Champions Crowned In Asia-Pacific

As mentioned yesterday, two championships were wrapping up their 2013 season this weekend and one champion tied a significant record.

With a third place finish in the V8 Suerpcars season finale Jamie Whincup locked up his fifth championships in the series, tying Ian Geoghegan, Dick Johnson and Mark Scaife for the all-time lead in championships. This is Whincup's third consecutive title, a feat only bested by Geoghegan who won four consecutive titles from 1966 to 1969.

Shane Van Gisbergen won the final race of the season from pole position. It's his first win since the opening round of 2013 at Adelaide. Jason Bright finished second with Whincup making it back-to-back days of Holden sweeping the podium. Ford driver David Reynolds gained thirteen positions from his starting position on the grid to finish fourth. Whincup's Red Bull Racing Australia teammate Craig Lowndes finished fifth ahead of the Pepsi Max Fords of Mark Winterbottom and Will Davison. Alex Davison finished eighth ahead of Chaz Mostert and Russel Ingall who finished tenth in his final V8 Supercar race. Ingall gained fourteen positions to crack the top ten. He ends his career with the honor of 2005 V8 Supercars champion as well as 27 race wins, 40 podiums and one pole position.

Tim Slade was the top Mercedes-Benz in eleventh with Todd Kelly the top Nissan in seventeenth.

With 3094 points, Jamie Whincup wins the 2013 championship by one-hundred and twenty-eight points over his teammate Craig Lowndes. Alex Davison holds off his teammate Mark Winterbottom by six points for third in the standings. With his win today, Shane Van Gisbergen cracks the top five in points ahead of Fabian Coulthard. Jason Bright finishes behind his teammate Coulthard in seventh ahead of the 2007 V8 Supercars champion Garth Tander. David Reynolds and Scott McLaughlin round out the top ten in points.

The 2014 V8 Supercars season begins March 1-2nd at the Clipsal 500 around the streets of Adelaide.

In Malaysia, the 2013 Asian Le Mans Series season wrapped up with the #24 OAK Racing Morgan-Judd of Ho-Pin Tung and David Cheng taking the victory over the #18 KCMG Morgan-Nissan of Tsugio Matsuda and James Winslow. The #27 Craft Racing Oreca-Nissan of Richard Bradley, Dan Polley and Jun Jin Pu rounding out the podium.

The #33 Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 GT3 of Toni Vilander and Weng Sun Mok defeated the #77 AF Corse Ferrari of Michele Rugolo, Andrea Bertolini and Steve Wyatt to win the GTC class. The #007 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT3 of Stefan Mücke and Keita Sawa rounded out the GTC podium. The #70 Team Taisan Ken Endless Ferrari 458 GTE of Akira Iida, Naoki Yokomizo and Syougu Mitsuyama won the GTE class with the #69 Team Primemantle Aylezo Lamborghini Gallardo of Zen Low, Dilantha Malagamuwa and Giorgio Sanna winning the GTC Am class.

OAK Racing takes the LMP2 team championship by two points over KCMG with David Cheng winning the drivers' championship by two points over James Winslow. AF Corse takes the GTC championship with Bertolini, Rugolo and Wyatt taking the GTC drivers' championship. Team Taisan Ken Endless and their drivers Iida, Yokomizo and Mitsuyama take the GTE team and drivers' championship.

The 2014 Asian Le Mans Series season begins July 6th at the Inje Speedium in South Korea.