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MOTOR RACING names including Colin Bond will help celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Australian Grand Prix at the Historic Leyburn Sprints on the Queensland Darling Downs on August 1718. The multiple Australian Rally Champion will make his first visit to the annual Sprints, which will be staged on a 1.0-kilometre street course around the village of Leyburn, for the 24th time. ENTRIES ARE now open for this year’s Winton Festival of Speed, which will take place on August 3-4. It will be its biggest program of events since inception. Additional new categories have been added to the program, including HQ Racing and Historic Sports Sedans, and this year also sees the return of Formula 5000 and the new inclusion of Hyundai Excels.
BROWN AIMS FOR COMPLETE WEEKEND QUEENSLANDER WILL Brown has been competing in the Dunlop Super2 series with Eggleston Motorsport since the start of the 2017 season. In Perth the 20-year-old finally broke through for his first victory in the category, but unlike his father he kept his emotions in check. “To tell you the truth I wasn’t too emotional. It was really exciting to finally get it, I feel we’ve got the pace and we’ve had a lot of pace ever since I started in the Dunlop Series,” he told Auto Action. The weekend started poorly for Brown, who failed to break into the top 10 in either practice session, but the team turned things around and Brown qualified on the front row alongside Zane Goddard, but confident of a race victory. “I thought if we could get the start, we’ll be able to win this and we did,” he explained.
Saturday, however, was a lot tougher for the 2016 Formula 4 champion who failed to get in a clean lap on new tyres during qualifying. “Coming into Saturday the track had changed a lot (and) we didn’t quite get our car right. The worst part was we were actually quick in qualifying but we didn’t get a new tyre run because we got held
up, qualified ninth on an old set of tyres and ended up finishing eighth,” Brown said. The former Toyota 86 Racing Series champion feels that Barbagallo Raceway is a hard track to overtake on with its resurfacing and this is one of the reasons he was unable to move forward through the field. Having finished eighth in the
second race Brown still finished third for the round, but the Erebus co-driver is disappointed not to have achieved more. “I still don’t think like I’ve put a (good) weekend together after finishing eighth, I want to stand on the top step of the podium one time and p3 wasn’t good enough, but we’ll press on. Dan McCarthy
THE INAUGURAL V8 Sleuth Touring Car Classic will honour two-time Australian Touring Car Champion Glenn Seton. The ‘Glenn Seton Trophy’ will be presented to the winning driver in the V8 Supercars pre-Project Blueprint era class for cars made between 1992 and 2002. “I’m extremely honoured to have a trophy like this named after me,” Seton said.
A PROPOSED Motorsport Park near Newcastle has been given development approval. The $77 million facility will be known as BlackRock Motorsport Park and will be located in the Lake Macquarie City Council, and will be 5.58km long.
FORMER FORMULA 1 World Champion Jenson Button returned to the Mount Panorama Circuit on Easter Monday, driving a Honda Civic Type R around the historic track with the aim of setting a new frontwheel-drive lap record. He succeeded by setting a lap time of 2m 35.207s in a quest that has sent Button to a variety of tracks across the world.
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GARWOOD AMOUNG WINTON TCM RETURNEES TASMANIAN ADAM Garwood returns to the Touring Car Masters grid at Winton on May 24-26 and is set to be an outright contender driving Bob Middleton’s 1970 Chevrolet Camaro. The Camaro has been driven in previous seasons by the experienced Mark King, but Garwood will take over for Winton and potentially Queensland Raceway. Garwood is looking forward to joining Middleton’s team, one that he competed against in the series two seasons ago. “Bob’s team present an awesome car. I’ve raced against that Camaro and the one Adam
Bressington races,” Garwood told Auto Action. “I know its pros and cons and it has a lot of pros. It’s a great car and I’m really looking forward to it.” Garwood has been on the sidelines for much of 2019 after selling his Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Car at the start of the season. He recently competed in the Sports GT support races at Symmons Plains and last week participated in Targa Tasmania, but an incident on the opening stage of the fifth day ended the event for he and navigator Bec Sheldrick. Earlier in the year he also won a state speedway title in Formula 500.
