Land Motorsport win 4th TOYO TIRES 24h Dubai
10.01.2009
Land Motorsport have just won the thrilling 4th TOYO TIRES 24h of Dubai in their Porsche GT3 Cup car. In the final two hour stint, any one of four cars could have taken the top step. Land took the chequered flag having completed 573 laps and spending just 1hour, 2 minutes in the pit for repair and maintenence.
Runners up Al Faisal in the BMW Z4 M Coupe were just 49.676 seconds behind after 24 hours. Although lapping quicker than Land, Al Faisal spent another 40 minutes in the pits to miss victory by the narrowest of margins.
Winners of the TOYO TIRES cup for the highest placed runner using the sponsors tires was Zengo motorsport from Hungary in their Seat Leon Supercopa. Their 488 laps in class A5 was sufficient to overcome much more powerful cars in the race.
Presenting the trophies to the winning teams was Mr Takuya Kakuno, Director, Corporate Officer and General Manager of Tire Overseas Operations for Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
A packed Media Centre for ythe post race interviews saw winning team memebers credit their success to the effort of the whole team.
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