Everso Biggyballies wrote: ↑4 weeks ago Last-minute Boost backing for Chahda Supercars wildcard
Matt Chahda Motorsport’s Supercars wildcard campaign has received last-minute naming rights backing from Boost Mobile.
The telco has stepped in to support the family-run squad, which will field an ex-Triple Eight Camaro for Chahda and fellow Super2 driver Brad Vaughan in the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000.
Team boss Amin Chahda went public on Monday with the privateer team’s struggles to make the Sandown grid following the late withdrawal of another sponsor.
Boost’s outspoken founder Peter Adderton has swooped on the opportunity, with the team to run in the brand’s orange and black colours.
And here is the livery.....
Matt Chahda Motorsport, the Albury-based Super2 team, as mentioned above struck a last-minute sponsorship deal with Boost for its two-event Supercars Championship campaign.
MCM purchased a Triple Eight Chevrolet Camaro for Chahda and fellow Super2 driver Brad Vaughan to drive, but entered Sandown race week without a primary backer.
Boost is joined on the car by Shaw and Partners Financial Services, which has also moved to support the family-run squad. S&P were notably another Erebus Sponsor in the past.
Chahda is lining up for his second Supercars Championship start following an MCM wildcard at Bathurst in 2022,
ANyway, the livery:
* I started life with nothing, and still have most of it left
“Good drivers have dead flies on the side windows!” (Walter Röhrl)
* I married Miss Right. Just didn't know her first name was Always
Some other liveries for the Enduros, or certainly for Sandown.....which I guess you could describe some as retro attempts.
First up the Randle Tickford Castrol Mustang
The swirl-look made famous in the 1990s, initially by the factory Toyota Celicas running the World Rally Championship, then followed by the Castrol TOM’s Supra in Super GT.
The popularity of the Castrol look was then immortalised by the early Gran Turismo PlayStation games that were realised in the late 1990s.
The Jaxon Evans/Dean Fiore machine will sport a red look and #50 at Sandown and Bathurst in celebration of SCT’s 50th anniversary.
Founded by Pete Smith in 1974, the logistics giant now operates a fleet of over 55 locomotives and employs 1100 staff.
The names of all 1100 staff members feature on the bonnet of the Camaro, which was revealed at SCT’s Altona headquarters.
* I started life with nothing, and still have most of it left
“Good drivers have dead flies on the side windows!” (Walter Röhrl)
* I married Miss Right. Just didn't know her first name was Always
Erebus Motorsport drivers Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood will sport a new scheme at this year’s Sandown 500.
Melbourne-based electric karting venue PowerPlay has come onboard as the naming rights sponsor of the #1 Chevrolet Camaro for the 500-kilometre race.
The livery is the work of former Holden designer and renowned livery artist Peter Hughes.
The #1 Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro to be driven by Brodie and Todd
* I started life with nothing, and still have most of it left
“Good drivers have dead flies on the side windows!” (Walter Röhrl)
* I married Miss Right. Just didn't know her first name was Always
I hope so. They have come pretty close witth a couple of 4ths for Golding at Hidden Valley in June, the first of which came from pole position.
He has Dave Russell sat along with him for the Enduros, so .
What I didnt r was that The Peter Xiberras-owned PremiAir remains the only Chevrolet squad not to have scored a podium since the Gen3 era began.
* I started life with nothing, and still have most of it left
“Good drivers have dead flies on the side windows!” (Walter Röhrl)
* I married Miss Right. Just didn't know her first name was Always
Grove Racing reveals 50th anniversary Moffat colours
The Matt Payne/Garth Tander and Richie Stanaway/Dale Wood entries will both compete in the blue hues used by Moffat’s Falcon XB.
Moffat streaked to victory at Sandown in a car that had only just arrived back in Australia following a rapid development program in the United States.
The triumph was in stark contrast to Moffat’s troubled showing with the machine, dubbed ‘Project B52’, at the Bathurst 1000 the following month.
While the original car was destroyed in a transporter fire in 1976, a replica recently completed by a Moffat fan in Tasmania is on hand at Sandown as part of the celebration.
