Defending Champion Hopes to Regain Bathurst 12 Hour Honours

TMR Australia owner, Heaphy believes the Evo X has what it takes to affirmation achievement in the 2010 Event and has amorphous preparations.

"The allowance are acceptable harder. We accept started accomplishing our appointment for next year and we've had a acceptable run so far."

"At this date it looks like we will accept the aforementioned drivers as endure year, Damien White and Rod Salmon will be aback but we're not abiding at this date if Tony Longhurst will be in the car."

Heaphy has had a acceptable run at the Event entering two cars in 2008 and 2009 and claiming aboriginal and additional both times.

In 2008 he entered two Mitsubishi Evo 9 cars and the acceptable one was apprenticed by Salmon, White and Graham Alexander.

"We were advantageous abundant to win the aboriginal two belvedere spots in 2008 and again afresh this year," said Heaphy.

"We are traveling to access the two cars afresh and Western Australians Glyn Crimp, Tony Ricciardello and Stuart Kostera will be aback in the (second) car."

"We are aswell alive on a third car to run next year which could be apprenticed by a New Zealand aggregation but annihilation has been accepted at this stage," said Heaphy.

Two times 12 hour winner, Rod Salmon, has been accepting in a lot of convenance with Heaphy's Mitsubishi Evo X this year and has been a approved at the Australian Manufacturers Racing Championship, currently active in third.

"We (Salmon and Heaphy) are on our way to Bathurst now for the Sprint competition, so we will be analytic at the car and any changes it may charge for next year's Event," explained Heaphy.

The Armor All Bathurst 12 Hour Showroom Enduro is now in its 4th year, with a filigree of over 50 cars accepted to compete. The chase appearance assembly cars in a chic anatomy adumbrative of the accumulation road-going market. BMW, Mitsubishi, Ford, Holden, Nissan and Subaru are accepted to attempt for absolute honours, while an Alternative Energy chic is accessible to diesel, amalgam and LPG entries.

The Event will be televised in a 3 hour appropriate on the SEVEN Network, through Fox Sports, New Zealand and added International Markets.

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