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JAMES Courtney has beaten Craig Lowndes to win the final race at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide.
Earlier Jason Bright was invloved in a horrific crash which cut his Clipsal 500 weekend short.
Watch the video here and see the pictures.
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SUN 8:30pm — Race 3
TUE 7:30pm - Weekend Replay, Races 1, 2 and 3 in full
CLIPSAL 500 RACE 3
SUNDAY, 250KM (78 LAPS)
START GRID
TOP-10 SHOOTOUT RESULTS
Pos Car Make Driver Entry / Team Fastest Gap Lap Of
1 Shane van Gisbergen (Holden, Team Tekno VIP Petfoods) 1:20.6535
2 Jamie Whincup (Holden, Red Bull Racing Australia) 1:20.8421 +0.1886
3 Garth Tander (Holden, Holden Racing Team) 1:21.0115 +0.3580
4 Rick Kelly (Nissan, Jack Daniel's Racing) 1:21.2016 +0.5481
5 Mark Winterbottom (Ford, Ford Pepsi Max Crew) 1:21.2224 +0.5689
6 Tim Slade (Holden, Supercheap Auto Racing) 1:21.3774 +0.7239
7 Craig Lowndes (Holden, Red Bull Racing Australia) 1:21.3990 +0.7455
8 Jason Bright (Holden, Team BOC) 1:21.3999 +0.7464
9 Lee Holdsworth (Mercedes, Erebus Motorsport V8) 1:21.6617 +1.0082
10 Scott McLaughlin (Volvo, Valvoline Racing GRM) (no time recorded)
OTHER QUALIFYERS
11 Chaz Mostert (Ford, Ford Pepsi Max Crew) 1:20.9250 +0.5474
12 James Moffat (Nissan, Norton Hornets) 1:20.9329 +0.5553
13 Nick Percat (Holden, Walkinshaw Racing) 1:20.9415 +0.5639
14 Todd Kelly (Nissan, Jack Daniel's Racing) 1:20.9683 +0.5907
15 James Courtney (Holden, Holden Racing Team) 1:20.9774 +0.5998
16 Fabian Coulthard (Holden, Lockwood Racing) 1:21.0091 +0.6315
17 Will Davison (Mercedes, Erebus Motorsport V8) 1:21.0725 +0.6949
18 David Wall (Ford, Wilson Security Racing) 1:21.0759 +0.6983
19 Michael Caruso (Nissan, Norton Hornets) 1:21.0780 +0.7004
20 Scott Pye (Ford, Wilson Security Racing) 1:21.1046 +0.7270
21 Dale Wood (Holden, Team Advam/GB) 1:21.1500 +0.7724
22 David Reynolds (Ford, The Bottle-O Racing Team) 1:21.1953 +0.8177
23 Jack Perkins (Ford, Team JELD-WEN) 1:21.2752 +0.8976
24 Russell Ingall (Holden, Repair Management Aust Racing) 1:21.3449 0.9673
25 Robert Dahlgren (Volvo, Valvoline Racing GRM) (no time recorded)
SUNDAY'S RACE ACTION
Porsche Carrera Cup - Race 3
A BEACHED Porsche on pit straight delayed the start of the Carrera Cup Australia Championship race this afternoon but it did not put off Warren Luff from winning the race and the round.
Roger Lago's vehicle suffered mechanical problems trying to start the warm-up lap and when pit crews tried to push it back the wrong way up pit lane, the lowriding vehicle became wedged on the kerb.
It had to be towed off and Lago started the race from pit lane.
Many drivers then had trouble starting their Porsches for the second warm-up lap.
The initial stages of the third and final race had fans on the edge of their grandstand seats, especially when Maurice Pickering whacked his tail on Turn 8 on Lap 2.
Dean Koutsoumidis also spun 180 degrees on Turn 9 into the path of traffic but escaped unscathed.
The 10-lap race was shortened to eight laps to stay on time and Luff cruised to victory from Steve Richards, Nick Foster and Nick McBride, who all finished in their starting order.
Luff also took out the round.
— Cara Jenkin
Australian V8 Ute Racing Series
FANS got everything they wanted from the last race of the Australian V8 Ute Racing Series this morning - including plenty of biffo and bumps into the wall.
