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Media Release – Carter's Tyres South Island Three
Hour Endurance Series
Round 2
Mike Pero Motorsport
Park
Ruapuna, Christchurch
Saturday 1 October 2016
Carter's Mercedes wins exciting three-hour duel at
Ruapuna
The sleek Mercedes AMG SLS GT3 driven by Dwayne
Carter and Shane Hodgson has won the second round of the
Carter’s Tyres South Island Endurance Three Hour Series
held over the weekend at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park at
Ruapuna, Christchurch. In a very competitive field it
turned out to be a three-hour dice for the lead between just
two cars, the Carter’s Mercedes and the second placed
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 driven by Sam Filmore and Danny
Stutterd.
“We’re pretty happy with the win,” commented Hodgson. “I knew the Ferrari was always there but it was a matter of driving as fast as I could.”
After a five lap safety car intervention at the start, it was the Ferrari that led from the Mercedes with the Simon McLennan/Aaron Harris Holden Commodore V8ST third, followed by Paul Kelly/Craig Baird(Porsche 997 GT3 Cup), John McIntyre/Simon Gilbertson (Chev Camaro GT3), Scott O’Donnell/Allan Dippie (Porsche 991 GT3 Cup), Paul Rickerby/Graeme Rhodes (Ford Falcon V8ST) Darry Barrett/Hamish Frew (Mazda RX7 V8) with Lindsay O’Donnell/Phil Mauger (Porsche 997 GT3 Cup) rounding out the top ten.
For the first 60 minutes there was no change in the order until Gilbertson brought the Tulloch Motorsport Camaro in for a driver change. With hot conditions for drivers, the team was facing a dilemma with a drivers water bottle failing from the beginning of the race. McIntyre took over the driving and set about catching the leaders, setting a new lap record for the event of 1:22.552.
The Trass Family Motorsport Ferrari pitted soon after and the Carter’s Tyres Mercedes took the race lead for the first time. With more pitstops occurring, the Ferrari took over the lead just after the halfway mark as the Mercedes pitted. McIntyre had already unlapped himself and moved into second overall only to pit again after the two-hour mark. With no water available for the driver, an utterly exhausted McIntyre was to pit yet again with just over 30 minutes remaining and hand over the reins to Gilbertson, dashing any hope of victory.
Meanwhile Hodgson was leading from a fast catching Stutterd with Craig Baird heading for third place. It all nearly came undone when a slower car dropped oil just before the ‘Esses’. The Carter Mercedes speared off the track, the Ferrari took the lead while officials brought out the safety car until the track was cleared of oil.
Stutterd looked assured of the win until he was passed by Hodgson in the Mercedes with three minutes to go. The Mercedes winning the three-hour duel by 1.208 seconds. The Kelly/Baird Porsche came in third ahead of the McIntyre/Gilbertson Camaro with the O’Donnell/Dippie Porsche fifth.
“We’ve had a few ups and downs during the day,” commented Stutterd. “Second is a good result and we head to the final round leading the series.”
While the Carter/Hogson Mercedes won the GT Class, first home in Class One (>3501cc) was the Craig McDermid /Scott McDermid Toyota 86 Enduro in seventh place overall. The Arron Black/Stuart Black BMW E46 WTC was the first Class Three (0-2000cc) car home in 10th overall, one place ahead of the first Class Two (2001-3500cc) car of Mike Driver/Phil Hood (Seat Leon Super Copa).
The Carters Tyres Three Hour Race Series now heads to Timaru International Raceway, Timaru on October 15th for the final deciding round.
ENDS
Race Results (completed laps)
1
Dwayne Carter /Shane Hodgson 120
2 Sam Filmore
/Danny Stutterd 120
3 Paul Kelly/ Craig Baird
118
4 John McIntyre /Simon Gilbertson 117
5
Scott O'Donnell/ Allan Dippie 117
6 Sue McLaughlin
/Daniel Gaunt 116
7 Craig McDermid /Scott McDermid
115
8 Lindsay O'Donnell/ Phil Mauger 114
9
Paul Rickerby /Graeme Rhodes 113
10 Arron Black/
Stuart Black 107
11 Mike Driver/ Phil Hood
106
12 John Petrie/ Angus Petrie 106
13 Jim
Wallace /Stephen Grellett 105
14 Rodney Parkes
/Michael Parkes 102
15 Darryl Barrett/ Hamish Frew
101
16 Ron Mackersy/ Warren Good 99
17
Victor Cattermole /Dave Rooney 90
18 Tim Stanton
/Leyton Tremain 89
19 Ken Sinclair/ Dennis Ham
88
dnf Nigel de Geest/ Kynan Yu 85
dnf
Simon McLennan/ Aaron Harris 68
dnf Barry Moore
/Tim Mackersy 52
dnf Deon Cooper /Alexandra
Whitely 43
dnf Jarrod Parmenter /Andrew Brunton
40
dnf Sam Bushell 16
dnf Alyssa
Clapperton /Ian Clapperton
dnf Hayden Knighton/
Kane Lawson
dnf Perry Scarfe /Grant Silvester
89
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