The 2012 Phillip Island 6 Hour was an endurance race for modified production touring cars, [1] staged at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 29 April 2012. [2] The race was Round 2 of the 2012 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Round 2 of the 2012 Australian Production Car Championship, Round 1 of the 2012 Australian Endurance Championship and Round 1 of the 2012 Australian Production Car Endurance Championship. [1] It was the second annual Phillip Island 6 Hour race to be held at the Victorian circuit.
Cars competed in the following classes: [3]
Position [2] | Drivers [2] [3] | No. [2] | Car [2] [3] | Competitor/Team [2] | Class [2] | Laps [2] | APCC Points |
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1 | Jim Pollicina Ryan Simpson | 7 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Poll Performance / McDonald's | A | 192 | 120 |
2 | Stuart Kostera Ian Tulloch | 1 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | TMR Performance / Tulloch Transport | A | 192 | 90 |
3 | Nathan Morcom Chaz Mostert | 11 | BMW 335i | Barry Morcom | B | 189 | 72 |
4 | Cam Wilson David Wood | 25 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | WBR Team Subaru | A | 188 | 60 |
5 | Jake Camilleri Scott Nicholas | 36 | Mazda 3 MPS | Grand Prix Mazda | C | 187 | 54 |
6 | Grant Sherrin Iain Sherrin | 19 | BMW 135i | Sherrin Rentals | B | 185 | 48 |
7 | Mark Eddy Francois Jouy | 51 | Honda Integra Type R | Network Clothing / Dentbuster | D | 179 | 42 |
8 | Michael Sherrin David Ayres | 72 | Mini John Cooper Works | Sherrin Rentals | I | 179 | |
9 | Richard Gartner Peter Leemhuis | 97 | Renault Clio | Safe - T - Stop | D | 177 | 36 |
10 | Daniel Stutterd Mike Eady | 32 | Mini John Cooper Works | Carter Grange | I | 175 | |
11 | Dylan Thomas David Thomas | 68 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | CXC Global | A | 175 | 30 |
12 | Adam Dodd Hadrian Morrall | 31 | Mazda 3 MPS | Osborne Motorsport | C | 165 | 24 |
13 | Matthew McGill Geoff Brunsdon | 75 | Toyota Celica | Crown & Marks | D | 152 | 18 |
DNF | Ryan McLeod Leanne Tander | 50 | HSV VXR | Ryan McLeod | C | 185 | |
DNF | Tony Quinn Klark Quinn | 29 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | VIP Pet Foods | A | 114 | |
DNF | Andrew Turpie Daryl Martin (Grant Phillips) | 77 | Proton Satria GTi | Pedders / Valvoline Racing | E | 86 | |
DNF | Colin Osborne Rick Bates | 13 | Mazda 3 MPS | Osborne Motorsport | C | 40 | |
DNF | Matthew Holt (Brett Howard) (Warren Millett) | 65 | HSV GTS | The Dent Man | B | 17 | |
DNF | Peter Burnitt (Danny Buzadzic) | 24 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | WBR Team Subaru | A | 1 | |
DNS [4] | (Peter O'Donnell) (John Bowe) | 28 | BMW 335i | GWS Personnel | B | 0 |
Drivers whose names are shown in brackets in the above table did not drive the car during the actual race.
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