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BRESSINGTON CHALLENGES BOWE WINS RACE TWO IN ADELAIDE
A STERN challenge from Adam Bressington’s Whiteline Racing Chevrolet Camaro wasn’t quite enough to unseat John Bowe’s run at the pointy-end of the Touring Car Masters field today at the Clipsal 500.
Bowe took his second win from two starts this morning however it was Bressington who applied the most pressure and became the first person to lead Bowe’s Torana this year when he jumped to the point on the first lap.
The Yellow Camaro edged out Bowe though the Senna chicane though Bowe worked his way past a lap later to assume a lead he’d never lose.
Once in front he eased away to another win re-setting the TCM lap record in Adelaide to 1m29.2812s in the process.
Bressington was a safe second – however behind him there was a huge contest for the final spot in the top three.
Ryan Hansford briefly held the spot on lap one; however steering damage on the opening lap ruled out the Multispares Torana that had impressed on Friday.
Jason Gomersall then assumed the spot in his A9X Torana but dropped to sixth place on the fifth lap during a four-way dice that included Andrew Fisher Mark King and Cameron Tilley.
Fisher then assumed third place and was able to hold the spot through to the end of the race delivering the brand-new Falcon GTHO its first TCM podium.
Mark King also improved one spot from the first race grabbing fourth to continue the strong from from the Adelaide-based Whiteline Racing this weekend.
Steven Johnson finished fifth charging from 18th place in Mustang Sally after yesterday’s unfortunate non-finish.
Gomersall was sixth in the BigMate Torana Jim Richards seventh in the Shannons AMC Javelin and Brad Tilley eighth in his Ford Mustang.
Tony Karanfilovski and Adam Garwood finished ninth and tenth despite contact between the Mustang and Torana saw the young Tasmanian spun through 360-degrees after contact in the final corner early in the race.
Cameron Tilley was a non-finisher in the Anglomoil Pacer after a strong showing early in the race while Rory O’Neill and Hansford were also non-finishers.
Leo Tobin won ProSports by finishing 15th outright in his THD Motorsport Ford Mustang.
South Aussie Bernie Stack levelled the score in the all-Porsche IROC Challenge affair beating race one winner Sven Burchartz by less than 0.3 seconds today – Manny Palyaris third.
The third and final race of the weekend will see the TCM Trophy Race contested over 10-laps on Sunday morning at 9:20am.
RACE 2 RESULTS – CLIPSAL 500 ADELAIDE
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Race.Time Fastest...Lap1 18 Wilson Security / PAYCE John Bowe (Vic) Holden Torana SL/R 5 5047 10 15:05.2292 3 1:29.2812R2 95 Whiteline Racing / Fabre Austr Adam Bressington (NSW) Chevrolet Camaro SS 5800 10 15:11.4962 4 1:29.8679 3 9 Jesus Racing Andrew Fisher (NSW) Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 10 15:14.6367 8 1:30.1967 4 85 Whiteline Racing / King Spring Mark King (Qld) Chevrolet Camaro RS 5800 10 15:15.2920 8 1:30.2457 5 17 WM Waste / Illusion Gas Log Fi Steve Johnson (Qld) Ford Mustang Fastbac 5800 10 15:24.0798 3 1:29.7899 6 35 Bigmate Racing Jason Gomersall (Qld) Holden Torana 5000 10 15:25.5570 2 1:30.1616 7 2 Shannons Insurance Jim Richards (Vic) AMC Javelin 5890 10 15:30.3271 9 1:30.4052 8 28 Speedgas / Tilley Auto Garage Brad Tilley (NSW) Ford Mustang Coupe 4735 10 15:35.2260 8 1:31.5385 9 88 TIFS - Warehousing & Distribut Metodia Karanfilovsk NSW Ford Mustang Trans A 5800 10 15:35.7261 5 1:31.1892 10 12 Giraffe Civil Contracting Adam Garwood (TAS) Holden Torana SL/R 5 5047 10 15:40.9746 9 1:30.9435 11 74 Lyndways Builders Wayne Mercer (Vic) Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 10 15:49.1991 6 1:32.9620 12 8 Lady Luck Racing Terry Lawlor (NSW) Ford Mustang Coupe 5000 10 15:49.7634 3 1:32.7257 13 3 Hercules Engines Steve Mason (NSW) Ford Mustang Fastbac 5000 10 15:50.2792 6 1:32.4933 14 56 Wasp Steering & Suspension Brett Youlden (Vic) Holden Monaro GTS 6000 10 15:54.0183 4 1:31.6491 15 46 THD Motorsport Leo Tobin (Vic) Ford Boss Mustang 5000 10 16:00.9975 10 1:33.3514 16 38 Gawler Self Storage Bernie Stack (SA) Porsche 911 IROC 3600 10 16:04.0031 5 1:33.4468 17 90 Kalus Kenny Interlex / Werks Sven Burchartz (Vic) Porsche 911 IROC 3600 10 16:04.3534 5 1:32.5705 18 97 John's Furniture Removals Allen Boughen (Qld) Mercury Comet 5000 10 16:30.9946 5 1:34.3628 19 91 SA Structural Manny Palyaris (SA) Porsche 911 IROC 3200 10 16:37.5357 10 1:36.4962 20 19 Tincone Industrial Services Darren Beale (Qld) Holden Monaro GTS 5800 10 16:38.7136 3 1:37.0603 21 77 Red Rock Winery / Werks RRR Rohan Little (Vic) Porsche 911 IROC 3600 9 15:29.9999 7 1:38.9065 22 7 Wisely Motorsport Bob Wisely (Qld) Holden Torana SL/R 5 5000 9 16:46.5361 9 1:45.0514 DNF 60 Glennan Transport / ANGLOMOIL Cameron Tilley (NSW) Valiant Pacer 4390 6 9:17.0045 3 1:30.2886 DNF 13 Mark Poole Motorsport Rory O'Neill (SA) Porsche 911 IROC 3600 4 6:57.0298 4 1:40.9529 DNF 6 Multispares Racing Ryan Hansford (Qld) Holden Torana SL/R 5 5000
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