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27 February 2015 | General

BOWE EDGES MIEDECKE BY 0.03 FOR CLIPSAL POLE

JOHN BOWE has narrowly edged out the most competitive ENZED Touring Car Masters field yet seen to score pole for the opening round of the season at the Clipsal 500 Adelaide this morning.

Bowe’s 1m30.0032s lap edged out Chevrolet Camaro racer Andrew Miedecke by just 0.0388s to set up a feisty race to the first corner in race one later today.

Bowe needed the 6th of his eight laps in the session to score pole after his earlier 1m29.80s lap was disallowed thanks to kerb hopping at turn one.

It shaved a ‘comfortable’ 0.2s margin to Miedecke to the tiny 0.03s gap now between the pair ahead of race one.

The record-setting run of qualifying firsts continued for Bowe today with what was his ninth consecutive TCM pole position – a run dating back to the final round of the 2013 season at Phllip Island. Ironically the last driver other than the Tasmanian hero to score a TCM pole was Glenn Seton who makes his full-time return to the category this weekend.

Seton had finished the session 6th however was one of 13 drivers to lose their best time following the session after gaining a kerb hopping ‘strike’ at the turn one / two Senna chicane.

As such the two-time ATCC Champion will start race one from last position in the Thunder Road Racing Mustang.

Behind Bowe and Miedecke Greg Crick placed his Chrysler Charger third and just 0.46s from the top spot two-time champion Gavin Bullas (+0.50s) was fourth and Jim Richards’ brand-new AMC Javelin fifth – the two-time TCM champion finsihing 0.6408s from pole despite logging only minimal laps in the car prior to qualifying this morning.

Brett Youlden (HQ Holden Monaro GTS) was elevated to a superb sixth thanks to Seton’s lack of a time with Keith Kassulke (XB Falcon Hardtop) seventh Cameron Mason (Shelby Mustang) eighth 2014 Clipsal 500 race winner Mark King (Camaro) ninth and the fan-favorite Valliant Pacer Hemi of Cameron Mason completing the top 10.

One second covered the top seven cars; a top seven featuring six different models (’69-’70 Mustang ’64 Mustang Camaro Charger and Javelin).

For the third time from three sessions there were no red flag interuptions for the clean and competitive 30-plus TCM field.

Race one gets underway with a rolling start from 4:35pm (local) today and will be broadcast live on FOX Motorsport – Channel 506 on FOXTEL.

QUALIFYING – CLIPSAL 500 ADELAIDE

Pos Car  Competitor/Team                Driver                   Vehicle              Cap   CL   Laps   Fastest...Lap        Gap1    18  Dunlop Super Dealers/Wilson Se John Bowe (VIC)          Ford Mustang Trans A 5800          8     6 1:30.0032* 2    95  Whiteline Transport Racing / L Andrew Meidecke (NSW)    Chevrolet Camaro SS  5800          6     3 1:30.0420  0:00.03883    75  Mopar Performance              Greg Crick (TAS)         Chrysler Charger E55 5570         10     6 1:30.4639  0:00.46074    16  Rain City Racing               Gavin Bullas (VIC)       Ford Boss Mustang    5800          6     2 1:30.5036  0:00.50045     2  Shannons Insurance             Jim Richards (VIC)       AMC Javelin          5890          7     3 1:30.6440  0:00.64086    56  Autolite Spark Plugs           Brett Youlden (VIC)      Holden  HQ Monaro Co 5800          7     4 1:30.9574  0:00.95427    52  Outbound Racing / wheels.com.p Keith Kassulke (QLD)     Ford Falcon XB Coupe 5800          7     6 1:31.0820  0:01.07888     3  Hercules Engines               Cameron Mason (NSW)      Ford Mustang Fastbac 5000          9     5 1:31.8319  0:01.82879    85  Whiteline Transport Racing / K Mark King (QLD)          Chevrolet Camaro RS  5800         10     5 1:32.3535  0:02.350310   60  Tilleys Racing Equipment       Cameron Tilley (NSW)     Valiant Pacer        4390         10     4 1:32.4239  0:02.420711   48  Adelaides Cheapest Cars        Eddie Abelnica (VIC)     Ford Falcon XB Coupe 5800         10     6 1:32.6476  0:02.644412   90  Kalus Kenny Intelex            Sven Burchartz (VIC)     Porsche 911 IROC     3600         10     3 1:33.6235  0:03.620313   28  Tilley Automotive              Brad Tilley (NSW)        Ford Mustang Coupe   4735         11     7 1:33.6313  0:03.628114   25  Freestones Transport/Freestone Paul Freestone (VIC)     Chevrolet Camaro SS  5800          9     3 1:33.6789  0:03.675715   33  SportsMed                      Greg Keene (SA)          Porsche 911 RS       3600          9     3 1:33.7594  0:03.756216   22  PRT Race Fabrication           Nigel Benson (SA)        Holden  HQ Monaro Co 5800          9     9 1:34.1120  0:04.108817   20  Palmer Promotions              Ian Palmer (QLD)         Pontiac Trans-Am     5800         10     3 1:35.0598  0:05.056618   46  THD Motorsport                 Leo Tobin (VIC)          Holden  HQ Monaro Co 5800          8     8 1:35.0688  0:05.065619   10  Sunliner RV                    Tony Hunter (VIC)        Chevrolet Monza 2+2  5000          8     4 1:35.3137  0:05.310520   32  SportsMed                      Amanda Sparks (SA)       Porsche 911 RS       3600          9     4 1:35.4764  0:05.473221   35  iseek Racing                   Jason Gomersall (QLD)    Holden  Torana SL/R  5047         10     2 1:35.8658  0:05.862622   74  Lyndways Builders              Wayne Mercer (VIC)       Ford Falcon XY GTHO  5800          6     4 1:36.2423  0:06.239123   15  Hercules Engines/Bridgestone   Graham Stewart (SA)      Chevrolet Camaro SS  5800          8     4 1:37.3217  0:07.318524   17  Red Rock Winery                Rohan Little (VIC)       Porsche 911 IROC     3600         11    10 1:37.4660  0:07.462825    9  Jesus Racing                   Andrew Fisher (NSW)      Ford Falcon XY GTHO  5800          6     3 1:37.8689  0:07.865726   50  Flo.gineering                  Carey McMahon (NSW)      Holden  Torana SL/R  5000          4     3 1:39.5134  0:09.510227   13  Black Cat Racing               Rory O'Neill (SA)        Porsche 911 IROC     3600         10     9 1:40.1129  0:10.109728   65  On Demand Electrical           Graeme Cook (SA)         Porsche 911 IROC     3600         11     6 1:40.6437  0:10.640529   72  BMR Industries                 Bruce McLeod (NT)        Ford Falcon XA Super 5550          3     3 1:41.3257  0:11.322530   30  Thunder Road Racing Australia  Glenn Seton (QLD)        Ford Mustang Coupe   5000          9     6 2:07.3650  0:37.3618