WEBB NOT DONE WITH RACING JUST YET

The motorsport bug still has its talons sunk deeply into Jono Webb.

Despite selling Team Sydney at the end of last year he was one of the early arrivals at Sydney Motorsport Park for the start of the ‘touring car’ championship.

The difference is that he is driving in the Toyota 86 Championship.

Webb will also be back in action at the historic meeting at Phillip Island, where he will be driving his father Steve’s ex-Colin Bond Ford Sierra RS500.

“I grew up around racing. It’s part of me. As long as I can remember, dad had race-cars and we were watching racing on TV or I was being dragged around to meetings,” Webb tells Auto Action.

“I started in Nations Cup in a Porsche at the grand prix meeting. I don’t think you can shake it.”

Webb looks fit and happy at SMP and reports he is working on his next project, a new house on the Gold Coast.

“The stress-free Christmas was good. It’s been great to have a break. We had 11 years with Tekno.”

The former Tekno race team base, alongside the M1 freeway to Brisbane, is now leased and devoid of anything from the Team Sydney days.

But his two youngsters, 8-year-old Judd and 4-year-old Riyo, are showing signs that they have caught the motorsport bug.

“The older one is doing a bit of go-karting with (Michael) Patrizi and the younger one is showing some interest. But it’s only for fun.

“Patrizi has two girls so I’ve told him my boys can help out.”

Although he is down-scaling his motorsport involvement, 38-year- old Webb is happy with his 86 and historic commitments.

“I usually do at least one of the 86 meetings a year. I’ve done them for six or seven years. It’s fun,” he says. “The first time was at Homebush.

It always feels like a family with Neal Latest and his crew. It’s always one of the most enjoyable race meetings I do all year.”

At Phillip Island, he will have his first races in the family’s Group A Sierra, as Steve Webb rolls out his gorgeous Elfin 360 after a recent update.

“The Elfin has just had a bit of a birthday,” he says.

“My dad wouldn’t let the Sierra go until now but I got him in a good mood at Christmas. So he’s letting me have a go.”

Former Bathurst 1000 winner Jonathan Webb will drive the ex-Colin Bond Caltex sponsored Sierra at the Phillip Island Classic this weekend.

Webb is one of several big names that will attend the event. Other legendary names that will cut laps include Larry Perkins and John Bowe.

Additional Reporting By Dan McCarthy

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