TA2 muscles up for Morgan Park

By Thomas Miles

Date posted: May 31, 2024

The TA2 Muscle Car Series resumes at Morgan Park Raceway this weekend where Brad Gartner has started strong.

Round 2 of the 2024 TA2 Muscle Car Series has just started with Gartner leading the opening practice session convincingly.

His 1:16.4280 was a second clear of nearest rival Graham Cheney with Mark Crutcher, who completed the top four in an 11-car field.

Both Crutcher and Gartner are on the comeback after their cars were heavily damaged in the final race at SMP.

The driver everyone is chasing after the SMP season opener is Josh Haynes, who emerged as the clear championship leader, being 43 points clear of Cheney.

Haynes also has winning experience at Morgan Park and is hopeful of carrying on his momentum.

“Obviously we have had an awesome start to the year with Round 1 at Sydney Motorsport Park back in April,” he said.

“It was awesome to have a big name like Todd Hazelwood there and not only for myself be close to him but also beating him in qualifying and 3 of the 4 races.

“It has certainly been a massive change for us joining Waltec Motorsport this year, obviously dad and I have worked so hard in the garage every year and that’s disappeared.

“It’s definitely been a weird thing but a really good thing for us as well and we appreciate and enjoy the weekend a little bit more while we are there.

“I am really excited to go to Morgan Park, I love the track.

“Last year I really enjoyed it there and came home with a win.

“Some people think the track is really tight but obviously in these big TA2 cars a-lot of tracks are tight.”

Friday is a busy day with four practice sessions, while Saturday will see qualifying and the opening race take place.

The weekend concludes with three Sunday sprints.

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TA2 muscles up for Morgan Park

The driver everyone is chasing after the SMP season opener is Josh Haynes, who emerged as the clear championship leader, being 43 points clear of Cheney.

“It has certainly been a massive change for us joining Waltec Motorsport this year, obviously dad and I have worked so hard in the garage every year and that’s disappeared.

“Some people think the track is really tight but obviously in these big TA2 cars a-lot of tracks are tight.”

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