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4 Speed Shots

7 Craillsy’s Soapbox

8 News in Brief...

10 Feature Ten ThingS To waTCh

16 Feature hazelwood Family TieS

18 Feature V8 SleuThing - FPR CaRS

20 Porsche gT3 Cup

22 Round 6 - Categories & entries

30 Television Coverage lap Records

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By Nathan Wong

Canon 1DX, 400mm lens, 1/200 at f8, ISO100

it’s late afternoon at Sydney motorsport Park and the setting sun is lighting up the circuit with a warm glow on a sunny winter’s day. Formula 3 australian drivers Championship leader Tim macrow is trying to hunt down John magro, but despite his car’s best efforts at an afterburner impression, he isn’t able to catch magro who took three wins from three races.

Formula 3


moToRSPoRT is, of course, a very subjective

thing. not everyone likes it and even if they

do, not everyone likes the same bits of what is

really a very diverse sport.

This brings up an interesting point, actually. if

you like soccer, you like.. well.. Soccer. if you’re

a football fan you’ll likely follow an aFl team

(go you Crows) and perhaps a local club (the

mighty Barossa districts Bulldogs) near where

you live but in the end it’s all the same game.

But if you’re a motorsport fan you could be

following any one of a number of disciplines.

Take, for example, me. i love watching cars go

circuit racing but for some reason motorbikes

doing the same thing has never really floated

my boat. i have, however, close friends in the

industry that share exactly the completely

opposite viewpoint – they think lorenzo is

some kind of walking demi-god and alonso

is a chicken who needs pithy Carbon Fibre for

protection. i respect it, but i don’t love it. and

yet, it’s all motorsport.

Some like dirt speedway bikes and some

love quarter-mile drag racing. i love indyCar

with a passion outmatched by exactly one

person in australia and yet have friends who

seem to spend much of their life telling me

how rubbish it is, before tuning into the next

naSCaR race.

But that’s the beauty of the sport, isn’t it?

There’s so much going on that you can afford

to pick and choose what bits of it that you like

and still fill the most productive hours of a

weekend on the couch watching SPeed.

This brings me rather nicely to the challenge

of converting people to our cause – whatever

part of it that may be – and with that point i

have come up with a new mandatory inclusion

that needs to be implemented instantly into

every category by the Powers That Be.

These are simply called Passenger Seats.

Seriously, stick with me for a moment. we all

know that the single best way to sell our sport

to sceptics is to bolt them into the side seat of

any kind of racing car and let them experience

what it’s like at speed, on the black stuff or on

the dirt.

independent studies i conducted only

recently have verified that it is exactly four

million percent better than watching for the

sides.

So i’m proposing that every racing category

(where applicable, of course, it’s hard to stick

a passenger seat in a Formula 3 car) needs to

run a mandatory passenger seat and in every

session they need to carry a passenger. we’ll

write some regs about weight, so the heavy

drivers get light passengers and whatnot, and

we’ll send people out all the way across the

race weekend to experience the rush.

Think about it. There are 28 V8 Supercars

running at every round. That’s 28 new people

every session that can experience what it’s like

being out there, on track, in the heat of battle.

with an average of 8 sessions per weekend at

each V8 round, that’s 280 new people alone

introduced to the sport in one weekend –

before you get to the support categories.

you could even charge people for getting

in with their favourite drivers for the race. i

know several people who would pay several

thousand dollars to sit alongside Craig

lowndes in a Coffee shop, let alone the

Bathurst 1000. So it could turn into a potential

revenue-generator for teams as well.

i say all this because a few weeks ago i got

squeezed into the passenger seat of a Radical

SR8 RX at Sydney motorsport Park and it

served as the basis for this column: i hadn’t

forgotten what it was like to go for a lap – i just

needed a reminder.

good god, it was good. we saw 257km/

hr on the entry to turn one; pulled two g’s

under brakes and backed it into the turn eight

hairpin when we locked the rears. we slipped,

slid, diced with other cars and went bloody

quickly, ultimately lapping quicker than a V8

Supercar.

The SR8 RX was hugely, massively impressive,

a proper racing car. driver James winslow was

just as good. But the tap on the shoulder i gave

myself after it was the best bit; a reminder of

how good the good drivers are, and how fast

the fast cars are. it was a reminder of what the

sport is all about.

it re-sold me, and there’s no doubt passenger

seats are the tonic to sell to new fans, too.

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ConTenTiouS ending to second amChamps round as winners denied at the line and Bmw handed victory – or were they? gaRRy o’BRien looks at the dramatic conclusion to the second Production Car enduro of the year.

The SeCond Round of the australian manufacturers Championship at Sydney motorsport Park on July 14 concluded in confusing and contentious circumstances and might take some time to finalise.

The time-certain endurance race was shortened slightly from its scheduled three-hour duration due to a slightly late start and finish was determined by the curfew the circuit operators have to enforce. dylan and Thomas and Stewart Kostera were leading when the chequered flag came out.

Running on fuel vapours and without radio or dash, Kostera coasted the CXC global mitsubishi lancer evo10 into pit lane. “i didn’t know the flag was out and i couldn’t see it was being displayed – it was fairly dark out there,” Kostera said. he received a quick splash of fuel but couldn’t continue as pit lane was close because the race had finished.

Beric lynton and Tim leahy were awarded the provisional victory in their alphera Financial Services Bmw 1m with brothers grant and iain Sherrin (Sherrin Rentals Bmw 135i) finishing second on the same lap. But both these cars were under a cloud and won’t be confirmed as winners until an official investigation into their intercoolers.

Behind them were garry holt and Ryan mcleod (eastern Creek Karting evo 10) second in Class a behind the Bmw 1m. They were delayed when a faulty fuel hose clamp triggered a small fire which was extinguished before mcleod charged to a provisional third.

next was the Falcon FPV gT of michael Benton and geoff Russell which

was second in Class B (behind the Sherrins), having taking the honda

integra of Jake williams and Brandan Stone with just minutes to go.

The latter won Class d and were just 8.3secs ahead of the Class B Bmw

335i of Peter o’donnell and John Bowe which was hampered by brake

problems throughout. mark eddy and Francois Jouy surrendered the

Class d lead with a second, unscheduled stop for the network Clothing

honda integra but finished ahead of class rival and the eighth outright

placed Pedders Toyota 86 gTS of grant Phillips and andrew Turpie.

Class C honours went with the west end/Valvoline mazda 6 mPS

of adam dodd and mark Bell ahead of the mazda 3 mPS of Colin

osborne and hadrian morrall – another to have a small fire in the pits,

when getting an oil top-up.

glenn Seton and Bob Pearson had been the pace setters and led for

the first 27 laps. They adopted a two-stop strategy but a clutch issue

that meant denied them a chance for victory. They couldn’t select fifth

gear on the long main straight before eventual engine overheating put

their Pro-duct evo 10 out. The provisional winners led two laps of the

race while Thomas/Kostera headed the field across the control line on

67 occasions.

