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2004 V8 SUPERCAR

BATHURST 1000

MURPHY / KELLY WINS AGAIN

• Holden drivers Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly's back to back win; Murphy's 4th Bathurst win and Kelly's 2nd win. He moves up to 3rd in overall standing.
• Peter Brock failed to finish his final Bathurst race without even driving. On lap 28 his co-driver Jason Plato crashed out.

BATHURST WINNERS

• 2004 WINNER: Greg Murphy / Rick Kelly
• 2003 WINNER: Greg Murphy / Rick Kelly
• 2002 WINNER: Mark Skaife / Jim Richards
• 2001 WINNER: Mark Skaife / Tony Longhurst
• 2000 WINNER: Garth Tander / Jason Bargwanna
• 1999 WINNER: Steven Richards / Greg Murphy

2004 BATHURST 1000 ENDURANCE RACE       2004 V8 SUPERCAR 

42nd Bathurst 1000 - October 10, 2004

RACE FORMAT:

• 1000 km race; 161 laps
• 3 compulsory pit stops before lap 120
• 1 compulsory front brake pad change between lap 48 and 120
• 2 driver combination
• maximum 3.5 hour per session per driver
• SCHEDULE:
• Oct 7, Thursday , Practice 11:00 - 12:00; 14:20 - 14:50; 15:00 - 15:30
• Oct 8, Friday, Practice 9:25 - 10:25
• Oct 8, Friday, Qualifying 14:00 - 15:40
• Oct 9, Saturday, Practice 10:00 - 11:00
• Oct 9, Saturday, Top 10 Shootout 15:40 - 16:25
• Oct 10, 2004: Sunday Race: 1000Km 10:00 - 17:45

CIRCUIT:

• Mt Panorama, Bathurst, NSW
• located in western NSW
• about 2.5 - 3 hours drive from Sydney
• 6.213 km road circuit
• lap record: 2m 12.3398s L Perkins, Holden VS 1997
• qualifying record: G Murphy, Holden, 2m 7.9503 (2002)
• top speed: 295kph, Conrod Straight

RACE RESULT:

WINNER Greg Murphy, 4th Bathurst win: "... “It’s total disbelief almost ... To go back to back is an incredible feeling. There was a lot of expectation to perform which added pressure so this is an unbelievable result"

2ND Glen Seton, third runner-up finish: "... To come out of today with second is fantastic result for the team after what it has been through this year .... This race is pretty important to me, it is the Melbourne Cup of motor racing and it is the one we all dream of winning… I’ve now come second here three times, and do have time to win it yet ... I’d never knock back the chance to stand on the podium when you can’t win the race, and we didn’t have the speed to match Murphy today."

3RD Brad Jones: "... A podium result at Bathurst is always special though. This is a great result for the hardest working bunch of guys in pit lane. They did a fantastic job today,”

4TH Marcus Ambrose: "... We did not have the car for the track at the end of the day ... It is nice to extend the championship lead and I guess that’s what this is all about, but I think we were certainly a chance to win this race today. There is always next year"

SUN, OCT 10, 2004

• 1Greg Murphy / Rick Kelly, Holden, 1000 km, 161 laps
• 2 Craig Lowndes / Glen Seton, Ford
• 3 John Bowe / Brad Jones, Ford
• 4 Marcus Ambrose / Greg Ritter, Ford
• 5 Jason Bargwanna / Mark Winterbottom, Ford
• 6 Russell Ingall / Cameron McLean, Ford
• 7 Steven Johnson / Warren Luff, Ford
• 8Leahey / Owen, Holden +1 lap
• 9Whincup / Davidson, Holden
• 10Pretty / Simonsen, Holden
• 11 M.Larkham/M.Halliday
• 12 J.Bright/P.Weel
• 13 S.Wills/P.Stokell
• 14 M.Skaife/T.Kelly
• 15 N.McFadyen/A.Yoong
• 16 S.Ellery/L.Youlden 17 O.Kelly/D.Brabham 18 A.Tratt/T.Mezera 19 C.D'Agostin/K.Wimmer 20 J.Richards/F.Coulthard 21 S.Richards/J.Richards 22 C.Baird/M.Porter
• DNF:
• P.Brock/J Plato
• P.Radisich/M.Wilson
• P.Morris/A.Gurr
• D.Besnard/J.McIntyre
• C.McConville/G.Tander
• Y.Muller/D.Canto

