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Carrera Cup battleground

By Thomas Miles

Date posted: June 13, 2024

The Porsche Carrera Cup Australia returns to the top end with a wide open fight for victory anticipated.

After a maiden trip across the ditch in Taupo, the Carrera Cup heads to Hidden Valley Raceway on a record streak of eight winners in as many rounds.

Despite many drivers fighting at the front, there is one driver, who comes to the Indigenous Round as the clear favourite.

Veteran Dale Wood knows how to get the job done at Hidden Valley, impressively winning the last five and six of the last eight Carrera Cup races in Darwin.

In fact it is Wood who brings the run of different round winners to an end being the last repeat winner and he would love nothing more than to finish the streak with more top end success.

Since Wood’s Hidden Valley win, Alex Davison prevailed at Townsville, Callum Hedge had his moment at The Bend, Dylan O’Keeffe edged ahead at Sandown, Harry King arrived and won at Bathurst, Bayley Hall had his moment on the Gold Coast before Wood ended 2023 on the top step.

Dale Wood owns Hidden Valley.

In 2024 Harri Jones started imperiously at Albert Park, while David Russell tamed Taupo.

A 24-car field will line up on the grid with the return of a champion in David Wall, who will make his first Carrera Cup appearance of 2024.

The current stands are led by Jones with a 10-point advantage over Russell, with hard charger Jackson Walls sitting third having made a number of impressive recovery drives.

Youngster Nash Morris is getting into the Indigenous Round spirit by sporting a special livery for the occasion on his Scott Taylor Motorsport machine.

In Pro Am Adrian Flack enjoys a dominant position thanks to a streak of five races leading the class.

Porsche Carrera Cup Australia schedule

Friday, June 14 (ACST)

10.00 Practice 1

14.00 Practice 2

Saturday, June 15

10.55 Qualifying

14.25 Race 1

Sunday, June 16

9.55 Race 2

14.25 Race 3

Porsche Carrera Cup Australia entry list

No. Class Car # Sponsor Name Driver First Name Driver Second Name State
1 Pro 2 TekworkX Motorsport / HAH David Russell QLD
2 Pro 3 Porsche Centre Melbourne Motorsport / BWT Fabian Coulthard VIC
3 Pro-Am 9 Hallmarc / Team MPC Marc Cini VIC
4 Pro 11 Objective Racing Jackson Walls NSW
5 Pro 12 Porsche Centre Melbourne Motorsport / Hasting Deering Harri Jones VIC
6 Pro-Am 13 The Bend Motorsport Park Sam Shahin SA
7 Pro-Am 14 I.D Land / Team MPC Matt Belford VIC
8 Pro-Am 20 Agas National / EBM Adrian Flack QLD
9 Pro-Am 22 Dexion / RAM Motorsport Dean Cook NSW
10 Pro 23 Bloxsom Team Navy Lockie Bloxsom QLD
11 Pro 28 Hall Finance & Insurance Solutions Bayley Hall QLD
12 Pro 38 Wall Racing David Wall NSW
13 Pro-Am 77 Sonic Motor Racing Services / Bob Jane T Marts Rodney Jane VIC
14 Pro 81 McLennan Motorsport / EBM Tom McLennan QLD
15 Pro 84 Team Porsche New Zealand / EBM Marco Giltrap QLD
16 Pro-Am 85 Ares Group Matt Slavin VIC
17 Pro 88 Dexion / RAM Motorsport Dylan O’Keeffe VIC
18 Pro 101 Game Over Ryder Quinn QLD
19 Pro 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Nash Morris QLD
20 Pro 777 Sonic / Bod Jane T Marts / Versalux Lighting Systems Marcos Flack QLD
21 Pro 880 Sonic / TRUEGRID Parking Surface Harrison Goodman VIC
22 Pro 911 Ranbuild / EBM Glen Wood VIC
23 Pro 992 Connected Spaces / EBM Dale Wood VIC
24 Pro 999 Sonic / Bob Jane T Marts / Pit Box io Angelo Mouzouris VIC

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