2001 VIP Petfoods GT Production Showroom Showdown

2001 VIP Petfoods GT Production Showroom Showdown 2000 2002 thumb|250px|Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit 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. 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. Position Class No. Car number Team / Entrant Drivers Car LapsTime/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 Did not finish 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 Did not start 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* Category:Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales VIP