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0311 seconds in his Red Bull Holden Commodore. Whincup has the fastest lap so car at 1 minute, 32. Coulthard was on the pole for the first race, with Whincup moving up from second to first in qualifying for race two. Separate qualifying sessions are held for each race. It was the first leg of the four-race Austin 400, consisting of four 27-lap, 100-kilometer sprints, with one more race later this afternoon, and two more Sunday afternoon. This is the 13th race in the season, and Whincup added to his points lead. Rick Kelly was sixth in the Jack Daniels Nissan Altima. Will Davison was fourth in the highest-finishing Ford Falcon. Second was his Red Bull teammate Craig Lowndes, and third was Lockwood Racing’s Fabian Coulthard in another Holden. 'There is constant speculation about a sale but our major shareholder does not have a process under way, nor is there anything in train,' he said.Jamie Whincup made history winning the first Australian V-8 Supercars race at Circuit of the Americas Saturday afternoon, wining from the pole in his Red Bull Holden Commodore VF. There have also been rumours of Archer selling its stake in 2016, though Warburton denied that would happen. A move to Gosford on the NSW Central Coast has been mooted, while Warburton said potential races at Tailem Bend, South Australia, Toowoomba in Queensland and other cities were under consideration. He also confirmed the V8s were in negotiation with the NSW government regarding the future of the season-ending Sydney 500 at Olympic Park, the contract for which expires in 2016. 'It would have to be a mature motor racing market,' he said.

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The V8s will also race in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2016 and Warburton confirmed the series was searching for another event in Asia, potentially Thailand, or the Middle East for 2017. But it is difficult to see how we would remain involved if we could not race for points, which is something we really want to do,' Warburton said. 'We have a contract in place for 2016, 20. Two weeks later the V8s will hold exhibition races at the Melbourne Grand Prix, a situation Warburton wants to change to racing championship events – something global Grand Prix management have opposed.

Crowd figures could approach 300,000 for an event Warburton said provided economic impact of $63 million for South Australia. The first race of the 2016 season, the Clipsal 500, takes place in Adelaide next weekend. So I think we've got a lot of momentum going into this year.' 'If you look at race by race, the numbers were down 200,000 across the year on Ten compared to Seven, but overall on a cumulative level we had 13 million watching. Warburton said he was pleased with the deal, given it had meant more hours of coverage, such as qualifying and practice, across the weekend than with previous rights holder Seven West Media. Ten shows the six most popular races, while Fox Sports has rights to all events. The V8 series begins the second year of its six-year $241 million broadcast deal with Ten Network and Fox Sports. Our crowds were up 3 per cent, which I think is a good result in this sort of market.' More hours of coverage

Our digital engagement numbers are really good and we've had a good lift in sponsors as well. 'We had more people watching over more hours last year and there is a consistent audience across the country. He also said the V8 series could end its involvement at the Melbourne Grand Prix unless it was able to hold a race for championship points, was confident television ratings would improve and played down any moves by Archer to exit its stake in 2016. Though he would not comment on the profit figures, in a wide-ranging interview Warburton said the series was in negotiations to add another international race in 2017 to add to the event taking place in Kuala Lumpur in 2016, and was also considering new events in Australia. V8 Supercars boss James Warburton says the series is in good financial shape. Warburton, in an end-of-season speech in December, said forecast revenue for 2016 for the series would be another 25 per cent higher, meaning profit of $30 million or more, putting it close to or more than the profit levels when Archer bought a 60 per cent stake for $180 million five years ago. Sources told The Australian Financial Review the V8s made a profit of about $25 million in 2015, which chief executive James Warburton has said was 80 per cent higher than the previous year. Annual profit for the V8 Supercars in 2016 is set to return to or even exceed the results recorded before private equity firm Archer Capital bought a majority stake in the motor racing series in 2011.