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Ford Teams Cross the Tasman for V8 International
Staff, Thursday October 31, 2002.
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The friendly confines of the New Zealand track always makes for fast, close and exciting racing. Last year?s event attracted 86,702 fans, making it one of New Zealand?s most popular sporting events.
00 Motorsport?s Craig Lowndes heads to New Zealand on a high after scoring outright second at the recent Gillette Challenge on the streets of Surfers Paradise.
Lowndes finished on the same points as winner Jason Bargwanna, but was officially classified second as Bargwanna had finished in front of Lowndes in the weekend?s final race.
?The result at Surfers Paradise has the team on a real high and we?re confident of continuing that form in New Zealand,? said Lowndes.
?This is our second official championship visit to Pukekohe and we have everything in place to go for victory.
?The New Zealand fans are very supportive and it would be great to give Ford its first V8 Supercar Championship win across the ditch.?
A number of teams feature New Zealanders, including owners of Stone Brothers Racing, Ross and Jimmy.
However, most New Zealand focus will be on two-time World Touring Car Cup Champion Paul Radisich (Shell Helix Racing), who recently won the Yellow Pages 500 New Zealand Touring car event at Ruapuna outside Christchurch.
?My form in New Zealand is 100% right now and I?d like to keep it that way when I race at Pukekohe,? said Radisich.
?This year has been pretty tough in the V8 Supercars, but I drove from last to 10th at Surfers Paradise and if not for engine problems during qualifying I?m sure we could have challenged.
?I?m determined to be part of the challenge at Pukekohe and make sure the home fans can cheer for a local Ford driver.
There?s been plenty of work to get the Ford Racing Australia crews to New Zealand. Teams had just three days before their racecars and transporters were loaded onto a cargo ship to cross the Tasman on Wednesday 30 October.
Teams will unload all their equipment in time for practice and qualifying on the Friday, with a top-10 Shootout in the morning and the opening 36-lap race on Saturday afternoon. Sunday rounds-out the program with two 54-lap races. All races include a compulsory tyre pit stop.
Details for Round 12 of the 2002 V8 Supercar Series:
| Top-10 Shootout | Saturday 9 November | - | 11:35pm |
| Race 1 (36 laps - 100.8 km) | Saturday 9 November | - | 2:10pm |
| Race 2 (54 laps 151.2l km) | Sunday 10 November | - | 1:25pm |
| Race 3 (54 laps 151.2l km) | Sunday 10 November | - | 4:35pm |
| Circuit: | Pukekohe Park Raceway - NZ | ||
| Length: | 2.8km | ||
| Lap Record: | Qualifying - 0m.56.9591s (Murphy 2001) | ||
| Shootout - 0m.56.9052s (Murphy 2001) | |||
| Race - 0m.57.3500s (Seton 1996) | |||
| Estimated top speed: | 280 km/h - Back Straight | ||
| Estimated average speed: | 170 km/h | ||
Top-10 V8 Championship
| 1. Mark Skaife | Holden Race Team | Holden Commodore | 1,983 pts |
| 2. Jason Bright | Holden Race Team | Holden Commodore | 1,290 pts |
| 3 Greg Murphy | K-Mart Racing | Holden Commodore | 1,217 pts |
| 4. Steven Richards | Castrol Perkins Racing | Holden Commodore | 1,199 pts |
| 5. Todd Kelly | K-Mart Racing | Holden Commodore | 1,146 pts |
| 6. Marcos Ambrose | Pirtek Racing | Ford Falcon AUXR8 | 1,133 pts |
| 7. Craig Lowndes | 00 Motorsport | Ford Falcon AUXR8 | 946 pts |
| 8. Russell Ingall | Castrol Perkins Racing | Holden Commodore | 876pts |
| 9. David Besnard | Caltex Havoline Racing | Ford Falcon AUXR8 | 849pts |
| 10. Garth Tander | Valvoline Racing | Holden Commodore | 840pts |
Ford Racing Australia?s 2002 V8 International Line-Up
| #00 | Craig Lowndes | 00 Motorsport |
| #27 | Neil Crompton | 00 Motorsport |
| #7 | Rodney Forbes | 00 Motorsport |
| #4 | Marcos Ambrose | Pirtek Racing |
| #5 | Glenn Seton | Ford Credit Racing |
| #9 | David Besnard | Caltex Havoline Racing |
| #10 | Mark Larkham | Orrcon Racing |
| #17 | Steve Johnson | Shell Helix Racing |
| #18 | Paul Radisich | Shell Helix Racing |
| #21 | Brad Jones | OzEmail Internet Racing |
| #888 | John Bowe | OzEmail Internet Racing |
| #31 | Steve Ellery | Super Cheap Auto Racing |
| #40 | Cameron McLean | VIP Pet Foods Racing |
| #43 | Paul Weel | K & J Thermal Products Racing |
| #65 | Max Wilson | Team Betta Electrical |
| #66 | Tony Longhurst | Team Betta Electrical |
| #600 | Greg Ritter | Cat Racing |
For further information contact:
Ben Beazley
Media Coordinator
Ford Racing
Phone: (03) 9533 4455
Mobile: 0417-262 753
Email: ben@segalmedia.com.au
