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McLeod focused on ‘winning’ after rebuild

McLeod

By Thomas Miles

Date posted: June 25, 2024

Cameron McLeod is locked in on “winning” after his Coke Commodore has received “a birthday” from its wild Wanneroo rollover.

Since McLeod had the big shunt in May, the Ryan McLeod Racing Cars team with support from both PremiAir and Triple Eight have been hard at work repairing the #92.

After a busy period, now the finishing touches are being applied to get the Commodore ready for a key test session at Queensland Raceway this Thursday to prepare for the upcoming Dunlop Series round at Townsville on July 5-7.

“There are a lot of new parts after the car has what I like to call a birthday rather than rebuild,” McLeod told AUTO ACTION.

“All the main stuff has been done, just got a bit of the bodywork, windscreen and the interior like the seat and things like that to do, nothing major and they have done a great job.

“There was a bit of bodywork damage up the front, but the biggest issue was the left rear which was all bent in and caved up near the fuel tank which is never good.

“Most of them are new parts because others broke and some of them are new parts just for safety.

“I can’t list off everything that is new but things like uprights, brake rotors and things like that were a bit damaged so got rid of that. A bunch of bars in the roll cage are new as well.

“We will have a test and it will be full steam for Townsville.

“It is what we needed and should be pretty good having the biggest birthday it has probably ever got. Hopefully it will then be faster than ever!”

Whilst it will be his first visit at Super2 level, McLeod has form at the Townsville street circuit having dominated in Super3 last year, including qualifying ahead of all but three Super2 cars on the Saturday in his Nissan Altima.

The flowing hybrid street circuit is one that McLeod enjoys and he believes a maiden Super2 victory is possible and it will be a sweet reward for the team.

“We were fast in Brad Neil’s mighty Nissan last year!” He said.

“I really enjoy that track. I was fast there for a number of reasons and I have done a lot of sim work there as well.

“After what we have been through as a team it would be something different if we win there.

“As everyone on the grid we only have winning on our mind and as a team we are putting everything into it.”

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