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2008 BIANTE Touring Car Masters,

BULLAS AND EAST GO BACK TO BACK

Press Release – 8 September 2008.

Round Five, Muscle Car Masters Eastern Creek Raceway, Eastern Creek, NSW September. 6-7.

Gavin Bullas and Greg East both backed up their winning performances at Winton Motor Raceway to also eclipse their respective divisions in Round Five of the BIANTE Touring Car Masters Series at Eastern Creek Raceway this weekend.

In front of a packed house on Father’s Day, Bullas stormed his Raincity Industries Mustang and East his Ron Poysner sponsored HQ to their wins on a weekend where the BIANTE Touring Car Masters put their best foot forward in a wonderful event known as the Muscle Car Masters.

Contrasting weather conditions aside, the standard of competition was truly memorable over the two days.

RACE ONE

Eddie Abelnica broke a long win drought by scoring victory having a significant tyre advantage in Race One, driving the 302ci powered Boss Mustang when he led home Brett Youlden in the Graham Alexander owned HQ Holden in second and fellow HQ hero and giant killing Division 2 winner, Greg East for third.

John Bowe moved the Sunliner RV Chev Camaro from a drive through penalty status (start line infringement) to an eventual fourth in unpleasant conditions for all concerned, as the rain poured down on the Eastern Creek layout.

Bowe was trailed by Gavin Bullas in the Raincity Industries Fastback Mustang from BIANTE Touring Car Masters debutant Charlie O’Brien, in the Chris Stillwell owned 68 Mustang and Trevor Talbot in the Dukes Body Works XU1 Torana.

Alastair Maclean brought the Top Shelf Motor Company Chev Camaro home in eighth ahead of the vastly improved Portland plumber Mick Wilson in his Charger RT, Phil Brock in the Raincity Racing GT Falcon, Greg Waddington in the Waddington Engines HQ, Chris Stillwell in the potent Ford Escort, Drew Marget in the Marget Engineering Mustang and Mike Erwin in the Phil Morris owned Falcon.

Defending champion Steve Mason struggled home in 15th due to wet weather tyre issues ahead of Steve Markarios, Nigel Benson, Cameron Tilley, Rory O’Neill, second-generation racer Elton Trelor and Cameron Mason in the Datsun 1600.

Brad Tilley was a surprise non-start in the GT Falcon, again due to wet tyre supply issues.

RACE TWO

Race Two (the first event for the fifth round on the Sunday, in contrasting bright sunlight) was one of the races of the season so far with a miniscule 0.13s margin separating winner Gavin Bullas and John Bowe at the fall of the chequered flag. The enormous crowd on hand really appreciating the constant bids for supremacy between the pair over the course of the 10-lap event.

Fans were spoilt for choice in terms of on track battles to watch though with Eddie Abelnica, Steve Mason and Brad Tilley engaging in a thrilling dogfight that lasted until the final 50 metres to decide third place. Abelnica held sway in the Melbourne’s Cheapest Cars Boss Mustang but Steve Mason’s play for the final podium position was a far better reflection of the Novocastrian’s ability in dry conditions and on the appropriate rubber.

The third multiple car battle came in the form of Trevor Talbot, Mick Wilson and Greg Waddington with the XU1 of Talbot eventually shooting past Wilson to snare 9th with the flag in sight. Wilson was 10th in the Charger, Waddington 11th in the HQ.

Greg East again started strongly, jumping from the second row of the grid to make an initial bid for the lead before slipping back several positions to an eventual 12th in the Hype Energy Drinks HQ after a minor off track excursion. Brett Youlden was again stout in the Alexander Holden coming home in seventh, just behind Drew Marget in the Mustang.

Phil Brock came home in 13th ahead of Nigel Benson, Rory O’Neill, Steve Makarios, Mike Erwin, Michael Acheson debuting mid event in the Chrysler Charger E55, Cameron Mason and Elton Treloar in 20th.

RACE THREE

Gavin Bullas had it pretty well all his own way in the final race of the BIANTE Touring Car Masters fifth round with a no fuss victory in the 10 lap affair over the defending BTCM champion Steve Mason in second and Drew Marget in third. John Bowe started alongside Bullas on the front row, but for the second time this weekend was deemed by officials to have infringed on the start and was given a drive though penalty in the Wilson Security / Westrac CAT Chev Camaro.

Bowe was making another of his barnstorming runs from almost the back of the pack when – to rub salt into the wound – his #12 machine crawled to a halt at the top of the main straight with only a couple of laps to travel. He had worked his way to fourth at the time.

Brad Tilley started the race from pit lane but came home fast to score fourth place behind Tilley ahead of Brett Youlden (who did a solid job all weekend in the Graham Alexander Holden), Charlie O’Brien in the Stillwell Mustang in 6th, Alastair MacLean (a vast improvement for him in the final event) in the Top Shelf Auto Company Chev Camaro in 7th and the winner of the Division 2 category Greg East in the Hype Energy Drinks HQ.