It’s the second consecutive year in which Grove Racing has paid tribute to Moffat.
Last year the squad adopted the Federation Insurance colours run on Moffat’s XC Falcon in 1979.
* I started life with nothing, and still have most of it left
“Good drivers have dead flies on the side windows!” (Walter Röhrl)
* I married Miss Right. Just didn't know her first name was Always
Sandown is now well underway and we have now had 3 practice sessions.
P1 saw cars lapping close to record pace, and Ford had the edge with Waters leading Mostert. Reynolds was the quickest of the Camaros in 3rd.
Grove were less successful....Matt Payne/Garth Tander #19 Penrite Racing Ford Mustang suffered power steering issues on the out-lap. The team thought they had the issue resolved but returned to the pits for further inspections.
That car completed just 12 laps and wound up 21st overall. The sister #26 Ford Mustang shared by Richie Stanaway and Dale Wood was 18th.
P2 was for co-drivers, and Scott Pye has made a flying start to life as a Red Bull driver, putting Will Brown’s Camaro on top. Lee Holdsworth had Chaz Mostert’s Mustang at the top of the order for the bulk of the running, before a series of late improvers on newer tyres bumped him to 10th.
The top-five were separated by less than a tenth of a second.
Jamie Whincup ensured three Triple Eight cars ended up in the top six from BJR pair Jordan Boys and Jaylyn Robotham, wildcard Brad Vaughan and Holdsworth.
P3 was for all drivers and ended up with Camaros at the top, with JLB heading the session for Erebus ahead of Will Brown. The top three was completed by Andre Heimgartner
Richie Stanaway was the standout for the Ford contingent, putting his Penrite Racing Mustang fourth overall and just 0.1662s off the pace.
Brown’s Red Bull Ampol Racing teammate Broc Feeney wound up fifth while the top 10 was completed by Thomas Randle (Castrol Racing), Brodie Kostecki (PowerPlay Racing), Chaz Mostert (Mobil 1 Optus Racing), Cameron Waters (Monster Energy Racing), and Matt Payne (Penrite Racing).
The session was relatively incident-free.
Results: Penrite Oil Sandown 500, Practice 3
Pos Num Driver Team Car Lap Diff
1 9 Jack Le Brocq/Jayden Ojeda Tyrepower Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:08.2772
2 87 Will Brown/Scott Pye Red Bull Ampol Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:08.3166 0.0394
3 8 Andre Heimgartner/Declan Fraser R&J Batteries Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:08.4149 0.1377
4 26 Richie Stanaway/Dale Wood Penrite Racing Ford Mustang 1:08.4434 0.1662
5 88 Broc Feeney/Jamie Whincup Red Bull Ampol Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:08.4453 0.1681
6 55 Thomas Randle/Tyler Everingham Castrol Racing Ford Mustang 1:08.4472 0.1700
7 1 Brodie Kostecki/Todd Hazelwood PowerPlay Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:08.4604 0.1832
8 25 Chaz Mostert/Lee Holdsworth Mobil 1 Optus Racing Ford Mustang 1:08.5193 0.2421
9 6 Cameron Waters/James Moffat Monster Energy Racing Ford Mustang 1:08.5246 0.2474
10 19 Matt Payne/Garth Tander Penrite Racing Ford Mustang 1:08.5263 0.2491
11 14 Bryce Fullwood/Jaylyn Robotham Middy’s Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:08.5321 0.2549
12 31 James Golding/David Russell PremiAir Nulon Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:08.5665 0.2893
13 18 Mark Winterbottom/Michael Caruso DeWalt Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:08.5937 0.3165
14 4 Cameron Hill/Cameron Crick SP Tools Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:08.6030 0.3258
15 888 Craig Lowndes/Cooper Murray Supercheap Auto Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:08.6105 0.3333
16 2 Ryan Wood/Fabian Coulthard Mobil 1 Truck Assist Racing Ford Mustang 1:08.7158 0.4386
17 20 David Reynolds/Warren Luff Tradie Beer Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:08.7223 0.4451
18 3 Aaron Love/Aaron Cameron CoolDrive Racing Ford Mustang 1:08.7390 0.4618
