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A word from Shaz TCM Media Releases from both rounds PHOTO’s From Sandown and Bathurst Bob’s Gone Fishing Krazy Kool Hats Teddy’s Hot Laps Mild Hogs on the Road Again !

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Contents 6-7 8-11

A word from Shaz Sharon’s Sandown Recap

TCM Sandown Media Releases

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A word from Shaz Sharon’s Bathrust Recap

TCM Bathurst Media Releases

Up to date news items of our race category

Up to date news items of our race category

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Sandown in Snapshots Photos tell a thousand words

SANDOWN 500

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Series Results

Photos tell a thousand words

Other News

What’s happening with our team on & off the track

Look us up on the leaderboards

BATHURST 1000

Sandown International Raceway Length 3.104 km (1.928 mi) Turns 13

MOUNT PANORAMA, BATHURST, NSW Length 6.213 km (3.861 mi) Turns 23

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Wilson Security Sandown 500 Sandown International Raceway September 15-17

Bobby and Jason ham it up for the camera

Rain, Rain, Rain – as you can see the pit area had it’s challenges !

Mud pie anyone ?

Billed as the retro round, for enthusiasts it didn’t disappoint and Touring Car Masters was a very good fit.

Apart from the racing, the circuit had a mini car show with displays of the most awesome historic and performance vehicles – I would hate to try and put a figure on their total value !!

Following the Queensland round, on return of the transporter, Mark ‘Birdman’ launched into prepping the cars for Sandown, which included the following :

Sandown was home base for Timmy and sort of for Paulie, with a drive down from Moyhu collecting Kingy and Jason from the airport on the Thursday. Birdman and Damo stocked up the Whiteline Racing ute with health food, i.e. bbq shapes, lollies, chocolates, red bull and drove across – just for something different I drove a truck across on the Friday as there was a trailer in Melbourne that needed to be relocated, so rather than fly killed two birds with the one stone. Adam flew in from his NSW home base, his girls heavily into their skiing program and so would miss this round.

King Springs 85 Monaro

The program was a little different to usual, with Practice, Qualifying and a Race all on the Friday, leaving one race for Saturday and again on Sunday.

1/ Further work on front end to improve shock reliability

Practice – Friday, 10.30 a.m. 30 minute session :

2/ Diff ratio change to suit Sandown

It was also one of those confusing rounds for all teams, with practice in the dry then qualifying and the first race in the wet, so everything learnt in practice really of no use, other than the fact both the boys used the session to bed in brakes.

Adam in the 95 Fabre Camaro got some quick laps under his belt, commenting that it was good out of the trailer. For this round, Adam had been selected to carry on board the television cameras of which some great vision was collected and shown. For the practice session, Adam completed 15 laps, the best on the 14th with a 1.1652, placing him 4th quickest of the 20 strong field, with Johnson, Bowe and Abelnica claiming first three spots.

3/ Rear ride height , springs and trailing arms changed to improve handling .

4/ Windscreen replaced ( damaged in Qld ) 5/ New front brake rotors fitted 6/ New rear axle drive flanges fitted ( almost failed in Qld ) Fabre 95 Camaro 1/ Diff ratio changed to suit Sandown

Kingy managed to get some laps under his belt in the practice session, 12 in fact with the best time achieved on the last lap which was a 1.1925 and would position him 12th in the standings at this early stage. From this, Kingy, Jase and Paulie were modifying suspension parts and changing the front wheel alignment to achieve a better handling race car.

2/ Extensive body repairs to right hand side including new door 3/ Engine removed and replaced for rebuild in Qld 4/ Extractors and exhaust system repaired 5/ New front brake rotors fitted In between working on the cars for the next round, Birdman continued working on the 85 Camaro to the point it was able to go out to The Truck Factory for painting.

Qualifying – Friday, 1 pm Okay, so conditions for qualifying were nothing like the practice session, it was wet – so the boys got into gear for set up to suit, changing tyres a big one ! In addition, the low cloud was causing the noise from the cars to be exaggerated and were deemed to be too loud according to the regs – so the team had to fit deflectors on both cars to contain this issue.

For Adam in the 95 Fabre Camaro the qualifying session was not good and in complete contrast to the early morning session. Completing 12 laps with the best on the 10th with a 1.297, remembering practice was a 1.165 this was seen as a major step backwards, now back in 8th. To trouble shoot this, the crew prior to the first race, softened the back springs as we were not getting enough drive, but just wheel spin in 3rd gear. This mod proved to make a huge difference, with the wheel spin not as bad by a long shot.

The location of our pit at Sandown to the grid was quite a distance, TCM arranged a mini bus and support truck for spares for to and from our pit to the track – the wheels on the bus go round and round !

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Sandown was billed the retro round, some of the enthusiasts beautiful machines did a display run around the track.

Qualifying for Kingy in the 85 Monaro was not what you plan for before a weekend event, only managing to complete one lap due to the throttle cable becoming stuck under the foot pedals. By the time this issue could be fixed the session was done – so the bad news for Kingy meant r.o.f. starts.

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Race 1 – Friday – Trophy Race

Race 3 – Sunday

The reverse grid, trophy race was the first event for the meet – Starting out of 8th, it’s fair to say Adam and his 95 Fabre Camaro got a great, fast start settling into third place by completion of the first lap. Over the next few laps the dice between Adam and Garwood in the No. 12 Torana was really exciting, seeing Adam and the Fabre 95 camaro in 2nd place, until Garwood and Stevie J in the 17 Ford got around, and No. 3 Mason who had led for multiple laps now found himself 4th – they went over the line, Johnson, Garwood, Mason then Adam with in car footage of the dual captured. For Kingy, after the drama of the qualifying session, he was not prepared to test out whether the repairs were 100 percent, so opted to start out of pit lane so clearly had his work cut out for him !! Kingy gave it his best shot, finding the pesky sticking throttle issue had been resolved and by conclusion of lap one had already pegged off 4 others in the field to be 14th. Kingy continued to take opportunities as they presented moving further up the order to ultimately finish in 12th which given the pit lane start was a great recovery, with all focus now being race ready for Saturday.

It’s fair to say that all were probably hoping for a good race, given the declared race of yesterday. Certainly the Whiteline Boys were fired up for a good run.

With 10 laps to run, the start was messy, bit of panel rubbing, lockups and ultimately No. 12 Garwood was around in his Torana which could have had a massive impact as Garwood was up front, but fortunately the bulk of the field avoided contact, although Adam had heavy impact door damage. The first lap saw 74 entry of Mercer dnf. As the field settled, lap 1 down, Adam in his Fabre 95 camaro was in 6th and Kingy in his 85 Monaro, who reported he had a good start, was happy chassis wise with handling, was sitting nicely in 13th.

