Camilleri Man of the Match at Manufacturers Championship Grand Final

[mav2777]

Jake Camilleri not only wrapped up the Class B title aboard the Grand Prix Mazda 3 MPS at Sandown Raceway on the weekend, but was also voted the Best and Fairest Driver in the Australian Manufacturers Championship, capping off another stellar season for the team.

The twin one-hour long races saw outright results of fourth and fifth place, however the winning margins for Class B honours were two and three laps respectively.

Race number one was held in changeable weather conditions, which worked strongly in Camilleri's favour, although he suffered a moment coming over the rise at the end of Sandown's back straight in the wet.
Drawing on his considerable experience, Camilleri managed to keep off the wall and continue his charge.

On the final lap coming out of Dandenong Road Corner, Garry Holt's BMW driven by Ryan McLeod out powered the Mazda 3 MPS on the drag race to the final complex of corners.
Camilleri, never one to give up, set himself up for an inside run to the chequered flag, re-taking fourth position and holding on by only 0.0861sec.

The second race was held under sunnier skies and was a more straightforward affair, with the Grand Prix Mazda crew performing a lightning compulsory pit stop for a tyre change.

Camilleri was pleased with the performance of the car and crew over the course of the weekend.
"The car worked like clockwork again this weekend, it's just a shame that we don't have more horsepower to stick with the 4WDs on the straights," said Camilleri.
"In race one we were the fastest two-wheel drive car in the field, and that is against the BMWs and HSVs, so the pace of the car is very encouraging.

"I really must thank the crew for their efforts this year, they did an awesome job preparing the car, and their pit stops this weekend were right on the money."

For team manager Joseph Camilleri, the season once again showed the strength of the Mazda 3 MPS, as well as Jake's driving talent.
"I'm absolutely wrapped, I'm very happy with the results this year and for the season, Jake did it again," said Joseph.
"The boys put in a fair bit of practice for the pitstops, and they were perfect.

"Consistency is the key, and Jake has been out there driving at ten-tenths all season long, it has been an awesome season despite having a couple of DNFs at the start of the year."

Highlights of the season for the Grand Prix Mazda crew included second overall at Morgan Park Raceway, and third outright at Oran Park.

The team will now start preparations for the Bathurst 12 Hour in February, with the team looking to give 2009 endurance race driver Scott Nicholas a test drive in the near future.

[240MPS]

I got ripped Got the email from the race boys at 5:14pm yesterday sent a PM at 6:10pm and got beaten to the punch at 7:29pm... Are well them the breaks, i will get the race crew to beam it straight to me on direct telecast next time .... I had pictures in mine

[mav2777]

Sorry about that, would like to see the pics though.

[240MPS]

Sorry about that, would like to see the pics though.

It's was the article sent to me by allstar tuning I will try and put it up has a pdf here if not send me a PM of your email address and I will send it that way....

It worked all good...

[Team Green]

I watched his progress online...

[tone]

Does anyone know the results. as in what came first second and third. and also what other cars he beat? im guessing 135i's evo X's, STi's and the likes would have been in the race?

[Team Green]

Hi Tone

Here are the results of Jakes affects...

courtesy of Natsoft

Race 1:

NATSOFT Race Result

Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2009 - Round 9
SANDOWN INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACEWAY

