18/12/2011

In what can only be described as a sensational season for Team Mitsubishi Ralliart (TMR) led by motor sport legend Alan Heaphy, the team has won 5 championship titles in the 1 season.

TMR Australia’s star driver Stuart Kostera has won the 2011 Australian Manufacturers Championship and the 2011 Class A Drivers Championship. TMR Australia has taken out the Australian Production Car Endurance Championship together with the Australian Endurance Championship and to cap off the season secured the Australian Manufacturers Championship for Mitsubishi for the third successive year rounding off a near perfect race season for TMR once again.

The final event of the 2011 season was held at Sydney’s Eastern Creek circuit in terrible condition where the team worked hard on pacing themselves to take out the Championships above all else on the day during a 6 Hour Endurance race.

TMR’s Stuart Kostera and Inky (Ian) Tulloch finished 2nd at last weekend’s Eastern Creek 6 Hour after a gruelling and closely fought six-hour battle against five other Mitsubishi Evos, a Subaru STi and a BMW 335i.

The TMR Evo X RS of Kostera/Tulloch finished second outright, just nine seconds off the winning BMW Chaz Mostert and Nathan Morcom.

“Our strategy for the 6 Hour was to win the Championship” said team boss Alan Heaphy.

“We would loved to have finish the season on a race win, but it was not to be. I’m am however so proud for the team and for Mitsubishi that once again we have secured the Championship. In fact we’ve won 5!”

In wet conditions on the shorter Eastern Creek North Circuit, TMR called a race strategy that would almost win them the race with the finish coming down to just nine seconds through a raft of tyre failures during the event.

The TMR EVO X of Kostera and Tulloch suffered major tyre problems with the right front delaminating four times during the race. The ensuing unplanned pit stops to change wheels forced the team to allow the BMW of race winner Mostert and Morcom past and a full two laps in front at one point.

The multiple Bathurst 1000 winning team of Alan Heaphy and Peter West along with other key TMR personnel shone through with their race strategy experience on fuel conservation to rein in the lead car all the way to the finish securing 2nd position in the race but more importantly the Championship win once again.

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TMR Australia 2011 Season

1st Australian Manufacturers Championship (Mitsubishi)

1st Australian Production Car Endurance Championship

1st Australian Endurance Championship

1st AMC Drivers Championship (Stuart Kostera)

1st Class A Drivers Championship (Stuart Kostera)

2nd AMC Drivers Championship (Inky [Ian] Tulloch)

2nd Class A Drivers Championship (Inku [Ian] Tulloch)

Further Information

Alan Heaphy
Team Principal - TMR Australia
Telephone (03) 9271 3668

Paul Burfitt
Media and Marketing
Telephone: 0488 400 733
Email: paul@64.com.au

18/12/2011

TMR DOMINATES TARGA HIGH COUNTRY

Mitsubishis built and run by TMR Performance have dominated Targa High Country, round one of the Australian Tarmac Championship for Modern cars.

With an incredible 11 cars spread across the Modern and 4WD Showroom categories, TMR Mitsubishis dominated the podium of the 4WD Showroom class, while others finished strongly in the Modern outright category.

The most tightly fought battle was the TMR-sponsored 4WD Showroom class, with Scott Millar (TMR Evo X RS), Dean Evans (TMR Evo X MR) and Ric Shaw (TMR Evo X RS) all fighting for the podium positions. Evans and Millar tied the first stage, before Evans forged out a lead of 49 seconds after leg one, back to Shaw and Millar in third. But running soft compound Hankook tyres, the two days of 30 degree ambient temperatures took their toll and Evans’ times slipped, allowing Shaw to pull back the time, with just four seconds separating the two going into the final Mt Buller 16km stage; Shaw won the stage by five seconds, subsequently claiming the victory by just one second, the closest finish in Targa history. Millar, who had consolidated his place on the podium, conserved both car and tyres and finished a secure third, forging a podium lockout for Mitsubishi’s Evo X.

Peter Wrench (5th), Michael Minshall (8th), Norm Sutton (11th) and Alan Evans (12th) were all TMR Evolutions, reinforcing the popularity of the car and the class for Mitsubishi.

In the Modern category, Max Williams’s TMR Evo X MR was the best in ‘outright’, finishing 16th, one place ahead of Barrie Smith’s TMR Evo X MR. Kim Illman had been running inside the top 20 in his Evo IX, until a mechanical breakage dropped him down the order, but he recovered to finish 30th.

An excellent effort by all the TMR cars to finish and reinforce the cost effectiveness of TMR’s cars in tarmac rallies competition. The next major round is in late January, for Targa Wrest Point.

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01/09/2011

The Mitsubishi Evolution MR Club Spec of TMR Performance has cracked into the top five at last weekend’s 2011 Quit Targa West, and the highest placed showroom specification car of the event.

On roads dominated by supercars, while the Nissan GT-Rs of Steve Jones and Matt Sims and the Porsche GT2 RS of Jim Richards filled the podium, the Evo X MR of Dean Evans and Toni Feaver claimed fifth outright, taking their Hankook-shod Lancer to some third-fastest stage times, and never slower than 10^th, while showing the consistency that kept them in the top six outright for much of the 212 competitive kilometre four-day event.

The TMR built Evo X is based on an up-spec MR model, with SST twin-clutch gearbox, and a TMR power tune to 290kW, on 98-octane fuel.

