HERNE JOINS HOT GRID FOR TA2 TAG TEAM ENDURO

MEDIA RELEASE/TA2 Racing – Photos: Velocity Magazine

A stacked field of 23 cars will join the field this weekend for Round 4 of the TFH Hire Muscle Car Series – framed by HYTEK Steel Framing August 30 – September 1 at Tailem Bend, headlining the Hi-Tec Oils Super Series. 

The prize pool includes a winner take all $20,000 cash bonus from HYTEK and TFH for the highest cumulative point scoring two driver combo over all six races, plus a bonus $5,000 worth of ACDelco Power Tools for the outright ACDelco Tag Team enduro winners of the 25-lap finale Sunday afternoon.

High profile drivers for this weekend’s Hi-Tec Oils Super Series event include dual National Trans Am Champ Nathan Herne, partnering with current series TA2 leader Josh Haynes, Erebus Supercar enduro driver Todd Hazelwood teaming up with Josh Thomas in the TFH Hire Ford Mustang and Camaro Trans Am racer Elliot Barbour pairing up with Des Collier in the second TFH Hire Mustang. 

The PHD Racing Camaro of Graham Cheney, currently sitting second overall after a consistent three rounds, will have Super 2 driver Zach Bates co- driving while Graham’s son Tyler will make his TA2 debut with Jarrod Hughes as co-driver.  Bates cousin Sam will also join the field, partnering with last years Circo Master Class winner father Nicholas Bates.

Paul Hadley in the second PHD Racing Camaro will have Hugh McAlister on board, while Mustang driver Greg Keam has opted for Kubota Racing’s Matt Mackelden.

South Australian Brad Gartner has signed on driver coach Tim Brook, who partnered Dylan Thomas to victory in last years King of the North round in Darwin, Gartner sits 3^rd in the overall points and will have strong local support from the family farming community of Penola in the Hi-Tec Oils Camaro.

Aussie racing car driver Scott Andriske will team up with Brandon Madden in the #57 Harvey’s Towing ex Gartner Mustang, while TCR driver Jordan Cox will be pairing again with Mark Crutcher in the #4 Crutcher Developments Ford Mustang after a storming drive to win the final enduro race in Darwin last year.

Some new faces will join the field this weekend at Tailem Bend. Twenty-year-old Western Australia TA2 driver Chase Hoy will be joining the field in the #23 Holinger Engineering Chevrolet Camaro with John Holinger, while Queenslander Aaron Prosser has recently purchased the Ford Mustang Jett Johnson drove to championship victory in 2022.

TA2 rookie Steve Wilson is racing with the experienced Nick Lange in the Tefol Wilson Auto Camaro, while veterans Anthony Tenkate and Russell Wright will partner up in the Tenkate Hire superbly presented Mustang with a combined age higher than the top three drivers added together! Perth’s Brett Niall will also cross the Nullabor with enduro partner Clint Harvey.

Tom Hayman, Danny Reidy, Hayden Jackson, Domain Ramsay, Jason Pryde, Dean Lindstrom, and Michael Coulter will be taking on this weekend’s event as a solo driver. These  drivers will have to complete a mandatory pit stop and tyre change to the same minimum pit stop time as teams doing a driver change. 

Six races will be held across the weekend with each driver having a separate qualifying session and ten lap sprint races before combining for two longer races on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. 

The TFH Hire Muscle Car Series framed by HYTEK Steel Framing kicks off this weekend August 30 – September 1. You can catch all of Saturday and Sunday’s action live streamed on the Hi-Tec Oils Super Series Facebook and YouTube page and live on SBS, Fox Sports and Kayo Sports from 12:30pm Eastern time.

Nathan Herne, #37 Herzog Steel Ford Mustang

“Josh Haynes and I talk a fair bit away from the track and the two-driver event came about, he gave me a buzz and asked if I wanted to do it with him. I was already going to be at The Bend working with Domain Ramsay, Greg Keam and Michael Coulter helping them on their cars so it worked out well to bring along my suit and helmet and cut some laps while I’m there.

