PTCC Results Round 3

Wet and wild Winton

Peter Kelly posted his maiden Production Touring Car Championship victory in a mixed grill of weather conditions at Winton Motor Raceway in north east Victoria today.

Kelly grabbed round three of the PTCC as part of the AMRS series posting a pair of second places and taking a win in the second of the three-race program.

"I enjoyed it. It’s a lot of fun racing these things. I didn’t have a lot confidence to be honest as far as getting on top of Luke (Searle)," Kelly said.

The Kellbi Developments Beemer now sits second in the overall series standings.

George Miedecke scored an outright victory in atrocious weather in the opening race in conditions ideally suited to his Class B Hyundai Tiburon.

It was left up to Miedecke to prevent another BMW cakewalk and when the skies opened up before race 1, he was in his element.

"It was definitely the weather working in our favour but all the hard work has paid off."

In a category for street legal racing cars, Miedecke had an unusual description of just how his giant killing performance left him feeling:

"I’m having so much fun it should be illegal," he said.

Race 2 threw up a different set of challenges and Miedecke found himself unable to pass the BMW pair as Peter Kelly clocked up his first Production Touring Car Championship win ahead of teammate Luke Searle on a greasy track.

With Miedecke clearly wrapping Class B, Roland McIntosh lead home the rest in his Peugeot.

Neil Byers took giant strides towards sorting out the handling of the all Aussie Mitsubishi 380 with the help of Wakefield Park promoter Garry Willmington.

"I went for this car because it’s all Australian built. The new suspension is all Australian and rumour has it that Garry is Australian made," Byers said of his improved performance.

Tony Saliba’s Nissan Pulsar S went through a hasty rebuild after a solid coming together with the wall on the first lap of the opening Saturday practice session.

The car survived major surgery and Saliba went on to be the only Class C survivor when the Proton Satria GTi of Graham Roylett did not appear for race 3.

Roylett plans to have a new car ready for round 4 of the PTCC at Queensland Raceway on June 3 and 4.

Round 4 will also see the return of the other PTCC giant slayer in David Capraro in his stunning Alfa Romeo.

To view session times and race results from the weekend, click here.