Front runner Jake Camilleri and Scott nicolas were dominating Class

C and running sixth outright until major engine dramas with the

grand Prix mazda 3 mPS while class rivals and half-brothers, mike and

Scott gore, also retired with a blown engine in their Bmw Personnel

Bmw 130i.

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SYDNEY THrEE HourS oF Drama


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rECorD BrEaKING WEEKEND IN SYDNEYThe STaRS aligned at Sydney motorsport Park’s Shannons australian motor Racing nationals round last month, with five lap records smashed across the course of the July 12-14 weekend.

in the Formula 3 australian drivers Championship, dominant winner John magro might have dominated proceedings, but it was mygale driver nick Foster who walked away with a new lap record – taking nearly six-tenths out of the existing benchmark to leave the new one at a very speedy 1m22.6290s. only Formula holden’s in the mid 1990s and a1gP cars have gone quicker.

Jack leBrocq was at his imperious best in australian gT, lowering the mark in race one on Saturday before absolutely destroying the lap record in race two – the gT benchmark now stands at a staggering 1m27.9783s – a full second quicker than it was before leBrocq and the erebus SlS arrived.

Speaking of being destroyed, the Radical australia Cup lap record was obliterated in Sydney, falling in both legs of the series’ First neon 250 endurance race.

existing record holder neale muston shaved

1.4 seconds off his own mark in race one, before James winslow dropped it into the 1m25s (1m25.7027s, to be precise) in the second heat. impressively, muston got within 0.5s of winslow’s best in that leg – meaning he’d gone a full two seconds faster than ever before at the 3.9km Sydney Circuit.

after somehow and rather brilliantly dropping into the 1m40s in qualifying – uncharted territory for the amChamps at SmP – glenn Seton also set a new lap record for the class during the contentious three-hour race, his 1m42.2373s fastest lap a full second quicker than anyone else could manage during the race.

meanwhile, Ben grice broke the Swift Series lap record in the series single sprint race held at the weekend, his 1m56.6827s the new benchmark for the one-make class.

interestingly, despite fronting with a hugely competitive field, the Porsche gT3 Cup Challenge presented by Pirelli grid didn’t trouble the lap records chart this time around – Richard muscat’s low 1m32s lap set in may this year standing now for the remainder of the year. The series did, however, set a qualifying

record; Phil woodbury’s 1m32.3780s the quickest pole time the series has recorded there.

oh – and there was one other lap record set at the weekend. John Bowe set an ‘official’ lap record for an electric Vehicle at Sydney motorsport Park, driving a Radical SR8 powered by batteries charged by the Sun.

The car lapped in 1m37.5s, with plenty more time to come. look out for a feature on the car in future editions of The Racing magazine – or check out http://youtu.be/e6X_kXwVzjk to see a video of the car in action!

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BY RichaRd cRaill & gaRRY o’BRien

leT’S Be honeST for a moment, shall we? aussie motorsport is

in a pretty good place at the moment with a plethora of compelling

storylines, interesting drivers and cool cars making waves and keeping

the game full of interest and intrigue.

naturally, V8 Supercars tops the news charts more often than not -

and so it should. The new brands involved and a highly compelling

championship chase this year has reinvigorated the top Touring Car

category around. There is also a good chance that, as a fan of the

sport, you’re probably well up to speed on what’s rumbling on in the

V8 paddock.

So, we thought we’d delve beyond and highlight some of the best bits

happening on the other side of the racing fence. They might not be as

well covered by the motorsport media, but believe us when we say the

goings-on in national motorsport at the moment are just as dramatic,

just as interesting and just as juicy as those in the main game.

great cars, better personalities and the prospect of some sensational

racing to come this year – we reckon there are plenty of things to get

excited about in the second half of year two thousand and thirteen.

So, with the collaboration of our writing team, The Racing magazine

presents our Top 10 things you must not miss in the second half of 2013

list. agree? disagree? Check out www.facebook.com/thenationals and

let us know!


morE KumHo V8 TourING CarS IN HErITaGE lIVErY.. ThiS was not supposed to happen, though it has been a pleasing side-effect of the rapid growth of the Kumho V8 Touring Car Series. The proliferation of ‘historic’ liveries amongst this Kumho V8’s has exploded this year with several leading contenders electing to run genuine – or near genuine – reproductions of their cars’ original schemes.

and it’s fantastic. Tony evangelou and his front-running ex-FPR Falcon of course sports the famous CaT livery Jason Bright utilised to success in the championship in the late 2000s, and has done so since late last year. evangelou is one of many with near identical liveries on their cars – making the series something of a flashback to the last decade of V8 Supercars competition.

John Vergotis’ similar Ford has grown a bang-on ozemail livery this year, Jim Pollicina’s ex-Tasman holden instantly delivers memories of Jason Richards whilst ian yieng’s brilliant Vy Commodore is bang-on identical to greg murphy’s Supercheap racer that was a Pukekohe winner.

Series rookie matt Chahda has simply replaced ‘milk’ with ‘matt’ on his ex 00-motorsport au Falcon – and it looks superb.

of course, several have elected to offer more of a ‘homage’ to their cars’ original livery. matt hansen, who broke through for his first win earlier this year, runs a variant of the period hRT livery his car once ran when mark Skaife was driving. Series newcomer, matt Palmer, runs a livery very similar to the BoC gasses scheme his Ford sported when it was built and run by Brad Jones Racing.

our sources suggest yet more cars are set to appear running their original schemes – so watch this space!

THE KumHo V8 TourING Car TITlE rumBlE To INTENSIFY.. iF The Kumho V8 Touring Car series was a child, its parents would be broke – because they’d have just funded three years of uni and sent it off into the real world; for this year, the series has grown up.

in five short years the series has gone from a quaint sideshow with four or five cars running around, to a legitimate – if not official – third tier of the V8 Supercars Championship. That maturity has been echoed in the way that the title battle is playing out this year, with a group of experienced hands taking on the youth of Shae davies and the defending champions, Fernandez motorsport.

it’s been mighty competitive, with multiple winners and – of course – the still-recent controversy and post-event chatter of the winton round (for more of that – visit http://issuu.com/theracingmag) that had the mainstream motorsport media talking.

To the half way point of the year, there have been three winners from three rounds and less than 20 points covering three drivers. The mid-season addition of young gun Ryan Simpson to the grid has also stirred things up, and offers a different dynamic to the remainder of the season.

Can the young gun beat the more experienced hands two years in a row? or can Tony evangelou, Terry wyhoon or even matt hansen get up and take the title? The second half of the season can only be assured of more drama, more close racing and what should be a title fight to remember..

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a THrIllING END To THE Formula 3 CHamPIoNSHIP.. iT may Be a little-known fact, but the Formula 3 australian drivers

Championship has a reputation for producing edge-of-the-seat title

thrillers. in fact, James winslow’s title last season was the first in six

years to not be decided in the final race.

