The Racing Magazine - Issue 23, July 2015

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8 Pitlane Whiteboard

10 Feature THE MOMENTS THAT MADE US

16 Feature LUKE FRASER

18 Feature PORSCHE PAST

21 Program

28 Round 3 in Review

30 Television Coverage Lap Records

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EDITORIALBy Richard Craill

IN THIS ISSUEON A CRYSTAL clear spring afternoon in Sydney’s South West, in late August 2009, a group of four ambled down the pit lane at the grand old lady that was Oran Park raceway and commenced a track walk. The last track walk.

‘It’s got something extra, this place,’ said Tim Macrow, the Formula 3 driver who clinched his Gold Star in dramatic fashion at the circuit two years prior and whom ambled alongside me at the time.

My notes of the walk are sketchy but I remember him walking alongside me and surveying the awesome, 180km/hr right-hander that fired you off the bridge and down the hill to the old Suttons corner.

“Winning a championship here was cool, you know. Dad raced here a lot and it was cool to follow what he did,” he added, sweeping his arm across an arc that covered the bridge, the hill, the dogleg and more.

“The history gives it a feeling that so many other places can’t have. That and the fact it’s a f&%king awesome circuit..” You can forgive the expletive.. It’s what most people thought.

On that stunning Thursday afternoon, as the sun set over the new housing development that was gradually eroding away into the seams of Oran Park’s permitter, we chatted history, memories and the quirks of the place, and the fact that it would soon go away.

It remains one of my most fond memories of the traveling roadshow that the Shannons Nationals has now produced for nine and a half seasons.

Including Oran Park in our list of the defining moments that make up the last ten seasons of Shannons Nationals competition was not easy. It may be an inclusion that others feel should be removed — to be replaced with something that they hold more dear. But for me it was an automatic inclusion because I was there.

The last major race meeting at a place for which I had — have — incredibly fond memories.

That’s the key point, too: it’s my memory, one shared with only a select few. Others will have different memories of that place, and others. They might circle other dates on their historical calendar as being more auspicious, more memorable and more defining.

But on that walk, the significance of what was occurring wasn’t lost on me, nor the other parties of the group that walked the track that afternoon. It was big to be the last ones there – the last to leave our mark, as it was, before history continued turning the pages of the area to a brand new chapter. A chapter we didn’t like, for sure, but it was good to be there at the end of the exciting one.

Oh yes — with us on the walk was a British driver, Peter Kalpakiotis, over for a brief stint in Australian F3 at the time.

“I can’t believe,” he said, eyeing the suitably close wall on the exit of Oran Park’s final corner that people still called Momo, “That you lot are tearing this place up. It’s incredible!”

Six years on, I still think the same...

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FORMULA OPENPhoto by Nathan Wong

THE 2015 Australian Formula Ford Series is as open as they come, with three winners from the first three rounds of the championship and plenty more drivers on the grid who look more than capable of being title contenders.

Cameron Hill — in the foreground of this image — won at Winton recently and rocketed to the championship lead as Christian Morina, second in line here, had a rough round and plummeted from first to third in the standings. And yet, with half the season to go, you just know that there’s no way the championship is any way done yet. Just as it’s been for the last 30 years and more of Formula Ford, and probably will be for a while yet.

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IT WAS one of the most dramatic moments of the entire 2007 season, be it Formula 3 or otherwise. Fighting for the lead early in race one of the Australian Formula 3 Championship, title rivals Leanne Tander and Tim Macrow collided at turn seven at the end of the first lap. Macrow was outsted immediately whilst Tander, with Damage, dropped to the back of a seven-car freight train that would ultimately be the battle for the lead. While James Winslow ran away out in front and stormed to an impressive victory, Tander one-by-one picked off car after car in wet/dry conditions to ultimately blaze through to a stunning second. It’s still one of the best ever drives seen in Australian F3. Generated some media coverage, too — this clipping is from the back page of The Advertiser in Adelaide, the day after.

PITLANE WHITEBOARD

OUR WHITEBOARD is an old, grizzly item. Full of dents, scratches and ill-informed opinions on what’s going on in the

world around him.So it’s no surprise that it’s weighed in on the 14-year-old race winner story going around the traps lately…

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* It goes without saying (but I’ve had an eraser held at my throat until I finish writing this bit, so I’ll say it anyway) that the views expressed in this column are most certainly, totally, absolutely and wholly 100% those of the whiteboard and NOT this publication or its associated entities.

Welcome to Sydney Motorsport Park for this round of the #ShannonsNats. For those paying attention, we’re using the Gardner circuit this weekend, or as we prefer to call it here, the Triple C: Captain Chaos Configuration.

In case you have been living under a rock (sorry Dick), you’ll by now know that news that a 14 year old won a race in a V8 Supercar three weeks ago at Winton.

Fair dinkum, 14? I don’t want to say that’s young, but the team told him to shave two tenths off the gap, and he had to ask the crew what shaving was.

He’s so young that if he spins off the track, he has to look up urbandictionary.com to find an expletive to use.

Seriously though, nice job Alex. If you ever land in the V8 Utes, we’ve reserved Alex “That’s how I” Rullo as your nickname.

We’ve got him sorted out though if he runs in Australian GT. As part of the compulsory pit stop, he’ll have to finish his homework by simplifying some algebraic expressions, completing a couple of equations using Pythagoras theory, and fixing that problem on Garry O’Brien’s iPhone that he can’t figure out before swapping to the second driver.

In F1 world, the F1 Strategy Working Commission Discussion Think Thank Consideration Group have decided that, apart from ordering more

champagne, and needing to work on a different name, to consider customer cars as an option to cut the ever-spiralling-like-one-of-Bernie’-staircases costs of the sport.

Sauber boss Monisha Kaltenborn sees this issue needing to be solved quickly, especially as she has already signed 18 drivers to drive for Sauber next year, so being able to buy an additional 16 Ferrari’s in time for Albert Park 2016 would be an ideal solution.

Don’t get me wrong, PLWB loves a single make open wheel series. It’s close, it’s competitive, and it’s so wild that in a recent European F3 round, the big boss upstairs put the red flag out and told the young kids to stop crashing, go home and learn how to not drive like maniacs. The young drivers protested, but the officials didn’t accept their argument of “this never happens when I race on PlayStation.”

However, customer cars remove what Formula 1 is about. It’s not about being the same; it’s about being different. What would this column be like if we couldn’t make jokes about Honda F1 investing millions of dollars to come up for a new package of synonyms for Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso to describe how bad the car was in the post-race interviews in time for the Belgian Grand Prix?

A trip to Le Mans tells you the answer. There are different cars, new technology, there’s plenty of

interest, and it’s all because there’s scope for cars that are, frankly, completely ridiculous.

If all racing goes one make, and that’s the way it’s heading, it’ll be a shame. I mean, have a look at that Le Mans Nissan. I’m still not sure which dealer team supports Ben Bowlby, but I’m pretty sure it’s not one that sells cars… and it’s awesome.

