With less than 24 hours to place their tips for Round 7 of the V8 Supercars Championship players of the Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor have their tips split between three as the Castrol Townsville 500 kickstarts.
The #5 Ford Pepsi Max Crew driver Mark Winterbottom and Red Bull Racing Australia's Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes are highly predicted after recent form sees all three in championship contention.
Winterbottom currently leads the championship standings by 161 points ahead of Red Bull Racing Australia's Craig Lowndes with Whincup a further 25 points back.
The event will turn to the Super Street V8 Supercars race format which sees two 125km races on Saturday followed by a monster 250km race on Sunday which is sure to buzz the Queensland crowd.
The Townsville Street Circuit is a mix of existing streets and a purpose built road through the Reid Park precinct. Located just south of the Townsville CBD, the circuit winds its way through Reid Park where specially constructed roads from approximately 70 of the circuit.
Set in a parkland style reminiscent of the Albert Park street circuit in Melbourne, the Townsville circuit proved to be a challenge in its inaugural year in 2009 and quickly became a favourite of the drivers.
The V8 Supercars Castrol Townsville 500 will see a all competitors run on the hard compound Dunlop SP Sport Maxx tyres.
There are also $100 BP Fuel vouchers up for grabs for each of the 14 rounds contested this year plus bonus prizes on top.
The 2013 Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor champion enjoyed the ride of a lifetime in Adelaide when Tony Q from Melbourne headed for a hotlap of the circuit with Mark Winterbottom as a part of his prize for winning last year.
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The Experts
2014 Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor – Global Leaderboard
RANK |
TEAM NAME |
POINTS |
1 |
Arne's Mob |
451 |
2 |
SCATTERS |
401 |
3 |
Murph |
399 |
4 |
bad betty |
387 |
5 |
red bull 01 |
383 |
6 |
Tarmac |
374 |
7 |
Low and Slow |
373 |
8 |
boats n hoes |
372 |
9 |
Give it some jandal |
370 |
10 |
The NASCAR Offseason |
369 |
11 |
Team Bolo |
367 |
12 |
Team Morpheus |
365 |
13 |
Bloopy Enterprises |
365 |
14 |
Steel Pony |
363 |
15 |
The Flying Bulls!!! |
363 |
16 |
#1V8SCFAN |
362 |
17 |
Arctic Racing |
362 |
18 |
Acc-sell-or-ators |
362 |
19 |
Datto510 |
359 |
20 |
woko |
358 |
2014 Expert Leaderboard
RANK |
TEAM NAME |
POINTS |
1 |
Speedcafe |
188 |
2 |
Andy Priaulx |
147 |
3 |
Greg Rust |
135 |
Weekend Results – Darwin 400
1 | WHINCUP, Jamie |
2 | WINTERBOTTOM, Mark |
3 | VAN GISBERGEN, Shane |
4 | TANDER, Garth |
5 | MCLAUGHLIN, Scott |
6 | REYNOLDS, David |
7 | LOWNDES, Craig |
7 | COURTNEY, James |
8 | COULTHARD, Fabian |
9 | CARUSO, Michael |
10 | MOFFAT, James |
11 | KELLY, Rick |
12 | BRIGHT, Jason |
13 | PYE, Scott |
13 | INGALL, Russell |
14 | MOSTERT, Chaz |
15 | SLADE, Tim |
16 | WOOD, Dale |
17 | WALL, David |
18 | DAVISON, Will |
19 | HOLDSWORTH, Lee |
20 | PERKINS, Jack |
21 | PERCAT, Nick |
22 | DAHLGREN, Robert |
23 | KELLY, Todd |
Additional Points
POLE POSITION | LOWNDES, Craig and WHINCUP, Jamie |
FASTEST LAP | WHINCUP, Jamie and MCLAUGHLIN, Scott |
RACE WINNER | WHINCUP, Jamie and WINTERBOTTOM, Mark |
Championship Points
1 | Mark Winterbottom | 1451 |
2 | Craig Lowndes | 1290 |
3 | Jamie Whincup | 1265 |
4 | Fabian Coulthard | 1204 |
5 | James Courtney | 1120 |
6 | Shane van Gisbergen | 1111 |
7 | Scott McLaughlin | 1045 |
8 | David Reynolds | 952 |
9 | Chaz Mostert | 914 |
10 | Jason Bright | 881 |
11 | Garth Tander | 853 |
12 | Lee Holdsworth | 810 |
13 | Michael Caruso | 809 |
14 | James Moffat | 770 |
15 | Will Davison | 768 |
16 | Tim Slade | 750 |
17 | Rick Kelly | 748 |
18 | Russell Ingall | 746 |
19 | Scott Pye | 718 |
20 | David Wall | 634 |
21 | Dale Wood | 609 |
22 | Jack Perkins | 589 |
23 | Nick Percat | 577 |
24 | Todd Kelly | 516 |
25 | Robert Dahlgren | 355 |