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Five Star FG Falcon at Jarvis Ford
The all-new FG Falcon has become the first Australian-built car to receive a 5 (five) star rating from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP). The petrol FG Falcon sedan range was awarded the maximum 5 (five) star safety rating rating with a total score of 34.6 points (out of a possible 37 points), giving it the highest score ever recorded by a locally produced car in Australia by a significant margin. Read more>
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 10/3/2008
Mark ‘Frosty’ Winterbottom has taken his first victory of the season; an incredible fight-back from Ford Performance Racing after he qualified 15th for this weekend’s V8 Supercar Championship racing at Eastern Creek.
The revival began in Sunday’s first race, when Frosty rocketed from 10th to fourth off the grid and passed James Courtney to run in third before he had even completed a lap. Another great start in the afternoon’s second race saw the 26-year-old snatch P1 off the grid and lead from start to finish.
“Yesterday, after qualifying, we almost booked an early flight home for today because we didn’t think we’d be here!” said Frosty, who drives the #5 Orrcon Ford Credit FPR Falcon. “To fight back to win the way we did is something better than a win! We did a lot of work and to finish 10th, second and first is quite an achievement; we did it with genuine speed today.”
Team-mate, Steven Richards, made up 20 places in the 31 laps of the day’s first race and was set to pull off a similarly astounding feat in the final race of the weekend, running fifth in the closing stages. Disaster struck on lap 24, however, when his front left tyre expired. He could only watch-on as the tyre barrier approached with the collision, estimated to be at 160kph, leaving the #6 Castrol FPR Falcon a write-off.
“On the previous lap, at about Turn Seven, I noticed the car had a bit of a wobble and under-steer,” said Richo. “I thought I had a flat tyre. It seemed to be OK on the straight so I didn’t come in. Whatever happened then let go at Turn Three on the next lap. I went around the corner and the front fell over a bit and then it took its own direction.
“I don’t know how to measure one accident against another but this one was pretty rough; they all are when you hit the wall though. I don’t have too many of them fortunately but this time there’s terrible damage to the car; that’s going to take a while to get fixed.”
The team is now assessing its options before next weekend’s Australian GP round, in which the V8s are supporting.
2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 2, Race 3
EASTERN CREEK INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
1. Mark Winterbottom, Orrcon Ford Credit FPR Falcon
2. Rick Kelly, Holden Commodore VE
3. Garth Tander, Holden Commodore VE
4. Jamie Whincup, Ford Falcon BF
5. Mark Skaife, Holden Commodore VE
6. Will Davison, Ford Falcon BF
7. Russell Ingall, Holden Commodore VE
8. Craig Lowndes, Ford Falcon BF
DNF Steven Richards, Castrol Ford Falcon |
Industry News
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Toyota first to export 100,000 cars |
19/12/2008
Toyota Australia is set to become the first Australian carmaker to export 100,000 vehicles in a calendar year.
The milestone car is due to be shipped from Melbourne on Christmas Eve, bound for the Middle East.
It will be among more than 2,100 Australian-built Toyota cars leaving Australia that day aboard the Positive Leader. |
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