V8 Supercars – Phillip Island: Final Round Preview

Well this is it, I am sure you have heard all the superlatives:

The final showdown, the penultimate round, etc. Well this time it couldn’t be more true. With only 7 points between Craig Lowndes in his888 Racing Ford and Rick Kelly in the HRT Holden.

I was hoping to write this after the first practice session today, however practice is scheduled late in the day and with work (yes, I do have a job) will see me not have the time.

I will get straight to the point…

Lowndes will win the championship, giving Ford the ‘triple crown’ (Bathurst win, Manufacturers Championship and Drivers Championship). It will also signal the return of ‘The Kid’ Craig Lowndes back to where he belongs as the best driver in V8’s.

Over the last two years he has shown his ability to fight it out in a championship, with last year seeing a similar situation to this weekend. He had a good chance of taking the title, but was piped by Russell Ingall. Craig has been consistent with Surfers and Tasmania being unusual results, although in fairness the Tasmanian round saw him lose ground through no fault of his own.

You might be wondering what my other predictions are for the weekend…well quite frankly it doesn’t matter as this is all about the Drivers Championship, but here goes anyway. The top five for this round will be:

1st – Craig Lowndes
2nd – Jason Bright
3rd – Rick Kelly
4th – Mark Winterbottom
5th – Greg Murphy

I will do a round and championship wrap up on Monday; have a great weekend,

Go FORD

Dave