V8 PREDICTOR: VIC teams take the advantage

Victorian-based teams and their drivers have emerged as likely favourites to win this weekend’s Winton 360 according to players of the Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor fantasy tipping game.

Podium form from Queensland Raceway sees both Pepsi Max Crew FPR Fords highly picked along with Garry Rogers Motorsport young gun and two-time race winner Scott Mclaughlin.

Challenging the Victorian squads for the top-picked teams is Red Bull Racing and in particular Jamie Whincup who returned to winning form in Ipswich last month.

Maximising your chance at winning the ultimate V8 experience starts by signing up to the Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor – exclusive to Speedcafe.com.

To make your predictions for the round, log in or sign up now at http://predictor.speedcafe.com/

The Winton 360 at is taking place this weekend and you have until midnight (AEST) tonight (Friday August 23) to finalise your team.

The Winton 360 event kicks off on Friday with three practice sessions. Saturday will see qualifying, followed by another 60/60 Super Sprint.

Sunday’s action will feature two qualifying sessions and two 100km races.

All 28 cars will run on the soft compound Dunlop tyre and maximising the tyre life will be critical this weekend

If you don’t submit predictions before the deadline, you won’t score points for this the Winton 360 round but fans can sign-up anytime during the 2013 season with amazing round-by-round prizes also up for grabs.

If you’re having trouble making predictions for the weekend, check out who the experts think will perform best at Winton Raceway.

Here’s the experts predictions for the Winton 360:

Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor – Leaderboard

Global leaderboard

RANK		TEAM NAME	POINTS
1	*	DaveTE50	308
2	*	paradice	301
3	*	Tafs’R’Us	300
4	*	TyTek Race Engineering	299
5	*	Kiwichik racing	298
6	*	Dark Knight Racing	295
7	*	nickellen.24	293
8	*	TurboR1	292
9	*	BlueOvalRulz	288
10	*	Hispania Racing Team	287
11	*	RHFF46	287
12	*	WFD Motorsport	285
13	*	Squigz	281
14	*	xr5	280
15	*	Fire and Ice	280
16	*	Raid Photography	280
17	*	Foxmotorsport	279
18	*	Brauny	279
19	*	hammer head eagle eye thrust	278
20	*	Ford 4eva	278

Expert leaderboard

RANK	TEAM NAME	POINTS
1	Oliver Gavin	254
2	James O’Connor	237
3	Speedcafe.com Team	232
4	Russell Ingall	130

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