri (47), Richard Mork (37), Wayne Wakefield (26), Bill Attard (25) and Ryan McLeod (21). The least experienced are David Besnard and Luke Sieders who will be having their first V8Supercar race on the weekend. They will be the 232nd and 233rd drivers to start a V8Supercar race. The next least experienced
is Daniel Natoli who has one previous race start at the Eastern Creek Konica V8 Lites round earlier this year. 9 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.
- Race 3 should be Neil Schembri's 50th V8Supercar start.
- Race 1 will be Ross Halliday's 10th V8Supercar start.
- Race 1 will be Tim Rowse's 10th V8Supercar start.
- Race 1 will be Rod Salmon's 10th V8Supercar start.
- Race 1 will be Terry Wyhoon's 10th V8Supercar start.
- Race 1 will be Shane Howison's 5th V8Supercar start.
- Race 2 should be Craig Bastian's 5th V8Supercar start.
V8Supercar Birthdays near the Lakeside Raceway weekend.
- Former Metro Central Falcon racer, Charles Ryman turns 54 on Wednesday August 2nd.
- British modified saloon car champion, Andy Lloyd turns 37 on Thursday August 3rd.
- Talented endurance co-driver, Rod Wilson, turns 39 on Sunday August 6th.
- Michael Hart, turns 39 on Monday August 7th.
- 1991 Formula Ford Champion, Troy Dunstan, turns 38 on Monday August 7th.
- Kiwi racer, Ed Lamont, turns 52 on Tuesday August 8th.
- John Deere Commodore driver, Mark Poole, turns 35 on Tuesday August 8th.
- British Touring Car Champion and Mitre 10 Falcon co-driver, Alain Menu, turns 37 on Wednesday August 9th.
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