Drivers gear up for TA2 two-driver event at The Bend 

The TA2 Muscle Car Series will revisit The Bend Motorsport Park for the first time since 2019 as a two-driver event for Round 4 of the TFH Hire Muscle Car Series framed by HYTEK Steel Framing.

Teams from all across Australia will make the trip down south to The Bend Motorsport Park for three intense days of racing as part of the Hi-Tec Oils Super Series event. 

The format for the weekend is set to feature a separate qualifying session for each driver with three races across each race day on Saturday and Sunday. These six races will compromise a single sprint race for each driver and a longer enduro race, which will feature a driver change with a minimum timed pit stop, with both drivers earning championship points across the weekend. 

The first driver pairing locked in sees Walkinshaw Andretti United Super 2 star Zach Bates team up with Graham Cheney in the #51 PHD Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro.

Fellow Super2 regular Jarrod Hughes will team up with Cheney’s son Tyler Cheney in a third PHD Motorsport entry, with Paul Hadley to be joined by former TA2 regular Hugh McAlister.

TCR star Jordan Cox will make his TA2 return, co-driving with Mark Crutcher in the #4 Crutcher Developments Ford Mustang. Cox paired up with Crutcher in last year’s Kings of the North in Darwin, where Cox came away with first in the co-driver race, and also clean swept the penultimate round at Sydney Motorsport Park in Crutcher’s Mustang.

Supercars co-driver Todd Hazelwood will return to the TA2 Muscle Car Series joining forces with Joshua Thomas in the #169 TFH Hire Ford Mustang.

Entries and pairings of more drivers will be announced in the coming weeks closer to the event. 

Round 4 of the TFH Hire Muscle Car Series framed by HYTEK Steel Framing takes place on August 30 - September 1 at The Bend Motorsport Park. Saturday and Sunday’s races will be live and free to air on SBS, Fox Sports and Kayo Sports. 

QUOTES

Jordan Cox #4 Crutcher Developments Ford Mustang

“Crutcher rung me up and asked me if I wanted to do the two-driver event with him again at The Bend Motorsport Park, I said yes and hung up the phone. It was short and sweet didn’t it certainly didn't take me long to say yes. 

We had a lot of fun together up in Darwin for the two-driver event last year, it is always super cool when you can get the chance to co-drive, it makes it a real team event. I has some great racing and great results with Crutcher last year and I am looking forward to doing it again in a few weeks time.”