Adam gained a spot in the 2nd and was behind No. 6 Hansford which on the third caused some anxious moments when Hansford went off the track and reentered avoiding contact with the Fabre 95 camaro, so by this stage Adam was now in 4th behind Richards, Bowe, Abelnica. Patience paid off when on the 8th lap Adam was able to move on Abelnica when his brakes locked up and Hansford No. 6 and Adam 95 were engaged in a tight dual, it was so exciting, Hansford got around Adam, only for Adam to claw it back, Birdman was on the radio saying to Adam, ‘cover your line, cover your line’, then on the final corner in the last lap, they came up on lapped traffic which would hand Hansford an advantage and they literally went over the line with hundredths of a second separating them. Adam would finish 4th but was a great drive and reported that from lap 6, had gearbox issues – the Camaro was jumping out of gear and he was having to hold it in gear with one hand with the other steering ! Kingy also put on a

Friday night the guys enjoyed a meal back at the pub we were staying at, Timmy and Bobby came across town to collect me from where I was parking up the Whiteline truck over the weekend – ended up being a late night back, but a couple of the boys were keen to try and see an early appearance of Shirazzy !!

Race 2 – Saturday 11.30 am The race was scheduled to be 10 laps, with Adam starting out of 8 in the 95 Fabre Camaro where he qualified and for Kingy in the 85 Monaro out of 18 due to the mechanical issues that forced him out after 1 lap. But, really in the scheme of things it wasn’t going to matter.

great display of driving continuing to progress up the order and managed to finish in the top 10 which was a fantastic result after the disappointment and disadvantage of qualifying due to mechanical issues.

Why, Well this paragraph will be very brief !! On the very first lap, early action from the pack impacting on No. 12 Garwood and No. 35 Gomersall would red flag the race – the 35 Torana heavily impacted the wall – the damage sustained was massive and the wall and safety measures all needed to be repaired and replaced. Adam unfortunately ended up with damage as part of the domino effect of the crash – not enough to put the 95 Fabre Camaro out, but enough to be more expense and work to bring her back to as new condition.

Packing up got underway and we were able to exit the track early afternoon – Bobby dropped me off to where my truck and trailer were parked up, the Whiteline Duo were in convoy white-lining along back to Adelaide.

TCM hosted the category bbq which gives all the chance to have an unwind together, before we headed back to hotel for light dinner and drinks, plus with both codes of footy on tele the gang were keen to have a drink in hand and watch the games – we as a group always argue about what is real footy – gets entertaining !!

Adam outright collected more for the trophy cabinet, finishing 3rd in his class.

With the quick turnaround for unload, preparation, reload and off to Bathurst – work got underway for what is a race that holds very special meaning and significance for Adam and Kingy – they love the mountain, fingers crossed they both live the dream.

Our caterers for the weekend, Leon and Mai, for the best food, Leon’s Coffee and Take A Way ( 903 Springvale Road, Mulgrave, ph 85559717 ) They can’t do enough for you – highly recommend them !!

Hmm, door panel damage I reported on – nuisance.

Bob and Shaz take a breather at Nhill on the return journey from Sandown, keep on White-Lining along.

Timmy is like an ever ready bunny, doesn’t stop from the minute he gets there, til the minute we leave – thanks mate !

Damo trackside, on tools

Birdman manufacturing Jase, tyre pressure – noise from the cars time was an issue under the cloudy inclement weather in Melb

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TCM READY FOR RETRO ROUND SEP 12, 2017 THE RETRO game will be strong with the Touring Car Masters when the series heads to Sandown this weekend for the fifth round of the 2017 series.

As well as bringing a nearly full grid of classic muscle and sports cars from the 1960s and 1970s to one of Australia’s most historic circuits, TCM will also welcome back one of the best to ever race at Sandown – Jim Richards.

The two-time TCM champion missed the most recent round of the series due to a commitment racing at the iconic Silverstone classic event in the UK, his Group C JPS BMW 635i wowing the crowds and winning the ‘most admired car of the meeting’ award.

Richards has an imposing record at Sandown in any category, with his two wins in the Sandown 500 coming in 1985 with BMW and 1989 in a Nissan Skyline.

He also won the 1991 Australian Touring Car Championship round at the venue, as well as races in Carrera Cup, Nations Cup and more.

His form in TCM at the venue has been even more impressive: taking four round victories, winning nine races and scoring 20 top three race finishes at the venue – from 25 race starts.

His last TCM race win came at the venue in April last year.

The Touring Car Masters field will fully embrace the Supercars ‘retro round’ concept this weekend with drivers and cars alike.

As well as greats of the sport like Richards, John Bowe and Rusty French behind the wheel, several cars run period appropriate liveries.

Jason Gomersall’s BigMate Racing Torana A9X (Peter Brock / HDT) and Bob Wisely’s similar four-door SL/R 5000 (Bob Morris) are both presented in period liveries, while much of the field runs traditional ‘old school’ style paint as a nod to the heritage of the category.

The strong Sandown field welcomes back several familiar faces and classic machinery this weekend.

The Touring Car Masters grid heads to Sandown amid the championship’s most competitive ever title fight, with Adam Bressington and John Bowe tied at the top of the overall standings following the last round at Queensland Raceway.

The ex-Glenn Seton car was badly damaged in Adelaide at the start of the season and has just been completely rebuilt and restored by Lawlor’s team and Brad Tilley Racing.

While Bowe’s Wilson Security / PAYCE Holden Torana SL/R 5000 has done plenty of winning this year, Bressington’s Fabre / Whiteline Racing Camaro has been the king of consistency and has notched up points finishes in most of the races.

While each lead their respective classes (Bowe in ProMaster and Bressington in ProAm), both are also locked together on 529 points heading into the weekend.

However, the pair are not the only title contenders with an upturn of form from Steven Johnson seeing the Ford Mustang driver now only 17 points behind the tied duo.

Johnson was a race winner at Queensland Raceway and only trailed Bowe in the round results as he heads to what should be a strong venue for his WM Waste Management / Team Johnson Ford Mustang.

Ryan Hansford sits fourth in the championship and will be buoyed by his strongest ever weekend in Touring Car Masters last time out.

Hansford won the ProAm class last time out and narrowly finished second behind Eddie Abelnica in a breathtaking final race, that saw the pair battling side-by-side in the closing stages.

Sydneysider Terry Lawlor returns to the series for the first time since the Clipsal 500 Adelaide following a lengthy rebuild of his Lady Luck Racing 1964 Ford Mustang coupe.

Melinda Price will also return following her TCM debut at Winton earlier this year.

Price – who made her Supercars endurance debut at the Sandown 500 in 1997 – will celebrate her 20th anniversary of that milestone weekend behind the wheel of the myPlates XA Ford Falcon.

TCM race winner Wayne Mercer will be back in his Lindways Builders GTHO, while Queenslander Geoff Fane will make the trek down from the Sunshine state with his Camaro SS. The TCM field will take to the track for a busy program on Friday, with practice set for 10:30am to be quickly followed by Qualifying at 1:00pm.

The Dometic TCM Trophy race will commence proceedings at 3:35pm over 10 laps.

Race two will be held at 11:30 am on Saturday prior to the finale’ at 10:20 on Sunday morning.

TCM fans are encouraged to attend the Wilson Security Sandown 500 with the series’ to be housed in a stand-alone pit complex this weekend that will be accessible to all General Admission ticketholders attending the event.

Located at the turn one end of the main grandstand, the TCM paddock will be open to all with access to the cars and stars of the series.

Signature look for Damo – notice only the best CK’s !!

Team Whiteline, Timmy, Bobby and Damo – hang loose

It was billed Retro round, so guys and gals dressed for it and partied to it !!

No flys on the Whiteline boys, took advantage of the great viewing spot for the racing.

Residual damage

Retro round at Sandown delivered a mini motor show.

