Hills does the double at Winton

[D.R.T.]

1 88 PETER HILLS PETER HILLS FORD MONDEO 1998 ST 16 24:31.0697 8 1:30.3959
2 95 JAMIE MILLER JAMIE MILLER TOYOTA 2000 ST 16 24:31.9603 6 1:30.5045
3 30 DAVID SEARLE DAVID SEARLE S.A.E. BMW 1996 ST 16 24:36.4220 15 1:29.8774*
4 12 SAM DALE SAM DALE FORD MONDEO 2000 ST 16 24:36.8352 5 1:30.9847 5 4
5 DAVID AUGER DAVID AUGER ALPHA ROMEO 2000 ST 16 24:50.5749 11 1:30.6193
6 85 RAY SIDEBOTTOM RAY SIDEBOTTOM COMMODORE 5000 FT 16 24:53.2293 8 1:31.
7 41 GEOFF PARKER GEOFF PARKER COMMODORE VS 5000 FT 16 25:15.4576 7 1:33.0476
8 16 BRUCE WILLIAMS BRUCE WILLIAMS COMMODORE VS 5000 FT 16 25:18.3658 5 1:33.0087
9 11 KERRY WADE KERRY WADE FORD FALCON 5000 FT 16 25:27.7583 4 1:33.7669
10 6 MICHAEL WEBB MICHAEL WEBB FORD FALCON 5000 FT 16 25:29.6507 11 1:34.0632 11 53 MARK PAPENDELL GRAVITY MOTORSPORTS COMMODORE VS 5000 FT 16 25:50.4658 13 1:34.9958 12 97 PAUL LEABEATER REDLINE MOTORSPORT HYUNDAI LANTRA 2000 ST 16 25:56.9491 14 1:34.9161 13 9 ANDREW GILLESPIE ANDREW GILLESPIE FORD FALCON EL XR8 5000 FT 16 25:59.4425 14 1:34.8310 14 22 JAMES BROCK DIAMOND VALLEY SPEED SHOP COMMODORE VT 5000 FT 15 24:32.3173 10 1:32.7543 15 18 AMIN CHAHDA AMIN CHAHDA FORD FALCON 5000 FT 14 24:57.1877 6 1:37.6052 16 4 JASON KENNEDY JASON KENNEDY COMMODORE VS 5000 FT 5 25:38.7710 5 1:38.6818 DNF 84 BOB WRIGHT RAY SIDEBOTTOM COMMODORE 5000 FT 9 14:47.7664 9 1:33.6075 DNF 19 MARK SUTHERLAND MARK SUTHERLAND COMMODORE 5000 FT 9 20:10.2435 7 1:36.4215 DNF 31 GRANT JOHNSON PETER HILLS FORD MONDEO 1998 ST 4 6:21.3387 3 1:30.6670 DNF 37 MARK TELFER WAYNE SMITH COMMODORE 5000 FT 4 6:49.7513 4 1:39.5225 DNF 7 TERRY BOSNJAK PETER MUIR MITSUBISHI MAGNA 5000 FT 3 4:53.7305 2 1:34.5942

