Image Racing grows

Image Racing and will return to the small Super3 field thanks to a new collaboration that will begin in round 2 at Wanneroo.

Tony Auddino is a Super3 stalwart having raced in the category in 2022, finishing 10th in the championship after making a one-off debut in 2021 at Bathurst.

His best result was fifth in the Sunday race of the 2022 trip to Townsville. Last year he raced in the former Kumho V8 Touring Car Series in a Ford BF Falcon and finished fifth overall.

Image Racing won the Super3 championship crown with Jobe Stewart in a VF Commodore with the Erebus Academy youngster now in Super2 and already turning heads.

Despite focusing on Super2 in the Bathurst opener, Image Racing led by Terry Wyhoon will return to Super3 with Auddino and engineering support from Erebus Motorsport.

It will be a big change for Auddino, who has been a long tome Ford Falcon driver but now he will jump ship to Holden.

Jobe Stewart crosses the line to become 2023 Super3 champion. Image: Mark Horsburgh

The addition will be a very welcome arrival for Super3, which had just two cars at the Bathurst 500 season opener in February.

Cody Burcher and Thomas Maxwell were the only drivers in the category both driving Nissan Altimas and Burcher won both races.

Auddino will keep his usual #4 which used to be run by Erebus in its early Supercars days with Lee Holdsworth and Ash Walsh until 2015 after it became famous at SBR.

Auddino revealed there will also be assistance from Supercars champions Erebus and he is on the hunt for support with currently just the all-black livery.

“This car will be a collaboration between Auddino Racing and Image Racing with engineering support from Erebus Motorsport,” he wrote on social media.

Tony Auddino steering his Ford Falcon through Griffins Bend in the Kuhmo Tyre V8 Touring Car Series.

“As we prepare for this exciting opportunity, We are continuing to seek sponsoring partners to join the team.”

The second round of the Dunlop Series at Perth will be on May 17-19.

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