{"id":4934,"date":"2018-06-15T08:31:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T12:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=4934"},"modified":"2018-06-15T08:31:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T12:31:28","slug":"v8-supercars-speed-back-into-action-with-crownbet-darwin-triple-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2018\/06\/15\/v8-supercars-speed-back-into-action-with-crownbet-darwin-triple-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"V8 Supercars speed back into action with CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2018 Virgin Australia <strong>V8 Supercars<\/strong> Championship speeds back into action this weekend, with the <strong>CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown<\/strong> bringing the best drivers back onto the track, in Northern Queensland.<\/p>\n<h1>V8 Supercars speed back into action with CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown<\/h1>\n<p>With the short break dispensed with, teams and drivers can get their &#8216;groove on&#8217;. And with that, practice has begun at the <em>Hidden Valley<\/em> circuit. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.com\/darwin\/circuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2.9 kilometer circuit<\/a> has a top speed of 270 kmph plus and expect the cars to be hitting that limit before the flag drops on Saturday for Race 15.<\/p>\n<p>All the teams must have been dead keen to resume competition, after a short break. Halfway through the calendar year, the apprehension is of &#8216;how the chasing drivers react?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Series leading driver <strong>Scott McLaughlin<\/strong> must feel that he has proved that 2017 was not just a <em>highlight<\/em>. That he would show consistency&#8230;.but winning over a handful of races; including four out of the last half dozen races, will re-ensure that <strong>DJR Team Penske<\/strong> are both the leader, as well as the hunted.<\/p>\n<p>Being the leading-light has also thrown the spotlight on McLaughlin. The Kiwi driver has shown a maturity that belies his 25 years. Performing on the local scene, McLaughlin must not lose focus. The young star can reinforce his earlier season accomplishments in the <strong>Ford Falcon<\/strong>, to solidify any points lead over chasing drivers [after this weekend].<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">P1 after practice today &#8211; all is good! \ud83e\udd19\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffb\u2600\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VASC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#VASC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/knN2hPHr6H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/knN2hPHr6H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott McLaughlin (@smclaughlin93) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smclaughlin93\/status\/1007536338722156544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It has also benefited the Falcon brand. Not a consistent performer, even while winning the 2017 manufacturers title. But the DJR and, the <strong>Tickford Racing<\/strong> brands have shown the &#8216;General&#8217; of <strong>Triple 888 Racing<\/strong> or <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2018\/02\/18\/andretti-motorsport-latest-to-invest-in-virgin-australia-v8-supercars-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Walkinshaw-Andretti-United<\/a> racing groups, that the blue oval will still provide competition.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the aged FG racing architecture might well soon be replaced, with avenues for brands like the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2018\/04\/17\/v8-supercars-ford-mustang-confirmed-to-race-in-2019-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Ford Mustang<\/a> or even <em>Chevrolet Camaro<\/em> primed to consider joining the V8 Supercars Series. An unknown quantity, which for the Virgin Australia V8 Supercars Championshop, can only be beneficial &#8211; as long as the variety of marque\/manufacturers demonstrate the best of (and the more competitive) of results.<\/p>\n<p>So here at the\u00a0CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown meet, if the Ford Falcon carries on with the recent form, it all adds to the drama and continuing story of the 2018 series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MAIN PHOTO:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a id=\"xV8viYA_Rz1kJ5GCrJ7BHQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/detail\/879250516\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'xV8viYA_Rz1kJ5GCrJ7BHQ',sig:'uOjiVSr5ltMXCT28GyZ9rpuOxMIzEGSzWlsYkpppl4w=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'879250516',caption: true ,tld:'in',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The V8 Supercars Championship speeds back into action this weekend, with the CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown bringing the best drivers back onto the track <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1383,"featured_media":4941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,215,865],"tags":[738,498,802,268,237],"class_list":["post-4934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","category-touring-car","category-v8-supercars","tag-2018-virgin-supercars-championship","tag-djr-team-penske","tag-falcon","tag-ford","tag-scott-mclaughlin"],"modified_by":"Sudha Sundar","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1383"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}