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| 01-05-2012 at 07:00: Endurance Race Soured by Mechanical Failure | |
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The weekend began with the team trialling some new set ups and tyre combinations that appeared to work well. With practice sessions and qualifying taking place on Saturday, the drivers were able to provide good feedback to their pit crew paving the way for a great opportunity to perform well in the 6 hour race. Pedders Racing again made every effort to promote and enhance the profile of their sponsors which was made possible by the announcement that Pedders Suspension had become sponsors of the series for the remainder of the 2012. Taking full advantage of this opportunity the team were able to get out amongst the crowd and really show their professionalism in this national series. The team won accolades from the volunteers at the event by taking the time to walk over and thank them all for their efforts and support of this event and all of the others that they attend. Along with the Pedders Bull and their new grid girls, Grant Phillips and Daryl Martin were able to share with the volunteers their own history of doing their very same jobs and acknowledged that it was often done with little or no thanks at all. Phillips, Turpie and Martin are firm believers in showing their respect to those who freely give their time to allow teams and drivers to race. Sunday saw the team finish all of the finer points of presentation and final checks before the main event started at 11.00am. This year’s APC Phillip Island Endurance round took another step forward with the presentation of the Pedders Pole Position awarded on the grid with the Pedders Bull and Pedders Grid Girls as well as Pedders Suspension Victorian Regional Head Office owner, Grant Phillips. The award went to the likable father and son duo of Klark and Tony Quinn in their V.I.P. Pet Foods Class A Mitsubishi Evo 10. Martin took the start for the Pedders team and on cold tyres managed to slide the car sideways at turn 2 but was very quickly able to get back into the race. Finding a rhythm in the Proton was made difficult initially as the HSV Clubsport of Matt Holt blew an engine on the entry to Lukey Heights making the surface very slippery. Martin completed the first two hours of the six hour race with the car in P15 overall and in the winning position for class honours before a smooth driver change and refuel saw Turpie take to the track. After some thirty laps a small vibration in the car soon developed into a major vibration causing Turpie to make an unscheduled pit stop. The vibration was a hub that had separated and split and with no spare in the transporter the team were forced to withdraw from the event.
Following a debrief post event, the team is looking forward to once again standing on the podium at Phillip Island when the next round of the AMC takes place on May 26th and 27th. They are upbeat and will take the lessons learned from this round and make positive improvements to give themselves the best chance of victory once again. The team would like to thank the valued assistance of all of their sponsors and supporters including: Pedders Suspension, Valvoline, Bosch, DBA, Mulchit ES, Bartercard, Fluidrive Bendigo, PBR, Australian Driver Magazine, Craig O’brien Photography, Whiteline Flat Out, J&A Freight, Moro & Dooly Accident Repair Centre, BP Reliance Petroleum, ARB Bendigo, Atomik Motorsports Bendigo, DNA Paint and the team would particularly like to thank Steven George for his hospitality and support. We were also fortunate enough to have the additional support of Jacquelyn Dupree, Megan Wheatley, Jade Matthews, Dylan Downward, Aaron and Phillip McIvor. Not only do all of these people help us to race at meetings like this but they also help to make these events successful for the team and the category. Words by drive Daryl Martin |
The Valvoline sponsored Pedders Racing team took to the Phillip Island Australian Production Car Endurance round with excitement and high hopes for victory in their class E Proton Satria.
Pedders Racing Team members were devastated after having worked so hard to put together a very competitive package only to have their first DNF (Did Not Finish) at this level of motor sport.^ Back to top ^
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