Wilson show's his outstanding ability
13/4/2005 17:44 (Press Release) -
Amazing, fantastic, remarkable, what more can be said about the pint size Brazilian dynamo, Max Wilson after the effort he put in during Race 2 today, at Adelaide’s Clipsal 500.
Wilson driving car #45, the ‘Wow Sight & Sound’ Holden Commodore of the newly formed Longhurst Racing team, started at the back of the grid because of an electrical fault in the car during yesterday’s race, causing him to retire from the race after 56 laps.
Today was a whole different scenario, with a great outcome not only for Wilson but also for new team owner, Tony Longhurst and sponsor for the round, ‘Wow Sight & Sound’ in their initial entry into the 2005 V8 Supercar Series.
Wilson battled through the field early in the race to be a serious challenger for a good finishing position. The team had worked through the strategy for the race to give Wilson the best possible chance of success given his starting position.
This was almost brought undone after an incident that saw Wilson and Kelly collide in the early part of the race. Wilson managed to recover but the incident put him well back in the field with the job ahead of him yet again. As a result of the incident Kelly was given a drive through penalty.
“I was very happy with the strategy of the team to leave me out there as long as possible before coming in for new tyres “ - said Wilson.
“It certainly worked well for me, and the last part of the race was the best for me,”
“ I did have some anxious moments when I had to come back up through the field, but the car was fantastic, the team had prepared it really well and it handled great,” - said a well satisfied Wilson after the event.
“ Doing the last 11 laps on fresh tyres was great for me,” - he commented.
Longhurst was also very happy with the performance of both the car and the driver during the weekend.
“Max has driven extremely well, considering he has never driven a Holden previously,“
“ I am very happy with the outcome of this first round and look forward to bigger and better outcomes as we grow as a team during the year,“ – remarked Longhurst after the race.
The next round of V8 Supercars will be conducted at Pukekohe Race Circuit in New Zealand in four weeks April 15 – 17 at which time the team will be looking to further improve on its great first round effort.
RACE RESULTS
Clipsal 500, Adelaide Street Circuit,
Round 1
Race 2: Sunday
POS CAR ENTRANT DRIVER VEHICLE
1 1 Pirtek Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA
2 888 Team Betta Electrical Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA
3 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VZ
4 22 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VZ
5 24 Team Perkins Racing Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VY
6 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VZ
7 45 WOW Sight & Sound Max Wilson Holden Commodore VZ
8 50 Super Cheap Auto Racing Paul Weel Holden Commodore VZ
9 15 HSV Dealer Team Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VZ
10 021 Team Kiwi Racing Paul Radisich Holden Commodore VZ
11 6 Ford Performance Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BA
12 52 Fujitsu Racing Matthew White Ford Falcon BA
13 25 Fujitsu Racing Steve Owen Ford Falcon BA
14 20 Larkham Orrcon Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA
15 17 Westpoint Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA
16 67 Sirromet-Life Style Wine Paul Morris Holden Commodore VZ
17 8 WPS Craig Baird Ford Falcon BA
18 9 Caltex Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA
19 44 Team Dynamik Simon Wills Holden Commodore VZ
20 21 Team BOC Brad Jones Ford Falcon BA
21 7 Autobarn Racing Alex Davison Holden Commodore VY
22 23 Tasman Motorsport Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VY
23 48 WPS David Besnard Ford Falcon BA
24 75 Toll Racing Anthony Tratt Holden Commodore VY
25 18 Westpoint Racing Glenn Seton Ford Falcon BA
26 11 Team Perkins Racing Steven Richards Holden Commodore VY
27 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VZ
DNF 12 Team BOC John Bowe Ford Falcon BA
DNF 5 Ford Performance Racing Greg Ritter Ford Falcon BA
DNF 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VY
DNF 10 Larkham Orrcon Racing Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA
DNF 16 HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VZ
DNF 51 Super Cheap Auto Racing Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VZ
Release Date: 19/03/2005
Longhurst Racing
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