V8 Supercars 2000 - Canberra - Top 15 Shootout - video Dailymotion

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00:00Five rounds down in the Shell Series and things are getting tight at the top.

00:05Just 12 points separates Stape and Tander.

00:08A classic fight between champion and underdog.

00:10Only this dog has more bite than a bull terrier.

00:14Well done to Garth Tander. He flashes the lights of the Valvoline Cullens team. Well done.

00:18Three weeks ago, in the tropical sweat of Darwin's Hidden Valley,

00:22Tander turned up the heat.

00:24His first race win for 2,000,

00:25while reigning champ Lowndes put more depth in his title defence.

00:29Oh, look at this.

00:31Whoa!

00:33Flew-ridden Russell Ingle said he would have been better off staying in bed.

00:38Oh!

00:40Whoa!

00:41And the Valley turned on its usual attraction of knock-em-down, drag-em-out V8 action.

00:47Oh, look at that!

00:49Oh, that's promoters!

00:51Oh, damn it!

00:52Can Ford break Holden's stranglehold

00:54as we welcome you to the streets of our national capital,

00:57the historic first running of the GMC 400.

01:01Live and exclusive to your home of V8 motorsport,

01:05Network 10.

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01:34The heart of Canberra, focal point for a unique event in world motorsport.

01:38There are other street circuits, yes,

01:40but none that run boldly past the front door of a nation's parliament.

01:45Hello, I'm Bill Woods.

01:46Welcome to Pit Lane here in Canberra,

01:47where the streets are finally erupting after so much anticipation.

01:51The serenity is gone, yes, but not for long.

01:53It'll be a couple of days of absolute mayhem.

01:55This event brings so much that is new,

01:57not only to the V8 supercars,

02:00but also to Australian motorsport in general.

02:03A fantastic concept.

02:04Let's have a look, firstly, at the location,

02:06which in itself is quite remarkable in world motorsport.

02:09We are going between the old and new parliament houses.

02:12This is a circuit that was initiated by the Canberra Events Corp,

02:16but also Mark's gave help in the design,

02:18and so many marvellous landmarks surround this circuit.

02:22The other unique aspect of this event is, of course,

02:25the format over two days, Saturday and Sunday,

02:28that we'll bring to you.

02:29Firstly, we have the top 15 shootout,

02:31reminding you that it's top 15, not top 10.

02:34And then, of course, we have the first of three races this weekend,

02:37and it will be a 25-lap race, 60 points on offer.

02:42Tomorrow, another 25-lap race with a reverse grid,

02:46and then the major points, 120 points on offer

02:48for a 50-lap race with two scheduled pit stops on the Sunday.

02:52Incredible stuff.

02:53And Barry Sheen, welcome to you.

02:55The hotels, all the accommodation's been booked out,

02:57not only in Canberra for the past week or so,

02:59but also the surrounding towns.

03:01It's quite incredible, really.

03:02You know, it shows you the high esteem the V8s are held in.

03:05You know, to have a race around Parliament House.

03:08I mean, you know, you think about the NASCAR thing in America.

03:11I mean, they've never had a race around the White House, have they?

03:13And the other good thing is there's a small Australian company,

03:17a power tool company, a global machinery company,

03:19that have put everything into sponsoring this race

03:21to get their name known.

03:22You know, they're number two in Australia as it is.

03:25And I just think that...

03:26I was talking to the guys that own the company the other night,

03:28and I just think it's so good.

03:29You know, there's such a good feeling about the race.

03:31Circuit's a little bit narrow, but, you know, it can only get better.

03:34Well, the drivers are coping quite well with it.

03:35And it's freezing.

03:36It is very cold.

03:38And on that subject, let's take a look at the weather for today,

03:41at least in the past week in Canberra.

03:43We've had such extremes.

03:44We've had snow.

03:45We've had sleep.

03:45We've had rain.

03:46We've had minus five.

03:48Maximum today of 11.

03:49But very sunny.

03:50You can see there clear skies,

03:52and there's nothing more blue than a blue sky over Canberra.

03:55It's lovely, clear, fresh air.

03:57It is just a fantastic atmosphere.

03:58And, of course, helping bring the atmosphere on the track to you this weekend

04:01will be our chief commentators, Greg Rust and Mark Osler.

04:04And already in the qualifying and practice we've seen, boys,

04:07we've seen some remarkable times

04:09and such a great spread of drivers and manufacturers through the top 15.

04:13Haven't we, what, Billy?

04:13And it's been quite a nervous night on that note

04:15for the Mitre 10 Ford Racing Team.

04:17Mark Larkham has never had provisional pole position before

04:20for a round of the Shell Championship Series.

04:22He did that yesterday during the course of qualifying,

04:24but Mark coming up in the top 15 shootout,

04:26he's got to fight to defend it.

04:28He sure is going to have to fight.

04:29It's going to be a very interesting weekend,

04:30but the fascinating thing about this race,

04:32it's going to be a real fight for survival.

04:34It may not necessarily be the fastest man in qualifying

04:36who wins this weekend.

04:38This is a very difficult racetrack, very bumpy, very narrow.

04:41You've got to drive with your head and be careful and stay out of trouble.

04:43So we could have a really surprised result here this weekend.

04:46Not just the track conditions as well,

04:47but the format of racing, that reverse grid,

04:49that's certainly going to make it interesting.

04:50And in terms of strategies,

04:52you can walk up and down pit lane here in Canberra,

04:53and there's so many different options that people are looking at.

04:56Oh, what a place to do a reverse grid, isn't it?

04:58It's going to be incredible.

04:59But look, there's a real incentive scheme here too.

05:01There's no point in fudging or trying to sandbag.

05:03You've got to do the best you can in those first two heats

05:05to determine your starting position for the final.

05:07So everyone's really got to go for it.

05:09It's going to be a tough job.

05:10Well, as we said, qualifying was yesterday.

05:12Here's how they finished qualifying,

05:13and this is what it looked like in terms of the top 15 shootout.

05:16But on provisional pole position,

05:17Mark Larkham, Craig Lowndes, Paul Radisic,

05:19Tony Longhurst, Mark Scaife,

05:21the man who's been involved in the design of this circuit,

05:23fifth fastest.

05:24Now, there is a question mark over John Bauer.

05:26He finished seventh fastest,

05:27but there is a bit of a problem.

05:28Officials have found some dilemma with the cat racing forward,

05:31and he may be starting off the back of the grid today.

05:33That's still to be decided.

05:35Cameron McClain in there too.

05:36Glenn Seton, good performance.

05:37Garth Tander, a little bit further back than he would like to be,

05:40but some good performances here.

05:41Look at that, Stephen Ellery,

05:42right up there in 11th position.

05:44Stephen Richard, Larry Perkins, McConville,

05:46good strong performance in the autopro machine.

05:48Paul Wheel, Paul Morris in the top 20.

05:50Some of those gnomes you mentioned

05:51jumping up in that second qualifying session.

05:52Neil Crompton, much further back than he would like.

05:54Mark Poole, Forbes and Baird in 24th position.

05:58Yeah, Baird, he was very disappointed with that performance

06:00coming here.

06:01A new track, no previous knowledge for any other team,

06:03so he thought there'd be a bit of an advantage for him,

06:05but it's been a very tough weekend so far.

06:07And it's only going to get tougher, Billy.

06:09Yes, it's a beautiful circuit,

06:11and there's so much to offer in terms of scenery

06:13and, of course, famous landmarks in the national capital.

06:15But it also, of course,

06:17is offering some problems for the design,

06:19and that is the configuration of the streets themselves

06:22and the curb and guttering around.

06:23It's 3.9 kilometres,

06:25and there are, as you can see, a few kinks

06:27where the drivers will be attempting to go as flat as they can,

06:30but there's some very, very hard braking

06:32and some very extreme manoeuvring required here

06:35in what is a fairly narrow circuit.

06:36So a few passing areas, maximum speed,

06:39240 to 250 kilometres an hour,

06:41should be quite exciting.

06:42And Neil Crompton, our own Neil Crompton,

06:44has already had a good, solid run round it.

06:46Let's check out the Ford inside line.

06:48Well, street circuits are supposed to be wild,

06:51and this is one of the wildest.

06:53Welcome to Canberra.

06:54Four kilometres of twisty, bumpy, narrow,

06:58real wild motor racing.

07:00It's been a few years since I've done some motocross,

07:02and it looks like I'm doing it again.

07:04I'm not going to bother with corner numbers.

07:05There's too many to count.

07:07All I can tell you is that this is a fantastic little track to drive on.

07:11It's so demanding.

07:13It demands so much of the driver,

07:14so much of the car.

07:16If you can get your suspension and balance right round here,

07:18you can be quick.

07:19If it's off even a couple of percentage points,

07:22you are in big trouble.

07:23Look at the proximity of the walls here,

07:26and think about just how slippery it is.

07:28This is a normal public road,

07:29so there's dirt and garbage all over the place.

07:32It will improve as the weekend wears,

07:34but right at the moment, she's still pretty slippery.

07:37Plus, it's also extremely cold.

07:39There's Parliament House.

07:40That's not something you see every day when you go motor racing,

07:43let me tell you.

07:44This is the fastest part of the track, 220km.

07:47So there's not a huge amount of pace here,

07:50but it hasn't looked like it's kind of me at the moment,

07:52and things start to pucker up a bit,

07:54because there's certainly enough pace

07:55given the amount of concrete around.

07:57Back to first gear.

07:59Big lumps and bumps everywhere.

08:01That's it.

08:01Get stuck into those concrete walls.

08:03Shave a couple of flour off the paint.

08:06About 200 on Ks down here.

08:08Chicanes are very, very, very tight.

08:10You can use the ripple strips just a little bit.

08:12We're back to first again.

08:16Busy as a one-armed paperhacker.

08:18Up to fourth gear.

08:19Little glimpse of fifth.

08:21About 150.

08:22Hard on the peaks.

08:24Blake Burley Griffin over there on the left.

08:26Hope I don't end up in it.

08:27Whoops.

08:28Up on two wheels for a minute.

08:29This will be the bumpiest part of the course.

08:31The final corner.

08:33Up to fourth briefly.

08:35Little dab on the back.

08:36Back to third.

08:38Ease the throttle on.

08:39So if you nail it, I'll run the forward side.

08:41Which is definitely not a good look.

08:42Okay.

08:43That's one hot lap of Canva.

08:45All you've got to do is stay on those walls.

08:49Neil Compton with the forward inside line.

08:51After the break, the top 15 shootout.

08:53Stay with us.

09:09100 and that is a perfect mixture of serenity and steel.

09:26The V8 supercars about to hit the track for the top 15.

09:30Shootout, your commentators.

09:31Welcome back.

09:32Greg Raston, Mark Osler.

09:33Thank you, Billy.

09:35And what a sight here in the nation's capital.

09:39The V8 supercars have spent a little bit of time getting to know this road course now.

09:43And this is the first of the competitors in the top 15 shootout.

09:4626-year-old Cameron McConville sneaks in courtesy of the fact that John Bowe has been relegated to the rear of the grid

09:53because of an infringement, a technical infringement.

09:57Bowe was inside the top 15 yesterday.

09:58So this is the first ever time we have seen Cameron McConville contest a top 15 shootout.

10:05And in fact, this team, it's the first time they've ever been inside the top 50% of qualifying.

