2001 VIP Petfoods GT Production Showroom Showdown

2001 VIP Petfoods GT Production Showroom Showdown

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The 2001 VIP Petfoods GT Production Showroom Showdown was an endurance race for Australian GT Production Cars. The event was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on Saturday 6 October 2001 as a support event on program for the 2001 V8 Supercar 1000. After four years of the race occurring as a three-hour time limited race, the race was shortened to two hours duration.

Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit

The race was won by Graham Alexander and John Woodberry driving a Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V won the race by 16 seconds ahead of the Ford Mustang SVT Cobra RA driven by John Bowe and Chris Dunn.

Class structure

Cars competed in the following five classes:

• Class A : High Performance Cars - Under $150,000
• Class B : Sports Touring Cars - Under $80,000
• Class C : V8 Production Cars - Under $50,000
• Class D : Six Cylinder Production Touring Cars
• Class E : Four Cylinder Production Touring Cars

Results

Pos.	Class	No.	Team / Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	A	57	Corio Auto Parts Plus	Graham Alexander John Woodberry	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V	41	2:00:42.4544
					2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
2	A	9	Budweiser	John Bowe Chris Dunn	Ford Mustang SVT Cobra RA	41	+16.807
					5.4 L Ford Modular V8
3	A	300	Floyd Motorsport	Peter Floyd Cameron McConville	HSV VX GTS	41	+1:34.960
					5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
4	A	91	Jim McKnoulty	Gary Deane Rob Rubis	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	41	+1:49.550
					2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
5	A	1	King Springs/Delphi	Mark King Rod Wilson	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V	41	+2:41.894
					2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
6	A	47	Schepisi Comms./Crystal IT	Neil Cunningham Phillip Polites	HSV VX GTS	40	+1 lap
					5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
7	A	15	Bob Hughes Special Vehicles	Bob Hughes Tony Quinn	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VI	40	+1 lap
					2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
8	A	11	Barry Morcom Racing	Brian Callaghan Jr Barry Morcom	HSV VX GTS	40	+1 lap
					5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
9	A	14	Scott's Transport Industries	Peter Gazzard Clyde Lawrence	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	40	+1 lap
					2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
10	A	38	Dennis Gilbert	Dennis Gilbert Trevor McGuinness	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V	40	+1 lap
					2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
11	A	31	Komatsu Racing	Shane Jenner Charlie O'Brien	Nissan 200SX Spec-R	40	+1 lap
					2.0 L Nissan SR20DET turbocharged I4
12	A	28	Ross Palmer Motorsport	Darren Palmer Ross Palmer	Honda S2000	40	+1 lap
					2.0 L Honda F20C I4
13	A	90	Anton Mechtler	Graham Moore Anton Mechtler	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V	40	+1 lap
					2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
14	A	51	Falken Tyres	Scott Jacob Grant Kenny	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	40	+1 lap
					2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
15	C	62	C + L Tiles	Scott Loadsman Ian Luff	Holden VX Commodore SS	40	+1 lap
					5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
16	A	63	Haysom Motorsport	Greg Haysom Drew Kruck	Nissan 200SX Spec-R	40	+1 lap
					2.0 L Nissan SR20DET turbocharged I4
17	C	69	Coffey Ford/PartsPlus/Tickford	James Philip Kent Youlden	Ford AU Falcon XR8	40	+1 lap
					5.0 L Ford Windsor V8