The statistics are quite remarkable since 2006 when Ben Clucas beat

Tim macrow to the title by 58 points, having sealed the series with two

full rounds remaining.

in 2007 macrow edged out leanne Tander by two points and Briton

Charlie hollings by nine in the second closest 1-2-3 points finish in

series history. Three years later, it would be even closer.

2008 was all about James winslow-versus-leanne Tander, winslow

sealing his first title by just four points after failing to finish the final race

of the year – won by leanne. The following year macrow was at it again,

this time finishing second to British ace Joey Foster to the tune of just

eight points in another final round showdown, though their title battle

was somewhat overshadowed by a young new zealander who would

contend for the title the following season.

Between mitch evans, Ben Barker and Tom Tweedie the ‘10 series lead

changed hands five times throughout the season, the margin between

the three never more than 12 points across the final ten races of the

season. Barker would win by a point in a now-famous finish that saw the

title decided by whoever scored the fastest lap in the final race.

2011 is recent history, Chris gilmour holding out James winslow’s end

of year charge to take his first title. with Tim macrow, nick Foster, John

magro and nathan morcom all looking like regular title contenders this

season, it’s likely that ’13 will offer something even closer.

WHErE JaCK lEBroCq GoES NEXT.. if he didn’t last year (he did), Victorian Jack leBrocq has made a huge impact this season fresh from winning his maiden Formula Ford championship in 2012.

of course, we all expected him to be super fast in whatever he turned his hand to this year, but no one quite expected the depth of abilities that he has showcased since stepping out of the light, nimble open wheeler to things with a little more grunt.

First it was Formula 3 and in two rounds of the australian drivers Championship this season he was impressive, scoring a podium in only his second round. and then erebus motorsport took him gT racing and we saw even more. at Phillip island and with only 30-laps in the 600hp SlS amg under his belt beforehand, he didn’t just beat the australian gT field – he pulverised them. Between the island and Sydney motorsport Park no one has even looked slightly like toppling the monstrous german supercar with the quietly spoken driver behind the wheel and that says a lot – because this years gT field isn’t lacking in relative talent.

in may this year, a Racing magazine scribe stood at Phillip island’s famous Southern loop and watched leBrocq hustle the SlS through that long, long challenging corner that has a reputation for drivers coming in and not coming out. at the time and keeping in mind it was lightly raining at the time, he swore it was the hardest he’d ever seen a gT car driven.

it will be interesting to see where erebus take young Jack leBrocq next, but boy, it will be worth watching. Can drive.


PorSCHE’S NEXT-GENEraTIoN STEPPING uP To THE BIG TImE.. an interesting situation awaits two of the leading drivers in this years Pirelli Porsche gT3 Cup Challenge; the top two in the championship are going to end up on the same grid in the top-tier Porsche Carrera Cup later this year.

we’ve profiled the exploits of Richard muscat and michael almond on these pages before (check our online edition to read it) and already talked about the fact that the record-setting muscat will be on his way to the Carrera Cup at winton in august. what has happened since is confirmation that almond, too, will be on the grid the same weekend.

almond has inked a three-race deal to complete the year alongside his existing gT3 Cup Challenge commitments so the top drivers from one Porsche series will compete against the top drivers from another when we get to winton in late august.

now we’re not saying that these two will be instant rivals for the likes of Baird, Richards, Percat, luff and Patrizi – but at the same time they’re not going to be slow.

it will be worth watching, too, how they compare to another former gT3 Cup Challenge now competing at the front of the Carrera Cup ranks this year; 2009 champion, matt Kingsley.

NEW NamES, FaCES aND SHaPES IN THE GroWING amCHamPS.. This year the fight for outright honours in the australian manufacturers Championship has been between mitsubishi and Bmw. That situation could change next year, perhaps even this year, with an invasion of aussie-built muscle.

at the moment there is just one locally sourced Ford in the amChamps, the Falcon FPV gT of michael Benton which has been shared by geoff Russell. The still-evolving team finished a provisional and credible fourth at the most recent round.

Renowned Victorian preparer of fast Fords, Ted Robinson campaigned one last year at selected rounds and is reputed to have two more in the workshop for an appearance later this year.

But the big news is that hSV’s latest gen-F is being courted as ‘the’ weapon of choice for season 2014. with 6.2 litres of supercharged engine under the bonnet, 430kw of power and 740nm of torque and under the price cap, it well and truly stacks up against the overseas manufacturers.

one current team has already earmarked two while another former production car competitor, now in another category, is reputed to be very keen to source one and is currently in negotiations.

mazda too is likely to come under threat in Class C as a current Class d team has a Renault megane being prepared to make its debut before the year is out.


a ProPEr HEaD To HEaD BETWEEN rICCIarDEllo aND HoSSaCK..mechanical problems and incidents have robbed the Kerrick australian Sports Sedan Series of the most anticipated clash in years. over the last couple of years the category has provided some memorable stoushes between past title holders Tony Ricciardello in his Chev-powered alfa Romeo and darren hossack in the similarly-engined audi a4.

But this year was going to be something special until hossack had a small fire at round one and then a dramatic off-road excursion into a tyre barrier at high speed when a tyre exploded. Ricciardello went away with a perfect win score but his luck would turn at round two with the weather and a clash with a lapped vehicle conspired to thwart his weekend.

hossack didn’t get away unscathed either, with a bad call on tyres and a blown headgasket ruining his weekend. in the midst of all this, defending title holder Kerry Baily flew under the radar to take the series lead in his aston martin/Chev.

The remainder of the rounds are on fast tracks and inclined to favour hossack. But Ricciardello will be most eager to re-establish his earlier advantage while Baily will keep ticking over the results. daniel Tamasi (Calibra/Chev) has shown good pace this year and Shane Bradford appears to have overcome some reliability issues. a BIG SaNDoWN SEaSoN SHoWDoWN..

we’ll keep this brief – this has the potential to be a tremendous race meeting. a late-spring date in melbourne has (in the past two years, at least) generated nearly perfect weather and great racing. Sandown’s easy access to melbourne and see-the-whole-circuit spectating makes it a perfect place to watch cars race.

Speaking of that, five national categories will take to the track, and most of them will likely be going down to the wire – making the Sandown round even more important on the national racing landscape.

The Kumho V8’s, dial before you dig Saloon Cars, Kerrick Sports Sedans, australian Formula 3 and amChamps will feature on the november 15-17 weekend. Put it in your diary now.

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morE V8-PoWErED raDICalS..The growth of the Radical australia Cup has been one of the surprises of the past 18 months, and the introduction of the V8-powered SR8s has taken it a step further. The existing SR3s were cool, but the 2.7-litre, 450hp SR8s have made them properly exciting to watch and to listen to.

