2017 Bathurst 6-Hour – Searle Maintains BMW Stronghold On Easter Enduro

BMW has made it two-from-two at the Bathurst 6-Hour production car endurance event, with driver Luke Searle snatching victory in the closing five minutes of the race.

Teamed with Paul Morris in the Roadchill Express BMW M135i, Searle chased down and passed the Ford Focus RS of defending champions Chaz Mostert and Nathan Morcom despite Mostert setting the car’s fastest race lap just minutes earlier.

While the event is only in its second year, Paul Morris has become the first driver to achieve the Bathurst three-peat of at least one 1000km, 12-Hour and now 6-Hour endurance victories.

Bathurst

Results

2017 BATHURST 6-HOUR

Outright 

1. #62 - Searle/Morris - BMW M135i - Class A1 - 113 Laps
2. #1 - Morcom/Mostert - Ford Focus RS - Class A1 - +9.6s
3. #7 - Pollicina/Simpson - Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X RS - Class A1 - +23.97s
4. #80 - Lynton/Leahey - BMW 1M - Class A1 - +41.485s
5. #46 - Richmond/Reindler - Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X RS - Class A1 - +43.759s

Classes

• #62 - Searle/Morris - BMW M135i - Class A1 (Extreme Performance Forced Induction) - first outright
• #53 - Bargwanna/Symonds/Lane  -HSV VY GTS - Class A2 (Extreme Performance Naturally-Aspirated) - 12th outright
• #11 - Perkins/Burges - BMW 335i - Class B1 (High Performance Forced Induction) - 8th outright
• #24 - Walden/Auld/Bloomfield - Holden VE Commodore SS-V Redline - Class B2 (High Performance Naturally Aspirated) - 27th outright
• #40 - Rubis/Hazelwood - BMW 130i - Class C (Performance) - 18th outright
• #3 - Reeves/Sutton - Toyota 86 GTS - Class D (Production) - 17th outright
• #23 - McCleverty/Zacka/Zacka - Ford AU Falcon - Class I (Invitational) - 21st outright