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KIWIS TAKE THE TROPHY RACE
COLIN MEADOWS and Paul Clarke lead a Kiwi sweep of the top five positions in the Wilson Trans-Tasman Challenge WAECO Fridges Trophy Race this afternoon at Mount Panorama.
The reversed top-50% field saw yesterday’s race winners relegated to the back of the field opening the grid up to a host of drivers to seize the chance to lead a race at Bathurst.
Meadows and Clarke finished 20th and 22nd respectively yesterday but the grid inversion saw them start 1-2 for today’s six-lap affair the pair dicing amongst themselves as they pulled away out in front of the field.
Clarke led the race early in his Ford Mustang before Meadows was able to grab the lead in his stunning 400ci Chevrolet Camaro mid race a car that sports a stunning tribute livery to the famous Chaparral team from US Trans Am competition in the early 1970s.
Never split by much more than a second the pair crossed the line nose to tail after getting traffic on the final lap.
Steven Ross finished a solitary third in his VK Holden Commodore Grant Dalton finished fourth in his Camaro while Dean Perkins was fifth in his XD Falcon – having stormed from 40th position on the grid.
Adam Garwood once again starred backing up his remarkable charge through the field in race one on Friday evening with another storming performance in today’s race.
Starting 38th Garwood was 27th at the end of lap one 19th at the end of lap two 16th by lap three and 13th a lap later.
He moved into the top-10 on the penultimate lap before passing three further cars on the final tour to end up sixth and first of the Touring Car Masters runners home – recording yet another class victory in the TCM Trophy race. ÂÂ
Adam Bressington started sixth from the back of the grid today and neatly followed Garwood through the field taking the Fabre / Whiteline Racing Camaro to 7th position thanks to a storming drive.
Michael Eden took his Ford Falcon to eighth Tristan Teki was ninth aboard his Chevrolet Camaro and John Midgley 10th in another Falcon.
In his first Touring Car Masters season Mercury Comet racer Allan Boughen started on the second row and raced strongly ultimately slipping just outside the top 10 on the final lap to finish 13th.
Steven Johnson entertained with another typically entertaining drive through the field – charging to 18th position after starting third from last thanks to his excellent performance in race one on Friday.
Bowe stormed to 20th while Glenn Seton took the conservative approach and finished 38th. Jason Gomersall pitted on the formation lap to ensure he was out of the traffic and when running in clear air was able to show the potential of his iSeek Racing Torana by setting the race’s fastest lap at 2m19.5233s.
Once again the field completed the race without the need of a Safety Car with only a few minor ‘offs’ and a spin involving Wayne Mercer and Eddie Abelnica causing local yellows thoughout the race.
The third and final race of the unique combined Touring Car Masters / Central Muscle Cars weekend will be the Wilson Trans-Tasman Challenge race scheduled to commence at 8:30am on Sunday morning.
The race will see the TCM competitors line up on one side and CMC racers on the other setting up a true Aussie-versus-kiwi battle.
The grid will be determined by the finishing positions from race one meaning Glenn Seton will lead the TCM brigade to the green flag and Dean Perkins the Central Muscle Car contingent.
RACE 2 RESULTS – WAECO TROPHY RACE