“I started the year doing Formula 500, we did that for a bit of fun and ended up winning the state title out of it,” Garwood said. “I was only really going to run Targa this year, which we did last week. Then, there was the opportunity to run Bob Middleton’s second Camaro, an opportunity we couldn’t deny. We’ll see how we go.” Not only is Garwood returning to the grid, but so too will the Seton name in third-generation racer and TA2 frontrunner Aaron Seton. Seton is listed on the entry list for the Winton event to drive Leo Tobin’s 1969 Ford Mustang. Heath McAlpine
GODDARD REMAINS POSITIVE QUEENSLAND BORN Zane Goddard had a breakthrough weekend at the Perth SuperSprint, claiming both pole positions and a practice lap record in the Super2 series. “The speed was really strong all weekend Bryce [Fullwood], Tyler [Everingham] and I were all super quick, so credit to the team in that regard, it was good to seal the deal in both qualifying sessions,” said Goddard. Despite the excellent one lap pace, Goddard struggled to get off the line in both races, saying that a few things caused the issue but the young Queenslander takes responsibility. “It was all my fault, the start, there was no dramas with the car, it was my doing,” Goddard told Auto Action. “I think maybe my warm up wasn’t good enough. I don’t think I quite got the procedure right, I didn’t quite find the bite point properly.” Despite the poor start in Race 1 Goddard felt the win was still on the cards as he closed on the
leader, good friend, Will Brown. “I was getting closer and closer, but it’s one of those tracks where you have to have a little bit of speed on the person in front to make the overtake. “You can catch them but you need that little bit more. I was trying to force him into making a mistake, which he didn’t do,” he said. Race 1 was a good result, but another poor start on Saturday caused Goddard to fall down towards the back of the top 10. “We are still p2 in the championship so we are still in a super strong spot only 64 points off the lead. “It is just about finishing races, being consistent, we are ticking all the boxes,” the former British F4 race winner said. The next round of the series is on the Townsville Street Circuit. It’s a track that Goddard loves, having recorded his first top 10 result there last season. Dan McCarthy
WHINCUP SET FOR AUSTRALIAN GT RUN SEVEN-TIME Supercar champion Jamie Whincup will make his Australian GT Championship debut at Phillip Island on June 7-9. The Red Bull Holden Racing Team driver joins Yasser Shahin in a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for the opening round of the CAMS Australian Endurance Championship. For Whincup it’s a return to GT racing and Mercedes after a strong campaign at the Bathurst 12 Hour, where he joined teammate Shane van Gisbergen and Pirtek Enduro Cup co-driver Craig Lowndes. Shahin has had a busy start to the year after competing at the Bathurst 12 Hour alongside 2017 Bathurst 1000 winners David Reynolds and Luke Youlden. He contested the Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup at
the Adelaide 500 and travelled to the second round of the series at Zhuhai last week, winning on debut. “I’m really looking forward to getting back into the Australian GT action,” Shahin admitted. “I love the endurance format and driving alongside and learning from a world class driver like Jamie can only help my development. “I’ve known Jamie for a while and am obviously aware of his ability behind the wheel, so I’m really looking forward to sharing the drive and taking the fight to the leading teams.” The opening round of the CAMS Australian Endurance Championship forms part of the second round of the Shannons Nationals alongside TCR Australia and Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge.
WELCOME, TCR AUSTRALIA SERIES On behalf of everyone at CAMS, we welcome Australia’s newest category to the track. Congratulations to everyone at ARG for making this Series a reality. Watch TCR live on SBS and thenationals.com.au
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Touring Car Racing (TCR) is the most significant new racing category to be launched in Australian motor sport for many years. A truly international competition, TCR opens up the opportunity for multiple car manufacturer brands to compete on a levelled playing field, racing contemporary models that reflect the cars being sold today. It is
also set to offer opportunities for up-and-coming young drivers and potentially be a pathway to international success. It will also provide Australian enthusiasts with a fresh perspective on touring car competition. Read on to learn everything you need to know about TCR’s arrival in Australia.
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STOKELL TAKES MEMORABLE TARGA TASMANIA PAUL STOKELL and Kate Catford won a dramatic 2019 edition of the Targa Tasmania, held April 29- May 4. The 28th running of the classic road event featured many twists and turns over its 33 stages covered in the six days, with rain adding extra challenges for the 265 entries. The first day featured three short stages after which the field remained closely bunched at the conclusion of a trouble free leg. Steve Glenney and Dennis Sims (Lotus Exige 350) held a mere 1s advantage from the Dodge Viper driven by Jason and John White. Stokell and Catford sat equal third, with Matt Close and Cameron Reeves a further 1s behind. The second day did not run as smoothly for defending Targa Tasmania winners the Whites, who received a 10-minute penalty for arriving late into the lunch stop. This was due to a crank angle sensor melting, the penalty demoting the pair to 87th. This left Glenney and Sims 24s clear of Close and Reeves in their Porsche GT3 RS at the conclusion of Day 2, while placed third were Michael Pritchard and his co-driver Gary Mourant in another Porsche GT3 RS, a further 30s in arrears, while Stokell and Catford were just over a minute behind. Day 3 was looking relatively trouble free until the penultimate stage when leader Glenney fired off the road and into the trees, just 600m from the end of the stage. The mistake meant Glenney and Sims retired from the rally, leaving Close and Reeves with a 44s lead over Pritchard and