10:11So the Rod Nash Racing boys very excited about the prospects

10:14as McConville now unleashes his bid to grab pole for the GMC 400.

10:19Best result so far this year has been 22nd.

10:21That was his best qualifying performance at Eastern Creek earlier on.

10:24So this is a major step up for the Autopro team.

10:28Cameron McConville, the 26-year-old Victorian,

10:31having a wonderful weekend on the streets of Canberra.

10:34It's a great opportunity for some of these lower-funded teams

10:37to try and even the score with the top runners

10:39because there's no previous data from this track.

10:42So it's a clean slate for everyone.

10:44This has been a wonderful effort for McConville.

10:46As he heads around the back part of the circuit.

10:49Oh, just heads out toward State Circle.

10:53Fastest part of the circuit building up to 240, 245 kilometres an hour.

10:58With the regulation 3.5 to 1 dip, the cars have to run at Canberra.

11:02They're not finding sixth gear around here.

11:05So fifth gear is top, and there's your lap time at the bottom of the screen.

11:08McConville will be looking to try and get to the mark somewhere around the time mark.

11:15Larkham said yesterday during qualifying, a 1.44.09.

11:20He works his way down towards Flynn Place,

11:23and there'll be a left-hand or a right-hand chicane, I should say,

11:26coming up in the Autopro Commodore.

11:27The 26-year-old, former Audi Super Touring driver,

11:311996 Australian GT production car champion,

11:34as McConville gets up on two wheels.

11:36He's working now towards the start-finish line.

11:39Former Formula 4 champion.

11:41What can the youngster from Victoria do

11:43as he goes to try and grab pole position for the inaugural GMC 400?

11:48And he comes across the line, a 1.46.08.

11:53Well, the quickest time yesterday,

11:55Mark Larkham on provisional pole, a 1.44.09.

11:58That was said later in the day.

12:01And changeable track conditions here.

12:03The weather very, very cold.

12:04I saw a few of the teams running these special discs,

12:08which clip over the outside of the wheels,

12:09try and get some temperature into the tyres

12:11by trapping that brake heat with inside the rim.

12:15Here's Larry Perkins now,

12:18in the Castrol Commodore.

12:1913 degrees on track temperature,

12:26so quite a stark contrast

12:28to the sort of temperatures we had in the hot and humid conditions of Darwin

12:33only a few weeks ago at the previous round.

12:35Just 11 degrees in Canberra today.

12:38Great to see a lot of the fans already getting right behind this event.

12:41As Bill Woods mentioned a little while ago,

12:45very difficult to get accommodation for this event.

12:47People have really embraced it.

12:50And this is going to be a real street fight around Canberra.

12:54Perkins exits the chicane at Flint Place

12:59and working his way towards the start-finish line

13:01in the Castrol Commodore.

13:02Got up inside the top 15

13:04in the second half of the qualifying session yesterday.

13:07Surprised a lot of them.

13:08Larry flashes across the line.

13:10Does he go better than McConville?

13:13Well, we'll find out at the end of this lap.

13:15He's got a nice build-up to it.

13:17Good approach to pit straight.

13:19220 kilometres an hour there on their approach

13:21to that incredibly tight turn one

13:22as he swings it out through turn two.

13:2490 kilometres an hour working the suspension very hard

13:27as they come up toward Queen Victoria Terrace

13:28and around the back of Old Parliament House.

13:30Real physical track.

13:31You can see how much air they get under the car.

13:33The driver's trying to chop the circuit down

13:35as short as they can.

13:36Look at that.

13:36The undertray scrapes on the ground.

13:39Very, very tough circuit physically

13:40both on the driver and on the car.

13:42That is a marvellous shot that the road

13:44really has quite a crown in it there, Mark.

13:46And you saw Larry monstering the Castrol Commodore

13:49across the top of it getting plenty of air.

13:52Now, making his way up towards State Circle

13:56on the exit of Kings Avenue.

13:57They really open up the cars here

13:59and get plenty of speed out of them

14:00in the Castrol Commodore.

14:0150-year-old Larry Perkins.

14:04Tremendously experienced driver.

14:07Competed in Formula One.

14:08Was European Formula Three champion back in 1970.

14:11Guy, 1975, I should say.

14:13A guy with enormous experience

14:14and a great variety of cars.

14:17This is a situation he will be enjoying.

14:19Maximum pressure all out on the circle on your own.

14:21Oh, just locks, almost locks the rear brakes

14:24as he turns into Turn 12.

14:26That very tight chicane.

14:27Halfway down Flynn Drive.

14:28Now into Flynn Place.

14:30Flat out down the hill.

14:31180 kilometres an hour.

14:32We've got the fifth gear on the approach to Turn 13.

14:35But you've got to be so accurate.

14:37Tidy around here.

14:38There's a bit of dirt, few leaves and things on the track.

14:40And if you get it wrong,

14:41you're going to hit those concrete walls.

14:43So you've got to be very, very precise.

14:46LP.

14:48The completion of his flying lap.

14:50Will it be good enough to beat Cameron McConville

14:52in the Auto Pro Commodore?

14:53We will soon find out.

14:54The Castrol Commodore goes across the line.

14:56A 1.44.94.

14:59That is a very quick time from Larry Perkins.

15:01Yeah, first into the 1.44s this morning.

15:04Mark Larkham.

15:05Provisional pole yesterday.

15:06A 1.44.09.

15:08But he's gone quicker than he did yesterday.

15:11So it's going to be interesting to see

15:13what this ultimate pole position time will be.

15:15Very, very critical.

15:16Probably the most critical track

15:17on the Shell National Tour

15:19to get pole position.

15:21The drivers are saying it's so narrow

15:22that if you get a driver out in front,

15:25it's going to be very easy to box the cars in.

15:27And then we've got pit stops.

15:28We've got all sorts of exciting stuff to come.

15:30Trying to pick a winner this weekend

15:31is just about impossible.

15:32Here's Stephen Richards.

15:34A man who would like to win

15:35on the streets of Canberra this weekend.

15:37And the Kmart Racing Commodore

15:38as he heads around

15:40to warm the car up

15:41before he goes on on his flying lap.

15:44Stevie recently became a daddy too.

15:46Should say hi to Angela Richards

15:48who is no doubt watching.

15:50And welcome to the world,

15:51little Clayton Richard

15:51with a granddad like Jimmy

15:53and a father like Stevie.

15:54No doubt you'll end up playing golf.

15:57So Stephen,

15:58this is his sighting lap

15:58in the Kmart Commodore.

16:00Winner at Mount Panorama Mathis last year

16:02with Greg Murphy.

16:04Then it was in Winslivery.

16:06Now these are the Kmart Commodores.

16:08He's going to compare his times, Greg,

16:10when he comes out today.

16:11Larry was a lot quicker

16:12than he was yesterday.

16:13Stephen Richards at 1.45.61

16:15was his provisional qualifying time.

16:16So judging by the speed of Perkins,

16:19should be a little more speed left

16:20than the Kmart Commodore

16:22as he hustles around here.

16:26Very, very tight, demanding circuit.

16:28Lights on.

16:30Stephen Richards

16:30has been the best start

16:33to the season so far

16:34in the Kmart cars.

16:35Still struggling

16:35tend to get qualifying speed

16:36out of these machines.

16:40Thundering down

16:41through the trees.

16:42Hard under brakes

16:43as he swings through

16:44the combination eight,

16:45turn nine.

16:46Pulls into Kings Avenue.

16:48Hard on the acceleration.

16:49Just brushes the concrete wall.

16:50Building up to 200 kilometres an hour

16:52on the approach to turn 10.

16:54Back to second gear.

16:56Really hustling this car.

16:57He's got to get this turn right

16:58because it's the fastest part

16:59of the track

16:59through State Circle.

17:01Up to 240 k's.

17:04Stephen Richards

17:04on maximum attack.

17:05Can't tell you

17:07just how excited

17:08we have been

17:09about this event.

17:10The streets of Canberra

17:11just look marvellous.

17:13A very picturesque setting

17:14and you won't miss

17:14a moment of the action here.

17:15We've got more than 24 cameras

17:17plus a stack of in-cars

17:19as well

17:19to bring you all of it

17:20as it happens

17:21around the streets of Canberra.

17:22This is Stephen Richards

17:24embarking on his run

17:25to try and grab pole position.

17:27He too, like Larry Perkins,

17:29is another

17:29who surprised

17:30or went extremely well,

17:32I should say,

17:32in that second qualifying session

17:34yesterday

17:34and nudged his way

17:35up inside the top 15.

17:3827-year-old Stephen Richards,

17:40son of course

17:41of touring car

17:41great Jim Richards.

17:43Born in Auckland,

17:45New Zealand,

17:45now based down in Victoria.

17:46Two times Bathurst win

17:47the guy's actually on a hat-trick

17:49going into the FAI 1000

17:50this year.

17:51He won it for Ford

17:51in 1998.

17:52He won it for Holden last year.

17:53Can Stephen Richards

17:54do it again at Bathurst?

17:55Can he do it here

17:56on the streets of Canberra?

17:58A 1.4575.

18:00So that puts him

18:01second in the order.

18:03So checking the Shell Helix

18:05race score now.

18:07Very tense battle

18:08in the top 15 shootout.

18:10Larry Perkins

18:11was able to better

18:12his time from yesterday

18:14but not so

18:15for Stephen Richards

18:15and Cameron McConville.

18:17More to come

18:17after the break

18:18on your home of motorsport.

18:24The top 15 shootout

18:25is about to continue

18:26here at the GMC 400.

18:28Stephen Johnson,

18:29another of the young bulls.

18:30Can he catch the old bull?

18:31Larry Perkins

18:32who for a change

18:33is quicker

18:34than the young ones.

18:36Larry was in fact

18:37seven tenths of a second

18:39faster, Billy,

18:40than his best time yesterday.

18:42Dipping into the 144s

18:43for the first time.

18:43Now we watch

18:44the first of the

18:45Dick Johnson racing entries.

18:47Both of these cars

18:47are in the top 15 shootout.

18:50This is Stephen Johnson,

18:51the 25-year-old.

18:52Lives these days,

18:53of course,

18:53on the Gold Coast.

18:55Made his Shell

18:56Championship Series

18:57debut in 1994.

19:00And has really had

19:01a, I guess,

19:02a quiet year

19:03in terms of his

19:03full assault

19:04on the championship.

19:05Just easing into

19:06the drive.

19:07Now you see

19:10they're a picture

19:10of perfect concentration.

19:12The youngster

19:12working very hard

19:14down past

19:15the National Archives

19:16Centre

19:16towards Kings Avenue.

19:19Now they swing

19:20up on Kings Avenue

19:21in fact

19:22towards

19:23the State Circle.

19:24Best qualifying performance

19:26so far

19:26from the Queenslander

19:27was eighth

19:28when he was

19:29at Barbagallo

19:29in WA.

19:31So he wants to go

19:32a lot better than that

19:33this weekend.

19:33Stephen Johnson.

19:34A study of concentrations.

19:36He swings through

19:36State Circle.

19:42Maximum speed.

19:43Smoke belching

19:44from the exhaust

19:44as he gets hard

19:45in the brakes

19:46at the end

19:47of State Circle.

19:48Swings through

19:48Turn 11

19:49onto Flynn Drive.

19:50Heading down

19:51toward one of the most

19:52demanding corners

19:52on the circuit.

