Symmons Plains Raceway, Tasmania: HMO Customer Racing’s Josh Buchan leads the 2022 Supercheap Auto TCR Championship after the opening round of the Super Series, the AWC Race Tasmania at Symmons Plains.
Buchan holds a four-point lead in the title race after a consistent weekend at the front of a super competitive field, finishing second, fifth and fourth in the three hotly-contested and drama-filled races at the tight Tasmanian circuit.
Buchan started the final race on pole position and led from lights to flag with unbeatable pace, setting the lap record in both of Sunday’s sprints. But he was robbed of a certain victory following a penalty during a safety car period.
Nathan Morcom also had a breakthrough weekend, scoring his first pole position in the Supercheap Auto TCR Series and finishing the opening race on the podium in third behind his team mate. Contact in the second race dropped Morcom to 13th, but a charging drive in the final race saw him claw back to a sixth-place finish.
HMO Customer Racing’s new recruit, 19-year-old Bailey Sweeny proved that he will be a star of the future with a Top 10 qualifying result and scoring a podium finish with second place in race two. Unfortunately, Sweeny was boxed out to finish 15th in the opening sprint and failed to finish the final race after a strong showing inside the top 10.
The next round of the Speed Series with the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Championship is at Phillip Island in Victoria on March 18-20.
Josh Buchan Symmons Plains Results
Practice 1: P14 – 56.4288sec
Practice 2: P9 – 55.7042sec
Qualfying: P4 – 55.4549sec
Race 1: P2 – 55.9435sec
Race 2: P5 – 55.9195sec (Fastest Lap)
Nathan Morcom Symmons Plains Results
Practice 1: P6 – 56.0874sec
Practice 2: P7 – 55.6226sec
Qualfying: P1 – 55.2931sec
Race 1: P3 –55.9784sec
Race 2: P13 – 56.9748sec
Race 3: P6 – 56.6372sec
Bailey Sweeny Symmons Plains Results
Practice 1: P8 – 56.3029sec
Practice 2: P10 – 55.8600sec
Qualfying: P8 – 55.6402sec
Race 1: P15 – 56.0651sec
Race 2: P2 – 56.2343sec
Race 3: DNF – 56.4448sec
