The V8 Supercar of Matt and Dwayne Carter comfortably beat a formidable field for victory in the inaugural Altherm 1000 held yesterday (Saturday) at the Hampton Downs circuit, south of Auckland.
What was always going to be a battle between the Supercar and a large number of entered Porsche GT3's the Carters won by nine laps at the end of four hours of racing. Second home was the Alan Dippie/ Mark Maddren GT3 996 with the Cunningham brothers (GT3 997) third.
Fourth was the Evo 8 of John De Veth/Phillip Gill just ahead of Geoff Short and Shane Walden in an Evo 9.
More to follow........
Overall results
1 M. Carter D. Carter 203 laps
2 A. Dippie M. Maddren 194 laps
3 M. Cunningham W. Cunningham 183
4 J. De Veth P. Gill 182
5 G. Short S. Walden 181
6 A. Bagnall A. Pedersen 181
7 B. Davidson D. Garden 180
8 G. Aitken G. Liston 180
9 S. Sceats M. Modgill 177
10 S. Taylor M. Walters 177
11 A. Heimgartner G. Dawson 170
12 L. Goodwin D. Goodwin 170
13 J. Kirkpatrick R. Bailey 168
14 AJ Lauder B. Lauder 168
15 G. Ryan G. Collinson 166
16 M. Joblin D. Silverton 158
Not classified ()
DNF R. Billington W. Parker 176
DNF J. Wadsworth W. Croft 147
DNF S. McLennan C. Innes 112
DNF S. Helms R. Bolland 94
DNF I. Hayr T.Martin 24
DNF S. Evans M. Evans 13
DNS J. McNee B. Melhop 0
