POWER RANKINGS: ESERIES ROUND 9
A FULL night of Oval Racing was exactly what the Power Rankings powered by Yellow Cover ordered last week, and we got it. Here’s the Hot, the Not and the What from the penultimate round of the ESeries..
WORDS: Richard Craill, Mark Walker, Dale Rodgers, Tony Schibeci
IMAGE: Supercars
HOT
1. OVAL RACING
The tease that was Charlotte wasn’t enough, so props to Supercars for giving us a full night of it. You wouldn’t want it every week, but seeing Supercars on an oval for a full ‘event’ was sensational, different, exiting and most importantly; fun.
2. DUALS
The qualifying races were absolutely brilliant. Smaller fields made for less carnage (slightly, anyway) and absolutely mental racing. Outstanding.
4 WIDE On Supercars, my heart just missed a beat.#V8SC #VASC #Supercars #eSports #ESeries
— Paul Persic (@Paul_Persic97) June 3, 2020
4 WIDE FOR THE LEAD IN DUEL TWO!! YEEHAA!!! #VASC #eSports #Eseries
— Trystan Spooner (@TrystanSpooner) June 3, 2020
3. MACCA JONES
Channelled the old man and proved he’s ace at Turning left. Outstanding effort at the pointy-end.
4. RACE 1 FINISH
No words#VASC pic.twitter.com/ZX8bRnutrJ
— Shane CAPTAIN TRIPS b (@ShaneB19) June 3, 2020
SVG timed that to perfection #VASC #eseries pic.twitter.com/202FyTt6Xx
— Tim Schenken (@FakeTimSchenken) June 3, 2020
McLaughlin’s car coughed at the line.. was just short on fuel. 0.059s! Great finish. #VASC
— Richard Craill (@Craillsy) June 3, 2020
I have no words, so… #VASC pic.twitter.com/iY8xWIsLmw
— Here Be Branners (@philbranagan) June 3, 2020
#VASC SVG on the last lap
— Jackson Abood (@jackson_abood1) June 3, 2020
“Remember me?” pic.twitter.com/jOmi4c1pG1
5. CROMPO
Perpetual Hot, but seriously, who ever thought we’d hear him use the term ‘Wadding up’ on national TV?
Also:
GOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLL @redbullholden #VASC pic.twitter.com/WGiydygiJ5
— Supercars (@supercars) June 3, 2020
Whincup got vaporised!#VASC
— Samuel Lockhart (@LloydGSR) June 3, 2020
6. IRACING
Added some shake to the cameras close to the cars as they go past, which adds just another element of realism to an already remarkable broadcasting product. So cool.. and the dynamic lighting is cool as well. When these guys get to the point of doing weather, it’s going to be insanity.
7. BOYS HAVE AT IT
We’ve praised Bairdo a lot in these rankings and deservedly so.. to fit the Oval Racing theme he took a decidedly hands off approach with a ‘boys have at it’ mentality, which was fine – yet still pinged people when it was important to do so – like Chaz at the end. Good stuff.
8. BRODIE KOSTECKI
Used his Stateside experience to go full-on spotter for Anton DePasquale, to good effect.
NOT
1. TIME CERTAIN
It’s just staying here until it doesn’t happen again.
2. JAMES COURTNEY’S RUBBISH INTERNET
Back of the field.
3. CAM WATERS RACE 2 PIT STRATEGY
Oh, dear.
Cam Waters like #VASC pic.twitter.com/BP6nPuRU7w
— Shane CAPTAIN TRIPS b (@ShaneB19) June 3, 2020
Cam Waters spotter#VASC pic.twitter.com/iMnvAlHBIT
— Shane CAPTAIN TRIPS b (@ShaneB19) June 3, 2020
4. READ THE REGS!
Several people missed the memo that race two was just a one-stop race and decided to stop twice. Always, always read the regulations – or pay your engineer / spotter to do so..
5. Delays
Extra time required to get into the final race of the night ensured that there wasn’t enough time for organisers to throw a cheeky yellow at the end to close up the field and make for a grandstand finish. The night deserved a thriller green-white-checker at the end!
6. THERE’S ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO
Yes, we’re keen for real racing, for sure.. but Wednesday nights are going to go back to being sucky after this.
INTERESTING..
The Cat is MIA..
Is this the end of the SVG/Mickey conspiracy? ? #VASC pic.twitter.com/vmcr2socVQ
— Supercars (@supercars) June 3, 2020
Two laps to go – bring it home @shanevg97!! #VASC @redbullholden pic.twitter.com/AUAQcFVqWU
— Nims Azoor (@docnims) June 3, 2020
Holy shit SVG’s cat is fast. That was an awesome comeback.#VASC
— Samuel Lockhart (@LloydGSR) June 3, 2020
If you need a new race engineer @shanevg97 Louie is keen to help out. #VASC pic.twitter.com/uP6SoEox48
— Clairebear (@minimadclaire) June 3, 2020
WHAT
Brotherly Bump Draft
TWEETS
Amazing Twitterage
Excellent! A chance for me to tell the amazing story of how I bought a second hand bed frame from someone on Lowndes St @bravoindia21 https://t.co/zEMz9nyr44
— Chad Neylon ?? (@chadneylon) June 3, 2020
Multi-Tasking
Remember when watching @supercars only required 2 eyeballs? #VASC pic.twitter.com/Mz5LAOGJno
— Dan Owen (@dano606) June 3, 2020
Zing!
Mostert and Waters should be great at bump drafting. They’ve had a lot of practice running into each other #vasc
— Motorsport Matty (@motorsportmatty) June 3, 2020
Huge Shuntz!
Ladies and gentlemen we have our first shunt, and it’s a cracker ? #VASC pic.twitter.com/6iwNOGP3wa
— Supercars (@supercars) June 3, 2020
5 laps in. Two shunts down. #VASC pic.twitter.com/3TjP5kIDd8
— Supercars (@supercars) June 3, 2020
You good @Todd_Hazelwood? ? #VASC pic.twitter.com/7sXdZsAa0A
— Supercars (@supercars) June 3, 2020
Face Issues
That beard on Waters teamed with that beanie makes him look like he should be on a fishing boat.#VASC
— Samuel Lockhart (@LloydGSR) June 3, 2020
Oh, Whiteboard..
PLWB FACT: Before Supercars went to Super Speedways, they were just known as Regular Speedways. #VASC
— Pitlane Whiteboard (@PitlaneWB) June 3, 2020
MEME
Richard Craill (administrator)
Working full time in the motorsport industry since 2004, Richard has established himself within the group of Australia’s core motorsport broadcasters, covering the support card at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix for Channel 10, the Bathurst 12 Hour for Channel 7 and Porsche Carrera Cup & Touring Car Masters for FOX Sports’ Supercars coverage. Pretends to be a PR guy / Journalist and sometimes photographer to make ends meet when not yelling at a television in a padded room.
