Paul Dumbrell claimed his first V8 Supercars Championship Series win at Sandown today ahead of Jamie Whincup and Mark Winterbottom.
Jack Daniel's Racing and Kelly Racing congratulates Dumbrell on his maiden win. Dumbrell raced as Rick Kelly's team-mate in 2008 in a team owned by the Kelly family, is a friend of Rick Kelly and is also a sponsor of Jack Daniel's Racing through company Autopro. Dumbrell was also a Jack Daniel's Racing driver in 2006, the company's first season in V8 Supercars.
JACK DANIEL'S RACING QUOTEBOARD:
RICK KELLY - #15 Jack Daniel's Holden Commodore
"I actually got off the line pretty well at the first start so it was a bit of a bummer to see the red flag for the restart," said Rick Kelly.
"It was an interesting race and the Jack Daniel's Commodore was actually quite good and we had good pace compared to the others.
"But I was stuck behind Will (Davison) for a long time and that cost us some track position and also a little bit of tyre life as well.
"Once we got past him we snuck away quite well but it was just too little, too late to get the guys in front.
"What we can learn from today is that I need to avoid making a few little mistakes because I clipped the fence late in the race, which was a bit of a rookie error, and I did a terrible job in the Top 10 Shootout as well.
"Sunday qualifying is generally the highlight of the weekend for us. We always do a good job in that so we look forward to tomorrow to do a better job in qualifying and then finish a lot higher.
"We have got really good car pace, we just need to finish higher up the grid in qualifying."
RICK KELLY comment on friend and former team-mate Paul Dumbrell's first V8 win
"That was an unbelievable performance from PD," said Rick Kelly.
"The guy is superman at the moment, with running his company, doing Ironman and now he's kicking everyone's arse on the track - everyone's arse, hands down.
"He has done an unreal job. He was unlucky not to get pole this morning and now he's got a race win. It's unreal.
"He deserves that win and he's deserved it for a long time. He is driving great and it's our job to try and catch him now."
TODD KELLY - #7 Jack Daniel's Holden Commodore
"It was just a big battle the whole time for us today," said Todd Kelly.
"I used the track, the kerbs, the grass and nearly the fence a couple of times, trying to get around and end up somewhere near the front.
"We just didn't have the pace in the race in the Jack Daniel's Commodore so it was a pretty big battle the whole afternoon.
"It was a bit frustrating seeing the pace of the guys just in front but we will go away tonight and figure out what to do tomorrow because that is not where we want to be.
"At the first start we were run wide and the steering was knocked around after I ran wide and had to fly over the bumps on the exit of Turn 1.
"It hurt us in all the battles I had throughout the race because we had bad understeer, which is really bad around here because it hurts your run onto the two long straights. It was quite bad to it really hurt our tyres towards the end of the race.
"We had great qualifying pace but not the best race, so we will look to bounce back tomorrow."
RESULTS: Race 1 (Series Race 23)
1. #55 Paul Dumbrell 32 laps
2. #1 Jamie Whincup
3. #5 Mark Winterbottom
4. #18 James Courtney
5. #39 Russell Ingall
6. #33 Lee Holdsworth
7. #15 Rick Kelly
8. #888 Craig Lowndes
9. #9 Shane van Gisbergen
10. #22 Will Davison
11. #7 Todd Kelly
RESULTS: Top 10 Shootout
1. #1 Jamie Whincup 1:10.8136
2. #55 Paul Dumbrell 1:10.9498
3. #5 Mark Winterbottom 1:10.9932
4. #22 Will Davison 1:11.1394
5. #2 Garth Tander 1:11.1441
6. #18 James Courtney 1:11.3375
7. #33 Lee Holdsworth 1:11.4261
8. #39 Russell Ingall 1:11.4440
9. #15 Rick Kelly 1:11.6658
10. #7 Todd Kelly 1:12.1983
RESULTS: Qualifying
1. #1 Jamie Whincup 1:10.2397
2. #5 Mark Winterbottom 1:10.5899
3. #15 Rick Kelly 1:10.6077
4. #55 Paul Dumbrell 1:10.8457
5. #22 Will Davison 1:10.8772
6. #7 Todd Kelly 1:10.8841
7. #39 Russell Ingall 1:10.8893
8. #2 Garth Tander 1:10.9147
9. #18 James Courtney 1:10.9167
10. #33 Lee Holdsworth 1:10.9256
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Points Standings after Race 23 of 26
1. James Courtney 2782
2. Jamie Whincup 2750
3. Mark Winterbottom 2591
4. Craig Lowndes 2495
5. Garth Tander 2328
6. Shane Van Gisbergen 2262
7. Rick Kelly 2032
8. Lee Holdsworth 2021
9. Paul Dumbrell 1998
10. Michael Caruso 1892
18. Todd Kelly 1345
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)
