17 car
field for inaugural CAMS Australian GT Trophy Series event
The CAMS Australian GT Trophy Series will feature 17 cars
when the Series makes its track debut at Sandown this weekend.
The all-new Series builds on the strong growth of Australian
GT, providing Trophy, Challenge and Sports class cars a standalone competition for the first time.
The diverse field will showcase entries from the world's leading automotive
brands including Porsche, Lamborghini, Maserati, Ferrari and Audi in
the all-new competition.
Joining them on track will be five MARC Cars with three Focus V8s and a pair of Mazda V8s set to compete in their own Class across the weekend.
Fresh from Round 2 of the CAMS Australian GT Championship, Greg Taylor
(Adina Apartment Hotels) will log plenty of miles in his Audi R8 LMS as he
lines up in the Trophy Class.
He's joined by familiar names such as Jan Jinadasa (JJA Consulting Group)
aboard his Lamborghini, with Indiran Padayachee (Rentcorp Forklifts) in a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car.
It will be a Porsche versus Maserati fight for the Challenge Class as
Brendan Cook and Scott Hookey represent the German marque against the might
of Italy courtesy of Jim Manolis and Ryan Millier in a Maserati Trofeo.
Elsewhere, Tony Alford will pilot one of the five MARC Cars with
Michael Brenton and Ryan McLeod set to share duties in a a second MARC
Focus V8.
Jake Camilleri will be behind the wheel of a MARC Mazda V8, as will Morgan
Haber who is joined by rising star Jimmy Vernon. Geoff Taunton and Sam
Gerrard will share the third Focus V8.
The 17-strong field will battle it out for Class victory across two
50-minute races over the weekend, with each featuring a compulsory pit
stop with driver changes (for those who've chosen to race with two
drivers).
Qualifying will take place on Saturday with both races set to follow on
Sunday, with internet streams available across Australia of all Sunday's
action.
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