AS IT IS IN LIFE, ten years is a bloody long time in motor racing. Yet, when you sift through the old records, photos and stories from the last decade, it never ceases to amaze just how quickly that time passes.

Randle was clear of the wreckage in four seconds, instantly facing off a concerned Tamasi, who had also stopped 20 meters short of the accident scene with damage from the initial impact.

Furious, and with adrenaline pumping, Randle overarm bowled his helmet at Tamasi — the black lid followed by a glove as he stormed away from the scene. Tamasi was left standing, helpless, as Randle seethed and stormed his way from the wreckage.

Both drivers were fine, thankfully, and the subsequent vision shown on Speedweek has since become the most famous vision ever shot at a Shannons Nationals round.

Ten seasons later, Daniel’s son Stephen and Dean’s boy Thomas are racing head to head in this year’s Kerrick Sports Sedan Series. One in a SAAB, one in a Calibra.

We await Phillip Island in September...

Images: The crash vision that still gets played: Phillip Island Kerrick Sports Sedans, 2006.


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THE MOMENTS THAT MADE US

1/ THE FIRST ROUNDIT IS LISTED quite accurately on the Natsoft race timing website as ‘CAMS NATIONAL RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS – ROUND 1’. Round one for both the 2006 season and, indeed, what would become the Shannons Nationals.

March 3, 4 and 5 2006 — before Facebook, Live Streaming, HD Television and Twitter were commonplace — brought together six key CAMS-affiliated national level racing categories to Wakefield Park Raceway, near Goulburn, and kicked off the 2006 national racing season.

The program included six quite strong categories. Formula 3 was a week away from introducing Bruno Senna to the Australian fans at the Grand Prix, Commodore Cup had 20 VS and VH cars on track for their typical door-banging racing, Australian GT was embarking on the second year of their rebirth and sported a field that included the late, great Allan Simonsen, Greg Crick, David Wall and young gun Bryce Washington.

Kerrick Sports Sedans, much as they do now, featured names like Ricciardello, Bailey, Hossack and Randle, while the Australian Production Car Championship saw David Ryan qualify his Ford Falcon XR6 on pole. 28 Saloon Cars also put on quite the show.

It was a great start, too — one that set the tone for the future with a diverse mix of racing cars and personalities, honest racing that focussed on the on-track product more than the pomp and circumstance, and a stable product for competitors to enjoy.

If there is a number one defining moment, that opening round at Wakefield, held under bright, blue skies, could be it. It set the tone that continues today.

2/ DEAN RANDLE VERSUS PHILLIP ISLAND

ON A DARK and gloomy late afternoon at Phillip Island, Dean Randle’s end-for-end in his SAAB 9-3 Sports Sedan went viral before ‘going viral’ was a commonly used phrase.

It’s a crash that produced vision that is instantly familiar and has been used in crash compilations on video, DVD, You Tube and social media with common regularity since.

A clip from an oversteering Holden Calibra driven by Daniel Tamasi exiting turn four on the opening lap of the final race tipped Dean Randle’s SAAB sideways, across the front of the Black Calibra and onto its side and into a sequence of three, hold-your-breath rolls.

History records that the somewhat flimsy nature of Sports Sedan bodywork helped exacerbate the nature of the rollover: the car seemingly self-destructing as it barrel-rolled itself into the Phillip Island turf on drivers left. It landed, upright, with wheels missing and Randle exposed and moving within the roll cage structure, clear for all to see.

Time has a funny way of changing one’s perception of how things were, too. A few years of rose-coloured vision can change ‘reckless moments’ to ‘heroic drives’ and terrible cars to those with ‘great character’. Post-race hangovers seem larger, controversies seem smaller than they felt at the time and those to have left the sport become more fondly remembered than perhaps they were acknowledged back in the day.

As much can be said about the history of the Shannons Australian Motor Racing Nationals.

Formed from a time of great upheaval, following the demise of PROCAR and the fill-in year that was the 2005 Australian Motor Racing Series, the Nationals were established in 2006 simply as a place for categories to race.

But it’s since developed into so much more than that — into a series with character — with great competition and perhaps most importantly, nine-and-a-half seasons of compelling stories to tell.

Celebrating that history is important, but the quest to define ten seasons worth of highlights into a few thousand words was, ultimately, a challenge that will have to wait.

Instead of narrowing our focus to particular races, drivers or cars we’ve taken a broader approach in documenting the last ten seasons of racing by looking at several ‘moments’ in time. Moments that will be remembered, generally, above and beyond others in the series’ history. To make this list, a moment must have made a meaningful impact in some way, shape or form to have affected the core fabric that bonds the Nationals together.

Easy it was not, but fun it was.

Here, then, are ten moments that define the very core that ten seasons of fantastic, compelling, captivating, enjoyable motor racing have delivered us.

May there be many more.

“Easy it was not, but fun it was.”


4/ THE BIRTH OF SOMETHING NEWTHE WHOLE premise of the Shannons Nationals foundation was to be a ‘place to race’ for categories and competitors who needed it.

So when a group of Porsche enthusiasts decided to go their own way and start a new series — rather than racing 911 Cup Cars within a GT field increasingly filled with GT3-specification machinery — the Nationals was the place for it.

What evolved, the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, flourished and to this day remains one of the series’ prized assets thanks to continually large fields, compelling racing and everything a good Porsche one-make series should have.

The efforts made by the likes of Sven Burchartz, Jodi Zylstra, the late Jamey Blaikie and others in forming the GT3 Cup Challenge proved that with the right model, the right motivation and the right brains behind it, a new series could grow and thrive.

And thrive the GT3 Cup Challenge has.

Image: GT3 Cup Challenge is born: Mallala, 2008.

3/ LEANNE’S FIRST WINVICTORY IN the second race of the third Formula 3 round in 2007 was an enormous result for a race car driver who would time and time again prove she had the capabilities to beat the best anywhere, in any category.

When Leanne Tander won on a bright afternoon at Phillip Island she became the first female driver to win a race in the then 51-year history of CAMS’ Gold Star award and the first female to win a Formula 3 race anywhere in the world.

It was another turning point for a driver to have already won and scored podiums in V8’s, Formula Ford and Production Cars.

The way she achieved it was similarly impressive; sweeping around the outside of the supremely fast brilliant Brit, James Winslow, at turn one.

Yes, there was no lacking in the courage department when it came to Leanne and Phillip Island. Her silky smooth style suited the fastest track in the land and 2007 wouldn’t be the last time she won in ‘wings and slicks’ there, either.

That win was the first of many that season for Leanne as she engaged in the best championship fight Formula 3 in Australia has ever seen, with Tim Macrow and Charlie Hollings. Though she fell agonisingly short at another of her favourite tracks — Oran Park — at the end of the season didn’t take away from what had been a remarkable campaign. Defining moment? Oh yes.

Images: More history for Leanne in record-breaking Formula 3 campaign: Phillip Island, 2007.

