The 36th ADAC Zurich 24 hour race has just finished, and here are the results to hand for crews with Australian drivers. Unfortunately the Osborne Motorsports team had brake troubles with just over an hour of racing to go and accident damage forced them out of the race. At the time they had completed 101 laps and were as high as 83rd place overall. The best placed Australian entry was Mal Rose’s V8 Supercar, which came home in 31st place outright. A cracking effort! Congratulations to Mal Rose Racing and all the Aussies who crossed the line. Sadly, there are a few DNFs which is testament to just how tough this race is. You can see a complete list of final placings HERE.

31st overall – 24:17:26.579 elapsed time – 131 laps – 17 behind leader
#44 – Mal Rose Racing – Holden Commodore – Class SP 8
Rose, Mal (AUS); Leemhuis, Peter (AUS); Alford, Tony (AUS)

67th overall – 24:05:05.617 elapsed time – 121 laps – 27 behind leader
#104 – Ric Shaw Performance – Mazda RX–7 – Class SP 3T
Shaw, Ric (AUS); Borness, Stephen (AUS); Alexander, Phil (AUS)

70th overall – 24:01:30.305 elapsed time – 120 laps – 28 behind leader
#48 – Geoff Steel Racing – BMW M3 – Class SP 6
Christmas, Tim (GB); Cribbin, Denis (AUS); Jenkins, Paul (USA)

124th overall – 23:58:23.372 elapsed time – 104 laps – 44 behind leader
#156 – Mal Rose Racing – Mitsubishi Mirage RS – Class SP 2
Crambrook, Layton (AUS); Lamont, Wayne (AUS); Nesbitt, Barrie (AUS); Rose, Mal (AUS)

137th overall – 24:03:50.771 elapsed time – 100 laps – 48 behind leader
#99 – VIP Petfoods – 996 Porsche 911 – Class SP 7
Taplin, Andrew (AUS); Grant, Dean (AUS); Fitzgerald, Peter (AUS); Kelly, Paul (NZ)

DNF – Not classified
#155 – Mal Rose Racing – Mitsubishi Mirage RS – Class SP 2
Niall, Malcolm (AUS); Niall, Brett (AUS); Harvey, Clint (AUS); Pillati, Mark (AUS)

DNF – Not classified
#207 – Team Richard Gartner – BMW M3 E46 – Class V 5
Gartner, Richard (AUS); Stubber, Ray (AUS); Stubber, Paul (AUS)

DNF – Not classified
#13 – Osborne Motorsport – Toyota Corolla – Class SP 3
Osborne, Colin (AUS); Jones, Stuart (AUS); Evans, Simon (AUS)

DNF – Not classified
#50 – Juniper Racing – 997 Porsche RSR – Class SP 7
Juniper, Shaun (AUS); Twigg, Max (AUS); Said, Boris (USA)

DNF – Not classified
#98 – VIP Petfoods – Porsche 911 GT3 RS – Class SP 7
Quinn, Tony (AUS); Quinn, Klark (AUS); Baird, Craig (NZ); Webb, Jonathon (AUS)

Edit: Thanks to Mal Rose for clarifying a few issues on his return.