TMR has started the 2012 Australian Manufacturers Championship the same way it finished 2011 – WINNING. Another clean sweep of pole position, two race wins and fastest lap time at last weekend’s season opener at Eastern Creek Raceway cemented a solid start to 2012.

Defending two-time champion Stuart Kostera was joined by TMR team-mate Ian ‘Inky’ Tulloch to take pole position by 1.2 seconds, and a convincing victory at each of the two one-hour races with a compulsory pit-stop, dominating in their TMR Performance built and run Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X RS.

Having put the car on pole, Tulloch led the first race for all but a few laps during the pit-stop shuffle. The duo then had a trouble-free race, with the TMR crew performing a similarly clean pit-stop, going on to win by 25 seconds, over the similar Evo X RS of Jim Pollicina, and the Thomas/Thomas Evolution IX, making it a Mitsubishi 1-2-3.

A day later, the TMR team of Kostera and Tulloch backed it up, streaking from pole position, making the compulsory stop for the driver change and pushing out to a remarkable flag to flag victory, this time by 31 seconds, with the podium repeating itself. This capped off a perfect weekend for the TMR crew in a position it is accustomed to, realising and reinforcing its dominance and championship-winning potential it has displayed over the past four seasons.

The next round of the Australian Manufacturers Championship is a 6-Hour Endurance Race
Phillip Island, Victoria 28-29 April