Australian Manufacturers Championship - Race 1

Event R4 60 Mins
Scheduled Start 16:15




Page 1 Issue 1
Start Sat Nov 28 16:25
Elapsed Time 01:00:20

__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Race.Time Fastest...Lap

1 10 SWIRK.com R.Salmon/D.White Mitsubishi Evo 10 1997 A1 38 01:00:20.8858 8 1:22.3998r
2 11 Inky Tulloch (NZ) Mitsubishi Evo 10 3396 A1 38 01:00:33.3063 8 1:22.0839R
3 25 Wilson Brothers Racing Lee Castle (QLD) SubaruWRX Sti 1994 A1 38 01:00:49.8359 9 1:23.1007r
4 36 Grand Prix Mazda Jake Camilleri (QLD) Mazda MPS 3 2300 B 37 01:00:23.5921 3 1:25.2987
5 20 Eastern Crk Int Karting Racewa G.Holt/R.McLeod BMW 335i A2 37 01:00:23.6782 9 1:23.6103
6 55 West Surfing Products Glyn Crimp (WA) Mitsubishi Evo 10 1997 A1 37 01:01:39.0923 12 1:25.1144
7 62 Racing Incident P.Hill/E.Bana Mitsubishi Evo 10 2000 A1 37 01:01:44.5794 4 1:23.3411
8 72 Ferguson Toyota David Giugni Toyota Celica 1800 C 36 01:00:51.4262 4 1:31.0935
9 13 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne (NSW) Toyota Celica 1796 C 36 01:00:54.0741 11 1:31.1215
10 50 Mid West Multi Media Trevor Keene (NSW) Mini Cooper S 1598 C 35 01:00:32.1481 3 1:31.5785
11 88 G & K Refrigeration Geoff Kite (NSW) Holden Commodore 5700 B 35 01:00:54.1070 8 1:30.5668
12 70 Infinity Wheels Kym De Britt (VIC) Holden Astra Sri 3400 C 35 01:01:25.9221 8 1:32.6551
13 28 GWS Personnel P.O'Donnell/A.Sheppard BMW 130i 3000 B 34 01:01:20.3809 6 1:28.6316
14 76 Best Lifestyle Units Darren Best (VIC) Mitsubishi Evo 1997 A1 34 01:01:38.1810 8 1:25.3903
15 31 Osborne Motorsport Stuart Jones (NSW) Toyota Celica 1796 C 33 01:00:34.8690 2 1:30.9753
DNF 67 JMG Maint/Century 21 Hazelbroo Jeremy Gray (NSW) Ford Typhoon 3983 A2 12 27:56.4521 2 1:24.3391
DNF 60 Professional Traffic Solutions Bob Brewer (NSW) Commodore VY GTS 5700 A2 10 19:23.6192 5 1:26.8082
DNF 8 Holden M'Sport/Briffa Crash Steve Briffa (NSW) HSV Clubsport 6200 A2 8 15:25.4063 2 1:23.6753
DNF 27 GWS Personnel Bruce Tomlinson (NSW) BMW 130i 3000 B 6 12:49.1303 6 1:30.1161

PENALTY APPLIED
Competitor# 76 2 Laps Penalty

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 136kph, Race Av.Speed Is 117kph
Current Race Lap Record Is 1:23.1679 Set On 30/11/2008 By Charlie Hollings (Eng) In A Mits Evo IX RS
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Issue# 1 - Printed Sat Nov 28 18:00:06 2009 Timing System By NATSOFT (03)63342353 Natsoft &#174 - IT Specialists! & Dorian DATA-1
Timed by Melbourne University Car Club Inc.

Race 2:

NATSOFT Race Result

Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2009 - Round 9
SANDOWN INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACEWAY

