By Johan Laubscher
Sandown Raceway hosted the opening round of the 2014 Australian GT
Championship. Three Audi R8 LMS cars were entered in the GT Trophy class and
scored very good results this weekend.
The three Audi R8 LMS cars were entered in the GT Trophy class this weekend, all of them run by Melbourne Performance Centre.
The first Audi was that of reigning GT Trophy champion, Steve
McLaughlan, who was driving the #75 JAMEC PEM Audi R8 LMS. Dean Koutsoumidis
and James Winslow were sharing the #71 Equity-One Motorsport Audi R8 LMS. The
third Audi was the #6 Skwirk.com.au Audi R8 LMS of Rod Salmon, who was driving
this R8 LMS whilst his primary Audi R8 LMS ultra is being repaired, following
the qualifying crash at Bathurst. He is leasing the R8 LMS from Peter Conroy. Salmon
was sharing the #6 R8 LMS with Liam Talbot.
Equity-One Motorsport took the GT Trophy class pole position with their
#71 R8 LMS and backed that up by finishing third in class during race one. Steve
McLaughlan finished second in class with his #75 R8 LMS and the #6 R8 LMS was
fourth.
The second one-hour race was held on Sunday. Equity-One Motorsport emerged in second position within the GT Trophy class, with Dean Koutsoumidis and James Winslow in the #71 Audi R8 LMS. The #75 Audi R8 LMS was third in class and the #6 R8 LMS in fourth.
The weekend’s results were enough to ensure that the three MPC run Audi R8 LMS cars are currently occupying the top three positions in the GT Trophy Championship points standings. Dean Koutsoumidis and James Winslow are jointly leading the championship alongside Steve McLaughlan, all on 77 points. Rod Salmon and Liam Talbot are lying third with 60 points.
The next round of the Australian GT Championship will be held at Phillip Island from 23-25 May.
The second one-hour race was held on Sunday. Equity-One Motorsport emerged in second position within the GT Trophy class, with Dean Koutsoumidis and James Winslow in the #71 Audi R8 LMS. The #75 Audi R8 LMS was third in class and the #6 R8 LMS in fourth.
The weekend’s results were enough to ensure that the three MPC run Audi R8 LMS cars are currently occupying the top three positions in the GT Trophy Championship points standings. Dean Koutsoumidis and James Winslow are jointly leading the championship alongside Steve McLaughlan, all on 77 points. Rod Salmon and Liam Talbot are lying third with 60 points.
The next round of the Australian GT Championship will be held at Phillip Island from 23-25 May.
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