TeamVortex Media Release

Townsville 400
Sunday 10 July, 2016

CRAIG LOWNDES - VF HOLDEN COMMODORE / Car #888

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Qualifying Race 2: Fifth (Fastest Lap – 1:12.9045)
Top Ten Shootout: Second (Lap time – 1:12.5102)
Race 2: 10th
Championship: Fourth (1,392 points)

CRAIG LOWNDES

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"We had a much better day today. Qualifying went a lot better, we were aiming obviously to try to get into the top 10. We managed to get in there, which was great. We had a little bit of mid-corner understeer, which was a bit of a drama, but of course we rectified that in the Top Ten Shootout, so starting on the front row was incredible. We were looking for a good result, but I had a bad start. Through the race we tried to manage it and then we had an issue with a tyre mix up, which didn't help. They put good fronts and mixed rears on and that's why I didn't have any rear, so it was a little bit of a disappointment. We were much happier today with the car. The last stint, I think we were a bit lucky with that safety car. We obviously came in, put a better set of tyres on and with that we were able to muscle our way back through the field. To finish 10th after all that, I was pretty happy."