In what can only be described as a sensational season for Team Mitsubishi Ralliart (TMR) led by motor sport legend Alan Heaphy, the team has won 5 championship titles in the 1 season.

TMR Australia’s star driver Stuart Kostera has won the 2011 Australian Manufacturers Championship and the 2011 Class A Drivers Championship. TMR Australia has taken out the Australian Production Car Endurance Championship together with the Australian Endurance Championship and to cap off the season secured the Australian Manufacturers Championship for Mitsubishi for the third successive year rounding off a near perfect race season for TMR once again.

The final event of the 2011 season was held at Sydney’s Eastern Creek circuit in terrible condition where the team worked hard on pacing themselves to take out the Championships above all else on the day during a 6 Hour Endurance race.

TMR’s Stuart Kostera and Inky (Ian) Tulloch finished 2nd at last weekend’s Eastern Creek 6 Hour after a gruelling and closely fought six-hour battle against five other Mitsubishi Evos, a Subaru STi and a BMW 335i.

The TMR Evo X RS of Kostera/Tulloch finished second outright, just nine seconds off the winning BMW Chaz Mostert and Nathan Morcom.

“Our strategy for the 6 Hour was to win the Championship” said team boss Alan Heaphy.

“We would loved to have finish the season on a race win, but it was not to be. I’m am however so proud for the team and for Mitsubishi that once again we have secured the Championship. In fact we’ve won 5!”

In wet conditions on the shorter Eastern Creek North Circuit, TMR called a race strategy that would almost win them the race with the finish coming down to just nine seconds through a raft of tyre failures during the event.

The TMR EVO X of Kostera and Tulloch suffered major tyre problems with the right front delaminating four times during the race. The ensuing unplanned pit stops to change wheels forced the team to allow the BMW of race winner Mostert and Morcom past and a full two laps in front at one point.

The multiple Bathurst 1000 winning team of Alan Heaphy and Peter West along with other key TMR personnel shone through with their race strategy experience on fuel conservation to rein in the lead car all the way to the finish securing 2nd position in the race but more importantly the Championship win once again.

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TMR Australia 2011 Season

1st Australian Manufacturers Championship (Mitsubishi)

1st Australian Production Car Endurance Championship

1st Australian Endurance Championship

1st AMC Drivers Championship (Stuart Kostera)

1st Class A Drivers Championship (Stuart Kostera)

2nd AMC Drivers Championship (Inky [Ian] Tulloch)

2nd Class A Drivers Championship (Inku [Ian] Tulloch)

Further Information

Alan Heaphy
Team Principal – TMR Australia
Telephone (03) 9271 3668

Paul Burfitt
Media and Marketing
Telephone: 0488 400 733
Email: paul@64.com.au