Australian Manufacturers Championship - Race 2

Event R17 60 Mins
Scheduled Start 16:05




Page 1 Issue 1
Start Sun Nov 29 16:05
Elapsed Time 01:00:58

__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Race.Time Fastest...Lap

1 10 SWIRK.com R.Salmon/D.White Mitsubishi Evo 10 1997 A1 40 01:00:58.7652 35 1:21.3878R
2 11 Inky Tulloch (NZ) Mitsubishi Evo 10 3396 A1 40 01:01:10.3724 18 1:22.6308
3 25 Wilson Brothers Racing Lee Castle (QLD) SubaruWRX Sti 1994 A1 40 01:01:38.1367 26 1:22.9606
4 20 Eastern Crk Int Karting Racewa G.Holt/R.McLeod BMW 335i A2 40 01:01:59.4970 11 1:23.2810
5 36 Grand Prix Mazda Jake Camilleri (QLD) Mazda MPS 3 2300 B 40 01:02:09.5927 25 1:25.2562
6 60 Professional Traffic Solutions Bob Brewer (NSW) Commodore VY GTS 5700 A2 39 01:01:17.8328 25 1:24.5960
7 62 Racing Incident P.Hill/E.Bana Mitsubishi Evo 10 2000 A1 39 01:01:31.9559 16 1:23.2041
8 55 West Surfing Products Glyn Crimp (WA) Mitsubishi Evo 10 1997 A1 39 01:01:50.0940 5 1:24.8422
9 99 Auto-Motion Australia M.McGill/C.Tonna Ford Falcon BF GT 5400 A2 38 01:02:05.0339 26 1:27.4768
10 31 Osborne Motorsport Stuart Jones (NSW) Toyota Celica 1796 C 38 01:02:30.6811 9 1:31.3844
11 88 G & K Refrigeration Geoff Kite (NSW) Holden Commodore 5700 B 37 01:01:23.4556 37 1:28.9547
12 70 Infinity Wheels Kym De Britt (VIC) Holden Astra Sri 3400 C 37 01:01:57.2143 11 1:32.9224
13 76 Best Lifestyle Units Darren Best (VIC) Mitsubishi Evo 1997 A1 36 01:02:18.3199 4 1:25.7362
14 27 GWS Personnel Bruce Tomlinson (NSW) BMW 130i 3000 B 34 01:01:49.6955 22 1:29.0159
DNF 28 GWS Personnel P.O'Donnell/A.Sheppard BMW 130i 3000 B 29 01:01:23.9559 6 1:28.0481
DNF 8 Holden M'Sport/Briffa Crash Steve Briffa (NSW) HSV Clubsport 6200 A2 27 44:12.5196 10 1:23.7143
DNF 67 JMG Maint/Century 21 Hazelbroo J.Gray/C.Delfsma Ford Typhoon 3983 A2 25 42:19.1042 24 1:25.9048
DNF 72 Ferguson Toyota David Giugni Toyota Celica 1800 C 17 32:53.1662 10 1:31.0274
DNF 50 Mid West Multi Media Trevor Keene (NSW) Mini Cooper S 1598 C 14 25:38.6485 2 1:31.6784
DNF 13 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne (NSW) Toyota Celica 1796 C 3 8:10.6827 2 1:31.9533

Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 137kph, Race Av.Speed Is 122kph
Current Race Lap Record Is 1:22.0839 Set On 28/11/2009 By Inky Tulloch (NZ) In A Mitsubishi Evo 10
R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________
Issue# 1 - Printed Sun Nov 29 17:10:35 2009 Timing System By NATSOFT (03)63342353 Natsoft &#174 - IT Specialists! & Dorian DATA-1
Timed by Melbourne University Car Club Inc.

[tone]

Thanks for that. Good effort i must say. Is there anyway to stay up to date with these events and are they open for the public to go and watch or watch on tele/online somehow?

[240MPS]

Dave's the man( Team Green ), the guys send me bits and pieces......

[Team Green]

I will be organising an event for ozmps next year when the Shannons Nationals lands at Eastern Creek as I have spoken to the guys at Mazda and they are very keen to support it..

We will have 3 x MPS3's on the track next year with the return of Jake and the team from Grand Prix Mazda and Osborne Motorsports have purchased the 2 2007/8 Targa Tassie cars....

I will create a thread just for the Australian Manufactures Series and will keep it upto date on what is happening and dates and times when it will be televised...


TV ALERT SANDOWN PARK RACEWAY

Catch all of the action from the Final round of the Australian Manufacturers Championship from Sandown Park Raceway, This round provided action aplenty, with the champioship on the line - drivers battled to take home the title.


DATE: THIS SUNDAY! 6th December

TIME: 1:00pm - 3:00pm

WHERE: Speedweek, SBS


Sandown racing will also be shown on Inside Speed, Fox Sports, check local guides for details.

The AMC hits the track again in 2010 , Round 1 at Bathurst 12 hour.