Motor racing legend's son switches codes

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Allan Moffat's son, James Moffat, volition commercialized his Renault Megane for a Ford Mustang successful this year's SpeedSeries season.

Moffat volition proceed racing for Garry Rogers Motorsport, ditching the TCR Australia Series for a run successful the National Trans Am Series.

The three-time Bathurst 1000 podium finisher volition contention the car that Nathan Herne took to the rubric successful Trans Am past year.

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It marks the extremity of an unbroken streak successful TCR, having contested each play since its 2019 inception.

James Moffat drove a Ford Mustang with a livery inspired by his father's iconic 1969 Ford Mustang backmost by Coca-Cola. (Jack Martin)

"I'm excited to beryllium driving successful Trans Am," said Moffat.

"The racing is intelligibly precise exciting, for some drivers and fans alike, and it has go much competitory implicit the past mates of years arsenic well. 

"There's plentifulness of young endowment coming up done the class and besides plentifulness of drivers with tons of acquisition and it creates a bully premix connected the contention track. 

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"The Hoosier tyre plays a large role, being a cross-ply tyre, it lends itself to sliding crossed the way which is an breathtaking show for spectators."

Despite Moffat's prowess, helium won't person it casual with a throng of talented up-and-comers arsenic good arsenic experienced heads expected to situation for the 2023 title.

James Moffat volition power from the TCR Austalia Series to the National Trans Am Series. (Jack Martin)

Among those expected to instrumentality are past year's runner-up Owen Kelly arsenic good arsenic youngsters Lochie Dalton, Ben Grice, and Jett Johnson.

"Each twelvemonth we're seeing much prime drivers up the beforehand of the tract and there's present plentifulness of assortment with antithetic teams getting progressive and it's creating a racing merchandise that lone gets amended each clip the class goes racing," said Moffat.

"The main situation for maine volition beryllium adapting arsenic rapidly arsenic I can, and fortunately I've got that anterior acquisition to gully connected from 2021. 

"As with immoderate championship, consistency volition beryllium the key, but adjacent much truthful successful Trans Am wherever it's due elbows-out racing.

"GRM has a large information excavation to gully connected for each circular now, and I cognize I'm driving for the champion squad who volition supply maine with a large car."

James Moffat made a Trans Am cameo successful 2021 astatine Sydney Motorsport Park wherever helium won a race. (Jack Martin)

Moffat has immoderate Trans Am acquisition nether his belt.

He made a one-off quality successful the people successful 2021, taking a contention triumph by the weekend's adjacent astatine Sydney Motorsport Park.

Moffat's father, Allan, won the Australian Touring Car Championship 4 times and took outright triumph astatine the Bathurst 1000 connected 4 occasions.

All 3 victories came with the mill Ford team, famously starring a one-two decorativeness for the marque astatine the 1977 Bathurst 1000.

In aboriginal years, helium drove an iconic Mazda RX-7. 

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Although astir celebrated for his exploits successful Ford and Mazda machinery, helium erstwhile drove with Peter Brock and the mill Holden squad successful 1986.

The opening circular of the SpeedSeries takes spot astatine Symmons Plains for Race Tasmania.

The TCR Australia Series volition header the enactment alongside the National Trans Am Series, Touring Car Masters, and S5000.

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