Courtney was one of many to spin on Friday. Source: Robert Cianflone / Getty Images
IF Friday's stop-start V8 Supercars practice sessions are any indication, we are in for an action-packed weekend of racing at the Winton 360.
Bogged V8 Supercars brought out the red flags 10 times across the day's two 75-minute practice sessions, while the 'drapeau rouge' also copped a workout from spinners in the support classes.
It was no fun for the teams, some having to extract kilos of mud from their expensive machines, some left to repair accident damage. All were left short on time as they try to develop a race-winning car setup for the weekend's three races.
But some of the drivers were still able to put on a smile at the end of the day; some even had their sense of humour intact.
Here's a selection of what they had to say:
JAMES MOFFAT
No.360 Nissan Altima - Norton Hornets
"I'm not getting too carried away at the moment. It's only Friday, but this is very positive for the whole team. There were some very changeable conditions, so you had to be on your game. There were plenty of red flags, but I'm happy with how things of gone, so we'll see if that can continue tomorrow."
JAMES COURTNEY
No.22 Holden Commodore - Holden Racing Team
LEE HOLDSWORTH
No.4 Mercedes-Benz AMG E63 - IRWIN Racing
The positive, if there is one, is that there's no mechanical damage. In these conditions it's always difficult. You drop a wheel (just) 20 centimetres off the line and things turn pretty bad.
TONY D'ALBERTO
No.3 Holden Commodore - Tony D'Alberto Racing
CRAIG LOWNDES
No.888 Holden Commodore - Red Bull Racing Australia
"We put our best tyres on at the end there and got three corners in. But as funny as it sounds, those three corners felt really good and it was actually really encouraging for tomorrow. Let's just hope we can get more than five laps in at once."
ANDREW JONES
No.20 Holden Commodore - Brad Jones Racing (Dunlop Series)
WILL DAVISON
No.6 Ford Falcon - Pepsi Max Crew FPR
RICK KELLY
No.15 Nissan Altima - Jack Daniel's Racing
"It was really hard to stick to any sort of plan with not only the weather, but people spearing off everywhere. As soon as you go off the track, which we knew heading into the weekend, you're going to cause a red flag. I'm not sure how many we had out there, but I'm pretty sure it must be some sort of record."
SCOTT PYE
No.80 Holden Commodore - Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
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