The 2011 Phillip Island Six Hour was an endurance motor race for production cars. It was held on 29 May 2011 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. [1] It was Round 2 of the 2011 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, [2] Round 2 of the 2011 Australian Production Car Championship [2] and Round 1 of the 2011 Australian Production Car Endurance Championship. [3] The race was won by Stuart Kostera and Ian Tulloch, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X. The Mazda 3 MPS of Jake Camilleri and Scott Nicholas finished a lap down in second with the Lancer Evolution 9 of Jim Pollicina, Dean Kelland and Steve Cramp a further lap down in third.
Results were as follows: [4]
Pos | Drivers | No. | Vehicle | Team | Class | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stuart Kostera Ian Tulloch | 1 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Performance | A | 183 |
2 | Jake Camilleri Scott Nicholas | 36 | Mazda 3 MPS | Grand Prix Motorsport | C | 182 |
3 | Jim Pollicina Dean Kelland Steve Cramp | 7 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9 | A | 181 | |
4 | Ryan McLeod Jason Bright | 20 | HSV VXR | C | 180 | |
5 | Barry Morcom Garry Holt Nathan Morcom | 11 | BMW 335i | Eastern Creek Karts | B | 180 |
6 | Beric Lynton Tom Pickett | 23 | Mini Cooper S | Bruce Lynton Mini Garage | I | 175 |
7 | Peter O'Donnell John Bowe | 28 | BMW 335i | GWS Personnel | B | 175 |
8 | Brendan Cook Matt Mackelden | 2 | Mini Cooper S | Abbey Cranes | I | 174 |
9 | Garth Duffy Keane Booker | 26 | BMW 130i | GWS Personnel | C | 170 |
10 | Hadrian Morrall Rob Jones | 31 | Mazda 3 MPS | Osborne Motorsport | C | 166 |
11 | Declan Kirkham Phil Kirkham | 71 | Ford Fiesta | Inertia Apparel | D | 162 |
12 | Matthew Holt Brett Howard Anthony Loscialpo | 65 | HSV GTS | B | 162 | |
13 | Grant Phillips Andrew Turpie Daryl Martin | 77 | Proton Satria GTi | Pedders Suspension | E | 161 |
14 | Matt McGill Geoff Brunsdon | 75 | Toyota Celica | Crown and Marks | D | 160 |
15 | Maddison Gray Ashley Quddington | 15 | Toyota Echo | LGM & American Made Cycles | E | 160 |
16 | Lauren Gray Jake Williams | 5 | Toyota Corolla | LGM & Holton Spares | D | 160 |
Ret | Dylan Thomas Ryan Simpson | 68 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | CXC Team Stinger | A | 142 |
Ret | Colin Osborne Rick Bates | 13 | Mazda 3 MPS | Osborne Motorsport | C | 139 |
Ret | Barton Mawer Jeremy Gray | 10 | FPV F6 | International Energy Services | B | 121 |
Ret | Cameron Wilson Peter Burnitt | 25 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | Go Karting Gold Coast | A | 97 |
Ret | Richard Gartner Carl Schembri Francios Jouy* | 97 | Renault Clio | Safe-T-Stop | D | 62 |
* – driver did not drive car in race.
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