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2001 VIP Petfoods GT Production Showroom Showdown

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Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit

The 2001 VIP Petfoods GT Production Showroom Showdown was an endurance race for Australian GT Production Cars. The event was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on Saturday 6 October 2001 as a support event on program for the 2001 V8 Supercar 1000. After four years of the race occurring as a three-hour time limited race, the race was shortened to two hours duration.

The race was won by Graham Alexander and John Woodberry driving a Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V won the race by 16 seconds ahead of the Ford Mustang SVT Cobra RA driven by John Bowe and Chris Dunn.

Class structure

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Cars competed in the following five classes:

  • Class A : High Performance Cars - Under $150,000
  • Class B : Sports Touring Cars - Under $80,000
  • Class C : V8 Production Cars - Under $50,000
  • Class D : Six Cylinder Production Touring Cars
  • Class E : Four Cylinder Production Touring Cars

Results

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Pos. Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 A 57 Corio Auto Parts Plus Graham Alexander
John Woodberry
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V 41 2:00:42.4544
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
2 A 9 Budweiser John Bowe
Chris Dunn
Ford Mustang SVT Cobra RA 41 +16.807
5.4 L Ford Modular V8
3 A 300 Floyd Motorsport Peter Floyd
Cameron McConville
HSV VX GTS 41 +1:34.960
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
4 A 91 Jim McKnoulty Gary Deane
Rob Rubis
Subaru Impreza WRX STi 41 +1:49.550
2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
5 A 1 King Springs/Delphi Mark King
Rod Wilson
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V 41 +2:41.894
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
6 A 47 Schepisi Comms./Crystal IT Neil Cunningham
Phillip Polites
HSV VX GTS 40 +1 lap
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
7 A 15 Bob Hughes Special Vehicles Bob Hughes
Tony Quinn
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VI 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
8 A 11 Barry Morcom Racing Brian Callaghan Jr
Barry Morcom
HSV VX GTS 40 +1 lap
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
9 A 14 Scott's Transport Industries Peter Gazzard
Clyde Lawrence
Subaru Impreza WRX STi 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
10 A 38 Dennis Gilbert Dennis Gilbert
Trevor McGuinness
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
11 A 31 Komatsu Racing Shane Jenner
Charlie O'Brien
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Nissan SR20DET turbocharged I4
12 A 28 Ross Palmer Motorsport Darren Palmer
Ross Palmer
Honda S2000 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Honda F20C I4
13 A 90 Anton Mechtler Graham Moore
Anton Mechtler
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
14 A 51 Falken Tyres Scott Jacob
Grant Kenny
Subaru Impreza WRX STi 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
15 C 62 C + L Tiles Scott Loadsman
Ian Luff
Holden VX Commodore SS 40 +1 lap
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
16 A 63 Haysom Motorsport Greg Haysom
Drew Kruck
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Nissan SR20DET turbocharged I4
17 C 69 Coffey Ford/PartsPlus/Tickford James Philip
Kent Youlden
Ford AU Falcon XR8 40 +1 lap
5.0 L Ford Windsor V8
18 B 27 Novacastrian Motorsport Steve Cramp
Wayne Russell
BMW 323i 40 +1 lap
2.5 L BMW M52 I6
19 B 35 Volkswagen Matt Coleman
Tim Leahey
Volkswagen Beetle RSi 40 +1 lap
1.8 L Volkswagen R4 20vT turbocharged I4
20 B 77 Auto One Phil Parsons
Nathan Pilkington
Mitsubishi FTO 39 +2 laps
2.0 L Mitsubishi 6A12 V6
21 B 66 Blue Ribbon Honda - Ipswich Len Cave
Guy Gibbons
Honda Integra Type-R 39 +2 laps
1.8 L Honda B18C I4
22 D 20 Mitsubishi Electric Australia Robert Chadwick
Warren Luff
Mitsubishi TJ Magna Sports 39 +2 laps
3.5 L Mitsubishi Cyclone 6G74 V6
23 C 64 Brian Carr Brian Carr
John McIlroy
Ford AU Falcon XR8 39 +2 laps
5.0 L Ford Windsor V8
24 B 32 Quirks/Stahlwille Sue Hughes
David Lawson
BMW 323i 39 +2 laps
2.5 L BMW M52 I6
25 B 44 Thrifty Car Rental Donald Pedder
Allan Shephard
Honda Integra Type-R 38 +3 laps
1.8 L Honda B18C I4
26 E 68 Caltex Havoline Racing David Russell
Nathan Thomas
Proton Satria GTi 38 +3 laps
1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4
27 E 17 Bilstein / Quadrant Marshall Brewer
Martin Doxey
Holden Vectra GL 38 +3 laps
2.2 L Holden Family II C22SEL I4
28 B 49 Osborne Motorsport Darren Best
Andrew Bretherton
Toyota Celica VVTL-I 38 +3 laps
1.8 L Toyota 2ZZ-GE I4
29 D 79 Alan Holgersson Alan Holgersson
Daniel Sugden
Toyota Camry CSi 38 +3 laps
3.0 L Toyota 1MZ-FE V6
30 E 22 Daihatsu Motor Sport Rick Bates
Geoff Forshaw
Daihatsu Sirion GTVi 38 +3 laps
1.3 L Toyota 2SZ-FE I4
31 E 97 Bendix/Patterson Cheney Ben Driscoll
Kimon Papagoarge
Holden Vectra GL 37 +4 laps
2.2 L Holden Family II C22SEL I4
32 A 7 Quirks Refrigeration Peter Boylan
Trevor Sheumack
BMW M3 37 +4 laps
3.2 L BMW S54 I6
33 B 39 Osborne Motorsport Denis Cribbin
Roland Hill
Toyota MR2 Bathurst 37 +4 laps
2.0 L Toyota 3S-GE I4
34 A 88 Brock Partners Real Estate Michael Brock
Gary Young
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V 36 +5 laps
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
35 B 13 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne
John Roecken
Toyota Celica VVTL-I 35 +6 laps
1.8 L Toyota 2ZZ-GE I4
36 A 61 Team Yamaha Steve Burke
Trevor Haines
Subaru Impreza WRX STi 31 +10 laps
2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
DNF A 25 Adelaide Caravan Park Richard Davis
Allan Walls
HSV VX GTS 37
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
DNF D 70 AMAS Security Daryl Coon
Warren Millett
Ford AU Falcon XR6 33
4.0 L Ford Intech HP I6
DNF A 23 Steve Knight Ross Almond
Steve Knight
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VI 31
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
DNF E 67 Clarion Car Audio Domenic Beninca
Nigel Williams
Proton Satria GTi 27
1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4
DNF A 26 Brett Peters Brett Peters
Scott Shearman
Subaru Impreza WRX STi 22
2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
DNF E 21 Kosi Kalaitzidis Richard Hing
Chris Poulton
Proton Satria GTi 21
1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4
DNF A 8 My Accessory Ed Aitken
John Faulkner
HSV VX GTS 19
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
DNF B 53 Volkswagen Will Davison
Stuart McColl
Volkswagen Beetle RSi 11
1.8 L Volkswagen R4 20vT turbocharged I4
DNF A 87 Falk Motorsport John Falk
Ken Lusty
Subaru Impreza WRX 10
2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
DNS A 99 Budweiser Scott Shearman
John Teulan
Ford Mustang SVT Cobra RA
5.4 L Ford Modular V8
DNS A 59 Altiris Software Scott Anderson
Wayne Boatright
Subaru Impreza WRX 10
2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4

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