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Zooksport2 · 02-20-2010, 03:47 PM

FAST FACTS

1. V8 Supercar Champion Jamie Whincup is attempting to create history in 2010 and become just the second man to win the Australian Touring Car/V8 Supercar Championship Series in both a Ford and a Holden.
By switching to a Holden Commodore with TeamVodafone, Whincup is looking to emulate Hall of Famer Norm Beechey, who won the 1965 ATCC at Sandown in a Ford Mustang and then won it again in 1970 when it was a seven-round, seven-race championship in a Holden Monaro GTS 350.
Whincup's appearance in a Holden in Abu Dhabi is his first in a Commodore since Phillip Island 2005, his last event for Tasman Motorsport before he moved to Triple Eight/TeamVodafone.

2. Whincup's TeamVodafone team-mate Craig Lowndes also is making a big return to driving Holdens. A three-time champion in 1996, 1998 and 1999 with the Holden Racing Team before moving to Ford in 2001, Abu Dhabi is Lowndes' first race in a Commodore since Bathurst 2000.
On that day, he partnered Mark Skaife to a sixth place finish, the result enough to help Skaife secure his third ATCC/V8SCS crown. Ironically, Skaife will be assisting Lowndes' championship quest a decade later with the five-time champion signing to co-drive with Lowndes later this year.

3. Castrol Edge Racing's Greg Murphy will be missing from the grid in Abu Dhabi due to an unavoidable calendar clash with a Top Gear Live event commitment in his native New Zealand. Taking his place in the #51 Commodore will be team owner Paul Morris, who retired from full-time V8 Supercar racing at the end of 2008 and finished seventh last year at Bathurst.
Murphy has not missed a V8 Supercar Championship Series event since the beginning of the 1999 season, a total of 146 consecutive starts in the V8SCS. He will return at the Gulf Air Desert 400 in Bahrain.

4. The Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi becomes the 30th circuit to host an Australian Touring Car/V8 Supercar Championship Series event and, uniquely, is the second new circuit visited by the championship in a row given the last event of 2009 was also at a new venue in Sydney Olympic Park.
Abu Dhabi becomes the fifth international venue to host the series, joining Pukekohe (2001-2007) and Hamilton (2008 onwards) in New Zealand, Shanghai (2005) and Bahrain (2006-2008, 2010 onwards).

02-20-2010, 03:47 PM	#21261 (permalink)
Zooksport2 Casual... Real Casual Location: Orstraylia	FAST FACTS 1. V8 Supercar Champion Jamie Whincup is attempting to create history in 2010 and become just the second man to win the Australian Touring Car/V8 Supercar Championship Series in both a Ford and a Holden. By switching to a Holden Commodore with TeamVodafone, Whincup is looking to emulate Hall of Famer Norm Beechey, who won the 1965 ATCC at Sandown in a Ford Mustang and then won it again in 1970 when it was a seven-round, seven-race championship in a Holden Monaro GTS 350. Whincup's appearance in a Holden in Abu Dhabi is his first in a Commodore since Phillip Island 2005, his last event for Tasman Motorsport before he moved to Triple Eight/TeamVodafone. 2. Whincup's TeamVodafone team-mate Craig Lowndes also is making a big return to driving Holdens. A three-time champion in 1996, 1998 and 1999 with the Holden Racing Team before moving to Ford in 2001, Abu Dhabi is Lowndes' first race in a Commodore since Bathurst 2000. On that day, he partnered Mark Skaife to a sixth place finish, the result enough to help Skaife secure his third ATCC/V8SCS crown. Ironically, Skaife will be assisting Lowndes' championship quest a decade later with the five-time champion signing to co-drive with Lowndes later this year. 3. Castrol Edge Racing's Greg Murphy will be missing from the grid in Abu Dhabi due to an unavoidable calendar clash with a Top Gear Live event commitment in his native New Zealand. Taking his place in the #51 Commodore will be team owner Paul Morris, who retired from full-time V8 Supercar racing at the end of 2008 and finished seventh last year at Bathurst. Murphy has not missed a V8 Supercar Championship Series event since the beginning of the 1999 season, a total of 146 consecutive starts in the V8SCS. He will return at the Gulf Air Desert 400 in Bahrain. 4. The Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi becomes the 30th circuit to host an Australian Touring Car/V8 Supercar Championship Series event and, uniquely, is the second new circuit visited by the championship in a row given the last event of 2009 was also at a new venue in Sydney Olympic Park. Abu Dhabi becomes the fifth international venue to host the series, joining Pukekohe (2001-2007) and Hamilton (2008 onwards) in New Zealand, Shanghai (2005) and Bahrain (2006-2008, 2010 onwards). __________________ "And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking. Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd