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The 2001 VIP Petfoods GT Production Showroom Showdown was an endurance race for Australian GT Production Cars. The event was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on Saturday 6 October 2001 as a support event on program for the 2001 V8 Supercar 1000. After four years of the race occurring as a three-hour time limited race, the race was shortened to two hours duration.

The race was won by Graham Alexander and John Woodberry driving a Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution V won the race by 16 seconds ahead of the Ford Mustang SVT Cobra RA driven by John Bowe and Chris Dunn.

Class structure

Cars competed in the following five classes:

• Class A : High Performance Cars - Under $150,000
• Class B : Sports Touring Cars - Under $80,000
• Class C : V8 Production Cars - Under $50,000
• Class D : Six Cylinder Production Touring Cars
• Class E : Four Cylinder Production Touring Cars

Results

References

• Auto Action, 11–17 October 2001
• Natsoft Race Result*

• Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales
• 2001 in Australian motorsport