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Radisich Claims Fifth Place in Wild Opening V8 Race at Grand Prix
Staff, Tuesday March 9, 2004.
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Team Betta Electrical's Paul Radisich has brought his Ford Falcon BA home in fifth place in a dramatic opening 10-lap race at the non-championship support event at the Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne's Albert Park.The race went to Greg Murphy ahead of Jason Bright, with Garth Tander third and Steven Richards fourth.
V8 Supercar Champion Marcos Ambrose was set for a third place finish before a spin two laps from the end dropped him to sixth.
The race had a number of clashes including a collision between Murphy and Mark Skaife on lap three. Skaife was sent spinning off the track and finished 16th.
Russell Ingall and Rick Kelly came together with Kelly spearing into the final turn wall. Paul Weel then knocked Ingall out of the race. Weel received a drive-though penalty from officials over the incident.
No such problems for Radisich who was relieved to finish fifth.
?When you look at what happened to many of the others out there, fifth was a top result,? said Radisich.
?We had quite a fight on our hands, including some door banging with Rick Kelly. That must have opened the door for Russell and they then got together.
?We're happy with how things turned out, but I can tell you tomorrow's 19-lap race is going to be pretty hard on the tyres.?
Tomorrow's 19-lap (100km) race starts at 4pm.
With race stewards making inquiries into a number of incidents, results were yet to be declared official at the time of this release.
Top-10 results (unofficial) for Race #1 of the V8 support event at the Australian Grand Prix
1. Greg Murphy - KMart Racing - Holden Commodore
2. Jason Bright - PWR Racing - Holden Commodore
3. Garth Tander - Valvoline Cummins Racing - Holden Commodore
4. Steven Richards - Castrol Perkins Motorsport - Holden Commodore
5. Paul Radisich - Team Betta Electrical - Ford Falcon BA
6. Marcos Ambrose - Pirtek Racing - Ford Falcon BA
7. Jason Bargwanna - Orrcon Steel Racing - Ford Falcon BA
8. Simon Wills - Team Dynamik - Holden Commodore
9. Todd Kelly - Holden Race Team - Holden Commodore
10. John Bowe - OzEmail Racing - Ford Falcon BA
Further information and high-resolution images relating to Ford Racing Australia can also be found at media.ford.com
For further information contact:
Ben Beazley
Media Coordinator
Ford Racing Australia
Phone: 03 9359 8190
Mobile: 0417 262 753
Email: benb@global-marketing.com
