2008 Classic Adelaide results controversy

Words by adam ⋅ December 11, 2008 ⋅ Email This Post Email This Post ⋅ Print This Post Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

They dominated the 4 day tarmac rally in their 1975 Porsche Carrera RSR but were delayed on the last stage as they were first on scene after another competitor came off the stage and stopped to help. When this occurs, officials give a derived time to the affected team, but the original time was announced it moved Weeks/Crunkhorn to second place by just 2.8 seconds to Bill Pye and Grant Geelan in a 74 911 RS. Weeks’ original protest was dismissed, however an appeal hearing led to the result being altered, giving his team (also victorious in 2007) victory by 7.3 seconds.

Jim Richards and Barry Oliver remained in 3rd place in their 944 turbo cup. Now, this is all well and good, justice appears to have been done. But is it just me or are all these Porsches doing a hatchet job on historic racing, both on circuit and in other tarmac events? Let us know what you think.

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