The final result was a Ford 1-2-3 as the Holdens of those who started the race in third, fourth, fifth and sixth were edged out of the way during the 9-lap race.
The Ford Falcons of David Sieders and Wayne Wakefield started on the front of the grid and were never challenged as they finished first and second respectively.
Behind them the fighting began in the chicane in the opening moments of the race. Craig Dontas had a go from third position but his Holden faced a charge from the Holdens of Nathan Pretty, Jesse Dixon and Rhys McNally from behind.
Peter Burnitt gets some air. Picture Simon Cross. Source: News Corp Australia
George Miedecke took advantage of the infighting in his Ford on Turn 9 to pull into third spot and Dontas soon fell down to sixth.
Around lap 7 the utes started to fall apart - at times literally - and the biggest crash of the race was Peter Burnitt's Falcon in the chicane, which was where drivers found the most grief during the race.
Burnitt flew over both curbs and ended up in the wall at turn 3, spraying dust and gravel over the circuit.
Ryan Hansford's Holden was lucky not to run into him during the spill.
George Miedecke brought his Falcon from seventh into third.
- Cara Jenkin
Aussie Racing Car Series
THE top six starters jostled each other for the lead throughout the fourth and final race of the Aussie Racing Car Series this morning, but it was Brendon Pingel who was the eventual winner.
Racing pressure was on from the first chicane with Trent Young all over the back of fellow front-grid starter Peter Carr.
Adam Uebergang, from third, Brendon Pingel, from fourth, James Abela, from fifth, and Maurice Masini, from sixth, were all in the mix, with Turn 9 the most popular passing point on each of the 8 laps of the race.
On lap 5, the three leaders were three-wide into Turn 9, with Young winning the battle, Pingel then attacked at the same turn on lap 7.
Abela had a crack at Pingel at the hairpin on the final lap but could not pull it off and skittled around the corner, finishing 0.8 seconds behind the leader in second place.
Young finished third, Masini in fourth and Darren Chamberlin, who started in 12th, finished in fifth.
Young was named the overall winner of the round, with Abela second and Pingel third.
- Cara Jenkin
SATURDAY'S RACE ACTION
V8 SUPERCARS - RACE 2
A YOUNG man in a Volvo who came second is the pride of Clipsal500 fans in Adelaide tonight.
Holden hero Craig Lowndes started the race in first and was never threatened in his drive to the finish line first but the biggest cheers were for 20-year-old Scott McLaughlin.
McLaughlin's team Garry Rogers Motorsport were running Volvos for the first time this year and at Clipsal 500.
He qualified in second position on the grid and traded places with third-placed Jamie Whincup during the race. But on the last lap, when McLaughlin was in second, he faced a last-minute charge by Whincup that almost knocked him off.
He never gave up and fought off the attack to the delight of the Pit Straight Grandstand spectators, in particular, and the rest of the Clipsal 500 crowd.
Scroll down for the Race 1 report, to replay today's blog and for other results
"I don't think they've ever seen someone jump out the car and fist pump in second," he said of the crowd after the race.
"It's unbelievable.
"For me, it's a big thing off your shoulders.
Lowndes in action. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: News Corp Australia
"It's something I didn't think would happen (although) I thought we would have a chance deep down in my mind.
"I swore on live TV, I'll never do that again."
It was an entertaining race with the setting sun appearing to provide a challenge for some drivers.
Lowndes cleared the field off the grid easy and by the end of the lap, led by a second over McLaughlin.
The crowd initially expressed their dislike for Volvo when they jeered Swede Robert Dahlgren when he almost stalled McLaughlin's sister car during his pit stop.
Lowndes drenches McLaughlin with champagne. Picture Simon Cross. Source: News Corp Australia
On lap 9, many cars had made their mandatory pit stop. After his, Adelaide's Scott Pye came out of the pits and into a battle with James Courtney and Lee Holdsworth.
Courtney's Holden was sandwiched between them as they headed into turn 4, and his passenger door was opened from the wrong way in the process.
Scroll down for the Race 1 report, to replay Saturday's and Friday's blogs and for all the other results from the weekend.
With a flapping door, he headed into the pits where his crew pulled it off and he returned to the track. It still caused a safety car while debris was cleared from the track.