19:53This very slow

19:54chicane.

19:56Right back to

19:5770 kilometres an hour

19:58second gear.

19:59Some cars

19:59are even using

19:59first gears

20:00through some of the chicane.

20:01Look how close he comes

20:02to the concrete wall

20:02on the way out.

20:03Stephen Johnson

20:04is trying

20:04and trying hard.

20:06He was right back

20:06somewhere in the

20:07mid-twenties

20:08yesterday in qualifying.

20:10All of a sudden

20:11he found some speed

20:12right toward the end

20:12of the session.

20:13Jumped up to 12.

20:13Oh look at him

20:14block the brakes

20:14as he turns in.

20:16He's right on

20:17the limit of adhesion

20:17here.

20:18Stephen Johnson.

20:19He wants

20:19position.

20:20Stephen is the only

20:21second generation

20:22racer in the field.

20:23Son of Dick Johnson.

20:25The legend

20:25and he swings up

20:26towards the start

20:27finish line.

20:27Will Stephen Johnson

20:28be able to topple

20:29Larry Perkins

20:30who is top

20:30of the times

20:31at the moment?

20:32Johnson can't do it.

20:33A 1.45.79

20:34that currently

20:35leaves him third.

20:37Well that's an

20:37impressive time

20:38from Larry Perkins

20:39isn't it?

20:391.44.94

20:41for the Castrol

20:42back veteran.

20:4450 years of age

20:45still going strong.

20:47Stephen Johnson

20:47big career ahead

20:48of him this young

20:49fella.

20:4925 years of age

20:50making his shell

20:52series debut

20:53in 2000.

20:54Doing a good job

20:55on the streets

20:56of Canberra.

20:57Here's Greg Murphy

20:57team mate to

20:58Stephen Richards

20:59in the second

20:59of the Kmart

21:00Commodores

21:01and he has had

21:03pretty difficult

21:04build up so far

21:05some sort of

21:06mechanical gremlins

21:07causing him

21:09problems throughout

21:10practice and

21:10qualifying.

21:11Hopefully the team

21:12have sorted that

21:12out before we get

21:14into action later

21:15on today in race

21:15one.

21:16Merv shared his

21:17second Bathurst

21:18victory with Stephen

21:19Richards just last

21:20year and of course

21:22his first victory

21:23on the mountain

21:23in 1996 with

21:25Craig Lowndes.

