i-bathurst iqala manje
Amalungiselelo ka-2008 ePhillip Island 500 kanye ne-Bathurst 1000 aqala namuhla.
Ukuqeqeshwa kuka-Bathurst kuqala namuhla njengoba abashayeli bamabanga amade bebambe iqhaza labo lokuqala lonyaka e-Eastern Creek, okungokokuqala ngqa abahleli benikeza abagibeli bemijaho emibili yokubekezela izikhathi zokuqeqeshwa okukhethekile emihlanganweni yomjaho.
I-Eastern Creek ingeminye yemicimbi emine lapho abashayeli abengeziwe bezoba nethuba lokubona izimoto zabo ngaphambi kwe-Phillip Island 500 ne-Bathurst 1000.
Akuwona wonke amaqembu anqume ngama-co-drivers, kodwa iseshini izoba yindlela enhle yokuthola inzuzo kulabo abanabo.
Ithimba Le-Holden Racing lizobe ligijima omakadebona u-Glenn Seton no-Craig Baird kuma-Commodores abo amabili. U-Seton uzoshayela imoto ka-Mark Skyfe evamile, kanti u-Baird uzosebenzisa imoto ka-Garth Thunder.
IFord Performance Racing izoshayela uDean Canto ohambweni lukaMark Winterbottom oluvamile, kanti uLuke Youlden uzoshayela iFalcon exhaswe nguStephen Richard uCastrol.
Ithimba labathengisi be-HSV lizonikeza u-Kiwi Paul Radidic onamava isikhathi emotweni ka-Rick Kelly, kanti u-Markus Zukanovic uzoshayela imoto ka-Paul Dumbrell.
“Kuyingxenye ebalulekile yokujwayela iqembu nezimoto,” kusho imenenja yeqembu likaDick Johnson Racing u-Adrian Burgess.
Iqembu lakhe lizobe lihlanganisa nabadlali abasha uWarren Luff noSteve Owen.
Ukuthola amatilosi alungile nokubalungiselela umsebenzi sekuya ngokuya kuba udaba olubalulekile. Umjaho wanonyaka ozoba sePhillip Island uzohlanganisa imijaho emibili emifushane yokuhlunga ngoMgqibelo ngaphambi komhlangano wokunquma ukuthi uzoqala kuphi umjaho omude. Umgibeli ngamunye uzoqhudelana emjahweni owodwa ngakho-ke kubaluleke kakhulu ukunikeza umgibeli ongenalwazi isikhathi esengeziwe esihlalweni.
Umjaho we-Stone Brother uzohlomula kuleseshini. Ushintsho olukhulu lukaJames Courtney e-Adelaide luphoqe iqembu ukuthi lisebenzise imoto eyisipele yeqembu, uRussell Ingall wangonyaka odlule.
Sekuphele izinyanga ingasetshenziswa, futhi iseshini izovumela u-rookie Jonathon Webb ukuthi aqoqe amamayela abalulekile angaphambi kwe-enduro futhi aphule imoto ngaphambi kokuba i-Courtney ayishayele.
