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Mt. Panorama Bathurst
[All timing by Natsoft]
Results
The opportunity to compete at Bathurst doesn't come around all that often so it came as no suprise that the entry list for this round of the Australian Performance Car Championship attracted a very strong field, dominating by V8 Holdens and a smattering of Fords. The all-wheel drive EVOs were outnumbered for sure!
Gary had problems early on with some mechanical issues but still managed a creditable 5th in the first practice session on Thursday. Gary needed some strong results this weekend to stay in the running for the 2007 Championship.
| PRACTICE 1: THURSDAY OCTOBER 4th | ||
POSITION |
DRIVER |
TIME |
1 |
Mark King |
2:28.6136 |
2 |
Gary McDonald |
2:29.7856 |
3 |
Steve Cramp |
2:30.1310 |
4 |
Beric Lynton |
2:30.6815 |
5 |
Gary Young |
2:33.3636 |
The pace certainly gotter a lot hotter in Qualifying, with the first 10 cars separated by only about 4 seconds, which is not insignificant over the Mt. Panorama circuit. Gary was still sufering from a blow-off valve malfunction on the EVO but kept the Salta Properties EVO in the Top 10 with a time of 2:31.73 which was good for 8th place on the grid for Race 1 on Friday.
| QUALIFYING: THURSDAY OCTOBER 4th | ||
POSITION |
DRIVER |
TIME |
1 |
Mark King |
2:28.9202 |
2 |
Gary McDonald |
2:29.3514 |
3 |
Paul Freestone |
2:29.4335 |
4 |
Steve Cramp |
2:29.4418 |
5 |
Beric Lynton |
2:29.6166 |
6 |
Peter Floyd |
2:30.1855 |
7 |
Renato Loberto |
2:31.2384 |
8 |
Gary Young |
2:31.7372 |
Race 1
Gary McDonald broke the lap record in Race 1 but only managed a third place behind the EVO of Mark King and Paul Freestone's VY GTS Commodore. Gary finished 10th.
| RACE 1: FRIDAY OCTOBER 5th | ||
POSITION |
DRIVER |
TIME |
1 |
Mark King |
2:31.7372 |
2 |
Paul Freestone |
2:28.1698 |
3 |
Gary McDonald |
2:28.1595R |
4 |
Peter Floyd |
2:30.4595 |
5 |
Steve Cramp |
2:30.1791 |
6 |
Graham Alexander |
2:30.5941 |
7 |
Beric Lynton |
2:29.3651 |
8 |
James Phillip |
2:29.6680 |
9 |
Renato Loberto |
2:33.8876 |
10 |
Gary Young |
2:34.0918 |
Race 2
Gary finished 13th in Race 2 on Saturday morning, after starting 10th off the grid. James Philip in the Ford Typhoon set the fastest lap. Gary was second fastest but only managed a 13th place in a fau;tering EVO. Running as high as 6th by the third lap, the EVO was beset with problems, dropping the Salta Properties EVO through the field.
| RACE 2 : SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6th | ||
POSITION |
DRIVER |
TIME |
1 |
Peter Floyd |
2:29.0314 |
2 |
Gary McDonald |
2:29.2979 |
3 |
Mark King |
2:29.3866 |
4 |
Graham Alexander |
2:29.1411 |
5 |
Steve Cramp |
2:29.2569 |
6 |
Beric Lynton |
2:29.0901 |
7 |
James Phllips |
2:28.3838 |
8 |
Barry Nesbitt |
2:33.7538 |
9 |
Tony Alford |
2:36.0278 |
10 |
Richard Buttrose |
2:34.5708 |
11 |
Andrew Fisher |
2:36.5806 |
12 |
Anthony Loscialpo |
2:37.0107 |
13 |
Gary Young |
2:28.6220 |
Race 3
The final race of the weekend for the Performance Cars was on Saturday afternoon. It was a race of attrition and Gary managed to bring the EVO home in 6th place for some valuable championship points.
Gary King was leading the race when he suffered a puncture on the penultimate lap, allowing Floyd through for the win, and making it an HSV 1 - 2 - 3 finish.
| RACE 3 : SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6th | ||
POSITION |
DRIVER |
TIME |
1 |
Peter Floyd |
2:29.1645 |
2 |
Steve Cramp |
2:28.7559 |
3 |
Gary McDonald |
2:28.5252 |
4 |
Beric Lynton |
2:29.4198 |
5 |
Barrie Nesbitt |
2:30.2508 |
6 |
Gary Young |
2:32.1127 |
Outright Championship Points
- Mark King 286
- Barrie Nesbitt 278
- Gary Young 274
- Peter Floyd 262
- Graham Alexander 239
- Tim Poulton 197
For full reports and more photos visit the official Performance Car website.
