Australian GT saw the best results so far in the 2010 season for Mosler, with Dean Grant putting Vodka O Sponsored Mosler MT900 on the podium.
As the Australian GT season continues in the southern hemisphere, the 4th round moved to the Phillip Island Circuit in Victoria. With Andrew MacPherson's Mosler headed off to Malaysia for the MMER at the beginning of next month, and Tony Quinn in his VIP Petfood Mosler experiencing engine problems, it was down to Dean Grant and Ash Samadi to hold up the honours for Mosler.
In the first of the two sixty minute endurance races, Grant managed to qualify fourth on the grid and after race leader David Wall experienced technical troubles in the Porsche Cup 6 and having to drop well back in the field, James Koundouris took the chequered flag. It was a battle between Vodka O team members Dean Grant (Molser MT900) and Peter Hackett (Lamborghini Gallardo GT3) for the minor podium places with Grant taking second in the race that ran over 37 laps for the leaders without the intervention of a safety car. Ash Samadi had problems with his car and registered a DNF.
In Race 2 It was James Koundouris that set the pace for the second rolling start of the day and the Superbarn Supermarkets Porsche Cup S pulled a slight gap at the start from Dean Grant (Mosler MT900) and Peter Hackett (Lamborghini Gallardo) but the first of two safety car periods soon nullified that advantage.
Wall had stormed up from 16th spot on the grid and was running in the top ten before the compulsory pitstop.
At the front, Koundouris was stamping his authority on the event setting the fastest lap of the race with a time of 1:33.9616, but any advantage he was enjoying was again reduced by another safety car intervention when the Keith Wong/Kevin Wong Porsche stopped on the circuit with gearbox issues just past Honda corner after 24 laps.
Koundouris and the leading pack which included Max Twigg (Porsche Cup S), Dean Grant (Mosler MT900), and Peter Hackett (Lamborghini Gallardo) were also encountering traffic as the laps wound down and with only one more circulation to go, Twigg looked menacingly close to passing Koundouris through the ultra fast turn 1.
The cars didn't touch and it then appeared that Twigg decided to settle for a fine second place behind the dominant Koundouris. Dean Grant's third place was also another impressive performance from the Melbourne driver.
Dean Grant is now placed 2nd overall in the Australian GT Championship.
The next round is not until October 7th and will be at the iconic Bathurst Circuit.
As the Australian GT season continues in the southern hemisphere, the 4th round moved to the Phillip Island Circuit in Victoria. With Andrew MacPherson's Mosler headed off to Malaysia for the MMER at the beginning of next month, and Tony Quinn in his VIP Petfood Mosler experiencing engine problems, it was down to Dean Grant and Ash Samadi to hold up the honours for Mosler.
In the first of the two sixty minute endurance races, Grant managed to qualify fourth on the grid and after race leader David Wall experienced technical troubles in the Porsche Cup 6 and having to drop well back in the field, James Koundouris took the chequered flag. It was a battle between Vodka O team members Dean Grant (Molser MT900) and Peter Hackett (Lamborghini Gallardo GT3) for the minor podium places with Grant taking second in the race that ran over 37 laps for the leaders without the intervention of a safety car. Ash Samadi had problems with his car and registered a DNF.
In Race 2 It was James Koundouris that set the pace for the second rolling start of the day and the Superbarn Supermarkets Porsche Cup S pulled a slight gap at the start from Dean Grant (Mosler MT900) and Peter Hackett (Lamborghini Gallardo) but the first of two safety car periods soon nullified that advantage.
Wall had stormed up from 16th spot on the grid and was running in the top ten before the compulsory pitstop.
At the front, Koundouris was stamping his authority on the event setting the fastest lap of the race with a time of 1:33.9616, but any advantage he was enjoying was again reduced by another safety car intervention when the Keith Wong/Kevin Wong Porsche stopped on the circuit with gearbox issues just past Honda corner after 24 laps.
Koundouris and the leading pack which included Max Twigg (Porsche Cup S), Dean Grant (Mosler MT900), and Peter Hackett (Lamborghini Gallardo) were also encountering traffic as the laps wound down and with only one more circulation to go, Twigg looked menacingly close to passing Koundouris through the ultra fast turn 1.
The cars didn't touch and it then appeared that Twigg decided to settle for a fine second place behind the dominant Koundouris. Dean Grant's third place was also another impressive performance from the Melbourne driver.
Dean Grant is now placed 2nd overall in the Australian GT Championship.
The next round is not until October 7th and will be at the iconic Bathurst Circuit.
