Star driving to combat 'awful' exploitation

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Supercars contention victor Anton De Pasquale has confirmed his spot connected the grid for Bathurst's lesser-known Great Race.

The Bathurst 6 Hour is the hallmark endurance contention connected the SpeedSeries calendar, which harks backmost to the aureate epoch of touring car racing Down Under.

The six-hour contention isn't filled with sports cars oregon purpose-built contention cars. Instead, its absorption is connected the roots of Australian centrifugal racing with a grid of 60-plus accumulation cars.

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De Pasquale volition contention a BMW M4 alongside car proprietor Anthony Soole and Adam Burgess travel Easter (April 7-9).

In 2022, the Dick Johnson Racing operator finished 3rd overall.

Winning the contention isn't the lone extremity for the team. Their different purpose is to rise consciousness for foundation Destiny Rescue.

The organisation works to assistance children from enactment trafficking and exploitation astir the world.

So far, the organisation has freed 11,000 children, rescuing and reintegrating them into society.

"Destiny Rescue is simply a foundation that I americium precise passionate astir and would emotion to usage my level successful racing to get their communicative out," Soole explained.

"These guys are amazing. They are moving to assistance escaped the implicit 1 cardinal kids that are presently being enactment trafficked astir the world.

"Kids betwixt the ages of 5 and 14 are being held and sold for sex. It sounds unbelievable and it is – it's awful.

"I truly privation to assistance get their communicative retired and if I tin usage my racing to rise consciousness for this important origin past that tin lone beryllium a bully thing."

Having De Pasquale onboard is portion of that thrust to rise awareness.

The Supercars operator is 1 of the astir fashionable up-and-coming stars of the series, often likened to three-time champion Scott McLaughlin.

"Anton is first-class, he's a superstar and 1 of the champion young drivers successful the state truthful it was a no-brainer to inquire him back," Soole added.

"He did a large occupation to suffice 3rd past twelvemonth and though the contention didn't spell to program helium was inactive truly impressive. It showed that if things spell our way, we person the velocity to beryllium a contender.

"It's ever large to get backmost to Bathurst and vie successful this contention and I'm truly looking guardant to teaming up with Anton and Adam again this year."

Stan Sport volition transportation unrecorded and ad-free sum of the Bathurst 6 Hour connected April 7-9.

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