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BOWE BOUNCES BACK AT QUEENSLAND RACEWAY
JOHN BOWE has rebounded from one of his worst ever Touring Car Masters qualifying performances to win race two today at Queensland Raceway.
Meanwhile Glenn Seton has edged closer to the lead of the championship thanks to a race one victory and second in race two as he sets course towards his second ever TCM round victory – with just one race to come tomorrow.
Bowe started race one 23rd and last after being relegated to the back of the grid after stopping on track during an already fraught 20-minute qualifying session on Saturday morning.
Bowe had battled with electrical issues in his Bendigo Retro Muscle Cars Holden which ensured he had only set the 14th fastest time before he was ultimately relegated to the back of the grid.
However a storming drive to fourth place in race one set Bowe up perfectly for a second race charge to the front – completing a mighty comeback to take his 81st career TCM win and his first since Winton in May.
Bowe’s performance came later in a day that began with Glenn Seton storming to pole position the Ford Mustang driver edging out Jason Gomersall for the top spot by just 0.2 seconds and the second of his year.
Gomersall qualified second for the third straight round while Eddie Abelnica and Tony Karanfilovski completed the second row.
Seton stormed to the front in the opening turn of race one and then spent much of the nine-lap affair withering attacks from Gomersall as the iSeek Racing Torana driver continued his search for a maiden TCM victory.
He ultimately settled for second behind Seton with Eddie Abelnica grabbing third in his Brisbane’s Cheapest Cars XB Falcon.
With Bowe fourth Adam Bressington – in his first race with Whiteline Racing – finished fifth.
Mark King finished sixth having stormed from the 20th positions after a gearbox change slowed his progress in qualifying. Andrew Fisher finished seventh and Tony Karanfilovski eighth after battling braking issues all race in his TIFS Warehousing Ford Mustang. Queenslander Brett Curran (Mustang) and Adam Garwood completed the top-10.
Seton led from pole in the second slightly longer race later in the afternoon while Bowe’s slow start saw him drop to sixth at the end of lap one.
Then with a series of piercing moves he began his march to the front and ultimately passed Adam Bressington on lap two Eddie Abelnica on lap three and Jason Gomersall for second two laps later.
He then pounced on Seton six laps into the race to take a lead he’d never lose – Gomersall completing the program in another strong day for the A9X Torana. Bressington improved further on his race one performance by storming to fourth place in the Whiteline Camaro.
Bowe also re-set the TCM Queensland Raceway lap record in his pursuit of Seton the new mark standing at 1m16.4911s.
Eddie Abelnica and Mark King scrapped for fifth across the closing six laps with the battle going the way of the XB Falcon Hardtop.
Tony Karanfilovski was seventh with Adam Garwood Brett Curran and Rusty French completing the top-10.
A tough day for the resplendent Shannons Insurance Ford Falcon Sprint saw Jim Richards 11th in race one and fail to finish the second after pulling up just after the finish line with two laps remaining in the race.
The WAECO Trophy Race will complete round five of the series tomorrow morning at Queensland Raceway.
RACE 1
