Leahey said the car was sound throughout the weekend. The #912 Porsche 911 GT3 was driven by Mitch Robinson and Alex Lossberg, and the #53 Ferrari 488 GT3 driven by Matt Brady and Matt Neil. "The tyres were the biggest concern but we could have had the same set of tyres for the race and made them survive. Heritage Touring Cars – Photo: InSyde Media. As of 2019, BMW has won every running of the race. What they came up with as a result ended up playing out to perfection. Bathurst 12 Hour ; Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia ... 2019 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000; Race 25; Virgin Australia Supercars Championship; Dunlop Super2 Series; 2019 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Results. Their biggest rivals looked to be the defending champion entry of Grant and Iain Sherrin, who had flown from the rear of the grid to second place in that time. This would explain a lot. PHONE 0418 349 555, Copyright © 2020 • Auto Action/Action Media Partners Pty Ltd • All Rights Reserved, Australia’s #1 Motor Racing read since 1971. pick up the current issue of Auto Action. Second went to Matt Cherry (Holden Monaro) who survived start line contact with Andy Brown that put his Toyota AE86 into the wall and brought about a safety car. Nowadays I just do the odd race where I can with Bez because he's my mate." During the third hour, before his third pit stop out of the five required, Leahey had a full lap's gap over the rest of the field. "I don't reckon I've ever won a race at Bathurst so this has got to be right up there," Leahey said. EMAIL [email protected] Third place was taken by Nathan Callaghan, Chris Lillis and Matthew Holt in their HSV R8 Clubsport and they also took out Class A2 Extreme Performance, Naturally Aspirated. It left the team in a quick scramble to redraw the pit strategy for their BMW M3, forcing them to turn original plans on their head. "The tyres were the biggest concern but we could have had the same set of tyres for the race and made them survive. Photo: PHIL BLATCH. All material copyright © 2020 : Speedcafe.com. Try our daily email, The best way to get your news first, fast and free! An unfortunate race re-entry for the Sherrin car followed by a pit lane infringement gave the Leahey-Lynton entry some breathing space before the halfway mark. Their success over Grant and Iain Sherrin in second came despite having to serve an additional compulsory pit stop after officials deemed their pole-sitting BMW was too fast after qualifying. AS HE did previously, Asher Johnston led the Hyundai Excels all the way through race three, finding off Michael Clemente. Comments require approval before being published. Maybe not noticing earlier but the brakes seemed to be flickering on and off when the pedal wasn’t even being touched. A long stint towards the end of the race from Nathan Callaghan laid the foundation for the Cachet Homes Holden VF HSV’s run to third, the car shared with Chris Lillis and Matthew Holt. The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. The race saw a new distance record established for the event, with 131 laps (813.903 km) completed. Class C went to Jake Camilleri, Charlie and Alfie Senese – Photo: InSyde Media.