Club Torque Spring 2021

SuperSprint Champion – 1st in Type 1 and Class 1B (Standard Road Reg. 1601cc -2000cc) team at the Alfa Club 12 Hour Relay at Winton • 2018 Part of winning team at the Victorian 6 Hour Relay at Philip Island- First interstate team to win the event • 2018 Part of winning team at the Alfa Club 12 Hour Relay at Winton • 2019 Part of winning team at the Victorian 6 Hour Relay at Philip Island - First team to • 2017 Part of winning

I’m the only driver in the history of the Challenge Bathurst event to win two groups in the one year.

win back to back titles at the event • 2019 Part of winning team at the Alfa Club 12 Hour Relay at Winton - First team to win the event three times in the 14 years of the event. • 2018 Winner Group C at Challenge Bathurst • 2019 Winner Group B at Challenge Bathurst • 2020 Winner Group A at Challenge Bathurst • 2020 Winner Group C at Challenge Bathurst • 2021 Winner Group B at Challenge Bathurst

and was named the “Regularity King of the Mountain” by the Challenge Bathurst

organiser for 7 podium finishes in the 6 years of the event (the last 5 being 1st places). Who are your sponsors? Blue Mountains Mazda is my official sponsor, but I couldn’t compete without the support and patience of my wife, Jeanette, and my family. What was your first MX-5? 1998 NB8A that I still own. I competed in it from 2006 until about 2010. When did you start and what motivated you to start competing? I have been involved with cars or motorcycles from an early age. I grew up in a small country town in the middle of NSW. When my legs were long enough to reach the accelerator, brake and clutch pedals (in my early teens) I started driving cars on the fire trails and back road around the town. This is where I learned how to

On the top step of the podium at the 2019 Challenge Bathurst

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