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Sunday, 20 August 2006 |
There was hardly an eyebrow raised when Shannons Australian Production Car Championship leader David Ryan notched up another qualifying pole position at Phillip Island today.
It was round five of the series and the Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo driver posted a best lap of 1 min 6244 seconds, beating his nearest rival by almost a second. That was expected to be Steve Briffa but the Holden Commodore pilot could only managed sixth on his first visit to the island circuit.
The other spot on the front row went to the BMW 130i of Luke Searle – not a regular in the championship, nor Phillip Island for that
matter. His time was good enough to beat the Falcon XR8 of John Houlder
and the XR6 Turbo of Veijo Phillips while Leigh Mertens put his
Commodore SSZ on fifth. Class A cars filled the top eight spots as Nick
Dunkley (XR6 Turbo) and Chris Delfsma (XR8) filled the fourth row.
Class B team mates Colin Osborne and Trevor Keene were the next two in
their Toyota Celicas ahead of the similar car of Thrifty’s Allan
Shephard.
In the Trophy Class it was 18-year-old Luke Wood on 13th, narrowly
ahead of Adam Beechey’s Honda Integra, Dennis Pana in the BMW 323i and
David Giugni’s Toyota MR2 while David Mertens in the Proton Satria
outpointed Class C leader Darren Best.
Race One scheduled for later in the afternoon was a scratch race
counting to class points only while tomorrow’s two outings are class
handicapped and counting to both class and the outright points chase.
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 QUALIFYING
| Pos. |
Driver |
State |
Car |
Class |
Time |
| 1 |
David Ryan |
NSW |
Ford Falcon BF XR6 Turbo |
Class A |
1:52.6244 |
| 2 |
Luke Searle |
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BMW 130i |
Class A |
1:53.5892 |
| 3 |
John Houlder |
NSW |
Ford Falcon BF XR8 |
Class A |
1:53.8323 |
| 4 |
Veijo Pjillips |
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Ford Falcon BA XR6 Turbo |
Class A |
1:53.8883 |
| 5 |
Leigh Mertens |
Vic |
Holden Commodore VZ SSZ |
Class A |
1:53.9991 |
| 6 |
Steve Briffa |
NSW |
Holden Commodore VZ SSZ |
Class A |
1:54.1497 |
| 7 |
Nick Dunkley |
NSW |
Ford Falcon BF XR6 Turbo |
Class A |
1:55.5692 |
| 8 |
Chris Delfsma |
NSW |
Ford Falcon BF XR8 |
Class A |
1:56.0401 |
| 9 |
Colin Osborne |
NSW |
Toyota Celica |
Class B |
1:57.5800 |
| 10 |
Trevor Keene |
NSW |
Toyota Celica |
Class B |
1:57.7038 |
| 11 |
Allan Shephard |
NSW |
Toyota Celica |
Class B |
1:58.1663 |
| 12 |
Luke Wood |
NSW |
Ford Falcon AU XR8 |
Trophy Class |
1:59.0385 |
| 13 |
Adam Beechey |
Tas |
Honda Integra Type R |
Class B |
1:59.5684 |
| 14 |
Denis Pana |
Vic |
BMW 323i |
Class B |
1:59.9348 |
| 15 |
David Giugni |
NSW |
Toyota MR2 |
Class B |
2:00.9175 |
| 16 |
David Mertens |
Vic |
Proton Satria GTi |
Class C |
2:02.6676 |
| 17 |
Darren Best |
Vic |
Ford Focus |
Class C |
2:03.3162 |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 06 January 2007 )
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