V8Supercars: TASMAN QUITS V8 RACINGSprint Gas Racing may have announced its closure but it certainly hasn’t taken its foot of the accelerator taking two top 10 results from the weekend’s racing in Western Australia.
Jason Bargwanna drove a superb race to finish seventh, adding to Greg Murphy’s eighth place in yesterday’s shorter race.
It was one of its best performances this year, showing that the team might be closing its doors but it certainly hasn’t given up on good results.
“We had a good race and the team gave me a good strategy,” Bargwanna said.
“Soft tyres were definitely an advantage, but you needed to use them at the right time.
“We knew that we would get forty-odd laps out of them thanks to Murph’s good run yesterday.
“I was looking good for a top five but the tyres went off in the last few laps of the race.
“There was nothing we could do about this - they’d well and truly done their job.
“I’m just really happy for the team. When a team closes it takes everything you have to keep motivated and the boys have not missed a beat. We have a committed bunch, so thanks to everyone in the team. You’ve done a great job.”
Murphy finished 19th today. He was up with the front runners early but was unable to hold his position.
“I was happy with my qualifying position, eleventh was a good effort, but we always new the race would be tough having used our soft tyres yesterday,” said Murphy.“We probably did as well as we could have.
“Having only one set of option tyres means you’re going to have one good result over the weekend – and ours was yesterday.
“It was good for the team to come away with a couple of top 10 places though.”
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