Retro round at Sandown some of the machines on display.

Howdy Kingy, you can’t hide from the camera – busy on tools front end of the Monaro

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FACT FILE - SANDOWN RACEWAY SEP 14, 2017 SANDOWN will be the second-most prolific venue on the Touring Car Masters calendar following the conclusion of this weekend, by which point the series should have completed 30 races at the suburban Melbourne venue – tying it for second with the Adelaide street circuit on the all-time list.

Only Sydney Motorsport Park – with 33 races – has seen more Touring Car Masters action.

The 3.1km circuit has also been the most competitive in the series history, with a reputation for throwing up unpredictable results and close action.

In qualifying, the series has the closest average pole winning margin of any track TCM has raced at more than twice – the tiny 0.28s average gap between first and second on the grid easily the smallest.

No one has ever scored pole by more than a second at Sandown – which can’t be said for any other track to have had more than two qualifying sessions.

For the record, John Bowe edging out Andrew Miedecke for pole by 0.0408s in 2012 is the closest ever pole margin at Sandown, which saw some revenge for Miedecke bumping Bowe from pole by 0.9440s – the biggest – two years earlier.

Bowe has only two pole positions (out of his 47) at Sandown, making it easily his worse track for the one-lap dash.

INTERESTINGLY, five different models have won the last five times TCM has visited Sandown.

Jim Richards powered his AMC Javelin to its first TCM round win in early 2012, while Bowe took Mustang Sally to the top of the podium on the return visit later that year.

Andrew Miedecke then won with his Chevrolet Camaro the next year, his 350 Chevrolet power doing the business.

Richards won again in 2014, this time racing his Falcon Sprint which proved that – at least if you’re Jim Richards – cubic inches aren’t everything up and down Sandown’s long straights.

Bowe continued that theory in 2016 when his fivelitre Torana held out the more powerful Richards’ Javelin and Steve Johnson’s GTHO Falcon to win the round.

THE LAST seven races have been won by seven different cars, too; Andy Miedecke’s final win in his 2013 clean sweep aboard the Whiteline Camaro was followed by Greg Crick (Charger), John Bowe (Mustang) and Jim Richards (Javelin) taking the next three races, in 2014.

When the series returned in 2016 Richards was back on top – this time in the Falcon Sprint – with Bowe (Torana) and Andrew Fisher (Falcon GTHO) winning the other races.

Miedecke’s clean sweep of the weekend in 2013 was not only his best ever weekend in TCM, it was the only time someone has won all three races at the Melbourne venue.

Six of the nine TCM rounds to date at Sandown have featured three different race winners from the three races!

AUSSIE muscle has been doing a lot of wining the last few years.

Australian-built cars won just 20 of the first 183 Touring Car Masters races, split between Brad Tilley in his GTHO Falcon, plus occasional wins for Glenn Seton, Keith Kassulke and Eddie Abelnica in XB Falcon Coupe’s, Leanne Tander in the XA Falcon, Les Walmsley and Brett Youlden in HQ Monaro’s and Greg Crick’s Charger.

However, since the debut of the Torana in John Bowe’s hands it’s been doing a lot of winning, winning 27 times since the Winton round two years ago, in 2015. Adam Garwood has won three of those races.

However, it’s not just Torana domination. In fact, while the Falcon GTHO won four times between 2007 and the 2015 season, it has won races on seven occasions since then.

Chevrolet Camaros and Jim Richards’ Falcon Sprint have had some long times away from the top of the podium, too.

While the last time a TCM Camaro (Colin Meadows Central Muscle Cars Camaro won at Bathurst last year) won was Andrew Miedecke in race three of the 2015 season opener in Adelaide, Richards’ last win in the Sprint came a year prior at Bathurst.

Eddie Abelnica’s round win at Winton earlier this year came without winning a race, just the fourth time in TCM history that has occurred.

Ironically, while Eddie won race three at Queensland Raceway last time out he didn’t even make it onto the overall podium.

AND FINALLY, Ford need just one more round victory to score their 50th Touring Car Masters round win.

After a sizzling qualifying session, Bresso taking time out for driver signing.

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JOHNSON DOES A RAIN DANCE TO WIN AT SANDOWN SEP 15, 2017 STEVEN JOHNSON has stormed from the back of the field to win the Dometic TCM trophy race at Sandown, working his way to the front to win in sopping wet conditions today.

Adam Garwood and Cameron Mason also starred and finished second and third, respectively, in a classic race – one that went the full distance and without major dramas despite the heavy conditions.

Starting from pole, Mason and fellow front-row starter Terry Lawlor raced wheel-to-wheel through the first four corners before the driver of the bright Red Mustang edged himself in front of the field as they thundered up the back straight.

The chasing pack was slightly delayed when Geoff Fane spun just before turn four, though avoided any damage and was ultimately able to continue at the back of the field.

Adam Garwood and Adam Bressington were the big movers on the first lap, Garwood storming from 12th to fourth and Bressington from 10th to third.

Bressington and Garwood both passed Lawlor’s Mustang on lap two as they battled for second, while Mason pulled away to a comfortable early lead. Johnson had stormed to sixth by the end of the second lap – rapidly chasing the leaders as the track dried.

Mason held on until the seventh lap, when Garwood slipped past to take the lead for the first time.

Johnson also passed Mason on the same lap, and then grabbed Garwood the next time around as the pair ran onto the start-finish straight.

The trio crossed the line in that order, Garwood surviving a trip through the mud at turn three on the final lap to score second, with Mason scoring his third podium finish of the year.

Adam Bressington finished fourth and Tony Karanfilovski a superb fifth – having started 13th.

Eddie Abelnica stormed his way through the field to sixth, battling at the end of the 10-lap affair with his Queensland Raceway sparring partner Ryan Hansford.

The pair stormed through the field in unison, swapping positions amongst themselves as they both worked their way into the top 10. Behind them, Bowe held back on the opening lap, taking the conservative option through the first four corners as the field sorted themselves out.

He then began a typically methodical climb though the field and ultimately finished eighth.

Lawlor and Graham Alexander’s HT Monaro completed the top-10 in a highly entertaining affair.

With the Dometic Trophy Race complete, attention turns to the two remaining points-paying races on Saturday and Sunday this weekend.

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Bowe will start race two from pole, thanks to a stunning lap in the dying stages of today’s 20-minute qualifying session that came on a drying circuit.

An earlier downpour left the track sodden before qualifying however times rapidly dropped as the circuit cleared.

Bowe looked set to settle for third or even fourth however required only one flying lap to take pole after leaving the pits with less than four minutes to go in the session.

Steven Johnson was the man he usurped, the Team Johnson Mustang holding on to second and just 0.19s behind.

Eddie Abelnica and Ryan Hansford will start third and fourth, respectively, with Tony Karanfilovski and Adam Garwood locking out row three.

Jason Gomersall, Adam Bressington, Cameron Mason and Jim Richards completed the top-10.

Melinda Price endured a difficult day with braking issues, while Rusty French was forced to change an engine in the Skye Sands Mustang after droppingthe oil pump belt in practice. Rohan Little also found himself out of action with a broken rocker in his Porsche 911.

