2012 Falken Tasmania Challenge

Race details
Round 2 of 15 in the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship on the Symmons Plains Raceway at Launceston, Tasmania.
Date	30 March–1 April 2012
Location	Launceston, Tasmania
Course	Symmons Plains Raceway 2.41 km
Distance	143 (1 x 59, 1 x 84) laps, 340 km
Weather
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Driver	R1: Mark Winterbottom R2: Craig Lowndes		R1: Ford Performance Racing R2: Triple Eight Race Engineering
Time	R1: 51.4020 R2: 51.0408
Race 1
First	Will Davison	52:30.5485	Ford Performance Racing
Second	Mark Winterbottom	52:31.1880	Ford Performance Racing
Third	Jamie Whincup	52:39.6513	Triple Eight Race Engineering
Race 2
First	Jamie Whincup	01:17:26.3867	Triple Eight Race Engineering
Second	Shane Van Gisbergen	01:17:31.3871	Stone Brothers Racing
Third	Will Davison	01:17:33.0695	Ford Performance Racing
Final standings
First	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	279 pts
Second	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	279 pts
Third	Shane Van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	258 pts

The 2012 Falken Tasmania Challenge was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the second event of the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 30 March–1 April at the Symmons Plains Raceway, near Launceston, Tasmania.

Race 3 of the championship was won by Victorian Ford driver Will Davison from Ford Performance Racing. Race 4, held the following day was won by fellow Victorian, Jamie Whincup driving a Holden for Triple Eight Race Engineering. Davison's third place in race four made him the leading performer of the event.

Report

Race 1

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Car	Team	Time
1	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	51:4020
2	6	Will Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	51:5019
3	9	Shane Van Gisbergen	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	51:5082
4	1	Jamie Whincup	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	51:5114
5	888	Craig Lowndes	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	51:5288
6	2	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	51:5895
7	55	David Reynolds	Ford FG Falcon	Rod Nash Racing	51:6536
8	30	Taz Douglas	Holden VE Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	51:6721
9	19	Jonathon Webb	Holden VE Commodore	Tekno Autosports	51:7266
10	17	Steven Johnson	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	51:7754
11	18	James Moffat	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	51:7926
12	4	Lee Holdsworth	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	51:7971
13	47	Tim Slade	Ford FG Falcon	James Rosenberg Racing	51:8171
14	15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	51:8288
15	22	James Courtney	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	51:8468
16	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	51:8708
17	14	Fabian Coulthard	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	51:9544
18	49	Steve Owen	Ford FG Falcon	Paul Morris Motorsport	51:9671
19	66	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	51:9775
20	34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	51:9869
21	3	Tony D'Alberto	Ford FG Falcon	Tony D'Alberto Racing	52:0348
22	8	Jason Bright	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	52:0763
23	33	Alexandre Premat	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	52:1112
24	91	Michael Patrizi	Holden VE Commodore	Tekno Autosports	52:1114
25	51	David Russell	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	52:2682
26	12	Dean Fiore	Ford FG Falcon	Triple F Racing	52:2776
27	11	Karl Reindler	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	52:4070
28	21	David Wall	Holden VE Commodore	Britek Motorsport	52:6473

Race

Race 2

Qualifying

Race

Standings

• After 4 of 30 races.

References