2008 Nürburgring 24 hour race: The Australians
With a little over a week to go until the running of the 36th ADAC Zurich 24 hour race I thought I would list all the Australians entered in the event, as sourced from the official entry list. Some of the names and teams are very familiar to AUSringers readers, others are names I hadn’t heard of until going through the list. Whoever they are and wherever they come from I hope they all do Australia proud and return home safely after running a succesful race.
For a full schedule of events, including support races, read this earlier AUSringers article. The list of Aussies taking part is shown below and a full starting list, in PDF format, can be downloaded by clicking here:
#13 – Osborne Motorsport – Toyota Corolla – Class SP 3
- Osborne, Colin – AUS
- Jones, Stuart – AUS
- Evans, Simon – AUS
#44 – Mal Rose Racing – Holden Commodore – Class SP 8
- Rose, Mal – AUS
- Leemhuis, Peter – AUS
- Alford, Tony – AUS
#48 – Geoff Steel Racing – BMW M3 – Class SP 6
- Christmas, Tim – GB
- Cribbin, Denis – AUS
- Jenkins, Paul – USA
#50 – Juniper Racing – 997 Porsche RSR – Class SP 7
- Juniper, Shaun – AUS
- Twigg, Max – AUS
- Said, Boris – USA
#98 – VIP Petfoods – Porsche 911 GT3 RS – Class SP 7
- Quinn, Tony – AUS
- Quinn, Klark – AUS
- Baird, Craig – NZ
- Webb, Jonathon – AUS
#99 – VIP Petfoods – 996 Porsche 911 – Class SP 7
- Taplin, Andrew – AUS
- Grant, Dean – AUS
- Fitzgerald, Peter – AUS
- Kelly, Paul – NZ
#102 – Team Ocean Independence – Subaru Impreza WRX – Class SP 3T
- Rimmer, Mike – GB
- Rimmer, Chris – USA
- Barrow, Nick – GB
- Riethmuller, Llynden – AUS
#104 – Ric Shaw Performance – Mazda RX-7 – Class SP 3T
- Shaw, Ric – AUS
- Borness, Stephen – AUS
- Alexander, Phil – AUS
#155 – Mal Rose Racing – Mitsubishi Mirage RS – Class SP 2
- Niall, Malcolm – AUS
- Niall, Brett – AUS
- Harvey, Clint – AUS
- Pillati, Mark – AUS
#156 – Mal Rose Racing – Mitsubishi Mirage RS – Class SP 2
- Crambrook, Layton – AUS
- Lamont, Wayne – AUS
- Nesbitt, Barrie – AUS
- Rose, Mal – AUS
#207 – Team Richard Gartner – BMW M3 E46 – Class V 5
- Gartner, Richard – AUS
- Stubber, Ray – AUS
- Stubber, Paul – AUS
Image credit: Osborne Motorsports’ Toyota Corolla at the Karussell during the 2007 24 hour – courtesy of Bill Sherwood