Round one of the inaugural 2008 Australian Manufacturers Championship, which was held at Victorias Phillip Island race track a couple of weeks ago, saw the debut of the new Century 21 Racing 2007 spec Ford BF 11 GT. 
Regular driver Chris Delfsma has enlisted the services of ex V8 Supercar driver John Bowe to help in developing the car and the season kicked off well with the two sharing the driving during the both one hour races.

A strong qualifying saw the big Falcon holding pole position for most of the session until it was pipped in the dying stages by just .28 of a second.
Race one on Saturday saw Chris Delfsma start the race in wet conditions and match the times of the more fancied turbo BMW’s, mid race John Bowe took over the driving duties, but was hit with a costly drive through penalty after a pit crew infringement during the driver change.
Eventually John Bowe finished 8th and set the fastest lap of the race in the process.
Race two on Sunday saw Chris Delfsma get off to a great start in dry conditions setting his best lap of the weekend of 1:51:92, and John Bowe setting a time of 1:51:04 during his stint. Another pit lane issue costing the duo a podium place to finish 7th. Chris Delfsma says “The car is just awesome, it’s a shame a few things didn’t go our way this weekend because the car was certainly capable of a podium finish.
Thanks must go to Dunlop, Century 21 Real Estate and new sponsors Shell Racing Solutions.
Furthermore John Bowe’s input to this car has been unbelievable – I can’t thank him enough.”Encouraged by the new GT’s pace and setting a very competitive time at a recent test day at Oran Park, Chris Delfsma is looking forward to Round  two of the Championship to be held at Oran Park August 30/31 as part of the Shannons National’s.
This round will see 3 handicap sprint races and the team is confident they have the set-up that’s needed to get to the front.
After Oran Park the Championship heads down to the Apple Isle where they revert back to running 2 one hour races at the Symmons Plans track in September. The final round will be at the Melbourne’s Sandown raceway in late November which again will see John Bowe get back behind the wheel of the GT in the final 2 one hour races for the season.