Stuart Kostera and Inky Tulloch have won the round of the Australian Production Car Endurance Championship
six hour race at Philip Island in a TMR Performance Evolution X RS.

Starting
from pole position, from an amalgamated time derived from both driver’s
fastest times, Kostera and Tulloch were nearly three seconds clear of
the competition.

The dominant force of
the field the Evo X remained largely unchallenged throughout the six
hour race, though it wasn’t without controversy.

At the mid-race point, the TMR car was issued with a drive-through penalty for allegedly exiting pit lane against a red light.

Both
Kostera and TMR argued that the pit lane exit light was not clearly
visible, so acted upon visual instruction from a race official who
instructed Kostera to exit pit lane – despite the red light. Race
officials then deemed a breach of rules and penalised the TMR car.

The
subsequent penalty dropped Kostera to second place, however he fought
back to regain the lead within 30 minutes, and eventually forged a lead
he held all the way to the finish, eventually winning by one lap.

The Evo X RS performed faultlessly throughout the race, with the Dunlops showing grip and resilience.

Kostera:
"Last year at Eastern Creek we had one of those days where everything
went perfectly but today was different with the tyre management,
weather, safety cars and even ‘that’ penalty. But the team did a great
job and Inky was right on the money all day so it’s a great win for
everyone."