9/25/2023 0 Comments Erebus hoursEddy is the reigning Australian GT Champion having taken the title in 2011. The second Phoenix Audi was raced by five-times Bathurst 1000 winner Craig Lowndes, fellow V8 Supercar driver Warren Luff, and businessman Mark Eddy. Germany-based Phoenix Racing won last year and two of its winning drivers –Christopher Mies and Darryl O’Young returned, aided by Bathurst rookie, Christer Joens. ![]() The favourites were the two factory-backed Phoenix Racing Audis. In the outright GT3 Class A, three Audi R8 LMSs, two Ferrari 458 Italias, a Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 and LP600 GT3, and two Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3s headed the battle. While there were fewer cars on the grid than in previous years, the quality and quantity at the sharp end was the best yet. This year's 12 Hour event was the sixth since the race was reintroduced in 2007 after a 13-year hiatus. The owners have the passion and the pros have the performance. Little wonder then many of the cars at Bathurst are owned by wealthy ‘gentlemen’ amateur racers, who draft in professionals to co-drive with them in endurance events. ![]() GT3 cars are race versions of the supercars well-heeled consumer can drive out of a showroom. ![]() In reality, it's about flesh and blood – it is the people, not the cars who make racing unique.Ī good example is the international GT3 racing circuit, teams from which lobbed at Mount Panorama in February to join local entries for the Bathurst 12 Hour. To the casual observer, motor racing is all about hardcore mechanicals.
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