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Chaz Mostert extends lead with opening Bathurst race win
2 days ago
Chaz Mostert has taken his third race of the 2021 TCR Australia season after a battle with Aaron Cameron went the way of the 2014 Bathurst 1000 winner, further extending his championship lead.
The Melbourne Performance Centre driver might have entered the race with the pole position but had to fight with 60kg of success ballast in his Audi RS 3 LMS, fighting back from a tough start to outpace the Garry Rogers Motorsport Peugeot 308 TCR of Cameron late in the race.
Starting from the outside of the front row, Cameron got the holeshot into Hell Corner, the GRM driver edging out polesitter Chaz Mostert to the first turn as further down the pack both HMO Customer Racing entered Hyundai i30 N TCR’s of Nathan Morcom and Josh Buchan were left sitting on the grid, having issues after a prolonged starting sequence.
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Lee Holdsworth claimed victory in the opening TCR Australia race of 2021, powering past fellow Alfa Romeo racer Jordan Cox to take the lead early on in the first race at Symmons Plains Raceway.
Holdsworth, contesting his first TCR race, had started the race from pole position but the Ashley Seward Motorsport driver was beaten by Cox when the lights went out and had to settle into second.
Holdsworth’s team-mate, youngster Jay Hanson, assumed third place behind the leading duo as Alfa cars locked out the top three places early in the race.
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Keeping the pressure on Cox throughout the early laps, Holdsworth made his move for the lead on the Garry Rogers Motorsport driver on lap six, passing on the inside into the penultimate corner at Turn 6 to take the lead.
Lee Holdsworth tops Symmons Plains practice as Alfa Romeo dominate
2 months ago
Lee Holdsworth was fastest in both practice sessions of the TCR Australia series season opener at Symmons Plains, with the Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCRs locking out the top positions.
“The car came out pretty good out of the box,” said Holdsworth.
“The times are really close, so I imagine qualifying’s going to be really tough.”
The Ashley Seward Motorsport driver lapped the circuit in 55.7559 and was 0.1444 seconds ahead of Garry Rogers Motorsport driver Jordan Cox.
Jay Hanson, team-mate to Holdsworth was third fastest and Michael Caruso, GRM team-mate to Cox, was fourth, making it an Alfa Romeo 1-2-3-4.
Lee Holdsworth completes TCR Australia switch
3 months ago
Lee Holdsworth will switch to the TCR Australia series for the 2021 season after agreeing a deal to join Ashley Seward Motorsport.
The 37-year-old lost his drive with Tickford Racing for the upcoming Supercars campaign after the Ford squad took the decision to downsize from four cars to three – leaving the series veteran without a full-time ride for the season ahead.
Holdsworth however has now concluded a deal to race the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce that was driven by James Allen at The Bend last season as team-mate to teenager Jay Hanson, with the deal seeing him go up against a number of former Supercars rival – including 2009 Bathurst co-driver Michael Caruso.