They come - they go at RSR!
It appears that no sooner had Ross Stone Racing taken delivery of an Aston Martin Racing V12 Vantage GT3 late in the summer of 2015 it appears that the team have now released the car.
As reported in Speedcafe.com back in August, the ex Tony Quinn Vantage was purchased and to be raced by former tin top driver Andrew Miedecke, with RSR preparing the car for the final two rounds of the Australian GT Series.
The 2015 part season was reported as a pre cursor to a full one or two car entry into the AGT series by Miedecke. We will wait to see if any further information comes out over the coming weeks.
Photo credit - RSR / AGTS
Wednesday, January 06, 2016 |
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A bitter pill for RSR at Highlands 101
Entering the final round of the 2015 Australian GT Series at the Highlands Motorsport Park circuit in New Zealand this weekend the Ross STone Racing prepared Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 featured a Father/Son driver pairing for the triple header. Joining regular Andrew Miedecke in the white and green #95 car would be his 6' 6" tall son and V8 Ute Series driver George.
Arriving at the rather 'fresh' circuit the team soon set about their works in preparation for the the two one hour sprint races on the Saturday qualifying in sixth for the first race (finishing position would determine the starting grid for the second race).
Unfortunately George Miedecke decided to retire the car early in Race 1 due to an ongoing power steering issue hoping that all would be repaired ready for Race 2. Despite reported sterling works from the crew it seems that a $0.50AUS O-Ring seal would hide itself just long enough to prevent the team from even starting Race 2.
All was not lost though for the weekend as on the Sunday was the Highlands 101 Enduro race (a one hour plus one lap race) for cars from the Australian GT Series and others.
Lady Luck would still not shine on the RSR car as despite qualifying towards the front of the grid and George 'winning' the race's own format of the old Le Mans 24 drivers running to their cars format for Andrew to lead the opening lap of the race. Contact after the pit stops with George back at the wheel would break the Vantage's steering with the car ending up in the barrier.
Thankfully, with just a little bruising and dented pride all would be reported will with Miedecke Jnr but that would be the end of the team's return to the AGT series for the year.
Hopefully we will see all return to the series in 2016.
Photo credits - Miedecke / Australian GT
Sunday, November 15, 2015 |
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Into the Aussie GT melting pot for RSR
Australian GT team Ross Stone Racing had a baptism of fire with their first race experience in their national GT series at Sandown racetrack, near Melbourne a couple of weeks ago in their recently acquired #95 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3.
With long term car dealer and experienced multi race formula driver Andrew Miedecke at the wheel the team managed a very respectable P12 in qualifying out of the strong 30 car grid before finishing P18 in race 1 and P12 in race 2 over the two day, V8 Supercar support event. The team may have also finished slightly higher had it not been for some customary GT car panel interaction and a drive through for a pit lane violation.
The team will now reassemble at Highlands Motorsport Park, New Zealand for the final round of the 2015 Australian GT Series in mid November.
Photo credits - Australian GT
Monday, September 21, 2015 |
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