Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup became the first combination in 24 years to score a hat-trick of wins at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 when they completed a third straight win at Mount Panorama for TeamVodafone.
Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup will look to become the first pair in more than two decades to secure a hat-trick of wins at Bathurst in the second V8 Supercar enduro event of the season.
Team Vodafone driver Craig Lowndes will be looking for his third consecutive round win at Hidden Valley Raceway next weekend as the V8 Supercar Championship heads to the Darwin venue for the latest round of the year.
V8 Supercar points leader Jamie Whincup will see his slim advantage whittled away in Hamilton this weekend, and won't be able to do anything about it after ruling himself out of the three scheduled races by crashing in qualifying.
1. Jamie Whincup 888/Vodafone Ford 78 laps 1hr 51m 37.3538s 2. Mark Winterbottom FPR/Ford Credit Ford 78 laps 3. Craig Lowndes 888/Vodafone Ford 78 laps
Jamie Whincup may have missed out on the 2007 V8 Supercars title by a narrow margin, but he showed that he is determined to mount an assault on the new season by setting the pace almost throughout the opening day of the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide.
By Matthew Agius The annual V8 Supercar Gala Awards Dinner has been held only days after the end of the 2007 series, recognising the very best contributors to what was one of the closest championships in history.
As Movember reaches the halfway point, TeamVodafone's 'MoBros' are well on target in the moustache growing stakes - with all 25 members sporting more than just a bit of facial fluff.
Team Vodafone driver Jamie Whincup endured a weekend to forget in Bahrain as he failed to score any points and slipped to third in the V8 Supercar Championship standings.
Team Vodafone pairing Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes were left to run an accident on the opening lap of race one in Bahrain that handed the V8 Supercar Championship title advantage to Toll HSV Dealer Team ace Garth Tander.