QUALIFYING:

TOP 10 SHOOT-OUT, SAT, OCT 9, 2004

• 1Steven Richards, Holden 1m 26.501s (vs 2003 pole Murphy: 2m 6.859s)
• 2Jason Bright, Holden +0.001s
• 3 Paul Dumbrell, Ford
• 4Greg Murphy, Holden
• 5 Marcus Ambrose, Ford
• 6 John Bowe, Ford
• 7 Paul Morris, Holden
• 8 Russell Ingall, Ford
• 9 Craig Lowndes, Ford
• 10 Jason Bargwanna, Ford

  AMBROSE, championship leader, 5th: "... The shootout lap was the best we could do," said Ambrose. "I think there must have been an extra chicane out there for the Fords, or the Holdens missed a corner or two ... We certainly have a better race car than qualifying here this weekend ... I am happy to be starting fifth and being the leading Ford. There is no doubt that we are looking forward to the race."

FRI, OCT 8, 2004

• 1Greg Murphy, Holden 2m 8.094 (vs 2003 pole Murphy: 2m 6.859s)
• 2Jason Bright, Holden +0.03
• 3Steven Richards, Holden +0.04
• 4 Craig Lowndes, Ford +0.26
• 5 Russell Ingall, Ford
• 6 Paul Morris, Holden
• 7 Jason Bargwanna, Ford
• 8 John Bowe, Ford
• 9 Paul Dumbrell, Ford
• 10 Marcus Ambrose, Ford
• 11 Tander 12 Owen 13 S Johnson 14 Ellery 15 A Jones 16 J Richards 17 Canto 18 Skaife 19 Wills 20 White

2004 DRIVER COMBINATIONS:

• international drivers: Yvan Muller , Alain Menu, David Brabham
• Ford drivers include:
• Marcos Ambrose / Greg Ritter, Pirtek Racing
• Craig Lowndes / Glenn Seton , Ford Performance Racing
• Paul Radisich / Max Wilson , Team Betta Electrical
• Russell Ingall / Cameron McLean , Caltex Havoline Racing
• Alain Menu / Adam Macrow , Ford Performance Racing
• Jason Bargwanna / Mark Winterbottom , Orrcon Steel Racing
• Mark Larkham / Matt Halliday , Orrcon Steel Racing
• Andrew Jones / John Cleland , OzEmail Racing
• Brad Jones / John Bowe , OzEmail Racing
• Steven Johnson / Warren Luff , Shell Helix Racing
• Owen Kelly / David Brabham , Shell Helix Racing
• Davis Besnard / Alex Yoong , WPS Racing
• John McIntyre / Neil McFadyen , WPS Racing
• Steve Ellery / Luke Youlden , Super Cheap Auto Racing
• Yvan Muller / Dean Canto , Team Betta Electrical

LAST YEAR: 2003 RESULTS

• 1 Greg Murphy / R Kelly Holden Commodore VY
• 2 Craig Lowndes / Seton Ford Falcon BA +4.93s
• 3 Steve Ellery / Luke Youlden Holden Commodore VY +8.49s
• 4 S Richards / Perkins +9.36
• 5 J Richards / Longhurst +9.87
• 6 Ambrose / Ingall +20.56
• 7 Radisich / Rydell
• 8 Skaife / T Kelly
• 9 A Jones / Cleland +1 lap
• 10 B Jones / Bowe +2 laps

PRE RACE

QUOTES

• PERKINS SELLS TO GORE (WPS): "... It will be business as usual ...Arrangements are in place to continue our race plans in the same manner as we have always done ... Our commitment to major sponsors Castrol and Holden remain totally unaffected while the nucleus of our team personnel and driver line-up will also be unchanged ... our focus at this stage is clearly aimed at Bathurst next week where the Perkins team has demonstrated strong performances in past years"

• BESNARD (FORD, WPS): "... It's my fifth trip to Bathurst and this time I'll be looking to finish. If we can do that then the chances are we'll post a good result .... I've led the race a couple of times and actually looked like winning in my first race there but it wasn't to be."