BOWE BUILDS LEAD AS JOHNSON WINS SEP 17, 2017 LESS THAN 20 points cover the top three drivers as the Touring Car Masters series readies for the annual trip to Mount Panorama this October, thanks to a pair of Steven Johnson victories at Sandown this weekend.

Johnson powered to a Sunday race victory at Sandown after yet another race-long battle with John Bowe.

The Holden Torana ace started from pole and led the field into turn one, Johnson retaining close company for the first two laps before he pounced on the third to take the lead.

He retained a narrow margin over Bowe for the remainder of the race as the pair embraced retro round with a 1-2 Johnson-Bowe finish.

The battle for third was the highlight of the race, with Eddie Abelnica, Adam Bressington and Ryan Hansford battling furiously for much of the race.

Abelnica held third for the first seven laps, before a small mistake at turn one on the start of the eighth saw Bressington and Hansford pounce and relegate the Falcon to fifth in the space of just a few corners.

Hansford then attacked the Whiteline Racing Camaro, but had no answer for the more powerful Chevrolet until the final few corners of the race – when the pair came across Bob Wisely’s Torana.

With the briefest of hesitation by the Camaro, Hansford pounced and in a drag race out of the final corner beat Bressington to third place by 0.001s.

Abelnica finished fifth, while Jim Richards continued his record of strong performances at Sandown to storm his way through from 10th place at the start to sixth.

Terry Lawlor completed an excellent return for his Ford Mustang by finishing seventh, while Cameron Mason, Geoff Fane and Mark King completed the top-10.

Two missing from the front of the field were Tony Karanfilovski and Adam Garwood, who were caught up in an accident on the opening lap, exiting turn four.

Bowe has broken the deadlock with Adam Bressington to take a clear championship lead heading to Bathurst, though just 13 points split the pair heading to the Camaro’s best circuit.

Johnson now sits just 18 points from Bowe in third place, while Hansford remains fourth but less than sixty points from the top of the standings.

Bowe (ProMaster), Hansford (ProAm) and Graham Alexander (ProSports) won their respective classes overall this weekend.

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Bowe’s five bonus points for pole position saw him win the round overall, despite Johnson winning both races contested – race two on Saturday abandoned after one lap following Jason Gomersall’s hefty impact at turn six.

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Jase, Bobby and Kingy – the three amigos

Pit lane, big tele’s lots of excitement

Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 MOUNT PANORAMA, NSW October 5-8 Bathurst, here comes Whiteline Racing

Whilst all rounds of the racing are special, there is just something unique about competing at Bathurst that stands out for racing car drivers – it is challenging and so stooped in history, it is cult like, it is what dreams and nightmares are made of !!!!! Teams arrive with so much respect and admiration for the track, previous champions and come with a determination to conquer, did we at Whiteline Racing ?? You’ll need to read on, but as per usual I need to fill you in on the lead up and preparation.

Post Sandown, work got underway in a timely fashion – the turnaround was tight when you take into account the time lost in travel. Kingy would again campaign the Monaro as work continues on the massive task of rebuilding the 85 Camaro.

Birdman got stuck into the following tasks : #85 HQ Monaro – King Springs

Thursday was the first scheduled sessions on the track with two practices.

Practice 1 – 8.25 am – 20 minute session Straight out of the transporter for the first session, Bresso commented the 95 Fabre Camaro was ‘awesome’ especially given the track was green, the girl was showing great speed and so much so, was the quickest car from a field of 26 with a 2.1967.

For Kingy, whilst having completed 7 laps, notable free play in the steering resulted in the crew removing the steering box and sourcing parts in Bathurst.

With the help of Russell from the Jim Richards Team, they got the box out, fitted the new components and had it ready for the 2nd practice.

Practice 2 – Thursday October 5, 2017 So for Adam in the 95 Fabre Camaro, the session wasn’t as quick as the first and combine this with the fact others had improved, Adam found himself 5th quickest, with Bowe, Johnson, Garwood and Hansford on the pace. There was an issue developing with the gear box jumping out of gear and post practice it was pulled down, but failed to reveal any real cause.

1/ diff and gearbox ratios changed to suit Bathurst 2/ minor suspension changes to suit Bathurst 3/ oil change and timing check on engine (routine) #95 Fabre Camaro 1/ diff and gearbox ratios changed to suit Bathurst 2/ body repairs to RH door, LH rear quarter and rear panel 3/ complete brake fluid change front and rear (suspect water contamination at Sandown) 4/ minor suspension changes to suit Bathurst 5/ new rear brake pads fitted Work complete, the road show was loaded and Bobby headed off in the Benz powered prime mover for Bathurst on the Monday of race week, arriving in Bathurst Tuesday for bump in to the track.

The rest of the team all flew in from their home states on the Wednesday all landing in Sydney similar times where they hired a people mover for the drive to Bathurst. For Jason, Sydney is home, so he travelled down in his ute.

Wednesday the boys would go about setting up our pit area and then headed to the Kelso Pub for tea, not only Wednesday night but Thursday too and purchased raffle tickets in the meat raffles – they won about 4 packs, which would come in handy for the Saturday night when we all met up at the Bressington house rental for a team bbq. It is fair to say that the young Bressington ladies, Billie and Poppy made the whole raffle thing a lot of fun with the very shy, (not) Poppy holding the floor !!

The home base for the rest of us, is the same home we have rented for several years now – with Timmy taking care of crew breakfast each day – eggs, bacon – the lot – it is fair to say the boys are well fed and watered over these weekends !!!!

For Kingy, the 85 Monaro completed 6 laps, best on the 5th with a 2.2338 placing him 10th quickest, but commented there were still further tweaks required but felt confident of a great car for qualifying.

The only session for the boys Friday was qualifying held at 8.10 which was scheduled to run for 20 minutes, however a crash in the session would result in a red flag dramatically reducing it. For Bresso, five laps were achieved, with the best on the 4th in a track record time of 2.17.7 placing him 2nd quickest with the ultimate record lap time taken by Johnson with a 2.166. Adam was still being tested with a gearbox issue, ultimately deciding to replace it with the spare, only problem being the gearing in that box was not suited to Bathurst, unless he drove around the track in 1st !!

Kingy had an excellent session with the crew seemingly on top of the steering box issues and set up sorted and found himself 9th quickest in a field of 27 !!! Also completing 5 laps, the best was on the 4th with a 2.21 a couple of seconds quicker than practice and historically 11 seconds quicker than the Monaro had gone in previous campaigns on the mountain. The team still felt there was room for improvement and played with spring rates, ride heights and performed shocky adjustments.` Friday night was all about supporting Melinda Price TCM No. 11 racer – Ford Falcon – Melinda is very active raising funds for Breast Cancer with an event being held at Knickerbocker Hotel – Vitina, Billie and Poppy Bressington were flat out rattling tins to raise much needed coin for this great cause – see some pics in the gallery of shots. They continued the fund raising efforts at the TCM Driver signing session. Once this event was over, the team headed back to the Kelso by this time I flew in with Timmy and Bobby collecting me from the airport to join the team.

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Race 1 - Saturday was only the one race, which was held at 9.12 and over 6 laps.

It was the trophy race, reverse grid start, with points for starting and finishing.