Shane Van Gisbergen got the homecrowd offside when he tried to nose past Scott Pye at Turn 9 and Pye spun around.
The incident caused Pye to lose 19 spots and Van Gisbergen later received a drive through penalty for the incident.
Van Gisbergen again caused grief for an Adelaide driver when he tried to pass Tim Slade on lap 34 but he overcooked his pounce and moved in front of the Supercheap Auto Holden.
It put Slade off his pace but Slade bumped him off and pushed past him.
But it was the end that the fans got out of their seats cheering for.
Jamie Whincup made a last-ditch effort to pass Scott McLaughlin and positioned himself on the outside run of turn 9 so he had the inside run on turn 10.
The two drove side by side near the wall and Whincup got the place.
But at the hairpin McLaughlin gained ground, Whincup lost momentum and McLaughlin stormed home in second position.
When McLaughlin returned to pit lane, the grandstand crowd's eyes were on him, not race winner Lowndes. They also cheered louder than they did for the winner — unheard of in Clipsal 500 history.
"It was great to have the first race out of the way, we had a great one-two," Lowndes said.
"I was actually watching the big screen, watching these two guys going at it hammer and tong, luckily I had a bit of a buffer."
— Cara Jenkin
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SAT 10:30pm — Races 1 and 2
SUN 8:30pm — Race 3
DUNLOP SERIES — RACE 2
THE two race leading Ford drivers took each other out of winning contention within minutes of finishing the second and final race of the Dunlop Series, leaving Holden's Paul Dumbrell to take home the win.
Cameron Waters beat Ash Walsh off the starting line to take the lead off him at the start of the 27-lap race this evening.
The mad rush through the chicane left the first victim of the race, Morgan Haber, in a spin.
Then on lap 23, Waters and Walsh swapped paintwork after turn four when Walsh tried to pass, leaving Dumbrell room to cruise through to first from third position.
Walsh ended up finishing in fifth, while Waters struggled into the pits.
Taz Douglas and Andrew Jones joined Dumbrell to spray the champagne on the podium.
Paul Dumbrell was the overall winner out of the round, having placed third in the first race last night.
— Cara Jenkin
V8 SUPERCARS — RACE 1
JAMIE Whincup has fended off a late charge by teammate Craig Lowndes to take out the first race of Clipsal 500.
The two Red Bull Racing drivers both started their Holdens at the front of the grid but it was Lowndes who took the initial lead from pole sitter Whincup.
He was well clear by the back straight and appeared to be in control of the race, especially as Whincup pitted first on lap five, meaning Lowndes would have fresher tyres after his mandatory pit stop was made.
But Lowndes lost time when the tyre gun failed to work properly during his pit stop and he emerged back behind Whincup.
He challenged Whincup late in the race, coming within half a second, but his enthusiasm was his downfall as he ran wide at turn six and dropped two seconds behind.
The rest of the pack did their best to detract from the upfront battle.
Ford Performance Racing driver Chaz Mostert was first into a barrier, crumpling his bonnet on a tyre bundle as the field roared through turn five on the first lap, which sent him straight back into the garage.
Fellow Ford driver David Reynolds also drove into a barrier, on turn 10, which also put him out of the race.
Shane Van Gisbergen was putting pressure on race-leader Lowndes by lap 12 and pitted on lap 13, putting on four new tyres to maximise his chances.
He finished the race in third to make it an all-Holden podium after starting in sixth.
South Australians Tim Slade and Scott Pye made it a Holden v Ford battle for mid-pack position for most of the race, with Pye the winner, finishing in 10th position.
Slade ran 15th and his teammate, Nick Percat, finished almost at the back of the field in 22nd.
Russell Ingall pushed up the field to 12th from 18th for a strong finish for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport.
— Cara Jenkin
PORSCHE CARRERA CUP — RACE 2
WARREN Luff made it two wins from two starts in the second race of the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia race this afternoon.
Luff took the lap record from Steve Richards, who set 1:22.3167 yesterday. Luff's time was 1:22.3165 today.
He started in pole and was only pushed at the end of the race.
Richards got the jump on Nick McBride for third position, while SA drivers Duvashen Padayachee and Sam Power traded places five and six and Michael Patrizi and Craig Baird positions seven and eight.
Richards moved around second-placed Nick Foster at the hairpin late in the race and started hunting down Luff.