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5/ KEEPING THE (V8) FAITHIT’S HARD WORK running a national racing category.

The economics are pretty average (breaking even is the same as a mass profit in this game), the politics are endless and the regulatory issues sometimes seem insurmountable.

And yet there are competitors who invest their heart and soul into racing and so those behind the scenes continue to strive to give them that chance.

The success of the V8 Touring Cars – and success is the correct word – is the best case in point.

The opening round with four cars was challenging, but when it dropped to three during a particularly low point in its inaugural 2008 season it seemed like it was bound to fail.

And yet the faith was maintained. Sponsors stuck with it and investment was made by key parties to keep it going and slowly, but surely, it grew. Four cars became ten. Ten became fifteen and then

7/ ...AFTER FAREWELLING A GRAND OLD LADYA LOT has been said, written and told about the great Oran Park Raceway.

Its last national-level round was a Shannons Nationals round in late August, 2008. Tim Macrow (F3), Ryan McLeod (AMChamp), Darren Hossack (Sports Sedans), Paul Kemal (Aussie Racing Cars), Shane Biekoff (V8 Touring Cars), Brett Holdsworth (Commodore Cup) and Shawn Jamieson (Saloon Cars) were the overall winners of the categories in action.

It was a great place — and it had a great send off.

Image: Oran Park’s last national-level race meeting: 29-30 August, 2008.

8/ THE WEATHERTHE REMARKABLE flooding that occurred at Phillip Island on the afternoon of May 25, 2012, will remain with those who experienced it for a long time.

There was more than a metre of water across the top of turn one. White caps on the top of waves were reported — at turn three, and not Bass Strait as usual — as wind and yet more torrential rain lashed Phillip Island.

Track activity was cancelled by 1pm and wouldn’t re-start until the following morning after a heroic effort by officials and track management to try and clear the deluge.

There was some consternation from promoters when viral images of the flooding made it to the Channel Ten evening news in Melbourne that night — and yet the record crowd that followed for the remainder of the weekend was proof enough that bad news can sometimes be good for business.

FAST FORWARD a few months to October 2012 and a cold morning at Wakefield Park — so cold, in fact, that it snowed.

A solid coating of white powder coated Goulburn, the surrounding hills and the Shannons Nationals Safety Car — amongst others — on a particularly frosty morning.

Suffice to say, the Weather Channel loved it!

Image: It’s been wild…

9/ NIGHT RACINGCHRONICALLY UNDERUSED in circuit racing in Australia, the Shannons Nationals has included night racing as a regular part of its schedule for a good chunk of its history.

From racing under Mallala’s lighting — there’s been some cracking Porsche races held on a Saturday evening there — to the temporary pools of light illuminating an otherwise pitch black Ipswich night at Queensland Raceway, doing it in the dark has become a Nationals tradition.

QR’s ‘Fight in the Night’ AMChamp race has been a particular standout — filled with dramatic events on and off track, thrilling on track battles (generally between turbo Mitsubishis, who love the cool night air) and its share of controversy (the whole field being pulled into pit lane in 2014 remains a standout). It’s even generated plenty of funky neon lighting schemes — all in the name of a good photo or two.

Image: The Fight in the Night delivering an underused product to the masses.

10/ LIVE STREAMINGTHE FINAL round of the 2009 series was notable for plenty of reasons not the least of which was Mitch Evans winning on his Formula 3 debut, rocketing himself into open wheel history in Australia.

But behind the scenes there was also something significant occurring as well — the first ever live internet broadcast of a Shannons Nationals round.

It’s another example of what now seems commonplace being trialled and experimented with ‘in the field’ ahead of a fully-blown implementation down the track.

The Nationals was the first national series in Australia to offer the free streaming product — opening up the rounds to a substantially larger on-the-spot audience than just those at the track.

It’s now commonplace across the industry, at varying levels, and remains a cornerstone of the Shannons Nationals mantra of being as accessible as possible.

Image: Taking it to the world, free, via the internet. Sounds simple now…

a few years later, properly competitive grids of eighteen to 22 cars were the norm.

The Kumho V8 Touring Cars are now every bit a legitimate third tier of V8 racing in Australia, serving the double purpose of allowing drivers to come through the ranks en-route to a V8 career, or just have a place to enjoy the cars in a competitive environment.

The V8s aren’t the only ones who can thank some good, old-fashioned hard grind, persistence and commitment for their continued survival.

Image: When people tell you things aren’t going to work, just try harder.

6/ TAKING IT TO THE PEOPLE…“SHANNONS NATIONALS LIVES UP TO THE HYPE!” proclaimed the Warwick Daily News, the day after Morgan Park had hosted it’s second ever national championship race meeting across three sensational days in 2010.

A year earlier the great experiment brought the series to town for the first time and it arrived not knowing of the reception it would receive in an otherwise untested market.

The chance to race at the technical, challenging circuit just outside of the Darling Downs town of Warwick in 2009 was one too good to miss: take the series to a regional centre that hadn’t seen the like before and put on a show. With the GT3 Cup Challenge Porsches and the AMChamp Production Cars leading the charge, that’s what it did.

Going to an untested market was a challenge – but the return the following year bigger, better and with more people paying attention – proved it would work.

The series returned to Queensland Raceway after three visits to Warwick, but few believe the series has seen the last of the great little venue.

We hope not.

Image: The first trip to Warwick and Morgan Park Raceway: August, 2009.


“Racing at Clipsal in my home town was something I had wanted to do since I was a kid.”

“If I had to describe this year with one word, I would say that word is unlucky.”UNLUCKY LUKE

IN 2013 LUKE FRASER took home a hard-fought championship in the Suzuki Swift Series after having placed second in the driver challenge held by the series earlier in the year.

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Nowadays, the 24 year old from St Morris in South Australia can be found in the Dial Before You Dig Australian Super Six Touring Car Series, where he is looking to once again do battle with his former Swift sparring partner Ben Grice.

Despite a strong early beginning, the year that is 2015 has not been overly kind to the 2011 CAMS Future Star (SA/NT) recipient, but he remains hopeful of more rewarding times ahead for the family and friend operated Luke Fraser Racing outfit. We caught up with him at Winton Motor Raceway to find out more.

Racing Magazine: Your first foray into national-level motorsport went exceptionally well — looking back, what was that like for you?

Luke Fraser: It was really good. After coming second in the challenge we headed to the first round and it just went so well. We won every race by margins of at least 10 seconds and from there picked up CLS Finance as a sponsor. They ran us through the next four rounds which got us through — we wouldn’t have been able to do it otherwise. We got quite a few round wins and despite a couple of dramas we headed to the last round tied on points with Benny (Grice). That was always going to be a tight round but it went really well for us with pole, a win in the hour-long race and the championship — so all in all it was a really good year for us.