Not a good start at all for Kingy in the 85 Monaro, on the warm up lap called up the crew on the headset advising that there was something dramatically wrong and would come into pit lane. Once in pit lane, the crew were underneath it with the front left wheel off where it was discovered a ball joint had collapsed, Kingy’s race was done. I guess the only thing to draw on, was the fact it was the trophy race, so race 2 on Sunday Kingy would get to start from possie 9 after his excellent qualifying session. Whilst this was unfolding the field was away, albeit Bresso was starting out of 24 in his Fabre 95 Camaro. The early stages of this race saw a packed field with lots of panel rubbing going on and it wasn’t long before there was a yellow to recover the Wisely entrant that had come to grief, but for Adam, the change in gearbox was just not working out and whilst having managed to progress up the field combined with several dnf’s finished in 16th.

Adam antagonized over what to do with the gear box, asking Birdman if there was time to replace it with the original box, to which the answer was yes, there was time, so Adam was prepared to take the risk and called for the swap which the crew did. Meanwhile, the team got busy fixing Kingy’s 85 Monaro front end issue. Abelnica in his big ford took out the race.

Race 2 was held just after 1 pm and again to be a 6 lap race, with the boys getting to start out of their qualifying positions, Adam 2, Kingy 9. With the race underway, pole sitter Johnson led the field with Adam under pressure fright from the get go by Bowe, who had the edge. Adam did have a look at a passing move on Griffens Bend on the first lap, but thought better of it. On the 2nd lap, Adam was all over the rear of JB taking up the fight at times side by side down the straight and up the hill, very exciting racing with great footage coming from the in car camera positioned in JB’s car taking in all the action. By the 3rd lap, Adam further had his work cut out for him, when the 95 Fabre Camaro had developed under steer particularly at Forrest Elbow which would then have the flow on effect of not being able to reach maximum speed down the straight due to the exit speed. Despite all of this Adam hung onto 3rd with Johnson and Bowe 1st and 2nd. Kingy meanwhile was having a full on battle out of 9 dropping one spot in the early stages of the race. Lap 3 on turn 2 was interesting for Kingy when he was forced to take evasive action to miss Karanfilovski on an inside move, but in the final lap was able to regain 9th position, despite the fact that like Adam, had mid race developed handling issues with ‘push’ with the crew planning to do adjustments to springs to counter this.

TCM hosted the category bbq get together – a chance for everyone to unwind, stop working on the cars and have a catch up.

Saturday night the team headed to the house being rented by the Bressington Family where we all enjoyed a great bbq from the bbq packs won at the Kelso.

Vitina prepared very yummy pre dinner nibbles and veges to compliment our meal. Meanwhile, Bille and Poppy had us all on the go with their raffles and antics – a lot of laughs were had – see some of the pics in the gallery.

Race 3 – 8.30 Sunday, 6 Laps.

Bobby and Damo having a show us your undies comp !!

Bresso always smiling when he is behind the wheel of the 95 Fabre Camaro – smiling assassin ??

Paulie, Birdman and Timbo last minute checks

A pretty relaxed looking Kingy on the dummy grid

Starting positions for the final race on the weekend were Adam out of 3 in the 95 Fabre Camaro and Kingy out of 9 in the 85 King Springs Monaro. The start and first lap for Adam was full on, with Johnson and Bowe neck and neck up mountain straight, but when an unsuccessful attempt by Bowe to move on Johnson didn’t come off, this allowed Adam to be 2nd behind Johnson with Bowe in Adam’s mirrors with the pair engaged in a terrific battle, until the 3rd lap, when the pesky gear box issue raised its head yet again and allowed JB to pass Adam under brakes, the issues would continue and would result in Garwood successfully moving on Adam in the 4th, the issue was related to a spring action component in the gear box that was sticking and not popping back up. Adam was struggling big time into Forrest Elbow and so was killing him in the straight, but he hung in there and came away with 4th behind Johnson, Bowe, Garwood 1 – 3 respectively. Kingy’s horrible bad luck continued, after having maintained his mid field possie in a closely matched group, on the 5th Kingy sustained a punctured tyre resulting in a dnf – check out the pic of the tyre !!

Work got underway to pack up, although Bob would not be able to leave the track until later that evening, arriving back into Adelaide Monday night. For us crew, we all had to head off back to Sydney to catch planes, with Timmy driving us all to the airport in the people mover.

Kingy and Jason on the dummy grid

Clearly a crowd fave, TCM pit people traffic full on all weekend.

Work will get underway in preparation for the inaugural Newcastle round – the final round for the year – there is much excitement about this one as it will be new to us all.

Will be back in touch.

Shaz Nissan motorsport created a very tranquil and relaxed area for their supporters to watch the racing in style and comfort.

TCM Melinda Price on the dummy grid ready to race, did a great job in creating awareness and funds for Breast cancer

For further information: 0418 826 272 - shaz@wline.com.au

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TCM READY TO CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN OCT 3, 2017 AS IT does in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship, a win at Bathurst represents the pinnacle of achievement in the Touring Car Masters series.

This weekend marks the 10th time that TCM has visited the venue in Country New South Wales, offering fans a look back to some retro racing that harks back to the history of the Mountain itself.

Twelve different drivers have won the 27 different races contested by TCM at the Mountain, a record for any circuit on the calendar.

With six race wins, Bowe tops the winners list though Glenn Seton and Jim Richards (3 each) aren’t far behind. Brad Tilley, Steve Mason, Andrew Miedecke and Eddie Abelnica are all twice prior race winners there.

22 drivers have scored top three finishes at the circuit, further showcasing the varied nature of the results there.

There’s also never been a sweep of all three races in the round – again, the only circuit in the calendar to have that as a statistic.

Steve Mason (2007), John Bowe (2015) and Glenn Seton (2016) have all scored a pair of wins in a single weekend however the third has eluded them – Bowe

finishing second in race one in 2015 and Seton further down the field in the reverse-grid affair that was the second race last year. Mason finished third to Gavin Bullas and Jim Richards in the 2007 opener.

2017 will mark the 10th time Touring Car Masters have contested a round at Mount Panorama; and it’s the heavy hitters who have done most of the winning.

Jim Richards and John Bowe have each won two rounds, while Glenn Seton, Brad Tilley and Steve Mason have scored one each. The exhibition style weekend last year, that featured the NZ Central Muscle Cars, didn’t have an overall round winner.

Qualifying has been a Ford dominated affair, taking seven of the available nine pole positions at Bathurst over the years.

Bowe has three poles at the venue – though none back to back – and last year was the first to put a TCM Holden on the top spot in qualifying when he powered his Torana to pole.

Pole position has converted to a victory in race one on four occasions, though with race one now the TCM trophy race it’s unlikely to happen again in 2017.

Steve Johnson holds the qualifying lap record at Mount Panorama, at a 2m18.1606s lap, while Bowe

holds the lap record in races at 2m18.5602s.

As always, there’s plenty of drivers with history in the Bathurst 1000 on track in TCM, too.

Jim Richards, of course, ranks as one of the all-time greats at the Mountain thanks to his seven wins – second only to the great Peter Brock on the all-time winners list.

John Bowe has two Bathurst wins to his credit – and in fact was in the car the last time a Dick Johnson Racing Ford won at the Mountain; a notable achievement given the modern-day DJR Team Penske cars enter the race amongst the key favourites.

Steven Johnson was on the podium at Bathurst ten years ago in 1997 with Will Davison – the last time a DJR car raced into the top three there.