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Race.Time Fastest...Lap1 44 Colin Meadows Racing Team Colin Meadows (NZ) Chevrolet Camaro SS 6000 NZ 6 14:25.5609 5 2:22.0701 2 49 Clarke Machine Hire Paul Clarke (NZ) Ford Mustang 6000 NZ 6 14:26.0013 5 2:22.3544 3 66 Vernon & Vazey Truck Parts Steven Ross (NZ) Holden Commodore VK 6653 NZ 6 14:41.9010 2 2:25.5580 4 135 Central Muscle Cars NZ Grant Dalton (NZ) Chevrolet Camaro Z28 6500 NZ 6 14:55.2542 6 2:25.1315 5 175 Perkins Racing Team Dean Perkins (NZ) Ford Falcon 5800 NZ 6 14:55.9198 6 2:22.8372 6 21 Giraffe Civil Contracting Adam Garwood (TAS) Ford Capri Perana 5800 AUS 6 15:00.6457 4 2:24.5418 7 95 Whiteline Racing / Fabre Austr Adam Bressington (NSW) Chevrolet Camaro SS 5800 AUS 6 15:01.6829 4 2:25.5094 8 165 GDM Retail Systems Michael Eden (NZ) Ford Falcon 6000 NZ 6 15:02.1441 4 2:28.8876 9 27 Burger Fuel Wellington Tristan Teki (NZ) Chevrolet Camaro 6700 NZ 6 15:02.7598 4 2:28.1839 10 119 Central Muscle Cars NZ John Midgley (NZ) Ford Falcon 6735 NZ 6 15:03.7991 4 2:22.3606 11 4 Skye Sands Rusty French (VIC) Ford Mustang Fastbac 5800 AUS 6 15:03.8634 3 2:27.5982 12 160 Hopper Car Construction David Hopper (NZ) Chevrolet Camaro 6000 NZ 6 15:04.4911 4 2:24.6943 13 97 Johns Furniture Removals Allen Boughen (QLD) Mercury Comet 4736 AUS 6 15:06.1454 5 2:29.7845 14 46 THD Motorsport Leo Tobin (VIC) Ford Boss Mustang 5000 AUS 6 15:06.3112 4 2:29.9225 15 33 Class Harvest Centre Otago Steve Scoles (NZ) Chevrolet Camaro 6000 NZ 6 15:06.7427 2 2:30.4531 16 168 Case IH Mark Holland (NZ) Chevrolet Camaro 6718 NZ 6 15:07.8597 6 2:29.1989 17 121 Steve Hildred Motors Steve Hildred (NZ) Holden Monaro 6000 NZ 6 15:08.4005 5 2:28.8301 18 17 Synergy Race Engines Steve Johnson (QLD) Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 AUS 6 15:09.1103 6 2:23.2203 19 88 TIFS - Warehousing & Distribut Tony Karanfilovski (NSW) Ford Mustang Trans A 5800 AUS 6 15:13.4479 6 2:24.7028 20 18 Wilson Security / PAYCE John Bowe (VIC) Holden Torana SL/R 5047 AUS 6 15:13.4907 6 2:24.4089 21 167 PPG Steve Noyer (NZ) Ford Mustang 5000 NZ 6 15:16.1873 5 2:28.6122 22 77 Dirty Boys Just Dig It Duane Ingley (NZ) Dodge Challenger 5800 NZ 6 15:16.7698 5 2:29.4624 23 70 Ray White Real Estate Brendan Mason (NZ) Chevrolet Camaro SS 6600 NZ 6 15:17.8920 4 2:28.6788 24 85 Whiteline Racing / King Spring Mark King (QLD) Chevrolet Camaro RS 5800 AUS 6 15:18.4820 4 2:25.0413 25 43 Wasn't Me Racing Tony Galbraith (NZ) Valiant Charger 6555 NZ 6 15:19.2196 6 2:29.6291 26 52 Outbound Racing / wheels.com.p Keith Kassulke (QLD) Holden Monaro GTS C 5800 AUS 6 15:19.6254 4 2:25.3751 27 25 Maxi-Trans Trailers Paul Freestone (VIC) Chevrolet Camaro 5800 AUS 6 15:21.0439 4 2:24.9968 28 10 Sunliner RV Tony Hunter (VIC) Chevrolet Monza 2+2 6000 AUS 6 15:21.2970 3 2:29.3376 29 2 Shannons Insurance Jim Richards (VIC) AMC Javelin 5898 AUS 6 15:21.7176 4 2:24.0318 30 60 Glennan Transport/ANGLOMOIL Lu Cameron Tilley (NSW) Valiant Pacer 4390 AUS 6 15:21.8191 4 2:25.8757 31 56 Gabriel Shock Absorbers Brett Youlden (VIC) Holden Monaro GTS C 5800 AUS 6 15:22.3195 6 2:26.6992 32 169 Pinepac E Frame Bruce Anderson (NZ) Ford Mustang Fastbac 5866 NZ 6 15:22.9386 6 2:26.5118 33 48 Melbourne's Cheapest Cars Eddie Abelnica (VIC) Ford Falcon XB Coupe 5800 AUS 6 15:27.7532 5 2:21.5830 34 22 Aussie Muscle Car Run / PRT Fa Nigel Benson (SA) Holden Monaro GTS C 5800 AUS 6 15:29.4325 6 2:32.1266 35 74 Lyndways Builders Wayne Mercer (VIC) Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 AUS 6 15:47.4610 3 2:25.0511 36 19 Tincone Industrial Services Darren Beale (QLD) Holden Monaro GTS C 5800 AUS 6 15:58.9394 6 2:36.0748 37 35 iseek Racing Jason Gomersall (QLD) Holden Torana A9X H 5000 AUS 6 16:00.3974 2 2:19.5233*38 30 Thunder Road Racing Team Austr Glenn Seton (QLD) Ford Mustang Coupe 5000 AUS 6 16:13.3471 4 2:29.5484 39 118 Chesters Greg Holden (NZ) Ford Falcon 5625 NZ 6 16:15.3923 6 2:39.0552 40 117 Dannevirke Honda Greg Cuttance (NZ) Ford Falcon 6718 NZ 6 16:39.9723 6 2:43.0271 41 888 TDM Calvin Andrew (NZ) Holden Commodore VK 5000 NZ 6 16:40.8338 5 2:42.6352 42 26 STL Sean Fowler (NZ) Holden Torana SL/R 6000 NZ 5 14:25.5615 5 2:47.2344 43 02 Hawk Brake Pads Dave Roberts (USA) Chevrolet Camaro SS 5800 US 5 14:32.9838 4 2:50.3383 44 13 Kumeu Village Medical Centre John Elliott (NZ) Holden Torana XU1 3310 NZ 5 14:50.9360 4 2:53.6731 DNF 130 Team West Cam Crawford (NZ) Ford XA Hardtop 6100 NZ 5 13:33.0257 5 2:38.3549 DNF 15 Nautech Electronics Andrew Turner (NZ) Holden Commodore VH 6700 NZ 2 5:26.6111 2 2:48.8165
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