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BOWE EDGES GOMERSALL IN TORANA 1-2
JOHN BOWE has become just the second repeat winner of the 2016 Touring Car Masters series narrowly winning race one at Winton Raceway today.
Bowe started from pole and withstood a stout challenge from fellow Holden Torana driver Jason Gomersall to record his second win of the season driving the Bendigo Retro Muscle Cars-run SL/R 5000.
Bowe felt pressure from Gomersall throughout the race and especially in a late two-lap dash to the line following a brief Safety Car interruption – but was able to withstand the challenge to take his 79th TCM race win.
Gomersall’s second was the best result of his TCM career and a stunning debut performance from his brand-new iSeek Racing Holden Torana A9X.
Having topped practice yesterday Gomersall topped qualifying for a majority of the 20-minute session however was pipped by Bowe in the closing stages of the session to ultimately secure his second ever TCM front-row start.
Glenn Seton charged to third place from fifth on the grid his Thunder Road Racing Team Mustang passing Eddie Abelnica and Steven Johnson through the race before setting out after the leaders.
He caught the rear of the two leading Torana’s however was unable to make any impression on the pair of Holdens to ultimately settle for third.
Seton has now finished fourth in the last four straight TCM races at Winton while the lack of a Mustang victory to date this year means it’s now been eight races since one of the iconic US-built ‘pony cars’ has troubled the chequer: the longest winless streak for the Mustang in TCM history.
Seton also set a new Winton TCM lap record in his pursuit of the leaders the new benchmark standing at 1m28.24s. 14 cars lapped underneath the existing lap record benchmark set by Bowe last year.
Steven Johnson finished fourth and Eddie Abelnica fifth the pair of Aussie-built Falcons having started third and fourth respectively.
Jim Richards was sixth in the Shannons Insurance AMC Javelin Andrew Fisher was seventh and Mark King eighth in the King Springs / Whiteline Racing Camaro.
Porsche driver Sven Burchartz was ninth in his 911 RS IROC Challenge car he and Anglomoil Valliant Pacer ace Cameron Tilley battling furiously for much of the race.
A Safety Car was called late in the race to recover Tony Karanfilovski’s stranded Ford Mustang the Victorian driver unfortunately suffered damage following contact from Rusty French’s similar Mustang in a turn one altercation.
Leo Tobin’s new Mustang failed to finish with fuel pressure issues while Bruce Williams’ new Torana was fast in the early stages before a stuck throttle ruled him out.
Williams’ ran as high as sixth for the first three laps prior to his first off-track moment caused by the throttle issues.
A further two races will conclude the Rare Spares Rose City trophy race tomorrow both to be broadcast live on FOX Sports. ÂÂ
QUALIFYING
