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[Austrailian Production Cars] THE MOMENTUM CONTINUES |
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Monday, 25 July 2005 |
Continuing his qualifying momentum, David Ryan has easily accounted for the best field of the season in the first race of the fourth round of the Shannons Australian Production Car Championship at Eastern Creek yesterday.
From pole position, Ryan executed a faultless start in his Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo, pulled a good lead on the opening lap, and maintained the gap for the entire six laps.
In the meantime, Scott Anderson successfully fended off the early challenges of Nick Dunkley (Falcon Turbo) and the Honda S2000 to bring the Elf Holden Commodore V8 home second while Russell slipped past Dunkley mid-race for third.
There was limited competition in Class B once Steve Briffa passed series leader Colin Osborne. Briffa (Toyota Celica) simply drove away from the similar Toyota whilst Osborne’s team mate Trevor Keene was passed by Rick Bates in the Toyota Corolla Sportivo.
Allan Shephard started from the back in his Honda Integra, passed all the Class C cars before a spin pushed him down the order again.
After pinching pole off Class A leader Daniel Natoli (Proton Satria), Leigh Mertens (Proton) maintain his advantage throughout while Dane Rudolph (Citroen) failed to hold off Marty Doxey (Holden Astra).
The Ford Focus of Darren Best followed clear of the David Mertens Holden Vectra while the girl battle between Teigan Butchers (Proton) and Lauren Gray (Toyota Echo Sportivo) went the way of the latter with a last lap pass.
Race One (6 laps)
1 David Ryan (NSW) Ford Falcon BA XR6 Turbo (A) 11:16.4581
2 Scott Anderson (NSW) Holden Commodore VZ SS (A) 11:21.7297
3 Drew Russell (NSW) Honda S2000 (A) 11:23.1992
4 Nick Dunkley (NSW) Ford Falcon BA XR6 Turbo (A) 11:24.0985
5 Steve Briffa (NSW) Toyota Celica (B) 11:28.8119
6 Colin Osborne (NSW) Toyota Celica (B) 11:36.8076
7 Rick Bates (NSW) Toyota Corolla Sportivo (B) 11:37.8855
8 Trevor Keene (NSW) Toyota Celica (B) 11:39.1929
9 Leigh Mertens (VIC) Proton Satria (C) 11:51.6553
10 Daniel Natoli (NSW) Proton Satria (C) 11:55.1292
11 Allan Shephard (NSW) Honda Integra (B) 11:56.0282
12 Martin Doxey (VIC) Holden Astra (C) 11:56.0712
13 Dane Rudolph (NSW) Citroen Xsara (C) 11:57.2928
14 Darren Best (VIC) Ford Focus (C) 12:02.4717
15 David Mertens (VIC) Holden Vectra (C) 12:05.7859
16 Lauren Gray (VIC) Toyota Echo Sportivo (C) 12:11.5158
17 Teigan Butchers Proton Satria (C) 12:13.3638
18 Geoff Kingston (NSW) Toyota MR2 (BT) 12:32.7953
DNF Andrew Brethurton (NSW) Toyota MR2 (BT) 2:12.2514
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