BJR buoyed by overall progress at Tasmania Super 440
Brad Jones Racing wrapped up the Tasmania Super 440 with a strong on-track result following a challenging qualifying session.
The weekend’s results and race win see Andre Heimgartner edging closer to the top 10 in the Drivers’ Championship standings.
The team now turns its focus to the Darwin Triple Crown next month, taking place from June 19–21.
Race 16
84 Laps
Cameron Hill (#14 Wrest Point & Country Club Tasmania GR Supra) qualified 15th
Andre Heimgartner (#8 R&J Batteries GR Supra) qualified 17th
Macauley Jones (#96 Summit Fleet Racing GR Supra) qualified 23rd
Jones was able to surge through in the race, his car today had a lot better balance and he moved forward 8 spots. The #96 Supra finished in 15th.
Heimgartner wasn’t comfortable with the car balance through today’s race and had a couple of brake issues to contend with however he did move forward to 14th.
Hill also endured a difficult race but brought the #14 GR Supra home in 19th.
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Andre Heimgartner, #8 R&J Batteries Toyota GR Supra
“A bit of frustrating day, obviously not what we wanted to the results we wanted after yesterday, but overall positive weekend. Hopefully we can take some good lessons away but it's nice to have some good speed and win the race yesterday. Just need to try and be a little bit more consistent, and hopefully that bears the up and down. I saw Broc in my rear vision mirror and thought I' beat that guy yesterday and now he’s about to lap me' but overall good weekend.”
Cameron Hill, #14 Wrest Point & Country Club Tasmania Racing Toyota GR Supra
“Sunday was tougher for us. We qualified 15th, which was a shame. I actually felt like the car was pretty good, but obviously there were a few others that were a bit quicker. And then in the race, I felt like I lost braking efficiency quite early, and from there it was quite a hard day trying to get it stopped everywhere. So, we'll look into it, see what we can find, but it was really nice to have two top 10s this weekend. It's a step in the right direction.”
Macauley Jones, #96 Summit Fleet Racing Toyota GR Supra
“Today is a little bit better for us in the race. Qualifying wasn’t great for us, but I feel like we've made some good improvements and have some good understanding of what we need and that's a positive to take away from the day. We’ll keep digging and look forward to Darwin.”