Jamie Whincup: showed "guts and determination" this year, according to V8 Supercars supremo Tony Chochrane.
Jamie Whincup, who came second in the V8 Supercar Championship by 2 points, received a consolation prize recently.
JAMIE Whincup missed the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship by a hair's-breadth two points but last night he got the best consolation a driver could want - being presented with the Barry Sheene Medal.
Whincup was runner-up to new champ Garth Tander - 623 points to 625 - in the nail-biting finish on Sunday to a season of 14 rounds that started at the Clipsal 500 in
In honour of the late Sheene, a former British world champion motorcycle racer who emigrated to
Whincup, 24, winner of last year's Clipsal 500 in
Had he not been beaten by .8sec on Sunday in the final race of the final round at
“Jamie has shown character this year in bouncing back with real guts and determination,” chairman of V8 Supercars Australia, Tony Cochrane, said last night.
The Mike Kable Young Gun award went to another 24-year-old, Dale Wood, who races a Holden Commodore VZ run by Greg Murphy Racing in the Fujitsu Series.
Harry Firth, former Holden team manager and the first winner of the
The Clipsal 500 race already is in the Hall of Fame for best event, allowing the 2007 best event award to go to the
The Clipsal 500 was named as having the best volunteers.
Mark Winterbottom (FPR, Orrcon Falcon) won the award for most pole positions and Jim Beam Racing (Dick Johnson's outfit) the prize for best-presented team. Holden is manufacturer of the year.
Meanwhile, Tander has denied that he has signed to drive for the Holden Racing Team next year.
But he hasn't ruled out such a deal.
“I certainly haven't had any discussions in the lead-up to
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