Virgin Australia SuperCars 2016

[Scav3nger]

He didn't want Tander to get passed him because they were fighting for the effective race lead, so he slowed and blocked him to not loose another spot

Yeah but they had the clearly faster car all weekend, I honestly think the race still would have been won by Whincup had he redressed and let Tander go and delt with it from there. Especially as there was the safety car for the Nissan that grouped the field up again. Ultimately he was penalised for bumping McLaughlin off (which they've appealed), and McLaughlin has been penalised for his re-entry (which I reckon is a bit stiff because of Whincup slowing Tander and himself down trying to quickly redress had they kept pace they would have been clear before McLaughlin got back to the track).

I'll also say that I think Gracie ruined the #360's race today. She took far too long to get up to speed and by the time Simona got in the car she was spending too much time dodging cars on the lead lap to set consistently fast times. I haven't really seen enough of her to know, but Renee's performance today really doesn't justify the amount of attention she seems to get; and it's honestly not surprising Supercars are putting the money to funding Simona over Renee.

Anyway, I have some numbers:
Lap 7 Break 1
Lap 15 Break 2
Lap 24 Break 3
Lap 30 Break 4
Lap 38 Break 5
Lap 44 Break 6
Lap 49 Break 7
Lap 52 Break 8
Lap 57 Break 9
Lap 67 Break 10
Lap 70 Break 11
Lap 73 Break 12
Lap 78 Break 13
Lap 86 Break 14
Lap 92 Safety Car 1
Lap 94 Break 15
Lap 101 Break 16
Lap 108 Break 17
Lap 110 Safety Car 2
Lap 110 Break 18
Lap 111 Break 19
Lap 115 Break 20
Lap 122 Break 21
Lap 128 Break 22
Lap 134 Safety Car 3
Lap 135 Break 23
Lap 143 Break 24
Lap 151 Safety Car 4
Lap 157 Safety Car 5

Total Ad Breaks: 24
Total Safety Cars: 5

Total Race Time: 06:19:25

Number of cars on lead lap: 13

Number of cars DNF: 8