21:26Those days was

21:27with the Holden

21:27racing team now

21:28the Kmart racing

21:30operation what

21:31can Murph do

21:31as he commences

21:33his run

21:3527 year old

21:37now lives in

21:37Melbourne

21:38very proud

21:40Kiwi in fact

21:41just an indication

21:43of how difficult

21:44it's been for

21:44Murphy this year

21:45his best qualifying

21:46performance so far

21:47was seventh

21:47oh he can really

21:48sideways

21:49I don't know

21:50he managed to

21:51hang on to that

21:51that was a full

21:52power slide

21:53he kept the car

21:54going in the right

21:55direction but that's

21:55cost him a lot of

21:56time and he would

21:57be filthy about

21:58that too he

21:58doesn't like losing

21:59time in situations

22:00like that that's a

22:01marvellous shot as

22:02they swing out of

22:02the exit of the

22:03Queen Victoria Terrace

22:04down towards the

22:05right-hander which

22:06brings them on to

22:06Kings Avenue

22:07just incredible when

22:08you think how close

22:09these blokes are to

22:10disaster look how

22:11close they're going

22:12this car is

22:13travelling at speeds

22:14up to excessive

22:14200 kilometres an

22:15hour along an

22:16eight metre wide

22:17corridor there's

22:18concrete either side

22:19one slip and you

22:21can pay a very

22:21very heavy price

22:22there is just no

22:24margin for error

22:25around the streets

22:26of Canberra

22:27Murphy now down

22:28along the state

22:29circle to the

22:30left-hand side of

22:31him the new

22:32parliament house

22:33he'll swing right

22:34here into Flynn

22:35Drive get an idea

22:37of his time for you

22:38there it is on the

22:39bottom of your screen

22:40in comparison to

22:41Larry Perkins with

22:42this stage is the

22:44man at the top of

22:45the table can the

22:4727 year old Kiwi do

22:48anything about it

22:49two times winner

22:50of the Bathurst

22:521000 two times

22:54winner of the

22:55Sandown 500

22:55well he's had

22:56experience in

22:57Le Mans

22:57finished second in

22:58class there back in

22:591996 he was also

23:00very strong in

23:01open wheelers back

23:02in his home country

23:03of New Zealand

23:03winning the New

23:04Zealand Grand Prix

23:05he's a guy with

23:06enormous heart

23:07drives with great

23:07courage and really

23:09attacks it

23:10let's see what he

23:12can do here

23:12Stephen Richards

23:14in the 145s can

23:16Greg Murphy go

23:16quicker than his

23:17teammate brings it

23:18out onto pit

23:19straight a 146.52

23:22well just goes to

23:22show when he had

23:23that big power slide

23:24earlier in the lap

23:25that would have

23:26cost him bulk time

23:27take a closer look

23:28at that moment for

23:31you in fact it's

23:31right around this

23:32part of the circuit

23:32that Greg is

23:33travelling along now

23:34that it occurred

23:35heading up towards

23:36the Queen Victoria

23:37Terrace quite a

23:38fast left-hander

23:39as we take a look

23:40on the Shell Helix

23:40replay let's have a

23:41look at it here

23:42all crossed up

23:43Murphy in the Kmart

23:44Commodore keeps it

23:46he would have had to

23:47get out of the gas

23:48there too

23:48so under this

23:50sort of pressure

23:51situation he just

23:52cannot afford to

23:53make even the

23:54slightest error

23:54Larry Perkins' lap

23:56is looking particularly

23:57impressive now

23:57144.94 he's the

23:59only car to get

24:00into the 44s so far

24:01Larry's time

24:05almost a second

24:05mark quicker than

24:07Stephen Richards

24:07we now turn our

24:09attention to a young

24:10guy who co-drove so

24:12superbly with Paul

24:13Radisic last season

24:14at Mount Panarama

24:15Bathurst they

24:16dominated the event

24:17before the car

24:18dropped out in what

24:20could only be

24:20described as cruel

24:21circumstances I guess

24:22this is Stephen

24:23Ellery in the

24:25Super Cheap Autos

24:26Falcon

24:26his best qualifying

24:27performance so far

24:29this year

24:29a 15th at the

24:31Adelaide 500

24:32he's really trying to

24:36get power to the

24:37ground as he builds

24:38up speed to launch

24:39into his qualifying

24:40lap that's not the

24:40way he would have

24:41liked to start it

24:41that corner catches

24:42you out so badly

24:43Mark because it's

24:44so off camera

24:45they tend to come

24:45out of that

24:46they hook that

24:47left hander and the

24:47back end steps out

24:48so easily and that's

24:49exactly what happened

24:50for the 25 year old

24:51who resides on the

24:53Gold Coast

24:53Stephen Ellery

24:54probably another one

24:54of these Gold Coast

24:55residents that's

24:56struggling with the

24:56cooler 11 degree

24:58temperatures here in

24:59Canberra

24:59well he's a guy

25:01when you look at his

25:03pedigree at Bathurst

25:04most impressive

25:05did a double stint

25:05with Tony Longhurst

25:06back in 1996

25:08when they finished

25:08third outright for the

25:09Castrol team

25:10he led most of

25:12Bathurst last year

25:12don't forget with

25:13Paul Radisic until

25:14that crushing

25:15punctured tyre only

25:1720 laps from home

25:18oh look at the

25:19smoke coming

25:19he's damaged the

25:20car or is that a

25:21long break

25:21oh this is an

25:25absolutely wild lap

25:26from Stephen Ellery

25:27he's really giving it

25:29everything

25:29his moment in the

25:31sun the super cheap

25:31autos team

25:32switching allegiances

25:34to Stephen Ellery

25:36at AU Falcon

25:38it's been a very

25:39difficult year for the

25:40team so far

25:41but getting up in

25:42this top 15

25:43and one of the most

25:44prestigious events of

25:45the year

25:45earned plenty of

25:47brownie points

25:47hard under brakes

25:48at the end of

25:49state circle

25:49swings it back

25:52onto Flynn Drive

25:53Stephen Ellery

25:54looking for a good

25:55time here

25:55Larry Perkins

25:56the only man so

25:57far to improve

25:57on the times

25:58he set yesterday

25:59this has been a

26:01good performance

26:01so far

26:02the super cheap

26:03autos Ford

26:04since they arrived

26:05here in Canberra

26:06Stephen you may

26:07recall

26:08not so long ago

26:09at the V8

26:11support races

26:11at IndyCar

26:12he was doing

26:13quite well

26:13until he

26:14crashed down

26:15up there as well

26:15so he tends to

26:16like the street

26:17circuits as the

26:17youngster gets up

26:19on two wheels

26:19as he works his

26:20way towards the

26:21start finish line

26:22this is a quick

26:23one but it could

26:24also be costly

26:25he's gotten up

26:25on two wheels

26:26there and has

26:26been a little

26:26tailier times

26:27Stephen Ellery

26:29what can he do

26:29as he flashes

26:30towards the line

26:31sideways

26:31almost clips the

26:32wall and he's

26:33gone second fastest

26:34a 1.45

26:355.7

26:36not enough to

26:37knock Larry Perkins

26:38off the top

26:39well that showed

26:40great courage

26:41didn't it

26:41that was real

26:42heart in the mouth

26:42stuff

26:43Stephen Ellery

26:43just gave it

26:44everything

26:44he was just

26:45really threading

26:46the needle

26:47so close to

26:47brushing the wall

26:48on a number

26:48of occasions

26:49there

26:49an outstanding

26:50performance

26:51Shell Helix

26:52race score

26:53the tidy lap

26:53of Larry Perkins

26:54is still the best

26:55we'll be back

26:56after the break

26:56with more

26:57GMC 400

26:58there's only one

27:00way to catch

27:00this rap

27:01here's your tip

27:02beautiful views

27:03here from the

27:04Goodyear Blimp

27:05majestic scene

27:06in Canberra

27:06with crystal clear

27:07skies

27:08a wonderful

27:09winter's day

27:10and it's amazing

27:11how the clouds

27:12have parted

27:12the snow

27:13has departed

27:13and we are set

27:15for more

27:16great action

27:16on track

27:17here on the

27:17GMC 400

27:18here's the man

27:19who led the

27:19Shell Championship

27:20until the lead

27:20was wrested away

27:21by Mark Scaife

27:22can he take the

27:23contest to him

27:24again today

27:24Garth Tander

27:25well that's the

27:26question on

27:27everyone's lips

27:27Billy

27:27the 23 year old

27:29now resides in

27:30Melbourne

27:30former WA resident

27:31grew up there

27:32winner of the

27:33Formula 4

27:34Championship

27:34in 1997

27:35finished 5th

27:36in the Shell

27:37Championship Series

27:37in 1999

27:38but this has been

27:39a much stronger

27:40year for him so far

27:41currently sits

27:412nd in the

27:42points table

27:42behind series

27:44leader Mark Scaife

27:45had a bit of a

27:46disastrous run

27:47in the 2nd race

27:48at Eastern Creek

27:49the youngster

27:49in the

27:50Wolverine Cummins

27:50Commodore

27:51but made amends

27:52for it

27:52at Darwin

27:53with a victory

27:53in that 3rd race

27:54and a good

27:55consistent performance

27:56all day

27:56listen to the

27:57Commodore

27:58as he slides his

27:59way up onto

28:00Kings Avenue

28:00he is really

28:01trying

28:02so far

28:02this has been

28:03a pretty

28:03masterful display

28:04of controlled

28:04aggression

28:05from Garth Tander

28:05he is driving

28:06that car

28:07right to its

28:08maximum

28:08and he's

28:08managing to

28:09keep it

28:09pretty tidy

28:10a couple of

28:10little wisps

28:11of smoke

28:12as he locks

28:12the brake

28:12turning into

28:13corners

28:13but nothing

28:13outwardly

28:15too costly

28:16at the moment

28:16this is looking

28:17like a fast lap

28:17from Garth Tander

28:19the 23 year old

28:20from Perth

28:20in WA

28:21and he really

28:23has been

28:23a sensation

28:24this year

28:24taking the

28:25fight right

28:25up to the

28:26Holden Racing

28:27team

28:27the works

28:28Holden team

28:29and real

28:31credit must go

28:31to Gary Rogers

28:32Motorsport

28:33and the very

28:34dedicated team

28:35that worked

28:35with him

28:35because they're

28:37doing an

28:37outstanding job

28:38in 2000

28:39giving this man

28:40the equipment

28:40he needs

28:40to continue

28:42this fight

28:42let's hope

28:42it goes

28:43right through

28:43the series

28:44all the way

28:44down to the

28:44FII 1000

28:45if you've just

28:47joined us

28:47this is the

28:48fight to determine

28:49who is the

28:50king of the

28:51streets of Canberra

28:51in terms of

28:52grabbing pole

28:53position for the

28:53GMC 400

28:54right now

28:55Larry Perkins

28:55the time to

28:56beat a

28:56144.94

28:58can the

28:5923 year old

28:59who currently

29:00sits second

29:01in the championship

29:01beat that time

29:02he swings up

29:03towards the

29:03start finish line

29:04this looks like

29:04a good one

29:05he's getting

29:05very close

29:06to the wall

29:06a 144.1

29:08Garth Tander

29:09goes to the top

29:10well

29:11what an outstanding

29:12driver

29:13look quick

29:13but you can

29:13never tell

29:14until that stopwatch

29:15closes the lap

29:16down

29:16and he's found

29:17eight tenths of a

29:18second on Larry

29:19Perkins

29:19that's a phenomenal

29:20drive from the

29:2023 year old

29:21Garth Tander

29:22goes to the top

29:23of the order

29:23now

29:24we get

29:25the second

29:26of the Fords

29:27out on the track

29:28it's Glenn Seaton

29:30who's been doing

29:31an outstanding job

29:32in the Shell

29:32championship series

29:33the last three rounds

29:34he's been on the

29:35podium

29:35he's caught his way

29:36up to third

29:37in the points

29:37476 championship

29:40points compared

29:40to 596

29:41for the championship

29:42leader

29:43Seaton is really

29:44in this battle

29:44that's a terrific

29:45shot

29:46our Ford

29:46in car

29:47camera showing