The resurgence of prototype racing globally – with Porsche set to join audi and Toyota at lemans next year – has people talking about sports car racing now more than in the last ten years, and the sheer pace and looks of the latest Radical’s should make this category more attractive to more people; both on the track, and off it.

anything with a V8 engine that spins to 10,000 rpm is going to be appealing!

INCrEDIBlE raCING IN THE SuzuKI SWIFTS..aT The momenT, people don’t seem to take the Swifts too seriously – but remember that the Kumho V8’s didn’t have big grids four years ago, either. But what they lack in grids, they make up for in incredible racing; we saw them go four wide at winton – one of the narrowest tracks around – earlier this year and there was more of the same in Sydney.

The numbers might not be huge, but the level of competition in the one-make series is very high and, best of all, it’s hugely entertaining.

“WE SaW THEm Go Four WIDE aT WINToN...”


FamIlY TIESHazElWooD’S

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noT only is australian Formula 3 driver Todd hazelwood supported by Fujitsu Racing and the team at R-Tek motorsport, but also has his family working towards his racing career.

For the past ten years, the 17 year-old from adelaide has worked with his family in making crucial steps in his career to date; from karts to Formula 3, his mum, dad and sister have been there.

with a family so racing-orientated, it’s not hard to believe they have been there every step of the way. not only do they go to every race, they are managing his career by organising

sponsorship and funds to go racing and run all of Todd hazelwood’s media.

“my family is unreal, and are arguably the most dedicated family in australian motorsport,” said hazelwood.

“we do fundraising and sausage sizzles every weekend, sell Cadbury chocolates throughout the week and also sell merchandise to get my name out there.

“we are always working hard together to think of new ways to make money and promote myself within the racing industry.”

with go-kart meetings happening all over australia almost every weekend, the hazelwood’s had to sacrifice fancy hotel rooms for tents at the track just to save money to race.

This also left Todd’s dad with no other option but to stay in adelaide to work, while Todd, his mum and sister would be travelling around australia to support his racing.

“my dad sacrificed a lot, while he was at home working my mum and sister would come with me to drive across australia for racing.

“This also meant that i had to be the mechanic

and work on two karts, learning the technical side of the go-kart.

“it was hard at the time, but now all of the hard work is starting to pay off and it helped me understand that it’s not all about the racing, it’s about the journey you go on to get there.”

with the teenager working on karts, this aspired a passion for working on cars, which has led hazelwood to start a motor mechanic apprenticeship while completing his year 12 studies.

hazelwood also helps young karters racing

and uses his technical and racing knowledge to give back to the drivers who supported him when he was just starting out.

For the last ten years, hazelwood has raced diverse categories to help develop him as a driver. From dirt karts to sprint karts and Formula Ford to Formula 3, all of the categories have helped in their own way.

“each category i’ve raced has been different in each way, with dirt karts the most vital learning race craft and kart control in the early stages of my career,” said hazelwood.

“we then went on to race sprint karts and later Formula Ford, both being a completely different ball game.

“we learned by racing every weekend so i am lucky to have a supportive family who have helped me in getting where i am today.”

Todd hazelwood is currently second in the Forpark national Formula 3 class, having a great debut season in the Formula 3 category.

The South australian also picked up his career best finish in open wheel racing, grabbing the round win at Sydney motorsport Park for the fourth round of the Formula 3 australian drivers Championship.

“The category itself is fantastic, it doesn’t matter what team you are from, everyone helps out and it’s like a big family,” said hazelwood.

“To be racing the fastest open wheel category is unreal, especially with the racing being really close.

“it’s been great for myself to be thrown in the deep end and being the youngest in the field definitely has taught me so much this year.

“The aim for this year is to get some championship points and it’s a bonus we’ve been able to grab some race wins.”

The Fujitsu driver will be continuing his Formula 3 campaign this year, aiming for his dream of racing overseas one day.


in the issue of ‘The Racing magazine australia’ our resident V8 Sleuth

has turned his attentions to two cars that began their lives with Ford

Performance Racing in melbourne and that are now creating a lot of

interest in the Kumho Tyres australian V8 Touring Car Series for ex-V8

Supercars.

one car – the ex-CaT Falcon – won the last round of the Kumho Series

at winton in the hands of Tony evangelou, while the other currently

leads the series in the hands of Shae davies with three rounds to go.

Both cars, though run by separate teams now (501 Performance and

Fernandez motorsport respectively), started their lives as sister chassis

at FPR in the V8 Supercars Championship.

now driven by evangelou, FPR 501 (its name derived from the years

of its build reversed ‘05’ and the fact it was the first car built of that

specification under then-team chief John Russell) was new in 2005 and

driven in blue and white colours as #5 by greg Ritter in his one and only

full-time season in the ‘main game’.

he drove it with Cameron mclean in the enduros before parting

ways with the team post-gold Coast and aussie international david

Brabham took over for Symmons Plains and Phillip island.

it began as a spare in 2006 but was wheeled out for Jason Bright to use

after crashing his regular car in adelaide.

So Bright drove this car for the majority of the season in CaT colours,

clinching a race win at winton and later in the season a round win at

the inaugural Bahrain round.

For the Sandown and Bathurst enduros it was re-paneled back to

being the #5 car with matt halliday sharing with mclean at Sandown

and Brabham at Bathurst.

new signing Steve Richards used the car when he joined in 2007 for

four rounds before it became a spare again for the remainder of the

season and was sold to John marshall for son marcus to race in iRwin

colours in 2008 run out of Britek motorsport.

it was put up for sale but attracted no buyers and was then put into

storage, eventually purchased by andrew manson who was keen to

race it in the V8 Touring Car Series.

however, it was finally purchased by the 501 Performance team in late

2011 and returned to the track at winton last year with Tony evangelou

ForD PErFormING

FalCoNSV8 SlEuTH aaroN NooNaN TaKES a looK aT a PaIr oF EX-ForD PErFormaNCE raCING FalCoNS ruNNING aT THE FroNT oF THIS YEar’S KumHo TYrES auSTralIaN V8 TourING Car SErIES …


at the helm. The CaT colours went back onto the car in time for the

next round it ran at Phillip island and it’s been an eye-catching car in the

Kumho Series ever since.

The car that followed it at FPR – chassis 502 – was built late in 2005 and

debuted as the #6 CaT car with Jason Bright and david Brabham at

the Sandown 500.

Bright used it for the remainder of the season and into 2006, though he

had a major crash in qualifying at the Clipsal 500. after it ran at albert

Park, this car was pulled from racing and not used for the remainder

of the year as Bright moved into the 501 chassis outlined earlier in this

story.

The car was retained by FPR in 2007 and initially ran as the #021 Team

Kiwi car under a customer deal with david John. adam macrow drove

it at the Clipsal 500 before Paul Radisich returned to racing after injuries

sustained at Bathurst the year prior.