Mick Wilson placed 9th in the Chrysler Charger RT ahead of Trevor Talbot, Mike Erwin, Nigel Benson, Rory O’Neill, Greg Waddington, Cameron Mason, Steve Makarios and Michael Acheson.

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Results Division 1

Car	Entrant/Class	Driver	R1	R2	R3	Total
16	Rain City Industries	Gavin Bullas	48	60	60	168
1	Steve Mason Family Cars	Steve Mason	39	48	56	143
34	Graham Alexander	Brett Youlden	56	39	45	140
17	Marget Engineering	Drew Marget	42	42	52	136
14	Top Shelf Motor Company	Alastair MacLean	45	36	42	123
75	Eddie Abelnica	Eddie Abelnica	60	52	DNF	112
12	Sunliner RV	John Bowe	52	56	DNF	108
28	Tilleys Automotive	Brad Tilley	DNS	45	48	93

Results Division 2

Car	Entrant/Class	Driver	R1	R2	R3	Total
18/19	Gary O'Brien	Greg East	60	48	56	164
76	Dukes Body Works	Trevor Talbot	52	60	48	160
43	Mick Wilson	Mick Wilson	48	56	52	156
18	Gary O'Brien	Greg Waddington	42	52	36	130
3	Stillwell Motorsport	Charlie O'Brien	56	DNF	60	116
11	Phil Morris	Mike Erwin	36	33	45	114
8/22	Rain City Industries/Nigel Benson	Nigel Benson	30	42	42	114
13	Blackcat Racing	Rory O'Neill	24	39	39	102
99	Steve Makarios	Steve Makarios	33	36	30	99
22	Rain City Industries	Phil Brock	45	45	DNF	90
7	Steve Mason Family Cars	Cameron Mason	18	27	33	78
55	Michael Acheson	Michael Acheson	DNS	30	27	57
21	Garry Treloar	Elton Treloar	21	24	DNF	45
3/6	Stillwell Motorsport	Chris Stillwell	39	DNF	DNF	39
60	Tilleys Automotive	Cameron Tilley	27	DNF	DNS	27
5	Ian McAllister	Ian McAllister	DNF	DNS	DNS	0

Season Results

Pos	Driver		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total
1	Gavin Bullas	Div 1	162	180	156	172	168	838
2	Drew Marget	Div 1	150	126	126	141	136	679
3	John Bowe	Div 1	148.5	0	180	168	108	604.5
4	Steve Mason	Div 1	174	145	138	0	143	600
5	Brad Tilley	Div 1	72	168	104	101	93	538
6	Jim Richards	Div 1	0	145	160	156	0	461
7	Eddie Abelnica	Div 1	0	145	0	81	112	338
8	Alastair MacLean	Div 1	0	0	84	78	123	285
9	Graham Alexander	Div 1	54	39	0	126	0	219
10	Brett Youlden	Div 1	0	0	0	0	140	140
11	Jerremy Mantello	Div 1	135	0	0	0	0	135
12	Cameron Tilley	Div 1	0	0	39	0	0	39
13	Peter McLean	Div 1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	Driver		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total
1	Greg East	Div 2	145.5	36	148	172	164	665.5
2	Rory O'Neill	Div 2	67.5	145	129	114	102	557.5
3	Ian McAllister	Div 2	103.5	145	136	111	0	495.5
4	Mick Wilson	Div 2	94.5	112	130	0	156	492.5
5	Trevor Talbot	Div 2	144	0	84	87	160	475
6	Garry Treloar	Div 2	168	116	93	33	0	410
7	John Nelson	Div 2	90	84	114	96	0	384
8	Mike Erwin	Div 2	117	39	36	0	114	306
9	Nigel Benson	Div 2	45	145	0	0	114	304
10	Greg Waddington	Div 2	0	0	0	156	130	286
11	Bernie Stack	Div 2	117	0	0	164	0	281
12	Stephen Hoinville	Div 2	0	0	168	60	0	228
13	Phil Brock	Div 2	0	0	120	0	90	210
14	Chris Stillwell	Div 2	0	0	0	138	39	177
15	Tony Hunter	Div 2	168	0	0	0	0	168
16	Cameron Mason	Div 2	0	0	72	0	78	150
17	Ray Challis	Div 2	0	0	0	129	0	129
18	Steve Richards	Div 2	0	120	0	0	0	120
19	Mark Forgie	Div 2	117	0	0	0	0	117
20	Charlie O'Brien	Div 2	0	0	0	0	116	116
21	Steve Makarios	Div 2	0	0	0	0	99	99
22	Chris Wilson	Div 2	90	0	0	0	0	90
22	Glenn Seton	Div 2	90	0	0	0	0	90
24	Michael Acheson	Div 2	0	0	0	0	57	57
24	Cameron Tilley	Div 2	0	0	30	0	27	57
26	Elton Treloar	Div 2	0	0	0	0	45	45
27	Tony Edwards	Div 2	0	0	0	36	0	36
28	Rod Wilson	Div 2	0	0	0	0	0	0