Barton steps on podium at Sepang 12 hour

Barton Mawer finished 3rd at the 2008 Petronas Primax 3 Merdeka Millenium Endurance (MME) at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia on the 30th August. In a field of 77 cars it was an impressive endurance racing debut for the young charger.
Joining the Australian team of Wall Racing with Damien Flack and fellow Cup Car racer David Wall the team was the highest placed Australian entry which was littered with Australian racers in various classes including Alex Davison, Craig Baird and Karl Reindler. The level of machinery was impressive also with 2 works Petronas BMW Z4’s, numerous Porsche 2008 spec 997 RSR’s, Porsche 997 Cup S and similar older Porsche 996 RSR’s as used by the Wall Racing team.

After qualifying 7th the team set a consistent pace early on and slowly worked their way up to 3rd by the halfway point only to have to pit to replace a driveshaft assembly due to grease leaking out of a C.V joint. Once resumed in the race the team dropped to 7th and 3 laps down from 3rd position. This is when the real fight began with David and Barton given the duty to haul the car back into contention.

Barton endures tough weekend at Willowbank

Round 6 of the Carrera Cup championship held at Willowbank, Ipswich Queensland on the weekend did not look after Barton and the #27 Cup Car as he suffered from various incidents in all 3 races.

Qualifying was always going to be tight. Barton was 6 tenths off the fastest time and in 9th position.

In race 1 Barton held that position directly behind Sandown race winner David Wall for 12 of the 14 lap race, before experiencing a punctured right rear tyre, limping the car home to the finish line in 20th.