SuperLap Australia – Inaugural Round

[Kris@T.A.F.]

The picturesque Oran Park Raceway played the host to the inaugural round of the SuperLap Australia on Saturday.

A perfect winter day welcomed over two thousand spectators and a massive field of sixty five Australia’s fastest import track cars.

Fierce competition in both Clubsprint and Open classes provided plenty of non-stop action making the SuperLap a perfect spectators’ event.

John Boston in a turbo-charged Honda S2000 dominated the Clubsprint Class, with Brett Middleton and Gerard Manion both in Mitsubishi EVO 9s, in 2nd and 3rd places respectively. Boston also won out the hotly contested Clubsprint Best of the Best Shootout.

In the open class, Peter Lucas in a Lotus Elise and Mark Berry in the Hi-Octane Racing R32 GTR battled it out for the SuperLap supremacy, with Peter Lucas the eventual winner. Garth Walden in Bel Garage EVO 9 won the Open Class Best of the Best shootout.

With a great turnout and close racing, the inaugural SuperLap has set a new standard for Australian time-attack events.

“It’s only going to get bigger and better,” said Ian Baker, the organiser of the event, “the timing could not have been more perfect – Australia has been waiting for this type of event for a long time!”

SuperLap Australia would like to thank all the sponsors and supported without whose help putting on this event would not be possible:
Yokohama, Fast Fours Magazine, Turbosmart, Haltech, Greddy, GCG, Xtreme, ACL, PPG, Whiteline, Turtle Wax, Splitfire, Dyno Dynamics, Nismo, Sparco, V-Sport, Royal Purple, CP Pistons, Gates, Ross, VA Duselis.

RESULTS:

Open Class OUTRIGHT
1st Peter Lucas – Lotus Elise
2nd Mark Berry – Hi Octane Racing R32 GTR
3rd Dave Loftus – Brandster Services R32 GTR

Classes :
Fastest 4 Cylinder – Peter Lucas – Lotus Elise
Fastest 6 Cylinder – Mark Berry – Hi Octane R32 GTR
Fastest 8 Cylinder – N/A
Fastest Rotary – Bill Nabhan – Mazda RX7
Fastest RWD – Peter Lucas – Lotus Elise
Fastest FWD – Robert Nguyen – Hi Power Racing Honda CRX
Fastest 4WD – Mark Berry – Hi Octane R32 GTR
Fastest N/A – Robert Nguyen – Hi Power Racing Honda CRX

Clubsprint Class OUTRIGHT
1st John Boston – Honda S2000
2nd Brett Middleton – MRT Lancer Evo 9
3rd Gerard Manion – Tropical Slush Lancer Evo 9

Classes :
Fastest 4 Cylinder – John Boston – Honda S2000
Fastest 6 Cylinder – Aaron Panozza – R34 GTR
Fastest 8 Cylinder – N/A
Fastest Rotary – Mohammed Khan – RX-7
Fastest RWD – John Boston – Honda S2000
Fastest FWD – Anthony Soole – Toyota Celica
Fastest 4WD – Brett Middleton – Lancer Evo 9
Fastest N/A – Adam Laura – ALS Performance BMW E30 M3

Best Of The Best Shootout
Open Class winner – Garth Walden – BEL Garage/Tilton Interiors Lancer Evo 9
Clubsprint Class Winner – John Boston – Honda S2000


Photos: (found on SpeedHunters.com but shot by Matthew Mead)












































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