“It’s probably as close to a production car as you could get,” explained TMR’s Alan Heaphy. “We fitted a three-inch exhaust, put good coil-overs under it and a set of brake pads, and that’s about it. To put in those times, and to place fifth outright on an event that favours supercars like the GT-Rs and Porsches, it’s a fantastic value-for-money package – the Evo X was worth $75,000 and competing against cars at least twice its price. Dean and Toni did a fantastic job and both car and crew ran faultlessly all event”.

For Evans it was also a personal victory, having had his first ever crash in 16 years of racing at the 2010 event in the same car: “last year we were punished hard for a small mistake, but TMR did a great job rebuilding the Evo, and to come back and claim a top five in a showroom spec car is the perfect way to thank the TMR crew and the car, and Hankook Tyres for its ongoing support.”

Evans and the Hankook TMR Evo X have now claimed 1^st in Showroom at Mt Buller Sprint 2009, 2^nd at Targa Wrest Point and Targa Tasmania 2010, 6^th outright at Targa High Country 2010 and now 5^th outright at Targa West 2011 capping off strong results for what is a very cost effective way to experience top level motorsport.

23/08/2011

TMR Performance has won round three of the 2011 Australian Manufacturers Championship in another dominant display by its Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, driven by Stuart Kostera and Ian ‘Inky’ Tulloch.

Held at Morgan Park, Aug 13-14 2011, the Evo X qualified on pole position by 0.6 seconds, and in each of the one-hour 39-lap races, jumped to a lead, temporarily relinquished only during the mandatory pit-stop. The result was reinforced in race two, with Kostera/Tulloch winning the 60-minute race by a convincing 23 seconds.

Leading an Evolution podium, Kostera and Tulloch beat the two Evolution IXs of Dylan Thomas and Jim Pollicina in both races, with the Mazda3 MPS of Jake Camilleri placed fourth.

The win continues a dominant and unbeaten run for the TMR team in 2011, with the team targeting its second back-to-back national championship. The fourth round of the five-round championship continues at Sandown Raceway, Victoria, Sept 9-11 2011, before the final round at the Eastern Creek 8hr in Dec 9-11 2011.

TMR Performance builds and runs the Evolution X in production car races, tarmac rallies and a number of motorsport arenas.

13/07/2011

Today, the next chapter of Evolution X performance tuning by TMR is unveiled with the launch of the Australian designed, developed and built 2.5-litre engine, offering substantial improvements to power, torque and performance.

Both power and torque are improved substantially, with dyno outputs showing 333kW at all four wheels – around 423kW at the engine, or 564hp. Power also increases across the range with a reduction of engine revs required to reach peak power, putting less stress on the engine.

Torque also increases substantially, with a 40 percent improvement across the rev range, producing more torque at fewer revs. As featured in Motor Magazine’s 2011 Hot Tuner Challenge, the Evo X was running a MoTeC M800 plug-in ECU, TMR turbo dump pipe and three-inch exhaust, and was performance timed at 0-100km/h in 4.1 seconds, with a 12.1 quarter-mile at 185km/h.

31/05/2011

Stuart Kostera and Inky Tulloch have won the round of the Australian Production Car Endurance Championship six hour race at Philip Island in a TMR Performance Evolution X RS.

Starting from pole position, from an amalgamated time derived from both driver's fastest times, Kostera and Tulloch were nearly three seconds clear of the competition.

The dominant force of the field the Evo X remained largely unchallenged throughout the six hour race, though it wasn't without controversy.

At the mid-race point, the TMR car was issued with a drive-through penalty for allegedly exiting pit lane against a red light.

Both Kostera and TMR argued that the pit lane exit light was not clearly visible, so acted upon visual instruction from a race official who instructed Kostera to exit pit lane - despite the red light. Race officials then deemed a breach of rules and penalised the TMR car.

The subsequent penalty dropped Kostera to second place, however he fought back to regain the lead within 30 minutes, and eventually forged a lead he held all the way to the finish, eventually winning by one lap.

The Evo X RS performed faultlessly throughout the race, with the Dunlops showing grip and resilience.

Kostera: "Last year at Eastern Creek we had one of those days where everything went perfectly but today was different with the tyre management, weather, safety cars and even 'that' penalty. But the team did a great job and Inky was right on the money all day so it's a great win for everyone."

31/05/2011

 

 

The TMR Performance Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X RS of Stuart Kostera has dominated the opening round of the five-round 2011 Australian Manufacturers Championship at Phillip Island Raceway, despite a raft of enforced changes for the new season.

Qualifying on pole and winning both 20-lap races in the 2010 championship-winning West Evo X, Kostera also set a fastest lap time of 1m:48.0sec around the Victorian circuit. Dominating from the start, he built a 2.8 second lead on lap one of race one, temporarily surrendering the lead for the compulsory pit stop, eventually winning by over 50 seconds.

Fending attacks by the fast front-wheel drives of Jake Camilleri (Mazda3

MPS) and Ryan McLeod (HSV VXR), and the Evo 9 of Jim Pollicina, who claimed third in race two. Forced to reduce turbo boost pressure to bring the Evo X back to the field, Kostera pushed hard but also conserved his tyres, a vital aspect of the Phillip Island course. Running 0.1 bar less boost, his fastest lap time was 1.1 seconds slower than 2010, but it was still enough to dominate the round, including winning race two by a solid 27 seconds.