He tried hard to push past him in the final corners of the 15-lap race but had to settle for second.
The final race will be held at 1.55pm tomorrow.
— Cara Jenkin
AUSSIE RACING CARS — RACE 3
ANOTHER reverse grid start helped to create interesting racing and a couple of spills in the third race of the Aussie Racing Cars early this afternoon.
Brendon Pingel started his miniature Holden Cruze from sixth position on the grid but was able to manoeuvre his way to first position by mid race.
It helped him escape the bumps and turns happening mid-pack, where Darren Chamberlin's Toyota Aurion replica was pushed around after a nose dive by James Abela's Aurion at Turn 5.
Then the back end of SA's Jamie Sharp's #69 Cruze slid out through Turn 8 and he smacked the wall, stopping to face the wrong way.
The race continued despite the stopped car.
Adam Uebergang finished in second with his Euro GT car, followed by Trent Young's Aurion, Peter Carr's Aurion and Maurice Masini's Euro GT.
Race Four will be held at 9.40am tomorrow.
— Cara Jenkin
TOURING CAR MASTERS — RACE 2
FOUR cars crashed out of the second race of the Touring Car Masters moments after it began this morning.
The rolling start proved to be too much for those at the front of a reverse grid and many drivers had to take quick action to avoid getting caught up in the carnage.
Bill Pye's red Chevrolet Camaro was first to falter in pit straight, hitting the back of Carey McMahon's Holden Torana SL/R, then was hit from behind by Brad Tilley's Ford Falcon XY GT.
The GT sprang back sideways into the centre of the straight and despite the efforts of Nigel Benson to try to keep his HQ Monaro straight, he swung around into the tyre bundle at Turn 2.
Tony Karanfilovski's Ford Mustang also was pushed into the wall during the accident.
After three laps under safety car, Mark King quickly took the lead from pole-starter Jason Gomersall and cruised his Chevrolet Camaro — run by South Australian team Whiteline Racing — to the chequered flag, finishing about five seconds ahead of the rest of the pack.
John Bowe fought back from a mid-pack start to finish his Ford Mustang in second place.
Keith Kassulke's Ford Falcon XB Coupe, Gomersall's Holden Torana SL/R and Eddie Abelnica's Ford Falcon XB Coupe finished in third, fourth and fifth respectively.
Race three of the Touring Car Masters Series will be held at 10.10am tomorrow.
— Cara Jenkin
FORMULA 3 — RACE 2
SOUTH Aussie Formula 3 racer and all-time Clipsal 500 lap record holder Simon Hodge blitzed the second race of the championship this morning.
Hodge started on pole after setting the fastest lap ever during Race One on Friday, with a time of 1:17.97, and worked his way to finish 12 seconds ahead of second place getter Ben Gersekowski.
The only South Australian in the 10-car field's best lap time of 1.18.17, set on the last lap, was just 0.2 seconds off Friday's best time.
Gersekowski gained three spots from his starting position early and was followed by Arrie Maree, Chris Anthony and Jon Collins, who rounded out the top 5.
John Magro, who finished race one in second spot, failed to start the 15-lap race.
There were early dramas for Ricky Capo's car #92, who had to wave past his competitors after his car stalled before the warm-up lap.
He started from the pits and managed to claw back a couple of spots to finish in seventh place.
The third and final Formula 3 Australian Drivers Championship race will kick off racing at Clipsal 500 at 9.05am tomorrow.
— Cara Jenkin
V 8 UTES RACE 2
A REVERSE grid caused grief for V8 Ute drivers which made fans cringe on lap one of Race 2 this morning.
The utes were the first to race on the third day of Clipsal 500 and wasted no time in bringing out the safety car, when three cars tried to corner Turn 5 at once in the early moments of the race.
The Fords of Ryal Harris and Kris Walton and the Holden of Ryan Hansford came together, leaving Harris bogged in the kitty litter.
While the safety car slowed traffic, he managed to get out and limped back to the pits.
The rest of the 9-lap race was without serious incident.
Wayne Wakefield started on pole and was never headed, taking out the race 1.5 seconds ahead of Nathan Pretty, Jesse Dixon, Rhys McNally and Elliot Barbour.