RM: From the Swifts you had a pretty quiet 2014, before taking the first steps towards Super Six with the purchase of a Holden VT Commodore…

LF: Yeah 2014 started pretty slow for us — we put a lot of money into doing Clipsal in an Aussie Racing Car which was great as racing at Clipsal in my home town was something I had wanted to do since I was a kid. After that we didn’t do too much for a while to recoup some money, and then in August we bought this car. We ran it in the state round (in SA) in November and all went all right, but then we found out the engine was no good so we bought a new one to start off this year.

RM: How have you found the transition from the Swift to the Commodore?

LF: It is a massive difference. Obviously these are so much heavier and so much bigger. They are rear wheel drive instead of front wheel drive, and they have a lot more power. I have had a lot of fun in them, they are great to drive and they

actually handle pretty well for what they are. We are just learning as we go, every time we go out we are learning more.

RM: We are two rounds in for 2015 and you started off strongly, but then issues have intervened. How would you describe the season so far for you?

LF: If I had to describe this year with one word, I would say that word is unlucky. At the first round we were going well, we had wanted to be in the top five in what is a big field with good competition and that is where we were, but then we had an engine drama. Then coming into round two at Winton, we again wanted to be top five and I was probably hoping to be closer to the podium. We were really looking forward to it, especially the longer races like the ones I really enjoyed doing in the Swifts, and the pit stop race as we have never done a pit stop before. In practice we were running in the top five in the first two sessions, but then we had a very small component in the engine fail and that put us out for the weekend.

RM: With the transition to Super Six, you are back on the track with your Swift sparring partner (and 2013 series runner-up) Ben Grice — how has that rivalry been for you?

LF: Ben is obviously really quick, we have seen that in everything he has done, so to be racing with him is always good. I was pretty happy to get the upper-hand in the Swifts at the end. We have always raced pretty clean and fair and as long as we can do that I am always happy to race against him. He has been racing (Super Six) since last year so he has a bit more experience and this year he has been mega quick, so if I can get back up to racing against him again I would be happy with that.

RM: There is no shortage of racing categories around, so what was it about the Super Six series that inspired you to get involved?

LF: When you look at it obviously you would want to run with the V8 Kumho Series or something like that, but the budgets required are pretty enormous and we just don’t have that. The car was cheap when we bought it so cost was certainly a factor, but on top of that (the series) has good close racing. When you watch it, it is always really close with lots of battles and proper racing, so that certainly intrigued us enough to get into it and have a crack.


PORSCHE PAST: PACESETTER, RACE WINNER AND ITS FUTURE V8 STAR

It’s not just old V8 Supercars that have a strong racing history — Porsche’s competing in the GT3 Cup Challenge are now also at the point of notching up some impressive racing CVs.

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Percat made an immediate impact, taking pole position on debut before placing third for the round.

CHASSIS #WP0ZZZ99ZBS798105 was destined for life as a front-runner.

Purchased ahead of the 2011 season by Melbourne businessman and former Carrera Cup driver Peter Hill, the car found immediate success at the season opening Albert Park round with Hill placing second for the round in the Challenge (then Elite) class.

Hill raced the 911 at the following Perth and Phillip Island rounds before handing the reins to Tim Leahey at Bathurst, placing eighth outright for the weekend. Hill would return for the Gold Coast round, though his event was marred by a race two accident at the hairpin when an out-of-control car careered into the rear of his racer.

Hill would return for the following Grand Prix round, placing third in the Challenge class, though would park the car for the remainder of the season.

The car’s true potential was felt when former Bathurst champion Nick Percat moved to the Porsche category from the V8 Supercars Development Series.

Percat made an immediate impact, taking pole position on debut before placing third for the round behind the untouchable Craig Baird and experienced Steven Richards.

Albert Park saw his second pole in as many rounds followed by a third, second and a DNF — a blow to his title hopes with drivetrain issues.

The following Rennsport round would see the car take its first race win; Percat and Rodney Jane taking victory in the championship’s first ever co-drive race. The feat also make Jane the first ever Challenge driver to take an outright race victory in Carrera Cup Australia.

Percat would return to the winners’ list at Winton before executing one of the best qualifying performances ever seen in Carrera Cup. At Bathurst, Percat soared to a 2:08.77, pushing the 911 to its limits across Mount Panorama before winning the opening race.

The final round would deliver Percat his maiden round victory. The South Australian won the opening two races before finishing second in the final race of the season. His 911

GT3 Cup, therefore, would be the final round winner of the 997 era in the Carrera Cup Australia championship.

In this season, Percat would achieve six race wins, one round win, five pole positions from seven events and an astonishing nine fastest laps from 20 races.

Percat would finish runner-up in the championship standings, with Baird sealing his fifth Carrera Cup Australia title.

ROUND 4 SYDNEY MOTOR SPORT PARK, NSW


SHANNONS AUSTRALIAN MOTOR RACING NATIONALSROUND 4, SYDNEY MOTOR SPORT PARK • JULY 4–5, 2015

AUTHORITYThis meeting is conducted under the International Sporting Code of the FIA, the National Competition Rules of the CAMS Ltd, the Race Meeting Standing Regulations of CAMS, Phillip Island Standing Regulations 03/2012,and Supplementary Regulations issued for this Meeting. CAMS Permit : 815/0507/01

PROMOTERSThe Australian Racing Drivers Club Limited Tel: 02 9672 1000 Fax: 02 9672 0209 E: [email protected]

EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY, RELEASE AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK

MOTOR SPORT IS DANGEROUSIn exchange for being able to attend or participate in the event, you agree:

• to release Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Ltd (“CAMS”) and Australian Motor Sport Commission Ltd, promoters, sponsor organisations, land owners and lessees, organisers of the event, their respective servants, officials, representatives and agents (collectively, the “Associated Entities”) from all liability for your death, personal injury (including burns), psychological trauma, loss or damage (including property damage) (“harm”) howsoever arising from your participation in or attendance at the event, except to the extent prohibited by law;

• that CAMS and the Associated Entities do not make any warranty, implied or express, that the event services will be provided with due care and skill or that any materials provided in connection with the services will be fit for the purpose for which they are supplied; and

• to attend or participate in the event at your own risk.

You acknowledge that:

• the risks associated with attending or participating in the event include the risk that you may suffer harm as a result of:

• motor vehicles (or parts of them) colliding with other motor vehicles, persons or property;

• acts of violence and other harmful acts (whether intentional or inadvertent) committed by persons attending or participating in the event; and

• the failure or unsuitability of facilities (including grand-stands, fences and guard rails) to ensure the safety of persons or property at the event.

• motor sport is dangerous and that accidents causing harm can and do happen and may happen to you.

You accept the conditions of, and acknowledge the risks arising from, attending or participating in the event and being provided with the event services by CAMS and the Associated Entities.

