The V8 Supercar Experience team has finished on a high in the 35th ADAC Nurburgring 24hr 2007

The first V8 Holden Supercar to tackle the famous "Nordschleife" was spearheaded by team owner & lead race driver Mal Rose. He took the Aussie Holden to the finish after a battle with 230 cars to be 5th in class & 64th overall.

The team of drivers were Anthony Robson, Kevin Burton & car owner Adam Wallis. This was the 4th time to Nurburgring for most drivers in the team and as Mal Rose says, “Experience is everything.”

The event started with a torrential storm flooding the entire 26km track. After 12 hours the race was stopped by thick fog at 4.00am making conditions too hazardous for driving.

The V8 Holden was as high as 30th outright & 3rd in class SP8 before a mechanical problem forced the pit crew to do a gearbox change that lost the team 4 laps.

The Holden V8 Supercar missed a podium place by only 10 min 13 sec.

The engine, built by Mike Excel of Garry Rogers Motorsport, performed the entire race without a problem.

Toyo tires Europe have now proven their tyres can go 1000 km with fantastic grip. 280 / 680 / 18

The car used Castrol Oils & was fitted with 6 Xenon Oz high beam lights

Race facts

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  Qualifying time set by Mal was 9 min 55 sec
  Total laps in race 89 ( 2275 km )
  Fastest race lap 9 min 53 sec set by Mal Rose
  Average speed 154 kmph
  Top speed 290 kmph ( 2,9: 1 ) diff ratio
  The car raced on 4 Toyo Slick tyres for 40 laps ( 1015 km) without a tyre change
  45 other cars crashed or broke down during the race

The Team also raced a Mitsubishi Cup Car in Class SP2 by Richard Gartner & 2 Italian Co-drivers. The car finished after 5 separate crashes however the experience team of mechanics led by engineer Steve Knott with Motec data expert Ina Pollard fixed the damage each time to give the cars built by Mal another 100% finish record.

The mechanics were Mal Brett , Michael McMurdo, Ryan McIlveen, Dixon Matthews & Brett Forbes

For further information:
Mal Rose
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