Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor team Rich’s Boy has taken round honours for the Coates Hire Ipswich 400 event scoring themselves a $100 BP fuel card.
The Rich’s Boy team’s 85 points haul came with a prediction accuracy of 48% after they took full advantage of the new-to-2014 bonus points system which included a bonus 20 points for correctly predicting a driver on pole position and a race winner.
In the overall league standings team Arne’s Mob has maintained the lead with team Murph and SCATTERS also maintaining their podium spots in second and third respectively.
The overall drivers’ points winner for the weekend went to Red Bull Racing Australia’s Craig Lowndes after his three second places finishes for the event.
Meanwhile teammate Jamie Whincup has taken over Ford Pepsi Max Crew driver Mark Winterbottom for the lead of the V8 Supercars Championship by 15 points.
In the Experts’ league Greg Rust took out round honours with 35 points for the Queensland-based event.
Speedcafe.com was second on 25 with Andy Priaulx managing a minor score for the round with seven points. Speedcafe.com continues to lead the race amongst the Expert predictors.
Signing up for the V8 Predictor is easy and players have the chance of winning the ultimate V8 Supercars holiday in 2015 including flights, accommodation, spending money and behind the scenes access to the V8 Supercars world.
There are also $100 BP Fuel vouchers up for grabs for each of the 14 championship rounds contested this year plus bonus prizes on top.
Round 9 of the V8 Supercars Championship takes crews to Sydney Motorsport Park on Aug 22-24.
2014 Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor – Global Leaderboard
| RANK | TEAM NAME | POINTS |
| 1 | Arne’s Mob | 492 |
| 2 | Murph | 449 |
| 3 | SCATTERS | 441 |
| 4 | bad betty | 431 |
| 5 | Team Obsolete | 429 |
| 6 | red bull 01 | 429 |
| 7 | The Flying Bulls!!! | 425 |
| 8 | Bryce’s V8 Tipping | 423 |
| 9 | Cakeevans | 423 |
| 10 | monty | 420 |
| 11 | Tarmac | 420 |
| 12 | Bloopy Enterprises | 419 |
| 13 | #1V8SCFAN | 418 |
| 14 | Low and Slow | 417 |
| 15 | Give it some jandal | 416 |
| 16 | woko | 416 |
| 17 | boats n hoes | 416 |
| 18 | JWS-888- | 415 |
| 19 | eightor | 415 |
| 20 | The NASCAR Offseason | 413 |
2014 Expert Leaderboard
|
RANK |
TEAM NAME |
POINTS |
|
1 |
Speedcafe |
235 |
|
2 |
Greg Rust |
184 |
|
3 |
Andy Priaulx |
171 |
Weekend Results – Castrol Townsville 500
| RACE RESULT | TIME | |
| 1 | LOWNDES, Craig | 276 |
| 2 | WHINCUP, Jamie | 252 |
| 3 | COURTNEY, James | 244 |
| 4 | MOSTERT, Chaz | 224 |
| 5 | PYE, Scott | 182 |
| 6 | PERCAT, Nick | 178 |
| 7 | VAN GISBERGEN, Shane | 177 |
| 8 | COULTHARD, Fabian | 174 |
| 8 | TANDER, Garth | 174 |
| 9 | KELLY, Rick | 151 |
| 10 | MOFFAT, James | 144 |
| 11 | WINTERBOTTOM, Mark | 141 |
| 12 | CARUSO, Michael | 139 |
| 13 | MCLAUGHLIN, Scott | 136 |
| 14 | DAVISON, Will | 130 |
| 15 | SLADE, Tim | 120 |
| 16 | BRIGHT, Jason | 115 |
| 16 | WALL, David | 115 |
| 17 | INGALL, Russell | 109 |
| 18 | REYNOLDS, David | 102 |
Additional Points
| POLE POSITION | LOWNDES, Craig and MOFFAT, James and MCLAUGHLIN, Scott |
| FASTEST LAP | CARUSO, Michael and HOLDSWORTH, Lee |
| RACE WINNER | WHINCUP, Jamie and COURTNEY, James |
Championship Points
| 1 | Jamie Whincup | 1790 |
| 2 | Mark Winterbottom | 1775 |
| 3 | Craig Lowndes | 1628 |
| 4 | James Courtney | 1598 |
| 5 | Fabian Coulthard | 1535 |
| 6 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 1532 |
| 7 | Scott McLaughlin | 1347 |
| 8 | Chaz Mostert | 1322 |
| 9 | Garth Tander | 1309 |
| 10 | David Reynolds | 1201 |
| 11 | Jason Bright | 1125 |
| 12 | Michael Caruso | 1059 |
| 13 | Scott Pye | 1058 |
| 14 | Will Davison | 1043 |
| 15 | James Moffat | 1017 |
| 16 | Rick Kelly | 1005 |
| 17 | Lee Holdsworth | 982 |
| 18 | Nick Percat | 968 |
| 19 | Russell Ingall | 963 |
| 20 | Tim Slade | 936 |
| 21 | David Wall | 855 |
| 22 | Dale Wood | 731 |
| 23 | Jack Perkins | 679 |
| 24 | Todd Kelly | 662 |
| 25 | Robert Dahlgren | 531 |
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