GARWOOD AND SETON JOIN TOURING CAR MASTERS FOR WINTON

Adam Garwood returns to TCM driving Bob Middleton’s 1970 Chevrolet Camaro – Photo: InSyde Media

Tasmanian Adam Garwood returns to the Touring Car Masters grid at Winton on May 24-26 and is sure to be an outright contender driving Bob Middleton’s 1970 Chevrolet Camaro.

The Camaro has been driven in previous seasons by the experienced Mark King, but Garwood will take over for Winton and potentially Queensland Raceway. Garwood is looking forward to joining Middleton’s team, one that he competed alongside when he competed in the series two seasons ago.

“Bob’s team present an awesome car, I’ve raced against that Camaro and the one Adam Bressington races,” Garwood told Auto Action. “I know its pros and cons, but unfortunately for the competition it has a lot of pros. It’s a great car and I’m really looking forward to it.”

Garwood has been on the sidelines for much of 2019 after selling his Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Car at the start of the season. He recently competed in the Sports GT support races at Symmons Plains and last week participated in Targa Tasmania, but an incident on the opening stage of the fifth day ended the event for he and navigator Bec Sheldrick.

Adam Garwood at Symmons Plains earlier this year – Photo: InSyde Media

Earlier in the year he also won a state speedway title in the Formula 500 title.

“I started the year doing Formula 500, we did that for a bit of fun and ended up winning the state title out of it,” Garwood said.

“I was only really going to run Targa this year, which we did last week. Then, there was opportunity to run Bob Middleton’s second Camaro, an opportunity we couldn’t deny. We’ll see how we go.”

Not only is Garwood returning to the grid, but the Seton name will re-join the grid in the form of third-generation racer and TA2 frontrunner Aaron Seton.  Seton is listed on the entry list for the Winton event to drive Leo Tobin’s 1969 Ford Mustang.

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