The deal with TKR crumbled so this car was sold to Jim morton and run

as the Ford Rising Stars entry of michael Caruso in the development

Series, finishing second in the series to Tony d’alberto.

it returned to the V8 Supercars Championship in 2008 and again ran

under the Rising Stars banner, though with michael Patrizi driving it

before laying idle in storage at FPR in 2009.

FPR 502 re-appeared in 2010 in norton 360 colours with James moffat

driving it as an FPR-prepared entry under the Rising Stars banner in the

dVS before it was sold to Paul Freestone, who competed in a handful

of development category rounds in 2011 in a distinctive aqua livery.

The car was purchased by Fernandez motorsport in 2012 and was

driven by Josh hunter to the title in last year’s Kumho Series (including

a mid-season livery change to the yellow of new backer Finance-ezi)

before becoming davies’ machine for this season.

it’s these cars – plus many more – that are helping to rapidly turn the

Kumho Tyres australian V8 Touring Car Series into effectively a V8

Supercar history lesson on wheels - and at high speed!

in the next issue of The Racing magazine australia we’ll take a look at

an ex-Craig lowndes car that has spiced the series in the hands of Ryan

Simpson as well as the oldest car in the field – matt Chahda’s ex-00

motorsport/milk Falcon au.

For more on the Kumho Series: www.v8touringcars.com.auFor more on the V8 Sleuth: www.v8sleuth.com.au


“i started out racing radio controlled cars, which is strange for most people. i was a factory driver and i raced all around the world. i was australian champion, state champion and came sith in the world championships, as well. after that, though, i thought ‘i want to race big cars’ after that, so we went and built a little mazda RX2 historic race car, and started racing that.

i got involved with a few people and John Bowe was probably the biggest influence on me. he said ‘you need to go and race something a bit more serious’ - he suggested a Porsche, so we went and bought one and here we are.

The first season of gT3 Cup Challenge, we thought we’d just roll around. we’d never been to a lot of the tracks so we needed to get used to them but to come away with a race win and a pole at QR last year was a bit of a dream.

i’d never been to Queensland Raceway before last year so to be as quick as we were was surprising. This year we know what to expect.

i’m pretty confident we have some good qualifying pace in the car at the moment and if we can get some more race pace i think we’ll be pretty good up there again.

we started last year off a bit rough – which seems to be a trend. This year we thought we’d be a bit more competitive at the start of the year but a few things went wrong and it only now feels like we’ve started to get back on top of it.

This season has been really tough - mentally tough. we came in expecting to be one of the front couple in the championship and we had a solid (opening) round at mallala but after that it turned pretty bad for us. after the gearbox issue at winton (where Phil’s gearbox literally exploded, putting them out of race one and two – ed.) i was questioning whether we should go on with the year or not, but i’m pretty happy that we kept to our guns because the last round in Sydney was pretty good to us.

The fields haven’t been as big this year but the quality of the field seems second to none. it’s

a true national championship now. guys like Richard muscat, michael almond and Fraser Ross are all guys looking to get to bigger and better things in australian motorsport and i’m sure they all will.

So it’s really good to race against guys like that and get a benchmark on where i am myself in the whole driving side of things. it’s super competitive at the moment.

ideally i have the same path as what Richard and michael have. The plan was to come in and do two years of gT3 Cup Challenge and then go to Carrera Cup in 2014, with the new car. at this point in time we’re trying to find enough money and sponsorship to make that step up, so if that fails i’d say we’ll still be in gT3 Cup Challenge next year. whether we purchase one of the 2011 cars from the Carrera Cup guys this year or not, i’m not sure, but the main goal is to get to Carrera Cup - so whether that’s this year or next, we’ll see what happens.”

Phil Woodbury was speaking to Richard Craill

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Round 6 QueenSland Raceway

2013 shannons austRalian motoR Racing nationals

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Queensland Raceway 2nd– 4TH auGuST 2013



cleRk of couRse: Phillip livingstonedePuTy cleRk of couRse: david MillerassisTanT: Phillip MillersecReTaRy of The MeeTinG: neil lewisassisTanT: Fred Burgechief Medical officeR: dr dan BitmeadseRies sTewaRd: Steven lisk sTewaRds: Barry neuendorff, errol Bailey seRies diRecToR: Rob curkpatrick

Race diRecToRs: Paul Overell (australian Manufacturers championship)

Mike dennis (australian GT championship)

Technical coMMissioneRs: Bob Buck (Porsche GT3 cup challenge), Paul Grey (aust Saloon car Series), laurie Griffin (Kerrick Sports Sedan Series), ewan cole (australian GT championship), Bob Hockley (australian Manufacturers championship), Fred Severin (Formula 3).chief TiMekeePeR: Bob wilkinsonTiMekeePeRs: Vicki eadie, Sam Russell, Terry Russell, Tiffany Baker-SchafferJudGes of facT: Bob wilkinson, Steve BuchananJudGes of facT : Pit lane Speed: TBaRace conTRol coMMunicaTions: dale Ham, Steve Buchanan

eMT coMMunicaToR Medical: TBaeMT chase caR dRiVeR: Bruce MuhlingsafeTy caR dRiVeR: Matt PeggsafeTy caR coMMunicaToR: allan cookecoMMenTaRy: darren Smith (Series) chief scRuTineeR: lloyd evans

scRuTineeRs: Trevor lobegeiger, John coad, david Mcclure, John colmms, carmel wilcox, athol wilcox, alexander Johnstone, Ronald Twidale, Michael chin chief fiRe and Rescue: Brad PayneeMT fiRe chase dRiVeR: Brad Bowdenchief RecoVeRy: Paul StonesRecoVeRy: chris collins, christopher Gabriellchief MaRshallinG: Barb cooke MaRshallinG: wade Bates (deputy) chief sTaRTeR: Shane RyanassisTanT: Suzie Brookschief flaG: Pete SouthwelldePuTy: TBasecToR MaRshals: Fabrice niquet, Gavin clay, John Bisson, lyn Marshall, nigel Faul, des Flyn, Trevor Hampson, Paul Bailey, Max de Mestre allenPoinTs: Jonathan edwards, Bronwyn evans, Scott long, chris Johnston PiT eXiT: Ben colletPiT in: anthony clarkPiT/GRid MaRshals: Julie Hockey, Kathy Smith, Jenn Southwell, Steve dix Jears, Kelly Johnston, chris Birbeck, John winter, Tamara Ken den Spoonacknowledgment is also made to the many officials who will be assisting at the meeting but whose names were not available when this programme was printed.