29:48you the way

29:48around with Glenn

29:48Seaton

29:49I can tell you

29:49that that face

29:50shot that you

29:50can see there

29:51will change

29:51dramatically

29:52during the course

29:54of his hot lap

29:55to try and grab

29:55pole position

29:56Seaton really

29:58grits the teeth

29:58as he gets into it

29:59you can see the way

30:01he's just really

30:02leaning on that

30:02wheel

30:03just trying to

30:05weave backwards

30:05and forwards

30:06to stort that

30:06tyre case as much

30:07as possible

30:08to get maximum

30:09heat into that

30:10rubber

30:10to get these

30:11tyres

30:11their optimum

30:12operating temperature

30:13before he goes

30:14out and gives

30:14this car

30:14everything he's

30:15got

30:15Seaton now

30:17full throttle

30:18as he swings

30:19round this

30:20very very long

30:21right hander

30:22you can see

30:22it goes under

30:23Commonwealth Avenue

30:23there points it

30:24up toward

30:25the V8 paddock

30:26and that long

30:27pit straight

30:28out over the

30:29white line

30:30and Seaton

30:30now

30:31he's on his

30:31hot one

30:32220 k's

30:33on the approach

30:33to this incredibly

30:34tight turn one

30:35twice the champion

30:36in the Shell

30:38series

30:38his last

30:39series victory

30:401997

30:41right now

30:43sits third

30:44in the point

30:45score

30:45just ahead

30:46of Paul Radisic

30:47one of the most

30:47experienced drivers

30:48in the field

30:49originally from

30:50Sydney

30:50and have been

30:51based in

30:51Victoria for many

30:52many years

30:52129 championship

30:55stars for the

30:56Ford star

30:568 pole position

30:5717 wins

30:58he's been on

30:59the podium

30:5948 times

31:00incredibly

31:01consistent

31:01performer

31:02and he's

31:03really got a

31:04fight on his

31:04hands here

31:04look at the

31:05way he talks

31:05his way around

31:06this circuit

31:06he talks to

31:07the car

31:07he talks to

31:08himself

31:08trying to make

31:09sure he gets

31:10maximum speed

31:10out of every

31:11turn

31:11back through

31:13the gears

31:14off King's

31:16Avenue

31:16interstate

31:17circle

31:18see the enormous

31:19plumes of smoke

31:19coming from the

31:20exhaust

31:20that's because

31:21the car's in

31:21qualifying trim

31:23they set up

31:23the electronic

31:24engine management

31:24system

31:25so they're

31:25tipping a lot

31:26of fuel

31:26through the

31:26engine to

31:27make maximum

31:27horsepower

31:28amazing

31:30amazing layout

31:32here at Canberra

31:33this is the

31:34christening of it

31:35if you will

31:35a lot of the

31:37drivers are

31:37describing it

31:38as a cross

31:38maybe between

31:39the Macau

31:39street circuit

31:40others are

31:42saying that it's

31:42got a lot of

31:43the Gold Coast

31:44characteristics about

31:45it

31:45Seton swings out

31:46of the roundabout

31:48heading up

31:48Flynn Place

31:49now

31:50you can see

31:50on the bottom

31:51of his screen

31:51there

31:51an idea

31:52of the

31:52time that

31:53he's doing

31:53the man

31:54he has to

31:54beat

31:54Garth Tander

31:55did it on

31:56the previous

31:56lap

31:56the 23

31:57rolled

31:57a 144

31:5910

31:59Seton

32:00swings out

32:00of that

32:01chicane area

32:02gets up

32:02on two wheels

32:03and the

32:03Ford Tickford

32:03Racing

32:04Falcon

32:05heading towards

32:06the start

32:06finish line

32:07what can

32:07the Victorian

32:08driver do

32:09hard on the

32:11throttle now

32:12as he comes

32:13out over the

32:13line

32:13a 44

32:1462

32:15a 144

32:1662

32:16that put

32:17Seton

32:17second in

32:17the order

32:18but not fast

32:19enough

32:19to knock off

32:20Garth Tander

32:20good

32:23consistent

32:24tiny lap

32:24from Seton

32:25lost a little

32:26bit of time

32:26all the way

32:28around the track

32:28it doesn't take

32:29much to lose

32:30a half a second

32:30over a 3.9

32:31kilometre track

32:32that looked like

32:33a fast accurate

32:33lap from Seton

32:34but not quite as

32:35fast as the

32:35Valvoline

32:36Cummins machine

32:37keep in mind

32:38the only pole

32:39position

32:39that Garth Tander

32:41has previously

32:42in the Shell

32:42Champions Series

32:43was at the

32:43Adelaide 500

32:45and that was a

32:45single car top

32:4610 shootout

32:47so maybe this

32:48high pressure

32:48single lap

32:49format really

32:49suits the

32:50youngster

32:50and here's a

32:52man we haven't

32:52seen at the

32:53pointy end of

32:54the field all

32:54year

32:54it's been a

32:55very very

32:55tough season

32:56for the

32:56Greenfield

32:57Mowers

32:57operation

32:57Cameron

32:58McLean

32:59he was

32:59absolutely

33:00top dog

33:00in the

33:01privateer

33:01battle last

33:02year

33:02one of the

33:03decanter

33:03in the

33:03ex-Dick

33:04Johnson

33:04Racing

33:04Falcon

33:05this year

33:05though

33:05things not

33:06going quite

33:07so well

33:08for the

33:08Queensland

33:08based

33:09operation

33:09but he

33:10really does

33:11love street

33:12circuits

33:12Cameron

33:12McLean

33:13and his

33:14qualifying

33:14performance

33:15yesterday

33:15proves that

33:16he's up

33:16in the

33:16top 15

33:17and looking

33:17strong

33:18as you said

33:19Mark

33:19it's been a

33:19real change

33:21of form

33:21for this

33:22team

33:22they have

33:22struggled

33:24in a lot

33:24of ways

33:24since stepping

33:25up to

33:25level 1

33:26status

33:27if you will

33:27a former

33:28winner

33:28at the

33:29Independence

33:29Cup

33:29in Super

33:30Touring

33:30driving a

33:30BMW

33:31and last

33:32year

33:32the

33:33privateer's

33:33champion

33:34in

33:34V8

33:34as McLean

33:35goes up

33:35and over

33:35this is a

33:36big spin

33:37here from

33:37McLean

33:37that's at

33:38Queen Victoria

33:39place

33:39right in

33:39between

33:40the two

33:40parliament

33:41houses

33:41he clips

33:42the wall

33:42and that

33:43has put

33:43pay to

33:44McLean's

33:44flying lap

33:45well

33:47you know

33:48I reckon

33:48his pulse

33:49rate was up

33:50when he

33:50started this

33:51lap

33:51he just

33:51would have

33:51doubled

33:52the bed

33:52that was

33:53at home

33:54just an

33:54idea of

33:55how you

33:55cannot afford

33:56to make

33:57a mistake

33:57around the

33:58streets of

33:58Canberra

33:58it's as

33:59simple as

33:59that

33:59it does

33:59show you

34:00Greg

34:00that's

34:001.3

34:01tonnes

34:02of V8

34:03supercar

34:03when that

34:04thing gets

34:04out of

34:04shape

34:04it's very

34:05very hard

34:06to get

34:06it back

34:06and it

34:06just shows

34:07what a fine

34:07line these

34:08guys are

34:08riding doing

34:08these hot

34:09laps

34:09it just

34:10shows how

34:10easy it

34:11is to

34:11just make

34:11one mistake

34:12and how

34:13quickly that

34:13thing can

34:13get away

34:14from you

34:14that is

34:15rotten

34:15luck

34:15because

34:15in that

34:16split

34:16qualifying

34:17session

34:17yesterday

34:18they

34:18split it

34:19into

34:19two

34:19halves

34:20Canberra

34:20was running

34:21in the

34:21second

34:21half

34:22and he

34:22jumped

34:22up to

34:238th

34:24fastest

34:24time

34:24and things

34:25were

34:25certainly

34:26looking good

34:27that is

34:27going to be

34:27a very

34:29costly

34:29outcome

34:30if you

34:30like

34:30he'll be

34:31enormously

34:31disappointed

34:32this was a

34:32big opportunity

34:33for him

34:33he's

34:33loving this

34:34place

34:35really relishing

34:35the challenge

34:36the streets

34:37of Canberra

34:38let's have a

34:38look at that

34:38on the replay

34:39look he just

34:40like he comes in

34:41there way too

34:42hot he's got

34:42brakes locked up

34:44and as he hits

34:45the grass

34:46the car

34:46breaks away

34:46from him

34:47and he did

34:48a very

34:48very good

34:49job managing

34:49to keep

34:50that thing

34:50off the

34:50concrete

34:50what a

34:51wild ride

34:52to the

34:52left is

34:53the old

34:53parliament

34:53house

34:53right there

34:54just where

34:55Cameron

34:55right near

34:56where Cameron

34:56clips the

34:57wall

34:57and to

34:57the right

34:58is the

34:59new

34:59parliament

34:59house

35:00well

35:00under this

35:01format

35:02the worst

35:02he's going

35:02to go

35:03is 15th

35:04he won't

35:04start any

35:05lower than

35:0515th

35:06because he's

35:06made it

35:06into this

35:06top 15

35:07shootout

35:07but he

35:08would have

35:08been much

35:10happier

35:10starting right

35:11up the

35:11order

35:11we thought

35:12it might

35:12have been

35:12a 157

35:1335

35:13so Cameron

35:15McLean

35:15will most

35:16likely start

35:16for 15th

35:18running those

35:21special wheel

35:22covers on

35:22the wheel

35:23and the

35:23idea of

35:24that being

35:24to trap

35:25that brake

35:25heat inside

35:26the rim

35:26and warm

35:26the tyres

35:27up

35:27so top

35:2810

35:28Garth

35:29Tander

35:29Glenn

35:30Seaton

35:31Larry

35:31Perkins

35:32will be

35:32back with

35:32more after

35:33this

35:33it is

35:40only

35:41millimetres

35:41here in

35:42Canberra

35:42between

35:43doom

35:44and

35:45absolute

35:46elation

35:46big

35:47big

35:48lose

35:48for

35:49Cameron

35:49McLean

35:50but fortunately

35:50he will

35:51still be

35:51in the

35:51top 15

35:52albeit

35:52at the

35:53bottom

35:53don't

35:53forget

35:53Greg Ruston

35:54Greg Murphy

35:55the chat

35:55room

35:56right after

35:57this

35:57telecast

35:57today

35:58on your

35:59home of

35:59motorsport

36:00still

36:00wonderful

36:01weather

36:01and

36:02extreme

36:02action

36:03here in

36:03Canberra

36:04as we

36:04get set

36:04Todd Kelly

36:05refreshing

36:05to see

36:06him not

36:06only in

36:06the top

36:0715

36:07but in

36:07fact

36:08in the

36:08top

36:0910

36:09interesting

36:10point that

36:10you made

36:11there

36:11Billy

36:11this is

36:11in fact

36:12the first

36:12time that

36:13the 20

36:13year old

36:13from Melbourne

36:14has ever

36:15contested a

36:16shootout

36:16in the

36:17Shell

36:17Championship

36:17Series

36:18so great

36:18to see

36:19him

36:19in the

36:20my car

36:20holding

36:21young

36:21lines

36:21entry

36:22being

36:22right up

36:23there

36:23did

36:23exceptionally

36:23well

36:24during

36:24the course

36:24of

36:25yesterday's

36:26qualifying

36:26session

36:27finished

36:28in sixth

36:28place

36:29in fact

36:29so what

36:29can he

36:30do

36:30today

36:30car

36:31looks

36:31very

36:32very

36:32tidy

36:32on the

36:32road

36:32mark

36:33yeah

36:33he's

36:33a guy

36:33who's

36:34really

36:34on an

36:34upward

36:35spiral

36:35and qualified

36:36ninth

36:36in the

36:37previous

36:38round

36:38at

36:39Eastern

36:40Creek

36:40he missed

36:40him

36:40valley

36:41but Todd

36:43Kelly

36:43has been

36:43most

36:44impressive

36:45he really

36:46loves

36:46this

36:46place

36:46he talked

36:47to some

36:47of these

36:47drivers

36:48oh

36:48I'm a bit

36:48tired

36:49or

36:49some might

36:50have a few

36:50complaints

36:50about it

36:51he just

36:51loves this

36:51he said

36:52it is

36:52fantastic

36:53fun

36:53and I tell you

36:54the Holton

36:54Racing team

36:55did something

36:55very interesting

36:56a while ago

36:57during testing

36:58at Winton

36:58Todd was really

37:00struggling getting

37:00the most out

37:01of the car

37:02so they decided

37:02to put a

37:02passenger seat

37:03in

37:03and he did

37:04some laps

37:04alongside

37:05Markscape

37:05and Craig

37:06Lowndes

37:06he said

37:06he learned

37:07more in

