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SO WHAT'S the difference between a Volvo and sandals with socks?
Well, it's far less embarrassing when your friends see you in sandals and socks.
Or at least, it was.
For so long the butt of Australian humour, Volvo driver Scotty McLaughlin on Friday used the opening day of the 2014 V8 Supercars series to hit back at the gags, wisecracks and outright sledges -- steering his new GRM Volvo to second and fifth in the two Clipsal 500 qualifying runs.
Not only the youngest driver in the V8 field, 20-year-old McLaughlin arrived at the tough Adelaide circuit inside the new car of a new V8 manufacturer -- one, no less, that owns such gags as 'what do you call a Volvo at the top of Mount Panorama? A miracle'.
Indeed, the surprising result -- "we were thinking top 15, maybe top 10,'' McLaughlin conceded afterwards -- was the undisputed highlight of a blockbuster Clipsal 500 opening day. But is it enough to bring all those Volvo jokes to a screeching holt?
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"Geez, I hope so,'' the youngster grinned. "I've heard that many of them lately.
"And I know, coming here, a lot of people were doubting us heaps. But now they've got to believe in us I guess. But the jokes, yeah, they're everywhere."
So too, on Friday, were Red Bull.
Chasing an unprecedented sixth championship title, Red Bull star Jamie Whincup drove as if greatness is a mere formality.
Winning the opening qualifying race of the afternoon with a time of 1:20.59, he then backed up in the second race to finish third -- behind stablemate Craig Lowndes and McLaughlin.
Scott McLaughlin drives the #33 Valvoline Racing GRM Volvo during practice for the Clipsal 500. Picture: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images.
Lowndes also finished the first qualifier in second spot, suggesting that Whincup's greatest threat could, for the third consecutive year, come from inside his own garage.
And as for the rest?
Well, Will Davidson -- the man who switched from Ford Performance Racing to drive a Merc -- struggled through the day like a steer in a steel trap, finishing his two drives in 24th and 17th respectively.
And Ford Performance Racing star Mark Winterbottom, the man he left behind, meanwhile, finished third and fifth respectively while Holden Racing Team's James Courtney secured fourth on the poll for the first of two races today.
Yet still the day belonged to McLaughlin, the man charged with bringing down such gags as 'What's the difference between a Volvo and a shopping trolley? The shopping trolley is easier to push".
Emerging from the car after his sizzling second run, the youngster told his Channel Seven interviewer: "I stuffed it up. I should've, ahh ..."
Asked afterwards if he was about to say that he should've stolen poll from Lowndes, McLaughlin continued: "Yeah, but I didn't want to sound like a w**ker.
"I stuffed up around the back. But what's done is done. You move on."
McLaughlin also paid tribute to his new garage.
"It's a massive credit to the boys, who had to build two new cars, work with body kits, engines, everything," he continued.
"This is dedicated to them, everyone at GRM and the guys back at the workshop.
"The car is awesome. All the guys' hard work is making me looking pretty cool."
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