V8 PREDICTOR: Winterbottom’s weekend win

There were two additional winners from the Sucrogen Townsville 400 with Mark Winterbottom collecting more points for the weekend than any V8 Supercar driver and ‘[JLR]‘ with the most points in the Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor.

For the fourth week running top honours in the Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor currently sit with with Dark Knight Racing who holds a 1 point advantage over  Kiwichik racing in the overall standings.

Round 6 of the V8 Supercars Championship in Darwin saw [JLR] amass 74 points with a prediction accuracy of 64%.

For that [JLR] wins an awesome merchandise pack including Castrol Racing and Speedcafe t-shirts, hoodies, retro caps, bar runners and plenty more goodies.

Its never too late to sign-up for the V8 Predictor with great round-by-round prizes on offer as well as the major prize. CLICK HERE to see how you fared in rounds two and three, or register and play for awesome event prizes.

Castrol EDGE’s four experts for the inaugural Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor – Russell Ingall (V8 Supercars champion), Oliver Gavin (2012 American Le Mans Series GT Champion), James O’Connor (Wallabies rugby superstar) and the Speedcafe.com team – shuffled in the standings.

The Speedcafe.com Team slipped back one spot to third on the Expert leaderboard after a tremendous round by James O’Connor who finished sixth overall for the weekend’s predictions and now moves to second on the Expert leaderboard.

Oliver Gavin maintains his lead in the Expert field while Russell Ingall gained some ground as he sits in fourth on 118 points.

Using the same software as the popular ‘Grand Prix Predictor’ that international website Autosport.com uses for its Formula 1 tipping competition, V8 Supercars can now put their knowledge to the test with the Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor in 2013.

The major prize for the ultimate winner is a trip for two to the 2014 Clipsal 500 – including a hot lap of the track.

Darwin event result analysis