HMO Customer Racing young gun Bailey Sweeny got his pursuit to the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia title off to the best start by taking the opening victory at AWC Race Tasmania.
SECOND ROW START - QUALIFYING DONE FOR ROUND 1 IN TASMANIA
SWEENY TOPS OPENING PRACTICE IN TASMANIA
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR RETURNS FOR 2023
Two-time race winner and last year’s Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series Rookie of the Year Bailey Sweeny has confirmed he will contest the 2023 season with HMO Customer Racing.
Sweeny proved a revelation last year after scoring two wins and three podiums on the way to an impressive fifth in the standings.
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - STUNNING WEEKEND SEES BAILEY SHINE AT BATHURST
HMO Customer Racing’s Bailey Sweeny has completed a stunning weekend and season, taking a second place podium spot, in a dramatic final Race 3 , at the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series round, as part of the Bathurst International event, at Mount Panorama.
Sweeny finished second, after at one stage leading the race, following on from his victory in Race 1 on Saturday.
Te result means Sweeny ends the championship in 5th place in his first season of TCR racing and claims the Rookie of The Year title.
BAILEY WINS AT BATHURST
Young gun Bailey Sweeny has taken victory in the opening race of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia decider at Bathurst.
The opening race at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst International proved dramatic for a few title contenders, with two retiring and others struggling.
It was Sweeny off the start, but his HMO Customer Racing teammate Josh Buchan in the brand new Hyundai Elantra N TCR encountered a launch control problem on the start and dropped to the back.
FRONT ROW START FOR BAILEY AT BATHURST
HMO Customer Racing’s Bailey Sweeny has qualified his Hyundai on the front row for Race 1 at the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series round, as part of the Bathurst International event, at Mount Panorama.
Sweeny missed pole by a mere 0.439 of a second but will start from second position and on the front row.
BAILEY SWEENY REMAINS ON TOP AFTER PRACTICE 2 AT THE SUPERCHEAP AUTO BATHURST INTERNATIONAL
HMO Customer Racing’s Bailey Sweeny has remained at the top after Practice 2 of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series at Bathurst.
Sweeny continued his hot Mount Panorama form from Easter to top the timesheets in opening practice and he backed this up in the second session to set a 2m 12.956s to lower his mark from this morning.
Recovering from a delay earlier this morning, Aaron Cameron in the Team Valvoline GRM Peugeot 308 TCR was second just 0.030s shy of Sweeny.
BATHURST INTERNATIONAL - BAILEY GOES FASTEST OF FIELD IN P1
HMO Customer Racing’s Bailey Sweeny has set the fastest time in the opening session ahead of the season finale at the Bathurst International.
Sweeny set the early benchmark with a 2m 13.6704s in his Hyundai i30 N TCR at a venue where he broke through for his maiden win earlier in the year as teammate Josh Buchan took to the Mountain for the first time in the Elantra N TCR for its maiden Supercheap Auto TCR Australia outing.
BATHURST INTERNATIONAL - SCHEDULE RELEASED
Headlined by the final round of Supercheap Auto TCR Australia as 46-points separate Honda Wall Racing’s Tony D’Alberto and the GRM Swyftx Peugeot of Jordan Cox.
Other key contenders include LIQUI MOLY Team MPC driver Will Brown, Josh Buchan debuting the HMO Customer Racing Hyundai Elantra N TCR, Honda privateer Zac Soutar and Jay Hanson in the AWC MPC Racing, as more points on offer compared to a regular round ensure a tight battle is expected.
MONSOON ON THE MOUNTAIN - BAILEY NETS 6TH SPOT AT BATHURST
All 4 Mechanical Erebus Academy driver Bailey Sweeny has finished in 6th spot from a 32 car field, in one of the most wet and wild Toyota86 races yet seen in Australia - during the opening day’s racing, on Day 2 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 series at Bathurst.
Torrential rain just prior to to race saw the track become an ice rink with multiple drivers spearing off at The Chase, the fastest corner in Australian motorsport.