1 88 PETER HILLS PETER HILLS FORD MONDEO 1998 ST 16 24:18.8625 9 1:30.0059
2 30 DAVID SEARLE DAVID SEARLE S.A.E. BMW 1996 ST 16 24:21.6682 9 1:29.9741*
3 45 DAVID AUGER DAVID AUGER ALPHA ROMEO 2000 ST 16 24:37.9214 7 1:30.
4 95 JAMIE MILLER JAMIE MILLER TOYOTA 2000 ST 16 24:39.6993 5 1:30.6219
5 12 SAM DALE SAM DALE FORD MONDEO 2000 ST 16 24:40.0923 5 1:30.6156
6 85 RAY SIDEBOTTOM RAY SIDEBOTTOM COMMODORE 5000 FT 16 25:06.8474 2 1:32.5037
7 22 JAMES BROCK DIAMOND VALLEY SPEED SHOP COMMODORE VT 5000 FT 16 25:08.5771 15 1:32.9051
8 84 BOB WRIGHT RAY SIDEBOTTOM COMMODORE 5000 FT 16 25:24.3553 10 1:31.9481
9 6 MICHAEL WEBB MICHAEL WEBB FORD FALCON 5000 FT 16 25:27.0215 9 1:34.1116
10 41 GEOFF PARKER GEOFF PARKER COMMODORE VS 5000 FT 16 25:31.3722
11 1:32.6034 11 9 ANDREW GILLESPIE ANDREW GILLESPIE FORD FALCON EL XR8 5000 FT 15 24:20.2844 5 1:34.8519
12 37 MARK TELFER WAYNE SMITH COMMODORE 5000 FT 15 25:00.8639 6 1:36.1689 DNF
53 MARK PAPENDELL GRAVITY MOTORSPORTS COMMODORE VS 5000 FT
14 22:37.6062 13 1:34.6598 DNF 31 GRANT JOHNSON PETER HILLS FORD MONDEO 1998 ST 12 19:29.0025 5 1:30.9168 DNF 4 JASON KENNEDY JASON KENNEDY COMMODORE VS 5000 FT 12 19:46.7423 10 1:36.5057 DNF 97 PAUL LEABEATER REDLINE MOTORSPORT HYUNDAI LANTRA 2000 ST 8 12:53.4468 5 1:34.4388 DNF 19 MARK SUTHERLAND MARK SUTHERLAND COMMODORE 5000 FT 8 14:52.5803 6 1:36.3029 DNF 16 BRUCE WILLIAMS BRUCE WILLIAMS COMMODORE VS 5000 FT 7 11:01.9475 7 1:33.0872 DNF 18 AMIN CHAHDA AMIN CHAHDA FORD FALCON 5000 FT 1 3:49.9932 1 3:49.9932

[Buckshot]

Morris and Henderson don't show up so the guy that normally comes third wins - what an outstatnding effort.

I wonder if he thanked them in his podium speech for not showing up before he sprayed the champagne.

[Morris 1100]

Knowing John Henderson's form at Winton he was probably asleep in the motel

[mr evo 7]

morris said he wasn't racing this season, i don't know what happened to Hendo.

[Bomn]

I remember that. Mr & Mrs Henderson said it was passed Johnny's bed time.

[marcus]

well I must say I was dissapointed to see only a hanfull of super tourers ..bhut at the same time I was impressed..I havent seen ST's for around 4 years or so and I had forgotten just how quick these machines were..Peter Hills was the class of the field (I think I may have missed something because I thought he had been banned over the drug thingy a while back?)

anyway he was the quickest without doubt but young Luke Searle did an excellent job in race 2 ..almost holding Hills off but in a move that I missed Peter got the better of the BMW driver..there was a fantastic battle in race 2 between Auger and Miller they swapped positions at least 10 times before Auger got the upper hand.

so here are some pics that I took.

Hills locks up trying to pass Searle in race 2

[marcus]

bugger ...sorry have to do these seperately as they are only attachments..(oh well improves my amount of posts at least )

pic 2 is Auger and Miller side by side ..in an awesome battle

[marcus]

this next one is after Auger managed to pull away from Miller ..Sam Dale managed to catch up to Miller and was all over him.

[marcus]

FUTURE TOURERS

Well i was also impressed with the future tourers ..they look good sound good and go pretty well too..but really are similar to v8 supercars ..and Im sure the general public will easilly get them confused ...but here is a pic of the start of race 1 ...Jamie Brock got pubted and it was the first of 3 spins for him during race 1 ..(2 at turn 1 and 1 at turn 3 ..the old turn one)

[marcus]

The biggest dissapointment for me was the Magna of terry Bosnjack.
the thing looks awesome and sounds great but unfortunately didnt last long..he retired early in race 1 and never came out for race 2 ...i dont know what the problem was ..but it looks great and for a lap or 2 was keeping pass with the other future tourers ..and its also great to see Bosnjack back in action.

