2011 Dial Before You Dig Australian Manufacturers' Championship 500

The 2011 Dial Before You Dig Australian Manufacturers' Championship 500 was an endurance motor race for production cars. It was held on 10 and 11 September 2011, at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1] It was Round 4 of the 2011 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Round 4 of the 2011 Australian Production Car Championship and Round 2 of the 2011 Australian Production Car Endurance Championship. The race was won by Stuart Kostera and Ian Tulloch, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X. The Lancer Evolution 9 of Tony Quinn and Klark Quinn finished in second place with another Lancer Evolution 9 in third, driven by Jim Pollicina and Dean Kelland.

The race was run over two days and had two legs, each one scheduled to be eighty laps and 250km in length.[2] However, due to stoppages and delays on each day while other categories were running, the Saturday leg was shortened to 73 laps and the Sunday leg to 60 laps. The first leg was won by John Bowe and Peter O'Donnell in a BMW 335i[3] while Kostera and Tulloch won the second leg and the race overall.

Class Structure

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  • Class A – Extreme Performance
  • Class B – High Performance
  • Class C – Performance Touring
  • Class D – Production Touring
  • Class E – Compact Touring
  • Class I – Invitational

Results

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Results were as follows:[4]

Pos Drivers No. Vehicle Team Class Laps
1 Stuart Kostera
Ian Tulloch
1 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Performance A 133
2 Tony Quinn
Klark Quinn
29 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX VIP Petfoods A 133
3 Jim Pollicina
Dean Kelland
7 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Poll Performance A 133
4 Dylan Thomas
Dave Thomas
68 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX CXC Global A 132
5 Cameron Wilson
Peter Burnitt
25 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Go Karting Gold Coast A 132
6 Peter O'Donnell
John Bowe
28 BMW 335i GWS Personnel B 131
7 Jake Camilleri
Scott Nicholas
36 Mazda 3 MPS Grand Prix Motorsport C 130
8 Garth Duffy
Matthew Hayes
26 BMW 130i GWS Personnel C 130
9 Beric Lynton
Mathew MacKeldon
23 Mini Cooper S Bruce Lynton Mini Garage I 126
10 Brendon Cook
John Modystach
2 Mini Cooper S Abbey Cranes I 125
11 Richard Mork
Jake Williams
21 Honda Integra Disc Brakes Australia D 125
12 Matt McGill
Geoff Brunsdon
75 Toyota Celica Weldmaster D 121
13 Grant Phillips
Andrew Turpie
Daryl Martin
77 Proton Satria GTi Pedders Suspension E 118
14 Hadrian Morrall
David Gyuni
31 Mazda 3 MPS Osborne Motorsport C 118
15 Rob Jarvis
Michael Gray
17 Suzuki Swift Sport Toasted Motorsport E 118
Ret Allan Jarvis
Morgan Haber
27 Suzuki Swift Sport Toasted Motorsport E 113
Ret Barton Mawer
Jeremy Gray
10 FPV F6 International Energy Services B 80
Ret Declan Kirkham
Phil Kirkham
71 Ford Fiesta Inertia Apparel D 79
Ret Colin Osborne
Ric Shaw
13 Mazda 3 MPS Osborne Motorsport C 61
Ret Greg Symes
Glenn Seton
93 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Symes Coaches A 61
Ret Ryan McLeod
Gerrard McLeod
20 HSV VXR Racer Industries C 42

References

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  1. ^ "SANDOWN INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACEWAY 11/09/2011 – 2011 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 6". National Software. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Big production car field set for 'Sandown 500′". SpeedCafe. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Bowe back on top for Sandown 500". Shannons Nationals. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "2011 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 6 – Sandown International Motor Raceway – Dial Before you Dig AMC 500". National Software. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
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