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Being a local from
Adelaide and having watched many races live at the Clipsal 500, Paul
was very wary of the dirtiness and lack of grip on the street circuit.
Bearing that in mind whilst observing the track and bedding in new brake
pads, he slowly built his CPA Australia Dallara up to speed during the
first half of the practice session.
Unfortunately,
after 8 practice laps Paul attempted to let a quicker car through, but
ran a wheel up on the right hand curb causing his car to instantly spin,
and crashed him heavily into the concrete wall. Damage was caused to
front and rear wings as well as suspension damage to the front and rear
of the car.
Due
to his accident in the morning's practice session, Paul was unable to
take part in the first qualifying. The team worked feverishly to get the
car repaired for the second qualifying on Saturday morning. Paul was
able to complete only a warm up lap before his rear wing collapsed, due
to Friday's incident and caused the car to veer across the track at
high speed.
After
assistance from other F3 competitors, the CPA Australia team were able
to build a spare rear wing and Paul was able to start from the back of
the grid for Race 1.
Paul
got a fantastic start and after the first lap had moved from 20th
position to 13th. He had only completed a handful of laps
before the actual race and was therefore learning the track while mixing
it with some of the very quick and more experienced drivers. He took the
CPA Australia Dallara to as high as 11th, but at the
checkered flag Paul finished 13th overall, and 3rd
in Level 2.
After
Race 1 it was time to prepare for Race 2. However, whilst making
changes, the team noticed a small crack in the center of the rear brake
disc. An attempt to weld it failed and it was decided that although it
was unlikely to break during the race, it was too risky and would
endanger Paul, the car and of course other drivers. As no spare could be
found, Paul was forced to the sidelines for Race 2.
A
disaster weekend for CPA Australia Motorsport in front of their home
crowd, but Paul is already very optimistic about his chances in Tasmania
in April.
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Pos
|
Car
#
|
Driver
|
Vehicle
|
Fastest
Lap
|
Gap
|
|
1
|
8
|
James
Manderson
|
Dallara
F301
|
1:26.7958
|
-
|
|
2
|
20
|
Sean
Whelan
|
Dallara
F396
|
1:28.8504
|
0:02.0546
|
|
3
|
22
|
Chris
Coombs
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
1:29.5924
|
0:02.7966
|
|
4
|
21
|
Graeme
Holmes
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
1:30.0147
|
0:03.2189
|
|
5
|
7
|
Paul Stephenson
|
Dallara F396
|
1:30.1269
|
0:03.3311
|
|
6
|
15
|
Mike
Beeley
|
Dallara
F398
|
1:30.3815
|
0:03.5857
|
|
7
|
32
|
Ricky
Occhipinti
|
Dallara
F396
|
1:31.5341
|
0:04.7383
|
|
8
|
4
|
Darren
Palmer
|
Dallara
F301
|
1:32.0160
|
0:05.2202
|
|
9
|
6
|
Glen
Coombs
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
1:32.4565
|
0:05.6607
|
|
10
|
5
|
Peter
Rees
|
Reynard
923
|
1:32.5418
|
0:05.7460
|
|
11
|
49
|
Andrew
Weber
|
Reynard
903
|
1:33.0398
|
0:06.2440
|
|
12
|
12
|
John
Boothman
|
Dallara
F396
|
1:33.2324
|
0:06.4366
|
|
13
|
37
|
Rod
Anderson
|
Reynard
893
|
1:33.3620
|
0:06.5662
|
|
14
|
35
|
Bill
Maddocks
|
Dallara
F389
|
1:33.6516
