TeamVodafone duo Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes are hoping to turn around a lacklustre run of results in recent years at the Queensland Raceway when they hit the track for the Queensland 300 this weekend.
Despite being the team's nominated test track, TeamVodafone has only tasted victory once in the past five years when Lowndes triumphed in 2005.
Lowndes, who is currently fourth in the championship on 1350 points, is the most successful driver to compete at the 3.12km circuit with six wins and he is eager to break the unusual drought this week.
This is our home track and for the last couple of years we haven't performed to our best," said Lowndes. "This year we are really hoping to turn things around."
"We're heading into the last event with sprint tyres before the endurance races come up. In terms of tyre life I think we will face similar issues that we came across in Darwin a few months back."
"The track is constantly changing. Each year it seems to get bumpier and it is very hard to reach an optimum set-up given the varying track temperatures and changing grip levels throughout the day."
Team-mate and championship leader Whincup has never tasted success at the track, but is confident of keeping up the consistency he has shown so far this season.
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