3. Top Ten Shootout

2015 Coates Hire Sydney 500 Results

Repco Supercars Championship
Sunday
Top Ten Shootout
Final
  • Session Type: Qualifying
  • Date: Sun 06 Dec 2015
  • Start: 13:30
  • Finish: 14:00
  • Laps: 1 laps 
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2010 V8 Supercars Champion James Courtney returns for his fifth year with the Holden Racing Team, and is set to build on the momentum of 2014.


Courtney’s list of achievements before joining V8 Supercars is impressive, with two world karting championships, British and European Formula Ford titles, and an F1 testing role with Jaguar Racing.


His versatility caught the attention of the Holden Racing Team, which signed him as an endurance driver alongside veteran Jim Richards in 2005.


He secured a full-time drive with Stone Brothers Racing the following year, when he finished on the podium at Bathurst and secured the Mike Kable Rookie of the Year award with his 11th place championship result.


Courtney took his maiden victory with SBR at Queensland Raceway in 2008, but the following year moved to Dick Johnson Racing – where he won the championship in 2010. He was also awarded V8 Supercar’s best and fairest, the Barry Sheene Medal.


In 2011, Courtney returned to Holden’s factory team as the reigning champion, and won in Abu Dhabi. 


Courtney made the best of 2012 with two podiums in Sydney and a top-10 finish in the rankings, before returning to the front the following year in the new generation VF Commodore.


However, Courtney’s year in 2013 was marred by his accident at Phillip Island that ruled him out of the final round. He returned to racing last year in stunning style, winning the Clipsal 500 – and in Ipswich as well.









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TEKNO Autosports’ Shane Van Gisbergen will be keen to build on the momentum that saw him finish last season as championship runner-up.


The talented New Zealander had his best season to-date in 2014, with eight wins (three at the non-championship Australian Grand Prix), and three pole positions – marking him out as a future champion with standout performances all year.


Van Gisbergen burst onto the V8 Supercars scene with Team Kiwi Racing in the middle of 2007. During a torrentially wet weekend of racing at Oran Park, Van Gisbergen finished 13th in one of the races and set the third-fastest lap in another.


Stone Brothers Racing became Van Gisbergen’s home from 2008 through to the end of 2012. In the early stages of his career, he demonstrated brilliant car control – especially in the wet weather.


As the New Zealander matured, his performances on-track became far more consistent – and he teetered on the brink of victory for a few seasons. Van Gisbergen broke through for his maiden win in the rain on New Zealand’s Hamilton Street circuit in 2011.


While Van Gisbergen scored more top-10 results in 2012, he was ready for new pastures in 2013 and switched to the TEKNO Autosports Holden outfit.


The change in scenery reinvigorated Van Gisbergen’s enthusiasm and he won on debut with his new team at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide, and took Commodore’s historic 400th all-time race win in the final race of the year at the Sydney 500.









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The form man of the last eight years in the V8 Supercars Championship, reigning champion Jamie Whincup has amazingly not finished out of the top two in the championship in that period.


Demon fast in karting, Whincup moved to Formula Ford in 2000 and was crowned Australian champion in 2002.


Spotted by Garry Rogers, he made his V8 Supercar debut at the Queensland 500 in 2002 before graduating to a fulltime position with the team a year later.


2003 proved to be difficult and Whincup found himself dumped come the end of the season, only able to scrape together an endurance seat in 2004.


Given a lifeline by Tasman Motorsport in 2005, Whincup responded in style, partnering the late Jason Richards to podium results at Sandown and Bathurst which paved the way to joining Triple Eight Race Engineering for 2006.


Winning in style on debut in Adelaide, Whincup would win Bathurst in partnership with Craig Lowndes.


He returned in 2007 to challenge for the title, winning four rounds on his way to becoming runner-up to Garth Tander by a mere two points.


In 2008 he would finish the job, winning six rounds, and backed it up in 2009, winning 11 races and sealing back-to-back titles.


After falling short in 2010, the Triple Eight ace struck back with force in 2011, making him just the second man after Norm Beechey to have won the championship in both a Ford and a Holden.


He then backed that up with 12 more race wins in 2012 to seal his fourth title. His record-equaling fifth championship win in 2013 cemented his place in the history books as he overcame a testing year in the all-new Car of the Future.


Last season though was one of the champion’s toughest as he overcome a mid-season slump with a new engineer to claim a record-breaking sixth title win at Phillip Island with one event to spare.