|
0:06.8558
|
|
15
|
50
|
James
Cressy
|
Dallara
F301
|
1:33.7463
|
0:06.9505
|
|
16
|
34
|
Paul
Trengove
|
Dallara
F390
|
1:33.9516
|
0:07.1558
|
|
17
|
9
|
Jeffrey
Brewer
|
Dallara
F398
|
1:37.2583
|
0:10.4625
|
|
18
|
11
|
David
Choon
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
1:38.6605
|
0:11.8647
|
|
19
|
27
|
Frank
Cascone
|
Dallara
F391
|
1:45.3893
|
0:18.5935
|
|
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Pos
|
Car
#
|
Driver
|
Vehicle
|
Fastest
Lap
|
Gap
|
|
1
|
4
|
Darren
Palmer
|
Dallara
F301
|
1:24.0887
|
-
|
|
2
|
8
|
James
Manderson
|
Dallara
F301
|
1:24.4061
|
0:00.3174
|
|
3
|
7
|
Paul Stephenson
|
Dallara F396
|
1:24.7159
|
0:00.6272
|
|
4
|
50
|
James
Cressy
|
Dallara
F301
|
1:24.8065
|
0:00.7178
|
|
5
|
21
|
Graeme
Holmes
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
1:25.4638
|
0:01.3751
|
|
6
|
15
|
Mike
Beeley
|
Dallara
F398
|
1:25.4933
|
0:01.4046
|
|
7
|
22
|
Chris
Coombs
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
1:25.7244
|
0:01.6357
|
|
8
|
20
|
Sean
Whelan
|
Dallara
F396
|
1:26.9753
|
0:02.8866
|
|
9
|
6
|
Glen
Coombs
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
1:27.6530
|
0:03.5643
|
|
10
|
37
|
Rod
Anderson
|
Reynard
893
|
1:27.9323
|
0:03.8436
|
|
11
|
5
|
Peter
Rees
|
Reynard
923
|
1:28.0443
|
0:03.9556
|
|
12
|
12
|
John
Boothman
|
Dallara
F396
|
1:30.1893
|
0:06.1006
|
|
13
|
35
|
Bill
Maddocks
|
Dallara
F389
|
1:30.4541
|
0:06.3654
|
|
14
|
9
|
Jeffrey
Brewer
|
Dallara
F398
|
1:30.4626
|
0:06.3739
|
|
15
|
3
|
Mark
Rundle
|
Dallara
F398
|
1:32.0158
|
0:07.9271
|
|
16
|
27
|
Frank
Cascone
|
Dallara
F391
|
1:38.6196
|
0:14.5309
|
|
17
|
14
|
Matt
Fitzgerald
|
Dallara
F398
|
1:39.4892
|
0:15.4005
|
|
18
|
11
|
David
Choon
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
2:00.5625
|
0:36.4738
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Pos
|
Car
#
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Driver
|
Vehicle
|
Fastest
Lap
|
Gap
|
|
1
|
4
|
Darren
Palmer
|
Dallara
F301
|
1:23.6044
|
-
|
|
2
|
8
|
James
Manderson
|
Dallara
F301
|
1:24.1826
|
0:00.5782
|
|
3
|
50
|
James
Cressy
|
Dallara
F301
|
1:25.0067
|
0:01.4023
|
|
4
|
7
|
Paul Stephenson
|
Dallara F396
|
1:26.0300
|
0:02.4256
|
|
5
|
22
|
Chris
Coombs
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
1:26.5159
|
0:02.9115
|
|
6
|
6
|
Glen
Coombs
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
1:28.6716
|
0:05.0672
|
|
7
|
20
|
Sean
Whelan
|
Dallara
F396
|
1:28.8148
|
0:05.2104
|
|
8
|
32
|
Ricky Occhipinti
|
Dallara F396
|
1:29.8838
|
0:06.2794
|
|
9
|
21
|
Graeme
Holmes
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
1:30.3587
|
0:06.7543
|
|
10
|
37
|
Rod
Anderson
|
Reynard
893
|
1:31.7556
|
0:08.1512
|
|
11
|
5
|
Peter
Rees
|
Reynard
923
|
1:31.9133
|
0:08.3089
|
|
12
|
9
|
Jeffrey
Brewer
|
Dallara
F398
|
1:32.0702
|
0:08.4658
|
|
13
|
35
|
Bill
Maddocks
|
Dallara
F389
|
1:32.8607
|
0:09.2563
|
|
14
|
3
|
Mark
Rundle
|
Dallara
F398
|
1:33.8593
|
0:10.2549
|
|
15
|
11
|
David
Choon
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
1:34.2743
|
0:10.6429
|
|
16
|
14
|
Matt
Fitzgerald
|
Dallara
F398
|
1:35.1606
|
0:11.5562
|
|
17
|
15
|
Mike
Beeley
|
Dallara
F398
|
1:35.8270
|
0:12.2226
|
|
18
|
49
|
Andrew
Weber
|
Reynard
903
|
1:36.2600
|
0:12.6556
|
|
19
|
