A record twenty-five car Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge field will roll out at The Bend Motorsport Park in South Australia this weekend. With 25 entries, this weekend marks the fourth consecutive round where the series has either set or equalled a record for the largest grid to race at that particular circuit.
The Bend AutoFest also signifies the start of the second half of the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge season with both the Pro and Morris Pro-Am Championship battles still wide open.
While this round marks the final Shannons Motorsport Australia Championship event for the year, competition in the Porsche one-make National Series is only hotting up, with Rounds 5 (Bathurst International) and Round 6 (Phillip Island Island Magic) still to come later this year.
In the Pro class, it’s been a two-horse race so far this season between series leader, Thomas Sargent (519 points) and Porsche Team New Zealand driver, Ryan Wood (510 points). While the ever-present Local Legends entry of Courtney Prince lies a further 126 points adrift in third, ahead of McElrea Racing debutants Aron Shields (348 points) and Lachlan Bloxsom (330 points).
Following two practice sessions and a qualifying on Friday, Saturday’s sees an 8-lap race in the morning and a 22-lap race in the afternoon with one 8-lap race on Sunday morning.
Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge, Round 4, The Bend Motorsport Park
ENTRY LIST:
# DRIVER SURNAME SPONSOR CLASS
2 Richard Cowen McElrea Racing Pro-Am
5 Nathan Murray Garage 1 Pro-AM
8 Madeline Stewart Bullrush Rally / EBM Pro
11 Eric Constantinidis Our Kloud / Up to 11 Motorsport Pro-Am
13 Sam Shahin The Bend Motorsport Park Pro-Am
22 Andrew Goldie Cirrus Aircraft Pro-Am
23 Lachlan Bloxsom Team Navy / McElrea Pro
24 Pan Boyaci GRPB Racing Class B
26 Tom Taplin Taplin Real Estate Pro
32 Courtney Prince Sonic / Local Legends Pro
34 Nathan Sticklen TekworkX Motorsport Class B
35 Indiran Padayachee Hyundai Forklifts Pro-Am
40 Ryan Wood Team Porsche NZ / EBM Pro
47 Thomas Sargent Tegra Australia Pro
59 Jason Miller Stokes Skis Australia Pro
81 Tom McLennan Tom McLennan Pro
84 Brett Boulton Bold Living Pro-Am
85 Bradley Carr Car Mods Australia Class B
87 David Greig DW Motorsport Pro-Am
88 Harrison Goodman Bob Jane T Marts / True Grid Pro
91 Lachlan Harburg Autohouse Racing Class B
99 Ross McGregor Southern Star Windows Pro-Am
100 Emanuel Mezzasalma EJM Financial Services Pro-Am
116 Aron Shields McElrea Pro
131 Graham Williams Sonic / WRA Pro-Am
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