Around the tracks 21 May 2010

DANIEL Ricciardo scored the biggest victory yet in his career when he won the Renault 3.5 supporting race at the Monaco Grand Prix. The Perth youngster qualified on pole and beat home the series leader, Russian Mikhail Aleshin, to also move into second place on the points table.

CAM McConville starred in his first serious hit-out since retiring from full-time racing in the V8 Supercar championship, dominating the Fujitsu Championship round at Winton last weekend. McConville -- who took his only "main game'' win at Winton - scored two wins and a second to take maximum points ahead of Steve Owen and Nick Percat, as he used the weekend to warm up for endurance co-driving work with the Holden Racing Team at Phillip Island and Bathurst.

GLENN Seton is back for Bathurst in October, joining the Kelly Racing driver roster of Jason Bargwanna, Todd and Rick Kelly, for the V8 Supercar endurance events. Seton, now 45, will be making his 26th start at Mount Panorama and is still searching for his first win, with his final co-driver at Mount Panorama yet to be confirmed.

JACK Perkins will join Tim Slade in his Falcon for Phillip Island and Bathurst. The two youngsters are great mates and will drive a car in the Stone Brothers Racing stable.

SIMON and Sue Evans took top points at Coffs Harbour in the latest round of the Australian Rally Championship, benefiting as Scott Pedder -who won the first of two heats in his Mitsubishi Lancer - rolled late on the second day, in a similar mishap to the factory-backed Honda Civic of Eli Evans.

ASH Walsh used a pair of wins to take round honours in the Australian Formula Ford championship at Winton, though a slow start to the season means he is still only third in points, behind Chaz Mostert and Nick Foster. Mostert won the other race and Liam Sager took the hard charger award.

GRANT Johnson and Andrew Fisher finished first and second in the V8 Utes round at Winton and hold the same positions in the championship pointscore. Johnson, from Perth, won two races, with the third going to Gary Baxter of Adelaide.

SIR Jack Brabham is already confirmed as special guest at the Christmas party for 20 Victoria car clubs that will be held at the Powerhouse in Albert Park on November 27. The three-time world champion follows previous guests Harry Firth, Jim Richards and Larry Perkins at the annual event, which is backed by Shannons.