Porsche triumphs at Classic Adelaide

After 33 special stages and 250 kms of competitive driving over four days, Weeks and Crunkhorn arrived at the finish in their 1975 Porsche 911 RSR just 12.1 seconds ahead of the winners of the past five events, Rex Broadbent and Michael Goedheer. A further 37.7 seconds behind, Jim Richards and Barry Oliver made it a trifecta for Porsche on the podium for the fastest class in the Competition category, Late Classic. Local crew Cameron Wearing and Rebecca Cochrane drove their 1971 Ford Capri V8 to victory in the Classic class, while Ray Jones and Wolf Grodd braved the elements more than most to win the Historic class in their 1929 Chrysler 75 Le Mans roadster. Although Weeks won every leg of the event from the Prologue to the final day, in the end it was a lucky victory.

"We lost fourth gear in Mount Lofty and did Picadilly, Echunga and Paris Creek Long with only one gear before we were able to repair it at the lunch break," Weeks said. "We had to really lay into the car to keep the speed up, but on the straight sections we were limited to 200 kmh when we should have been doing 250 in fifth." The gearbox problem dropped Weeks back towards the Porsche 911RS of Rex Broadbent, who took two stage wins as he pushed hard to make up for a mistake. Despite having the eight-time Targa Tasmania winner at the wheel, the four-cylinder Porsche 944 Turbo Cup of Jim Richards had no answer for the powerful 911s over the last stages in the Adelaide Hills and claimed the same finishing position as in '06.

CLASSIC ADELAIDE 2007
FINAL RESULTS - DAY FOUR
(sponsored by Alliance Airlines)

Late Classic class (cars built 1972-1990)
1. Kevin Weeks (SA) / Bec Crunkhorn (SA) 1975 Porsche 911 RSR - 7 min. 42.8 sec. behind target time
2. Rex Broadbent (Vic.) / Michael Goedheer (Vic.) 1974 Porsche 911RS - 7:54.9
3. Jim Richards (Vic.) / Barry Oliver (Tas.) 1988 Porsche 944 Turbo Cup - 8:32.6