The round victory continues the run of success for Kostera and TMR, who have won every round of the AMC since round 2 in 2010. The grid returns to Phillip Island on May 27-29 for round two, a six-hour enduro, before turning to Morgan Park, Sandown and Eastern Creek.

 

2011 AMC points (after rd 1): Kostera 122, Camilleri 77, R McLeod 75, Pollicina 53, G McLeod 45.

09/05/2011

TMR SCOOPS TARGA TROPHIES

TMR Performance Lancer Evolutions have taken out the double at Targa Tasmania 2011, winning the 2011 TMR 4WD Showroom third round, and also the 2011 4WD Showroom Australian Targa Championship.

Showing its force in tarmac rallying, TMR Performance was supporting 12 cars at this year's Targa Tasmania, spread amongst the Showroom and Modern classes.

Scott Millar and Christopher Dean claimed the round victory at the 2011 Targa Tasmania for the TMR Performance 4WD Showroom class, beating 2009/2010's winner Tony Warren by a solid 6min:21sec in their Hyperactive Designs Evo X RS.

Proving consistency is just as important as speed, Millar was battling for second place with fellow TMR Evo X RS runner Matthew Heskin, but it took until stage 26, Cethana, for Millar to move into the lead.

The class-leading Evolution IX RS of Tony Warren failed to start the stage due to an ECU-related problem and missed the following two stages, dropping him way down the order, while Millar's other rival, Heskin, coincidentally crashed on the same Cethana stage, handing Millar the lead by a comfortable 6 minutes.

While both Warren and Heskin rejoined the field, albeit with time penalties, Millar played it safe and ensured a safe and risk-free finish, assuring himself of the TMR Performance 4WD Showroom win at the 20th running of Targa Tasmania.

The Championship crown went to another TMR Evolution X of Greg and Rhonda Burrowes. Consistent throughout the three-round championship, the husband and wife pairing closed out their championship with a solid 5th at Targa Tasmania, the double-points round, to back up their 4th and 5th at Targa High Country and Targa Wrest Point respectively. Millar's two victories (Targa Tas and Wrest Point) just weren't enough to overcome his round one DNF at Targa High Country.

In the Modern outright category, the Hankook Evo X RS of Dean Evans and Toni Feaver made a charge for the podium, swapping times with the established stars of tarmac rallying, and moved from 12th in prologue, up to 11th, 8th, 5th and then 4th over the subsequent days. The Evo X was holding off the STi of two-time Targa winner Tony Sullens and Bathurst 1000 winner Tony Longhurst until the first stage of the final day, when a sudden and crippling electrical problem cruelly put them out of the event with just five stages to run.

Max Williams Evo X SST was threatening the top 10, the previous problems of the dual-clutch gearbox now sorted, even winning the Hellyer Gorge stage outright, aided somewhat by some fortuitously timed rain. Though suffering a small engine oil leak that was easily fixed that dropped him down the order, Williams was putting in some very strong outright times.

For more info on how you can join in the action of tarmac rallying, contact TMR Performance.

13/02/2011

EVO X Wins At Targa Wrest Point 

The TMR Evolution X of Scott Millar and Chris Dean have won the TMR 4WD Showroom class at the 2011 Targa Wrest Point tarmac rally in Hobart, second round of the 2011 Australian Targa Championship.

Driving their Hyperactive Designs Evolution X RS, Millar and Dean claimed their second class win since debuting their Evo X, and won by a solid 43 seconds, winning six of the 14 stages of the event, and never finishing lower than third. The crew extended their lead up to a maximum of 1min:13sec after leg one, over last year's Showroom winner, Tony Warren, in an Evo IX.

Their overall time also ranked them 10^th outright on combined class results.

Reinforcing its popularity, nine of the 10 cars entered for the 4WD Showroom class were Mitsubishi Evolutions, all Evo IXs and X.

Finishing in third place in the TMR Showroom class and completing a Mitsubishi podium was Matthew and Melanie Heskin, returning to tarmac rallying after a two year break in an Evolution X RS built and prepared by TMR. The Heskins won three stages and finished 23 seconds off Warren, and a massive 3m:30s ahead of the Subaru STi of Newman/Lewis.

TMR Performance is the naming rights sponsor of the 4WD Showroom class.

Attention now turns to round three of the Australian Tarmac Championship, at Targa Tasmania's 20^th anniversary in early April. Millar and Heskin will return to challenge for the TMR 4WD, while a huge field of TMR cars will return to battle across both the 4WD Showroom and Modern fields.

31/10/2010

TMR Super Traction Front Differential - CZ4A Lancer Evolution TC-SST +08

 The TMR Super Tarmac Front Differential is a concept from TMR, a world first for the Lancer Evolution X equipped with the TC-SST. Aimed at the Club level competitor right up to the Driver competing on the world stage, the TMR Super Tarmac Front Differential is an absolute must for those taking their motorsport to the next step.

The TMR Super Tarmac Front Differential can be used in all forms of Motorsport both Hard and Loose surfaces including:

• Production Cars
• Touring Cars
• Circuit Racing
• Time Attack
• Tarmac Rally
• Gymkhana
• Drift
• Gravel Rally

It's under Acceleration and Deceleration the TMR Super Tarmac Front Differential really comes into play, turning into an almost locked differential when power is applied, and getting on the power earlier is a treat as the TMR Super Tarmac Front Differential won't let you 'spin up' an inside wheel, even in an application with a high powered Time Attack styled car!
 

