Inwoods and Colombrita celebrate class glory at Bathurst 6 Hour

But for Grant and Harry Inwood and Tim Colombrita they battled through those issues to take out a Class B1 victory in Sunday's Bathurst 6 Hour.

In a Subaru WRX STi with proven 6 Hour credentials, the Bathurst-based team went without a third gear for much of the event but still managed to cross the line second in their class, and 17^th overall.

However, the original Class B1 winning team of Scott Turner, Jordan Cox and Rob Rubis were disqualified for a technical breach, which promoted the Bathurst team to a class victory.

It was an extra special moment for the trio as it was a debut Bathurst 6 Hour start for the entire driver lineup.

Grant Inwood was blown away that the team were able to get the car home, let alone take a class win.

"It was an awesome feeling even just getting to the finish line. After the start we weren't sure whether we were going to get halfway but we kept poking along," he said.

"We didn't have a third gear but the car held together all the way. We pampered it, and it was a fantastic result. The two young guys drove really well and everything worked our way."

The Bathurst team beat four other BMW entries to top honours in Class B1.

The car completed 109 laps on the day - two short on the Turner/Cox/Rubis entry - and three laps clear of the next closest team in their class of Karlie Buccini, Ellexandra Best and Courtney Best.

The engine and gearbox weren't the only things causing havoc for the Bathurst team throughout the day.

"We had an oil leak in the practice session this morning. We rectified that. We then had a fuel leak going onto the grid. We rectified that too. After that we were thinking 'What's next?'," Grant said.

"Every issue we had came with no cost factor though. It was just a slight problem and we were lucky that we were able to fix them.

"The car is way more capable than what it showed. Early on it was doing 35s and 36s and then at the end we sat around 40 and 41 just to nurse that gearbox.

"This is this car's fourth or fifth journey in a 6 Hour and it's done a couple of 12 Hours. It loves coming back."

The team's eye-catching Subaru also earned them an additional accolade on the day.

"This morning we were presented with the best presented car in our category, and that was a real boost to our team," Inwood said.

"That really motivated us and gave us that extra bit of hope to bring another trophy home."

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