Saturday at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 saw the team head out for their final 50 minute practice before Sunday.
Steve Johnson, driver, Jim Beam Racing, commented, “As a race car it feels okay, its behaving a little bit better than it was yesterday. We have concentrated on race car set up, as unfortunately we don’t have to worry about the shootout. Allan went out on some better tyres at the end and he said it was good, but with just a little bit of under steer, which is not too bad and we will tidy up.”
Nathan McCall, Engineer, on Dean Fiore’s Jim Beam Racing Falcon, “We were pretty happy with the balance, but we now just need to find a bit more turn on full tanks. We didn’t really run any good tyres in that session, but happy with what we got on old tyres. The car is nice and straight and we are ready for tomorrow.”
The Queensland based team will start the 2012 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 from 18th (Steve Johnson and Allan Simonsen in car #18) and 22nd (Dean Fiore and Matt Halliday in car #12).
Steve Johnson, driver, Jim Beam Racing, commented, “As a race car it feels okay, its behaving a little bit better than it was yesterday. We have concentrated on race car set up, as unfortunately we don’t have to worry about the shootout. Allan went out on some better tyres at the end and he said it was good, but with just a little bit of under steer, which is not too bad and we will tidy up.”
Nathan McCall, Engineer, on Dean Fiore’s Jim Beam Racing Falcon, “We were pretty happy with the balance, but we now just need to find a bit more turn on full tanks. We didn’t really run any good tyres in that session, but happy with what we got on old tyres. The car is nice and straight and we are ready for tomorrow.”
The Queensland based team will start the 2012 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 from 18th (Steve Johnson and Allan Simonsen in car #18) and 22nd (Dean Fiore and Matt Halliday in car #12).