OFFICIALS OF THE MEETINGClerk of Course: Michael Hancock

Deputy Clerk of Course: Vince Morgan

Clerk of Course Assistants: Stephen Preece, Evan Jones, David Ellem, Gary Peterson

Chief Steward: Bradley Tubb

Stewards: T Davidson, J Leahy

Secretary of the Meeting: Doreen Butchers

Secretary of Meeting Assistants: Laura Campbell, Jean Cook, Michael Petersen

Race Control: Louise Hallam, Sandra Hopkinson, Wayne Millward, Jessica Nicholson, Karen Beldizinski Schwalbach, Rodney Schwalbach, Allen See, Terry Thompson, Ronda Turner

Emergency Coordinator: David Martin

Safety Car Driver: John Cotter

Safety Car Communicator: Sandra Brand

Course Car Driver: R Edwards, A Brand

Circuit Coordinator: Peter Layland

Circuit Coordinator Assistants: P Soster, G Manhood

Noise Meter: TBA

Starters: Alan Grix, Matthew McNicol, Derek Taylor, Kerry Tunks

DSO: TBA

CRO: Neil Turner

Commentary: D Conole / D Smith

Chief Scrutineer: David Healy

Scrutineers: Renee Annovazzi, Simon Biggs, Greig Black, Robert Butler, Dennis Castellarin, Michael Chin, Norm Crompton, Virginia Crompton, Diana Dimmock, Steven Dimmock, Steve Gifford, Lester Gough, Ronald Henson, Robert Hockley, Peter Jakrot, Patricia Jones, Adolfo Jose, Peter Kemp, Janet King, John Lewis, Ern Mitchell, Elaine Nikiforoff, Nicholas Nikiforoff, Sandy O’Sullivan, Robert Panetta, Glenn Pincott, Katia Pincott, John Read, Lance Smith, Zayn Smith, Samantha Stratford, Jan Stubbs, Raymond Tabet, Mike Walsh, Kim Woodward

Acknowledgment is also made to the many officials who will be assisting at the meeting but whose names were not available when this programme was printed.

ENTRIESThe organisers accept entries and drivers’ nominations in good faith. Every effort is made to adhere to the printed programme of competitors, but the promoters cannot accept responsibility for the failure of any driver to appear. Although every endeavour is made to avoid inaccuracies in the description of competing cars, the organisers accept no responsibility for any that may occur. The organisers reserve the right to postpone, abandon or cancel the meeting or any part thereof.

PROHIBITED AREASThe Organising Committee of today’s races has made every effort to ensure the safety of spectators at this meeting. In the interest of public safety, all areas other than the official spectator areas are PROHIBITED. The spectator areas are plainly defined and spectators are requested to keep behind the safety fence at all times. In the event of an accident on the circuit, the public MUST remain behind the safety fence as their entry to the track may cause further accidents and hinder officials.

SAFETYThe fencing erected around the circuit is there for your protection. It is forbidden to sit, stand or climb on it.

MESSAGESThe organisers regret that announcements to assist spectators cannot be made over the public address system except in cases of genuine emergency.

COPYRIGHTAll material in this magazine/program is copyright and must not be used without permission of the publishers. The opinions of the contributors are not necessarily those held by the publishers or race organisers.

ROUND 4 SYDNEY MOTOR SPORT PARK, NSW ROUND 4 SYDNEY MOTOR SPORT PARK, NSW

SATURDAY 4TH JULY

0630 Gates Open

0910 Practice 1 Australian Superkart Championship 15 min

0930 Qualifying 1 PRB Motorsport Series 15 min

0950 Qualifying 1 DBYD Aust Super 6 Touring Car Series 20 min

1015 Practice 1 Aust Formula Ford Series 20 min

1040 Qualifying 1 Australian Superkart Championship 15 min

1100 Practice 1 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge 20 min

1125 Qualifying 1 Aust Formula 3 Championship 20 min

1150 Qualifying 2 Australian Superkart Championship 15 min

1210 Qualifying 2 PRB Motorsport Series 15 min

1230 Qualifying 2 DBYD Aust Super 6 Touring Car Series 20 min

1255 Qualifying 1 Aust Formula Ford Series 20 min

1320 Qualifying 1 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge 30 min

1355 Race 1 Australian Superkart Championship 8 laps

1425 Race 1 Aust Formula 3 Championship 9 laps

1455 Race 1 PRB Motorsport Series 8 laps

1525 Race 1 DBYD Aust Super 6 Touring Car Series 9 laps

1600 Race 1 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge 30 Laps

SUNDAY 5TH JULY

0630 Gates Open


0945 Race 1 Aust Formula Ford Series 9 laps

1015 Race 2 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge 9 laps






1315 Race 3 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge 9 laps







ROUND 4 SCHEDULEROUND 4 SCHEDULE

FRIDAY 3RD JULY

0630 Gates Open

0905 Practice Aust Formula Ford Series 15 min

0925 Practice DBYD Aust Super 6 Touring Car Series 15 min

0945 Practice Australian Superkart Championship 15 min

1005 Practice Aust Formula 3 Championship 15 min

1025 Practice PRB Motorsport Series 15 min




1205 Lunch Break 30 min

1235 Practice Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge 30 min





1445 Practice Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge 30 min




1630 Sponsor Rides Super 6 Touring Cars 15 min

1645 Sponsor Rides Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge 15 min



AUSTRALIAN SUPERKART CHAMPIONSHIP (R1)

ON THE WEB: WWW.SUPERKARTSAUSTRALIA.ORG

Car SPONSOR DRIVER STATE VEHICLE1 Dunlop Kartsport/BRC Engines Gary Pegoraro VIC Anderson/Maverick

