Well, seven rounds have gone by in the Australian V8 Supercar series and it isn't really much of a surprise to see the two Toll HSV cars leading the way.
Showing the way...just like he did last year
Rick Kelly, the defending series Champion (who won the title without actually winning a round...go figure) was always going to be the one to beat this year and, up until last week, no one could match him. However, his teammate, Garth Tander, managed a series sweep last week at Queensland raceway while Rick missed out on a top three finish after having a shocker of a weekend by his own extraordinarily high standards. This meant that Garth was able to turn a points deficit to a slender lead going into round 8 in Sydney (which starts on August 17).
As the season kicks off its second half, here are the top ten in points;
In that list there are 4 former Champions; Rick, Craig, Skaife and Russell and only three not to have won the prestigious Bathurst 1000; Will, Winterbottom and Courtney (who now drives the car vacated by NASCAR Busch driver Marcos Ambrose).
Is Whincup the best hope for Ford to wrestle the title back from Holden?
Rather interesting to note that, despite the dominance this year in terms of round wins by the Holden boys, there are six Fords in the top ten. Perhaps just as interesting is that the top six drivers are all in team order; the two Toll HSV cars, the two Team Vodafone boys and the two HRT cars.
But, naturally, that isn't the closest fought title race...no, that honour belongs to see who will win Miss V8 Supercar for 2007. Maybe I should change the title of this to 'Midriff-season review' instead.
Will Miss V8 2006 repeat this year?
They'll have a hard time trying to figure out a winner
Now, if only I could find where I sign up to be a judge...*sigh*
Oh I see how it is, I put some grid girls on my post and now you and Photo start putting grid this and miss V8 this girls on your posts. Oh have I said it was a nice post yet. lol Nice Job. Its great to get updates on all racing around the wourld. Cheers
Look.... I know I'm showin' my ignorance here, but I don't know what it is a grid-girl does. What I do know is...... Nascar needs to get some RIGHT NOW!!!
And.... if there is some young lady that CAN beat Miss V8 2006 out of her title.... then I'm moving to NZ.... or Australia.... wherever.....
Interesting about the V8 super cars.. What is a Holden?? Is that a Chevy down under?? These cars are definitely the types that look like you could buy them off the show room floors and racing in the rain too.. I like that..
Miss V8 was deffiniely a good choice as the winner..
Chux: I am working on it. TEZ can fill you in on the Grid Girls purpose but they sure do have my interest( for photographic purposes of course)..
Ok, a Holden is what GMC call our cars here. They make the Monaro which got (gets?) rebadged as your Pontiac GTO and a Vauxhall VXR in the UK.
The purpose of having grid girls is...uh, no idea. I think they just looked at F1 and thought it was a good idea to have a scantly-clad person holding the sign where the driver qualified on the grid.
Hmm, if you think that isnt bad, chux, let m,e tell you about the Gold Coast Indycar race. They have 'meter-maids' who check all the parking meters to see if you're supposed to be there, lol. Don't know what they do in winter but it makes a rather nice sight in summer :P
I actually don't own a couch since I rent by myself, lol. But if I'm to expect visitors I'll make sure to clean the rooms up :P
Tez is a rare creature; an Australian who was living in New Zealand before moving to Canada. He's also a Civil Engineer who is hoping to spend his Monday to Friday sitting in front of a computer surfing the inter...uh, working hard for an Engineering Consultant or Contractor when he finds a job. His heart is torn between his two loves; F1 and NASCAR.
Due to his high interest in those, his blogs will likely focus on them with the occasional foray into sports that don't get much (if any) mention on this website. All blogs and/or comments will more than likely have his usual dollop of sarcasm and general Aussie spin on them.
Amazingly, he also managed to score 2 MiB nominations on consecutive days (August 5 & 6, 2007) after announcing he had been keeping track of them...he's considering hiding under his bed as a result.