The TMR Super Tarmac Front Differential aids any driver in these key areas:

• Greatly improved corner Exit speed
• Improved Braking Capabilities
• Consistency help with lowering your Lap times
• Positive Power Down

Design Features include:

• Stronger more Durable Design
• Adjustable ramp angle
• Adjustable Preload

• WORLD FIRST COMPATIBILITY WITH THE LANCER EVOLUTION X TC-SST

 

Weight: 10.75kg

Price: $3,539.25 AUD

For further information on the TMR Super Tarmac Front Differential please contact us at tmr@tmraustralia.com

24/10/2010

TMR WINS 2010 MANUFACTURERS CHAMPIONSHIP

TMR Performance and the Mitsubishi Evolution have successfully defended their 2009 title to become 2010 Australian Manufacturer Champions at Sandown Raceway in Victoria.

Stuart Kostera completed the perfect weekend in his West Surfing Products TMR Evolution X, dominating the sixth and final round of the AMC at Sandown Raceway, part of the Shannons Nationals. Kostera took pole position, won both races, and set fastest lap time in both races, resetting his own record in race two. Clearly focused, Kostera’s TMR Evo was also fastest in every session.

Impressively, it is TMR’s second back-to-back manufacturers championship, making it a trio of titles for the TMR squad, with the manufacturer’s title, the driver’s title for Stuart Kostera, and the Class A championship for high-performance all-wheel drive vehicles.

Kostera’s victory proved even more rewarding given he entered the weekend, and spent much of the 2010 AMC season, chasing the championship-leading BMW 335i of Garry Holt, following Holt’s victory at the Bathurst 12 Hour, round one of the championship, where Kostera did not finish.

Throughout the remaining five rounds, Kostera worked hard to recover, an incredible mix of speed and consistency earning the West Australian every round win across the five tracks in four different states.

At Sandown, Holt’s BMW was involved in a first race, first corner accident which put him out. It was this, and his fourth place in race two, that fell short of Kostera’s dominant charge and allowed the TMR driver to overhaul the BMW and claim the 2010 trophy.
“It’s great, I’m very happy with the result this weekend and the year,” said Kostera. “We’ve always had a quick car, but everything really clicked at Eastern Creek in the Six Hour. We’ve had a really good year, Inky has pushed us all the way, and it was very pleasing to lower the lap record again today.”

Kostera’s TMR Performance teammate Ian ‘Inky’ Tulloch was second in both races, making it a double for the Mitsubishi Evolution.

TMR Performance Team Manager Alan Heaphy was equally thrilled with the result: ”Stuart has done a fantastic job all season. The Bathurst round was a frustrating start to the season, with a minor mechanical issue resulting in zero points, but it was this that provided added inspiration; throughout the season, Stuart has never put a wheel wrong. His dominance of the final five rounds was as much a credit to his consistency as his determination.

“It takes a lot of effort to put a program together like this and I’d like to congratulate and thank everyone involved, from all the TMR drivers throughout the year, to everyone in the TMR team. Building a race-winning Mitsubishi Evolution X is TMR’s speciality, but it takes a driver like Stuart and Inky to put the results down race after race.”

With support from Tulloch whose race-winning pace often pushed rivals down the field, the two-car TMR team’s finest moment was the Eastern Creek 6 Hour endurance race, where a total lack of safety cars throughout the entire race meant it was run on pure pace and strategy. It was the pairing of Kostera and V8 Supercar driver Warren Luff who took a very dominant win, with the TMR Evo X of Tulloch/Steve Jones in second, and the TMR Evo X of Glyn Crimp/Matt Cherry in fourth.

The Sandown victory wraps up a dominant and incredibly satisfying Australian Manufacturers season for the TMR Performance team, showcasing the performance of the Mitsubishi Evolution, and reinforcing it as the kings of production car racing – for the second year in a row.

2010 AMC RESULTS (S. Kostera, TMR Evo X)
Round    Venue            Result
1    Bathurst, NSW        DNF
2    Symmons Plains, Tas    1st
3    Phillip Island, Vic    1st   
4    Eastern Creek, NSW    1st
5    Morgan Pk, Qld        1st
6    Sandown, Vic        1st

Contact: TMR Performance (03) 9271 3668                                              www.tmrperformance.com.au

06/10/2010

TMR PERFORMANCE PARTNERS TARGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Renowned Mitsubishi specialist TMR Performance has partnered with the Australian Targa Championship, to secure the official naming rights of the 4WD Showroom class.

Emphasising the growing market that is tarmac rallying and the popularity of the Showroom class, TMR Performance has teamed with Targa organiser, Octagon, to provide a sought-after award in a very competitive class called TMR 4WD Showroom.

Covering three major events, Targa High Country, Targa Wrest Point and Australia's premier tarmac rally, Targa Tasmania, TMR Performance is a natural fit to the 4WD Showroom class, with many of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolutions emanating from the Melbourne based TMR Performance home. "When this opportunity arose," explains TMR Managing Director Alan Heaphy, "we knew it was a perfect fit for us and our customers. In the Evo, Mitsubishi makes a fantastic product. TMR Performance has already been behind some of the country's fastest Evolutions for more than seven years, and now we can officially promote that this car, this category and this class is a major part of this sport."

