Bryce Washington won 2 from 2 at Bathurst with his new Lamborghini
Courtesy of the Australian GT Championship
The NATRAD sponsored Lamborghini Gallardo of Bryce Washington has dominated round 3 of the 2007 Australian GT Championship at Bathurst this weekend (Friday April 6 – Saturday April 7).
Adelaide based Washington took pole position for the 2 race round of the Championship in yesterday’s qualifying session and then won both of today’s races despite receiving performance penalties prior to both starts, giving the Gallardo a world wide first ever win.
In a repeat of the first race Washington led David Wall (RDS Wall Racing Porsche GT3 RSR) with Allan Simonsen (Consolidated Chemical Ferrari 360GT) in third followed by the Instant Foundations Lamborghini Gallardo of Ian Palmer.
Sven Burchartz (Porsche GT3) improved on his first race performance with a fifth place in race 2 followed by the Porsche GT3 Cup Car of Max Twigg in 6th.
The drive of race 2 belonged to Flack who fell back to 16th after a spin but fought back bravely to bring his Porsche GT3 Cup Car back up to a fine 7th place.
Another improver was Gary Dann in the Supaloc Porsche GT3 Cup Car who finished race 2 in 8th position.
Dann, a Mount Panorama debutant, qualified in 15th and finished race 1 in 10th.
Ross Lilley (Porsche GT3 Cup Car) and Paul Bolinowsky (Porsche GT3) both had solid weekends finishing race two in 9th and 10th respectively.
An impressive performance was also put in by Peter Lucas in the Urban Arrangements Lotus Elise. Lucas crashed heavily on his first visit to Bathurst last year but this Easter the mountain was much kinder to him with a 13th position in race 1 and 12th in race 2.
Race 2 saw another safety car incident after three laps following the demise of Mathew Turnbull who ‘sand trapped’ the Porsche GT3 Cup Car at McPhillamy Park after spinning and brushing the wall.
Paul Tresidder (Porsche GT3 Cup Car) was a retirement after nine of the 12 lap journey with a lack of drive thought to be as a result of clutch failure while Mark Eddy’s wretched weekend in the Ferrari 360 Challenge continued with another non start in race 2.
John Teulan (Ferrari 430 Challenge) was also a non starter in the second race following his accident in race one at McPhillamy Park that occurred when a drive shaft broke.
Results
Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Race.Time Fastest...Lap
1 54 NATRAD Radiator & Auto Air Bryce Washington (SA) Lamborghini Gallardo 5000 12 30:11.3864 7 2:12.9960*
2 38 RDS Wall Racing P/L David Wall (NSW) Porsche GT3 RSR 3600 12 30:12.9228 12 2:13.1254
3 4 Consolidated Chemical Co Allan Simonsen (VIC) Porsche GT3 Cup Car 3600 12 30:26.6246 3 2:14.7779
4 20 Instant Foundations Ian Palmer (QLD) Lamborghini Gallardo 5000 12 30:48.6147 7 2:17.7549
5 90 Macpherson & Kelley Lawyers Sven Burchartz (VIC) Porsche GT3 3600 12 30:56.0545 11 2:19.0240
6 18 Max Twigg Max Twigg (VIC) Porsche GT3 Cup Car 3600 12 30:57.0297 12 2:19.1118
7 19 "Nexus Cleaning, Roock" Damien Flack (QLD) Porsche GT3 Cup Car 3600 12 31:09.1755 11 2:19.3081
8 10 Supaloc Steel Building Sys Gary Dann (SA) Porsche GT3 Cup Car 3600 12 31:11.0095 11 2:19.9165
9 51 Koala Furniture Ross Lilley (VIC) Porsche GT3 Cup Car 3600 12 31:25.6617 8 2:22.9870
10 45 Bolin Racing Paul Bolinowsky (NSW) Porsche GT3 3600 12 31:26.7115 7 2:23.0860
11 32 Lynns Building Materials Blake Lynn (NSW) Porsche GT3 3600 12 31:37.6642 12 2:24.1839
12 99 Urban Arrangements Peter Lucas (NSW) Lotus Elise 1998 12 31:37.8897 12 2:24.0460
13 91 Smith Brothers Plumbing Graeme Cook (SA) Porsche GT3 Cup Car 3600 12 32:01.9645 11 2:27.3413
14 46 Travelplan Anthony Skinner (NSW) Porsche GT3 3600 12 32:02.2952 12 2:26.5565
15 36 Buzza Auto Electrics Peter Fountas (VIC) Porsche GT3 Cup Car 3600 12 32:22.7204 12 2:29.3790
16 33 Kirchner Constructions Fraser Kirchner (VIC) Porsche GT3 Cup Car 3600 12 32:36.4285 10 2:31.5267
17 73 Data Recovery Services P/L Eric Northwood (NSW) Lotus Elise 1800 11 31:07.3807 9 2:40.1028
Did not finish
DNF 23 Pelorus Property Group Paul Tresidder (NSW) Porsche GT3 Cup Car 3600 9 24:10.6635 7 2:22.2762
DNF 11 PROMAT Matthew Turnbull (VIC) Porsche GT3 Cup Car 3600 2 5:00.2337 2 2:27.0446
DNF 12 Quarterback Shirts Mark Eddy (VIC) Ferrari 380 Challeng 3600
2007 Australian GT Championship Bathurst Round 3 Points Allocation
1. Bryce Washington (117)
2. David Wall (96)
3. Allan Simonsen (84)
4. Ian Palmer (75)
5. Sven Burchartz (66)
2007 Australian GT Championship Results (after round 3)
1. Allan Simonsen (309)
2. Bryce Washington (273)
3. David Wall (265)
4. Damien Flack (162)
5. Peter Lucas (146.5)