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Sunday, 06 May 2007 |
Bathurst 12 Hour winner Garry Holt has put his enduro winning BMW 335i Turbo on pole for the opening scratch race of the second round of the Shannons Australian Production Car Championship at Phillip Island raceway today. At the Shannons Nationals meeting, Holt lapped in 1 minute 51.5012 seconds, knocking Luke Searle’s BMW 130i off the premier position midway through the twenty minute session.
Right at the end, the early pacesetter was bumped off the front row by local Leigh Mertens in his very recently put together HSV GTS Holden which still ran some of its original SSZ components as time didn’t allow for the complete transition.
Searle will share the second row for the initial race with Holt’s team mate Barry Morcom while Adam Graham did enough near the end to push Garth Waldon’s Commodore SSZ to the outside of the third row. Next was the similar machine of Steve Briffa who will have Searle’s team mate Peter Kelly alongside for the first of three races.
Ninth was the lone Ford in the field, that being Hazelbrook’s Chris Delfsma in a Falcon XR8 which just managed to eclipse Tim Robson in the aging BMW 323i. The Thrifty Mazda 3 MPS will start out of position eleven with the Class SP Trophy Mazda RX7 of James Parish alongside and the Class B Mini Cooper S of Trevor Keene just behind.
Following the late Saturday afternoon six lap scratch race, there will be two eight lap, class handicap tomorrow Sunday, at Phillip Island’s round the Shannons Nationals that also embraces the F3 Gold Star, Saloon Car, Commodore Cup, Superkarts and Formula Vee.
All the latest news is on the website www.pcaa.com.au, and for information regarding the 2006 Shannons APCC, contact Garry Mennell - Series Administrator - on
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SHANNONS AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTION CAR CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING
1 Garry Holt (NSW) BWM 335 Turbo - Class SP - 1:51.5012
2 Leigh Mertens (Vic) Holden Commodore VZ HSV GTS - Class SP - 1:52.2112
3 Luke Searle (NSW) BMW 130i - Class A - 1:52.2518
4 Barry Morcom (NSW) BWM 335 Turbo - Class SP - 1:52.9317
5 Adam Graham (Qld) BMW 130i - Class A - 1:53.8162
6 Garth Walden (NSW) Holden Commodore VYSS - Class A - 1:53.9121
7 Steve Briffa (NSW) Holden Commodore VZ SSZ - Class A - 1:54.0853
8 Peter Kelly (NSW) BMW 130i - Class A - 1:54.2985
9 Chris Delfsma (NSW) Ford Falcon BF XR8 - Class A - 1:57.0717
10 Tim Robson (NSW) BMW 323i - Class B Trophy - 1:57.6358
11 Alan Shephard (NSW) Mazda 3 MPS - Class A - 1:59.3853
12 James Parish (NSW) Mazda RX7 - Class SP Trophy - 1:59.7472
13 Trevor Keene (NSW) Mini Cooper S - Class B - 2:01.4157
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