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| Original by Supercars, edited by me/ |
Kurt Kostecki picked up his 2nd last-place finish of his
career when his #42 Arcoplate Holden was involved in a 3-car crash that ended
his race after 1 of the race’s 41 laps. The finish came in Kostecki’s 8th
start.
Kurt Kostecki has only run 8 races over 2 years. This year he is a
wildcard, while last year he covered for Lee Holdsworth after his injury after
a major crash at Hidden Valley. He was 25th in 1st practice but slipped to 26th
in 2nd practice. He improved back to 25th in 3rd practice, and qualified 26th
out of a field of 28.
After a partial post-qualifying penalty, Richie Stanaway in the #56 -
Ford started the race in the rear, however by turn 1 Tim Blanchard in the #21
Cooldrive Distribution Holden had fallen to the rear. Todd Hazelwood in the #35
BigMate/Optus Ford briefly fell to last, but soon afterwards, Stanaway collided
with Kurt Kostecki in the #42 - Holden, breaking the rear Suspension on
Kostecki's car, sending Kostecki to the garage, to the rear, and out of the
race.
Next to fall out was Andre Heimgartner in the #7 - Nissan slammed into
the back of Garth Tander in the #33 Wilson Security Holden on lap 3, heavily
damaging car #7 and sending him to the garage on lap 5 and retired on lap 9.
Following Heimgartner out was Lee Holdsworth in the #18 Preston Hire/Fuchs
Golden pulls off on lap 21, pulling off to the centre of the racetrack with a
driveshaft failure.
Rounding out the bottom five was Todd Hazelwood in the #35 BigMate/Optus
Ford and James Golding in the #34 Wilson Security Holden.
The Bottom Five
|
Kurt Kostecki
|
1 Lap
|
Crash
|
|
Andre Heimgartner
|
4 Laps
|
Crash
|
|
Lee Holdsworth
|
20 Laps
|
Driveshaft
|
|
Todd Hazelwood
|
40 Laps
|
Running
|
|
James Golding
|
41 Laps
|
Running
|
Driver’s Championship
|
Pos
|
Driver’s Name
|
Last
|
Bottom 3
|
Bottom 5
|
|
1
|
James Courtney
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
|
2
|
Michael Caruso
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
|
3
|
Todd Hazelwood
|
2
|
6
|
16
|
|
4
|
Cameron Waters
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
5
|
Garth Tander
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
|
6
|
James Golding
|
1
|
8
|
10
|
|
7
|
Tim Blanchard
|
1
|
6
|
11
|
|
8
|
Richie Stanaway
|
1
|
6
|
9
|
|
9
|
Kurt Kostecki
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
|
10
|
Simona De Silvestro
|
1
|
2
|
10
|
|
11
|
Jack LeBrocq
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
12
|
Macauley Jones
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
|
13
|
Rick Kelly
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
14T
|
Jamie Whincup
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
14T
|
Chaz Mostert
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
14T
|
Nick Percat
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
15
|
Lee Holdsworth
|
0
|
4
|
9
|
|
16
|
Andre Heimgartner
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
|
17
|
Will Davison
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
|
18
|
Anton De Pasquale
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
|
19T
|
Craig Lowndes
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
19T
|
Shane Van Gisbergen
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
19T
|
Michael Caruso
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
19T
|
David Reynolds
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
19T
|
Mark Winterbottom
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
19T
|
Tim Slade
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
19T
|
Scott Pye
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Team’s Championship
|
Pos
|
Team Name
|
# Drivers
|
Last
|
Bottom 3
|
Bottom 5
|
|
1
|
Matt Stone Racing
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
16
|
|
2
|
Walkinshaw Andretti United
|
2
|
3/2
|
3
|
5/2
|
|
3
|
Nissan Motorsports
|
4
|
6/4
|
12/4
|
21/4
|
|
4
|
Gary Rodgers Motorsport
|
2
|
3/2
|
10/2
|
12/2
|
|
5
|
Kostecki Brothers Racing
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
|
6
|
Tekno Autosports
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
7
|
Tickford Racing
|
4
|
3/4
|
9/4
|
11/4
|
|
8
|
Brad Jones Racing
|
4
|
3/4
|
7/4
|
13/4
|
|
9
|
Red Bull Holden Racing
|
2
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
2/2
|
|
10
|
Preston Hire Racing
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
9
|
|
11
|
23Red Racing
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
|
12
|
Craig Lowndes Racing
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
13
|
Erebus Motorsports
|
2
|
0
|
1/2
|
3/2
|
Manufacturer’s Championship
|
Manufacturer
|
# Drivers
|
Last
|
Bottom 3
|
Bottom 5
|
|
Nissan
|
4
|
6/4
|
12/4
|
20/4
|
|
Holden
|
15
|
12/14
|
38/14
|
60/14
|
|
Ford
|
7
|
5/7
|
16/7
|
29/7
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