The first running of the nascar 100 from mount panorama, bathurst as part of the race weekend for the 1998 amp bathurst. Nascar live race coverage, latest news, race results, standings, schedules, and driver stats for cup, xfinity, gander outdoors. The djr team penske 2018 titlewinner made his racing debut at eight. It was a year of sevens for johnson, who took over sole possession of seventh place on the nascar sprint cup series alltime wins list after his win. The american stock car racing category nascar raced in australia from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. The 39yearold tasmanian has been recruited to replace matt tifft, who. Kelly is of no relation to todd or rick kelly, the latter he codrove with at the 2010 and 2011 bathurst s. Jenson buttons unofficial bathurst lap record in an f1 car is wild. From champion drivers that logically shouldve won at bathurst. Going back to bathurst is an amazing chance as we had a lot of speed in the mclaren in 2016, so i know the 650s gt3 is good around the mountain, said watson. Nascar hall of fame driver darrell waltrip checks out the v8 supercars as he prepares for speeds coverage of the prestigious bathurst in australia.
The season ended with the ford ecoboost 400 at homesteadmiami speedway. The nascar expansion for forza motorsport 6 features 24 nascar cars from the 2016 nascar season, representing five of the most celebrated and successful teams in series history. We cover formula 1, motogp, nascar, indycar and all other driving categories. The first 500mile race at the indianapolis motor speedway was organized in 1911 and in 2016, the 100th edition of the indianapolis 500 was held.
It has admittedly not been an easy return to v8 supercars racing for former nascar driver marcos ambrose a former twotime supercars champion, ambrose returned to. The tray will provide increased protection around the drivers lower leg, from the midthigh downward, and is not expected to affect the drivers control of the vehicle. It could be used in conjunction with the erebus ecell for example, and is not a replacement for the safety seat which was developed as part of its mercedesbenz e63. Team bocs jason bright gave nascar great darrell waltrip his first taste of a v8 supercar today, taking him for some hot laps around mount. Nascar race results, schedule, standings, news, drivers. Musiqware ltd, apm publishing, adrev publishing, and 4. Nascar driver darrell waltrip takes a hotlap around mount panorama at the bathurst with holden driver jason bright. Nascar and indy 500 champions sign on for supercars.
Worth driving around mount panorama motor racing circuit. Mount panorama bathurst the great race the armstrong 500. A look at the drivers and teams expected to compete regularly in the monster energy nascar cup series in 2017, with the drivers 2016 points finishes and comments from. To win the 2016 championship, the driver of the no. Owen kelly born 12 march 1977 is an australian professional racing driver. Celebrate the holiday season with magical events and festive fun for the whole family. Chelsea angelo becomes 2016 v8 supercars series driver chelsea angelo has signed with garry rogers motorsport for the 2016 v8 supercars season.
Will craig lowndes be crowned king of the mountain for a seventh time in his final bathurst as a fulltime driver. The intensity of driving these quintessentially american race cars is at the heart of the nascar expansion experience. Marcos ambrose starting to turn things around nascar. In this weekends wilson security sandown 500, ambrose and codriver scott pye managed to finish 12th out of 25 entries in the 161lap event, just 26 seconds behind winners mark winterbottom and. From afar, the vehicles look quite similar, although the v8 is closer in appearance at least to its road car equivalent. After contesting the category as a oneoff at this years clipsal 500, chelsea angelo heads to the 2016 event as a. He and fellow indycar star james hinchcliffe raced together at last years supercheap auto bathurst. The race is 161 laps long and the record is about 6hours and 12 minutes to complete the kilometres 617miles. Nissan announces motorsport programmes for 2016 gt academy motorsports 5 february 27, 2016 by felix rigby 2016 will see nissans of all manner of shapes and sizes take to the track all over the globe once more, as the manufacturer, aided by the nismo athletes, aim to top a hugely successful 2015 with 34 drivers across 14 series. For two straight years, shane van gisbergen has finished best of the rest to countryman scott mclaughlin. Ambrose did not return as a fullseason driver in 2016. Indianapolis 500 since 1911 indianapolis 500 is considered to be the greatest american race and is one of the worlds oldest races still running.
