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MIEDECKE HITS THE FRONT AS JOHNSON AND BOWE TRADE WINS IN DARWIN TCM THRILLER
AS STEVEN JOHNSON and John Bowe battled for the overall victory in the ENZED Thunder in the Valley and round four of the Touring Car Masters series Andrew Miedecke has rushed to the top of the ProMaster points standings at the series half-way point.
Johnson maintained his perfect ENZED Touring Car Masters round record by winning in Darwin his two wins and a second allowing him to edge out teammate and long-time friend John Bowe for overall honours.
A genuinely thrilling display of racing between the pair – and the likes of Andrew Miedecke and Jim Richards – entertained the huge Darwin crowd all weekend with three sensational races.
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Jason Gomersall enjoyed a supremely consistent weekend in his iSeek Racing Holden Torana to win the ProAm class over Andrew Fisher and Cameron Tilley while Wayne Mercer scored the ProSports win ahead of Leo Tobin and Garry Treloar.
Gomersall also won the Rare Spares Achievement award while Steven Johnson’s PAYCE Mustang won the Meguiar’s / Liqui-Moly ‘Looks Good – Goes Great’ award.
Johnson won race two on Sunday morning and then battled with Bowe in race three the pair trading the lead on three occasions before the Torana was able to edge in front for a narrow side-by-side victory.
After winning round two of the series in Tasmania Johnson’s victory came ahead of Bowe and Andrew Miedecke’s Lubrimaxx Camaro.
“I have to thank my sponsor for this weekend.. John Bowe!†Johnson joked of his car owner on the podium. ÂÂ
“It’s been a fantastic weekend and really hard work battling with JB and everyone else. It’s sensational to come up here every year whether you’re racing or not – but to do it when you are is even better.
“Thanks to everyone who has supported us getting on track in the Mustang this weekend and hopefully we can do some more.â€Â
The consistent Miedecke scored third in the ProMaster class this weekend and provisionally rockets to the lead of the standing ahead of Jim Richards and Greg Crick.
Leading the points coming into the round Ford Mustang driver Gavin Bullas failed to score points in both Sunday’s races in Darwin after suffering overheating issues in his Mustang and as a result has dropped down the points order to fifth.
Both of Sunday’s races were action packed: with Johnson leading home Miedecke and Bowe in race two after the Camaro driver spent much of his race fending off the SL/R 5000 Torana affixed to his rear bumper.
Race three was similarly competitive Bowe and Johnson duelling for the lead as Jim Richards stormed through to grab third away from Miedecke and Greg Crick in the closing stages.
There were plenty of sensational battles throughout the field as drivers like Andrew Fisher (who won ProAm in race three) and Keith Kassulke (a storming drive to sixth in the finale’) worked their way to the front.
The most significant drama of the weekend came on the opening lap of race two as Bill Pye crashed heavily at turn three.
Pye’s Chevy Camaro collected the inside kerb on the opening lap unsettling his car and sending it across the circuit and into the Armco barrier – collecting an unsuspecting Garry Treloar in the process. Treloar was sent into the inside wall of the circuit and with heavy damage was forced to withdraw from the remainder of the weekend.
Showcasing the strength and safety of the TCM Machinery both drivers were uninjured in the accident.
After four rounds of the series Andrew Miedecke provisionally leads the ProMaster points standings by just fourteen points over Jim Richards.
Greg Crick sits in third just 28 points from the lead while the ever consistent Mark King has moved to fourth place in his King Springs / Whiteline Transport Racing Chevrolet Camaro.
Gavin Bullas sits fifth in the standings one point behind King while John Bowe is now only 119 points from the lead despite missing the round in Tasmania earlier this year.
The next round of the ENZED Touring Car Masters Series will be held at Queensland Raceway in Ipswich with the V8 Supercars on July 31-August 2.
