Full Throttle

And you all thought the holiday weekend would be short of racing action. You just have to know where to look.

This weekend brings the final event for the V8 SuperCars at Phillip Island Victoria. And as luck would have it, the track sits smack in the middle of Holden country (GM) - it’s Holden’s test track - and the three that remain in Championship contention are all Ford pilots.

Russell Ingall, Craig Lowndes and Marcos Ambrose are entering the last round first through third in points in one of the closest points battles in Series history. Ambrose is shooting for his third straight Series title before heding off to the States. It has been announced he will be joining the Woods Brothers of NASCAR fame and will run a Ford 150 in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2006.

If the Ford teams expect to do well they will have to break with past history, Holden has won seven of the past 10 rounds at Phillip Island. The manufacturers’ title is also up for grabs with Ford and Holden on six rounds each.

Practice begins at Phillip Island on Friday at 1.00pm with a two-hour session. Qualifying, the Top 10 Shootout and a 100-kilometre race will be held on Saturday before two 140-kilometre races complete the 2005 season on Sunday.

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