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A front-runner successful the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series is banking connected the summation of immoderate engineering prima powerfulness to bolster his run astatine Sandown.

Luke King has enlisted accomplished technologist Tony Woodward for the penultimate SpeedSeries lawsuit astatine Melbourne's historical Sandown connected September 16-18.

Woodward has a wealthiness of experience, starring Brad Jones Racing's frontman Andre Heimgartner successful Supercars.

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King, who races a Hyundai i30 successful the TCR Australia Series, had ties to Brad Jones Racing via erstwhile full-timer Jason Bright and highly regarded engineering Wally Storey.

"Tony Woodward's sanction popped up erstwhile we knew Brighty wasn't going to beryllium astir successful Melbourne this weekend," King explained.

"Tony was idiosyncratic Brighty recommended and comes from the Wally Storey schoolhouse of engineers arsenic some worked astatine Brad Jones Racing.

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"Having worked with some Brighty and Wally led america down this path, truthful Tony's travel retired this weekend."

"When we had asked Tony if helium would bash it and helium agreed.

"He has since been chatting to Hyundai Motorsport successful Germany to guarantee helium understands and ensured helium has each the entree to our information systems.

"Tony is beauteous keen for it. He's acceptable for a caller situation with a wholly antithetic car successful a caller squad and a caller series."

Kind was absent from the opening 2 rounds of the TCR Australia play astatine Symmons Plains and Phillip Island.

After a coagulated instrumentality astatine Mount Panorama, the Central Coast-based operator returned to the podium successful Sydney and again successful Ipswich.

"It's been bully and each successful a car we chose chiefly for the Sydney round," King said.

"I thought we could get a bully effect determination easily, but to get 1 astatine Queensland Raceway was awesome and I reckon we'll beryllium bully present astatine Sandown arsenic well."

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The Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series volition instrumentality successful 3 races astatine Sandown, 1 connected Saturday and 2 connected Sunday.

The touring car bid headlines the enactment astatine the historical Melbourne venue alongside GT World Challenge Australia, Australian Production Cars, and Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia.

Stan Sport volition transportation unrecorded enactment ad-free and on-demand crossed Saturday and Sunday, with sum commencing astatine 11am connected each day. Free-to-air sum volition besides beryllium carried connected 9Gem from 3pm connected Saturday.

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