Prologue - 26April2005
The Georgetown Prologue is run to determine the starting positions for the event proper with the fastest cars going off last. The White Hot team of John and Jason White in their Nissan Skyline R34 GTR VPSEC II N1 were fourth fastest with a time of 3:15.07 which is 4.6 seconds faster than last year. Fastest on the day was Jim Richards in his Porsche GT3 only 3.4 seconds ahead.

Day 1 - 27April2005
The White Hot team had a brilliant start to the event proper with the first day of open competition seeing them drop only 1 second and lead the event by 16 seconds over Jim Richards with another 1 second back to Tony Quinn in third

1	John White, TAS- Jason White, TAS	Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec II
2	Jim Richards, VIC- Barry Oliver, TAS	Porsche 911 GT3 CS		0:00:16
3	Tony Quinn, QLD- Keith Wenn, QLD	Porsche 911 Turbo		0:00:17

                      

Day 2 - 28April2005
Today saw the competitors head down the East Coast of Tasmania to Hobart. The White Hot team started the day in first place and pushed as hard as they could but were soon overtaken by the Lamborghini of fellow Tasmanian Paul Stokell. The Lamborghini revelled in toady’s perfect conditions and showed just how quick it could be. By the end of the day the White Hot team of John and Jason White had been pushed back to fourth position 39 seconds behind the leader, this was despite being quicker on every stage than they were last year

1	Paul Stokell, VIC- Peter Roberts, TAS	Lamborghini Gallardo	00:03:41
2	Jim Richards, VIC- Barry Oliver, TAS	Porsche 911 GT3 CS	00:04:04
3	Tony Quinn, QLD- Keith Wenn, QLD	Porsche 911 Turbo	00:04:18
4	John White, TAS- Jason White, TAS	Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec II	00:04:20
5	Warwick Rooklyn, NSW- Linda Long, NSW	Mitsubishi Evolution Lancer VII	00:04:51

Day 3 - 29April2005
The day started well with the team putting the fastest times on the first four competitive stages, overtaking Quinn and Wenn then soon after Richards and Oliver. Paul Stokell’s race came to an end on the Cygnet stage when he put his car into a bank. The White Hot team ended the day in front with a 27 second lead.

1	John White, TAS- Jason White, TAS	Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec II	00:07:34
2	Tony Quinn, QLD- Keith Wenn, QLD	Porsche 911 Turbo	00:08:01
3	Jim Richards, VIC- Barry Oliver, TAS	Porsche 911 GT3 CS	00:08:17
4	Greg Garwood, TAS- John Allen, QLD	Porsche 911 Turbo	00:09:17
5	Warwick Rooklyn, NSW- Linda Long, NSW	Mitsubishi Evolution Lancer VII	00:10:16

                            

                            

Day 4 - 30April2005
The day started well for the White Hot team however part way through the Cethana stage they were plagued with mechanical difficulties first losing ABS then having center diff problems. They were caught by Jim Richards but managed to fix most of the problems and press on to hold a 4 second lead at the end of the day.

1	John White, TAS- Jason White, TAS	Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec II	00:12:45
2	Jim Richards, VIC- Barry Oliver, TAS	Porsche 911 GT3 CS	00:12:49
3	Tony Quinn, QLD- Keith Wenn, QLD	Porsche 911 Turbo	00:13:03
4	Greg Garwood, TAS- John Allen, QLD	Porsche 911 Turbo	00:13:16
5	Warwick Rooklyn, NSW- Linda Long, NSW	Mitsubishi Evolution Lancer VII	00:15:29

Day 5 - 01May2005
After an all night session in the workshop to fix the problems suffered on day four the White Hot team were confident they had a competitive car again. However the ABS failed on the first stage of the day making braking in the wet conditions an exercise in bravery. Jim Richards fell behind in his two wheel drive Porsche but Quinn and Garwood in their four wheel drive cars started to eat itno the White’s lead. Tony Quinn’s chage came to a sudden halt when he ran off the road and ended his race leaving only Greg Garwood with any chance of catching the White Hot car. They came close but not close enough ending the day 6 seconds behind. It was a hard fought and well deserved win to John and Jason White and the White Hot Motorsport team.

1	John White, TAS- Jason White, TAS	Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec II                 17:14
2	Greg Garwood, TAS- John Allen, QLD	Porsche 911 Turbo                           17:20
3	Jim Richards, VIC- Barry Oliver, TAS	Porsche 911 GT3 CS                          17:53
4	Rex Broadbent, VIC-Michael Goedheer, VIC	Daytona Coupe                              26:24
5	Kevin Weeks,SA-Jahmeil Taylor SA	Porsche 911 GT2                              27:43

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