He never won the race, but Rusty French was another regular in the Great Race through the 70s and 80s.

Bruce Williams will be racing at Bathurst for the first time since he last competed in the 1000km race – twenty years ago, when he shared his VS Commodore with motoring journo, Paul Gover.

Melinda Price raced in the 1000 in the ‘Castrol Cougars’ Commodore and still holds the record for the highest finishing position by an all-female crew.

Clearly a crowd fave, TCM pit people traffic full on all weekend.

Damo on the dummy grid with Bresso gearing him up for race time.

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Paulie wiring Kingy up for sound

Pit lane drama – Kingy with a ball joint failure – end of the race

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The boys assessing the damage to Kingy’s front left, as usual thanks to Coxy – Nissan Motorsport lending a hand in piit lane

The television crew getting the run down from Kingy on just what went wrong

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FORM DRIVERS ON TOP IN BATHURST PRACTICE OCT 5, 2017 Perana.

THEY’RE one and two in the championship and true to form it was John Bowe and Adam Bressington one and two in practice today at Mount Panorama.

His pace has continued to develop across the last twelve months with his 2m20.53s lap placing him third on the road in the second session.

Bowe’s 2m18.9127s lap set to top practice two usurped Bressington’s 2m19.6731s benchmark that stood at the end of the first session, the pair ending the day in that order.

Eddie Abelnica was sixth in the Melbourne’s Cheapest Cars XB Falcon, despite battling rev limit issues in practice one earlier this morning.

Revelling in perfect conditions and temperatures hovering in the mid 20s, Bowe’s lap was 0.7 seconds behind the existing pole record – also held by Bowe – and only 0.3 seconds behind the race lap record.

Bressington topped the first session, run earlier in the morning on a slower and green race track.

Ryan Hansford was third fastest overall, his 2m20.1176s lap slotting him in behind Bressington and just in front of fellow title contender Steven Johnson.

The Multispares Torana enjoyed a solid day despite running off the road at the chase in the first session, prior to hitting traffic and slowing a potentially quicker lap.

Johnson’s quiet day netted him a solid fourth place, while teenager Adam Garwood was a stout fifth on the combined times in his Holden Torana.

Though he was a winner before, Garwood was a breakout star of last year’s Bathurst round when he stormed through the field driving a Ford Capri

Jim Richards was seventh overall in the Shannons Insurance Falcon Sprint, while Tony Karanfilovski slotted into eighth overall in the TIFS Mustang.

The Sydney driver was one spot in front of the returning Brad Tilley and his Falcon GTHO. The popular Sydneysider – a cult hero to many TCM fans – returned to the track in his iconic Green Falcon today following a two-year rebuild.

Having raced a Ford Mustang in the intervening period, Tilley adapted quickly to the Falcon’s very different driving style to post competitive times in both sessions today Andrew Fisher completed the top-10 in the Jesus Racing XY GTHO, returning to the track this weekend with a brand-new engine powering his still-new car.

Bruce Williams’ AC Delco Torana just missed the top 10, but 11th overall was a solid return to the track despite enduring several engine issues throughout the day.

Today’s two 20-minute practice sessions ran mostly trouble-free, however there was no chance of the category escaping a traditional Bathurst hard-luck story.

In his freshly-rebuilt XB GT Hardtop Falcon, Keith Kassulke was only one lap into the first practice session when he turned into the left-hand corner just before McPhillamy Park.

Unfortunately, the Falcon refused to turn with either a tyre issue or a mechanical failure thought to blame.

The car made hefty contact with the wall and spun across the circuit, stopping in the runoff area on the left of the circuit adjacent to the McPhillamy Park gates.

Kassulke was unhurt in the incident, however the Falcon will again require significant repairs before again returning to the track.

Porsche runners Rohan Little and Sven Burchartz also endured dramas; Little in the pits with oil leaking from his 911 IROC Challenge car in practice two, while Burchartz failed to log a time in his sister entry.

A simple Saturday for TCM will see the cars hit the track for qualifying bright and early in the morning at 8:10am for qualifying – with the first race not set to run until Saturday morning.

A reflective Kingy

After a day at the track , needed to catch some zzzzzzz’s before tea time

Bresso got a camp fire happening to keep the cold Bathurst night air at bay

Jase and Paulie looking pretty cool prior to Kingy’s race

Our chefs for the evening, Damo and Bresso

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JOHNSON SMASHES RECORD FOR BATHURST POLE OCT 6, 2017 STEVE JOHNSON has smashed his own Touring Car Masters qualifying record to take an emphatic pole position for round six of the series, this morning at Mount Panorama.

In what turned out to be a shortened nine-minute dash for pole, Johnson’s fourth flyer saw him post a stunning 2m16.6160s lap to secure his sixth TCM pole position by more than a full second.

The stunning lap was a full 1.5 seconds beneath his own Bathurst qualifying record set two years ago, and exactly one second faster than next best Adam Bressington.

The Whiteline Racing Camaro driver was also under Johnson’s existing benchmark, though his otherwise impressive 2m17.70s lap placing the title contender in front of John Bowe on the grid.

Bowe was two-tenths further back from the Camaro in third and was also under Johnson’s existing 2m18.16s benchmark however traffic at turn one saw him abandon his final lap and any chance to improve.

Jim Richards qualified sixth in the Shannons Insurance Ford Falcon Sprint, while Andrew Fisher will line-up seventh in the Jesus Racing GTHO. Brad Tilley was clocked at 283km/hr on Conrod straight en route to eighth place on the return of the GTHO, while Mark King was a strong ninth in the second entry from Whiteline Racing, the HQ Monaro continuing to improve in the capable Queenslander’s hands.

Eddie Abelnica competed the top-10 in the Melbourne’s Cheapest Cars XB Falcon, while Tony Karanfilovski (11th) and an impressive Wayne Mercer (12th) qualified just outside the top-10.

The session was red flagged before a majority of the field could set a flying lap when Terry Lawlor put his Lady Luck Racing Mustang into the gravel at McPhillamy Park.

In a wild moment, the ’64 Mustang slid sideways past the McPhillamy Park gates but avoided any contact with anything other than the gravel trap at the top of Mount Panorama.

Buried deep in the sand, it took some time to recover the car – allowing just seven minutes of green flag running for drivers to complete a lap at the end of the session.

Cameron Tilley qualified the Anglomoil Valliant Pacer in 14th position – a remarkable effort given the car missed both practice sessions yesterday.

The Sydney driver was waiting for a replacement head to arrive from the United States, the new component arriving at the team’s Brookvale, Sydney, workshop at 11pm last night after lengthy delays in Customs while en route.

The team quickly installed the components and loaded the car straight onto the trailer, arriving at Bathurst early this morning.

Bruce Williams’ challenging weekend continued in the AC Delco Torana, managing a 2m26.3s lap to qualify 17th.

Adam Garwood qualified fourth in his Holden Torana, his 2m19.26s lap edging out Ryan Hansford’s similar Torana for a spot on the second row of the grid.

