Congratulations to Mal Rose and his team for bringing their VY Commodore V8 Supercar home in the 2008 Nürburgring 24 hour race. The Mal Rose Racing Commodore finished 31st outright from the 230 entries and was the highest placed of the Australian entries. A few facts and figures from their race follow. The team’s best qualifying lap, completed over the 25.378km course, was 9 minutes 43 seconds. During the actual race they completed 131 laps (over 3300 kilometres). Top speed was 282km/h. Over the entire weekend, including qualifying, the V8 Supercar completed 3825 kilometres and consumed 2500 litres of fuel—at a price of AU$8750! Amazingly for such a big and relatively heavy car, they used only eight tyres (Toyo RS1 18″) and, even more amazing, used just a single set of brake pads. A great effort by Mal and his team, who have been Nürburgring trailblazers, providing a taste of this greulling race for numerous Australians. For 2009 Mal plans to upgrade his Supercar to a 6.0 litre V8, pumping out 655bhp. Nice!

See below for more pics, with thanks to Mal Rose and Nürburgring specialist photographer, Jochen from frozenspeed.

Left to right: Tony Alford, Peter Leemhuis and Mal Rose