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March 29, 2015 | General

JOHNSON’S WHITE HOT FORM CONTINUES

STEVEN JOHNSON claimed his third victory from as many races in the ENZED Touring Car Masters this afternoon after another faultless lights-to-flag display.

With no points on offer for the final race of the weekend later this afternoon Johnson also collected the ProMaster class victory for the Shannons Tasmania Tourist Trophy whilst Cameron Tilley and Tony Hunter led the way in the ProAm and ProSport classes respectively.

The Dunlop Super Dealers entry once again hit turn one first on the opening lap however ‘Mustang Sally’ was far from unchallenged as Greg Crick fought tooth and nail to put his Chrysler Charger in front.

Crick reduced the margin to within one second during the closing stages; however the Tasmanian was narrowly denied a popular victory in front of his home fans by just three tenths of a second.  

Cameron Tilley continued to impress in his head-turning Valiant Pacer – the New South Welshman seeing the chequered flag in 3rd place to record his best result of the weekend.

After a difficult start to the round Jim Richards hauled his AMC Javelin into contention during race three and was scored a close 4th behind Tilley.

Bill Pye continued to dice with the frontrunners in his Chevrolet Camaro rounding out the top-5 for a net gain of four positions over 12 laps.

Paul Freestone put in an impressive drive in race three – improving to 6th position having placed 12th in race two yesterday.

Andrew Fisher rewarded his Jesus Racing crew with his 2nd consecutive top-10 finish – coming home 7th in the thundering Falcon XY GTHO.

Glenn Seton held his confidence despite a couple of spins yesterday to complete the race as the runner-up Ford Mustang in 8th.

Symmons Plains-specialist Gavin Bullas rebounded strongly in his Ford Boss Mustang after retiring with a mechanical issue in race two working his way into 9th ahead of Mark King.

The race featured plenty of action at turn 4 – with Jason Gomersall and Wayne Mercer both finding trouble at the hairpin in separate incidents on the 4th lap.

After charging through the field in his Whiteline Transport Racing machine Andrew Mediecke couldn’t wipe off enough speed to negotiate the hairpin at the midpoint of the 12-lapper and was forced to let the entire field pass before rejoining the circuit. He finished on the lead lap in 19th place.

Tony Karanfilovski had a major scare at the beginning of the formation lap; however the TIFS Warehousing and Distribution driver eventually got his Mustang rolling and finished just outside the top-10.

Eddie Abelnica was in contention for his third top-3 finish of the weekend; however the Victorian fell back to 14th place after an eventful 12 laps.

The hard-luck story of the race was Brett Youlden – who experienced a considerable mechanical issue with the left front of his HQ Monaro Coupe and retired from the race on lap 2.

The ENZED Touring Car Masters will return to the Symmons Plains circuit for a non-points exhibition race scheduled for 4.30pm this afternoon.

Results – Race 3

Pos Car  Competitor/Team                Driver                   Vehicle              Cap   CL Laps     Race.Time Fastest...Lap1    18  Dunlop Super Dealers/Wilson Se Steven Johnson (QLD)     Mustang Trans Am     5800       12    11:44.7495   5 0:57.7087 2    75  Mopar Performance              Greg Crick (TAS)         Chrysler Charger E55 5570       12    11:45.0851   4 0:58.0574 3    60  Glennan's Transport            Cameron Tilley (NSW)     Valiant Pacer        4390       12    11:57.1006   2 0:58.9871 4     2  Shannons Insurance             Jim Richards (VIC)       AMC Javelin          5890       12    11:57.7572   4 0:58.5886 5     7  Mick Webb's SVO / calga.biz    Bill Pye (NSW)           Chevrolet Camaro     5800       12    11:58.0696   5 0:58.7431 6    25  Freestones Transport/Freestone Paul Freestone (VIC)     Chevrolet Camaro SS  5800       12    12:00.9706   5 0:58.7539 7     9  Jesus Racing                   Andrew Fisher (NSW)      Falcon XY GTHO       5800       12    12:01.5450   6 0:58.8928 8    30  Thunder Road Racing Australia  Glenn Seton (QLD)        Ford Mustang Coupe   5000       12    12:03.6710   9 0:58.1087 9    16  Rain City Industries/Prodrive  Gavin Bullas (VIC)       Ford Boss Mustang    5800       12    12:05.4000   7 0:58.2018 10   85  Whiteline Transport Racing / K Mark King (QLD)          Chevrolet Camaro RS  5800       12    12:12.4066   9 0:58.4455 11   88  TIFS - Warehousing & Distribut Tony Karanfilovski (NSW) Mustang Trans Am     5800       12    12:18.3238   6 0:59.5283 12   52  Outbound Racing / wheels.com.p Keith Kassulke (QLD)     Falcon XB Coupe      5800       12    12:20.0192  11 0:58.8131 13   11  Lion Mill Solutions/Ultra Perf Tony Edwards (VIC)       Ford Falcon XA GT    5768       12    12:20.8681  11 1:00.4188 14   48  Melbournes Cheapest Cars       Eddie Abelnica (VIC)     Falcon XB Coupe      5800       12    12:21.8606   4 0:58.7577 15   20  Palmer Promotions              Ian Palmer (QLD)         Pontiac Trans-Am     5800       12    12:22.6736  12 1:00.0313 16   10  Sunliner RV                    Tony Hunter (VIC)        Chevrolet Monza 2+2  5000       12    12:24.5397   6 1:00.3175 17   46  THD Motorsport                 Leo Tobin (VIC)          Ford Boss Mustang    5000       12    12:30.4928   7 1:01.0460 18   35  iseek Racing                   Jason Gomersall (QLD)    Torana SL/R 5000     5047       12    12:30.7037   2 0:58.9326 19   95  Whiteline Transport Racing / L Andrew Miedecke (NSW)    Chevrolet Camaro SS  5800       12    12:30.8615   4 0:57.1713*20   38  Shearwater Storage/Penrite Oil Leon Bell (TAS)          HQ Monaro Coupe      5800       12    12:44.4196   9 1:01.7314 21   72  BMR Industries                 Bruce McLeod (NT)        Falcon XA Superbird  5550       11    12:22.9182   6 1:05.1104 DNF  56  Autolite Spark Plugs           Brett Youlden (VIC)      HQ Monaro Coupe      5800        2     2:02.4185   2 0:59.4876 DNF  74  Mick Webb's SVO / Lyndways Bui Wayne Mercer (VIC)       Falcon XY GTHO       5800        2     2:13.7465   2 1:01.0080 DNF   5  Light Car Club of Tasmania     John Talbot (TAS)        Ford Mustang Coupe   4992        2     2:14.5748   2 1:02.6120