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Courtney relegated to 16th

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Stone Brother Racing driver James Courney dropped to 16th place after CAMS penalised the driver a total of 24 seconds for driving infringments in race 1 of the Clipsal 500.
Courtney originally crossed the line in 10th place, only to be later penalised for two incidents, one with Greg Murphy in the #51 car. and the other with Todd Kelly car #7.

In a statement from CAMS, “Following an investigation and an admission by James Courtney Car #4 that he had breached the Code of Driving Conduct (contact with Greg Murphy Car #51 on Lap 52) the Stewards reversed the finishing order for Car #4 and Car #51.”

It also listed: “Following an investigation and an admission by James Courtney Car #4 that he had breached the Code of Driving Conduct (driving infringement on Todd Kelly Car #7 at Turn 5 Lap 74) the Stewards imposed the penalty of a PLP time of 22 seconds to be added to the Leg 1 time for James Courtney Car #4.”

Courtney will now start leg two of the Clipsal 500 Adelaide from 16th position on the grid