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Sports Sedans ready for Supercars stage

Sports Sedans

By Thomas Miles

Date posted: 11 July 2024

Both the Precision National Sports Sedan Series and NSW Sports Sedan Championship are ready to race on the Supercars stage for the first time in 2024.

Both championships will be on the supports bill of the upcoming Sydney SuperNight event on July 19-21, which will be the seventh round of the 2024 Supercars Championship.

It will be the Precision National Sports Sedan Series’ first appearance racing with the Supercars after the 800-plus horsepower thrilled at the Bathurst 1000 and Gold Coast 500 events last year.

It will be one of the highlights of the year with the Des Wall Memorial Trophy on the line that was won by Tony Ricciardello last year.

Peter Ingram heads to SMP as the hunted however, being the championship leader in his black carbon fibre turbocharged rotary Mazda RX7, commonly referred to as the “Batmobile.”

He took the championship by storm by sweeping the Tasmanian opener.

Leading the charge behind him are Geoff Taunton and Steven Lacey in their MARC GT SS cars.

Lacey will be especially determined to perform with SMP being his home track, while he will be a busy boy as he doubles up in both the national and NSW series.

In addition to being third in the national series, he sits second in the NSW standings, eight points behind Brad Shiels in the lightning-fast turbo Fiat 124 Coupe.

Last time out at Tailem Bend the Precision National Sports Sedan Series was taken aback by Supercars star Thomas Randle, who swept the weekend in the SAAB.

However, it was far from an easy drive having survived some thrilling battles with the likes of Ingram, Taunton and Lacey.

Also racing Marcs are of Axle Donaldson and Nick Mantikos with the full entry list to be revealed.Sydney marks midway of the 2024 Precision National Sports Sedan Series with Sandown and Bathurst to come.

Precision National Sports Sedan Series SMP schedule

Race 1: Saturday 12.50

Race 2: Saturday 16.05

Race 3: Sunday 11.30

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