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Ingall wins his first race with Ford!!

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#1 ·
Congratulations Russell !!

BA 1, VY 0 :s6:
 
#3 ·
The highest finishing VY is Sirromet Racing with Paul Morris at 15th position. Good to see Mark Skaife enjoy midfield dramas for a change.
Congrates SBR and Ingall and Ford Racing Australia.
 
#5 ·
Good stuff, mate!!! The BA looks so damn mean on the track. I reckon Ingalls looks the best.
 
#6 ·
GOOD ON YA RUSTY!!!!!!!! too bad ambrose wasn't along side him to celebrate (Gremlins), but none the less, rusty is hungry!!!!!!! And it shows in the way he is racing!!!!!!!!!!
GO FORD!!!!!
 
#7 ·
Ford are back for 2003!!!
Good on ya Ingall!!!
 
#10 ·
I look at it this way: Yes ambrose had problems, but at least it wasn't at adelaide. Rusty also said today that they are just throwing set ups at the car. Its awesome to think that it responds well to everything. What made this race so special, the fact skaife spun around AGAIN and it seems the VY's have the same problem as the AU!!!!!!!!!! (for now anyway)
 
#11 ·
WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FAN_FU...- err -BLOODY_TASTIC!

7 of the top 10 were Fords!

enough said?

Someone said that theres a SBR tradition that their new driver gets Pole and scores a win at AGP. Inglaa wil be on POle tomorrow (shoulda been on Pole Friday except for some illegal cars)

Funnily that the top fords were both last year GM drivers.
 
#12 ·
It goes to prove what most Ford fans already knew - SBR have THE BEST engine in v8 supercars and now they have the aerodynamics to go with it. It's no coincidence that SBR started improving in leaps and bounds when they poached the head engineer of DJR (I'm sorry I have forgotten his name) - DJR's fortunes also changed when he left, only for the worse. He deserves more money then Ambrose or Ingall.

Isn't it amazing how Skaiffe's lack of driving ability is shown now that he doesn't have traction control (read HUGE amounts of extra downforce). How bad a driver would he have looked in the hobbled AU - and how good a driver is Jason Bargwanna. I've never had a lot of time for him but he has definitely changed my mind with his driving of the Orrcon AU. I just wish they would have given the new aero kit to the AU and then we may have seen it's true potential.

What the current position of the VY shows AVESCO & TEGA is (and I know it's early days yet) that throwing extra horsepower at a car does not guarantee a faster car. It's all about set-up and how you get the power to the ground hence the disgraceful situation Ford fans have had to put up with over the past few years.

Now if we just keep sticking it further up their pass, they won't forget for next time.
 
#16 ·
1 9 R. INGALL AUS Caltex Havoline Racing Team 24:20.082 12 156.901 2:00.243 5
2 11 S. RICHARDS AUS Castrol Perkins Racing 24:23.127 12 3.045 156.575 2:00.330 5
3 50 J. BRIGHT AUS Team Brock 24:26.749 12 6.667 156.188 2:00.052 5
4 20 J.BARGWANNA AUS Larkham Motorsport 24:31.538 12 11.456 155.680 2:01.156 3
5 88 J. BOWE AUS OzEmail Racing Team 24:32.478 12 12.396 155.580 2:00.986 5
6 17 S.JOHNSON AUS Shell Helix Racing 24:34.029 12 13.947 155.417 2:01.146 5
7 6 C. LOWNDES AUS Ford Performance 24:34.485 12 14.403 155.369 2:01.214 6
8 51 G. MURPHY AUS Kmart Racing 24:34.608 12 14.526 155.356 2:00.997 5
9 66 D. CANTO AUS Team Betta Electrical 24:38.389 12 18.307 154.958 2:01.526 5
10 19 D. BESNARD AUS Ford Performance 24:41.352 12 21.270 154.648 2:01.727 5
11 8 P. DUMBRELL AUS Castrol Perkins Racing 24:46.320 12 26.238 154.132 2:01.611 10
12 7 R. FORBES AUS 00 Motorsport 24:51.387 12 31.305 153.608 2:01.335 5
13 18 M. WILSON AUS Shell Helix Racing 24:56.745 12 36.663 153.058 2:01.660 5
14 15 R. KELLY AUS Kmart Racing 24:57.369 12 37.287 152.994 2:01.317 8
15 29 P. MORRIS AUS Sirromet - Life Style Wine 24:58.132 12 38.050 152.916 2:01.342 5
16 65 P. RADISICH NZL Team Betta Electrical 24:58.774 12 38.692 152.851 2:02.080 3
17 5 G. SETON AUS Ford Performance 24:59.937 12 39.855 152.732 2:02.598 8
18 1 M. SKAIFE AUS Holden Racing Team 25:00.257 12 40.175 152.700 2:01.120 8
19 3 C. CCONVILLE AUS Lansvale Smash Repairs 25:00.473 12 40.391 152.678 2:01.819 8
20 10 M. LARKHAM AUS Larkham Motorsport 25:05.439 12 45.357 152.174 2:02.807 5
21 0 G. RITTER AUS 00 Motorsport 25:06.614 12 46.532 152.055 2:02.803 8
23 21 B.JONES AUS OzEmail Racing Team 24:40.004 10 2 LAPS 128.991 2:01.570 5

NOT CLASSIFIED
45 J. RICHARDS AUS Team Dynamik 23:22.395 11 DNF 149.742 2:01.497 7
44 S. WILLS AUS Team Dynamik 16:49.931 8 DNF 151.224 2:02.454 6
75 A. TRATT AUS Toll Racing 14:58.730 7 DNF 148.693 2:03.074 5
33 J. WHINCUP AUS Garry Rogers Motorsport 12:45.407 6 DNF 149.652 2:03.076 4
4 M. AMBROSE AUS Pirtek Racing 8:22.102 4 DNF 152.086 2:00.291 4
69 C. BAIRD NZL Team Kiwi 4:30.814 2 DNF 140.988 2:07.992 2

FASTEST LAP
50 J. BRIGHT AUS Team Brock 2:00.052 on lap 5 159.021
 
#19 ·
bloody fantastic effort! congrats to rusty and all the sbr team - top effort!

went to the track myself, and must say the BAs look absolutely tough up close and personal too!
 
#21 ·
Top effort by all me thinks

*I noticed tho that many of the cars are ripping up the road a lot easier this year. Warm up lap SO many cars were leaving huge skid marks everywhere, and getting the arse out a bit. Last year with the same launches they just gripped and took off. Seems kinda strange*
 
#23 ·
yeah should be hot might go again this year yes loved the drag race to the first corner looks like Ingalls car has got some nice HP.. Wonder how long it will take the Holden teams to start whinging.

BAN HRT....
 
#24 ·
I'm with you Bammas, never really had much respect for Bargs driving , I have met him a few times and definately a top bloke but after his drive the last 2 days in the AU done a complete u turn, top stuff Bargs and even better SBR, bloody great job......
 
#25 ·
Congratulations Russell Ingall and well done to his team!
 
#26 ·
Glad to hear some of you guys are coming around in relation to Barg's. Also well done to Rusty, I was so pround of both of them and Ford.

Its not over yet, but it's nice to be back. The Barra's looking real good. When you think about it, for the first time for a long while you can actually now buy a road going BA that looks like the Supercar with the FPV GT. Makes me want more even more.
 
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