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Thursday, 24 August 2006 |
The fifth round of the Shannons Australian Production Car Championship, held at Phillip Island on August 19-20, was the best one presented this year or even in the last couple of seasons, for that matter. It had great dicing, controversy and contact between cars – all the right ingredients!
Debutant Luke Searle took the trophy for the best result over three
races in his BMW 130i, Leigh Mertens (Holden Commodore SSZ) the overall
points (based on the two handicap races) and John Houlder (Ford Falcon
XR8), Colin Osborne (Toyota Celica) and David Mertens (Proton Satria
GTi) collected the class wins.
Series leader David Ryan had a dramatic weekend. After taking pole for
the scratch race, his Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo went into limp mode at the
start. After switching the engine off and on, he was able to start
racing, by this stage from sixth.
He charged through to take the win while Veijo Phillips (XR6 Turbo)
appeared to have second until tipped around at Honda. Houlder held off
Searle for second with Nick Dunkley’s XR6 Turbo next ahead of
It seemed Ryan had similar bothers in the first of the handicaps but it
was driveshaft this time and he wouldn’t finish. Searle raced past the
class battles for victory over Dunkey, Houlder and Mertens. Commodore
driver Steve Briffa went off at Lukey Heights, taking Osborne with him.
In the last it was Ryan that forged through with Mertens second and
Osborne third. Searle was next after a first lap spin, taking Allan
Shephard’s Celica which was second in Class B ahead of Keene.
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 02 4577 2779
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SHANNONS AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTION CAR CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND FIVE RACE ONE (6 LAPS) SCRATCH
| Pos. |
Driver |
State |
Car |
Class |
Time |
| 1 |
David Ryan |
NSW |
Ford Falcon BF XR6 Turbo |
Class A |
11:33.7336 |
| 2 |
John Houlder |
NSW |
Ford Falcon BF XR8 |
Class A |
11:34.6272 |
| 3 |
Luke Searle |
NSW |
BMW 130i |
Class A |
11:35.3809 |
| 4 |
Nick Dunkley |
NSW |
Ford Falcon BF XR6 Turbo |
Class A |
11:44.5546 |
| 5 |
Veijo Phillips |
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Ford Falcon BA XR6 Turbo |
Class A |
11:45.1792 |
| 6 |
Steve Briffa |
NSW |
Holden Commodore VZ SSZ |
Class A |
11:49.3346 |
| 7 |
Leigh Mertens |
Vic |
Holden Commodore VZ SSZ |
Class A |
11:51.6073 |
| 8 |
Chris Delfsma |
NSW |
Ford Falcon BF XR8 |
Class A |
11:52.9043 |
| 9 |
Colin Osborne |
NSW |
Toyota Celica |
Class B |
11:55.6184 |
| 10 |
Trevor Keene |
NSW |
Toyota Celica |
Class B |
11:56.0321 |
| 11 |
Luke Wood |
NSW |
Ford Falcon AU XR8 |
Trophy Class |
12:01.7051 |
| 12 |
Adam Beechey |
Tas |
Honda Integra Type R |
Trophy Class |
12:08.9567 |
| 13 |
Allan Shephard |
NSW |
Toyota Celica |
Class B |
12:13.6502 |
| 14 |
David Giugni |
NSW |
Toyota MR2 |
Trophy Class |
12:15.8160 |
| 15 |
Denis Pana |
NSW |
BMW 323i |
Trophy Class |
12:24.4569 |
| 16 |
David Mertens |
Vic |
Proton Satria GTi |
Class C |
12:35.9702 |
| DNF |
Darren Best |
Vic |
Ford Focus |
Class C |
0 laps |
| Pos. |
Driver |
Time |
| RACE TWO (10 LAPS) HANDICAP |
| 1 |
Luke Searle |
19:56.7284 |
| 2 |
Nick Dunkley |
20:00.8720 |
| 3 |
John Houlder |
20:09.7077 |
| 4 |
Leigh Mertens |
20:11.5687 |
| 5 |
Trevor Keene |
20:11.7472 |
| 6 |
Steve Briffa |
20:20.1886 |
| 7 |
Adam Beechey |
20:23.0225 |
| 8 |
Allan Shephard |
20:24.5504 |
| 9 |
David Mertens |
20:24.7699 |
| 10 |
Chris Delfsma 10 |
20:26.7631 |
| 11 |
Luke Wood |
20:29.8102 |
| 12 |
Denis Pana |
20:29.8951 |
| 13 |
David Giugni |
20:42.1949 |
| 14 |
Colin Osborne |
21:11.1076 |
| DNF |
David Ryan |
5 laps |
| RACE THREE (10 LAPS) HANDICAP |
| 1 |
David Ryan |
20:00.4077 |
| 2 |
Leigh Mertens |
20:03.2222 |
| 3 |
Colin Osborne |
20:10.9264 |
| 4 |
Luke Searle |
20:13.4251 |
| 5 |
Allan Shephard |
20:21.2133 |
| 6 |
Trevor Keene |
20:21.4436 |
| 7 |
John Houlder |
20:21.4915 |
| 8 |
Steve Briffa |
20:23.1145 |
| 9 |
Adam Beechey |
20:23.1822 |
| 10 |
Chris Delfsma |
20:27.9977 |
| 11 |
David Mertens |
20:28.5607 |
| 12 |
Luke Wood |
20:30.0769 |
| 13 |
Darren Best |
20:33.5410 |
| 14 |
Denis Pana |
20:33.6519 |
| 15 |
David Giugni |
20:38.5016 |
| 16 |
Nick Dunkley |
20:50.6542 |
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