RACE 2 RESULTS
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Race.Time Fastest...Lap1 17 Payce/Wilson Security Steven Johnson (QLD) Ford Mustang TransAm 5800 10 15:09.1249 6 1:13.4952r2 95 Whiteline Transport Racing/Lub Andrew Miedecke (NSW) Chevrolet Camaro SS 5800 10 15:10.5550 6 1:13.5952r3 18 Dunlop Super Dealers/Wilson Se John Bowe (VIC) Torana SLR 5000 5047 10 15:11.3490 6 1:13.3039R4 2 Shannons Insurance Jim Richards (VIC) AMC Javelin 5890 10 15:11.8283 7 1:13.7843r5 35 iseek Racing Jason Gomersall (QLD) Torana SLR 5000 5047 10 15:13.7023 8 1:13.9890 6 75 Mopar Performance Greg Crick (TAS) Chrysler Charger E55 5570 10 15:19.9591 6 1:14.6173 7 52 Outbound Racing/wheels.com.pg Keith Kassulke (QLD) Ford Falcon XB Coupe 5800 10 15:21.3350 6 1:14.9644 8 9 Jesus Racing Andrew Fisher (NSW) Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 10 15:22.6139 7 1:15.0545 9 60 Glennan's Transport Cameron Tilley (NSW) Valiant Pacer 4390 10 15:24.6146 5 1:15.2627 10 85 Whiteline Transport Racing/Kin Mark King (QLD) Chevrolet Camaro RS 5800 10 15:27.3181 9 1:15.8089 11 74 Lyndways Builders/Mick Webb's Wayne Mercer (VIC) Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 10 15:31.1583 6 1:16.5112 12 88 TIFS - Warehousing & Distribut Tony Karanfilovski (NSW) Ford Mustang Trans A 5800 10 15:31.2660 7 1:16.4969 13 48 Darwin Cheapest Cars Eddie Abelnica (VIC) Ford Falcon XB Coupe 5800 10 15:31.8299 6 1:16.3802 14 10 Sunliner RV Tony Hunter (VIC) Chevrolet Monza 2+2 5000 10 15:36.2131 8 1:16.4395 15 46 THD Motorsport Leo Tobin (VIC) Holden HQ Monaro 5810 10 15:36.5469 10 1:16.7906 16 15 Hercules Engines Steve Mason (NSW) Chevrolet Camaro 5800 10 15:37.8440 6 1:16.7198 DNF 16 Rain City Racing Gavin Bullas (VIC) Ford Mustang Fastbac 5800 6 10:16.8515 5 1:15.0101 DNF 99 Outbound Racing/Treloar Roses Garry Treloar (VIC) Holden HQ Monaro 5810 DNF 7 calga.biz Bill Pye (NSW) Chevrolet Camaro 5800
RACE 3 RESULTS
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Race.Time Fastest...Lap1 18 Dunlop Super Dealers/Wilson Se John Bowe (VIC) Torana SLR 5000 5047 10 12:25.3829 4 1:13.5383*2 17 Payce/Wilson Security Steven Johnson (QLD) Ford Mustang TransAm 5800 10 12:25.4687 3 1:13.6006 3 2 Shannons Insurance Jim Richards (VIC) AMC Javelin 5890 10 12:31.9515 3 1:14.0595 4 95 Whiteline Transport Racing/Lub Andrew Miedecke (NSW) Chevrolet Camaro SS 5800 10 12:32.6945 4 1:13.9609 5 75 Mopar Performance Greg Crick (TAS) Chrysler Charger E55 5570 10 12:35.4780 4 1:14.0660 6 52 Outbound Racing/wheels.com.pg Keith Kassulke (QLD) Ford Falcon XB Coupe 5800 10 12:42.4047 2 1:14.6180 7 9 Jesus Racing Andrew Fisher (NSW) Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 10 12:44.3258 2 1:15.1962 8 60 Glennan's Transport Cameron Tilley (NSW) Valiant Pacer 4390 10 12:44.9379 6 1:15.0802 9 35 iseek Racing Jason Gomersall (QLD) Torana SLR 5000 5047 10 12:49.2423 4 1:14.0696 10 74 Lyndways Builders/Mick Webb's Wayne Mercer (VIC) Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 10 12:57.4431 3 1:16.2407 11 88 TIFS - Warehousing & Distribut Tony Karanfilovski (NSW) Ford Mustang Trans A 5800 10 12:57.6091 6 1:15.6159 12 10 Sunliner RV Tony Hunter (VIC) Chevrolet Monza 2+2 5000 10 13:04.6768 6 1:16.6714 13 46 THD Motorsport Leo Tobin (VIC) Holden HQ Monaro 5810 10 13:05.1482 8 1:16.2212 14 85 Whiteline Transport Racing/Kin Mark King (QLD) Chevrolet Camaro RS 5800 10 13:25.0616 3 1:14.9700 DNF 48 Darwin Cheapest Cars Eddie Abelnica (VIC) Ford Falcon XB Coupe 5800 9 11:33.0648 6 1:15.6473 DNF 15 Hercules Engines Steve Mason (NSW) Chevrolet Camaro 5800 1 1:28.3817 1 1:28.3817