Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander will compete in this weekend’s Phillip Island 101, the second round of the Australian Endurance Championship.
A total of 35 cars have been entered across the Phillip Island 101 and Australian GT Trophy Series round, the former of which also serves as Round 4 of the Australian GT Championship.
Van Gisbergen will drive the McLaren 650S which he piloted in February’s Bathurst 12 Hour alongside Duvashen Padayachee.
The New Zealander finished 11th in Round 1 of the AEC at The Bend when he drove Tony Quinn’s McLaren.
Tander again partners up with Geoff Emery at Jamec Pem Racing, that combination having finished 12th at The Bend having opted to re-take a compulsory pit stop after the car moved during the first.
A host of Pirtek Enduro Cup co-drivers again feature in the field, namely Tony D’Alberto, Warren Luff, David Russell, Steve Richards, and Luke Youlden.
D’Alberto currently shares the AEC lead with Max Twigg after they won the first round in the latter’s Mercedes-AMG GT3.
They will drive together again while Luff continues with Tony Walls in a McLaren 650S and Youlden with Yasser Shahin in a Mercedes-AMG GT3.
Richards has Michael Almond in the BMW Team SRM M6 GT3 after Ricky Capo drove with him at Sandown, and David Russell steers the Aussie Driver Search entry with Jaie Robson as that outfit switches to a recently-acquired Audi R8 LMS.
John Martin, who sat out the Sandown round for strategic reasons, is back in the driver’s seat of the Walkinshaw GT3 alongside Australian GT Championship leader Liam Talbot.
Meanwhile, the Trophy Series will have two 50-minute races on the Saturday.
Combined, the two Australian GT rounds represent 12 sessions and nearly nine hours of track time, and the largest fleet of Australian GT cars at a single meeting.
The Phillip Island 101 is scheduled for Sunday afternoon as the headline act of Round 3 of Shannons Nationals (June 1-3).
Entry list: Australian Endurance Championship Round 2 (Australian GT Championship Round 4)/Australian GT Trophy Series Round 3, Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
| Num | Team/Sponsor | Drivers | Car | Class |
| 1 | Valvoline | Geoff Emery Garth Tander |
Audi R8 LMS | Championship |
| 3 | Ah Apartments | Ash Samadi Dylan O’Keeffe |
Audi R8 LMS | Championship |
| 6 | Wall Racing | Adrian Deitz Cameron McConville |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | Championship |
| 7 | Mariani Beef Jerky | Tony Quinn TBA |
McLaren 650S GT3 | Championship |
| 8 | WM Waste Management | Max Twigg Tony D’Alberto |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Championship |
| 10 | International Motorsport | Andrew Fawcett Jonny Reid |
Audi R8 LMS | Championship |
| 11 | Objective Racing | Tony Walls Warren Luff |
McLaren 650S GT3 | Championship |
| 12 | Seidler Group | Chris Seidler Luke Seidler |
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car | Trophy |
| 13 | RHC Jorgensen – Strom by MARC Cars | Daren Jorgensen Brett Strom |
BMW M4 GT4 | GT4, Trophy |
| 23 | Kentucky Fried Chicken | Matthew Stoupas | Audi R8 LMS Ultra | Trophy |
| 24 | KFC/Ctech Laser/Moveitnet/B&B | Tony Bates Daniel Gaunt |
Audi R8 LMS | Championship |
| 33 | RHC Jorgensen-Strom by MARC Cars | Brett Strom | MARC Mazda V8 | Trophy |
| 34 | Motorsport Leasing / RaceRamps | John Morriss | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Trophy |
| 48 | Forum Group / M Motorsport | Vince Tesoriero Glen Wood |
KTM X-Bow GT4 | GT4 |
| 49 | Exedra / M Motorpsort | Dean Koutsoumidis James Winslow |
Lamborghini R-EX | Championship |
| 50 | Vantage Freight / M Motorsport | David Crampton Trent Harrison |
KTM X-Bow GT4 | GT4 |
| 55 | Hogs Breath Café / Griffith Corporation | Mark Griffith TBA |
Ginetta G55 GT4 | GT4 |
| 58 | 175 Group / Intergrated Rail | Duvashen Padayachee Shane van Gisbergen |
McLaren 650S GT3 | Championship |
| 59 | Total Oil / Opti-Coat / Logitech | Fraser Ross Jaxon Evans |
McLaren 650S GT3 | Championship |
| 63 | Eggleston Motorsport | Peter Hackett Jake Fouracre |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Championship |
| 64 | Aaron Laboratories | Joseph Ensabella | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car | Trophy |
| 67 | JMG / Bilstein | Jeremy Gray Andrew Miedecke |
Aston Martin Vantage GT4 | GT4 |
| 71 | Dale Paterson Motorsports | Dale Paterson | Chevrolet Camaro | Trophy |
| 77 | JJA Consulting Group | Jan Jinadasa | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | Trophy |
| 88 | Maranello Motorsport | Peter Edwards | Ferrari 458 GT3 | Championship |
| 93 | LOCAL Search by MARC Cars | Adam Hargraves | MARC Mazda V8 | Trophy |
| 98 | Aussie Driver Search | Jaie Robson David Russell |
Audi R8 LMS | Championship |
| 99 | Industrie | Nick Kelly | Audi R8 LMS Ultra | Trophy |
| 100 | BMW Team SRM | Steve Richards Michael Almond |
BMW M6 GT3 | Championship |
| 147 | Superfluid | Dave Stevens | Ferrari 458 GT3 | Trophy |
| 188 | E.A.T. Furniture | Rio Nugara | Audi R8 LMS Ultra | Trophy |
| 222 | Scott Taylor Motorsport | Scott Taylor Craig Baird |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Championship |
| 777 | The Bend Motor Sport Park | Yasser Shahin Luke Youlden |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Championship |
| 911 | Walkinshaw GT3 | Liam Talbot John Martin |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | Championship |
| 991 | Perfect Auto Body | Vincent Muriti | Audi R8 LMS Ultra | Trophy |
Schedule: Australian Endurance Championship Round 2 (Australian GT Championship Round 4)/Australian GT Trophy Series Round 3
| Time | Session | Length/Distance |
| Friday June 1 | ||
| 1035 | Australian GT Trophy Series Practice 1 | 30min |
| 1310 | Australian GT Trophy Series Practice 2 | 30min |
| 1420 | Australian GT Championship Practice 1 | 30min |
| 1515 | Australian GT Trophy Series Qualifying 1 | 15min |
| 1535 | Australian GT Trophy Series Qualifying 2 | 15min |
| Saturday June 2 | ||
| 0955 | Australian GT Championship Practice 2 | 30min |
| 1100 | Australian GT Trophy Series Race 1 | 50min |
| 1350 | Australian GT Championship Qualifying 1 | 25min |
| 1430 | Australian GT Championship Qualifying 2 | 25min |
| 1540 | Australian GT Trophy Series Race 2 | 50min |
| Sunday June 3 | ||
| 1005 | Australian GT Championship Warmup | 10min |
| 1305 | Phillip Island 101 | 101 laps |
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