Triple V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup and five-time 500cc MotoGP world champion Mick Doohan will compete for Team Australia at the 2012 Race Of Champions in Bangkok, Thailand.
Jacques Villeneuve made the finish this time for Kelly Racing, a lap down in 24th.
Jamie Whincup came through from ninth on the grid to narrowly beat Triple Eight team-mate Craig Lowndes and complete a double victory in the V8 Supercars’ Townsville weekend.
Mark Winterbottom and Irish international co-driver, Richard Lyons have tapped into the ‘Luck of the Irish’ to win on the final day of the 2011 Armor All Gold Coast 600. Read the rest of this entry »
TeamVodafone Holden of Jamie Whincup rumbled through the streets
Office workers and lunchtime shoppers were treated to taste of what can be expected at next week’s Armor All Gold Coast 600 when they stood metres from a random V8 Supercar pit stop in the middle of Edward Street.
Before finishing the thrilling Australian grand prix in second place, Renault’s Robert Kubica had pleaded with a friend not to throw away a EUR100 bet on a podium finish for the Pole. “I may have to give him the money!” Kubica laughed. Read the rest of this entry »