Officially titled the TMR 4WD Showroom class, TMR has ensured there is a credible award to strive for, when the 2011 Australian Targa Championship starts on November 5-7, at Targa High Country. Within the 225 car field, nine of the ten cars entered into the TMR 4WD Showroom class are Mitsubishi Evolutions, emphasising that TMR is a logical brand partner for the class. The top three place-getters at each event will earn coveted TMR 4WD Showroom award.

"A number of TMR Performance cars are also entered in the 'outright' Modern field," added Heaphy, "but we wanted to support the grass-roots competitor, those who have bought into a Mitsubishi Evo because they provide cost-effective performance while being highly competitive. That we now have a class effectively 'of our own', is very exciting for us, the brand and of course Mitsubishi Evolution drivers, and it will ensure that we showcase the top talent in this car and this class."

Following Targa High Country, the TMR 4WD Showroom category will then move to Hobart in late January for Targa Wrest Point, and then the 20th anniversary edition of Targa Tasmania in early April, 2011.

About TMR Performance.

TMR Performance is the official Australian importer of the Mitsubishi Evolution RS model. It is a specialist race car builder and on-event supporter. TMR won two Bathurst 12 Hour races back-to-back in 2008-2009 and continues to be Australia's leader in factory-endorsed Evolution tuning and performance.

30/08/2010

UPS & DOWNS AT TARGA WEST

A four-car team of TMR Performance Mitsubishi Lancer Evolutions travelled to Perth for last weekend’s sixth annual Quit Targa West, with a mix of speed, consistency and a little misfortune, but strong results throughout the Modern Competition field.

Rohan Green and Michael Watson were the highest placed team members, winning Showroom Class in the under $140,000 category and finishing 12th outright in his Speed Aware Lancer Evolution Evo X , putting in a solid effort in his first rally in a TMR prepared Evo X. His best of 9th on two stages and consistency was the key to his impressive placing.

Graeme Shaw and Ray Baker put in consistent top 20 times to record a fuss-free 15th outright place in his Shaw Winery Evo X RS, with a best stage result of 14th amongst the 40 Competition Modern runners. Michael Minshall and Paul van der May also finished 27th in their Drug Aware TMR Evolution IX GSR.

Dean Evans showed a glimpse of potential of the TMR Evo X, sitting in fifth after the first two stages on Thursday night. With a few top five stage times, his podium charge came to an early and abrupt end when his Hankook Evo X MR ran wide on the 15km Kalamunda stage just 300m from the finish, resulting in damage which put the car out of the event. Thankfully the TMR bolt-in roll cage and safety gear ensured the crew escaped with little more than some light aches.

TMR will look at repairing the car, and focussing its energy on the next tarmac rally, Targa High Country, early November.

To experience a TMR Evo X in competition, call to find out how easy and cost-effective TMR Performance can make it.

18/08/2010

TMR WINS AT MORGAN PARK  

TMR Performance continued its winning ways at last weekend’s fifth round of the Australian Manufacturers Championship with Stuart Kostera taking pole position and the round win with two solid victories in the one-hour races at the newly extended Morgan Park Raceway in Queensland.

TMR Evos qualified a dominant 1-2, with Kostera ahead of Ian ‘Inky’ Tulloch by just 0.1 seconds, half a second clear of third.

Kostera put in a faultless effort in race one to take the victory by 46 seconds while setting the lap record of 1:24.6. Tulloch’s race was hampered by a boost problem that put him out just after the halfway point. Tulloch rebounded in race two to push into third place on the final lap, after an altercation with the Mazda3 MPS of Hadrian Morrall that led to an extended pit stop for repairs.

Kostera’s race two was another dominant performance, not only setting fastest lap time, but benefiting from a lightning fast pit stop by the TMR team of just 38.5 seconds, including two tyre changes with one jack, one wheel gun and a standard five-nut system. This contributed to Kostera’s winning margin of 57 seconds, at the end of the 60-minute race.

Kostera moves up to second in the championship behind 2009 champion Garry Holt. The final round moves to Sandown, Victoria, October 23-34 where the championship will be decided.

18/07/2010

TMR WINS EASTERN CREEK 6HR

A dominant 1-2-4 finish has stamped TMR Performance as the team to beat, and the Evo X as the car to drive, in Australian manufacturer and endurance racing by winning the Dial Before You Dig Australian 6 Hour at Eastern Creek Raceway last weekend. The pairing of Stuart Kostera and Warren Luff were the class of the field, qualifying on pole position by 1.2 seconds, setting fastest lap of the race with a 1:44.3 and taking the West-sponsored Evo X to a three lap victory after the gruelling six hour, 195 lap race that covered a total of 766km.

The win also boosts Kostera’s championship hopes, earning him maximum points in round six of the nine-round Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship.
Under 20 degrees of Sydney sunshine, incredibly there were no safety car periods throughout the entire race, removing a major element of luck from the equation, and ensuring the 25-car, five-class field would race purely on pace and pitstop efficiency; the result further reinforcing the Alan Heaphy-led TMR squad as masters of endurance racing.
 
The TMR Evo X of Inky Tulloch and Steve Jones finished a superb second, with an equally faultless run, despite posting only the fourth-fastest lap of the race, with consistency and clean pit-stops contributing to the impressive result.