19 11 Anton De Pasquale/Tony D’Alberto Shell V-Power Racing Team Ford Mustang 1:08.7724 0.4952
20 96 Macauley Jones/Jordan Boys Pizza Hut Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:08.8141 0.5369
21 7 James Courtney/Jack Perkins Snowy River Racing Ford Mustang 1:08.8285 0.5513
22 17 Will Davison/Kai Allen Shell V-Power Racing Team Ford Mustang 1:08.8395 0.5623
23 23 Tim Slade/Cameron McLeod PremiAir Nulon Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:08.8837 0.6065
24 50 Jaxon Evans/Dean Fiore SCT Logistics Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:08.8863 0.6091
25 10 Nick Percat/Dylan O’Keeffe Bendix Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:09.0850 0.8078
26 118 Matt Chahda/Brad Vaughan Boost Mobile Racing Chevrolet Camaro 1:09.5355 1.2583
* I started life with nothing, and still have most of it left
“Good drivers have dead flies on the side windows!” (Walter Röhrl)
* I married Miss Right. Just didn't know her first name was Always
Feeney tops crash-interrupted Sandown 500 qualifying
We had a hailstorm and plenty of wet as the teams readied themselves for the session. However it started to dry out 5 minutes in when hail was replaced by sunshine. Its Melbourne! We had a few offs, red flags, the lot.
Broc Feeney has put the #88 Camaro on provisional pole. Feeney clocked a 1:12.8980s in a damp qualifier with three minutes remaining to pip Chaz Mostert byjust 0.040s in the end.
Ford Mustangs occupied second through fifth with Matt Payne third, Mostert’s teammate Ryan Wood fourth, and Cam Waters fifth.
The top 10 was completed by Will Brown, Brodie K, Stanaway (Penrite Racing), Andre Heimgartner and ADP).
ADP put in a last-ditch effort to pip Nick Percat, who dropped out of the top 10 as the chequered flag fell.
Results: Penrite Oil Sandown 500 Qualifying
Top 10 through to the shootout.
Pos Num Driver Team/Sponsor Car Time Diff
1 88 Broc Feeney Red Bull Ampol Racing Chev Camaro ZL1 1:12.898
2 25 Chaz Mostert Mobil1 Optus Racing Ford Mustang GT 1:12.938 0.0404
3 19 Matthew Payne Penrite Racing Ford Mustang GT 1:12.986 0.0879
4 2 Ryan Wood Mobil1 Truck Assist Racing Ford Mustang GT 1:13.025 0.1268
5 6 Cam Waters Monster Castrol Racing Ford Mustang GT 1:13.027 0.1290
6 87 Will Brown Red Bull Ampol Racing Chev Camaro ZL1 1:13.087 0.1886
7 1 Brodie Kostecki Erebus Motorsport Chev Camaro ZL1 1:13.098 0.2003
8 26 Richie Stanaway Penrite Racing Ford Mustang GT 1:13.123 0.2248
9 8 Andre Heimgartner R&J Batteries Racing Chev Camaro ZL1 1:13.184 0.2865
10 11 Anton De Pasquale Shell V-Power Racing Ford Mustang GT 1:13.379 0.4807
Grid order 11-26
11 10 Nick Percat Bendix Racing Chev Camaro ZL1 1:13.412 0.5145
12 7 James Courtney Snowy River Racing Ford Mustang GT 1:13.426 0.5281
13 18 Mark Winterbottom CUB CADET Racing Chev Camaro ZL1 1:13.431 0.5334
14 31 James Golding PremiAir Nulon Racing Chev Camaro ZL1 1:13.450 0.5516
15 17 Will Davison Shell V-Power Racing Ford Mustang GT 1:13.489 0.5906
16 23 Tim Slade PremiAir Nulon Racing Chev Camaro ZL1 1:13.540 0.6422
17 20 David Reynolds Tradie Beer Racing Chev Camaro ZL1 1:13.560 0.6624
18 888 Craig Lowndes Supercheap Auto Racing Chev Camaro ZL1 1:13.598 0.7003
19 9 Jack Le Brocq Erebus Motorsport Chev Camaro ZL1 1:13.601 0.7027
20 50 Jaxon Evans SCT Motorsport Chev Camaro ZL1 1:13.613 0.7152
21 55 Thomas Randle Monster Castrol Racing Ford Mustang GT 1:13.619 0.7210
22 4 Cameron Hill SP Tools Racing Chev Camaro ZL1 1:13.696 0.7977
23 14 Bryce Fullwood Middy’s Racing Chev Camaro ZL1 1:13.716 0.8178
24 96 Macauley Jones Pizza Hut Racing Chev Camaro ZL1 1:13.905 1.0066
25 118 Matt Chahda Matt Chahda Motorsport Chev Camaro ZL1 1:15.307 2.4087
26 3 Aaron Love CoolDrive Racing Ford Mustang GT 1:16.156 3.2582
* I started life with nothing, and still have most of it left
“Good drivers have dead flies on the side windows!” (Walter Röhrl)
* I married Miss Right. Just didn't know her first name was Always
Well I have been out all day so seen or read nothing of events.