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So butter wouldn’t melt hey ?? Bresso’s girls Billie and Poppy gorgeous shot

Adam and Damo cooking up a flamed grill meal for the team

The team chilling out at Adam and Vitina’s temporary home for the weekend

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Awwwww mate ship, Bobby and Timmy having a nanna nap.tiff

Look at this little monkey Poppy striking a pose

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Well done Bresso, Birdy, Timmy and Damo - 2nd in the class for the weekend - more dusting Vitina

JOHNSON, ABELNICA DELIVER FORD VICTORIES OCT 7, 2017 THE TOURING Car Masters series has produced a pair of Bathurst thrillers as Eddie Abelnica and Steven Johnson split the honours for Ford at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

Abelnica edged out the Valliant Pacer of Cameron Tilley to win the jumbled grid Dometic TCM Trophy Race in the morning, while the afternoon’s affair was a tense battle between Johnson, John Bowe and Adam Bressington for the top three spots in the championship race.

The Trophy race started with Tilley and Cameron Mason on the front row, and the pair battled furiously for the opening lap.

Tilley led early, before Mason passed at the Chase with an enormous move around the outside of the 220km/hr kink, surviving a huge brake lock up to take the lead.

The Mustang Fastback was only in the lead for a short time as a badly flat-spotted left front began to take its toll, Tilley re-passing the Ford and establishing a solid lead in his six-cylinder Valliant.

The biggest mover, however, was Eddie Abelnica, who stormed his way through from the middle of the field to contend for a top three spot by mid-race.

After enduring engine dramas yesterday, an overnight powerplant change saw the Falcon back on song today and he stormed through the field.

He was second by the end of the fourth lap, and set about chasing down the leading Valliant – which had escaped to a two second margin out in front.

With the Falcon more than 30km/hr faster down Conrod, Abelnica powered past Tilley just before the chase on the penultimate lap to assume the lead.

The move was initially contentious due to a yellow flag area at the beginning of the chase, though the Melbourne driver was later cleared, having completed the pass before entering the yellow flag zone.

Bressington remained in close company with the Holden Torana and set up a thrilling exchange when they ran side-by-side through turns two and three – on the run into the Cutting – on the third lap.

Once Bowe was clear of the Whiteline Racing Camaro, he set out in pursuit of the leading Mustang and set a new lap record (2m17.5309s) in his attempt to catch Johnson.

The yellow was for the stranded Bob Wisely Torana, the Queenslander having crashed on the entry to the chase on the opening lap.

He closed to within half a second on the final lap, though Johnson was strong enough to hold on to record his fourth win of the 2017 season.

Abelnica ultimately won the race – his second of the season – while Cameron Tilley equalled his best ever TCM race finish in second.

With Bowe second and Bressington third, Torana drivers Adam Garwood and Ryan Hansford completed the top five.

Rusty French scored his first top three finish by holding out John Bowe in a race to the line, while Paul Freestone and Adam Garwood completed the top five.

Eddie Abelnica, Andrew Fisher, Jim Richards, Mark King and Tony Karanfilovski completed the top-10.

After leading early, Cameron Mason failed to finish after a engine failure on his Mustang.

The second race started with grid positions based on qualifying, Steve Johnson leading the field into turn one.

John Bowe muscled Adam Bressington out for second on the run up Mountain Straight, setting up an intense fight between the pair for much of the race.

In a shocking day for the AC Delco Torana, Bruce Williams failed to finish both races while Terry Lawlor (Gearbox) was another non-finisher.

The final race of the penultimate round of the 2017 season will be held tomorrow morning at 8:35am local time, shown live on FOX Sports 506 and Channel 10.

With one race of the round to go, John Bowe provisionally leads Steve Johnson by 14 points in the overall TCM Standings, with Adam Bressington third, a further 3 points back. Ryan Hansford remains in contention just 67 points from the lead.

TITLE TO GO TO THE WIRE AS JOHNSON WINS BATHURST OCT 8, 2017 JUST FIVE points separate John Bowe and Steven Johnson in the battle for the Touring Car Masters series, after Johnson slammed home an emphatic round victory at Mount Panorama this weekend.

Bowe chased Johnson hard, and re-set his own Bathurst lap record to 2m17.4462s to get to within 0.5 seconds of his old rival by the time the flag fell after six laps.

Tilley ultimately scrapped through, while Williams’ charge from the back of the field was a strong return for the troubled AC Delco Torana after two horror races on Saturday.

Backing up his win in race two on Saturday, Johnson led from lights to flag to win the third race of the weekend in front of a packed house on a Bathurst Sunday morning.

Adam Garwood was the next to move up the order, passing Bressington within the final two laps to grab third place – his best TCM race finish in a nonjumbled grid affair.

French ultimately failed to finish the race after withdrawing his Skye Sands Mustang to pit lane on the penultimate lap.

The victory for car 17 perfectly came after Scott McLaughlin powered the ‘sister’ car from DJR Team Penske to pole for the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 in Saturday’s Top-10 shootout.

Eddie Abelnica finished fifth, taking advantage of a late race spin by Ryan Hansford at the Elbow to climb into the top five.

Starting from pole, Johnson’s start wasn’t perfect – allowing Bowe to run alongside through turn one and up Mountain Straight.

Andrew Fisher and Jim Richards battled for a majority of the race, Fisher getting his XY GTHO Falcon home in front of the seven-time Bathurst champion.

Johnson asserted his lead into two, with Bowe and Bressington slotting in behind – though the battle continued through the opening lap.

Bowe attempted an outside move on Johnson at the Chase, allowing Bressington through when he ran wide after the attempted move at the left hander.

Bressington held second for the next several laps, before Bowe was able to slip through under brakes at the final corner and re-take second position.

Brad Tilley moved from outside the top-10 to eighth place in a solid return for the green GTHO, while Tony Karanfilovski and Hansford completed the top-10.

Perhaps the battle of the race came from outside the top-10, with an enormous five car scrap between Cameron Tilley, Bruce Williams, Wayne Mercer, Geoff Fane and Rusty French thrilling fans.

With one round to go at the Coates Hire Newcastle 500, the Touring Car Masters series will go down the wire – with Bowe looking for his sixth individual TCM title and Jonson his first in what will be a winnertakes-all finale for both the overall pointscore and the ProMasters title.

Adam Bressington remains firmly in title contention, sitting 25 points behind the outright lead while at the same time holding down the top spot in the ProAm title race.

Ryan Hansford will be a mathematical chance at the title – 93 points from the lead – though may well focus on trying to beat Bressington for the ProAm title in Newcastle.

Adam Garwood has moved to fifth in the overall standings, in front of Eddie Abelnica, Jason Gomersall, Cameron Mason and Tony Karanfilovski.

Darren Beale continues to lead the ProSports title heading into the final round in Newcastle.

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OTHER NEWS

What’s happening with our team on & off the track

Krazy Kool Hats Adelaide enthusiast, Darren Nayda of Krazy Kool Hats seen here with a Kingy inspired creation !!

We take our hat off to you !!

This hat has dry ice and remote control

Our Little Mate Bej Bej Harwood is a much loved member of our family and friend to so many of you in the Whiteline world – fair to say Bej had somewhat of a hiccup recently gave us all a massive scare. Poor Vicki and Terry were up north of Perth on tour, but Sis Jodie and partner Ben did an amazing job.

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Congratulations Are In Order I can happily report after further set backs initially Bejy boy is doing well and looking forward to the Spring Racing Carnival – Bej and mum Vicki head east every year for the event.