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scheduleTime DeScripTion caTegory DuraTion700 gates open PRiVaTe PRaCTiCe 815 Practice hi-Tec oils aust. Swift Racing Series 20 mins 835 Practice Kerrick Sports Sedan national Series 20 mins 855 Practice Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series 20 mins 915 Practice australian gT Championship 20 mins 935 Practice australian manuf. Championship 20 mins 955 Practice Formula 3 australian drivers Championship 30 mins 1030 Practice dial Before you dig aust.Saloon Car Series 20 mins 1055 Practice Kerrick Sports Sedan national Series 20 mins 1120 Practice Kumho Tyres aust V8 Touring Car Series 20 mins 1145 Practice Porsche gT3 Cup Challenge 20 mins 1210 Practice australian gT Championship 20 mins 1235 Practice australian manuf. Championship + Swift 20 mins 1300 Practice dial Before you dig aust.Saloon Car Series 20 mins 1325 Practice Formula 3 australian drivers Championship 30 mins 1400 Practice Porsche gT3 Cup Challenge 20 minsRound 6 Shannons nationals1430 Practice 1 hi-Tec oils aust. Swift Racing Series 20 mins 1455 Practice 1 australian manuf. Championship 20 mins 1520 Practice 1 Kumho Tyres aust V8 Touring Car Series 20 mins 1545 Practice 1 Porsche gT3 Cup Challenge 20 mins 1605 Sponsor Rides amchamp, Saloon Cars, Swift 30 mins 1635 Sponsor Rides V8TC, Porsche gT3, aust gT 30 mins 1705 light Setupnight racing familiarisation. observation laps at maximum 80kph1800 observation aust. Swift Racing Series 15 mins 1815 observation australian gT Championship 15 mins 1830 observation Porsche gT3 Cup Challenge 15 mins 1845 observation australian manuf. Championship 15 mins

satuRdaY 3Rd august700 gates open 815 warm-up Kumho Tyres aust V8 Touring Car Series 10 mins 830 Qualifying 1 dial Before you dig aust.Saloon Car Series 20 mins 855 Qualifying 1 Kerrick Sports Sedan national Series 25 mins 925 Qualifying 1 Formula 3 australian drivers Championship 20 mins 950 Qualifying 1 Kumho Tyres aust V8 Touring Car Series 20 mins 1020 Qualifying 1 hi-Tec oils aust. Swift Racing Series 20 mins 1050 Qualifying 2 dial Before you dig aust.Saloon Car Series 20 mins 1120 Qualifying 2 Kerrick Sports Sedan national Series 25 mins 1155 Qualifying 1 australian gT Championship 30 mins 1235 Qualifying 1 australian manuf. Championship 20 mins 1305 Qualifying 1 Porsche gT3 Cup Challenge 30 mins 1345 Qualifying 2 australian manuf. Championship 20 mins 1415 Race 1 dial Before you dig aust.Saloon Car Series 10 laps 1445 Race 1 australian gT Championship CPS 40 mins 1535 Race 1 Formula 3 australian drivers Championship 10 laps 1605 Race 1 Kumho Tyres aust V8 Touring Car Series 12 laps 1635 Race 1 Kerrick Sports Sedan national Series 12 laps light Setup/officials Break1730 Race 1 hi-Tec oils aust. Swift Racing Series 9 laps 1800 Race 2 australian gT Championship CPS 40 mins 1850 Race 1 Porsche gT3 Cup Challenge 40 laps 1955 Race 1 australian manuf. Championship CPS 200km/65 laps

sundaY 14th JulY700 gates open 800 Race 2 hi-Tec oils aust. Swift Racing Series 9 laps 825 Race 2 Formula 3 australian drivers Championship 8 laps 855 Race 2 Kumho Tyres aust V8 Touring Car Series 12 laps 925 Race 2 Porsche gT3 Cup Challenge 12 laps 955 Race 2 dial Before you dig aust.Saloon Car Series 10 laps 1025 Race 2 Kerrick Sports Sedan national Series 12 laps 1055 Race 3 hi-Tec oils aust. Swift Racing Series 9 laps 1125 warm up australian gT Championship 10 min 1140 Race 3 Formula 3 australian drivers Championship 14 laps 1220 Race 3 Kumho Tyres aust V8 Touring Car Series 18 laps 1300 Race 3 Porsche gT3 Cup Challenge 12 laps 1330 Race 3 australian gT Championship CPS 40 mins 1420 warm up australian manuf. Championship 10 min 1435 Race 3 dial Before you dig aust.Saloon Car Series 9 laps 1505 Race 3 Kerrick Sports Sedan national Series 12 laps 1535 Race 2 australian manuf. Championship CPS 200km/65 laps

FRidaY 2nd august

austRalian gt chamPionshiP PResented BY PiRelli

car # class SponSor compeTiTor DriVer State VeHicLe cc coLour 1 Champ VIP Petfoods VIP Holdings (Aust) Klark Quinn Qld Porsche GT3-R 4000 Black

3 Chall Motor School George Foessel George Foessel Qld Porsche 911 Carrera 3600 White

4 Chall Motor School George Foessel Ben Foessel Qld Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 3600 Blk/Wh/Red

6 Champ One World Bar Rod Salmon Rod Salmon NSW Audi R8 LMS Ultra 5200 Orange Nathan Antunes NSW

7 Champ Darrell Lea VIP Holdings (Aust) Tony Quinn Qld Aston Martin Vantage GT3 5955 Multi-stripe

9 Sport TM Motorsports Tony Martin Tony Martin Qld Ginetta G50 GT4 3500 White

19 Sport Vawdrey Semi Trailers Mark Griffith Mark Griffith Qld Ginetta G50 GT4 3500 Silver Jack Perkins Vic

21 Trophy Graham Lusty Roger Lago Qld Mosler 7000 white

23 Champ JBS Roger Lago Graham Lusty Qld Lamborghini LP560 5200 White

25 Chall Walz Group/Surelift Crane Hire McElrea Racing Brendan Cook Qld Porsche 997 Cup 3598 Matt Kingsley Qld

48 Champ M Motorsport Justin McMillan Justin McMillan Vic Lamborghini LP600 GT3 5224 White

50 Sport Refresh Cosmetic & Laser Clinics Darren Berry Keith Kasulke Qld Ginetta G50 GT4 3500 Red

71 Champ Equity-One Mortgage Fund Dean Koutsoumidis Dean Koutsoumidis Vic Audi R8 LMS 5200 Burgundy/Wh Andrew McInnes Vic

73 Sport HHH Racing Michael Hovey Michael Hovey Qld Ginetta G50 GT4 3500 Black

75 Troph JAMEC PEM RACING Steven McLaughlan Steven McLaughlan Vic Dodge Viper 8300 Black

77 Troph JJA Consulting Group Jan Jinadasa Jan Jinadasa Vic Lamborghini LP520 5000 White

88 Champ IL Bello Rosso Maranello Motorsport John Bowe Vic Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 4500 Red

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car # SponSor compeTiTor DriVer State VeHicLe cc coLour 1 eurostar diesels Simon Tabinor Simon Tabinor ViC VT Comm 3800 white/yellow