2 DLR Racing/Secret Squirrel Racing Dalton Rowell NSW Stockman/MR2

6 MJR Bricklaying/Slipstream Signs Martin Latta VIC Anderson/Maverick

7 Wizzer Engines/ SKE Tony Lappas SA SK EVO

8 Ciscos/Art Motorsport/KPI Anton Stevens VIC PVP

9 Stockman Superkarts Sam Zavaglia VIC Stockman /MR2

12 Rockpress Fabrications PSR Phil Silcock QLD Avoig Elise PSR

20 Redback Racepaint (ACT) Paul Campbell NSW Avoig Elise

21 Slipstream Signs/Williams Racing Dale Williams VIC Stockman/MR2

22 Supersonic Global Payments Jason Akermanis VIC Anderson/Maverick

23 Floth Sustainable Building Consultants Timothy Philp QLD Avoig Elise

26 Bakker Superkarts/Ringwood Kart Centre Garry Haywood VIC Bakker X4

29 Your Amigo Ilya Harpas SA Anderson/Maverick

30 Middletons Printing, Anderson, Fugi Xerox Jason Smith QLD Anderson/Maverick

32 Linra Properties Stewart Bell QLD Stockman/MR2

33 KJB Accountants & Business Advisors Kristian Stebbing VIC Anderson/Maverick

34 Stockman Superkarts Jeff Reed NSW Stockman/MR2

35 Coach Design Russell Jamieson QLD Anderson/Maverick

43 Stockman Superkarts/Macs Marine Warren McIlveen NSW Stockman 115

44 Northshore Boats Paul Clark WA Anderson/Maverick

46 Colourite Painting Mark Robin NSW Stockman/MR125

47 DHM Auto Solution/Exclusive Auto Centre Sean Maberly QLD Anderson/Maverick

54 Win Excavations Craig Brook QLD Anderson/Maverick

55 Beyal Stud Rams, Hughes Bros Removals Scott Appledore VIC Anderson/Maverick

62 Giova Racing John Pellicano NSW Avoig Elise

68 Shiftmn Michael Nicholas QLD Stockman/MR2

69 Carbon Treatment Mehmet Sinani NSW Stockman/MR2

74 Avoig Superkarts/Rat Pack Racing Aaron Cogger NSW Avoig Elise

76 L & J Custom Kitchens & Joinery Lee Vella NSW Avoig Elise

81 Lewis Plumbing Qld, Z1K, DHM M'sport Daniel Lewis QLD Anderson/Maverick

89 Timothy Weier Timothy Weier QLD Anderson/Maverick

96 Denture Professionals Mark Hanson WA ZIP Eagle 2

96 DLR Racing/Secret Squirrel Racing Dalton Rowell NSW Stockman/MR2

For more entry information, visit www.thenationals.com.au

Car SPONSOR DRIVER STATE VEHICLE2 Scott Taylor Motorsport Scott Taylor QLD Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

3 Orrcon Steel/Taylor Engineering Jono Taylor VIC Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

4 Autobarn Tim Miles QLD Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

5 Wrightlands Property Group David Ryan NSW Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

8 Dexion/Phoenix Lubricats/Allstart Equipment Dylan O'Keefe VIC Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

13 htfu Sam Shahin SA Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

16 Kinpath Group John Karytinos SA Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

21 Melbourne Orthopaedic Group Shane Barwood VIC Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

30 Scott Taylor Motorsport Aaron Seton QLD Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

44 Merry Sparks Art Grant Sparks QLD Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

48 Emery Motorsport Geoff Emery VIC Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

54 Horsley Park Gun Shop James Abela QLD Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

66 GAP Solutions John Goodacre SA Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

69 Dial Before You Dig Jon McCorkindale SA Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

72 Power Street Racing James Campbell QLD Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

82 Laser 3D/Force Acessories Brian Finn VIC Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

88 Sonic/Parramatta Smash Repairs Ryan Simpson VIC Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

91 McElrea Racing/N2C Jaxon Evans QLD Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

99 Southern Star Windows Ross McGregor VIC Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

88 Sonic/Parramatta Smash Repairs Ryan Simpson VIC Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

91 McElrea Racing/N2C Jaxon Evans QLD Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

99 Southern Star Windows Ross McGregor VIC Porsche 911 GT3 Cup


PORSCHE GT3 CUP CHALLENGE

ON THE WEB: WWW.GT3CUPCHALLENGE.COM.AU

Shannons Nationals R4 Sydney ProgramAustralian Superkart Championship (R1)Car # SPONSOR COMPETITOR DRIVER State VEHICLE CC COLOUR

1 Dunlop Kartsport/BRC Engines Gary Pegoraro Gary Pegoraro Vic Anderson/Maverick 250I Blue 2 DLR Racing/Secret Squirrel Racing Dalton Rowell Dalton Rowell NSW Stockman/MR2 250N Blue/Orange6 MJR Bricklaying/Slipstream Signs Scott Williams Martin Latta Vic Anderson/Maverick 250N Black7 Wizzer Engines/ SKE Carlo Chermaz Tony Lappas SA SK EVO 125 Chrome/Black8 Ciscos/Art Motorsport/KPI Anton Stevens Anton Stevens Vic PVP 250I Blue/Yell/Blk9 Stockman Superkarts Sam Zavaglia Sam Zavaglia Vic Stockman /MR2 250I Red

12 Rockpress Fabrications PSR Phil Silcock Phil Silcock Qld Avoig Elise PSR 125 Yellow/Voilet20 Redback Racepaint (ACT) Paul Campbell Paul Campbell NSW Avoig Elise 125 Orange/White21 Slipstream Signs/Williams Racing Dale Williams Dale Williams Vic Stockman/MR2 250N Blk/Blue/Wh22 Supersonic Global Payments Martin Latta Jason Akermanis Vic Anderson/Maverick 250I Black23 Floth Sustainable Building Consultants Timothy Philp Timothy Philp Qld Avoig Elise 125 Black/Yellow26 Bakker Superkarts/Ringwood Kart Centre Garry Haywood Garry Haywood Vic Bakker X4 125 Black29 Your Amigo Ilya Harpas Ilya Harpas SA Anderson/Maverick 250I Red/White30 Middletons Printing, Anderson, Fugi Xerox Jason Smith Jason Smith Qld Anderson/Maverick 250I Yell/Black/Wh32 Linra Properties Stewart Bell Stewart Bell Qld Stockman/MR2 125 Yellow33 KJB Accountants & Business Advisors Kristian Stebbing Kristian Stebbing Vic Anderson/Maverick 250I Black34 Stockman Superkarts Jeff Reed Jeff Reed NSW Stockman/MR2 125 Yellow/Blue35 Coach Design Russell Jamieson Russell Jamieson Qld Anderson/Maverick 250I Red/White43 Stockman Superkarts/Macs Marine Warren McIlveen Warren McIlveen NSW Stockman 115 250I Red/Blue44 Northshore Boats Paul Clark Paul Clark WA Anderson/Maverick 250I White/Blue 46 Colourite Painting Mark Robin Mark Robin NSW Stockman/MR125 125 Red47 DHM Auto Solution/Exclusive Auto Centre Sean Maberly Sean Maberly Qld Anderson/Maverick 250N Dark Grey54 Win Excavations Craig Brook Craig Brook Qld Anderson/Maverick 250N Blk/Y/Grn/Red55 Beyal Stud Rams, Hughes Bros Removals Scott Appledore Scott Appledore Vic Anderson/Maverick 250N Blk/Blue/Red


DIAL BEFORE YOU DIG AUSTRALIAN SUPER SIX TOURING CAR SERIES

ON THE WEB: WWW.SUPER6TOURINGCARS.COM.AU


PRB MOTORSPORT SERIESON THE WEB: WWW.PRBAUSTRALIA.COM.AU


Car SPONSOR DRIVER state VEHICLE1 Speed Racer Sportscars Chris Barry NSW Composite