We love yuh Bej and sooooo happy you are on the mend xxxxx

Wonderful news to hear these two are planning the rest of their lives together – so beautifully matched, it is a partnership made in heaven.

Love, health, happiness and more is what you are wished !!!

WILD HOGS, OOPS MILD HOGS ON TOUR MOONTA EXTRAVAGANZA – 19 – 20 AUGUST, 2017 Meeting on the Saturday morning at Café Sia, Gawler, the hogs took little time to get into the swing of having a great catch up with one another. After breakfast, Carl, aka Humphrey had put together an excellent ride for us to make our way to Moonta the long way for lunch at Coopers Ale House overlooking the picturesque marina. Once dinner was done, we headed to the Moonta Caravan Park which we highly recommend – their cabins very comfortable and well equipped. We headed off in the bus for a bit of a local tour and drinks, then headed back to the caravan park to rest up, glam up for yep you guessed it more food and drink, not to mention the laughs at the Seagate.

After dinner a brave few, Barb R, Carl, Shaz and Liam took to an UNO challenge – hmm and our tour bus driver, Liam, aka, roadie did us in and didn’t he rub our noses in it !!!!!! Next morning after a group shot at the caravan park we all headed home via Cafe Capella where we all shared a huge breakfast for what was a short, quick but hugely fun trip together. Our little group rocks.

Love, Rebel, Bob the Builder, Red, Iceman, F.B. Galah, Spider Man, Redback, Roadie, Humphrey, Cookie, Chook, Steppy, Retread, Mr Fixit.

Pics from Liam, reflections of Hog encounter of Moonta

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What’s happening with our team on & off the track

Fundraising TCM Competitor Melinda Price went all out to raise funds for Breast Cancer Awareness with an event held at Knickerbocker Hotel Bathurst and check out here, Bresso's girls Billie, Poppy and Mum Vitina were rattling tins - word is they were heavy by the end of it - go girl power !!

Bathurst Special ?

Ok so our fridge decided to kack itself, Bresso bartered with the local Good Guys whilst Bob tried to move the old on – was sure someone would grab it to use as an esky or take it home, cut the doors off and be a garden bed !!!

Oh my Bobby your imagination is priceless. Needless to say it is in the transporter coming home to Adelaide L

"Teddy" Hot Laps with Kingy Teddy is a very famous bear within the CAMS Scrutineering Family, word is Teddy has done more laps than any racing fan might dream about and in all kinds of vehicles. Teddy's guardians hit up Kingy for hot laps in the TCM No. 85 King Springs Monaro and Kingy being the kinda guy he is was happy to help - after checking that Teddy's heart was in good order and that he was wearing a nappy !!!!! Check out Teddy on Kingy's shoulder 

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Team Bressington Girl Power

Vitina and Adam have made every kid's dream come true for Billie and Poppy - how so, they decided to pull the girls out of conventional school for a couple of terms to head to Threadbo for the winter - the girls don't get out of school studies, far from it.

As part of their curriculum and out of school hours including weekends they have learnt to become experts on the snow fields - they are just jumping out their skin full of life and energy no doubting this has really had a positive impact on the girls.

Gone Fishin' On return from Bathurst, Bobby headed off to Darwin to take part in the Daimler Truck, Fishing Challenge held at Arnhemland Lodge, Northern Territory 12 - 17 October. As you can see by the picture, Bobby did well - every need is taken care of, clothing, lunch packs, accessories, meals, laundry - only thing left for one to do is catch fish. A great, relaxing time was had by all.

Apparently every couple of weeks a ship comes in with containers to service the area with supplies - the fishermen standby to head out for their final day on the water. ďƒ˘

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Adam’s wrap up of Bathurst Adam compiled some fun shots of the weekend at Bathurst, trackside with ‘the girls’ Brother and Sister in Law Colleen and Vince, Poppy with one of the many meat trays the team won at the Kelso, Bob doing the usual devouring a huge steak, oh and the boys trackside !! Some great pics of a happy Whiteline Racing Team.

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Swift Update Great effort by all our crew and Fantastic driving by Jason and Paul...

Unfortunately we came up short and crossed the line in second place, only 9 seconds down on 1st in the class. We had an issue in our first pit stop that caused us to lose time and then pit again a lap later. The drivers battled hard on track but couldn't quite regain the time lost.

Some small consolation is that we were nearly 2 laps up on the other cars in the class when we had the problem and we were the fastest car in our class for the race....

We'll be back..!

Thanks to all our sponsors for their continued support....!!

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OTHER NEWS

Jason & Tina Take a walk on the wild side Jason and Tina recently packed their bags and headed off to enjoy the wonderment of Africa – check out the pics

Bloody wind this day had to lean into the wind

Roads on the cliff face at Hout Bay Cape Town

2.5 hour hike up Table top mountain hard work but awesome view

3 hour hike around Cape Point Cape Town

Cape point not to far from home

boulders beach Cape Town Tina has some new friends

Hout Bay Cape Town

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Devils pools Victoria falls 200 foot drop

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Sunset from signal mountain Cape Town

Sunrise over Cape Town from Signal Mountain

Hanging out at Vic falls with fellow panel shop owner Michael Griggs

Lion going for a morning walk

Sun City Zip line 2 km long and speeds up to 160kms

Black Rhino in Bakubung

Johannesburg

New pet in our hotel back yard at Bakubung Bush Ldoge

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Wilson Secuity Sandown 500, (VIC) September 15-17

Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 (NSW) October 5-8

Coates Hire Newcastle 500 (NSW) November

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Coates Hire Ipswich Super Sprint (Qld) July 28-30

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CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown (NT) June 16 - 18

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Supercars Winton Supersprint (VIC) May 19-21

LEADERBOARD

Clipsal 500 Adelaide (SA) March 2-5

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TOTAL

Pro Masters Category Pro Masters

18

John Bowe

175

50

141

163

111

162

802

Pro Masters

17

Steve Johnson

95

92

171

154

110

175

797

Pro Masters

30

Eddie Abelnica

0

106

150

141

95

137

629

Pro Masters

35

Jason Gomersall

131

55

135

140

50

0

511

Pro Masters

85

Mark King

143

50

83

80

83

58

497

Pro Masters

2

Jim Richards

91

0

113

0

92

125

421

Pro AM Category ProAM

95

Adam Bressington

162

102

134

131

98

150

777

ProAM

6

Ryan Hansford

102

98

128

154

102

125

709

ProAM

12

Adam Garwood

110

85

131

131

50

150

657

ProAM

3

Cameron Mason

92

89

107

90

86

25

489

ProAM

88

Tony Karanfilovski

116

50

71

80

50

113

480

ProAM

25

Cameron Tilley

67

95

113

80

0

92

447

ProAM

9

Wayne Mercer

95

80

91

0

50

89

405

ProAM

74

Andrew Fisher

125

50

50

0

0

131

356

ProAM

5

Bruce Williams

0

50

143

25

0

46

264

ProAM

28

Brad Tilley

110

0

0

0

0

110

220

ProAM

4

Rusty French

0

0

0

89

30

67

186

ProAM

8

Terry Lawlor

49

0

0

0

89

25

163

ProAM

56

Brett Youlden

104

0

0

0

0

0

104

ProAM

52

Keith Kassulke

0

0

0

73

0

0

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