Race 3 of the 2014 Australian V8 Ute Racing Series will be held at 10.50am tomorrow.
— Cara Jenkin
FRIDAY'S RACE ACTION
V8 SUPERCARS QUALIFYING RACE 2
SCOTT McLaughlin has a Volvo poised for the front grid for its first weekend in V8 Supercars.
McLaughlin was just edged out by Craig Lowndes' Holden — by 0.1 seconds — for provisional pole in qualifying for Race 2 of Clipsal 500 on Sunday.
The top 10 drivers will compete in the Shootout qualifying session early Sunday afternoon ahead of the second race later in the day.
The Fords of Mark Winterbottom, Scott Pye and Chaz Mostert, Holdens of Jamie Whincup, Jason Bright and James Courtney, Nissan of Michael Caruso and Mercedes of Lee Holdsworth have also made the shootout.
Lowndes' time of 1:20.4 was slightly better than his qualifying time for Race 1 of 1:20.7.
— Cara Jenkin
V8 SUPERCARS QUALIFYING RACE 1
JAMIE Whincup and Craig Lowndes have started 2014 where they left off last year, qualifying in first and second position respectively for Race 1 of Clipsal 500 tomorrow.
Volvo also has earned early respect with young gun Scott McLaughlin qualifying in the top 5, after Mark Winterbottom's Ford and James Courtney's Holden.
The 15-minute sprint session determined where the 25 drivers would line up for the first of tomorrow's two races.
Scott Pye was the best of the South Aussies in his Ford, slightly edging out Tim Slade who qualified his Commodore for one row behind in position 9.
Percat was plagued with problems and will be last on the grid, while Russell Ingall qualified in 18th position.
But it was the Red Bull Racing teammates which again stole the show. Whincup's best time of 1:20.58 was 0.5 seconds off his lap record.
— Cara Jenkin
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FORMULA 3 AUSTRALIAN DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIP
A new race record — the fastest-ever lap around the 3.2km Adelaide street circuit — and a win for SA driver Simon Hodge dominated the first Formula 3 race of the Clipsal 500.
The first race of the returning open-wheel category, the fastest on-track of the event, has yielded a debut win for local driver Hodge, who started from pole and led the entire race.
Victorian driver Ricky Capo was alongside Hodge on the front row of the grid but Capo bogged down at the start, leaving Hodge to lead the field through the Senna Chicane and he was never headed.
Hodge cleared out to a four second lead by the end of the fourth lap, leaving Queenslanders Ben Gersekowski and John Magro to fight it out for the other two podium places.
The race lap record — 1:18.6011 set by Earl Bamber in 2008 — was under threat early on and was broken by Hodge on lap 7 with a 1:17.97, matching his outright lap record effort in qualifying.
Simon Hodge way out in front by himself. Picture Stephen Laffer Source: News Corp Australia
Gersekowski moved into second over Magro in a bold manoeuvre but the pair continued to duel until Gersekowski spun as they entered Pit Straight at the end of lap 9.
Magro continued on to finish second, and Chris Anthony placed third, but the incident between Magro and Gersekowski (who eventually finished 5th) could come under scrutiny and might alter the minor placings.
The 20-year-old Mitcham-based driver finished with a five second lead in only his 4th Formula 3 race and his Clipsal 500 debut and described the win as "a dream come true."
"I have been so keen to race at this event for so long and to win my first Formula 3 race here and in front of my home crowd is like a dream, it hasn't sunk in yet," he said.
Hodge praised the Adelaide-based Team BRM efforts with the Mygale Mercedes race-car.
"The car had great speed and it was the most fun that I have had in a racing car," he added.
— Stuart Martin
AUSTRALIAN V8 UTES RACING SERIES
DAVID Sieders streaked ahead of the battle pack and was never challenged from pole position to take out Race 1 of the V8 Utes in his Falcon.
The nine-lap race had the usual bump and grind, with Adam Marjoram's Commodore slapping into Turn 8 on the second lap which caused him to lose a mirror and other damage that put him out of the running.
SA's Craig Dontas started from fourth but took advantage of an early tyre lock up to move into second position on the second lap.
He tried to fight off from challenges by Ryal Harris but lost the spot near the end of the race and held on for third position.
Kris Walton and Andrew Fisher rounded out the top 5, ensuring four of the five top spots were won by Falcons.
