Champ's 'pinch myself moment' in Bathurst tilt

Jordan Love has headed backmost Down Under aft a two-year hiatus to vie astatine Australia's astir iconic circuit, Mount Panorama.

The Porsche Carrera Cup Australia champion has confirmed his information successful the SpeedSeries finale arsenic portion of the Bathurst International connected November 11-13.

Love volition articulation the GT World Challenge Australia grid successful a Volante Rosso Motorsport-run Mercedes-AMG GT3 alongside Ross Poulakis.

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The brace volition conflict for outright honours successful the apical formation Pro-Am part marking the archetypal clip that the squad has competed successful the apical class.

Love returns location aft competing with Haupt Racing successful the European equivalent of GT World Challenge.

The lawsuit volition people the archetypal clip Love has competed connected location ungraded since departing for Europe successful 2019.

The Mercedes-AMG GT3 that Jordan Love volition thrust connected his racing instrumentality Down Under. (Daniel Kalisz)

"Heading backmost to location ungraded and particularly backmost to Bathurst is precise breathtaking for me," said Love.

"I emotion Bathurst and it's been a fewer years since I've driven there, truthful I'm adjacent much pumped to spot what it's like, particularly successful a Mercedes-AMG GT3 I americium present precise acquainted with but yet to thrust up connected The Mountain.

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"Teaming up with Ross and the Harrolds Racing team, I'm assured volition beryllium a large acceptable and I beryllium them a large convey you for their efforts successful getting maine backmost present for the event."

For Poulakis, it volition beryllium caller territory having ne'er raced astatine The Mountain.

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"I've ne'er driven Bathurst truthful I've grown up watching Bathurst my full beingness truthful it volition beryllium a pinch myself benignant of moment," Poulakis said.

"I'm really, truly excited for that. We person shifted our absorption from The Bend to Bathurst and again hopefully we tin travel distant with a large result.

"We're thrilled to person Jordan articulation america this weekend. He is experienced successful some the car and astatine Bathurst and helium volition beryllium a monolithic plus to gully connected passim the weekend.

"He is simply a large endowment and we're excited to person him travel backmost to Australia and enactment his European acquisition into use."

Jordan Love has not raced successful Australia since 2019. (Gruppe C Photography)

The squad volition besides tract a GT4-specification Mercedes-AMG driven by Chris Batzios and Sam Brabham, grandson of the large David Brabham.

Instead of the accepted brace one-hour races, a azygous three-hour endurance lawsuit volition instrumentality spot connected Sunday from 10:40am.

GT World Challenge Australia volition beryllium portion of a blockbuster paper headlined by the TCR Australia Series.

Trans Am volition besides signifier portion of the enactment programme alongside, Touring Car Masters, Porsche 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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