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A year of highs and lows for Mark Winterbottom saw the 2013 Bathurst champion finish in the top three of the championship standings in 2014.


In a high flying start to the year Frosty compiled four wins in New Zealand, Darwin and Winton, collecting 12 podium finishes overall and the Jason Richards Trophy while in New Zealand.


The feisty driving style he adopted in 2013 reappeared towards the end of the season where he claimed two podium finishes at Phillip Island. 


2015 sees Frosty enter his tenth season with Prodrive Racing with his sights firmly set on a maiden championship win.


Frosty is one of the most consistent drivers in the field and has finished in the top five in the championship every year since joining Prodrive Racing.


He gained Ford support in 2001 when he made the jump from karts to single-seater racing in the Victorian Formula Ford series.


After finishing runner-up in the national series two years later he made the move to V8 Supercars where in a Falcon he claimed the Development Series title at his first attempt. 


After finishing runner-up in the national series two years later he made the move to V8 Supercars where in a Falcon he claimed the Development Series title at his first attempt. 


A move to the main game the following year saw him impress and despite being in modest surroundings he did enough to attract the attention of Ford’s factory team.


He switched to PRA for 2006 where he stunned on debut to finish third overall against very experienced opposition and has been a frontrunner ever since.









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Rick Kelly is one of Australia’s most high-profile V8 Supercars drivers, having tasted success at the highest level.


The Jack Daniel’s Nissan driver won the 2006 V8 Supercars Championship, and he also won the Bathurst 1000 two years in a row.


Now running his own team under the Nissan Motorsport banner, Kelly is hoping to not only take his team to the top, but bring his own racing fortunes back to the forefront.


After beginning in karts and following in the wheel tracks of his older brother Todd in Formula Ford, Rick clinched the Australian Drivers Championship in 2001 and made his V8 Supercar debut in the same year for Kmart Racing.


Stepping into the Holden Young Lions program, Rick was Rookie of the Year in 2002 and took over Todd's seat at Kmart Racing for the following season, culminating his first of two back-to-back Bathurst 1000 wins.


In 2006 he was in true championship form and his consistency was unbeatable. Despite only winning one individual race all season, Kelly took the title in controversial circumstances after a last race clash with Craig Lowndes at Phillip Island.


Kelly continued under the Walkinshaw Racing umbrella in 2007 and 2008 before Kelly Racing was formed. Rick took a number of wins for his own team before embarking on the Nissan project. 


In 2015, Rick aims to return his name as a regular winner in the V8 Supercars Championship.









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The 2015 season provides a year of opportunities for David Reynolds after a positive end to 2014.


A podium finish at Sydney Olympic Park and front-of-field performances at the Gold Coast and Phillip Island put the momentum well and truly in the likeable larrikin's hands.


As he enters his fourth season with Prodrive Racing, consistency will be key for Reynolds, after a lacklustre 2014 season.


Reynolds won multiple Australian titles on his way to earning a seat in the V8 Supercars Championship, including the national Formula Ford Championship in 2004 and the 2007 Porsche Carrera Cup crown.


He made his V8 Supercars debut in the same year as an endurance driver at Sandown and Bathurst, before driving in the Dunlop Series the following year.


Fourth place in the development category led to a full-time drive in V8 Supercars in 2009 and while he was the highest-placed rookie that year, there was no full-time drive for 2010, necessitating a move back into enduro driver mode.


He moved back to the main series for 2011 and a number of attention-grabbing performances led to team owner Rod Nash securing his services.


Renowned as a bit of a joker, Reynolds is also one of the fittest drivers on the grid and a keen cyclist.









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Having stepped up from the Dunlop Series as the reigning Champion, McLaughlin made his debut in the 2013 V8 Supercar Championship. He made an impact immediately, qualifying in the ARMOR ALL Top 10 Shootout for his first official full-time race at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide. 


McLaughlin went onto to take two Championship races wins and finished the 2013 season 10th in the Championship, earning him the the Mike Kable Young Gun Award, recognising rookie of the year. 


In 2014 McLaughlin had the opportunity to develop and race a new car, with Valvoline Racing GRM making the switch from Holden to Volvo and debuting the Volvo Polestar S60s at the first round in Adelaide. 


It proved to be a very successful year for GRM, Volvo Polestar Racing and Scott, winning 5 races, making 10 podiums and claiming 10 ‘Pole’ positions ending the year 5th in the Championship Standings and being awarded the coveted Barry Sheene Medal. 


Scott and Volvo have now proved that the Volvo will be a championship threat in 2015. 









