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Walls triumphs in Townsville thriller

Mat Coch/Australian GT | 10.7.16 | Aktuality

Australian GT 2016

Tony Walls has claimed his second win of the 2016 CAMS Australian GT Championship following a dramatic finale around the streets of Townsville.

Walls took control of the race following the pit stop sequence, holding the lead until two corners from home when a hard-charging Klark Quinn managed to find a way by the Objective Racing McLaren

A strong start to the race saw Quinn open a small but comfortable lead in the opening phase of the race, before a stunning charge through the field in the final stanza set up a nail-biting finale.

Walls, in the Objective Racing entry, held a 5.4 second lead at lap 40 over a determined Quinn, who edged his way closer until he was in the wheel tracks of Walls’ McLaren on the final lap.

A yellow flag at turn 11 for Simon Ellingham’s Fastway Audi R8 LMS limited Quinn’s passing opportunities, the Darrell Lea driver tucking back in behind Walls car as they approached the yellow flag zone.

Walls ran deep into the turn, leaving Quinn to take the racing line and move into the race lead.

However, in the heat of battle Quinn had made his move too early and had 25-seconds added to his race time to finish seventh, leaving Wall to claim a stunning second Australian GT race win.

Earlier, Roger Lago had valiantly defended second place from Quinn for almost ten laps before the Darrell Lea McLaren 650S GT3 found a way through and set off in pursuit of race leader Walls.

Lago in the JBS Australia Lamborghini R-EX finished five seconds beind Walls with Craig Baird in the Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes AMG GT3 just half a second behind in third place.

John Martin and Neale Muston combined for fourth place, the Walkinshaw GT3 Porsche GT3-R proving strong under brakes to climb from eleventh after Race 1.

Tony Bates held on the second in the Audi R8 LMS in the opening laps, resisting intense pressure from Nathan Antunes before the McLaren driver found a way by.

Nathan Morcom and Marcus Marshall followed Antunes' Beechwood/SLR/Buildmap entry through before Antunes impressive forward march was slowed with a long brake pedal.

Antunes and Elliot Barbour managed the car to 19th place at the flag, one spot back from Justin McMillan and Glen Wood in the Iterlloy M Motorsport Lamborghini which had suffered a puncture in the opening laps.

Christopher Mies took over the #1 JAMEC PEM Audi from Bates after 20 laps with the German carving his way foward after their stop to fifth place.

James Koundouris and Marcus Marshall, who ran as high as second, ended the race in a solid six place to claim valuable championship points while Tony Quinn was classified eighth and Steve McLaughlan an impressive ninth place having been among the thick of the action in the early stages.

Jonathon Webb drove the McLaren 650S GT3 he shares with Grant Denyer hom to ninth place, one spot up from team-mate, and championship leader heading into Townsville, Nathan Morcom in the Direct Plasterboard Outlet entry.

A trio of Audi’s then followed, Marc Cini heading Ash Samadi and Greg Taylor.

Steve Richards and Max Twigg continue to come to grips with the BMW Team SRM M6 GT3 with Andrew Macpherson and Brad Shiels following them home.

A puncture ended Ricky Capo’s race after just two laps, the Modena Engineering BMW Z4 GT3 retiring at the beginning of the third lap.

Two strong results across the weekend saw Roger Lago take out the round ahead of Klark Quinn and the Tony Bates/Christopher Mies combination.

With Quinn in seventh and Morcom eleventh the championship battle continues, meaning the champion will be crowned at the very last round of the season at Highlands Motorsport Park (November 11-12).

Race Results

Pos

Team

Driver

Car

Laps

1

Objective Racing

Tony Walls

McLaren 650S GT3

46

2

JBS Australia

Roger Lago

Lamborghini R-EX

46

3

Scott Taylor Motorsport

Scott Taylor/Craig Baird

Mercedes AMG GT3

46

4

Walkinshaw GT3

John Martin/Neale Muston

Porsche 911 GT3-R

46

5

JAMEC PEM

Christopher Mies/Tony Bates

Audi R8 LMS

46

6

Supabarn Supermarkets

James Koundouris/Marcus Marshall

Audi R8 LMS

46

7

Darrell Lea

Klark Quinn

McLaren 650S GT3

46

8

Darrell Lea

Tony Quinn

Aston Martin Vantage GT3

46

9

JAMEC PEM

Steve McLaughlan

Audi R8 LMS

46

10

McLaren Melbourne

Grant Denyer/Jonathon Webb

McLaren 650S GT3

46

11

Direct Plasterboard Outlet

Nathan Morcom

Mclaren 650S GT3

46

12

Hallmarc Developments

Marc Cini

Audi R8 LMS

46

13

Bondi Wholefoods

Ash Samadi

Audi R8 LMS

46

14

GT Motorsport

Greg Taylor

Audi R8 LMS

45

15

BMW Team SRM

Steve Richards/Max Twigg

BMW M6 GT3

45

16

AMAC Motorsport

Andrew Macpherson/Brad Shiels

Porsche 997 GT3-R

45

17

Hogs Breath Café/Griffith Corporation

Mark Griffith/Scott Hookey

Mercedes AMG SLS GT3

45

18

Interlloy M Motorsport

Justin McMillan/Glen Wood

Lamborghini R-EX

44

19

Beechwood/SLR/Buildmap

Nathan Antunes/Elliot Barbour

McLaren 650S GT3

43

 

Fastway Couriers

Simon Ellingham

Audi R8 Ultra

39

 

Modena Engineering

Ricky Capo

BMW Z4 GT3

2

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