Three races will be held over the weekend as part of the Bathurst 1000 weekend with coverage on Foxtel, Kayo and the Seven Network.
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING - SWEENY TOP 4 ON DAY 1 - BATHURST
All 4 Mechanical Erebus Academy driver Bailey Sweeny has hit the Mount Panorama circuit, going 4th fastest, from the 32 car field, during the opening day’s practice session, on Day 1 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 series at Bathurst.
Sweeny clocked the circuit in a best time of 2:38.1962
Three races will be held over the weekend as part of the Bathurst 1000 weekend with coverage on Foxtel, Kayo and the Seven Network.
BATHURST - SCHEDULE REVEALED
BAILEY FASTEST OF FIELD IN PRACTICE 1 - TCR - SANDOWN
HMO Customer Racing’s Bailey Sweeny has led the way following a shortened opening practice for the penultimate round of Supercheap Auto TCR Australia at Sandown.
It was Sweeny setting the pace on a 1m 14.762s in his Hyundai i30 N TCR to edge AWC MPC Racing’s Jay Hanson in his latest specification Audi RS3 LMS TCR by 0.127s.
Supercheap Auto TCR Australia is back on track at 2:40pm AEST for second and final practice session ahead of the two-part fight for Astrontech Pole Position tomorrow.
The Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series will contest three races at Sandown as part of the SpeedSeries event also including the Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS, Gulf Western Oil Touring Car Masters and the final round for the Turtle Wax Trans Am Series.
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SANDOWN TGRA86 - SWEENY SECOND IN 34 CAR FIELD ON DAY 1
All 4 Mechanical Erebus Academy driver Bailey Sweeny has hit the track strongly, going second fastest, from the 34 car field, during the opening practice session, on Day 1 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 series at Sandown in Melbourne.
Sweeny clocked the circuit in a best time of 1.28.1835 to miss fastest by zero point 3 of a second.
Three races will be held over the weekend with coverage on Foxtel, Kayo and the Seven Network.
ELBOWS OUT - BRAVE DRIVES SEE MAJOR POINTS HAUL FOR BAILEY IN QUEENSLAND
HMO Customer Racing Hyundai TCR Australia driver Bailey Sweeny has produced a stunning weekend, claiming 100 round points and narrowly missing another podium, amongst 3 of the toughest battles with Australia’s best racers, during Round 5 of the 2022 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia series at Queensland Raceway.
SWEENY SURVIVES WILDEST RIDE - BAILEY TAKES 4TH IN TORRID RACE 1
HMO Customer Racing Hyundai TCR Australia driver Bailey Sweeny has survived the wildest of rides, during Race 1 on Day 2, of Round 4 of the 2022 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia series at Queensland Raceway.
Sweeny had earlier stunned the far more experienced field to Qualify 4th and be the top starting Hyundai.
Starting from Row 2, Sweeny grabbed a strong start but as the field stormed in Turn 1 at over 200kmphr, Sweeny slid on cold tyres, sending him barreling across the grass.
He would later recover, marching back through the pack to eventually finish 5th overall.
SUNSHINE STATE - SWEENY HITS THE TRACK FOR DAY 1 AT IPSWICH
HMO Customer Racing Hyundai TCR Australia driver Bailey Sweeny has hit the track for practice on Day 1 of Round 4 of the 2022 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia series at Queensland Raceway.
Sweeny came out of the blocks well, clocking the circuit in a best time of 1:14.3804 to sit 6th overall in the 18 car field and less than a second off pole sitter and V8 Supercar driver Will Brown.
SWEENY THIRD IN TOWNSVILLE P1
Erebus Academy driver Bailey Sweeny has hit the track strongly, going third fastest, from the 31 car field, during the opening practice session, on Day 1 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 series at Townsville.
Sweeny clocked the Queensland circuit in a best time of 1.29.6772
Three races will be held over the weekend with coverage on Foxtel, Kayo and the Seven Network.