18	B	27	Novacastrian Motorsport	Steve Cramp Wayne Russell	BMW 323i	40	+1 lap
					2.5 L BMW M52 I6
19	B	35	Volkswagen	Matt Coleman Tim Leahey	Volkswagen Beetle RSi	40	+1 lap
					1.8 L Volkswagen R4 20vT turbocharged I4
20	B	77	Auto One	Phil Parsons Nathan Pilkington	Mitsubishi FTO	39	+2 laps
					2.0 L Mitsubishi 6A12 V6
21	B	66	Blue Ribbon Honda - Ipswich	Len Cave Guy Gibbons	Honda Integra Type-R	39	+2 laps
					1.8 L Honda B18C I4
22	D	20	Mitsubishi Electric Australia	Robert Chadwick Warren Luff	Mitsubishi TJ Magna Sports	39	+2 laps
					3.5 L Mitsubishi Cyclone 6G74 V6
23	C	64	Brian Carr	Brian Carr John McIlroy	Ford AU Falcon XR8	39	+2 laps
					5.0 L Ford Windsor V8
24	B	32	Quirks/Stahlwille	Sue Hughes David Lawson	BMW 323i	39	+2 laps
					2.5 L BMW M52 I6
25	B	44	Thrifty Car Rental	Donald Pedder Allan Shephard	Honda Integra Type-R	38	+3 laps
					1.8 L Honda B18C I4
26	E	68	Caltex Havoline Racing	David Russell Nathan Thomas	Proton Satria GTi	38	+3 laps
					1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4
27	E	17	Bilstein / Quadrant	Marshall Brewer Martin Doxey	Holden Vectra GL	38	+3 laps
					2.2 L Holden Family II C22SEL I4
28	B	49	Osborne Motorsport	Darren Best Andrew Bretherton	Toyota Celica VVTL-I	38	+3 laps
					1.8 L Toyota 2ZZ-GE I4
29	D	79	Alan Holgersson	Alan Holgersson Daniel Sugden	Toyota Camry CSi	38	+3 laps
					3.0 L Toyota 1MZ-FE V6
30	E	22	Daihatsu Motor Sport	Rick Bates Geoff Forshaw	Daihatsu Sirion GTVi	38	+3 laps
					1.3 L Toyota 2SZ-FE I4
31	E	97	Bendix/Patterson Cheney	Ben Driscoll Kimon Papagoarge	Holden Vectra GL	37	+4 laps
					2.2 L Holden Family II C22SEL I4
32	A	7	Quirks Refrigeration	Peter Boylan Trevor Sheumack	BMW M3	37	+4 laps
					3.2 L BMW S54 I6
33	B	39	Osborne Motorsport	Denis Cribbin Roland Hill	Toyota MR2 Bathurst	37	+4 laps
					2.0 L Toyota 3S-GE I4
34	A	88	Brock Partners Real Estate	Michael Brock Gary Young	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V	36	+5 laps
					2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
35	B	13	Osborne Motorsport	Colin Osborne John Roecken	Toyota Celica VVTL-I	35	+6 laps
					1.8 L Toyota 2ZZ-GE I4
36	A	61	Team Yamaha	Steve Burke Trevor Haines	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	31	+10 laps
					2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
DNF	A	25	Adelaide Caravan Park	Richard Davis Allan Walls	HSV VX GTS	37
					5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
DNF	D	70	AMAS Security	Daryl Coon Warren Millett	Ford AU Falcon XR6	33
					4.0 L Ford Intech HP I6
DNF	A	23	Steve Knight	Ross Almond Steve Knight	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VI	31
					2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
DNF	E	67	Clarion Car Audio	Domenic Beninca Nigel Williams	Proton Satria GTi	27
					1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4
DNF	A	26	Brett Peters	Brett Peters Scott Shearman	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	22
					2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
DNF	E	21	Kosi Kalaitzidis	Richard Hing Chris Poulton	Proton Satria GTi	21
					1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4
DNF	A	8	My Accessory	Ed Aitken John Faulkner	HSV VX GTS	19
					5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
DNF	B	53	Volkswagen	Will Davison Stuart McColl	Volkswagen Beetle RSi	11
					1.8 L Volkswagen R4 20vT turbocharged I4
DNF	A	87	Falk Motorsport	John Falk Ken Lusty	Subaru Impreza WRX	10
					2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
DNS	A	99	Budweiser	Scott Shearman John Teulan	Ford Mustang SVT Cobra RA
					5.4 L Ford Modular V8
DNS	A	59	Altiris Software	Scott Anderson Wayne Boatright	Subaru Impreza WRX	10
					2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4

References

• Auto Action, 11–17 October 2001
• Natsoft Race Result*