Brad jones racings tim slade heads over skyline and towards the fog. As they prepare for the prestigious event, waltrip offers a glimpse of what the trip has. Nascar racing schedule, news, results, and drivers. Stanaway 12th 2016 the surprise winners of the sandown 500 will be under pressure to back it up at mount panorama. A nascar stock car is a far more beastlylooking creature v8 driver. Sprint announced almost two years ago that it is ditching nascar after the 2016 season because the company said it could spend its advertising money better somewhere else. Scott mclaughlin summed up the thoughts of every driver dreaming of winning this years bathurst. Marcos ambrose born 1 september 1976 is an australian former racing driver. After strong initial interest, particularly in melbourne at australias only purposebuilt nascar style paved oval speedway, the calder park thunderdome, the category collapsed in the early 2000s and has defied several attempts to revive it since then. Angela ruch has a fulltime ride in the nascar truck series, a growing family and a docuseries on facebook. Nascar driver scared witless around bathurst page 1. Supercars star chaz mostert says indycar drivers james hinchcliffe and alexander rossi should be considered dark horses for this weekends bathurst. Much thanks and appreciation goes to the nascar media group for providing statistical content, video, images and all kinds of nascar love.
Jimmie johnson of hendrick motorsports won his seventh. He moved up to the nationwide series in 2007, and later the sprint cup series in 2008. Team bocs jason bright gave nascar great darrell waltrip his first taste of a v8 supercar today, taking him for some hot laps around mount panorama. Draftkings name and logo used for promotion and identity of the draftkings brand. Welcome to new south wales and the 2017 supercheap auto bathurst. Bathurst qualifying top ten shootout last word on motor. Asked what it is like to drive behind jamie whincup when the six time champion is in the. The season began at daytona international speedway with the sprint unlimited, the canam duel and the daytona 500. We will have a good sleep tonight and have a run tomorrow. He is known in nascar for having won a total of 6 races at watkins glen. The associated press reports that nascar monster energy cup driver carl longs team on friday had to remove the hood. Forza motorsport forza motorsport 6 nascar expansion.
We compare v8 supercars to their nascar equivalents. Players will be able to drive twentyfour 2016season nascar models from teams like joe gibbs racing, chip ganassi racing, stewarthaas racing, hendrick motorsports, and team penske, including the cars of topflight nascar drivers jimmie johnson, kyle busch, and chase. The dinger scored his first and only premier series victory at watkins glen in 2014. Top 10 bathurst driver pairings sports news australia. Owen kelly will return to the nascar xfinity series this weekend at midohio as a substitute driver for joe gibbs racing. Gary klutt, a stock car racing star from halton hills, ont. Nissan has also announced that the winner of the international branch of its gt academy gamertoracer scheme, australian matt simmons, will race in the blancpain endurance series with rjn in 2016. Chelsea angelo 2016 v8 supercars series driver racing news. Ranking the 10 best californiaborn nascar drivers fox. Nascar submitted 3 years ago by johnson letsgoracinboys i was listening to tmd on sirius xm nascar radio and mike bagley was saying that dw was borderline disrespectful and had a very contrarian attitude towards jeff gordons opinions in the booth during yesterdays race in atlanta.
The 2016 nascar sprint cup series was the 68th season of professional stock car racing in the united states and the 45th modernera cup series season. Nissan to return to bathurst 12 hours in 2016 to defend. Kelly scores nascar return with joe gibbs speedcafe. The flying kiwi is also holds the fastest lap around the circuit recorded.
Licensed to youtube by merlin pschentmusic, adrev for a 3rd party, the state51 conspiracy, adrev masters admin on behalf of alter k. He claimed the title in 2016, his first season with triple. Racing aces like michael schumacher, lewis hamilton and dale earnhardt jr. Williamsons bathurst class wins in 1979 alongside codriver mike quinn and in 1981 with john smith were separated by a failure to finish in 1980 that was blamed on the racecam draining the car. Darrell waltrip and mike joy are in australia for speeds coverage of the bathurst v8 supercar race.
Check out our new 3part audio series featuring richard childress and nascar hall of fame curators. There is this rumour getting around that you cant win from pole but this is the best spot to start the race. Chip ganassi racing chip ganassi has a deep history in racing, winning his first race at age 18 in a formula ford. A proud kiwi, van gisbergen has been the lead holden driver in three of the past four seasons a feat not to be scoffed at when your teammate is the allconquering jamie whincup. And then in 2016, he and garth tanders race was cut short by the. Waltrip and driver alan kulwicki were racing side by side, leading a. Who will handle the conditions the best and take out the great race. Mark your calendars for induction weekend events and activities. Only driving around bathurst in a rentcar, is like having to live out of suitcase while traveling to exotic places and photgraphing mostly nekid girls. On the ovals, it really helps me to get refamiliar with the track, coming to pit road, and where the bumps. The nascar cup series most popular driver chase elliott and one of its most recent hall of fame inductees, tony stewart, are featured on the covers of the newest edition of the nascar heat. A record crowd of 37,079 has attended this years 2016 liquimoly bathurst 12 hour.
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