24/07/2009
TMR - RACING TO VICTORY!
TMR ran Rod Salmon in the TMR Built and owned EVO X, as well as debuting our brand new latest spec EVO X production car for Adelaide’s Steve Glenney. It was the first time Glenney has been in an official national motor race and his first time behind the wheel of a TMR prepared race car in race conditions.
We ran 3 practice sessions on Friday 17th July with both the TMR prepared EVO X’s in the top two positions constantly.
Saturday 18th July saw Steve Glenney qualify 0.9sec in front of Rod Salmon, clearing 2.0 seconds in front of 3rd place.Rod Salmon was a comfortable 1.1sec in front of 3rd place.
For race 1, it was TMR filling the two front positions of the grid.Both cars had a good start and by the second corner Steve Glenney had control of the race leading by a convincing margin for the entire race. Rod Salmon was very comfortable in position 2.
Race 2 saw a similar start with both TMR prepared cars on the front row of the grid, and Steve Glenney again led the entire race taking out another 1st position. Rod Salmon had an altercation with Garry Holt in the BMW 335 during race 2 (for which Holt was penalized 10 points) and finished in 4th position.
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Race 3 was a handicapped race with both TMR prepared cars having a 46sec handicap from the first cars off the grid, with only 9 laps to make their way to the pointy end of the field. Steve Glenney made his way through traffic easily finishing only 0.5sec behind the leader taking out 2nd place for the race, with Rod Salmon coming home in 6th position.
The overall round win was taken out by Steve Glenney debuting his TMR prepared EVO X, with 2nd place going to Garry Holt in his BMW 335 followed by Mark King in 3rd place in his EVO X. Rod Salmon just missed out on a podium finish for the day in 4th place.
Overall the two TMR prepared EVO X’s stole the limelight of the day with convincing drives by both Steve Glenney and Rod Salmon backed up by the preparation and organization of the TMR team!
Due to the efforts of TMR and their engineering development program of the EVO X, Mitsubishi on 296 points currently leads the Australian Manufactures Championship by a healthy 38 points.