8 PJT accountants wayne Patten wayne Patten Qld VT Comm 3800 whi/grn/gry

9 Silkgate group ian Chivas ian Chivas nSw au Falcon 4000 Blue/yellow

16 Kleenduct australia P/l Peter Phelan harley Phelan ViC VT Comm 3800 Purple

23 Tyre Pro motorsport Travis Sharpe Travis Sharpe wa au Falcon 4000 whi/Blk/org

29 glider City motel Benalla Raymond moss Bradley moss nSw au Falcon 4000 green/Pink

38 Blackwell Race engines gavin Ross gavin Ross ViC VT Comm 3800 green

41 dial Before you dig mark Primmer mark Primmer nSw au Falcon 4000 Blue/Red

42 dial Before you dig mark Primmer Cameron moss nSw au Falcon 4100 Blue/Red

46 isuzu gary Beggs gary Beggs Qld VT Comm 3800 Black

56 Baxter electrical Kane Baxter-Smith Kane Baxter-Smith Qld au Falcon 4000 Blue/Black

57 Campbells motorsport Craig Campbell Craig Campbell Qld VT Comm 3800 Red

67 Scotts Rods exhausts lindsay Kearns lindsay Kearns Qld au Falcon 4000 white

87 multidrive Parts/Valvoline david Rogers david Rogers nSw au Falcon 4000 Blue

88 Spraytech Smash Repairs Brian hine Brian hine Qld au Falcon 4000 Blu/Blk/whi

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austRalian manuFactuReRs chamPionshiP

car # class SponSor compeTiTor DriVer State VeHicLe cc coLour

11 B Lovton Coal Michael Benton Michael Benton Qld Falcon FG FPV GT 5000 Red

co-driver Geoff Russell NSW

13 C Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne Colin Osborne NSW Mazda 3 MPS 2300T White

co-driver Hadrian Morrall NSW

19 B Sherrin Rentals Sherrin Racing Grant Sherrin Qld BMW 135i 2995T Orange

co-driver Iain Sherrin Qld

20 A Eastern Creek Karts Garry Holt Garry Holt NSW Mitsubishi Evo 10 2000T Wh/R/Y/Blue

co-driver Ryan McLeod Qld

21 D Disc Brakes Australia Terry Conroy Jake Williams NSW Honda Integra R 1998 Blk/White

co-driver Brendan Stone Qld

23 A Alphera Financial Services/

Bruce Lynton Beric Lynton Beric Lynton Qld BMW 1M 2979T White

26 C GWS Personnel Peter O’Donnell Scott Gore Qld BMW 130i 2998 Blk/Yellow

co-driver Michael Gore Qld

30 A King Springs Bob Pearson Bob Pearson Qld Mitsubishi Evo 10 2000T Silver

co-driver Glenn Seton

31 C Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne Mazda 3 MPS 2300T White

co-driver

33 A King Springs Bob Pearson Bob Pearson NSW Mitsubishi Evo 10 2000T Silver

co-driver Steve Glenney SA

36 C Grand Prix Mazda Jake Camilleri Jake Camilleri Qld Mazda 3 MPS 2300T Blue

46 I Racer Industries Ryan McLeod Pieter Faulkner Vic Astra HSV VXR 2000T White

co-driver

51 D Network Clothing/Dentbuster Mark Eddy Mark Eddy Vic Honda Integra 1998 Black

co-driver Francois Jouy NSW

54 A Donut King Tony Alford Tony Alford Qld BMW 1M 2979T Pink

68 A CXC Global David Thomas Dylan Thomas NSW Mitsub Evo 10 1998T White/Blue

69 C West End Mazda/Bell Heavy Haulage/

Valvoline Aust Adam Dodd Adam Dodd NSW Mazda 6 MPS 2500T Chrome/Red/Blue

co-driver Mark Bell Qld

72 I Sherrin Rentals Michael Sherrin Michael Sherrin Qld Mini Cooper S 1598T Orange

co-driver David Ayers Qld

86 D Pedders/Valvoline Racing Grant Phillips Grant Phillips Vic Toyota 86 GTS 1998 Red

co-driver Andrew Turpie Vic

91 I Bell Heavy Haulage Mark Bell Greg Jenkings Qld Ford Falcon BA XR8 5400 Black

co-driver




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4 e grove group Stephen grove Stephen grove ViC Porsche 911 gT3 Cup 3600 Red/Black

9 e Fleet Plus mcelrea Racing Scott Taylor nSw Porsche 911 gT3 Cup 3600 white

16 e Kinpath John Karytinos John Karytinos Sa Porsche 911 gT3 Cup 3600 white

17 P wallerawang engineering Philip woodbury Philip woodbury nSw Porsche 911 gT3 Cup 3600 white

18 P Copyworld/Toshiba michael almond michael almond Sa Porsche 911 gT3 Cup 3600 white

22 P muscrete Constructions/

Peg genis Steel/genisis (aust) Richard muscat Richard muscat ViC Porsche 911 gT3 Cup 3600 Black/Red

26 e mcFadyen Pipeline group/

Prosurv Surveyors John modystach John modystach nSw Porsche 911 gT3 Cup 3600 white

34 e gT3 Factory/Copyworld John morriss John morriss ViC Porsche 911 gT3 Cup 3600 Blue/wh/Silv

44 e merry Sparks art grant Sparks grant Sparks Qld Porsche 911 gT3 Cup 3600 wh/or/Blue

47 e action motorsport Richard walker Richard walker Qld Porsche 911 gT3 Cup 3600 Blue

65 P Porsche Centre Brighton/

The Ross Partnership Fraser Ross Fraser Ross ViC Porsche 911 gT3 Cup 3600 Blue/white

66 e gaP Solutions/Sektor John goodacre John goodacre Sa Porsche 911 gT3 Cup 3600 green/white

69 P dial Before you dig Jon mcCorkindale Jon mcCorkindale nSw Porsche 911 gT3 Cup 3600 yellow

87 e Ronald Racing Jack Falla Jack Falla Porsche 911 gT3 Cup 3600

91 P eva Racing/aF engineering Services alex Franes Peter Fitzgerald ViC Porsche 911 gT3 Cup 3600 white

car # SponSor compeTiTor DriVer State VeHicLe cc coLour

1 achilles Radials Trans Tasman m/sp allan Jarvis Qld Suzuki Swift Sport 1600 Black

4 S & J automotive Services Trans Tasman m/sp Brad day Sa Suzuki Swift Sport 1600 Blue

6 Finance ezi Trans Tasman m/sp Ben grice Qld Suzuki Swift Sport 1600 yell/Black

7 ClS Finance Trans Tasman m/sp luke Fraser Sa Suzuki Swift Sport 1600 Black

9 macline group Trans Tasman m/sp Jamie macmaster Qld Suzuki Swift Sport 1600 Black

