2018 Virgin Australia Supercars ChampionshipTouring Cars

[05XR8]

https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/05/18/castrol-live-updates-winton-supersprint/


Winton Super Sprint schedule

 

[05XR8]

James Courtney has left the track. Reports of him being ill. Perkins is in.

 

[Spacegoat]

James Courtney has left the track. Reports of him being ill. Perkins is in.

Fair call. Not too much to be gained from today's practice, if the rest of the weekend is doing to be dry. Hopefully Courtney is feeling better tomorrow.

 

[05XR8]

Practice 2. Dry line on the surface. Some oil from the previous support category and dirt on pit entry, catching drivers out.

Stanaway improving and so is Simona.

 

[ScottPuss20]

Scrolling through Instagram, I came across this post from Auto Action (I know, I know, but it’s something I guess):

I'm more interested in the Sandown text...

 

[Cap'n Jack]

I'm more interested in the Sandown text...

I’m not sure what’s more believable.

 

[Spacegoat]

James Courtney has left the track. Reports of him being ill. Perkins is in.

Courtney had to visit the hospital last night. WAU to make the call this morning, Perkins is on standby.

 

[05XR8]

Courtney had to visit the hospital last night. WAU to make the call this morning, Perkins is on standby.

Crazy. Every year it's something. Shouldn't have left DJR.

 

[05XR8]

Wow supreme fog at Winton. Aussie Racing Cars race suspended before it started.

 

[05XR8]

Awesome quali for Nismo.

 

[Spacegoat]

Nice quali result for Pye. Great to see a couple of the Nissans up there too.

 

[05XR8]

Reminds me of Darwin when Caruso won and Todd could have won the Sunday race. Then, Rick was leading there before the stuck throttle. Caruso and Rick make good starts. They might get the jump on Scott.

 

[05XR8]

This DePasquale piece is really good. I didn't like him at first. Seemed a bit messy in Super2. Respect to this young man.

 

[05XR8]

Crazy start. Good job by the Nissans.

 

[05XR8]

So cool to see Pye's display change when he adjusted brake bias. The kid is on fire.

Maybe safety car with Blanchard beached.

HOLD ON RICK!

 

[LumpiestFish]

This is going to be very interesting. Pye could be on for win number 2, should be a good battle at least.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Man, I wish I could pull moves like Pye and SVG did on McLaughlin in GT Sport without receiving a 10 second penalty.

 

[05XR8]

Awesome RACE. 3 LAPS TO GO. C'MON SON!

 

[LumpiestFish]

How about this, Nissan pull out and they perform like this at the next race.

 

[05XR8]

How about this, Nissan pull out and they perform like this at the next race.

Always happens like this right? Ford pull out and FPR win the Championship.

 

[05XR8]

YES!

 

[Spacegoat]

Great race.

Very happy for Rick and the Nissan crew. Nice result for Pye too.

 

[Sharky.]

Rick got lucky there with Blanchard (why is he still around?) bringing out the SC, without that nobody would have caught Scotty - not even the other Scott or Shane. I had a funny feeling a backmarker was going to break Scotty's streak and so it was, mind you he didn't help himself with that error into turn 1 on the restart.

But hey, what's racing without a bit of luck?

 

[LumpiestFish]

Something about a Castrol racesuit and a Dunlop winners hat just looks so good.

 

[CodeRedR51]

I was at the drag races tonight, and tried my best to avoid spoilers by not checking my facebook feed. So glad I did. It's 2am and I was trying my hardest to not make a lot of noise those last few laps. Good stuff. 👍

 

[Nismonath5]

Of course the result would have been totally different without the safety car, but, as they say, that's motorsport!

I'm just chuffed that a Nissan won. Because Nissan!!!

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

I don't look at the SC meaning much, also the universe has a funny way of working. Pull the plug on the operation, and said team you backed wins the race. From a casual standpoint this would be highly ironic and hilarious. Good job to Rick.

 

[GTFan24]

Hell yeah Nissan!

 

[Nismonath5]

Pull the plug on the operation, and said team you backed wins the race.

Didnt the same thing happen to Ford and FPR a while back?

 

[05XR8]

Didnt the same thing happen to Ford and FPR a while back?

Yep. Also Volvo. Scott finished third in the Championship and I bet he would have won the DC, in that car, the next year.