Supercars
CAT Racing Bathurst qualifying
Cat Racing's strong assault on this year's V8 Supercar 1000 continued at Bathurst today with John Bowe recording the 5th fastest time in qualifying. Bowe stopped the clocks at 2:10.224 in the Ford Falcon he will share with Simon Wills. The ...
Edited: Apr 15, 2002, 11:45 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
Cat Racing's strong assault on this year's V8 Supercar 1000 continued at Bathurst today with John Bowe recording the 5th fastest time in qualifying. Bowe stopped the clocks at 2:10.224 in the Ford Falcon he will share with Simon Wills.
The Tasmanian actually topped the qualifying order early in the session, but was unable to improve toward the end of the 45 minute qualifying attack.
"As the cloud cover came in, our car picked up a bit of understeer which really killed our time across the top of the mountain," Bowe said.
"I could get close to that time, but wasn't able to break into the nine second bracket.
"Overall though, I am very pleased with the car and I believe Simon and I will have a very strong chance in Sunday's race."
Bowe will now contest tomorrow's top 15 shoot-out which will finally determine the front of grid for Sunday's 1000km endurance race.
"Certainly we have a great chance to improve in the shoot-out, but there is also a chance to move all the way back to 15th if you get it wrong," Bowe said.
"Qualifying is not the key element in this race - pit tactics are going to be the decider on Sunday."
Ford drivers Glenn Seton and Craig Lowndes topped the timesheet in qualifying today - Seton recording the fastest time at 2:09.677.
Simon Wills was unfortunate not to step aboard the Briggs Motorsport built machine today - a red flag shortening the morning practice session.
"I was unlucky today because they called the session off just as I had got into the car," he said.
"I will have plenty of time tomorrow afternoon and Sunday morning to get some more laps under my belt.
"I am still pretty comfortable in the car and pretty close to John's times so that is the most important thing - we are pretty confident."
<pre> QUALIFYING 1. - Seton/Richards (F) - 2:09.677 2. - Lowndes/Crompton (F) - 2:09.853 3. - Skaife/Longhurst (H) - 2:09.962 4. - Bright/Mezera (H) - 2:10.228 5. - BOWE/WILLS CAT FORD - 2:10.224 6. - Ingall/Perkins (H) - 2:10.486 7. - Ellery/Brabham (F) - 2:10.666 8. - Kelly/Murphy (H) - 2:10.683 9. - Tander/Bargwanna (H) - 2:10.741 10. - Ritter/McLean (F) - 2:10.895 11. - Ambrose/Wakefield (F) - 2:10.904 12. - Radisich/Johnson (F) - 2:10.907 13. - Richards/Canto (F) - 2:11.301 14. - Morris/Stitchbury (H) - 2:11.455 15. - Besnard/White (F) - 2:11.654
F Ford Falcon H Holden Commodore
PROGRAM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 10.15am - Top 15 Warm-up 10.45am - Top 15 Shoot-Out 4.20pm - Final Practice
- Paul Ryan
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Ellery Bathurst preview
Next article Briggs Motorsport to field four cars in 2002
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Craig Lowndes
Lowndes set for Triple Eight split to stay with General Motors
Supercars
Supercars
Melbourne SuperSprint
Lowndes set for Triple Eight split to stay with General Motors
Lowndes makes 20-year Triple Eight commitment
Supercars
Supercars
The Bend
Lowndes makes 20-year Triple Eight commitment
Triple Eight wildcard for Darwin Supercars
Supercars
Supercars
Triple Eight wildcard for Darwin Supercars
More from
AT Racing
The Championship battles are raging in the European Le Mans Series
European Le Mans
European Le Mans
The Championship battles are raging in the European Le Mans Series
Richard Childress Racing Daytona 500 event recap
NASCAR Cup
NASCAR Cup
Richard Childress Racing Daytona 500 event recap
Ryan Newman finishes 8th in season-opening Sprint Unlimited
NASCAR Cup
NASCAR Cup
Ryan Newman finishes 8th in season-opening Sprint Unlimited
Latest news
Sammy Smith wins NASCAR O'Reilly Talladega race with last-lap pass
NASCAR O'Reilly
NOAP NASCAR O'Reilly
Talladega II
1 min
Sammy Smith wins NASCAR O'Reilly Talladega race with last-lap pass
NASCAR Cup title contenders living on a prayer at Talladega
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Talladega II
52 min
NASCAR Cup title contenders living on a prayer at Talladega
F1 United States GP live commentary and updates - Antonelli takes pole
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
1 h
F1 United States GP live commentary and updates - Antonelli takes pole
Colton Herta savours "super special" Austin homecoming as 2027 uncertainty remains
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
2 h
Colton Herta savours "super special" Austin homecoming as 2027 uncertainty remains
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe