MIAMI – The United States-based Trans Am Series TA2 class has been invited to participate in the Turtle Wax Trans Am Series season finale at the Bathurst International Mount Panorama circuit on November 11-13.
This is the first time such a broad invite has been issued to United States competitors to race TA2 cars at Mount Panorama, which boasts top speeds of 173 mph for the class.
The Supercheap Auto Bathurst International event is composed of three fast-paced sprints (16 laps, eight laps and eight laps) for a total of 123.52 miles of racing.
The Australian Racing Group and the Trans Am Race Company announced a landmark agreement in 2019 allowing ARG to hold the commercial, promotional and marketing rights for Trans Am in both Australia and New Zealand.
The Turtle Wax Trans Am Series is the highest level of Trans Am competition in Australia, with cars built to a controlled TA2 formula to achieve a level playing field and cost-effective racing, just like TA2 in the United States.
The series is one of Australia’s strongest and fastest-growing racing categories with more than 80 TA2 racing machines in the country. The chassis are all built by Howe Enterprises and feature the same single-specification 525 horsepower engines for parity and cost control.
“I didn’t want it to be my favorite track because it’s so far away, but it went to the top of my list straight away,” said two-time Trans Am TA2 champion Gar Robinson, who has participated in the Bathurst event in the past. “If you took Virginia International Raceway and turned it into a street course and then added walls, kangaroos and Tim Tams, that’s Bathurst. I can’t wait to get back there.”