JACK DANIEL'S RACING QUOTEBOARD:
TODD KELLY - #7 Jack Daniel's Holden Commodore
"We tuned my Jack Daniel's Commodore to a point where it was pretty good there at the end of practice," said Todd Kelly.
"We haven't been to this track in a while with this kind of heat, and therefore, this low level of grip.
"It's something we experienced in Tassie and we are seeing the same thing here at Sandown, just because of the way the calendar has played out over the last couple of years.
"So we needed to change the car quite a bit compared to the set-up we used here last year. We've not got our head around that and there are a few things that I can do as a driver to get that last bit of speed out of the car.
"Certainly though I think today was not too bad and I'd even say that our car deserves to be a little higher up the order than 11th place."
RICK KELLY - #15 Jack Daniel's Holden Commodore
"It was a standard Friday in that I only get two sessions for my Jack Daniel's Commodore because we are in the top 50 percent in the points," said Rick Kelly.
"That only allows you time to do two or three set-up changes per session, so it's not much time to get on top of things.
"As soon as you do one run out there the tyres fall away very quickly and the car gets a lot of oversteer, so we worked through our normal schedule of set-up work but all while the tyres were fading.
"We got the car looking after its tyres a little better and then switched to our better set of practice tyres to look at our qualifying pace, but the car then developed understeer so we didn't get the best time.
"So I think we have a good race car but we have some things to tune for qualifying to get a good time and a good starting position.
"It was a little frustrating and it's disappointing that we need to improve still but that's what practice is for and it's tomorrow that counts."
RESULTS: Practice (Combined Times)
1. #18 James Courtney 1:10.9864
2. #5 Mark Winterbottom 1:11.0039
3. #888 Craig Lowndes 1:11.0615
4. #1 Jamie Whincup 1:11.1882
5. #9 Shane Van Gisbergen 1:11.200
6. #19 Jonathon Webb 1:11.2473
7. #24 Fabian Coulthard 1:11.2590
8. #55 Paul Dumbrell 1:11.2866
9. #17 Steven Johnson 1:11.3002
10. #22 Will Davison 1:11.3482
11. #7 Todd Kelly 1:11.3702
22. #15 Rick Kelly 1:11.8706
KEY FACTS:
* Kelly brothers boast huge success at Sandown ...
- Todd Kelly is a three-time event winner at Sandown, with two victories in the Sandown 500 endurance event as well as an overall round victory in the season finale here in 2001
- Rick Kelly has never won the Sandown event but has three podium finishes, one shy of Todd's four Sandown podiums. Rick was the runner-up in the Sandown 500 in both 2006 and 2007
JACK DANIEL'S RACING DRIVERS AT SANDOWN:
Rick Kelly - #15 Jack Daniel's Holden Commodore:
2009 Saturday Qualifying: 12th
2009 Saturday Race: 24th
2009 Sunday Qualifying: Fourth
2009 Sunday Race: 13th
Debut: 2001
Events: Nine (Four Sprint, Five Endurance)
Best Qualifying: First (2004)
Top 10 in Qualifying: Five
Best Race Finish: Second (2006 Sandown 500 and 2007 Sandown 500)
Podium Finishes: Three (2003 Third - Sandown 500, 2006 Second - Sandown 500, 2007 Second - Sandown 500)
Top 10 Finish in Race: Eight
Todd Kelly - #7 Jack Daniel's Holden Commodore:
2009 Saturday Qualifying: 10th
2009 Saturday Race: Fourth
2009 Sunday Qualifying: 11th
2009 Sunday Race: 18th
Debut: 1999
Events: 10 (Five Sprint, Five Endurance)
Best Qualifying: Third (2001 and 2007)
Top 10 in Qualifying: Five
Best Race Finish: First (Race 2 - 2001 and Sandown 500 - 2003)
Podium Finishes: Four (2001 First Overall, 2003 First - Sandown 500, 2005 First - Sandown 500, 2006 Second - Sandown 500)
Top 10 Finish in Race: 11
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Points Standings after Race 22 of 26
1. James Courtney 2662
2. Jamie Whincup 2612
3. Mark Winterbottom 2462
4. Craig Lowndes 2405
5. Garth Tander 2328
6. Shane Van Gisbergen 2178
7. Rick Kelly 1936
8. Lee Holdsworth 1919
9. Paul Dumbrell 1848
10. Michael Caruso 1835
18. Todd Kelly 1273
23. Jason Bargwanna 986
27. Tony Ricciardello 740
NORTON 360 SANDOWN CHALLENGE DETAILS:
Circuit: Sandown International Raceway
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Circuit Length: 3.1 kilometres
Format: 39-lap/120km race Saturday, 65-lap/200km race Sunday
2009 Attendance: 41,068 (three days)
2009 Saturday Pole Position Winner: Will Davison
2009 Saturday Race Winner: Will Davison
2009 Sunday Pole Position Winner: Will Davison
2009 Sunday Race Winner: Garth Tander
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Times below are Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time (GMT +11 hours)
Friday 19 November 2010
10:55am – 11:25am: Practice 1
12:05am – 12:35pm: Practice 2
1:20pm – 1:50pm: Practice 3
3:00pm – 3:30pm: Practice 4
Saturday 20 November 2010
11:20am – 11:40am: Qualifying
12:25pm – 12:55pm: Top 10 Shootout
4:05pm: Race One (Series Race 23) – 39 laps
(39 laps or one lap after 5:05pm local time)
Sunday 21 November 2010
11:15pm – 11:35pm: Qualifying
3:05pm: Race Two (Series Race 24) – 65 laps
(65 laps or one lap after 5:10pm local time)
AUS TELEVISION SCHEDULE – SEVEN NETWORK
Times subject to amendment – please check local guides
Saturday 20 November 2010
2:30pm – 5:30pm: V8 Supercars Race 1
Sunday 21 November 2010
2:30pm – 5:30pm: V8 Supercars Race 2
RACE REPLAYS – SPEED CHANNEL (FOXTEL 505 & 206)
Times subject to amendment – please check local guides
Saturday 20 November 2010: 9:30pm – 10:30pm (Race 1 Highlights)
Sunday 21 November 2010: 7:00pm – 8:00am (Race 1 Highlights)
Sunday 21 November 2010: 12:30pm – 1:30pm (Race 1 Highlights)
Sunday 21 November 2010: 9:30pm – 11:00pm (Race 2 Highlights)
Monday 22 November 2010: 10:30am – 11:30am (Race 1 Highlights)
Monday 22 November 2010: 11:30am – 1:00pm (Race 2 Highlights)