13 Race 4 Kids Trans Tasman m/sp andrew Price Qld Suzuki Swift Sport 1600 Red

17 BVC Racing Trans Tasman m/sp Rob Jarvis nSw Suzuki Swift Sport 1600 white

22 melbourne Perf Centre Trans Tasman m/sp Shane marshall ViC Suzuki Swift Sport 1600 grey

30 Project Ventures Trans Tasman m/sp Bronte michael Qld Suzuki Swift Sport 1600 Black

33 Shannons nationals Trans Tasman m/sp Callan Sayers Qld Suzuki Swift Sport 1600 white

hi-tec oils austRalian suzuki sWiFt Racing seRieson the WeB: WWW.sWiFtRacing.com.au



car # cLaSS SponSor compeTiTor DriVer State VeHicLe cc coLour

00 h Falcon Spares & Repairs matt Chahda matt Chahda nSw Ford Falcon au 5000 Black/Silver

2 S Parramatta Smash Repairs Ryan Simpson Ryan Simpson nSw Ford Falcon BF 5000 wh/Blue/Red

3 h Fernandez motorsport Jose Fernandez Shae davies Qld Ford Falcon Ba 5000 green/white

4 S Roh wheels Sean day dan day Sa Ford Falcon BF 5000 white

5 S aCm/Vanglobe/Bossen matthew hansen matthew hansen wa Commodore Vz 5000 Red/white

6 h 501 Performance les morrall Tony evangelou Vic Ford Falcon Ba 5000 Black/yellow

7 S Poll Performance/mcdonalds Jim Pollicina Jim Pollicina nSw Commodore Vz 5000 orange/Black

8 h ozzy Tyres/holden motorsport Steve Briffa Steve Briffa nSw Commodore Vy 5000 Silver/green

12 S JCV automotive John Vergotis John Vergotis nSw Ford Falcon Ba 5000 green/Blk

22 h westco equip/Sa Tractors isidoro ambrosio dean Kovacevich wa Commodore Vz 5000 Black

25 h Voight Contracting Terry wyhoon Stephen Voight Qld Ford Falcon Ba 5000 Black/Red

28 S miraFlores estate/haber excavations mw motorsport morgan haber Qld Ford Falcon BF 5000 Black

31 h haymans electrical Ramon Connell Ramon Connell Qld Ford Falcon au 5000 white/Black

40 h gwS Personnel garry mennell Peter o’donnell nSw Ford Falcon au 5000 yellow/Black

45 S Torque enterprises ThR motorsport Justin garioch Qld Commodore Vz 5000 Blk/Red/wh

48 S STR Truck Bodies matthew Palmer matthew Palmer Vic Ford Falcon BF 5000 white

49 h lubrimax/Vectra Terry wyhoon Terry wyhoon Vic Ford Falcon BF 5000 Blue

51 h iR yeing Transport/ThR developments ThR motorsport ian yeing Sa Commodore Vz 5000 Red/Black

57 h adg engineering/Precise Precut/

gold Coast Postforming lyle Kearns lyle Kearns Qld Commodore Vz 5000 Black/orange

62 S Performance west mw motorsport Peter Rullo wa Ford Falcon BF 5000 grey/white

72 h uSQ engineering nathan assaillit nathan assaillit Qld Ford Falcon BF 5000 yellow

kumho tYRes austRalian V8 touRing caR seRieson the WeB: WWW.V8touRingcaRs.com.au




1 SS Rent depot Kerry Baily Kerry Baily Qld aston martin dBR9 6000 Silver

4 SS auto union deutsche John gourlay darren hossack Vic audi a4 6000 Silver/orange

5 SS B&m Ricciardello motors Basil Ricciardello Tony Ricciardello wa alfa Romeo gTV 6000 Red

8 SS mick motors/exelite Racing Shane hart Shane hart Qld mazda RX7 4000T Red

9 SS luxury auto Body daniel Tamasi daniel Tamasi Vic holden Calibra 6000 Black

14 SS Rosemount Smash Repairs anthony Cox anthony Cox Qld Saab 6000 white/Blue

19 SS Johnson motorsport damian Johnson damian Johnson Vic holden Torana 3300 Red/white

21 Ta moonbi oil Traders Phil Crompton Phil Crompton Qld Ford mustang 5430 orange

32 SS Bell Real estate michael Robinson michael Robinson Vic holden monaro 6000 grey

38 SS Barnes high Performance Jeff Barnes Jeff Barnes Qld Pontiac 6000 Red/Blue

44 SS mR automotive Colin Smith Colin Smith Qld holden monaro 6000 Red

45 SS Campbelltown Frames & Trusses dameon Jameson dameon Jameson nSw Jaguar XKR 6000 Black

51 SS mR automotive Bob mcloughlin Bob mcloughlin nz Commodore VS 6000 Red/white

55 SS aston’s Pharmacy garry aston Chris aston Qld Commodore 2600T Blue

68 Ta aston air Conditioning Shane Bradford Shane Bradford Qld Chev Camaro 6000 yell/white

72 Ta BJ Banks electrical Bruce Banks Bruce Banks Tas Chev Camaro 5860 yellow

81 Ta The Car mine/liqui moly/meguiars Charlie Senese Charlie Senese Qld Chev Corvette 6000 Blue

keRRick sPoRts sedan seRieson the WeB: WWW.sPoRtssedans.com.au

FoRmula 3 austRalian dRiVeRs chamPionshiPon the WeB: WWW.FoRmula3.com.au


2 C Team BRm mark Rundle Tim macrow ViC dallara F307 - mercedes Benz 2000 Blue

3 C Team BRm/FnQ larger John magro John magro Qld dallara F307 - mercedes Benz 2000 Black

4 C Team BRm mark Rundle Jordan oon wa dallara F307 - mercedes Benz 2000 Blue

5 C Team BRm/mygale aust. nick Foster nick Foster Qld mygale m08 - mercedes Benz 2000 Black

6 C R-Tek motorsport/Rondo/

dPo/CSR ian Richards nathan morcom nSw dallara F307 - mercedes Benz 2000 Blk/orange

7 C R-Tek m’sport/greenoznet ian Richards dallara F307 - mercedes Benz 2000 Blue

8 n Fujitsu Racing ian Richards Todd hazelwood Sa dallara F304 - Spiess opel 2000 Red

9 n R-Tek motorsport ian Richards Jon Collins nSw dallara F304 - Spiess opel 2000 grey/Red

16 n gilmour Racing/mcdonalds Chris gilmour arrie marree Qld dallara F304 - Spiess opel 2000 Red/Silver

17 C gilmour Racing/Vic’s Timber Chris gilmour Ben gersekowski Qld dallara F307 - mercedes Benz 2000 Red/white

36 C erebus academy erebus m’sport Pl mygale m08 - mercedes Benz 2000 Black/yellow

66 n agi Sport nathan gotch nathan gotch nSw dallara F304 - Renault Sodemo 2000 Blue










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