TCR AUSTRALIA WINTON PROGRAM CONDENSED

TCR Australia condenses schedule for Winton – Photo: InSyde Media

TCR Australia has taken the opportunity to condense its schedule for the upcoming Winton round.

Round 5 of the carsales TCR Australia will see Friday’s scheduled practice sessions moved to Saturday morning with one extended 50-minute session at 9:05 am before returning the series regular programming for the remainder of the weekend.

“An opportunity with the scheduling has seen us move to a two-day race meeting,” said Liam Curkpatrick, Category Manager for TCR Australia.

“Our teams will not really be affected, and it will make for a really fast-paced, action-packed day on Saturday, with a longer practice session added at the start of the day.”

“We are always looking at ways to reduce the costs for our teams, and this will be a good chance for us to see how a two-day race meeting will potentially work for certain events in the future.”

FULL WINTON TCR AUSTRALIA SCHEDULE

SATURDAY
Practice: 9:05am
Qualifying: 11:30am
Race 1: 2:15pm

SUNDAY
Race 2: 1:15pm
Race 3: 2:20pm

The S5000 demo has been dropped from the schedule – Photo: InSyde Media

S5000 has also been dropped from the program, due to the Phillip Island driver and evaluation test the following Wednesday (August 28).

“This round of the Shannons Nationals has always been planned as a two day event which provides fans and competitors with an exciting weekend of racing,” said Michael Smith Director of the Shannons Nationals.

“For Winton, tickets will only be available at the gate and there will be plenty of racing on offer, including the very successful carsales TCR Australia Series, the Australian Prototype Series who will have four races across two days, and the Porsche 944 Challenge.”

“We also understand the tight schedule the S5000 faces in preparation for its racing debut, with its upcoming test at Phillip Island meaning it, unfortunately, won’t be on show at Winton – however, we are very excited about the very first race at Sandown in a month’s time.”

Supporting TCR Australia at Winton Raceway will be the Australian Prototype Series and the local Porsche 944s.

The changes to the schedule do not affect the original scheduling for livestream viewers who will be able to catch qualifying and the races live, while SBS will broadcast the TCR Australia Series races live, free and in HD on Saturday and Sunday.

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