I was really looking forward to the weekend, after the disappointment of working endlessly to find funding and falling short, then having to make the call to pull out of the round, It was music to our ears when found out we could make it. I was focused, determined and ready! I worked hard on my in-car fitness and driving technique over the break. I immediately felt at home in the Richards Toyota Camry TLX, which is powered by a 5L Lexus V8 engine with 560HP! With the help of my engineer Barry, we focused on the process throughout the practises on how to improve, which we did every-time we hit the track.

Qualifying on the front row besides current V8 supercar driver Andre Heimgartner, was the first tick of the box to set up our weekend. The team did an amazing job to ensure the Toyota Camry was fast and reliable. Race 1 began with a rolling start, as we crept towards the start lights and they went green I took off! Racing side by side with Andre through the first 4 turns, it was great to be racing hard, but also giving and having respect for each other the whole way round. It was slippery on the outside, but I was hanging on! I’m here to race and thats exactly what we did. We dragged up the back straight and into the braking area, untill I out broke myself and speared straight ahead! I dropped back to 5th, but pushed on as we made our way back through the field and finished 2nd.