Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit

The 2001 VIP Petfoods GT Production Showroom Showdown was an endurance race for Australian GT Production Cars. The event was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on Saturday 6 October 2001 as a support event on program for the 2001 V8 Supercar 1000. After four years of the race occurring as a three-hour time limited race, the race was shortened to two hours duration.

The race was won by Graham Alexander and John Woodberry driving a Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V won the race by 16 seconds ahead of the Ford Mustang SVT Cobra RA driven by John Bowe and Chris Dunn.

Class structure

Cars competed in the following five classes:

  • Class A : High Performance Cars - Under $150,000
  • Class B : Sports Touring Cars - Under $80,000
  • Class C : V8 Production Cars - Under $50,000
  • Class D : Six Cylinder Production Touring Cars
  • Class E : Four Cylinder Production Touring Cars

Results

Pos. Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 A 57 Corio Auto Parts Plus Graham Alexander
John Woodberry		 Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V 41 2:00:42.4544
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
2 A 9 Budweiser John Bowe
Chris Dunn		 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra RA 41 +16.807
5.4 L Ford Modular V8
3 A 300 Floyd Motorsport Peter Floyd
Cameron McConville		 HSV VX GTS 41 +1:34.960
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
4 A 91 Jim McKnoulty Gary Deane
Rob Rubis		 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 41 +1:49.550
2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
5 A 1 King Springs/Delphi Mark King
Rod Wilson		 Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V 41 +2:41.894
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
6 A 47 Schepisi Comms./Crystal IT Neil Cunningham
Phillip Polites		 HSV VX GTS 40 +1 lap
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
7 A 15 Bob Hughes Special Vehicles Bob Hughes
Tony Quinn		 Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VI 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
8 A 11 Barry Morcom Racing Brian Callaghan Jr
Barry Morcom		 HSV VX GTS 40 +1 lap
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
9 A 14 Scott's Transport Industries Peter Gazzard
Clyde Lawrence		 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
10 A 38 Dennis Gilbert Dennis Gilbert
Trevor McGuinness		 Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
11 A 31 Komatsu Racing Shane Jenner
Charlie O'Brien		 Nissan 200SX Spec-R 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Nissan SR20DET turbocharged I4
12 A 28 Ross Palmer Motorsport Darren Palmer
Ross Palmer		 Honda S2000 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Honda F20C I4
13 A 90 Anton Mechtler Graham Moore
Anton Mechtler		 Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
14 A 51 Falken Tyres Scott Jacob
Grant Kenny		 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
15 C 62 C + L Tiles Scott Loadsman
Ian Luff		 Holden VX Commodore SS 40 +1 lap
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
16 A 63 Haysom Motorsport Greg Haysom
Drew Kruck		 Nissan 200SX Spec-R 40 +1 lap
2.0 L Nissan SR20DET turbocharged I4
17 C 69 Coffey Ford/PartsPlus/Tickford James Philip
Kent Youlden		 Ford AU Falcon XR8 40 +1 lap
5.0 L Ford Windsor V8
18 B 27 Novacastrian Motorsport Steve Cramp
Wayne Russell		 BMW 323i 40 +1 lap
2.5 L BMW M52 I6
19 B 35 Volkswagen Matt Coleman
Tim Leahey		 Volkswagen Beetle RSi 40 +1 lap
1.8 L Volkswagen R4 20vT turbocharged I4
20 B 77 Auto One Phil Parsons
Nathan Pilkington		 Mitsubishi FTO 39 +2 laps
2.0 L Mitsubishi 6A12 V6
21 B 66 Blue Ribbon Honda - Ipswich Len Cave
Guy Gibbons		 Honda Integra Type-R 39 +2 laps
1.8 L Honda B18C I4
22 D 20 Mitsubishi Electric Australia Robert Chadwick
Warren Luff		 Mitsubishi TJ Magna Sports 39 +2 laps
3.5 L Mitsubishi Cyclone 6G74 V6
23 C 64 Brian Carr Brian Carr
John McIlroy		 Ford AU Falcon XR8 39 +2 laps
5.0 L Ford Windsor V8
24 B 32 Quirks/Stahlwille Sue Hughes
David Lawson		 BMW 323i 39 +2 laps
2.5 L BMW M52 I6
25 B 44 Thrifty Car Rental Donald Pedder
Allan Shephard		 Honda Integra Type-R 38 +3 laps
1.8 L Honda B18C I4
26 E 68 Caltex Havoline Racing David Russell
Nathan Thomas		 Proton Satria GTi 38 +3 laps
1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4
27 E 17 Bilstein / Quadrant Marshall Brewer
Martin Doxey		 Holden Vectra GL 38 +3 laps
2.2 L Holden Family II C22SEL I4
28 B 49 Osborne Motorsport Darren Best
Andrew Bretherton		 Toyota Celica VVTL-I 38 +3 laps
1.8 L Toyota 2ZZ-GE I4
29 D 79 Alan Holgersson Alan Holgersson
Daniel Sugden		 Toyota Camry CSi 38 +3 laps
3.0 L Toyota 1MZ-FE V6
30 E 22 Daihatsu Motor Sport Rick Bates
Geoff Forshaw		 Daihatsu Sirion GTVi 38 +3 laps
1.3 L Toyota 2SZ-FE I4
31 E 97 Bendix/Patterson Cheney Ben Driscoll
Kimon Papagoarge		 Holden Vectra GL 37 +4 laps
2.2 L Holden Family II C22SEL I4
32 A 7 Quirks Refrigeration Peter Boylan
Trevor Sheumack		 BMW M3 37 +4 laps
3.2 L BMW S54 I6
33 B 39 Osborne Motorsport Denis Cribbin
Roland Hill		 Toyota MR2 Bathurst 37 +4 laps
2.0 L Toyota 3S-GE I4
34 A 88 Brock Partners Real Estate Michael Brock
Gary Young		 Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V 36 +5 laps
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
35 B 13 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne
John Roecken		 Toyota Celica VVTL-I 35 +6 laps
1.8 L Toyota 2ZZ-GE I4
36 A 61 Team Yamaha Steve Burke
Trevor Haines		 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 31 +10 laps
2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
DNF A 25 Adelaide Caravan Park Richard Davis
Allan Walls		 HSV VX GTS 37
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
DNF D 70 AMAS Security Daryl Coon
Warren Millett		 Ford AU Falcon XR6 33
4.0 L Ford Intech HP I6
DNF A 23 Steve Knight Ross Almond
Steve Knight		 Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VI 31
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
DNF E 67 Clarion Car Audio Domenic Beninca
Nigel Williams		 Proton Satria GTi 27
1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4
DNF A 26 Brett Peters Brett Peters
Scott Shearman		 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 22
2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
DNF E 21 Kosi Kalaitzidis Richard Hing
Chris Poulton		 Proton Satria GTi 21
1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4
DNF A 8 My Accessory Ed Aitken
John Faulkner		 HSV VX GTS 19
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
DNF B 53 Volkswagen Will Davison
Stuart McColl		 Volkswagen Beetle RSi 11
1.8 L Volkswagen R4 20vT turbocharged I4
DNF A 87 Falk Motorsport John Falk
Ken Lusty		 Subaru Impreza WRX 10
2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4
DNS A 99 Budweiser Scott Shearman
John Teulan		 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra RA
5.4 L Ford Modular V8
DNS A 59 Altiris Software Scott Anderson
Wayne Boatright		 Subaru Impreza WRX 10
2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4

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