— Cara Jenkin
THIRD V8 PRACTICE SESSION
DRIVERS have had their last chance to fine-tune the V8 Supercars prior to qualifying later today.
Brad Jones Racing pair of Fabian Coulthard and Jason Bright both finished the practice session with 1min 20 lap times, ahead of Lee Holdsworth, Craig Lowndes, Rick Kelly and Jamie Whincup.
The top 12 cars all recorded 1:20 lap times and the entire field was covered by a band of just 1.2 seconds.
Holden driver Shane Van Gisbergen, Nissan driver Rick Kelly and local favourite Tim Slade picked up where they left off in the second session.
Series stalwart Craig Lowndes continued to post sharp times and the Volvo of Scott McLaughlin defied the debutant status by again lapping in the top 10.
Will Davison did his best to bunt the tyre bundle at the Senna Chicane and busted the front left hand corner his Erebus Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG and James Moffat also inflicted some damage on his Nissan Altima.
Garth Tander didn't clock many laps during the final session after an altercation with the wall at the infamous turn eight but the damage was largely cosmetic.
Scott Pye came to grief in turn 6, which red-flagged session with about 10 minutes to run.
— Stuart Martin
PORSCHE CARRERA CUP QUALIFYING
FIVE-TIME defending champion Craig Baird has qualified in 10th position for the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia twilight race tonight.
Meanwhile Turn 8 may have claimed its first victim, with SA driver Mike Almond losing control late in the session, to sit perpendicular to the wall while awaiting rescue crews to clear him from the track. The car suffered minor damage.
Shae Davies qualified fastest with a best lap time of 1:21.52. Steve Richards and Warren Luff were not far behind.
Many drivers still are coming to terms with the new gearshift set up of the Type 991 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars, struggling to get off the grid, which could be an issue for them at the start of the race at 7.10pm.
— Cara Jenkin
SECOND V8 PRACTICE SESSION
LOCAL boy Tim Slade topped the timesheets for the second V8 Supercar practice session, ahead of last year's winner Shane van Gisbergen.
The pair — both in Holden Commodores — were separated by 0.05 of a second at the end of the second practice hit-out for the 25-car V8 Supercar field, with the Nissan Altima of Rick Kelly continuing to show good pace just behind the Van Gisbergen car.
Slade handles a corner during practice. Picture Simon Cross. Source: News Corp Australia
James Courtney and David Reynolds also lapped at strong pace, dropping into the 1:21s, as did Jason Bright with a 1:216272 — the fastest lap at the end of the first 10 minutes.
Michael Caruso, Garth Tander and Craig Lowndes also set mid-1:21 second times, before Tim Slade laid down the fastest time on his 9th lap, a 1:21.1480.
The top 19 cars on the V8 Supercar all recorded practice times in the 1:21 range, but fell short of the practice record is 1.20.5353 set by Jamie Whincup in 2012.
— Stuart Martin
DUNLOP DEVELOPMENT SERIES QUALIFYING
CAMERON Waters will start the first Dunlop Development Series race tonight in pole position, staking his claim early in the qualifying session this morning.
Waters and Paul Dumbrell quickly rose to the top of the timesheets before a late charge by Ash Walsh separated the two.
Waters time of 1:21.82, set in his Commodore, was 0.13 seconds ahead of Walsh's Falcon.
Up and coming South Australian Josh Kean almost became the first casualty of the day when he spun 180 degrees at Turn 9, narrowly missing the wall, during the first half of the session.
He recovered to set a time 1:23.44, while fellow South Australian Todd Hazelwood was .14 seconds behind him.
— Cara Jenkin
FIRST V8 PRACTICE SESSION
DEBUTANT brand Volvo has shown some potential ahead of this afternoon's qualifying session.
Former Holden driver Scott McLaughlin waited until the second half of the first V8 Supercar session to put the Volvo into the action and finished the brand's first foray into the series with the fourth fastest practice time.
The 30 minute session was the first chance for the drivers to test and tweak their cars, with the Red Bull Commodores of Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes quickly getting to the top of the timesheets, before the Nissan Altima of Rick Kelly, James Moffat and James Courtney all dropped into the 1:22 bracket.