27
|
Frank
Cascone
|
Dallara
F391
|
1:42.7101
|
0:19.1057
|
|
20
|
34
|
Paul
Trengove
|
Dallara
F390
|
1:50.8202
|
0:27.2158
|
|
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Pos
|
Car
#
|
Driver
|
Vehicle
|
|
1
|
4
|
Darren
Palmer
|
Dallara
F301
|
|
2
|
8
|
James
Manderson
|
Dallara
F301
|
|
3
|
15
|
Mike
Beeley
|
Dallara
F398
|
|
4
|
22
|
Chris
Coombs
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
|
5
|
21
|
Graeme
Holmes
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
|
6
|
50
|
James
Cressy
|
Dallara
F301
|
|
7
|
6
|
Glen
Coombs
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
|
8
|
20
|
Sean
Whelan
|
Dallara
F396
|
|
9
|
37
|
Rod
Anderson
|
Reynard
893
|
|
10
|
32
|
Ricky Occhipinti
|
Dallara F396
|
|
11
|
5
|
Peter
Rees
|
Reynard
923
|
|
12
|
14
|
Matt
Fitzgerald
|
Dallara
F398
|
|
13
|
34
|
Paul
Trengove
|
Dallara
F390
|
|
14
|
35
|
Bill
Maddocks
|
Dallara
F389
|
|
15
|
49
|
Andrew
Weber
|
Reynard
903
|
|
16
|
12
|
John
Boothman
|
Dallara
F396
|
|
17
|
27
|
Frank
Cascone
|
Dallara
F391
|
|
DNF
|
9
|
Jeffrey
Brewer
|
Dallara
F398
|
|
DNF
|
3
|
Mark
Rundle
|
Dallara
F398
|
|
DNF
|
7
|
Paul Stephenson
|
Dallara F396
|
|
DNF
|
11
|
David
Choon
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
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 |
|
Pos
|
Car
#
|
Driver
|
Vehicle
|
|
1
|
8
|
James
Manderson
|
Dallara
F301
|
|
2
|
50
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James
Cressy
|
Dallara
F301
|
|
3
|
4
|
Darren
Palmer
|
Dallara
F301
|
|
4
|
22
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Chris
Coombs
|
Dallara
F395/6
|
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5
|
15
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Mike
Beeley
|
Dallara
F398
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6
|
6
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Glen
Coombs
|
Dallara
F395/6
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|
7
|
21
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Graeme
Holmes
|
Dallara
F395/6
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|
8
|
3
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Mark
Rundle
|
Dallara
F398
|
|
9
|
49
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Andrew
Weber
|
Reynard
903
|
|
10
|
5
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Peter
Rees
|
Reynard
923
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|
11
|
9
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Jeffrey
Brewer
|
Dallara
F398
|
|
12
|
35
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Bill
Maddocks
|
Dallara
F389
|
|
13
|
12
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John
Boothman
|
Dallara
F396
|
|
14
|
27
|
Frank
Cascone
|
Dallara
F391
|
|
DNF
|
20
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Sean
Whelan
|
Dallara
F396
|
|
DNF
|
37
|
Rod
Anderson
|
Reynard
893
|
|
DNF
|
7
|
Paul Stephenson
|
Dallara F396
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DNF
|
14
|
Matt Fitzgerald
|
Dallara
F398
|
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DNF
|
32
|
Ricky Occhipinti
|
Dallara F396
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DNF
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11
|
David
Choon
|
Dallara
F395/6
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