Russell Ingall today stepped onto the podium for the first time since returning to Holden with Paul Morris' Supercheap Auto Racing team.
Ingall finished second overall in the City of Ipswich 400 at Queensland Raceway, capitalising on yesterday's strong qualifying and Race 1 efforts to finish today's two races second and third respectively.
Russell Ingall is closing in on his first round podium since joining the Holden-based Supercheap Auto Racing squad this season and says the advantage of racing at his team's home track, Queensland Raceway, this weekend could provide the impetus he needs to step up.
"It's just the ability to read the track, and racing there a lot and doing a lot of laps there, so you know a few little secrets about where you might be able to find an opportunity to pass," he said. "Hopefully that won't be our problem, we'll be so far in front that we'll leave that up to everyone else!"
Russell Ingall repeated his recent Sandown performance with a fine fifth overall finish for the Supercheap Auto Racing team at the SKYCITY Triple Crown - the sixth round of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series - at Darwin's Hidden Valley Raceway.
After qualifying and finishing Saturday's first race in seventh, Ingall moved forward in his Supercheap Auto Racing Holden Commodore to claim sixth and fourth in today's final two races to finish just two points shy of fourth placed Jamie Whincup.
Team-mate, 'Darwin's own' Paul Morris had his best points haul of the season, finishing where he started the round after qualifying, 14th. Morris recovered from being turned around by Jason Bright in Race 1 to finish 20th before he then move further forward in Sunday's two races finishing 14th and 13th respectively.
'Darwin's Own' Paul Morris recorded the 14th best time in his Supercheap Auto Racing Commodore during today's practice for the SKYCITY Triple Crown at Hidden Valley Raceway, while team-mate Russell Ingall was three places further back.
Morris had no troubles stepping back into his SCAR Commodore after earlier in the week returning from the United States where he competed in his first NASCAR race on the Infineon Raceway road course at Sonoma, California a fortnight ago.
Supercheap Auto Racing's Russell Ingall has recorded his best V8 Supercar round result since switching back to Holden at season's beginning, finishing fifth overall at the Midas 400 event in Melbourne.
The highest placed Holden driver for the round, Ingall got the weekend off to a great start by qualifying the #39 SCAR Commodore sixth quickest Sunday - his first top 10 grid position of the season - and storming home to finish fourth in Race 1 later that day.
A promising weekend for Supercheap Auto Racing today turned into a disaster for Russell Ingall at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth, while team-mate Paul Morris produced a strong drive to come from 25th to 11th in the final 50 lap race after a difficult Race 2.
Starting 11th this morning, Ingall was delivering what he's promised all season and running strongly in fifth, but the former V8 champ's progress was curtailed when he received a drive-thru penalty for speeding in pit lane - the onboard data later showing he was within allowances.
Supercheap Auto Racing's Russell Ingall has spectacularly fought back from a major pit stop drama to finish 11th in today's first race of the BigPond 400 in Perth.
The air hose/spike used to operate the onboard jacks failed on Ingall's pit stop on lap 13, costing the former series champion 14 seconds and multiple track positions - the #39 Supercheap Auto Commodore falling from an effective 10th position by the start of the compulsory stops to 24th on exiting pit lane.
Supercheap Auto Racing's Russell Ingall replicated his recent Hamilton practice form, setting the fourth quickest time at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth today for the fourth round of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series - the BigPond 400.
Ingall was just 0.19s slower than reigning V8 champ Garth Tander who set the quickest time in his Toll Holden Racing Team Commodore - Ford drivers Steven Richards and Craig Lowndes separating the two Holden drivers.
Ingall says it's all for the West Aussie V8 fans - "they deserve the best"
Supercheap Auto Racing V8 Supercar team owner Paul Morris has called for urgent action before Western Australia loses its annual V8 round.
Russell Ingall's predictions of a potential crashfest at the new Hamilton 400 turned out to be correct, but he didn't expect it would involve both his and team-mate Paul Morris' Supercheap Auto Racing Commodores on lap 1, Race 1.
But Ingall and Morris both were involved in the spectacular six-car lap 1 accident after having started from near rear of grid courtesy of being caught out by tyre selection during a rain effected qualifying session.