Volvo drivers Scott McLaughlin (front) and Robert Dahlgren during practice for the Clipsal 500. Source: Getty Images
The Swedish Touring Car driver Robert Dahgren took his time getting down to the pace of the pack but finished the session in the 1:22 range.
Rick Kelly was the only driver in 1:21s during the first 10 minutes of the session before Shane Van Gisbergen and Lowndes lapped in the 1:21s with Jason Bright and Fabian Coulthard moving up into top 10.
Volvo driver McLaughlin waited until closer the end of the session before heading out but was quickly lapping near the top of the timesheets, setting a quicker pace than the Erebus and Nissan debutants did in the early stages of the 2013 Clipsal.
Van Gisbergen finished the practice with a 1:21.6926, ahead of Jason Bright with a 1:21.6960, James Courtney with a 1:21.7722, the Volvo of Scott McLaughlin who finished with a 1:21.8589 and Craig Lowndes on a 1:21.9329.
— Stuart Martin
FORMULA 3 QUALIFYING
THE track lap record has been broken in the Formula 3 qualifying by local driver Simon Hodge, putting himself on pole for the race later today.
The new mark was set as the only open-wheelers at the Adelaide race hit the track for qualifying.
The lead cars were within sight of the lap record by the fifth lap, with Hodge and John Magro lapping in the 1:21s before Hodge slipped below the 1:20 mark, closely followed by Magro.
The 88 car of Dennie Rumble had the first of two spins, neither with any impact on the walls but the second incident brought the session to a halt.
Dennie Rumble slides out into the chicane during the Formula 3 qualifying. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: News Corp Australia
Queenslander Ben Gersekowski was briefly top of the time sheets until the session resumed.
Adelaide driver Hodge, racing at his first Clipsal, set the outright lap record — 1:18.281 — breaking the old mark set in 2008 by Earl Bamber.
Hodge was joined on the front row by Ricky Capo, with Magro and Gersekowski on the second row. Chis Anthony and Chelsea Angelo rounded out the top six.
— Stuart Martin
TOURING CAR MASTERS
THE first cars on track today were the Touring Car Masters for the qualifying ahead of the first race later today.
John Bowe finished the session fastest in his Ford Mustang, the only driver to drop below 1 minute 30, which he did by just over half a second.
The Ford Falcon Coupe of Tony Karanfilovski finished the session as the second car on the front row, ahead of Andrew Miedecke's Chevrolet Camaro, Eddie Abelnica's Falcon coupe, the Ford Mustang of Cameron Tilley.
Defending champion Jim Richards completed only two laps in his Ford Falcon Sprint, which was enough to register a time for sixth spot on the grid.
The 20-minute session was incident-free, apart from several competitors cutting the corner and landing heavily in the notorious Senna Chicane or using escape roads under brakes.
— Stuart Martin
SA DRIVER IN SMASH DURING RACE 2
SOUTH Australian Adam Sharp was involved in the biggest crash so far for Clipsal 500 late in Race 2 of the Aussie Racing Cars Super Series.
A tussle for top spot took spectators' attention for most of the race, until Sharp was left with no room to manoeuvre and ended up in the fence at turn 5.
His Toyota Aurion replica flipped vertical, hitting the fence and causing substantial damage to the vehicle that will end his racing weekend.
The Aurions of Trent Young and Peter Carr battled for front position for all eight laps, with Carr finally taking line honours.
— Cara Jenkin
LUFF WINS FIRST TWILIGHT RACE OF THE WEEKEND
WARREN Luff won race one of the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia on Friday night — the first twilight race of the weekend.
Drivers may have struggled with the changing light as they took themselves out of contention for the top spots with spins at critical points of the track.
Luff started the race in third position and pressured race leaders Shae Davies and Steven Richards early.
Richards took the lead on lap 8 but spun on his own at turn 9 mid-race to drop back in the field.
He clawed his way back to finish fourth.
Davies also took himself out of contention late in the race by driving into the wall around Turn 10 and finished the race in 11th position.
Nick Foster took second place and Nick McBride third.
Duvashen Padayachee was the best of the South Australians, taking fifth.
Craig Baird, who has been on the Carrera Cup podium the most in its history (36 times), could only move from 10th to eighth spot.
Race 2 will be held at 1.35pm on Saturday.
— Cara Jenkin
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