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Tim Slade will again have his best chance of a breakthrough maiden win aboard the Supercheap Auto Racing Commodore in 2015.


The South Australian impressed last year with podiums at Winton, Gold Coast and Sydney – and showed what he’s made of when he diced for the lead with six-time champion Jamie Whincup at the final round.


Slade first made headlines in 2006 when he finished second in the Australian Formula Ford Championship.


Slade progressed to the V8 Development Series in 2007, taking his first round win with his own team in 2008 and claiming the Privateers Cup for the best non-main game affiliated driver.


Slade’s persistence captured the attention of V8 team owner Paul Morris, and he was rewarded with a full-time V8 drive for the Supercheap Auto Racing squad in 2009, scoring top-10 results in the Phillip Island and Bathurst endurance races.


A shift to Stone Brothers Racing in 2010 yielded further improvements, Slade finishing 16th before taking his first podium finish in 2011 en-route to ninth overall.


2012 was an even more impressive season for the South Australian, who finished fifth overall after scoring more podiums along with his first career pole.


The 2013 season was more challenging, Slade remaining with his team through its transition to Erebus Motorsport and struggling for results as the team developed its Mercedes-Benz customer entries.


Slade returned to a Holden Commodore last year, and will be hoping the momentum built throughout 2014 will lead to a win.









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Michael Caruso was the leading charge for Nissan Motorsport in 2014, and he is looking to become an overall contender this year.


Caruso finished the 2014 season in 10th overall – the highest placed Nissan driver and the first time a Nissan has finished inside the top 10 in the new era of V8 Supercars racing.


With the Sydney-born driver sporting the factory colours of Nissan Nismo in 2015, Caruso is hoping to be fighting for more than just top 10s.


Caruso started his motorsport career in karting at the age of 11, winning countless titles. He stepped up to Formula Ford and Formula 3 before turning his attention to V8 Supercars racing in 2004. He competed in the Development Series, finishing second in the 2007 title before moving to the main series with Garry Rogers Motorsport.


Caruso collected a number of podiums and a race win before switching to Nissan at the start of the 2013 season.









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Two-time Australian GT champion David Wall is lining up for his fourth V8 Supercar season in 2015.


With continued support from Wilson Security and Payce, David has moved to Garry Rogers Motorsport/Volvo Polestar Racing and arrives with great expectations for the 2015 season.


The lanky Sydneysider made the step up to V8 Supercars Championship after spending 2011 competing in a Tony D’Alberto Racing-run Commodore in the Dunlop Development Series.


He made his V8 Supercars Championship debut at Phillip Island in 2009, sharing a Paul Cruickshank Racing-run Falcon with Leanne Tander.


In 2012 Wall ran his first full season in the V8 Supercars Championship with Brad Jones Racing with backing from Wilson Security.  He continued with Brad Jones Racing in 2013 before moving to Dick Johnson Racing in 2014, again with support with Wilson Security, finishing 21st in the V8 Supercar Championship.

















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Position / Driver / Team Fastest Lap Gap Lap Of
1
JCO › James Courtney ›
Driver number Holden Racing Team - Holden Commodore VF
01:28.0666 1 1
2
VAN › Shane van Gisbergen ›
Driver number Team Darrell Lea STIX - Holden Commodore VF
01:28.0854 0.0187 1 1
3
WHI › Jamie Whincup ›
Driver number Red Bull Racing Australia - Holden Commodore VF
01:28.1987 0.132 1 1
4
WIN › Mark Winterbottom ›
Driver number Pepsi Max Crew - Ford Falcon FG/X
01:28.2285 0.1618 1 1
5
KEL › Rick Kelly ›
Driver number Nissan Motorsport - Nissan Altima
01:28.2715 0.2048 1 1
6
REY › David Reynolds ›
Driver number The Bottle-O Racing Team - Ford Falcon FG/X
01:28.4328 0.3661 1 1
7
MCL › Scott McLaughlin ›
Driver number Wilson Security Racing GRM - Volvo S60
01:28.5449 0.4782 1 1
8
SLA › Tim Slade ›
Driver number Supercheap Auto Racing - Holden Commodore VF
01:28.6519 0.5852 1 1
9
CAR › Michael Caruso ›
Driver number Nissan Motorsport - Nissan Altima
01:29.0062 0.9395 1 1
10
WAL › David Wall ›
Driver number Wilson Security Racing GRM - Volvo S60
01:29.5167 1.45 1 1
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