Nearly stalling on the grid saw David Wall’s good qualifying vanish in a flash at Sydney Motorsport Park today but the Wilson Security Racing driver recovered to finish 18th.
The result could have been even better but for a frustrating encounter with James Moffatt, who repeatedly knocked into Wall in the closing stages of the 36-lap race.
Wall says that with a better start tomorrow he is confident he can crack the top 15. Qualifying starts at 12.25pm.
David Wall
Wilson Security Racing
“Our biggest problem today was the start. The lights seemed to be on forever and when they finally went off the clutch just went to the floor. I was stranded, just trying not to stall in front of everybody. We lost all our good work from qualifying in one millisecond and ended up finishing one place better than we started, but we got that the hard way.
“I could have finished better but got held up by James Moffatt. I thought I was very fair and patient for about eight laps and gave him room but he still managed to drive into me even in a straight line. I don’t think any of it was called for and he probably only cost himself time by doing it.
“I’m much happier with the car and looking forward to tomorrow. I’ve got some left on the table for qualifying and definitely for the start so if that all comes together we’ll have a better result again.”
Sydney Motorsport Park 360 – V8 Supercar C’ship Races 18&19
SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK
V8 SUPERCARS – Qualifying Race 18
01 Jamie Whincup, TeamVodafone, 1:29.6353
02 Jonathon Webb, Tekno Autosports, +0.0189
03 Will Davison, Trading Post FPR Ford, +0.0541
04 Michael Caruso, Fujitsu Racing, +0.1017
05 Mark Winterbottom, Orrcon Steel FPR Ford, +0.1115
06 Craig Lowndes, TeamVodafone, +0.1288
07 David Reynolds, The Bottle-O Racing Team, +0.1476
08 Shane Van Gisbergen, SP Tools Racing, +0.3043
09 Tony D’Alberto, Team Hiflex, +0.3157
10 Russell Ingall, Supercheap Auto Racing, +0.3173
19 David Wall, Wilson Security Racing, +0.6147
Sydney Motorsport Park 360 – V8 Supercar C’ship Races 18&19
SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK
V8 SUPERCARS – Race 18
01 Craig Lowndes, TeamVodafone
02 Mark Winterbottom, Orrcon Steel FPR Ford
03 Will Davison, Trading Post FPR Ford
04 Garth Tander, Holden Racing Team
05 Russell Ingall, Supercheap Auto Racing
06 James Courtney, Holden Racing Team
07 Shane Van Gisbergen, SP Tools Racing
08 Michael Caruso, Fujitsu Racing
09 Jonathon Webb, Tekno Autosports
10 Jason Bright, Team BOC
18 David Wall, Wilson Security Racing