[marcus]

Ray sidebottom had 3 cars there ..including this brand new one ..a VT or Vx ..who knows ??

looks good and goes very well..his other two cars were also going very well until they ran into each other in race 2 ...oops

[marcus]

hmmm ..how did this get in here ?????

[marcus]

as for the rest of the show..it was pretty damm good..the power tour has alot to offer and I was impressed with the whole package.

the trucks are just nuts (in a good way) the V8 stockcars were better then I expected as were the super tourers and future tourers...wasnt totally impressed with the daewoos..but hey they are a good enty level to the sport ..the Hq's are always entertaining as are the commodore cup cars ...the next round is at Calder ..if you can get there have a good look you wont be dissapointed..I plan to return next year to the power tour when it will be even better than this year.

one more pic of the trucks

[Brock]

The Hendo's hide the car keys after dark or if it's raining down at Winton. After all there little boy needs his Beauty sleep.

[racer69]

I read somewhere that the powertour had taken over the channel 7 TV contract from TOCA, so does anyone know when it will be on TV.

Also, i thought Cornish was meant to be there driving Hendo's Vectra.

What's all this about Hendo missing Winton because he was in bed.

[DNQ]

I didn't even know the Super Tourers still existed...

Glad to see they are still racing, with a bit of luck the future tourers will take off over the years. DRT, thanks for providing the results, where did you get them from?

[DNQ]

Originally posted by mr evo 7
morris said he wasn't racing this season, i don't know what happened to Hendo.

I contacted John earlier in the season and he said he is looking at racing in the Konica V8 Series instead.

[Brock]

Wasn't Hills quiting motor racing after the Drug taking alligation????

[Buckshot]

C'mon....people will say anything when they're that ripped.

[Morris 1100]

About Hendo's sleeping habbits
A few years ago (about 1993 i think) I was in a team with Hendo and about 5 other cars in the 24 hour relay race at Winton.
The race started about midday and Hendo did one of the opening stints of an hour and a quarter and locked his car and went back to the Motel and we did not see him till after the sun came up the next day. Half of the cars fell apart during the first afternoon and all we had left was my HQ and a Gemini and I drove 8 and a half hours out of the 24 doing stints of up to 2 hours at a time, I did 1 hour during daylight I did the pre dawn fog and the sunrise and where was our hero Hendo, nowhere to be seen.
We asked his Mummy and Daddy where he was and thay said that he has done a stint and he needs his rest.
I mean I drove eight and a half hours between 8.30 pm and 10 am and the super tourer took 24 hours to do 2 and a half (2 stints) talk about team work.

[kmchow]

Let's hope more ST cars show up now that the uncertainty of them running is now over. They are now officially part of the Power Tour right? perhaps the low turnout and Henderson was the result of the uncertainty.

Wouldn't it seem like such a big challenge to move to V8s by buying more/new equipment to race rather than just hop in the old Vectra??

[Buckshot]

The Super Tourers/Future Tourers wouldn't even exist now if it wasn't for Power Tour, the category is on the verge of collapse in this country.

If you were Hendo would you throw more money away on a dying series or contemplate moving to category with a future ? Even some Daewoo drivers have made this step up thanks to the Konica series.

[Crash Test]

The thing is that a normal Power Tour round draws many, many more spectators than any TOCA race meeting in recent years....it just makes sense.

I believe Hendo has had an ex-Emerzides Falcon in his shed for quite a long while now...

[racer69]

Didn't he also used to own a white VP Commodore in about 1995 that he was preparing for the V8s, then he turned out in a BMW E36 in Super Touring.

[Crash Test]

Yeah, that car was sold to Richard Mork.

Did he start out in a BMW? I can only remember him making his debut at Oran Park in 1997 in his older model Opel Vectra.