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Thursday, 24 August 2006 |
The sixth round of the Ebanc Trade Commodore Cup national series at Phillip Island produced a maiden winner with Michael Graham taking the points overall from series leader Marcus Zukanovic and David Gittus.
Zukanovic who finished second in the V8 Utes he was also driving, it was a simple error that cost him the win – just as in the Utes.
However Graham was on top of the world in his Top Of The Town/Ebanc
Trade VS Commodore. “Its about time,” he enthused. “I have to put this
one down to Daniel Orr Motorsport because the car has been totally
different to drive since they took over.”
Zukanovic was the class of race one as Ashley Cooper held off Graham
before Cooper was excluded for not having a rev limiter. Christian
D’Agostin was bumped off, third then going to Tony Bates from Daniel
Richert and Gittus. After an engine change during qualifying, Stephen
White was further burdened wi
It became more dire for D’Agostin. In the next race he had a rear drive
failure – thought to be a result of the first hit. There Graham stole
the initial lead before Zukanovic went past. Gittus picked up third
ahead of Jason Domaschenz debuting a new VS.
Graham also gained the start advantage in the third. Zukanovic tried to
go the outside at turn two, only to slide off across the huge sand
trap. He managed to get though but finished well down.
An almighty tussle ensued for the minors with Holdsworth finally
winning out over the charging D’Agostin, Gittus, Nick Parker, Bates and
Domaschenz. Zukanovic went off again later, trying to make up for lost
time and finished out of the top ten.
Richert and Bates contacted at Honda putting the former out of
contention while Cooper had mechanical trouble that stopped his second
race challenge and ruled him out of the third.
For further information and updates, visit www.commodorecup.com.au.
EBANC TRADE COMMODORE CUP ROUND SIX RACE ONE (9 laps)
| Pos. |
Driver |
State |
Car |
Time |
| 1 |
Marcus Zukanovic |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
16:31.2861 |
| 2 |
Michael Graham |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
16:32.2926 |
| 3 |
Tony Bates |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
16:37.8728 |
| 4 |
Daniel Richert |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
16:40.9190 |
| 5 |
David Gittus |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
16:44.9513 |
| 6 |
Jason Domaschenz |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
16:45.3976 |
| 7 |
Nick Parker |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
16:47.6290 |
| 8 |
Christian D'Agostin |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
16:51.4560 |
| 9 |
Andrew Parker |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
17:02.8645 |
| 10 |
Geoff Fontaine |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
17:08.8211 |
| 11 |
Adam Lloyd |
NSW |
VH Commodore |
17:10.7647 |
| 12 |
Ross McGregor |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
17:13.1025 |
| 13 |
Chris Stevenson |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
17:30.6160 |
| 14 |
Allan Hill |
NSW |
VH Commodore |
17:31.0541 |
| DNF |
Jason Harewood |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
7 laps |
| DNF |
Brett Holdsworth |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
6 laps |
| DNF |
Daniel Orr |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
5 laps |
| DNF |
Stephen White |
VIC |
VS Commodore |
5 laps |
| EXC |
Ashley Cooper |
NSW |
VS Commodore |
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EBANC TRADE COMMODORE CUP ROUND SIX RACE TWO (8 laps)
| Pos. |
Driver |
Time |
| 1 |
Zukanovic |
4:42.6335 |
| 2 |
Graham |
4:43.0005 |
| 3 |
Gittus |
4:50.5727 |
| 4 |
Jason Domaschenz |
4:50.8552 |
| 5 |
N Parker |
4:52.9224 |
| 6 |
Richert |
4:54.3890 |
| 7 |
Holdsworth |
4:55.0769 |
| 8 |
Bates |
4:55.9935 |
| 9 |
Fontaine odore |
5:00.7085 |
| 10 |
Cooper |
5:01.4504 |
| 11 |
White |
5:02.7839 |
| 12 |
A Parker |
5:08.1955 |
| 13 |
Harewood |
5:24.6166 |
| 14 |
Hill |
5:34.9750 |
| 15 |
Stevenson |
5:38.3370 |
| 16 |
D'Agostin |
6 laps |
| DNF |
Lloyd |
laps |
| DNF |
McGregor |
0 laps |
| DNF |
Orr |
0 laps |
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EBANC TRADE COMMODORE CUP ROUND SIX RACE THREE (8 laps)
| Pos. |
Driver |
Time |
| 1 |
Graham |
6:48.3468 |
| 2 |
Holdsworth |
6:48.9051 |
| 3 |
D'Agostin |
6:53.8605 |
| 4 |
Gittus |
6:54.5262 |
| 5 |
N Parker |
6:54.9264 |
| 6 |
Bates |
6:59.9291 |
| 7 |
Domaschenz |
7:00.3931 |
| 8 |
A Parker |
7:05.9044 |
| 9 |
White |
7:06.3100 |
| 10 |
Richert |
7:06.6451 |
| 11 |
Zukanovic |
7:14.8939 |
| 12 |
Harewood |
7:23.1051 |
| 13 |
Hill |
7:28.8585 |
| DNF |
Stevenson |
5 laps |
| DNF |
Orr |
4 laps |
| DNF |
Fontaine |
3 laps |
| DNF |
McGregor |
0 laps |
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EBANC TRADE COMMODORE CUP POINTS
| Pos. |
Driver |
Points |
| 1 |
Zukanovic |
799 |
| 2 |
D'Agostin |
748 |
| 3 |
Holdsworth |
676 |
| 4 |
Gittus |
670 |
| 5 |
Richert |
644 |
| 6 |
Bates |
636 |
| 7 |
Graham |
615 |
| 8 |
Cooper |
513 |
| 9 |
Hill |
496 |
| 10 |
McGregor |
425 |
| 11 |
White |
423 |
| 12 |
Parker |
364 |
| 13 |
Fontaine |
314 |
| 14 |
Collins |
268 |
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| Pos. |
Driver |
Points |
| 15 |
Orr |
259 |
| 16 |
Kavich |
257 |
| 17 |
Bancroft |
235 |
| 18 |
Watters |
231 |
| 19 |
Lloyd |
229 |
| 20 |
Cone |
184 |
| 21 |
Parker |
175 |
| 22 |
Domaschenz |
163 |
| 23 |
Bancroft |
143 |
| 24 |
Harewood |
83 |
| 25 |
Stevenson |
81 |
| 26 |
Russo |
74 |
| 27 |
Pana |
72 |
| 28 |
Langworthy |
70 |
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