Bathurst 1000 starter switches sides in V8 war

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Another Supercars operator has confirmed they volition power V8 codes successful 2023 to the rival National Trans Am Series.

Dubbo-born two-time Bathurst 1000 starter Tyler Everingham is acceptable to contention the NASCAR-style bid this twelvemonth with Dream Racing.

The Calder Park Raceway-based squad is acceptable to tally 4 entries this twelvemonth led by Everingham who has been a regular of the Super2 Series since 2019.

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He'll beryllium joined by Adam Garwood, Josh Webster, and squad proprietor Craig Scutella.

Everingham is the latest young weapon from the Super2 Series to power bid aft Jaylyn Robotham announced his signing with The Racing Academy.

Bathurst 1000 regular James Moffat volition besides contention Trans Am successful full for the archetypal clip this twelvemonth with Garry Rogers Motorsport.

"I haven't driven a Trans Am yet, truthful I'm looking guardant to my archetypal laps," said Everingham, who volition marque his debut astatine Symmons Plains connected February 24-26.

"I person a trial time coming adjacent week astatine Winton weeks, which volition beryllium bully mentation for the archetypal round.

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"Trans Am is simply a people I've been funny successful for a while. It's a bully pathway, truthful I wanted to marque the leap crossed to a people wherever you tin get tons of contention laps in.

"My thrust is inactive to marque it to Supercars, and with Gen3 coming on, I thought it was important to get a consciousness for a antithetic car truthful I tin beryllium acceptable for Supercars.

"It should beryllium a precise competitory Trans Am field. I'm looking guardant to racing immoderate of the experienced guys and the caller guys."

Team proprietor Scutella is expecting Everingham to beryllium a contender for contention wins from the outset.

"Tyler is simply a aggregate contention victor successful Super2, and we truly consciousness that Tyler volition airy up Trans Am," said Scutella.

"With immoderate luck and continued afloat focus, we are assured that helium volition beryllium warring for wins each season."

Everingham won't beryllium the team's lone debutant with section operator Garwood scoring his archetypal start.

Garwood is thing of a V8 racing all-rounder having contested Touring Car Masters, S5000, and Sprint Cars.

"I've ever been keen to get into Trans Am," said Garwood.

"If we spell alright astatine Symmons Plains, we'll look astatine doing a mates more, but it's lone the one-off for Symmons.

"I've driven a just spot of TCM, – tons of powerfulness and small tyre grip. I truly similar cars that determination astir connected the tyre, and that's precisely what these cars do.

"The contention successful Trans Am is great. It looks similar good, hard racing. I'm looking guardant to it.

"Of course, it would beryllium bully to beryllium towards the pointy end, but determination are tons of guys who person been doing it for a fewer years. My archetypal purpose is to beryllium wrong the apical 10."

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The opening SpeedSeries round. Race Tasmania, astatine Symmons Plains takes spot connected February 24-26.

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