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Race.Time Fastest...Lap1 30 Thunder Road Tacing Team Austr Glenn Seton (QLD) Ford Mustang Coupe 5000 9 11:43.1539 5 1:17.1757 2 35 iseek Racing jason Gomersall (QLD) Holden Torana A9X Ha 5000 9 11:44.7429 4 1:17.3737 3 48 Brisbane's Cheapest Cars Eddie Abelnica (VIC) Ford Falcon XB Coupe 5800 9 11:49.2105 2 1:17.7687 4 18 Wilson Security/Payce Dejoco John Bowe (VIC) Holden Torana SL/R 5 5047 9 11:51.0753 6 1:17.0078*5 95 Whiteline Racing/Fabre Austral Adam Bressington (NSW) Chevrolet Camaro SS 5800 9 11:55.2049 3 1:18.3345 6 85 Whiteline Racing/King Springs Mark King (QLD) Chevrolet Camaro RS 5800 9 12:04.2267 8 1:18.5090 7 9 Jesus Racing Andrew Fisher (NSW) Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 9 12:05.5066 2 1:19.0085 8 88 TIFS - Warehousing& Distributi Tony Karanfilovski (NSW) Fpord Mustang Trans 5800 9 12:07.0081 2 1:18.3374 9 25 Angliss Meats Brett Curran (QLD) Ford Mustang Fastbac 5800 9 12:07.4402 2 1:19.0590 10 12 Giraffe Civil Contracting Adam Garwood (TAS) Holden Torana SL/R 5 5047 9 12:07.8545 2 1:19.5842 11 2 Shannons Insurance Jim Richards (VIC) Ford Falcon Sprint 5000 9 12:11.0779 2 1:19.2495 12 4 Skye Sands Rusty French (VIC) Ford Mustang Fastbac 5800 9 12:11.3203 8 1:19.5258 13 46 THD Motorsport Leo Tobin (VIC) Ford Boss Mustang 5000 9 12:13.7292 9 1:20.2096 14 90 Werks Garage/Kalus Kenny Iterl Sven Burchartz (VIC) Porsche 911 RS IROC 3600 9 12:14.5860 7 1:20.3916 15 7 Werks Garage/Red Rock Winery Rohan Little (VIC) Porsche 911 RS IROC 3600 9 12:25.7964 2 1:21.0868 16 8 Sportsmed SA Greg Keene (SA) Porsche 911 RS IROC 5800 9 12:30.0866 2 1:21.9240 17 65 Cannon Trailers Michael (Blu) Cannon QLD Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 9 12:31.2770 7 1:22.1503 18 97 John's Furniture Removals Allen Boughen (QLD) Mercury Comet 4736 9 12:48.3732 4 1:23.3629 19 13 Mark Poole Motorsport Rory O'Neill (SA) Porsche 911 RS IROC 3600 9 12:58.3326 8 1:24.6246 20 19 Tincone Industrial Services Daren Beale (QLD) Holden Monaro GTS Co 5800 9 13:15.9542 4 1:22.2284 21 52 Outbound Racing/wheels.com.pg Keith Kassulke (QLD) Holden Monaro GTS Co 5800 8 11:53.0251 8 1:18.9005 22 68 Trans Am Race Engineering Grant Wilson (QLD) Chevrolet Camaro SS 5800 8 12:13.9446 6 1:25.1798
RACE 2
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Race.Time Fastest...Lap1 18 Wilson Security/Payce Dejoco John Bowe (VIC) Holden Torana SL/R 5 5047 13 16:51.4050 4 1:16.4911R2 30 Thunder Road Tacing Team Austr Glenn Seton (QLD) Ford Mustang Coupe 5000 13 16:52.7100 3 1:17.2328 3 35 iseek Racing jason Gomersall (QLD) Holden Torana A9X Ha 5000 13 17:00.8981 3 1:17.2522 4 95 Whiteline Racing/Fabre Austral Adam Bressington (NSW) Chevrolet Camaro SS 5800 13 17:08.7422 4 1:17.8893 5 48 Brisbane's Cheapest Cars Eddie Abelnica (VIC) Ford Falcon XB Coupe 5800 13 17:10.9572 4 1:17.8961 6 85 Whiteline Racing/King Springs Mark King (QLD) Chevrolet Camaro RS 5800 13 17:11.2864 3 1:18.2429 7 88 TIFS - Warehousing& Distributi Tony Karanfilovski (NSW) Fpord Mustang Trans 5800 13 17:11.8120 3 1:18.0005 8 12 Giraffe Civil Contracting Adam Garwood (TAS) Holden Torana SL/R 5 5047 13 17:21.1918 6 1:18.7307 9 25 Angliss Meats Brett Curran (QLD) Ford Mustang Fastbac 5800 13 17:26.8502 3 1:19.0981 10 4 Skye Sands Rusty French (VIC) Ford Mustang Fastbac 5800 13 17:32.9664 4 1:19.3516 11 90 Werks Garage/Kalus Kenny Iterl Sven Burchartz (VIC) Porsche 911 RS IROC 3600 13 17:44.1537 4 1:19.0463 12 97 John's Furniture Removals Allen Boughen (QLD) Mercury Comet 4736 13 18:00.7387 10 1:22.1808 13 65 Cannon Trailers Michael (Blu) Cannon QLD Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 13 18:07.4256 11 1:22.2306 14 7 Werks Garage/Red Rock Winery Rohan Little (VIC) Porsche 911 RS IROC 3600 13 18:07.6340 7 1:22.0869 15 8 Sportsmed SA Greg Keene (SA) Porsche 911 RS IROC 5800 13 18:12.7326 10 1:21.9619 16 22 Aussie Muscle Car Run/PRT Fabr Graham Stewart (SA) Holden Monaro GTS Co 5800 13 18:16.6964 10 1:21.3834 17 13 Mark Poole Motorsport Rory O'Neill (SA) Porsche 911 RS IROC 3600 12 17:02.2260 8 1:23.2694 18 19 Tincone Industrial Services Daren Beale (QLD) Holden Monaro GTS Co 5800 12 17:34.3841 6 1:22.0913 19 68 Trans Am Race Engineering Grant Wilson (QLD) Chevrolet Camaro SS 5800 12 18:01.2946 8 1:27.6770 DNF 2 Shannons Insurance Jim Richards (VIC) Ford Falcon Sprint 5000 11 14:50.3719 7 1:18.4831 DNF 9 Jesus Racing Andrew Fisher (NSW) Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 5 6:46.6612 3 1:18.8859
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