American's 'once in a lifetime' Bathurst chance

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Robert Noaker has confirmed helium volition vie successful the Trans Am 100 astatine the Bathurst International.

The 18-year-old who hails from Pennsylvania volition contention a Dodge Challenger successful what is the last lawsuit of this year's SpeedSeries calendar.

This year's Trans Am Series came to a decision astatine Sandown wherever Nathan Herne won the title.

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However, the Bathurst International volition spot the musculus cars connected amusement arsenic portion of a non-points-paying event.

Despite being worlds away, Noaker said he's been transfixed by Mount Panorama ever since helium saw the famed circuit connected TV.

"I retrieve archetypal seeing the Bathurst way connected TV implicit 10 years ago. I was astir apt six oregon 8 years aged then. It's 1 of the world's astir celebrated tracks," said Noaker.

"When we heard that moving the Turtle Wax Trans Am 100 astatine the Bathurst International was possible, we knew it was a erstwhile successful a beingness opportunity."

In the United States, Noaker raced a Ford Mustang connected Pirelli tyres. Here, successful Australia, he'll contention a Dodge Challenger with Hoosier rubber.

While the cars themselves aren't each that different, getting utilized to the characteristics of the tyre compound volition instrumentality immoderate getting utilized to.

"I'm looking guardant to trying a antithetic tyre plan with Hoosier, and a antithetic aero bundle with Dodge Challenger bodywork," helium explained.

"It volition beryllium a batch to larn successful conscionable a fewer signifier sessions, but I'm excited to enactment with my caller squad Dream Racing Australia and hopefully we tin set to it quickly.

Noaker is the 2nd overseas operator confirmed for the Bathurst International after Teddy Clairet of France, who volition contention the last circular of the TCR Australia Series.

Trans Am volition play enactment to the TCR Australia Series, wherever the rubric volition beryllium decided connected The Mountain.

GT World Challenge Australia volition besides signifier portion of the enactment programme alongside, Touring Car Masters, Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge, Australian Production Car Series and the Bathurst Sportscar Challenge.

S5000 volition behaviour demonstrations implicit the people of the weekend.

The Bathurst International takes spot crossed November 11-13 and volition beryllium shown unrecorded and ad-free connected Stan Sport.

The Nine Network volition besides connection unrecorded free-to-air sum connected Saturday afternoon.

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