TMR WINS AT MORGAN PARK  

TMR Performance continued its winning ways at last weekend’s fifth round of the Australian Manufacturers Championship with Stuart Kostera taking pole position and the round win with two solid victories in the one-hour races at the newly extended Morgan Park Raceway in Queensland.

TMR Evos qualified a dominant 1-2, with Kostera ahead of Ian ‘Inky’ Tulloch by just 0.1 seconds, half a second clear of third.

Kostera put in a faultless effort in race one to take the victory by 46 seconds while setting the lap record of 1:24.6. Tulloch’s race was hampered by a boost problem that put him out just after the halfway point. Tulloch rebounded in race two to push into third place on the final lap, after an altercation with the Mazda3 MPS of Hadrian Morrall that led to an extended pit stop for repairs.

Kostera’s race two was another dominant performance, not only setting fastest lap time, but benefiting from a lightning fast pit stop by the TMR team of just 38.5 seconds, including two tyre changes with one jack, one wheel gun and a standard five-nut system. This contributed to Kostera’s winning margin of 57 seconds, at the end of the 60-minute race.

Kostera moves up to second in the championship behind 2009 champion Garry Holt. The final round moves to Sandown, Victoria, October 23-34 where the championship will be decided.