With less than 24 hours to place their tips for Round 10 of the V8 Supercars Championship players of the Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor are tipping HRT duo James Courtney and Greg Murphy to rise to the top of the opening PIRTEK Enduro Cup round.
With his wealth of experience Murphy is pitted as one of the strongest co-drivers in the field and coupled with Courtney’s recent run of form, has the pair highly placed amongst predictors.
The Wilson Security Sandown 500Â marks the opening challenge of the PIRTEK Eundro Cup and the co-driver format racing for 2014 which is set to spice things up at the business end of the V8 Supercars season.
Ford Performance Racing’s Mark Winterbottom will make his 150th V8 Supercar Championship round start at this year’s Sandown 500 and is also a top pick with experienced co-driver Steve Owen partnering the Ford factory driver.
Nissan GT racing star Alex Buncombe is the only V8 Supercar Championship debutante in the field of 50 pilots at Sandown.
On track action kicks off on Friday the 12th of September with three practice sessions, followed by a final practice, a 20 minute qualifying session and two 20 lap qualifying races on Saturday. ahead of Sunday’s 500km long race.
The Sandown 500 will see all 25 V8 Supercars run on the hard compound Dunlop SP Sport Maxx tyres across the weekend.
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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2014 Castrol EDGE V8 Predictor – Global Leaderboard
RANK | TEAM NAME | POINTS |
1 | Arne’s Mob | 502 |
2 | Murph | 465 |
3 | The Flying Bulls!!! | 462 |
4 | SCATTERS | 456 |
5 | red bull 01 | 454 |
6 | Cakeevans | 453 |
7 | bad betty | 451 |
8 | G-Park Renegades | 450 |
9 | smsracing55 | 445 |
10 | Team Obsolete | 444 |
11 | The NASCAR Offseason | 440 |
12 | Bryce’s V8 Tipping | 440 |
13 | Low and Slow | 439 |
14 | Give it some jandal | 438 |
15 | Arctic Racing | 437 |
16 | JWS-888- | 437 |
17 | #1V8SCFAN | 435 |
18 | Tarmac | 435 |
19 | Team falcon hell | 434 |
20 | monty | 434 |
2014 Expert Leaderboard
RANK |
TEAM NAME |
POINTS |
1 |
Speedcafe |
245 |
2 |
Greg Rust |
213 |
3 |
Andy Priaulx |
201 |
Weekend Results –Â Sydney Motorsport Park 400
RACE RESULT | TIME | |
1 | VAN GISBERGEN, Shane | 246 |
2 | WHINCUP, Jamie | 235 |
3 | BRIGHT, Jason | 204 |
4 | PERCAT, Nick | 190 |
5 | LOWNDES, Craig | 184 |
6 | MOSTERT, Chaz | 180 |
7 | COULTHARD, Fabian | 177 |
8 | DAVISON, Will | 175 |
9 | MOFFAT, James | 170 |
10 | CARUSO, Michael | 167 |
11 | MCLAUGHLIN, Scott | 150 |
12 | HOLDSWORTH, Lee | 135 |
13 | KELLY, Rick | 131 |
14 | WALL, David | 125 |
15 | WINTERBOTTOM, Mark | 115 |
16 | WOOD, Dale | 109 |
17 | PERKINS, Jack | 106 |
18 | INGALL, Russell | 99 |
19 | TANDER, Garth | 95 |
20 | COURTNEY, James | 90 |
21 | KELLY, Todd | 87 |
22 | PYE, Scott | 43 |
23 | REYNOLDS, David | 33 |
24 | DAHLGREN, Robert | 24 |
25 | SLADE, Tim | 0 |
Additional points – SMP400
POLE POSITION | WHINCUP, Jamie and MCLAUGHLIN, Scott |
FASTEST LAP | VAN GISBERGEN, Shane and MOSTERT, Chaz and COULTHARD, Fabian |
RACE WINNER | VAN GISBERGEN, Shane and MCLAUGHLIN, Scott |
Championship Points
1 |
Jamie Whincup |
2025 |
2 |
Mark Winterbottom |
1890 |
3 |
Craig Lowndes |
1812 |
4 |
Shane Van Gisbergen |
1778 |
5 |
Fabian Coulthard |
1712 |
6 |
James Courtney |
1688 |
7 |
Chaz Mostert |
1502 |
8 |
Scott McLaughlin |
1497 |
9 |
Garth Tander |
1402 |
10 |
Jason Bright |
1329 |
11 |
David Reynolds |
1234 |
12 |
Michael Caruso |
1226 |
13 |
Will Davison |
1218 |
14 |
James Moffat |
1187 |
15 |
Rick Kelly |
1161 |
16 |
Nick Percat |
1158 |
17 |
Lee Holdsworth |
1117 |
18 |
Scott Pye |
1101 |
19 |
Russell Ingall |
1062 |
20 |
David Wall |
980 |
21 |
Tim Slade |
936 |
22 |
Dale Wood |
840 |
23 |
Jack Perkins |
785 |
24 |
Todd Kelly |
749 |
25 |
Robert Dahlgren |
555 |