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DAVISON’S ‘SPRINT’ TO THE FINISH – NOT AS PLANNED FOR SP TOOLS RACING’S Shane van Gisbergen

Posted by SPTools on Sunday 21 Jun 2009

Qualifying didn’t go as planned for SP Tools Racing’s Shane van Gisbergen, carrying over yesterday’s problems with grip into today’s 20 minute session. Starting from 21st position Shane had his work cut out for him and recovered well in the race to finish 9th.

Shane van Gisbergen – Driver, SP Tools Racing Car #9

“We changed a few things with the car from yesterday and got the balance a little better but on the new tyres we just didn’t have any grip and were struggling to get anything out of it.

“We had good speed in the race, the car felt better but still not 100% right, we still had no grip on the hard tyres. We put on the softs in the middle of the race and were quick but as soon as we changed back to hard tyres we had no grip again and were having problems with brakes, the pedal was going to the floor.

“It is great to see Alex up on the podium to put a smile on the teams face. Hopefully you will see us both up there at Townsville.”

Race Results

1	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VE
2	4	Alex Davison	IRWIN Racing	Ford FG
3	888	Craig Lowndes	Team Vodafone	Ford FG
4	15	Rick Kelly	Jack Daniel’s Racing	Holden VE
5	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	Holden VE
6	10	Paul Dumbrell	Team Autobarn	Holden VE
7	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VE
8	39	Russell Ingall	Supercheap Auto Racing	Holden VE
9	9	Shane van Gisbergen	SSP Tools Racing	Ford FG
10	1	Jamie Whincup	Team Vodafone	Ford FG