Group N Historic Touring Cars Words Darren Knight. Pics Courtesy Phil Wisewould Group Nb The Mustangs of pole winner Bill Trengrove and Andrew Cannon engaged in a spirited duel for the lead in the opening race. The `Stangs of Andy Clempson (bent accelerator) and Greg Toepfer (radiator hose) were early retirements as was Geoff Taylor [...]
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Fantastic Nb Racing Words Darren Knight. Pics Courtesy Neil Hammond and Martin Creely Rumours of the Mini entrants requesting recent visitor, the Dalai Lama, to bring forth a holy rainstorm amounted to nothing, as glorious sunshine prevailed over the weekend. Group Nb Race 1 The red flag came out in race one before the completion [...]
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2011 Phillip Island Classic – Groups C & A Story Darren Knight Pics courtesy sdpics.com, Matt Griffin and Jim Jones In Race 1 pole winner Troy Stapleton (ex-Tim Slako Walkinshaw) spun the bags allowing Bill Cutler (Schnitzer M3) to grab an early lead. Troy Kelly (Re-Car VC Commodore) retired with a puncture as Carey McMahon [...]
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2011 Phillip Island Classic – Group N Story Darren Knight Pics courtesy sdpics.com, Matt Griffin and Jim Jones Under 3 Litres Mazda RX-2s dominated qualifying with six rotaries in the top ten, led by Jason Humble, Gary Bonwick and Ben Read. Race 1 however proved it would be anything but a walkover for the wailing [...]
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Opening the year for Historic Touring Cars Pics courtesy Nathan Wong In an all-Ford representation, three Victorian cars took up the invitation to compete in the Group N support races at the 2011 ArmorAll Bathurst 12-Hour event in early February. Despite a wet forecast for Mount Panorama the weather was fine for all races but [...]
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