 

In third was the TMR-sold Evo X RS of Peter Conroy and Mark Brame, while the second West team car of Glyn Crimp and Matt Cherry finished just off the podium in fourth place, with a total of 190 laps.

 
With the 2010 Bathurst 12 Hour-winning BMW 335i finishing in fifth place, it made the top-four TMR clean sweep even sweeter, and has shown how well the team has rebounded from its minor technical problems that prevented them from winning a third straight Bathurst enduro back in February.
 
Without so much as a single glitch all weekend, the TMR Performance crew is back on top and looking forward to the next event, round seven of the manufacturers championship, which resumes at Queensland’s Morgan Park in one month.

18/07/2010

TMR ON COVER OF TARMAC MAG

TMR Performance stars on the cover of the latest Tarmac magazine, issue #8, with a full feature on its road, tarmac rally and race cars. 

Tarmac mag took the TMR Bathurst Edition, TMR Club Spec, Showroom tarmac rally and West track car to the undulating Bryant Park, at Haunted Hills in Victoria, to see how the four states of modification to the Evo X compare. The rainy day made for some superb photography and with 15 pages on the TMR cars, there is plenty to take in for any TMR or Evo enthusiast. 

For more information, visit http://www.tarmac-mag.com.au

11/05/2010

TMR TOP 10 AT TARGA

After a gruelling 1500km and six days, the TMR Performance cars and crew have finished with a successful program at Targa Tasmania 2010. A Showroom spec TMR Performance Showroom Evo X cracked the top 10 outright, with the team of TMR cars performing strongly throughout the Modern and Showroom classes at Australia’s premier tarmac rally.

Showcasing the TMR Performance Club Spec motorsport package, Dean Evans and Simone Bachmann finished 10th outright in their TMR Hankook Evo X MR Club Spec, proving the speed and reliability of both the car and the new dual clutch SST gearbox. The Club Spec is an entry level performance package for the Evo X, designed to allow easily reversal to a standard road car if required.

"We are absolutely stoked!" explained Evans. "We pushed the Club Spec to its limit, from prologue to the finish. The paddle shift was like driving a WRC car and I just loved it. We had some heat related issues but we eventually learnt how to manage them without losing much time – a huge thanks to the TMR crew for allowing Simone and I to realise a top 10 dream."

Scott Millar and Chris Dean finished 4th in Showroom in their Hyperactive Designs Evo X RS and 20th outright from the field of 273 cars, an impressive result given the high attrition rate. The car suffered a broken turbo on the last day, driving on with no turbo boost, but still managed a top 20 outright.

Max Williams and Bruce Bush ran as high as 19th in Modern, and the majority of the Showroom field was filled with TMR prepared or run Mitsubishi Evolutions.

To enquire about competing in a TMR Evo X at a tarmac rally, contact TMR Performance on (03) 9271 3668.

11/05/2010

TMR WINS AT PHILLIP ISLAND

Stuart Kostera racked up another win for TMR Performance at round two of the 2010 Australian Manufacturers Championship, taking pole position and a race win in his West Surfing Products TMR Evolution X RS.

Held at the Shannons Nationals, with two one-hour feature races, Kostera won the first race by a convincing 39 seconds ahead of the second placed BMW 335i of Gary Holt/Ryan McLeod. Kostera then backed it up with a fifth in race two to take the round win, despite race two tyre issues.

Tyre issues were in fact the story of the round affecting a number of cars throughout the field. TMR teammate and second fastest qualifier, Inky Tulloch, suffered a front-right tyre blow-out in the first race, but came back strongly to win the second race by two seconds to Lee Castle’s Subaru STi.

In race two, Kostera fought back from his own tyre failure to fifth, while Tulloch’s win equated to him earning third outright for the round.

Kostera also showed the dominance of the TMR Evo X, setting a new lap record in race two with a time of 1m:46.9s. Tulloch’s fastest lap time was also under the previous lap record, with a 1m:47.6s.

The next round of the AMC will turn to an enduro effort on July 18, with the Australian Six Hour at Eastern Creek Raceway.

21/04/2010

TMR Performance scored a convincing 1st place at Round 2 of the 2010 Australian Manufacturers Championship for Production Cars, with a convincing victory against the opposition.

Stuart Kosteras won the round in his West Surfing Products TMR Evolution X RS, with teammate Inky Tulloch second in his TMR Evolution X RS – both cars were the class of the field, dominating the weekend with Kosteras taking victory in both one-hour long feature races and the two effectively racing each other.

After qualifying 1-2 more than a second clear of third, Kosteras won the first race by 50 seconds, but his nearest rival Tulloch suffered a blown engine while leading, one of three cars to suffer the same problem on the day, leading to speculation that poor locally sold and mandated fuel was causing the problems. The Melbourne-based TMR team was called into urgent response and had a new engine in a car, on the ship to Tasmania and in the pits the next morning for Tulloch to challenge in Sunday’s race two. With a revised fuel mix authorised by race officials, Tulloch came back to lead the second one-hour race on Sunday, before the round of pit stops leap-frogged Kosteras into the lead.

Proving the pace and domination of the TMR Evos, both cars lapped the entire field, up to the third placed car of 2010 Bathurst 12 Hour winner Gary Holt’s BMW, both cars lapping almost a second faster than the opposition, and cementing the team and cars’ place as championship contenders.

The Evo X RS is imported solely into Australia by TMR Performance, and is sold for $48,500, before the option of race preparation to each customer’s requirements for circuit racing, gravel or tarmac rally.

