2012 Bathurst 12hr Part 2

**View in HD** 27/02/2012 Rentcorp Motorsport driver, and 2012 Formula 3 prospect, Duvashen Padayachee competed onboard the #35 Ric Shaw Racing/Sennheiser Mazda RX-7 in the 2012 Bathurst 12 Hour Endurance race. Competing for the Invitational Class (I) honours, the weekend started well with the #35 car qualifying 16th out of the quality 26 car grid, and first in class. Duvashen started the race at 6:15am on Sunday the 26th, and completed a tough 1.5 hour stint before handing the car over to his team mates. Sadly the car retired after only 2.5 hours, due to extensive damage after a accident at Skyline. They were leading class I at the time. "With the backing from major sponsor Sennheiser, Ric Shaw has certainly built a very competitive endurance race car. It ran like clockwork all weekend and was pretty fast on full fuel, as well as being relatively easy to drive, which is very important for endurance racing. It was an unforunate end to the weekend but that's Bathurst, it can claim the best car's and driver's. I must thank the entire team at Ric Shaw Racing and the crew on the weekend for a fantastic job of running the car faultlessly all weekend, team sponsor Sennheiser, Ric Shaw himself and my personal sponsors Rentcorp Forklifts, Demon Tweeks UK and Arai Helmet." Duvashen reported. Duvashen was disappointed with having to end the weekend on the sidelines, but is looking forward to returning to the 'mountain' for next years event.