37:07that day

37:07than he has

37:08done in

37:11he found

37:11a second

37:12or a second

37:12and a half

37:12just in himself

37:13and he really

37:14has found

37:14now that

37:15being able

37:15to ride

37:16in the car

37:16to feel

37:17what it's

37:17like to drive

37:17one of these

37:18cars

37:18on the limit

37:18has completely

37:19changed his

37:20driving style

37:20and obviously

37:21that's improved

37:22his performances

37:22struggled at

37:24the Adelaide

37:24500 with

37:25a wrist injury

37:26but is now

37:27back to full

37:27fitness

37:28finished second

37:29in the Formula

37:29Holden

37:30Championship

37:30in 1998

37:31and a wonderful

37:33concept

37:34the Holden

37:34Young Lions

37:35giving up

37:36and coming

37:37stars like

37:37Todd Kelly

37:38a go

37:38as he works

37:38down

37:39Flynn Drive

37:40good place

37:43I should say

37:43swings it

37:44right

37:44into the

37:45chicane

37:45all of them

37:45getting up

37:46on two wheels

37:46through there

37:47again though

37:48the 20 year old

37:49looks just so

37:50tidy

37:50you can see

37:50his time

37:51on the bottom

37:51of the screen

37:52will it be good

37:53enough to beat

37:54Garth Tander

37:55a 144.1

37:56is the benchmark

37:57Kelly

37:58flashes over the

37:59line

37:59it's not quick

38:00enough

38:00a 146

38:012.3

38:02and that leaves

38:03Todd Kelly

38:04in 8th position

38:05well

38:06it's a good

38:06tidy lap

38:07as I say

38:08it's a race

38:09of survival

38:09this weekend

38:10is to keep

38:10the car

38:10off the

38:11concrete

38:11walls

38:11is just

38:12about as

38:13important

38:13as a good

38:13grid

38:13position

38:14so Todd

38:15Kelly

38:16cools the

38:17car down

38:17and he may

38:20be a man

38:20to watch

38:20as these

38:21three races

38:22unfold

38:22just to give

38:23you an idea

38:23if you've just

38:24joined us

38:24we are going

38:25through the

38:25top 15

38:26shootout

38:26for the

38:28GMC 400

38:29and of those

38:29that have

38:30contested their

38:31hot lap

38:31so far

38:32only Larry

38:33Perkins

38:33Garth Tander

38:34and Glenn

38:34Seton

38:35have gone

38:36quicker

38:37today

38:37than their

38:37best times

38:38set in the

38:39lead up

38:39to the

38:40GMC 400

38:40all of them

38:41into the

38:42one minute

38:4244 second

38:43bracket mark

38:44well everyone

38:44holds their

38:45breath

38:45when this man

38:46comes out

38:46for a hot

38:47lap

38:47I think he's a

38:49hot lap

38:49qualifying specialist

38:50Mark Scaife

38:5133 years of age

38:52the New South

38:54Welshman now

38:54based in

38:55Victoria

38:55and he really

38:56has been doing

38:57an outstanding

38:57job with

38:58Holden Racing

38:58team

38:59he's putting

38:59together

38:59an unbelievably

39:01good season

39:01in 2000

39:02and now

39:04he's out

39:05on this

39:05track

39:05which he

39:06had

39:06a big

39:07hand

39:07in helping

39:07design

39:09and can

39:11he put

39:11it on

39:11pole

39:11position

39:12that'll

39:12be a

39:12dream

39:12weekend

39:13for our

39:13championship

39:14leader

39:14he did

39:15have a

39:15crash

39:16yesterday

39:16during the

39:17course of

39:18the qualifying

39:18session

39:18just glanced

39:19the wall

39:19up near the

39:20Queen Victoria

39:21Terrace area

39:21that put

39:22pay to one

39:23of his

39:23flying laps

39:24Mark has

39:24been so good

39:25this year

39:26at being

39:26on top

39:27of qualifying

39:27that left

39:28him fifth

39:28at the

39:29conclusion

39:29of things

39:30yesterday

39:30what can

39:31he do

39:31in terms

39:32of his

39:32bid for pole

39:33for the

39:33GMC 400

39:34he swings

39:35now up

39:35towards

39:35the

39:36Queen

39:36Victoria

39:37Terrace

39:37area

39:38between

39:38the

39:38old

39:38and

39:39the

39:39new

39:39parliament

39:40house

39:40this is a

39:40magnificent

39:41part of the

39:41circuit

39:41where you

39:42saw

39:42Cameron

39:42McLean

39:43go off

39:43not too

39:44long ago

39:44in the

39:45Greenfield

39:45Mower's

39:46fourth

39:46look at

39:46the attitude

39:47from the

39:47Commodore

39:47again he

39:48looks clean

39:48just like

39:49Kelly's car

39:50yeah

39:50really tidy

39:51lap from

39:51Scaife

39:51so far

39:52he's been

39:52most impressive

39:53in qualifying

39:53this year

39:54he's finished

39:54or qualified

39:55no worse

39:56than third

39:57at the

39:58five rounds

39:59held previously

40:00Scaife

40:01really

40:02very very

40:03good

40:03and not only

40:03dialing the

40:04car in

40:04but then

40:04going out

40:05and driving

40:06it to

40:06within

40:07one hundredth

40:07of its

40:08ultimate

40:08capability

40:10as he swings

40:11round now

40:12State Circle

40:12under

40:13Parliament

40:13House

40:13set the

40:15car up

40:16break hard

40:16at the

40:17end of

40:17State Circle

40:18right down

40:19to 70

40:19kilometres

40:20an hour

40:20second gear

40:21muscles the

40:22nose of the

40:23car in

40:23swings hard

40:24right

40:24down Flynn

40:25Drive

40:25looks like

40:26a good

40:26tidy lap

40:27so far

40:27from the

40:2833 year

40:28old

40:29101

40:31championship

40:32starts

40:32he's taken

40:3318 pole

40:34positions

40:34will this

40:34be 19

40:35being a

40:37road course

40:37Canberra

40:38like so

40:39many street

40:39circuits

40:40is bumpy

40:40and a lot

40:42of the

40:42teams have

40:42had to

40:42work on

40:43getting a

40:44suspension

40:44set up

40:45that compromises

40:46those bumps

40:47and make

40:47sure they get

40:47maximum drive

40:48across them

40:49and a little

40:50bit softer

40:51most of them

40:51in the

40:51suspension

40:52settings

40:52you see him

40:52ride those

40:54curbs there

40:54now working

40:55towards the

40:56underpass

40:57if you like

40:57under Commonwealth

40:58Avenue

40:59this could be

40:59a quick time

41:00Mark

41:00you're spot

41:00on there

41:01he heads up

41:01towards the

41:02start finish

41:02line

41:02a 142

41:03so far

41:04over the

41:04line

41:05what is it

41:05a 144.84

41:07but not

41:08enough to

41:09beat Garth

41:09Tander

41:10for pole

41:10well

41:11isn't that

41:11a surprise

41:12Garth

41:13Tander

41:13he's on

41:14fire on

41:14the streets

41:14of Canberra

41:15a 144.11

41:17the fastest

41:17time so far

41:18that puts

41:19Skate third

41:19in the order

41:20and he was

41:21about seven

41:22tenths of a

41:22second slow

41:23in the

41:23Valvoline

41:23Cummins

41:24machine

41:24so

41:24we see

41:26Garth

41:26Tander

41:27on

41:27pole

41:27well

41:27that's

41:28a good

41:28question

41:28and interestingly

41:29Skate's lap

41:30was a tenth of a

41:32second slower

41:32than his best

41:34yesterday

41:34so he failed to

41:35improve on it

41:35here is the Caltex

41:37Haviline

41:37Ford

41:38of Tony

41:38Longhurst

41:39such a stark

41:41contrast in the

41:41Stone Brothers

41:42Racing Falcons

41:43this weekend

41:43Craig Baird

41:45by comparison

41:45is well down

41:46the order

41:47but Tony

41:48yesterday

41:48at the conclusion

41:49of qualifying

41:49was fourth

41:52fastest

41:52well the most

41:54experienced

41:55driver in the

41:56field

41:56Tony Longhurst

41:57a veteran

41:58of 140

41:59Shell

42:00Championship

42:00starts

42:01he's a man

42:03with enormous

42:04experience

42:04former Bathurst

42:05winner in 1998

42:06with Thomas

42:06Mazira

42:07in a turbocharged

42:08Ford Sierra

42:09oh look at the way

42:10he turns it in there

42:10locks the brakes

42:11right on the limit

42:12of adhesion

42:13just gets off the

42:14pedal in time

42:14to get that car

42:15back on line

42:16Tony Longhurst

42:18really wringing

42:19the neck

42:19of the Caltex

42:20Haviline Ford

42:21both Ross

42:21and Jimmy Stone

42:22have commented

42:23on how they've

42:24had to almost

42:25I guess

42:26re-educate Tony

42:27he's been so used

42:28to driving

42:29with the seat

42:30of his pants

42:30now they're

42:30working very closely

42:31on helping him

42:32to analyse the

42:33data that they

42:34derive from these

42:34cars and

42:35turn his car

42:37into a better

42:38racing package

42:39and it is

42:39certainly paying

42:40dividends

42:40with every outing

42:41the car seems

42:42to get better

42:42and better

42:43Tony is more

42:43and more pumped

42:44up

42:44he's a real

42:46adrenaline junkie

42:47too Mark

42:47someone that's

42:47spent a lot of

42:48time in water

42:49skiing and done

42:50all kinds of

42:50things

42:51well I'll tell you

42:52the last time

42:52this man was

42:53on pole position

42:54was back in

42:551990

42:55can you believe

42:56it

42:56Barbagallo

42:57Raceway

42:58in WA

42:59it's been a

43:00long time

43:00between drinks

43:01for Longhurst

43:0178 rounds

43:02without a win

43:03his last victory

43:04in the Shell

43:05series was in

43:05a BMW

43:06back in 1992

43:08so it's been

43:10a long time

43:10off the podium

43:11for Tony Longhurst

43:12can he turn

43:12that form around

43:13this weekend

43:13the Caltex

43:14Haviline Ford

43:14looking strong

43:15as he thunders

43:16down there

43:1742 year old

43:18from the Gold

43:19Coast

43:20swings in

43:20through this

43:21chicane area

43:21here

43:21you can see

43:22a change in

43:23surface there

43:24as well

43:24a little bit

43:25of concrete

43:25and some

43:26tough tarmac

43:27he exits there

43:28and works

43:29towards the

43:30start finish line

43:30a quick dab

43:31of the brakes

43:31and then it's

43:32flat out

43:32a little bit

43:34sideways

43:35is the time

43:35quicker than

43:36Tanders

43:36no it's not

43:37a 146

43:38160

43:38two seconds

43:40slower

43:40yeah a little

43:40surprising

43:41I must say

43:41it did look

43:42tidy for a while

43:43there

43:43yeah it looked

43:43very tidy

43:44but looks

43:45can be

43:45deceptive

43:46quite often

43:47a car

43:47will go out

43:47there

43:47and look

43:48wild

43:48and spectacular

43:49and be slow

43:49other times

43:50look like

43:50he's on a

43:50warm-up lap

43:51and he goes

43:51and gets

43:51pole

43:52very very

43:52hard to

43:53pick around

43:53this circuit

43:53it's time

43:55for team

43:56Ford

43:56and a chance

43:57to win

43:57this

43:57and then

44:00there were

44:00three

44:00top 15

44:01shootout

44:02at the

44:02GMC

44:02400

44:03Konradisic

44:04knocked

44:04Tander

44:04off pole

44:05we'll find

44:06out as we

44:06resume

44:07commentary

44:07with Greg

44:07Rust

44:08and Mark

44:08Osler

44:08you talk

44:09about

44:10street

44:10fighters

44:10there's

44:12nothing

44:12this guy

44:12likes better

44:13than a good

44:14street fight

44:14Paul Radisic

44:15the 37

44:15year old

44:16Kiwi

44:16another

44:18who resides

44:18on the

44:19Gold Coast

44:19these days

44:20in his

44:21second season

44:22with the

44:23Dick Johnson

44:24racing team

44:24was so

44:25dominant

44:26around the

44:26streets

44:27of surface

44:27paradise

44:28cleaning up

44:28all the

44:28V8 supercar

44:29support races

44:30at Honda

44:31Indy last

44:31year

44:32and the

44:33concrete

44:34canyon

44:34does not

44:35phase the

44:35Kiwi

44:35one bit

44:37muscles across

44:38the real

44:38crown in the

44:39road there

44:39in the

44:40Queen Victoria

44:41Terrace

44:41we jump

44:42aboard

44:42the

44:44Shell

44:44Helix

44:44racing

44:45forward

44:45don't forget

44:47of course

44:47folks

44:48a jam

44:48packed

44:49weekend

44:49of motor

44:49racing

44:50coming

44:50your way

44:50right now

44:51this is

44:51the top

44:5215

44:52shootout

44:53and the

