Four young racers have been confirmed to form the top tier of the newly expanded Porsche Michelin Junior Programme Australia.
Australian based Kiwi Jaxon Evans, Jordan Love, Adam Garwood and Cameron Hill will enter the 2018 Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia season as the championship’s four Michelin Juniors. As part of the programme, all four drivers will be provided financial benefits by way of entry fee support and an allocation of Michelin race tyres, along with access to training, mentorship and education throughout the racing season.
“I can’t wait for the start of the season in Adelaide,” commented Evans. “Now entering my second Carrera Cup season, it’s great to head into this weekend as one of the inaugural Michelin Junior drivers. It’s a great programme for young aspiring drivers and it’s a privilege to be a part of it.”
Evans enters the season with the most Carrera Cup experience of the four Michelin Juniors, entering this weekend’s Adelaide opener after an impressive debut season in 2017, in which the Queensland based driver claimed five race wins and two outright round wins.
Like Evans, West Australian Love entered Carrera Cup after graduating from the feeder Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia series. Love dominated the 2017 GT3 Cup Challenge series, winning the title before competing in the final three Carrera Cup rounds of last season. Love’s announcement as a 2018 Michelin Junior sees him continue in the Junior Programme after being the sole Porsche Junior driver throughout 2017.
While Garwood and Hill have limited experience in Porsche one-make championships, both bring significant success in other racing series. Garwood enters the 2018 Carrera Cup season as a Touring Car Masters race winner while Hill joins the series as the 2017 Toyota 86 Racing Series runner-up and, before his move to tin-top racing, the 2015 Australian Formula Ford Champion.
All Michelin Junior drivers will be gunning for the Jamey Blaikie Scholarship – the pinnacle of the Junior Programme which will see the highest ranked Michelin Junior in Carrera Cup at the time of nomination for the Porsche Motorsport Junior Programme Shootout be the Carrera Cup Australia nominee for the Shootout.
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