A sensational Phillip Island clean sweep has handed young gun Cooper Murray victory in round three of the Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia series, while Ben Stack and Christian Pancione claimed their maiden class round wins. Murray’s faultless weekend began with pole position and a dominant 10-second race one win on Saturday before Murray […]
READ MOREMurray continues front-running form in race two
Young gun Cooper Murray has continued his form at the front of the Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia field with an impressive race two victory. Murray led from the start from Simon Fallon and Marcel Zalloua, though the race was interrupted by a safety car intervention to retrieve the stationary car of Luis Leeds from […]
READ MOREMurray claims convincing race one win
Cooper Murray was the standout performer in the opening Phillip Island race for round three of the Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia championship, while Marcel Zalloua and Ben Stack endured a race-long battle for the Pro-Am lead. After claiming pole position, Murray took the race one lead into the opening corner but was not […]
READ MOREPunt Road to Porsche: Richmond coach samples 911 race car
Richmond assistant coach Justin Leppitsch was a late call up to Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia at Phillip Island… in the passenger seat. The former Brisbane Lion, with which he won three AFL premierships, came to the third round of GT3 Cup Challenge as a guest of Pro-Am driver Michael Hovey, and ultimately experienced […]
READ MORE0.0841secs: Murray pips Vidau to pole position
Cooper Murray will start race one from pole position at Phillip Island after another sensational qualifying session. The Melbourne racer posted the time towards the end of the session, relegating Vidau to second for Saturday’s race two. Simon Fallon will start from third from Jimmy Vernon, Luis Leeds and Chelsea Angelo. Ben Stack was the […]
READ MOREMurray leads Vidau with impressive Friday pace
Cooper Murray and Max Vidau were Friday’s standout drivers as the Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia series kicks off round three, both setting blistering practice pace at Phillip Island. Vidau was the practice one pacesetter, posting a time of 1:31.741, which placed the South Australian at the top of the times, a mere 00.012secs […]
READ MORERound 3, Phillip Island – Friday
Fresh faces and young challengers set for The Island
After two thrilling Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia rounds, the one-make sports car series returns for round three at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit with 25 entries as the three-class battle continues. With two race wins apiece, young Melbourne trio Cooper Murray, Max Vidau and Simon Fallon will continue their fight at the […]
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