The next round of the six-round 2010 Manufacturers Championship is at Phillip Island on May 1-2.

14/02/2010

Bathurst 12 Hour 2010

TMR Australia has been cruelly robbed of a potential three-peat victory at the Armor All Bathurst 12 Hour. Winning the past two events, TMR Australia went into this year’s event with two cars: the two-time winning Pedigree Evo X RS of Rod Salmon/Damian White/Ian Tulloch, and the 2009 runner-up Evo X RS of West Surfing Products car of Glyn Crimp/Stuart Costera and V8 Supercar driver Warren Luff.
Qualifying a solid fourth, under sodden conditions, White moved the #1 car into the lead within the first hour, pushing out a gap of 12 seconds, and throughout the next eight hours, never dropped out of contention, consistently lapping with the kind of pace and consistency that has seen them victorious in the past.

With White struck down with sickness and at times on a saline drip, Salmon and Tulloch did much of the day’s stints while White rested and readied for the final double-stint.
But with a little over three hours remaining, Salmon felt the footwell get extremely hot: the defending champs’ car was struck with track debris cracking the exhaust and blowing super-heated air onto the wiring, effecting the gearshift and with potential brake problems risking safety, team principal Alan Heaphy had no choice but to retire the Pedigree car.
“We were better placed than when we have won the event before, with only three cars on the lead lap and only three hours to go,” sighed Salmon.
The West Evo X had a more tumultuous race: Kosteras made light contact with another competitor exiting the Chase, and was given a drive-through penalty, then shortly after ran wide coming into Forest’s Elbow while overtaking a slower car and made heavy contact with the wall.
The TMR service crew was brought into action and replaced an entire front-left corner on the West car, getting the Evo X back into the race within half an hour and losing just 10 laps, an incredible effort given the extent of damage.
Despite inspired driving by Luff being the fastest car on the track and consistently unlapping themselves, the earlier contact with the concrete had also broken the back of the turbo which developed into a race-ending problem and the car was withdrawn.
TMR Australia will return to Melbourne in readiness for its move into new larger premises, and prepare for its next event, the Lake Mountain Sprint tarmac rally on March 20-21.

03/02/2010

TMR MAINTAINS TARMAC 1-2

Evans and Millar continue top form at Targa Wrest Point.

TMR Australia cars maintain a solid 1-2 in the 2010 Australian Tarmac Championship after last weekend’s Targa Wrest Point, following a stunning duel for the Showroom class win.

Held around Hobart over 200km of competitive Targa stages, TMR Lancer Evolution Xs continued their pace-setting form, with the Yokohama Advan Evo X Club Spec of Dean Evans/Simone Bachmann and the Hyperactive Designs Evo X RS of Scott Millar/Chris Dean fighting for the win in the Showroom class.

After an event-long duel with the TMR-built Evo 9 RS of Tony Warren/Natasha Deniese, Evans won six of the 11 stages but eventually finished second in Showroom by just 20 seconds. “We’re stoked with that,” explained Evans, who was running the SST dual-clutch gearbox. “We drove it as hard as we could, and the Club Spec was faultless. The paddle-shift gearbox may not be the first ’box choice for motorsport, but I just love it! We know there’s a lot more potential in the car, so though we just missed the win, we know there’s more speed to come.” Evans/Bachmann finished 13th outright from the entire field of 150 cars, and maintain their lead in the 2010 Australian Tarmac Championship.

Millar/Dean’s Hyperactive Designs Evo X RS finished a solid 3rd in Showroom (22nd outright), after setting a brace of fast times throughout the weekend and finishing almost six minutes ahead of fourth place, the Queensland team holding second in the championship.

Proving the versatility of the Evo X and TMR’s tuning, the Rallimax Evo X of Max Williams/Bruce Bush finished a strong 10th in Modern, also running the dual-clutch SST gearbox.

TMR’s next outing is in two weekends to defend its back-to-back victories at the Bathurst 12 Hour on Feb 12-14, before heading to round three of the ATC at the Lake Mountain Sprint, Victoria, on March 20-21.

Photos by Joel Strickland

08/12/2009

TMR Bathurst Edition Lancer Evolution

In conjunction with Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited, TMR are now releasing the Bathurst Edition Lancer Evolution. This special vehicle has the TMR engine upgrade which produces 247kW of Power and an eye watering 436Nm of Torque making it the most powerful Evolution Lancer ever sold in Australia!

With the success of the Lancer Evolution at Mount Panorama it was only fitting that a car based on the winning formula of the TMR Lancer Evolution production cars be built in the honor of the 1,2 Victory of the 12hr race. What we learn from our Motorsport Program we incorporate into our road car program and with the Lancer Evolution already being a brilliant car, we made changes in just a few key areas. The TMR Hi-flow exhaust system fitted gives the car a unique and sporty note and with the TMR developed progressive rate springs package and black powder coated wheels, it has the equipment to match.

For futher details in the TMR Bathurst Edition Lancer Evolution please contactyour local Ralliart Dealer. Alternately you can call customer assistance on 1300 13 12 11.

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24/07/2009

TMR - RACING TO VICTORY!

TMR ran Rod Salmon in the TMR Built and owned EVO X, as well as debuting our brand new latest spec EVO X production car for Adelaide’s Steve Glenney. It was the first time Glenney has been in an official national motor race and his first time behind the wheel of a TMR prepared race car in race conditions.

