Gartner shines in practice as the TFH Hire Muscle Car Series framed by HYTEK Steel Framing heats up

Josh Haynes, driver of the Herzog Steel Mustang continued his strong form at the reborn One Raceway today for Round 6 of the TFH Hire Muscle Car Series framed by Hytek Steel Framing. 

Brad Gartner in the #22 Hi-Tec Oils Chevrolet Camaro was the first driver to crack a 59.6106 which he completed in practice 3. 

Sydney’s Zach Loscalpio, driving the #21 Tempest Solutions Chevrolet Camaro, made his return to the field for the first time this year and consistently stayed in the top three during all three practice sessions.

Mark Crutcher in the #4 Crutcher Developments Ford Mustang was pushing to find the limits at the newly reconfigured track leaving the circuit on multiple occasions.

Cam Sendall, driver of the #42 PBR Distributions Ford Mustang, was mistakenly released from pit lane into the path of Sam Bates in the #24 Ford Mustang coming down the main straight. Both cars suffered minor damage but will be ready for Kubota qualifying in the morning. 

Josh Haynes has a comfortable lead in the 2024 TA2 Muscle Car Series, 82 points ahead of Graham Cheney who will not be participating in this round due to other commitments, which opens the door for Brad Gartner to put pressure on the Herzog Steel Mustang in an effort to claim his first Championship win. .

With three practice sessions complete, all eyes now turn to tomorrow with qualifying at 10:30am, plus a Top 8 Shootout at 1:10pm and Race 1 at 4:20pm. Catch all the action Saturday and Sunday live on SBS, Fox Sports and Kay Sports.

QUOTES

Josh Haynes, #37 Herzog Steel Ford Mustang

“This track is really cool, I love it. Obviously the new facilities are amazing, and it is so cool to be here at One Raceway after so many years. The track is still pretty technical especially in one of these big TA2 cars. There is still some learning to be done, it is early days and we have to try a lot of different things. There are a lot of tight corners and different lines to take on this track which makes it interesting.”

“Everything went well for me today in the #37 Herzog Steel Ford Mustang. I am really looking forward to the rest of the weekend and hopefully by the end of it we’ll have the 2024 Championship wrapped up.”