4 Trans-West Insurance Brokers Stefan Versluis NSW Composite

7 John Moyes John Moyes NSW S2

25 Stuart Shirvington Stuart Shirvington NSW S3

42 Jos Kroon Jos Kroon NSW S2

44 Warwick Williams Real Estate Warwick Williams NSW Composite

45 Zeppelin Pty Ltd Ivan Srjber NSW S3

48 Emu Car Care James Dick NSW Widebody

50 Sherwell Silos Tasmania Malcolm Lee TAS S3

52 Trans-West Insurance Brokers Joshua Versluis NSW S3

92 Michael McCosker Michael McCosker NSW S2

Car SPONSOR DRIVER state VEHICLE1 Blackwell Race Engines Gavin Ross VIC VT Comm

6 GAG/Hinde Transport Ben Grice QLD VT Comm

9 Silkgate Group Ian Chivas NSW AU Falcon

14 selby.com Simon Tabinor VIC VT Comm

16 Kleenduct Australia P/L Harley Phelan VIC VT Comm

18 DPS Enterprises Brent Edwards VIC AU Falcon

20 501 Performance Tony Evangelou VIC AU Falcon

22 Lighthouse Electrical Ashley Jarvis QLD AU Falcon

27 Transley Solutions Luke Westall NSW AU Falcon

40 Currie Bros Engines Sam Lee NSW AU Falcon

41 Dial Before You Dig Mark Primmer NSW AU Falcon

42 Dial Before You Dig Michael Bartch SA AU Falcon

52 Luke Fraser Racing Luke Fraser SA VT Comm

64 Cachet Homes Chris Lillis WA VT Comm

95 Glen Postlethwaite Glen Postlethwaite VIC VT Comm

Car SPONSOR DRIVER STATE VEHICLE2 Sonic/Bosch Car Service Thomas Maxwell VIC Mygale SJ13

3 Sonic/BrookeEvansCharteredAccountants Benjamin Reichstein VIC Mygale SJ15A-001

4 Sonic/CalistaPropertyGroup Christian Morina VIC Mygale SJ12

6 E-Steel (Aust) Paul Zsidy VIC Spectrum 012

7 Walters Racing/Synergy Motrosport Geoff Walters NSW Mygale SJ07

11 Colin Hill Engineering/Inflighter Colin Hill ACT Mygale SJ10a

12 Andrew Kahl NSW Spectrum 012

20 Synergy Motorsport Caitlin Wood NSW Spectrum 014

23 4wd.net.au/SinocoLED/Road2Race Luke King NSW Mygale SJ09

26 Dream Motorsport Luis Leeds VIC Mygale SJ13a

38 Mitch Martin VIC Spectrum 014

39 SJ Display Group Jake Spencer VIC Mygale SJ2012

41 AngloAustralianMotorsport Daniel Holihan NSW Mygale SJ08

42 Fleetcare Leanne Tander VIC Mygale SJ10A

87 Tim Hamilton QLD Spectrum 011b

95 Melbcon/Parkinson Group Adrian Lazzaro VIC Spectrum 011

96 JohnWhiteEng/BrownsEng/NorthsideFast Jimmy Bailey QLD Spectrum 06B

98 OntrackAccounts/Xero Luke Ellery VIC Spectrum 06B


AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD SERIES

ON THE WEB: WWW.FORMULAFORD.ORG.AU


Shannons Nationals R4 Sydney ProgramDial Before You Dig Australian Super Six Touring Car SeriesCar # SPONSOR COMPETITOR DRIVER State VEHICLE CC COLOUR

1 Blackwell Race Engines Gavin Ross Gavin Ross Vic VT Comm 3800 Green6 GAG/Hinde Transport Matthew Palmer Ben Grice Qld VT Comm 3800 Black9 Silkgate Group Ian Chivas Ian Chivas NSW AU Falcon 4000 Blue/Yellow14 selby.com Simon Tabinor Simon Tabinor Vic VT Comm 3800 White16 Kleenduct Australia P/L Peter Phelan Harley Phelan Vic VT Comm 3800 White18 DPS Enterprises Les Morrall Brent Edwards Vic AU Falcon 4000 Black20 501 Performance Les Morrall Tony Evangelou Vic AU Falcon 4000 Black22 Lighthouse Electrical Ashley Jarvis Ashley Jarvis Qld AU Falcon 3997 Red/Blue/Silv27 Transley Solutions Luke Westall Luke Westall NSW AU Falcon 4000 White40 Currie Bros Engines Sam Lee Sam Lee NSW AU Falcon 400041 Dial Before You Dig Mark Primmer Mark Primmer NSW AU Falcon 4000 Blue/Red42 Dial Before You Dig Mark Primmer Michael Bartch SA AU Falcon 4000 Blue/Red52 Luke Fraser Racing Luke Fraser Luke Fraser SA VT Comm 3800 Red/Blue64 Cachet Homes Chris Lillis Chris Lillis WA VT Comm 3800 White95 Glen Postlethwaite Glen Postlethwaite Glen Postlethwaite Vic VT Comm 3800 Bronze

FORMULA 3 AUSTRALIAN DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP

ON THE WEB: WWW.FORMULA3.COM.AU

Car SPONSOR DRIVER state VEHICLE7 R-Tek Motorsport Nathan Kumar NSW Dallara/Spiess

8 R-Tek Motorsport Roland Legge QLD Dallara/Merc

9 R-Tek Motorsport Andrew Roberts SA Dallara/Spiess

13 Wiltec Industries Shane Wilson QLD Dallara/Spiess

14 Trent Shirvington Trent Shirvington NSW Mygale/Merc

17 McDonalds/Gilmour Racing Jon Collins NSW Dallara/Merc

23 bestjet.com/Gilmour Racing Luke Spalding QLD Dallara/Merc

33 Bob Johns Racing Dallara/VW

46 Cetnaj Harvest Motorsport Shane Ryding VIC Mygale/Merc

81 Ross McAlpine Ross McAlpine NSW Dallara/Spiess

85 Ellery Motorsport Enterprises Luke Ellery VIC Dallara/Merc

88 AIE/Brook Engraving Alpine Motorsport Dennie Rumble NSW Dallara/Merc

92 Jani-King/Ricky Capo Racing Ricky Capo VIC Dallara/M-Honda


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HISTORY MADE AT WINTON RACEWAY

HISTORY WAS MADE during round three of the Shannons Australian Motor Racing Nationals as 14-year-old teenager Alex Rullo won the second round of the 2015 Kumho V8 Touring Cars Series.

The Perth Youngster becomes the youngest ever winner of a national-level round in Australian Motorsport History.

Meanwhile, Ryan Simpson dominated the second round of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge and Jon Collins wrangled the lead of the Australian Formula 3 Championship away from rival Ricky Capo.

Cameron Hill dominated Formula Ford, winning all three races while Simon Tabinor was similarly competitive in the Super Six Touring Car challenge, taking his second win from as many races.

The Australian Sports Racer Series and IROC Challenge also staged competitive rounds.

PORSCHE GT3 CUP CHALLENGE

RYAN SIMPSON stormed to a clean sweep of the second round of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge presented by Pirelli, taking victory in both sprint races on Sunday to sweep the round.

The Sydney driver executed a near-perfect demolition of the 20-strong field in race two, winning by six seconds and lowering the lap record – set on Saturday evening by Jon McCorkindale – by a further 0.5 seconds.

He then won an abbreviated third race when a turn one, lap one crash left debris and oil over the circuit following four laps behind the Safety Car.

Simpson judged the restart perfectly and again pulled away to complete the sweep.

