Rising Aussie star lands 'bucket list' US drive

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Two-time reigning Trans Am Series victor Nathan Herne volition marque his planetary racing debut adjacent month, contesting the last circular of the National Trans Am Championship successful the United States astatine Circuit of The Americas successful Texas.

Herne volition marque a cameo arsenic portion of the Stevens-Miller Racing squad wherever helium volition articulation Evan Slater, Tyler Kicera and Rhett Barkau successful driving a Ford Mustang arsenic portion of the mill Howe Racing Enterprises squad astatine COTA.

Herne precocious secured his 2nd Trans Am Series rubric astatine Sandown, defeating teammate Owen Kelly successful a adjacent matter successful what was his archetypal afloat play run with Garry Rogers Motorsport.

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It volition beryllium the Australian's archetypal foray overseas aft 2019 plans successful the USA were thwarted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Nathan is simply a rising endowment successful galore forms of centrifugal racing and undoubtedly a aboriginal racing star," said Joe Stevens, the Stevens-Miller Racing squad owner.

"The challenges for Nathan astatine COTA volition beryllium galore arsenic helium joins this bid astatine the play finale. This radical of TA2 racers successful the United States tin be, astatine times, rough. First, helium volition person to beryllium accelerated successful each 20 turns present astatine COTA – that successful itself is nary tiny measure. Next, helium volition person to conflict to and for the beforehand of this pack. All of these things unneurotic magnitude to a large situation including having to woody with superior pitchy lag.

"But we judge Nathan volition excel astatine each the challenges presented to him. If helium tin enslaved with the team, our cars, and this track, helium volition proceed to radiance arsenic helium does successful Australia."

Herne volition besides contention the S5000 Tasman Series and the Trans Am 100 astatine the Bathurst International to adjacent retired the year.

"I'm much than keen for it," Herne said of the American opportunity.

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"To spell implicit to the US is thing I've ever dreamed astir since I was astir 12-years-old, but I rapidly wrote that disconnected arsenic soon arsenic I recovered retired however overmuch it outgo to spell implicit there. To yet get the accidental to spell implicit there, I'm keen arsenic mustard and hopefully it's not the past accidental to go...

"We've been talking to squad proprietor Joe Stevens for a mates of years present and the Americans similar to support a keen oculus connected the Australian series, which they cognize each about...

"The American Trans Am cars are overmuch much similar a Supercar than the Australian version, truthful it volition beryllium breathtaking and fingers crossed it each goes well... I've conscionable got to instrumentality the unit disconnected and bask it due to the fact that this is conscionable a bucket database point for me, I'm not truly expecting thing to travel retired of this, but ne'er accidental ne'er and possibly thing will.

"For now, I'm inactive 100 per cent committed to Australia to spot what I tin bash locally, I person S5000 a week earlier and the Bathurst International after. I'm keen to enactment my sanction connected the Bathurst 100 trophy."

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