MCNEWS.COM.AU - Australian 250 Production at the Grand Prix - Race 1

In today's 250 Production race at the Grand Prix it was Brent George who got the holeshot from Liam Magee, Glenn Allerton and Nick Henderson.

George held on to the lead for a little over a lap before Magee slotted past but George got him back a few corners later.  Russell Holland made a fantastic run to catch on to the back of the leading trio by lap 3.

A lap later Magee had some sort of problem and slipped back behind Holland who had his work cut out for him to close the 1.7 seconds to Brent George.

But Holland put his head down and had closed right up on the back of George by lap 5.  Jordan Coote had worked his way up to 3rd after passing Magee but they were some 5 seconds down on George and Holland by this stage of the race. 

Then George had a huge moment coming on to the straight, through the kitty litter and two big puddles to rejoin the circuit in one of the best saves of the century.  This 'incident' however of course allowed Holland to escape in the lead while Magee and Coote also got past George while he was collecting himself after that huge moment.

Holland held it together to take the win by 7.5 seconds in a great performance.  Brent George was very unlucky today after what was a brilliant ride before his little off-track excursion.  Luckily he made it back on track in one piece to finish 4th. 
 

Pos Name Laps Time Behind Fastest On Lap
1 Russell HOLLAND 8 14m30.448 1m46.768 5
2 Liam MAGEE 8 14m37.922 7.474 1m48.188 6
3 Jordan COOTE 8 14m38.149 7.701 1m47.362 5
4 Brent GEORGE 8 14m38.631 8.183 1m46.937 8
5 Robert BUGDEN 8 14m43.126 12.678 1m49.078 5
6 Mick KELLY 8 14m51.113 20.665 1m48.743 5
7 Glenn ALLERTON 8 14m52.302 21.854 1m50.375 3
8 Joshua FORSTER 8 14m52.325 21.877 1m49.392 5
9 Lachlan ELDER 8 14m52.344 21.896 1m49.783 3
10 Ross COOPER 8 14m52.514 22.066 1m49.723 6
11 Glen KELLEHER 8 14m57.121 26.673 1m49.984 8
12 David ARNOT 8 14m57.136 26.688 1m50.081 8
13 Mark STANLEY 8 14m57.342 26.894 1m50.033 8
14 David ANTHONY 8 15m05.043 34.595 1m50.846 6
15 Troy ELLIOT 8 15m05.311 34.863 1m50.827 8
16 Christopher QUINN 8 15m05.519 35.071 1m50.853 8
17 Cameron DALE 8 15m07.843 37.395 1m50.566 5
18 Zac DAVIES 8 15m07.973 37.525 1m50.502 6
19 Daniel McCOY 8 15m15.593 45.145 1m51.938 5
20 Caleb STALDER 8 15m27.481 57.033 1m51.518 8
21 Anthony GUTTERSON 8 15m27.570 57.122 1m51.655 8
22 Jason HEAD 8 15m31.495 1m01.047 1m53.308 8
23 Ben LUCCHITTI 8 15m31.614 1m01.166 1m53.017 8
24 Jason DOWELL 8 15m31.701 1m01.253 1m53.441 8
25 Drew BENNETT 8 15m34.856 1m04.408 1m52.448 8
26 Kai-uwe WEICK 8 15m40.049 1m09.601 1m54.245 8
27 Phillip WARWICK 8 15m40.085 1m09.637 1m54.485 8
28 Phillip HURLEY 8 15m47.542 1m17.094 1m55.789 8
29 Trent BRINSLEY 8 16m22.667 1m52.219 1m59.294 8
30 Anthony GREVE 7 14m32.180 1 Lap 2m01.341 5
DNF Nick HENDERSON 6 11m03.294 2 Laps 1m48.534 5
DNF Ricky FLEMING 6 11m21.493 2 Laps 1m51.399 6
DNF Dustin GOLDSMITH 6 11m24.910 2 Laps 1m52.311 6
DNF Damian WAY 5 9m47.953 3 Laps 1m52.234 2
DNF Mark BEVERIDGE 4 7m44.645 4 Laps 1m52.978 3
DNF Paul LOCK 4 8m09.267 4 Laps 1m58.364 3
DNF Stewart CORSER 4 8m12.435 4 Laps 1m56.619 3
DNF Chris JORDAN 1 2m10.581 7 Laps 2m10.581 1
DNF Kurt SELMES 0 2.484 8 Laps .000 0
DNF Trevor HOLLAND 0 4.419 8 Laps .000 0

Fastest Lap was 1m46.768 by Russell HOLLAND

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