Campbell clean-sweeps Carrera Cup

Matt Campbell has completed a dominant weekend in the Carrera Cup with victory in the final race at Mount Panorama.

It is Campbell’s 11th race win of the season and has him within touching distance of taking the title with one round left to run on the streets of the Golf Coast.

The final race of the weekend was far from a walk in the park for Campbell as Steve Richards got a great jump off the start to lead the field.

Campbell pressed the 2014 champion over the opening laps and out-braked Richards into the Chase on lap #3. Campbell had to make the most of the opportunity as David Wall, Alex Davison and Ash Walsh were all in a cue behind the leader.

From that point Campbell checked out, while Richards showed plenty of determination to hold-on for second.

Davison looked set for third, but with two laps to run he locked a brake and backed his Porsche into the fence at Griffin’s Bend. Despite having extensive rear-end damage, Davison did complete the race in 19th and keep the championship alive heading to the Gold Coast.

Tony Bates took the honours in the Tag Heuer Carrera Challenge, to make it two race wins from the weekend. However, it was James Bergmuller who backed-up his overall win in the semi-professional class at Sandown with victory in the Tag Heuer Carrera Challenge at Bathurst.

The curtain will come down on the Carrera Cup season with the final round on the streets of Surfers Paradise in a fortnight.

VIDEO: Campbell, Bates and Bergmuller speaks after the final race at Bathurst

 

 

RESULTS: Race 3 – Carrera Cup Australia : Mount Panorama

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Class
1	7	Matt Campbell	Nuveau Constructions / Phase 8	P
2	12	Steven Richards	Laser Plumbing and Electrical	P
3	38	David Wall	Wilson Security	P
4	777	Ash Walsh	Bob Jane T-Marts / Infants Friend	P
5	77	Nick McBride	Bob Jane T-Marts	P
6	26	Michael Almond	Copyworld	P
7	21	Garth Walden	CIP/GWR	P
8	88	Dylan O’Keeffe	Allstar Equipment / Dexion Supplies	P
9	54	James Abela	Horsley Park Gunshop	P
10	45	Duvashen Padayachee	Darrell Lea STIX	P
11	18	Max Twigg	DNA Racing/Beyond Blue	G
12	24	Tony Bates	Moveitnet / C Tech Laser	C
13	13	James Bergmuller	pricepressure.com.au	C
14	4	Stephen Grove	Grove Hire	C
15	56	Shane Smollen	McGrath Estate Agents	C
16	32	Daniel Stutterd	DJS Racing	G
17	222	Scott Taylor	Scott Taylor Motorsport	C
18	9	Marc Cini	Hallmarc	C
19	25	Alex Davison	Wilson Parking	P
20	39	Adrian Mastronardo	Veritas Property Group	C

 

STANDINGS

Position	Driver	Points
1	Matt Campbell	1036.5
2	Alex Davison	912
3	Nick McBride	898
4	David Wall	897
5	Steven Richards	778.5
6	Ash Walsh	592
7	Dean Fiore	544
8	Michael Almond	520.5
9	Duvashen Padayachee	417.5
10	Dylan O’Keeffe	389
11	James Abela	353.5
12	Tony Bates	346.5
13	Fraser Ross	346.5
14	James Bergmuller	332
15	Garth Walden	321.5
16	Shane Smollen	288
17	Stephen Grove	244.5
18	Adrian Mastronardo	234
19	Marc Cini	211.5
20	Shane van Gisbergen	117
21	Scott Taylor	84

 

TAG Heuer Carrera Challenge

Position	Driver	Points
1	Tony Bates	1011.5
2	James Bergmuller	913.5
3	Shane Smollen	912
4	Stephen Grove	852
5	Adrian Mastronardo	798.5
6	Marc Cini	749.5
7	Scott Taylor	293