TMR WINS AT PHILLIP ISLAND

Stuart Kostera racked up another win for TMR Performance at round two of the 2010 Australian Manufacturers Championship, taking pole position and a race win in his West Surfing Products TMR Evolution X RS.

Held at the Shannons Nationals, with two one-hour feature races, Kostera won the first race by a convincing 39 seconds ahead of the second placed BMW 335i of Gary Holt/Ryan McLeod. Kostera then backed it up with a fifth in race two to take the round win, despite race two tyre issues.

Tyre issues were in fact the story of the round affecting a number of cars throughout the field. TMR teammate and second fastest qualifier, Inky Tulloch, suffered a front-right tyre blow-out in the first race, but came back strongly to win the second race by two seconds to Lee Castle’s Subaru STi.

In race two, Kostera fought back from his own tyre failure to fifth, while Tulloch’s win equated to him earning third outright for the round.

Kostera also showed the dominance of the TMR Evo X, setting a new lap record in race two with a time of 1m:46.9s. Tulloch’s fastest lap time was also under the previous lap record, with a 1m:47.6s.

The next round of the AMC will turn to an enduro effort on July 18, with the Australian Six Hour at Eastern Creek Raceway.