Impressive rookie Dylan O’Keefe was second overall after grabbing third and second in today’s two races, respectively. The 17-year-old battled with Jon McCorkindale for second in race two, before avoiding the chaos in race three to grab second place.

McCorkindale was in the midst of the race three carnage and failed to finish, putting a dent in his otherwise strong round performance.

John Goodacre won the Elite class after a series of consistent performances – including third outright in race three – while Aaron Seton rocketed to the lead of the class B points standings thanks to his round win.

KUMHO V8 TOURING CARS

FOURTEEN-year-old schoolboy Alex Rullo has created Australian motorsport history in the second round of the Kumho Tyre Australian V8 Touring Car Series at Winton Motor Raceway.

The Perth-based teenager won the final race of three at Winton after finishing runner-up to 17-year-old Liam McAdam in the first two races and, in doing so, sealed overall round victory.

Rullo became the youngest winner in Australian touring car racing history given the V8 Touring Car Series consists of Commodores and Falcons that formerly competed in the V8 Supercars Championship.

He was driving a Falcon for Matthew White’s Melbourne-based MW Motorsport team that was formerly driven by current V8 Supercars Championship leader Mark Winterbottom for Ford Performance Racing in 2006 and 2007.

The Winton round was Rullo’s second appearance in the Kumho Series after he made his debut at Sandown in late March.

It was an equally special moment for Rullo given his father Peter was also competing in the same field this weekend.

“It’s an awesome feeling, we had good pace all weekend,” said Rullo, who turned 15 the day after the round.

“It’s a good way to end my last day of being 14, that’s for sure. Having the extra support of Dad here this weekend competing in the same event was great too.”

Sydney driver Steve Briffa had a breakthrough weekend of his own in his Poco Furniture Commodore, a trio of third-place finishes in the three races netting him second overall for the round.

The result is his first Kumho Series podium finish in his third season in the category.

AUSTRALIAN FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP

JON COLLINS has stormed to the lead of the Australian Formula 3 Championship after sweeping round three of the championship at Winton Raceway.

Collins twice took advantage of nearest rival Ricky Capo’s tiny errors to turn a ten point championship deficit to a five point lead heading into the half-way point of the wings-and-slicks championship in Sydney next month.

Collins finished second on the road to Capo on race two, however was handed the win when Capo was penalised five seconds for rolling at the start.

In the longer feature race Collins jumped to the early lead from second on the grid, but was handed a substantial lead when Capo spun exiting the final corner early in the race.

A late Safety Car closed the pair up, however Collins wasn’t troubled following the restart and pulled away to record his second consecutive race victory.

Shane Ryding finished third in the Harvest Motorsport Mygale while Luke Spalding continued his recent run of success by taking the National class victory.

AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP

CAMERON HILL has become the first driver to win all three races in a round of the 2015 Australian Formula Ford Series, sweeping the Winton weekend to rocket himself to the top of the points standings.

Hill dominated the weekend and beat home Luis Leeds (who had two seconds and a fifth)

at Winton, Northern Territory driver Thomas Maxwell finishing third overall.

Leading the points coming into the round, Christian Morina could only manage ninth overall this weekend, missing out on points in race two and only managing seventh in race three from further down the field.

Luke Ellery edged out former outright round winner Hamish Hardeman for the victory in the Kent class to extend his championship lead.

DIAL BEFORE YOU DIG SUPER SIX TOURING CARS

SIMON TABINOR repeated his race one victory to seal the double deal in the Dial Before You Dig Super Six Touring Car Challenge at Winton.

The two-time series champion had relatively straightforward path to victory in the second of two, 30-lap races, pitting on the seventh lap and working his way back up the order as the remainder of the field pitted.

Defending winner Gavin Ross finished second and Harley Phelan third in another Commodore lockout of the top three spots.

Ashley Jarvis finished fourth – and first Ford – while Chris Lillis completed the top six.

Ben Grice’s horrific start to his season continued with another DNF, mechanical issues slowing his car on the formation lap before he could even start the race.

IROC CHALLENGE SERIES

ROHAN LITTLE won the first round of the brand-new IROC Challenge series for classic Porsche’s, but not before seeing off strong challenges from nearest rivals Sven Burchartz and Greg Keene.

The new one-make series entertained with a series of competitive races, the trio – often joined by Graeme Cook and Rory O’Neill – putting on a show in each of the three races held.

Little won races one and two whilst Burchartz won the finale’. Keene scored a trio of third place results in his White 911.

Rory O’Neill and Graeme Cook tied for fourth overall while Rob Black was forced to withdraw following a race one DNF for a broken clutch on his bright Blue entry.

The IROC Challenge series will return to the Shannons Nationals series at Phillip Island this September.

SPORTS RACER SERIES

West Race Cars Australia’s Aaron Steer scored two race wins on his way to the Australian Sports Racer Series Round Two victory at Winton Motor Raceway.

Steer emerged victorious from both the second and third races ahead of Jonathon Stoeckel

(#53 Bryan Stoeckel West) and Mark Laucke respectively, after coming home second from first-time race winner Laucke in the opening 10 lap stanza.

While race two saw Laucke struggle with a poor start and then a turn 12 spin, the Laucke Flour Mills CEO would regroup for race three to come home in second place to clinch the runner-up trophy for the round, pulling off an impressive move on Jason Makris (#44 West Race Cars West) and Stoeckel to move from fourth to second in one corner in the process.

After qualifying on pole, Roger I’Anson endured a difficult day at the race track in what may well be his last race of the season following the acceptance of a new job in the Northern Territory and a need for the family team to reset following a financially and emotionally draining last few rounds.

ROUND 4 SYDNEY MOTOR SPORT PARK, NSW

SHANNONS NATIONALS TVSpeedweek on Sunday at 3:30pm on SBS1

Round 4 Sydney Motorsport Park, 3‒5 julyShow 1 19th July Aust Formula 3 Championship Aust Super 6 Touring Cars Formula Ford National Series

Show 2 26th July Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge

All Speedweek episodes are now broadcast free to air on SBS HD & SBS One simultaneously.

‘SHANNONS NATIONALS’ ON FOX SPORTS Visit www.thenationals.com.au for complete TV schedule

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CATEGORY DRIVER VEHICLE TIME DATEOUTRIGHT Nico Hulkenberg (GER) A1 Lola Zytek 1.19.142 4/02/2007

OPEN WHEEL RACING CARS

Formula 3 Nick Foster Mygale Mercedes 1.22.6290 13/07/2013

Formula Ford Jordan Lloyd Mygale 2011 1:35.2285 1/11/2014

TOURING CARS

Saloon Car/Super 6 Shawn Jamieson Holden Commodore VT 1.47.5126 17/07/2011

SPORTS CARS

Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Richard Muscat Porsche GT3 Cup 1.33.1023 26/05/2013

Clubman Sports Chris Barry PRB Clubman 1.38.7875 23/06/2002

SUPERKARTS

Russell Jamieson Anderson Maverick 1.28.1409 24/03/2013

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