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap1 18 Wilson Security / PAYCE John Bowe (VIC) 1974 Holden Torana 5047 9 9 1:27.9148R 2 35 iseek Racing Jason Gomersall (QLD) 1978 Holden Torana 5000 10 7 1:27.9977r 0:00.08293 48 Melbournes Cheapest Cars Eddie Abelnica (VIC) 1974 Ford Falcon XB 5800 9 8 1:28.6057 0:00.69094 17 Synergy Race Engines Steve Johnson (QLD) 1971 Ford Falcon XY 5800 7 7 1:28.6319 0:00.71715 30 Thunder Road Racing Team Aust. Glenn Seton (QLD) 1964 Ford Mustang 5000 8 7 1:28.6583 0:00.74356 2 Shannons Insurance Jim Richards (VIC) 1972 AMC Javelin 5898 8 7 1:28.8280 0:00.91327 90 Werks Garage/KalusKennyIterlex Sven Burchartz (VIC) 1974 Porsche 911 RS 3600 11 11 1:29.1052 0:01.19048 5 Performance&Race Tech Services Bruce Williams (VIC) 1974 Holden Torana 5000 11 8 1:29.3146 0:01.39989 9 Jesus Racing Andrew Fisher (NSW) 1971 Ford Falcon XY 5800 8 8 1:29.4180 0:01.503210 85 Whiteline Racing / King Spring Mark King (QLD) 1970 ChevroletCamaro 5800 9 3 1:29.6470 0:01.732211 60 Glennan Transport/ANGLOMOIL Cameron Tilley (NSW) 1969 Valiant Pacer 4390 10 8 1:29.9271 0:02.012312 21 Giraffe Civil Contracting Greg Garwood (TAS) 1972 Ford Capri 5000 11 10 1:30.0624 0:02.147613 12 Giraffe Civil Contracting Adam Garwood (TAS) 1974 Holden Torana 5047 9 8 1:30.3357 0:02.420914 4 Skye Sands Rusty French (VIC) 1970 Ford Mustang 5800 11 10 1:30.4299 0:02.515115 88 TIFS Warehousing & Distrb'tion Tony Karanfilovski (NSW) 1969 Ford Mustang 5800 8 7 1:30.5788 0:02.664016 46 THD Motorsport Leo Tobin (VIC) 1969 FordBossMustang 5000 8 8 1:31.4098 0:03.495017 7 Werks Garage / Red Rock Winery Rohan Little (VIC) 1974 Porsche 911 RS 3600 11 7 1:32.2858 0:04.371018 74 Lyndways Builders Wayne Mercer (VIC) 1971 Ford Falcon XY 5800 6 2 1:38.8923 0:10.977519 19 Tincone Industrial Services Darren Beale (QLD) 1972 Holden Monaro 5800 9 8 1:40.1202 0:12.2054
RACE 1 RESULTS
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Race.Time Fastest...Lap1 18 Wilson Security / PAYCE John Bowe (VIC) 1974 Holden Torana 5047 11 17:33.6036 9 1:28.2615r2 35 iseek Racing Jason Gomersall (QLD) 1978 Holden Torana 5000 11 17:34.5689 10 1:28.5248r3 30 Thunder Road Racing Team Aust. Glenn Seton (QLD) 1964 Ford Mustang 5000 11 17:34.9005 5 1:28.2482R4 17 Synergy Race Engines Steve Johnson (QLD) 1971 Ford Falcon XY 5800 11 17:36.7908 11 1:28.8431r5 48 Melbournes Cheapest Cars Eddie Abelnica (VIC) 1974 Ford Falcon XB 5800 11 17:39.1371 10 1:29.1456r6 2 Shannons Insurance Jim Richards (VIC) 1972 AMC Javelin 5898 11 17:39.2524 10 1:29.1623r7 9 Jesus Racing Andrew Fisher (NSW) 1971 Ford Falcon XY 5800 11 17:42.2516 10 1:29.8313r8 85 Whiteline Racing / King Spring Mark King (QLD) 1970 ChevroletCamaro 5800 11 17:43.2684 10 1:29.7904r9 90 Werks Garage/KalusKennyIterlex Sven Burchartz (VIC) 1974 Porsche 911 RS 3600 11 17:44.5999 10 1:29.4692r10 60 Glennan Transport/ANGLOMOIL Cameron Tilley (NSW) 1969 Valiant Pacer 4390 11 17:45.7162 2 1:30.6144r11 12 Giraffe Civil Contracting Adam Garwood (TAS) 1974 Holden Torana 5047 11 17:50.3592 6 1:30.8606 12 21 Giraffe Civil Contracting Greg Garwood (TAS) 1972 Ford Capri 5000 11 17:51.4415 6 1:30.7877r13 74 Lyndways Builders Wayne Mercer (VIC) 1971 Ford Falcon XY 5800 11 17:55.3206 10 1:31.7964 14 7 Werks Garage / Red Rock Winery Rohan Little (VIC) 1974 Porsche 911 RS 3600 11 17:56.3684 10 1:31.9036 15 19 Tincone Industrial Services Darren Beale (QLD) 1972 Holden Monaro 5800 11 18:50.7592 11 1:39.1084 DNF 22 Aussie Muscle Car Run Graham Stewart (SA) 1972 Holden Monaro 5800 9 14:53.3254 9 1:33.6565 DNF 5 Performance&Race Tech Services Bruce Williams (VIC) 1974 Holden Torana 5000 8 13:14.1887 2 1:29.9110rDNF 88 TIFS Warehousing & Distrb'tion Tony Karanfilovski (NSW) 1969 Ford Mustang 5800 6 9:16.9029 6 1:30.6815rDNF 4 Skye Sands Rusty French (VIC) 1970 Ford Mustang 5800 6 9:17.3975 6 1:30.1179rDNF 46 THD Motorsport Leo Tobin (VIC) 1969 FordBossMustang 5000 4 6:20.4033 2 1:32.1466