All I know is that Will Brown has taken pole position.
Starting grid is as follows.
2024 Penrite Oil Sandown 500 starting grid:
1. Will Brown/Scott Pye (#87 Red Bull Ampol Racing Chevrolet Camaro)
2. Cam Waters/James Moffat (#6 Monster Energy Racing Ford Mustang)
3. Anton De Pasquale/Tony D’Alberto (#11 Shell V-Power Racing Team Ford Mustang)
4. Brodie Kostecki/Todd Hazelwood (#1 PowerPlay Racing Chevrolet Camaro)
5. Broc Feeney/Jamie Whincup (#88 Red Bull Ampol Chevrolet Camaro)
6. Chaz Mostert/Lee Holdsworth (#25 Mobil 1 Optus Racing Ford Mustang)
7. Richie Stanaway/Dale Wood (#26 Penrite Racing Ford Mustang)
8. Andre Heimgartner/Declan Fraser (#8 R&J Batteries Racing Chevrolet Camaro)
9. Matt Payne/Garth Tander (#19 Penrite Racing Ford Mustang)
10. Ryan Wood/Fabian Coulthard (#2 Mobil 1 Truck Assist Racing Ford Mustang)
11. Nick Percat/Dylan O’Keeffe (#10 Bendix Racing Chevrolet Camaro)
12. James Courtney/Jack Perkins (#7 Snowy River Racing Ford Mustang)
13. Mark Winterbottom/Michael Caruso (#18 Cub Cadet Racing Chevrolet Camaro)
14. James Golding/David Russell (#31 PremIAir Nulon Racing Chevrolet Camaro)
15. Will Davison/Kai Allen (#17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Ford Mustang)
16. Tim Slade/Cameron McLeod (#23 PremiAir Nulon Racing Chevrolet Camaro)
17. David Reynolds/Warren Luff (#20 Tradie Beer Racing Chevrolet Camaro)
18. Craig Lowndes/Cooper Murray (#888 Supercheap Auto Racing Chevrolet Camaro)
19. Jack Le Brocq/Jayden Ojeda (#9 Tyrepower Racing Chevrolet Camaro)
20. Jaxon Evans/Dean Fiore (#50 SCT Logistics Racing Chevrolet Camaro)
21. Thomas Randle/Tyler Everingham (#55 Castrol Racing Ford Mustang)
22. Cameron Hill/Cameron Crick (#4 SP Tools Racing Chevrolet Camaro)
23. Bryce Fullwood/Jaylyn Robotham (#14 Middy’s Electrical Racing Chevrolet Camaro)
24. Macauley Jones/Jordan Boys (#96 Pizza Hut Racing Chevrolet Camaro)
25. Matt Chahda/Brad Vaughan (#118 Boost Mobile Racing Chevrolet Camaro)
26. Aaron Love/Aaron Cameron (#3 CoolDrive Racing Ford Mustang)
Ryan Wood might have qualified for the shootout but quite a ride in that shootout will show why he finished last.
* I started life with nothing, and still have most of it left
“Good drivers have dead flies on the side windows!” (Walter Röhrl)
* I married Miss Right. Just didn't know her first name was Always
