Exciting news coming from Down Under and Rod Salmon. The team added Jason Bright for their effort in New Zealand at the brand new Highlands Motorsport Park.
The fifth round of the Australian GT was held at Queensland Raceway. It was a consistent weekend for Melbourne Performance
Centre and the two Audi cars.
Australian GT headed to Queensland Raceway this weekend for round five,
the penultimate round of the 2013 season. The two Audi teams performed
consistently this weekend.
The fourth round of the Australian GT was held at Sydney Motorsport
Park a few weeks ago. It was a very good weekend for Melbourne Performance
Centre and the two Audi cars.
Salmon focused on Sydney podium Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 LMS
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Rnd#4, Australian GT Championship presented by Pirelli
Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW (12-14 July)
By Johan Laubscher
The third round of the Australian GT Championship took place at Phillip Island last weekend. The two Audis from Melbourne Performance Centre and Minda Motorsport performed very well.
The Australian GT Championship Presented by Pirelli is at Philip Island this weekend, round 3 of the season. As was the case last time out at Adelaide, two Audi Sport customer racing teams are taking part in the event with a single car each.
Round two of the Australian GT Championship took place at Adelaide,
acting as a support event for the Clipsal 500. Two Audis took part: The Audi R8
LMS ultra of Rod Salmon and the R8 LMS of Minda Motorsport. Ultimately it was a
double top ten for Minda Motorsport as they finished eighth in both races. The
weekend was over for Rod Salmon during the first race, a crash on the exit of
turn eight resulted in the car being out for the weekend.
Adelaide hosted the second race of the Australian GT Championship Clipsal 500 weekend today. Whilst two Audi R8 LMS cars were entered at Adelaide, only one started the second race. Race 1 on Saturday was a fatal event for the #6 Audi R8 LMS ultra of Rod Salmon. The Melbourne Performance Centre car was heavily damaged and couldn't take part in race 2. Thus meaning that only a single Audi R8 LMS took part in race 2, the #71 car from Minda Motorsport.
Yesterday the Equity-One Motorsport car finished race 1 in eighth place. Dean Koutsoumidis and Andrew McInnes shared the car in the one-hour race. Today it was a kind of deja vu in race 2. The white and red Audi R8 LMS again finished in eighth place after the 30-minute sprint race. Race victory went to Craig Baird with the SLS AMG GT3, his second win of the weekend. Klark Quinn's Porsche GT3 R was second and Christian Klien's Mercedes was third.
The third round of Australian GT will be at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit this coming May. We hope that Rod Salmon's R8 will be there again and that other Audis will also join.
Adelaide is hosting the second round of the Australian GT Championship this weekend. Two races are planned supporting the Clipsal 500, the V8 Supercars season opener. Race 1 took place today with mixed results for the Melbourne Performance Centre supported Audi Sport customer racing teams.
By Tarek Ramchani After a thrilling first round at the Bathurst 12 Hour, the Australian GT is now at another iconic track, the famous Adelaide street course. Two Audi Sport customer racing teams are entering the event.
