21 cars entered for The Bend season finale
The Bend season finale will see the so far biggest TCR Australia series grid with 21 cars entered.
One of the new entries is Iain McDougall who will make his debut with Melbourne Performance Centre.
The 28-year-old, who has raced in the Victorian Sports Sedan Championship this season, will drive the #3 Audi RS 3 LMS previously driven by Leanne and Garth Tander.
“I’ve spent the last few years racing the ex-MINI Challenge cars. They are front wheel drive and it has prepared me extremely well for the TCR Australia cars,” said McDougall.
“I felt comfortable at the test, so it was good to have that under my belt before this weekend, but we just want to get a feel for it and demonstrate that we can be competitive. We would like to do a full season next year, but we’ll just get through this weekend and see how we fair.”
Also making their debut this weekend is the Peugeot factory team DG Sport with Aurélien Comte behind the wheel. The French team completed a 10-lap shakedown at The Bend earlier today.
A total of ten brands will be represented on the grid in the form of Audi, Alfa Romeo, Cupra, Holden, Honda, Hyundai, Peugeot, Renault, Subaru and Volkswagen.
The Bend entry list
No – Driver – Team – Car
2 – Aaron Cameron – Melbourne Performance Centre – Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
3 – Iain McDougall – Melbourne Performance Centre – Audi RS 3 LMS
7 – Jordan Cox – Garry Rogers Motorsport – Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR
8 – Jason Bright – Melbourne Performance Centre – Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
9 – Dylan O’Keeffe – Ashley Seward Motorsport – Alfa Romeo – Giulietta Veloce TCR
10 – James Allen – Ashley Seward Motorsport – Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR
11 – Nathan Morcom – HMO Customer Racing – Hyundai i30 N TCR
19 – Matthew Simmons – Milldun Motorsport – Subaru WRX STI TCR
24 – John Martin – Wall Racing – Honda Civic Type-R FK8 TCR
27 – Barton Mawer – Milldun Motorsport – Subaru WRX STI TCR
30 – Will Brown – HMO Customer Racing – Hyundai i30 N TCR
33 – Chris Pither – Garry Rogers Motorsport – Renault Megane RS TCR
34 – James Moffat – Garry Rogers Motorsport – Renault Megane RS TCR
35 – Alexandra Whitley – Melbourne Performance Centre – Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
37 – Chelsea Angelo – Kelly Racing – Holden Astra
50 – Tony D’Alberto – Wall Racing – Honda Civic Type-R FK8 TCR
64 – Tim Brook – Garage 1 – Cupra TCR
97 – Liam McAdam – Melbourne Performance Centre – Audi RS 3 LMS
100 – Russell Ingall – Melbourne Performance Centre – Audi RS 3 LMS
308 – Aurélien Comte – DG Sport – Peugeot 308TCR
777 – Andre Heimgartner – Kelly Racing – Holden Astra TCR
