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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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 9/10/2008
Celebrations for Steve Richards' landmark 150th V8 Supercar Championship Series start began well today as Ford Performance Racing registered the third quickest time in practice at Bathurst.
The location of this historic occasion is fitting as Mount Panorama has figured large in Richo's motorsport and family life, with him attending most years with his father Jim since he was a young boy.
"I'm just happy to be back here driving a car around," said the Castrol FPR Falcon driver. "I'm rapt to have made 150 starts but all I think about is doing as well as I possibly can at the next round. I would like to think I could do another 150; we'll see!"
In practice Richo and team-mate Mark Winterbottom posted the third quickest time, and believe changes overnight will see them plug the gap to 888's Jamie Whincup who was fastest.
"I had a bit of a run there at the end and got a pretty good time," said Frosty. "We've made some improvements on the car but it's going to be a busy night tonight; we'll get it right and come back tomorrow."
Dean Canto and Luke Youlden, meanwhile, were 18th in the Orrcon Steel Ford Credit FPR Falcon.
"We were just struggling a little bit with tyre wear on the old rubber," said Canto. "Then we went on greens and immediately picked up two seconds! I think, if we'd strung it all together, we would have been easily in the top ten."
Tomorrow's practice starts at 9.20am.
Supercheap Auto 1000 - 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Rd10
Mount Panorama - Bathurst
PRACTICE
1. Lowndes / Whincup, 888, 2:07.5975
2. Murphy / J.Richards, Tasman, +0.1967
3. S.Richards / Winterbottom, Castrol FPR Falcon, +0.5436
4. R.Kelly / P.Radisich, TWR, +0.5731
5. Ingall / Morris, PMM, +0.5950
6. Luff / Owen, DJR, +0.7319
18. Canto / Youlden, Orrcon Steel Ford Credit FPR Falcon, +1.8610 |
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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