The 2011 Dial Before You Dig Australian Manufacturers' Championship 500 was an endurance motor race for production cars. It was held on 10 and 11 September 2011, at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was Round 4 of the 2011 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Round 4 of the 2011 Australian Production Car Championship and Round 2 of the 2011 Australian Production Car Endurance Championship. The race was won by Stuart Kostera and Ian Tulloch, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X. The Lancer Evolution 9 of Tony Quinn and Klark Quinn finished in second place with another Lancer Evolution 9 in third, driven by Jim Pollicina and Dean Kelland.
The race was run over two days and had two legs, each one scheduled to be eighty laps and 250km in length. However, due to stoppages and delays on each day while other categories were running, the Saturday leg was shortened to 73 laps and the Sunday leg to 60 laps. The first leg was won by John Bowe and Peter O'Donnell in a BMW 335i while Kostera and Tulloch won the second leg and the race overall.
Class Structure
- Class A – Extreme Performance
- Class B – High Performance
- Class C – Performance Touring
- Class D – Production Touring
- Class E – Compact Touring
- Class I – Invitational
Results
Results were as follows:
| Pos | Drivers | No. | Vehicle | Team | Class | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stuart Kostera Ian Tulloch |
1 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Performance | A | 133 |
| 2 | Tony Quinn Klark Quinn |
29 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | VIP Petfoods | A | 133 |
| 3 | Jim Pollicina Dean Kelland |
7 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | Poll Performance | A | 133 |
| 4 | Dylan Thomas Dave Thomas |
68 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | CXC Global | A | 132 |
| 5 | Cameron Wilson Peter Burnitt |
25 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | Go Karting Gold Coast | A | 132 |
| 6 | Peter O'Donnell John Bowe |
28 | BMW 335i | GWS Personnel | B | 131 |
| 7 | Jake Camilleri Scott Nicholas |
36 | Mazda 3 MPS | Grand Prix Motorsport | C | 130 |
| 8 | Garth Duffy Matthew Hayes |
26 | BMW 130i | GWS Personnel | C | 130 |
| 9 | Beric Lynton Mathew MacKeldon |
23 | Mini Cooper S | Bruce Lynton Mini Garage | I | 126 |
| 10 | Brendon Cook John Modystach |
2 | Mini Cooper S | Abbey Cranes | I | 125 |
| 11 | Richard Mork Jake Williams |
21 | Honda Integra | Disc Brakes Australia | D | 125 |
| 12 | Matt McGill Geoff Brunsdon |
75 | Toyota Celica | Weldmaster | D | 121 |
| 13 | Grant Phillips Andrew Turpie Daryl Martin |
77 | Proton Satria GTi | Pedders Suspension | E | 118 |
| 14 | Hadrian Morrall David Gyuni |
31 | Mazda 3 MPS | Osborne Motorsport | C | 118 |
| 15 | Rob Jarvis Michael Gray |
17 | Suzuki Swift Sport | Toasted Motorsport | E | 118 |
| Ret | Allan Jarvis Morgan Haber |
27 | Suzuki Swift Sport | Toasted Motorsport | E | 113 |
| Ret | Barton Mawer Jeremy Gray |
10 | FPV F6 | International Energy Services | B | 80 |
| Ret | Declan Kirkham Phil Kirkham |
71 | Ford Fiesta | Inertia Apparel | D | 79 |
| Ret | Colin Osborne Ric Shaw |
13 | Mazda 3 MPS | Osborne Motorsport | C | 61 |
| Ret | Greg Symes Glenn Seton |
93 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | Symes Coaches | A | 61 |
| Ret | Ryan McLeod Gerrard McLeod |
20 | HSV VXR | Racer Industries | C | 42 |
References
- "SANDOWN INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACEWAY 11/09/2011 – 2011 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 6". National Software. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- "Big production car field set for 'Sandown 500′". SpeedCafe. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- "Bowe back on top for Sandown 500". Shannons Nationals. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- "2011 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 6 – Sandown International Motor Raceway – Dial Before you Dig AMC 500". National Software. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.