44:54first of

44:54the weekend's

44:55three races

44:55set to

44:56come your

44:56way this

44:57afternoon

44:57tomorrow

44:58it's a

44:59full reverse

45:00grid race

45:00followed by

45:01a 50 lap

45:02a longer

45:03race

45:03Mark

45:03with two

45:04mandatory

45:04pit stops

45:05that is

45:05going to

45:05be very

45:06exciting

45:06yeah

45:06it should

45:06be a

45:07thrill

45:07we might

45:07get a

45:07very

45:08surprised

45:08result

45:08in

45:09Canberra

45:09this

45:10weekend

45:10riding with

45:11Paul Radisic

45:11now though

45:12as he

45:14gives the

45:16shell forward

45:16everything

45:17trying to

45:17topple that

45:18time

45:18a 1.44

45:191.11

45:21from Garth

45:21Tander

45:22oh I think

45:23he goes back

45:23to first gear

45:24through there

45:25get most drive

45:27he can out of

45:28that chicane

45:28continues his

45:29high speed run

45:31down Flynn

45:31place 180

45:32kilometers an

45:32hour

45:33he'll do it

45:33again

45:33get hard on

45:34the brakes

45:34for this

45:34second chicane

45:35two times

45:37world

45:38cup

45:38touring car

45:39champion

45:39Paul Radisic

45:40two times

45:41New Zealand

45:41Grand Prix

45:42winner

45:42a star

45:43in both

45:43open wheelers

45:44and in

45:45touring cars

45:45let's see

45:46what he can

45:47do here

45:47the 37

45:49year old

45:49swings up

45:50in the

45:51shell helix

45:51forward towards

45:52the start

45:53finish line

45:53what can

45:54he do

45:54a 145.3

45:56it's not

45:57enough to

45:57beat Tander

45:58and that

45:59leaves Radisic

45:59fifth fastest

46:00good tidy

46:03lap

46:03and

46:05top five

46:06nothing to

46:07sneeze

46:07we've got

46:07another two

46:08cars to

46:08go so he

46:09may move

46:09further down

46:10the order

46:10than that

46:11see him

46:12shaking his

46:12head there

46:12too Mark

46:13so the

46:14Rat

46:14not happy

46:15about it

46:16here is the

46:16defending

46:17shell series

46:17champion

46:18Craig Lowndes

46:19and isn't

46:21he having a

46:22tough year

46:22in 2000

46:23he's currently

46:23sixth in the

46:25shell point

46:25standings

46:25with only

46:26355 points

46:27he's got a

46:28lot of points

46:29to haul back

46:30if he's going

46:30to overhaul

46:30Mark Scaife

46:32and Garth

46:32Tander

46:32you've got it

46:33all crossed

46:34up there

46:34coming into

46:34the chicane

46:35well

46:35maybe it's

46:36the problem

46:36here now

46:37the temperatures

46:38are so low

46:38track temperature

46:39particularly is

46:40low

46:40I've had a lot

46:41of teams

46:41having trouble

46:42getting those

46:42tyres up

46:43at the right

46:43temperature

46:43before they

46:44have to

46:44give it

46:44everything

46:44but Craig

46:46Lowndes

46:47now sets

46:48out on his

46:48hot lap

46:4925 year old

46:51from the

46:52Diamond Valley

46:53district in

46:54Victoria

46:54now bases

46:55himself up

46:55on the

46:56Gold Coast

46:56with his

46:56wife Natalie

46:57oh

46:58and this

46:59has been

46:59a very

47:00difficult year

47:00for our

47:01reigning champion

47:01number of

47:02mechanical failures

47:04and critical times

47:05during races

47:06have really cost him

47:07a lot of points

47:08this is a very

47:09very crucial round

47:10for Craig Lowndes

47:11wondering if his car

47:13is perhaps set up

47:13a little differently

47:14Mark to Todd

47:15Kelly's and

47:16Mark Scaf's car

47:17it seems to be

47:17getting a lot

47:18more air

47:18and Craig is

47:19really muscling

47:21it across the

47:21kerbs

47:22he swings right

47:22now

47:22up Kings

47:23Avenue

47:24past the

47:24National

47:24Archive Centre

47:25and up in

47:26front of him

47:26the new

47:27Parliament House

47:28this is a

47:28marvellous

47:29layout

47:29and this

47:30weekend

47:31you are going

47:31to see some

47:32terrific racing

47:33no doubt

47:33about it

47:34at times

47:34it looks

47:34very tight

47:35he's already

47:37taken two pole

47:38positions this

47:38year

47:38Craig Lanz

47:39can he make

47:39it three

47:40on this

47:41brand new

47:41layout

47:41in the

47:42nation's

47:42capital

47:42a guy

47:44with an

47:44incredible

47:45record

47:45three times

47:46Shell

47:46series

47:47champion

47:48Bathurst

47:48winner of

47:49course

47:49of Craig

47:49Murphy

47:50back in

47:501996

47:51he was also

47:52Formula 4

47:52champ in

47:531993

47:53he's also

47:54won the

47:54Adelaide

47:55500

47:55he's got

47:56an incredible

47:57history

47:57and this

47:58man is only

47:5925 years

47:59of age

48:00throw in

48:00the Formula

48:014

48:01championship

48:01and a

48:02sand down

48:02500

48:03there too

48:03Mark

48:03it's a

48:04pretty

48:04impressive

48:05isn't

48:05it

48:06Garth

48:07Tander

48:07now

48:07hammering

48:08down

48:08Flynn

48:09place

48:09this is

48:11where he

48:11got into

48:11trouble

48:11last time

48:12coming up

48:12with this

48:12very very

48:13tight

48:13chicane

48:14it's

48:16through

48:16nice and

48:16cleanly

48:16this time

48:17oh

48:17gets the

48:18wheels

48:18up in

48:18the air

48:19using all

48:20the curves

48:20just trying

48:20to shorten

48:21that track

48:21distance as

48:22much as

48:22he can

48:22how will

48:23he go

48:23when the

48:24stopwatch

48:24is stopped

48:24this time

48:25around

48:25looks quick

48:25144.1

48:28is the

48:28benchmark

48:28set by

48:29Garth

48:29Tander

48:29the

48:30mobile

48:30Holden

48:31Racing

48:31team

48:31Commodore

48:32comes

48:32across

48:32the start

48:33finish line

48:33a 144.9

48:35the kid

48:36can't do

48:36it

48:37Tander

48:37the guy

48:38they call

48:38GT

48:39still sits

48:40on top

48:41of the

48:41times

48:41this is

48:42incredible

48:42his first

48:43pole position

48:43was on the

48:44streets of

48:44Adelaide

48:44in very

48:45similar

48:45circumstances

48:46one car

48:47hot lap

48:48qualifying

48:48suits

48:49Garth

48:49Tander

48:50down to

48:50the ground

48:50by the

48:51looks of

48:51it

48:51he's

48:52only got

48:53one car

48:53to go

48:53Mark

48:54Larkham

48:54in the

48:54Mitre

48:5410

48:55Ford

48:55fastest

48:55in

48:56provisional

48:56qualifying

48:57yesterday

48:57can he

48:59do it

48:59again

49:00when the

49:01pressure's

49:01really on

49:02no one

49:03has managed

49:03to better

49:05that time

49:05yesterday

49:06set by

49:07Larkham

49:08a

49:08144.09

49:09here he

49:10is

49:11the man

49:11who grabbed

49:12pole position

49:13last year

49:13at Mount

49:14Panorama

49:14Bathurst

49:15in amazing

49:16circumstances

49:17the car

49:18looks so

49:18clean and

49:19comfortable

49:19it almost

49:20looks slow

49:21going around

49:21the mountain

49:21in fact

49:22he set that

49:23brilliant

49:23time

49:23a 209

49:24now he's

49:25here in

49:25Canberra

49:26and certainly

49:27seems to

49:27have this

49:28Mitre 10

49:29Ford

49:29really sorted

49:30out

49:31since they

49:31made the

49:32change to

49:32the new

49:33style of

49:33Bridgestone

49:34control

49:34rubber

49:35he admitted

49:35they have

49:36struggled

49:36a little

49:36bit

49:36have to

49:37go back

49:37to

49:37back to

49:39the drawing

49:39board

49:39and readjust

49:40their base

49:41setups

49:41for this

49:42car

49:42but now

49:42it's

49:43starting

49:43to show

49:43its full

49:43potential

49:44as

49:45Larkham

49:45heads out

49:46on his

49:46flyer

49:46well this

49:47team is

49:48really on

49:48the up

49:48they spent

49:49two or

49:50three years

49:50with the

49:51Stone

49:51Brothers

49:51operation

49:52have since

49:53broken away

49:53set up

49:54their own

49:54team

49:55team manager

49:56Adam Perry

49:56and the

49:57boys up

49:57there on

49:57the Gold

49:58Coast

49:58and Mark

49:59Larkham

49:59is now

50:00starting to

50:00get the

50:00results

50:01from this

50:01car

50:01and he's

50:02wanted all

50:02along

50:03the cars

50:03look very

50:03very fast

50:04and this

50:05and this

50:05is a

50:05aggressive

50:06lap

50:06so far

50:07from the

50:07Mitre 10

50:08Ford

50:08driver

50:0836 years

50:10of age

50:10Formula

50:11Ford

50:11champion

50:12best he's

50:14done at

50:14Bathurst

50:14so far

50:15was third

50:15he was

50:15on pole

50:16there last

50:16year

50:16a sensational

50:17lap

50:17can he

50:18repeat that

50:18form

50:18at Canberra

50:19right out

50:20against the

50:20concrete

50:20walls

50:21as he

50:21hammers up

50:22Kings Avenue

50:22200km an

50:23hour

50:23in the

50:25Mitre 10

50:25XR8

50:26we're on

50:27board now

50:27with

50:28Mark Larkham

50:29a study of

50:30concentration

50:31as he points

50:31it through

50:32State Circle

50:33the fastest

50:34part of the

50:34circuit

50:34round the

50:36front of

50:36Parliament

50:37House

50:37last man

50:39can he

50:39knock off

50:40that incredible

50:40time by

50:41Garth Tander

50:42the Valvoline

50:42Cummins

50:43Commodore

50:43144

50:441-1

50:45oh look at

50:47that up

50:47against the

50:48wall there

50:48if there's

50:49not grazers

50:50on the

50:51paintwork

50:51I'll give

50:52it away

50:52he went

50:53so so

50:53close

50:54so Larkham

50:55is using

50:56all of the

50:56streets of

50:56Canberra

50:57and then

50:57some in

50:58his bid

50:58the last

50:59man on

50:59the circuit

51:00to try

51:01and beat

51:01Garth Tander

51:01and grab

51:02that pole

51:03for the

51:03first ever

51:04GMC 400

51:05on the streets

51:06of the

51:06nation's

51:07capital

51:07Larkham

51:08the

51:08minor 10

51:08forward

51:09harder to

51:10brakes

51:10at the

51:11end of

51:11Flynn

51:11place

51:12well I was

51:14going to say

51:15that final

51:15corner so

51:16important to

51:16get that

51:17one right

51:17the car

51:18lurched over

51:19onto the

51:19curb

51:19he must have

51:20got off

51:20the gas

51:20there

51:20this is

51:21going to be

51:21a quick

51:21one mark

51:22look at

51:22this

51:22140

51:23he swings

51:24up towards

51:24the start

51:24finish line

51:25can he beat

51:25Tander a little

51:26sideways on the

51:27exit

51:27but it's not

51:28enough

51:28it's not

51:29enough

51:29imagine if he

51:30hadn't made

51:30that mistake

51:31at turn 13

51:32that could have

51:33been a much

51:34much closer

51:34result but

51:35Garth Tander

51:36you've got to

51:36hand it to him

51:37second in the

51:38points 12

51:39behind our

51:40championship leader

51:40Mark Skate

51:41he's taken

51:42pole position

51:42at Canberra

51:43let's recap

51:45on the

51:45shell

51:46race

51:46score

51:46and

51:47Tander

51:47Seton

51:48is your

51:48front row

51:49Skate

51:49and

51:50Larkham

51:50on the

51:50second

51:51row

51:51great

51:51spread

51:51there

51:52between

51:52Ford

51:52and

51:53Holden

51:53throughout

51:54in fact

51:54the top

51:55eight

51:55great to

51:55see

51:55Stephen

51:56Ellery

51:56up there

51:57making up

51:57that

51:57top

51:58eight

51:58alongside

51:58Radisic

51:59Richards

52:00is there

52:00even

52:01Todd

52:01Kelly

52:01the

52:02youngster

52:02from

52:02the

52:02Holden

52:02Young

52:03Lions

52:03Murphy

52:03and

52:04McLean

52:04make up

52:04the

52:04top

52:0515

52:05will

52:06return

52:06they're

52:13coming

52:14from

52:14everywhere

52:14still

52:15pouring

52:15through

52:15the

52:15gates

52:16in

52:16fact

52:16for

52:16the

52:16GMC

52:17400

52:17all

52:18over

52:18New

52:19South

52:19Wales

52:19they've

52:19come

52:20from

52:20and

52:20even

52:21further

52:21afield

52:21for

52:22the

52:22day

52:22for

52:22the

52:22weekend

52:23and