Mourant at the conclusion of the third day. Stokell and Catford finished Day 3 in third, 55s off the leaders, but the tables turned when rain engulfed the event on the fourth day. Stokell powered to a 57s lead with his lighter Lotus better suited to the conditions compared to the Porsche opposition. Pritchard and Mourant sat second at Matt Close and Cameron Reeves led after the third day but the rain the start of the day, but by the blunted their challenge, as did transmission woes. end of the morning leg the duo had fallen out of contention after roads that were so slippery that you could hardly sliding into a barrier. stay on them, to high grip, high speed stuff and Further on during the day, rally leaders Close you’ve got to adapt pretty quickly.” and Reeves experienced electronic glitches in the The Shannons Classic GT class was won by transmission, which dropped the pair into a distant Michael and Daniel Bray (1975 Holden Torana), who second. had a close fought battle with Mick Downey and It was wet again on Day 5, further playing into Nicholas Browne (1979 Holden Commodore VB) the hands of Stokell as he continued to extend throughout the rally. his lead to 2m 15s ahead of Angus Kennard and After the lead was shared between the two teams Ian Wheeler (Nissan GTR R35), while Close and throughout the opening four-days, Downey and Reeves fell to third. Browne extended their lead to 2m 33s heading into The final day was the least uneventful of the the final day. competition as Stokell and Catford guided their However, the Classic GT rally leaders were dealt Lotus to a 2m 51s victory over GT4 Class winners a blow when they were given a 15-minute penalty, Kennard and Wheeler, while Close and Reeves ruling them out of contention and leaving the Bray slotted onto the last place on the podium, also pair with a five-minute lead. taking second in GT2 class. Jon and Gina Siddins (1970 Datsun 240Z) pushed “I’ve always called Targa Tasmania the hardest hard and cut the gap down to 2m 49s, but the event I’ve ever done,” said Stokell. margin proved too great, while Downey and Browne “The conditions we had - we went from icy recovered to round out the podium results.
CLASS WINNERS Outright Paul Stokell/Kate Catford (Lotus Exige 350) Dutton Garage GT2 Paul Stokell/Kate Catford (Lotus Exige 350) Classic Throttle Shop GT4 Angus Kennard/Ian Wheeler (Nissan GTR R35) Shannons Classic GT Michael Bray/Daniel Bray (1975 Holden Torana) Shannons Classic Nik Prieston/Dylan Braithwaite (1975 Fiat 131 Abarth Rallye) Dutton Garage Early Modern Guy Lilleyman/John Lilleyman (2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) Country Club GT Sports Trophy Steven Sher/Fergal Murphy (Lotus Exige) Shannons Thoroughbred Trophy Tyson Cowie/Celise Cowie (Ford Escort Mk1) Budget TSD Trophy Darryl Marshall/Peter Marshall (2002 Ford Falcon Pursuit Ute) Spirit of Tasmania Rookie Rallye Kristian Downing/Richard Woodman (Subaru WRX STI)
Mick Downey and Nicholas Browne fought for the Classic GT win until a penalty on the last day.
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BATES CRUISES TO CANBERRA WIN
HARRY BATES and John McCarthy have extended their Australian Rally Championship lead, the Toyota Gazoo Racing pairing taking seven out of the eight stages to win the National Capital Rally in Canberra on the weekend. Molly Taylor and Malcolm Read put a difficult first round behind them to take second position in both heats and claim the other single stage victory in their Subaru. Bates took the honours in the Heat 1, claiming three of the four stage victories, Taylor’s strong fight back in the final stage not enough to catch the Toyota Yaris. Bates won the first heat by 15s from Taylor with Mick Patton and Bernie Webb rounding out the top three in their Mitsubishi Evo X. After a strong opening round of the season the local Canberra event was a bad one for Lewis Bates and Anthony McLoughlin, when they rolled out of the first heat, the Toyota team unable to repair the car in time the second heat. Tom Clarke and Ryan Preston struggled in the opening heat due to technical issues, but despite this the pair were still able to pick up vital championship points, and did so again
with the issue repaired for Heat 2. Bates won all four stages in the final heat and this gave him the extra point for taking the most stage victories during the round. Molly Taylor again drove strongly to finish second, while Clarke and Preston recovered from their Heat 1 difficulties to finish third in their Evo 9. Bates and McCarthy stood on the top step for the round, the pair happy with their day’s work.
Mick Patton was third overall after a stron pair of heats.
Molly Taylor prevented Harry Bates from a clean sweep over every stage over both heats.
“Very pleased, I don’t think you could ask for much more than that,” Bates said. “It was a tough day, this event threw a lot at us. We managed to get through and come out on top. Seven out of eight stage wins sounds pretty good on paper. Maybe next time we can go one better and get them all.” Taylor and Read finished second for the round with Patton and Webb third, after the pair finished the second heat just off the podium in fourth.
Bates and McCarthy now hold a comfortable championship lead over Taylor and Read, who jumped from fifth into second position on the ladder. The next round of the CAMS Australian Rally Championship takes place in Tasmania from June 21-23. Points: H. Bates/McCarthy 142, Taylor/Read 98, Anear/Glenney 71, L. Bates/McLoughlin 68, Wilde/Kirkhouse 52, Windus/Brick 52.
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