Mark Winterbottom was fastest in practice at Sandown today ahead of Jamie Whincup and Will Davison.
JACK DANIEL'S RACING QUOTEBOARD
Rick Kelly - #15 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore:
"It was a little bit of a frustrating day there today," said Rick Kelly.
"Again, it's the same Friday story. It's frustrating with the condition of the tyres we've got. You've got to run tyres you probably wouldn't even run on a test day for practice and that's just unfortunate with the way the rules are structured and the tyre banks work out.
"We just did our best to tune the Jack Daniel's Commodore on what we had. We had a few ups and downs and tried a few different things in practice, but ended up going back on a lot of those.
"We tried a few things and at the end of the day we found quite a chunk of time, which gives us confidence for tomorrow.
"Todd and his crew did a fair bit of work on his car today so when we sit down and look at what he thought worked and what didn't work, we'll also have that to throw into the mix as well."
Todd Kelly - #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore:
"We got a lot of stuff done today," said Todd Kelly.
"We got to the point where we've used most of our good practice tyres as well, and tyres mean a lot in terms of time around here.
"With any of the set-ups we used in our Jack Daniel's Commodore today, a better quality set of tyres would have meant a big chunk of time.
"So it's good for tomorrow to know where we are at for race-car type grip levels and we tuned the car with the races in mind, so we'll see how it goes when we throw new tyres at it and have better grip out there."
RESULTS: Practice - Combined
1. #5 Mark Winterbottom 1:10.2125
2. #1 Jamie Whincup 1:10.2217
3. #22 Will Davison 1:10.2644
4. #18 James Courtney 1:10.3419
5. #111 Fabian Coulthard 1:10.4068
6. #888 Craig Lowndes 1:10.4092
7. #8 Jason Richards 1:10.4376
8. #4 Alex Davison 1:10.4446
9. #33 Lee Holdsworth 1:10.4938
10. #55 Tony D'Alberto 1:10.5123
13. #15 Rick Kelly 1:10.6098
22. #11 Jack Perkins 1:10.9692
24. #7 Todd Kelly 1:11.1563
29. #16 Mark McNally 1:12.1229
RESULTS: Practice - Part C
1. #5 Mark Winterbottom 1:10.2125
2. #1 Jamie Whincup 1:10.2217
3. #22 Will Davison 1:10.2644
4. #18 James Courtney 1:10.3419
5. #111 Fabian Coulthard 1:10.4068
6. #888 Craig Lowndes 1:10.4092
7. #8 Jason Richards 1:10.4376
8. #4 Alex Davison 1:10.4446
9. #33 Lee Holdsworth 1:10.4938
10. #55 Tony D'Alberto 1:10.5123
13. #15 Rick Kelly 1:10.6098
22. #11 Jack Perkins 1:10.9692
24. #7 Todd Kelly 1:11.1563
28. #16 Mark McNally 1:12.1229
RESULTS: Practice - Part B
1. #1 Jamie Whincup 1:10.6366
2. #25 Jason Bright 1:10.7182
3. #4 Alex Davison 1:10.7569
4. #18 James Courtney 1:10.7758
5. #888 Craig Lowndes 1:10.8231
6. #22 Will Davison 1:10.8569
7. #34 Michael Caruso 1:10.9014
8. #7 Todd Kelly 1:10.9996
9. #5 Mark Winterbottom 1:11.0233
10. #9 Shane van Gisbergen 1:11.0609
21. #11 Jack Perkins 1:11.4863
23. #15 Rick Kelly 1:11.5873
29. #16 Mark McNally 1:13.6196
RESULTS: Practice - Part A
1. #18 Warren Luff 1:11.3485
2. #4 Alex Davison 1:11.4414
3. #6 Luke Youlden 1:11.6537
4 . #34 Greg Ritter 1:11.6834
5. #22 Steve Owen 1:11.6859
6. #25 Jason Bright 1:11.8297
7. #39 Paul Morris 1:11.9058
8. #33 David Besnard 1:12.0017
9. #9 John McIntyre 1:12.0326
10. #51 Mark Skaife 1:12.0516
13. #7 Todd Kelly 1:12.1041
22. #11 Jack Perkins 1:12.9826
23. #16 Nathan Pretty 1:12.9933
26. #15 Dale Wood 1:13.8824
JACK DANIEL'S RACING DRIVERS AT SANDOWN:
Todd Kelly - #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore:
2008 Qualifying: Eighth
2008 Race One: 17th
2008 Race Two: Eighth
2008 Race Three: Fifth
Debut: 1999
Events: Nine (Four Sprint, Five Enduro)
Races: 16 (11 Sprint, Five Enduro)
Best Qualifying: Third (2001 and 2007) - Best Start: Second in 2003 (qualifying lap by Mark Skaife)
Top 10 in Qualifying: Four (Seven in terms of starts)
Best Race Finish: Two (Race 2 - 2001, Sandown 500 - 2003)
Top 10 Finish in Race: 10
Event winner - 2001 and 2003
Rick Kelly - #15 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore:
2008 Qualifying: Fourth
2008 Race One: Seventh
2008 Race Two: 12th
2008 Race Three: 17th
Debut: 2001
Events: Eight (Three Sprint, Five Enduro)
Races: 13 (Eight Sprint, Five Enduro)
Best Qualifying: First (2004) - also First in 2005 (qualifying lap by Garth Tander)
Top 10 in Qualifying: Four (Five in terms of Starts)
Best Race Finish: Second (Sandown 500 - 2006 and Sandown 500 - 2007)
Top 10 Finish in Race: Eight
Event Runner-Up - 2006 and 2007
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Standings
Championship Points - After Race 12 of 26
1. Jamie Whincup 1560
2. Will Davison 1386
3. Garth Tander 1212
4. Craig Lowndes 1110
5. Steven Johnson 1050
6. Lee Holdsworth 993
7. Mark Winterbottom 957
8. Rick Kelly 903
9. Russell Ingall 830
10. Michael Caruso 828
21. Todd Kelly 573
NORTON 360 SANDOWN CHALLENGE DETAILS:
Circuit: Sandown International Raceway
Location: Sandown, Victoria
Circuit Length: 3.1 kilometres
Format: 32-lap race (Saturday) and 65-lap race (Sunday)
2008 Polesitter: Jamie Whincup
2008 Race 1 Winner: Jamie Whincup
2008 Race 2 Winner: Craig Lowndes
2008 Race 3 Winner: Jamie Whincup
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
All times are local Australian Eastern Standard Time
Friday 31 July 2009
12:35pm - 1:10pm: Practice A (Bottom 15 and Co-Drivers)
1:25pm - 2:15pm: Practice B
2:55pm - 3:45pm: Practice C
Saturday 1 August 2009
11:00am - 11:40am: Qualifying (for Race 1)
11:55am - 12:25pm: Top 10 Shootout
4:05pm: Race 1 - Series Race 13 (32 laps)
Sunday 2 August 2009
10:15am - 10:35am: Qualifying (for Race 2)
1:05pm: Race 2 - Series Race 14 (65 laps)
TELEVISION SCHEDULE - SEVEN NETWORK
Times subject to amendment - please check local guides.
Saturday 1 August 2009
2:00pm - 2:30pm (Support Races)
2:30pm - 5:30pm (V8 Supercars)
Sunday 2 August 2009
12:00pm - 3:00pm (V8 Supercars)
