VESRIX Preview - Surfers Paradise
12/10/2000 9:54 (Shane Rogers) - Statistics for V8Supercar support events at the Honda Indy 300, Gold Coast Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland.
This is the sixth time the V8Supercars have supported the Champ Car event on the Gold Coast. The previous five events have been won by John Bowe (1994 and 1996), Russell Ingall (1997), Mark Larkham (1998) and Paul Radisich (1999).
John Bowe (4), Paul Radisich (3), Mark Larkham (2), Greg Murphy and Russell Ingall have won the individual races.
Ford have won 9 races at Gold Coast compared to Holden's 2, the only circuit Ford has dominated at.
Garth Tander currently holds the lap record at 1:54.2394 and was set in 1999.
Holdens outnumber Fords in the entry 20-13.
Making their Gold Coast V8Supercar debuts are Trevor Ashby, Christian D'Agostin, Mick Donaher, Mike Imrie, Cameron McConville, Dugal McDougall, Anthony Tratt and Paul Weel. Neil Crompton, Tony Longhurst, Larry Perkins and Steve Reed have raced at all five previous events.
The most experienced V8Supercar driver present in the entry list is John Bowe with 259 race starts. The least experienced is Christian D'Agostin with 2.
Race 2 should be Neil Crompton's 200th V8Supercar race start.
Race 3 should be Paul Weel's 100th V8Supercar race start.
Garth Tander currently holds the V8Supercar record for most Top 10/15 Shootout consecutive wins at three, and is aiming for his fourth this weekend. His previous three came at Adelaide, Canberra, and Queensland Raceway this year.
V8Supercar Birthdays near the Indy 300 weekend.
Holden Young Lion and 1998 Formula Holden runners up, Todd Kelly, turns 21 on Monday October 9.
1989 500cc World Champion and Ford Tickford Racing co-driver Wayne Gardner turns 41 on Wednesday October 11.
Bettagrow Falcon driver, Neil Schembri, turns 44 on Thursday October 12.
Former Group Motorsport racer, George Ayoub, turns 31 on Friday October 13.
Holden Racing Team Bathurst driver, and factory Vauxhall UK Touring Car racer, Jason Plato, turns 33 on Saturday October 14.
Former Playboy Commodore driver, now Nations Cup racer, D'arcy Russell, turns 44 on Sunday October 15.
1990 Search for a Champion winner, Peter Gazzard, turns 39 on Tuesday October 17.
Former Shell Ford endurance co-driver and multiple US Trans-Am Champion, Tommy Kendall, turns 34 on Tuesday, October 17.
Xerox Shop Commodore Driver, Roger Hurd, turns 39 on Thursday October 19.
Paul Radisich's round win at Sandown was his first in the Shell Series, and his second V8Supercar event win. His wins in Race 1 and 3 were his sixth and seventh race wins in V8Supercar. Radisich became the 33rd driver to win a Shell Series (and predecessors) round.
Steven Ellery's Race 2 win was his debut win in V8Supercar on his 150th race start. This is the longest a V8Supercar driver has waited to win his first race, the previous record being held by Mark Larkham who waited until his 120th V8Supercar race start before winning on the streets of Surfers Paradise in 1998.
Ellery’s second overall for the day also constitutes both his and his team's best ever result. Steven Ellery became the 84th driver to stand on the podium at a Shell Series (and predecessors) round.
Ford finally broke Holden's record breaking winning streak in the Shell Championship Series. With only one round of the Shell Series left it was looking possible that Holden might go through the year undefeated. In the previous history of the championship, since it became a multi-event championship in 1969, a manufacturer has gone undefeated in a season 3 times. Holden in 1975 and 1979, and Ford in 1988.
A manufacturer has gone though a season only losing one round several times. In 1980 Holden only had one win taken off them (by Chevrolet), 1989 Ford (by Nissan), 1996 Holden (by Ford), 1998 Holden (by Ford), and 1999 Holden (by Ford).
Since 1996 Ford have won only 7 Shell series events, compared to Holden's 48. 30 of those 48 wins belong to Holden Racing Team.
Record for consecutive Shell Series round wins stands at 19 (Holden Commodore VS & VT):
1999 Sandown (Mark Skaife), 1999 Queensland Raceway (Garth Tander), 1999 Calder Park (Mark Skaife), 1999 Symmons Plains (Mark Skaife), 1999 Winton (Jason Bargwanna), 1999 Oran Park (Mark Skaife), 1999 Queensland Raceway (Russell Ingall/Larry Perkins), 1999 Mount Panorama (Steven Richards/Greg Murphy), 2000 Phillip Island (Garth Tander), 2000 Barbagallo (Craig Lowndes), 2000 Adelaide (Garth Tander), 2000 Eastern Creek (Mark Skaife), 2000 Hidden Valley (Mark Skaife), 2000 Canberra (Steven Richards), 2000 Queensland Raceway (Craig Lowndes), 2000 Winton (Jason Bargwanna), 2000 Oran Park (Mark Skaife), 2000 Calder Park (Steven Richards), 2000 Queensland Raceway (Mark Skaife/Craig Lowndes).
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