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INAUGURAL
24 HOUR RACE AT BATHURST HELD LAST YEAR
HOLDEN
MONARO:
hand
built by Garry Rogers motorsports
7L, 427ci Chevrolet engine
6 sp sequential trans
rear wheel drive
600
BHP, 1400 KG
Cost: $475,000 |
BATHURST
24 HOURS, NOV 22-23, 2003
FINAL
RESULT after
24 hours (45 started, 33 finished)
- 1
MONARO (Brock, Murphy, Bright, T Kelly), 257 laps, 3567 km
- 2
MONARO (Tander, Richards, Pretty, McConville) +0.35s
- 3
PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC (Morris, Fitzgerald, Sherman, Teulan) +12 laps
- 4
PORSCHE 993 GT3 S CUP
(Alzen, Alzen, Bartels, Klasen) +13 laps
class B winner
- 5
MOSLER MT 900R (Short, Pearce, Lamb, Spurle) +20 laps
- 6
PORSCHE GT3 CARRERA CUP (Quinn, Quinn, Marshall, Denyer) +32 laps
- 7
PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS (Floyd, Donaldson, Donaldson, Halliday) +36 laps
- 8
LAMBORGHINI DIBALO GTR (Stokell, Simonsen, Youlden, Hackett) +40 laps
- 9
PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS (Koundourids, Power, Freestone, Wall) +40 laps
- 10
BMW M3 (Boylan,
Morgan, Hansen, Bates) +58 laps class
D winner
- 11
Holden Commodore
(Moore, Williams, Bosnjak) class F winner
- 12
BMW M (Cramp, Russell, King, Stubber)
- 13 Holden Commodore
(Gazzard, Parker, Watters, Caswell)
- class
E winner:
Toyota Celica (Osborne, Roecken, Keene, Grocl)
- RETIREMENT:
- Morgan
Aero 8 - SHARPE; engine problem
- BMW
320i - S.A.E; crash
- BMW
M3 GTR V8 - John Bowe - PHR SCUDERIA; contact with Monaro
- FERRARI
360GT - David Brabham - PHR SCUDERIA; engine problem; lap 267
- NISSAN
200 SX GT - DUX
- NISSAN
350 - PILKINGTON
- ALFA
156 GTA - GTA; crash
- BMW
M - CVW
- HONDA
S2000 - KOVAC; crash
- PUNCTURE
Stokell (Lamborghini) suffered 7 tyre punctures
- SAFETY
CAR OUT
6 times including 1 hour before the finish.
- HEAVY
RAIN
started around 3.30 pm; race stopped for about 25 minutes; race resumed
around 4.12pm
- BOWE
OUT
John Bowe's BMW V8 GTR retired after contact with Brock's Monaro on
lap 131
2003
RACE: 2 PM SATURDAY NOV 22 to SUNDAY 23, 2003
RACE
FORMAT
- 24
HOUR ENDURANCE; pitstops around every 2 hours
- 3
or 4 drivers per car
DRIVER STINT
- total of 9 hour
stint per driver
- max 3 hours per
stint with at least 1 hour break
CAR
CATEGORIES
CLASS A: OUTRIGHT
- entries include
Holden Monaro, Mosler MT 900R, Lamborghini Diablo, Ferrari 360GT, Porsche
911 GT3, BMW M3 GTR V8
B: GROUP 2
(NATIONS CUP)
- entries include
Ferrari 360, Morgan Aero 8, Porsche Carrera Cup
D: GT Performance
Cars under $160,000
- entries include
HSV GTS, Falcon GT, Lancer EVO 7, Subaru WRX, BMW M3, Nissan
E: Production
Cars under $90,000
- entries include
Toyota Celica, Ford XR6, Honda Integra Type R, Alfa 156, Holden Commodore
SS
F: FIA Super
production and invited cars
- entries include
Toyota Altezza, Mitsubishi Mirage, BMW 320i, Alfa, BMW M3R
MONARO
BACK
the Holden Monaro which won the inaugural Bathurst
24H last year is back. It will have the same 4 drivers - Nathan Pretty,
Garth Tander, Cameron McConville, Steven Richards .
BROCK
TO DRIVE 2ND MONARO
9 times Bathurst 1000 winner Peter Brock will
drive the 2nd factory Holden Monaro. His co-drivers will be: Greg
Murphy, Jason Bright, Todd Kelly
BROCK: "... A 10th Bathurst victory might seem like
a bit of a dream at the moment but my job this time is going to be easier
with these talented drivers .."
2002
RESULT:
- 1 HOLDEN MONARO,
Tander / Richards / Pretty / McConville, 24 HOURS
- 2 MOSLER MT900R,
Short / Pashley / Lamb / Melagamuw +26 LAPS
- 3 BMW M3, Redhouse
/ Hannen / Beninca + 27 laps
RACE
SCHEDULE:
- FRI,
NOV 21 - QUALIFYING
- 10.15 am - 12.00:
Qualifying 105 minutes
- 5.55 pm - 7.25
pm: Qualifying 90 minutes
- 8.45 pm - 9.45
pm: Qualifying 60 minutes
- SAT,
NOV 22 - RACE - 45 cars
- 10.25 am - 10.45:
Warm up 20 minutes
- 2
pm: RACE START
- SUN,
NOV 23 - RACE
- 2
pm: RACE FINISH
CIRCUIT:
Mt Panorama, Bathurst, NSW
- Located 210 km
west of Sydney; about 2.5 hours drive
- 6.213 km circuit;
anti clockwise
DRIVER
/ CAR / TEAMS: 45 cars
- AUSTRALIAN
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- INTERNATIONAL
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