52:23the

52:23intensity

52:24has

52:24rarely

52:25lifted

52:25but

52:25we're

52:26just

52:26taking

52:26a

52:26little

52:26rest

52:27for

52:27a

52:27moment

52:27after

52:28the

52:28top

52:2815

52:28shootout

52:29which

52:29has

52:29finally

52:30settled

52:30the

52:30grid

52:30for

52:30the

52:31GMC

52:31400

52:31here's

52:32what

52:32the

52:32drivers

52:32had

52:33to

52:33say

52:33good

52:34lap

52:34cam

52:34yeah

52:34it

52:35was

52:35fairly

52:35clean

52:35I

52:36probably

52:36could

52:36have

52:36braked

52:37a

52:37little

52:37later

52:37but

52:37actually

52:38got

52:38a

52:38curve

52:38over

52:39there

52:39which

52:39set

52:39the

52:39car

52:40up

52:40a

52:40little

52:40bit

52:40so

52:40you

52:41lose

52:41a

52:41bit

52:41of

52:42exit

52:42speed

52:42but

52:43it's

52:43great

52:43for

52:43auto

52:44pro

52:44racing

52:44to

52:44actually

52:45be

52:45in

52:45the

52:45top

52:4515

52:46runoff

52:46yeah

52:46it's

52:47the best

52:47lap

52:47I've

52:47done

52:47around

52:48here

52:48and

52:48it's

52:49exciting

52:52inside

52:52I can

52:53tell you

52:53but

52:53very happy

52:54we've got

52:54into the

52:5444s

52:55and

52:55long

52:56way

52:56quicker

52:56than I

52:56went

52:56yesterday

52:57was it

52:57a good

52:57lap

52:58not a

52:58bad

52:59lap

52:59the

52:59tyres

52:59weren't

53:00quite

53:00up to

53:00temperature

53:01so I was

53:01having a bit

53:01of a skate

53:02around

53:02but

53:02that's

53:03as good

53:03as I

53:03could

53:03do

53:04so

53:04I'm

53:04reasonably

53:04happy

53:04we had

53:05a bit

53:05of drama

53:05yesterday

53:06with a

53:06little bit

53:07of lap

53:07traffic

53:07and I

53:08actually

53:08had to

53:08use

53:08all

53:08three

53:09sets

53:09of my

53:09brand

53:10new

53:10rubber

53:11so I

53:11mean

53:11I

53:24again

53:24not

53:24very

53:24good

53:24so

53:25it's

53:25about

53:25the

53:26best

53:26it

53:26was

53:26going

53:26to

53:26do

53:26well

53:27I

53:27reckon

53:27that

53:27looked

53:27like

53:28it

53:54a bit

53:54taily

53:54but

53:55besides

53:55that

53:55it's

53:55the quickest

53:56we've

53:56been

53:56all

53:56weekend

53:56and I'm

53:57really

53:57happy

53:57with that

53:58I'd like

53:59to have

53:59gone

53:59a little

53:59bit

53:59quicker

53:59naturally

54:00as a

54:00race

54:00driver

54:01but

54:01no

54:02I'm

54:02happy

54:02with that

54:02that

54:03was

54:03a

54:03major

54:03Cameron

54:04yeah

54:04you

54:05sort of

54:05seen it

54:05from the

54:05inside

54:06Barry

54:06it's a

54:07place

54:07you can

54:07make up

54:08time

54:08and

54:08you've

54:08got

54:08to have

54:08a

54:08bit

54:09of

54:09a

54:09go

54:09there

54:09I've

54:09had

54:09a few

54:09off

54:10there

54:10over

54:11the

54:11weekend

54:11trying

54:12to

54:12make

54:12some

54:12places

54:12and

54:12some

54:13time

54:13but

54:13these

54:14things

54:14happen

54:14and

54:14I

54:15promise

54:15you

54:15I

54:41lap

54:41nice

54:42tidy

54:42good

54:43lap

54:43that

54:43wasn't

54:44too

54:44out

54:44of

54:44control

54:44there

54:45was

54:45a

54:45lock

54:45up

54:45there

54:45what

54:46happened

54:46I

54:46went

54:47back

54:47into

54:47first

54:48gear

54:48instead

54:48of

54:48third

54:48so

54:49just

54:49locked

54:49up

54:49the

54:49rears

54:50and

54:50got it

54:50totally

54:51had a

54:51big

54:51breath

54:52and

54:52then

54:52continued

54:52my

54:53lap

54:53so

54:53a bit

54:53disappointing

54:53I did

54:54exactly

54:54the same

54:55thing

54:55in

54:55Darwin

54:55so

54:56not too

54:57happy

54:57about

54:57being

54:57in

54:57ninth

54:58but

54:58the

54:58car's

54:58great

54:58everything's

54:59working

54:59really

54:59well

54:59a little

55:00bit

55:00too

55:00conservative

55:01for me

55:01a little

55:02bit

55:02brakes

55:03were not

55:03quite up

55:04to

55:04temperature

55:04just

55:04a little

55:04bit

55:05too

55:05much

55:05oversteer

55:06we had

55:06some

55:06understeer

55:07in the

55:07warmup

55:07and

55:07probably

55:08a little

55:08bit

55:08too

55:08soft

55:09on

55:09the

55:09front

55:09but

55:09it's

55:10alright

55:10we're

55:10on

55:11the

55:11grid

55:11we made

55:11a few

55:11mistakes

55:12in that

55:12lap

55:12Barry

55:12but

55:13really

55:13this

55:13is

55:14the

55:14way

55:14it

55:14all

55:14happened

55:15the

55:15top

55:1515

55:15have

55:15gone

55:16out

55:16and

55:16done

55:16their

55:16best

55:16for

55:17one

55:17lap

55:17you

55:18know

55:30got to

55:30say

55:30I

55:31used

55:31every

55:31inch

55:31of

55:31road

55:31you

55:32got

55:33to

55:33use

55:34every

55:35bit

55:35well

55:37you

55:37didn't

55:37see

55:37him

55:37in

55:37the

55:37about

55:38a

55:38garth

55:38tander

55:38loves

55:39those

55:39high

55:39pressure

55:40single

55:40car

55:40qualifying

55:41shootouts

55:41what a

55:42fantastic

55:42effort

55:42a

55:42brilliant

55:43lap

55:43yeah

55:44it

55:44wasn't

55:44too

55:44bad

55:44I

55:45made

55:45a few

55:45small

55:45mistakes

55:45probably

55:46could

55:46have

55:46been

55:46a

55:46little

55:46bit

55:46better

55:46but

55:47you

55:47know

55:47happy

55:48with

55:48that

55:48now

55:49that's

55:49got

56:00going

56:00to

56:00make

56:01a

56:01big

56:01difference

56:01so

56:02we're

56:02pretty

56:02happy

56:02to

56:02be

56:02up

56:02on

56:02the

56:03front

56:03row

56:03pit

56:04stops

56:04are

56:04going

56:04to

56:04be

56:04critical

56:04here

56:05aren't

56:05they

56:05it's

56:05all

56:05very

56:05well

56:05being

56:05fast

56:06in

56:06qualifying

56:06if

56:06the

56:07boys

56:07let

56:07you

56:07down

56:07in

56:07the

56:07pit

56:07lane

56:08it

56:08can

56:08all

56:08go

56:08to

56:09waste

56:09well

56:09that's

56:10right

56:10pit

56:10stops

56:10are

56:10critical

56:11because

56:11they're

56:11have

56:13a lot

56:13time

56:14to

56:14catch

56:14up

56:14so

56:14really

56:15the

56:15guys

56:15have

56:15to

56:30you

56:30all

56:30the

56:30best

56:31today

56:31okay

56:31Mark

56:31thanks

56:32well

56:33what a

56:33marvellous

56:34weekend

56:34it is

56:34and a

56:35long

56:35way

56:35to

56:35go

56:35but

56:36I'm

56:36sure

56:36that

56:36one

56:36of

56:37the

56:37driving

56:37forces

56:37behind

56:38this

56:38event

56:38that

56:38is

56:39the

56:39chief

56:39minister

56:39for

56:39the

56:40ACT

56:40Kate

56:40Carnell

56:41would

56:41be

56:42pretty

56:42happy

56:42so

56:42far

56:43Kate

56:43thanks

56:43for

56:43your

56:43time

56:44and

56:44are

56:44you

56:44happy

56:44I'm

56:45thrilled

56:45it's

56:46just

56:46a

56:46fantastic

56:47day

56:47it's

56:47great

56:48weather

56:48it's

56:49fantastic

56:50racing

56:51and

56:51there's

57:00New

57:00South

57:01Wales

57:01before

57:01tomorrow

57:02a

57:02lot

57:02of

57:02people

57:03put

57:03a

57:03lot

57:03of

57:03work

57:03into

57:03street

57:04races

57:04anywhere

57:04but

57:05to

57:05have

57:05one

57:05here

57:05in

57:06what

57:06you

57:06have

57:07to

57:07admit

57:07as

57:07a

57:07sensitive

57:07area

57:08obviously

57:08because

57:09we're

57:09in

57:09between

57:09old

57:09and

57:09new

57:10parliament

57:10house

57:10for

57:10a

57:10start

57:11that's

57:11been

57:11a

57:11tremendous

57:12effort

57:12it

57:13has

57:13been

57:13a

57:13huge

57:14effort

57:14by

57:14a

57:14large

57:15number

57:15of

57:15people

57:16but

57:16Canberra

57:17is

57:17owned

57:17by

57:18every

57:18single

57:18Australian

57:19and

57:20it's

57:20a

57:20city

57:20that

57:21should

57:21be

57:21available

57:23to

57:23everyone

57:23and

57:24that's

57:24what

57:24we're

57:24doing

57:24today

57:25it's

57:25not

57:25just

57:25about

57:26politics

57:26or

57:26public

57:26servants

57:27it's

57:28about

57:28the

57:28people

57:28and

57:29boy

57:29we're

57:30with

57:30the

57:30people

57:30today

57:31it's

57:31fantastic

57:32well

57:32this

57:32circuit

57:33is

57:33already

57:33I

57:33would

57:33guess

57:34world

57:34renowned

57:34and

57:35you

57:35took

57:35a

57:35ride

57:35in

57:35it

57:35today

57:36in

57:37with

57:37Mark

57:38Scave

57:38what

57:38were

57:38your

57:38thoughts

57:39on

57:39that

57:39I

57:39told him

57:47the

57:47drivers

57:48but

57:49what

57:49more

57:50do

57:50you

57:50want

57:50from

57:51a

57:51spectator

57:51perspective

57:52you

57:52want

57:52to

57:52see

57:53a

57:53race

57:53that's

57:54certainly

57:54not

57:54boring

57:55and

57:55this

57:55one's

57:55not

57:55boring

57:56it's

57:56testing

57:56the

57:57drivers

57:57it's

57:58great

57:58fun

57:58the

57:59weather's

57:59wonderful

58:00so

58:00really

58:01everyone

58:02should

58:02be

58:02here

58:02well

58:02this

58:03is

58:03a

58:03five

58:03year

58:03deal

58:03too

58:04and

58:04I

58:04presume

58:04that

58:04there's

58:05always

58:05fine

58:05tuning

58:06with

58:06every

58:06event

58:06all

58:06over

58:07the

58:07world

58:07and

58:07there

58:07will

58:07be

58:08that

58:08after

58:08this

58:08and

58:09you'll

58:09sit

58:09down

58:09and

58:10make

58:10it

58:10even

58:10better

58:10and

58:10bigger

58:10next

58:11time

58:11look

58:11that's

58:11the

58:11whole

58:12basis

58:12this

58:12is

58:12the

58:13first

58:13time

58:13we've

58:13ever

58:13done

58:13anything

58:14like

58:14this

58:14in

58:15the

58:15parliamentary

58:15triangle

58:16you said

58:16old

58:17parliament

58:17house

58:17new

58:17parliament

58:18house

58:18the

58:18national

58:19library

58:19is

58:19just

58:20over

58:20there

58:20I mean

58:21this

58:21is

58:21the

58:21centre

58:22of

58:22Australia

58:22from

58:23a

58:23political

58:23perspective

58:24we

58:24can

58:25get

58:25better

58:25next

58:25year

58:26and

58:26we

58:26plan

58:26to

58:27be

58:27the

58:27best

58:28street

58:28circuit

58:28in

58:28the

58:28world

58:29well

58:30congratulations

58:30on what

58:30you've

58:31achieved

58:31and

58:31enjoy

58:31the

58:31weekend

58:32thank

58:32you

58:32very

58:32much

58:33chief

58:33minister

58:33for

58:34the

58:34ACT

58:34and

58:34a

58:34closet

58:35petrol

58:35head

58:35I might

58:35add

58:36Kate

58:36Carnell

58:37we'll be back

58:37with more

58:38action

58:38and there's

58:38plenty

58:39of it

58:39for you

58:39from

58:40the

58:40heart

58:40of

58:40the

58:40nation

58:41Canberra

58:41the

58:41GMC

58:42400

58:42who's

58:44your

58:44favourite

58:45movie

58:45star

58:45Adam

58:46Sandor

58:47he's

58:47one

58:47of

58:48the

58:48most

58:48classic

58:48guys

58:49I've

58:49ever

58:49seen

58:50on

58:50the

58:50video

58:51and

58:51movies

58:52and

58:52on

58:52TV

58:53it's

58:53just

58:53so

58:54funny

58:54it's

58:54just

58:54a place

58:54of

58:55watching

58:55his

58:55movies

58:55favourite

58:57movie star

58:57probably

58:58Andy

58:58McDowell

58:59pretty

58:59self

58:59explanatory

59:00wise

59:00Elvis

59:03Presley

59:03why

59:04is that

59:04because

59:05he's

59:06just

59:06way

59:06too

59:06cool

59:07look

59:09I

59:09like

59:09the

59:09Austin

59:09Powers

59:10movie

59:10so

59:10I

59:10have

59:11to

59:11be

59:11Felicity

59:12Shagwell

59:12or

59:13something

59:14like

59:14that

59:14I'm

59:16sort

59:17of

59:17partial

59:17to

59:17Nicole

59:17Kidman

59:18actually

59:18and

59:18just

59:19look

59:19at

59:19her

59:20why

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