We ran 3 practice sessions on Friday 17th July with both the TMR prepared EVO X’s in the top two positions constantly.

Saturday 18th July saw Steve Glenney qualify 0.9sec in front of Rod Salmon, clearing 2.0 seconds in front of 3rd place.Rod Salmon was a comfortable 1.1sec in front of 3rd place.

For race 1, it was TMR filling the two front positions of the grid.Both cars had a good start and by the second corner Steve Glenney had control of the race leading by a convincing margin for the entire race. Rod Salmon was very comfortable in position 2.

Race 2 saw a similar start with both TMR prepared cars on the front row of the grid, and Steve Glenney again led the entire race taking out another 1st position. Rod Salmon had an altercation with Garry Holt in the BMW 335 during race 2 (for which Holt was penalized 10 points) and finished in 4th position.

Race 3 was a handicapped race with both TMR prepared cars having a 46sec handicap from the first cars off the grid, with only 9 laps to make their way to the pointy end of the field. Steve Glenney made his way through traffic easily finishing only 0.5sec behind the leader taking out 2nd place for the race, with Rod Salmon coming home in 6th position.

The overall round win was taken out by Steve Glenney debuting his TMR prepared EVO X, with 2nd place going to Garry Holt in his BMW 335 followed by Mark King in 3rd place in his EVO X. Rod Salmon just missed out on a podium finish for the day in 4th place.

Overall the two TMR prepared EVO X’s stole the limelight of the day with convincing drives by both Steve Glenney and Rod Salmon backed up by the preparation and organization of the TMR team!

Due to the efforts of TMR and their engineering development program of the EVO X, Mitsubishi on 296 points currently leads the Australian Manufactures Championship by a healthy 38 points.

22/02/2009

TMR Win the WPS Bathurst 12 Hour 2009

The new TMR prepared Evolution X RS of R.Salmon/T. Longhurst/D.White have won the Bathurst 12 Hour 2009. The EVO X won the event by 3secs over the West Surfing Products EVO. 

More to come soon.

04/02/2009

Scott Millar and Chris Dean Win Targa Wrest Point Showroom EVO X.

The new TMR EVO X RS wins showroom Targa Wrest Point last weekend, with driver Scott Millar and Navigator Chris Dean from Queensland. The inaugural event held last weekend proved the perfect rally to test the new TMR EVO X RS, with the car performing well. It is the first podium finish for an Mitsubishi EVO X in Australia. The new Evolution X has had a strong start into Tarmac Rally with future development continuing.

20/01/2009

TMR have launched a new supercharger for the Mitsubishi 380.

The TMR 380's success has paved the way for the supercharger to be fitted in any of the Mitsubishi 380 range as an option. TMR will fit and tune the supercharger for unrivalled performance.

09/12/2008

Its nearly time again for the Bathurst 12 hour.

TMR will be conducting testing at Bathurst in the next coming weekends getting ready for the 12 hour. TMR will have a entry this year, so stay tuned.

15/10/2008

New Targa Wrest Point 09.

Targa Wrest Point will be held on weekend of 31st January & 1st February 2009 using the former Targa Tasmania Southern Loop stages including the legendary Oyster Cove, Longley, Woodbridge and Cygnet with both Woodbridge & Cygnet receiving recent major resurfacing work along with Grass Tree Hill. This event has filled fast, better get your entry in, or you just might miss out! TMR will be down in Hobart for the event with a three cars. Scott Millar and Chris Dean will be after another podium in their EVO X RS. Come down and see the action.

13/10/2008

Mt Buller Sprints

TMR will be attending the annual Mt Buller Sprints with up to four cars. The new EVO X will make its debut with Driver Scott Millar and Navigator Chris Dean. Come up to Mt Buller 1st-3rd of November for all the action. 

13/10/2008

TMR in conjunction with Rai Curry from FABRaiCATIONS and in consultation with CAMS, have developed a new concept in roll cage design that offers increased safety for the vehicle occupants, engineering benefits with improvements to the vehicles centre of gravity, weight distribution and chassis rigidity.  In designing this new concept cage the first priority was the driver and co driver protection particularly in the side door and B Pillar areas. The cage which is made from various wall thickness’ of Chrome Moly aircraft specification tubing has a multiple of side intrusion bars that give increased strength if the car was to be involved in a side impact accident.

The design incorporates a pyramid style node at the centre of the B Pillar which is the widest point of the roll cage. In addition a secondary bar has been added to the roof directly above the driver & co-driver head, again to add further protection for the occupants in a side impact or rollover collision. The main hoop has been moved to the rear of the car by some 150mm allowing the co-driver to be positioned lower and further to the rear of the car which aids lowering the centre of gravity and improves chassis weight distribution.  The structure is connected to the chassis at every possible point adding significant strength to the roll cage structure and to chassis rigidity.

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14/07/2008

The first batch of EVO X.       

The all new EVO X RS has arrived in Australia, with Ralliart chief Alan Heaphy just getting the news, when the cars were not expected for another month, so its all good news. The first 6 cars will all be used as tarmac rally cars with all of them sold.

14/07/2008

TMR has launched a new website. We are looking forward to filling it with plenty of new info and images to browse through. Thanks to Hyperactive Designs Next Generation Multimedia for the new website.

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