“Last year I did the two-driver event with Paul Manuell up in Darwin and I enjoyed every minute of it, we even came close to getting a win. Obviously Peter Robinson let Paul and I drive his Dodge Challenger for the weekend, and it had more battle scars than a military vehicle by the end of the weekend. I am looking forward to working with the whole Waltec team as well as Josh and being back in a team environment. What better way to do an enduro with the guy who is leading the championship.” 

Elliot Barbour, #63 TFH Hire Ford Mustang 
“Matt Black the Team Principal from TFH Racing gave me the call, they were looking for a short list of drivers. They spoke to some people from TA2 Racing, and obviously with the laps I have been doing in those cars in the other series it worked out well. I had to check with the TA2 team to see if I could get out of my DSO duties which they were gracious enough to let me put that to the side for the weekend so I could go and have some fun behind the wheel. 

“Getting to race with the TFH team is going to be really cool. In the other series I’m on my own program, so driving in a bigger team with some more resources and have teammates like Des Collier, Todd Hazelwood and Josh Thomas. It is going to be a packed field this weekend with heaps of tough competition so I am really looking forward to going out there and racing hard with everyone.”

ENTRY LIST

#3 Steve Wilson, Nick Lange, Tefol Wilson Auto Racing, Chevrolet Camaro 
#4 Mark Crutcher, Jordan Cox, Crutcher Developments, Ford Mustang 
#5 Danny Reidy, Desert Palms Alice Springs, Chevrolet Camaro
#11 Michael Coulter, Turps Tippers, Ford Mustang
#13 Greg Keam, Matthew MacKelden, DeBeer’s Refinish, Ford Mustang 
#14 Jason Pryde, JP Motorsport, Chevrolet Camaro 
#22 Brad Gartner, Tim Brook, Hi-Tec Oils, Chevrolet Camaro 
#23 John Holinger, Chase Hoy, John Holinger Engineering, Chevrolet Camaro
#24 Nicholas Bates, Sam Bates, Very Clean, Ford Mustang 
#30 Tom Hayman, Di Prinzio Concreting, Ford Mustang 
#39 Dean Lindstrom, TDP Mobile Services, Ford Mustang 
#37 Josh Haynes, Nathan Herne, Herzog Steel, Ford Mustang
#50 Paul Hadley, Hugh McAlister, PHD Motorsport, Chevrolet Camaro 
#51 Graham Cheney, Zach Bates, PHD Motorsport, Chevrolet Camaro 
#57 Brandon Madden, Scott Andriske, Harvey’s Towing, Ford Mustang
#63 Des Collier, Elliot Barbour, TFH Hire, Ford Mustang 
#69 Anthony Tenkate, Russell Wright, Tenkate Plant Hire, Ford Mustang 
#71 Domain Ramsay, C&H Trucking, Chevrolet Camaro 
#81 Hayden Jackson, Team RSG/MGW, Dodge Challenger 
#91 Aaron Prosser, Security of Supply Group, Ford Mustang 
#118 Tyler Cheney, Jarrod Hughes, PHD Motorsport, Chevrolet Camaro 
#169 Joshua Thomas, Todd Hazelwood, TFH Hire, Ford Mustang 

SCHEDULE 

FRIDAY

8:00am Practice 1 (40 mins)

10:45am Practice 2 (40 mins) 

1:45pm Practice 3 (20 mins)

4:05pm Qualifying – Driver 1 (15 mins)

4:30pm Qualifying – Driver 2 (15 mins)

SATURDAY 

10:15am Race 1 – Driver 1 (10 laps)

12:40pm Race 2 – Driver 2 (10 laps)

4:00pm Race 3 – Enduro (20 laps) 

SUNDAY
10:45am Race 4 – Driver 2 (10 laps)

12:35pm Race 5 – Driver 1 (10 laps)

3:30pm Race 6 – Enduro (25 laps) 

BROADCAST 

LIVE STREAM:

Saturday & Sunday: 10:15am – 12:30pm

Hi-Tec Oils Super Series Facebook, Hi-Tec Oils, Super Series Youtube & Speedcafe

TELEVISION:

Saturday & Sunday: 1pm – 4pm

SBS VICELAND, Fox Sports, Kayo Sports, Sky NZ

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