ISLAND ATTACK - SWEENY HITS THE FAST FLOWING PHILLIP ISLAND ON DAY 1
HMO Customer Racing TCR Australia driver Bailey Sweeny has launched out of the blocks and hit the track for practice, on Day 1, of Round 2, of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia series at Phillip Island.
In a tight field of 21 drivers - which includes some of the biggest names in Australian motorsport - Sweeny finished the day to sit just outside the Top 10 - clocking the fast and free flowing Victorian circuit in a best time of 1.37.6918 in his Hyundai I30N TCR car - eventually settling in at 14th overall.
When combined over the 2 sessions, Bailey sits 15th with Qualifying and Race 1 to come tomorrow.
TCR ROUND 2 - PHILLIP ISLAND SCHEDULE RELEASED
Following a thrilling first round of Supercheap Auto TCR Australia at AWC Race Tasmania, the schedule has been released for the next stop on the calendar at Phillip Island on March 18-20.
The Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series headlines a bumper seven category program for the first Shannons Motorsport Australia Championships round of the season at Phillip Island, where the category makes its third appearance.
SWEENY HOME IN 4th AS MONSOONAL RAIN SLAMS SYDNEY
All 4 Mechanical Erebus Academy driver Bailey Sweeny has come home in a strong 4th place - from the 34 car field - during the final race of the opening round of the 2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 championship, at Sydney Motorsport Park.
Conditions throughout the whole weekend can only be described as soaking wet.
So much rain fell during the course of the weekend that Race 2 was set to be cancelled, with both the circuit and the pit area completely under water in parts, however after a delayed start it was run.
Sweeney showed true courage to bring the car home in 4th after battling with Bathurst 1000 podium legend Warren Luff.
SWEET SUCCESS - SWEENY SECURES PODIUM + SILVERWARE IN TCR
HMO Customer Racing Hyundai TCR driver Bailey Sweeny has stunned the field to grab a second place podium finish in Race 2 on Sunday, during Round 1 of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia series at Symmons Plains in Tasmania.
On debut - at a track he has never competed on - in a new team - in a new car - and competing against some of the biggest names in Australian motorsport - 19 year old Sweeny came home just behind winner Jordan Cox.
THIRD ROW START FOR SWEENY ON SUNDAY AFTER SUCCESSFUL TCR DEBUT RACE 1
HMO Customer Racing Hyundai TCR driver Bailey Sweeny will start Race 2 on Sunday from the third row after a solid opening Race 1 saw him finish 15th overall, during Round 1 of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia series at Symmons Plains in Tasmania.
On debut - at a track he has never competed on - in a new team - in a new car - and competing against some of the biggest names in Australian motorsport - 19 year old Sweeny stunned the vastly more experienced field in qualifying - at one stage leading the pack and on pole position with only 2 minutes to go.
SWEENY STARS IN TASMANIA - QUALIFYING - WILL START RACE 1 FROM 4TH ROW
HMO Customer Racing Hyundai TCR driver Bailey Sweeny has stunned the field in qualifying - at one stage leading the pack and on pole position with only 2 minutes to go - during Round 1 of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia series at Symmons Plains in Tasmania.
In what was the closest and most ferociously contested qualifying sessions ever in Supercheap Auto TCR Australia, it was Sweeny’s team mate, the Hyundai i30N TCR driven by Nathan Morcom who scored pole position for this afternoon’s season opener.
Eventualy, Sweeny would be relegated to the 4th row - by a mere 0.3 of a second - but the run was a stunning performance - on debut - at the track, in a new car and in a new team.
DAY 1 WRAP - 'LESS THAN A SECOND' COVERS TOP 17 RUNNERS - SWEENY TOP 10 - TCR TASMANIA
HMO Customer Racing TCR driver Bailey Sweeny has finished 10th fastest overall in the 20 car field, during the second practice session, on Day 1, of Round 1, of the Supercheap Auto TCR series at Symmons Plains in Tasmania. Earlier Sweeny went 8th fastest.
In perspective - in his first ever race event in the category - in a brand new car - in a new team - at a track he has never competed at before - it is a remarkable result.
The top 17 (of 19) cars finished the day with less than a second covering the entire 17 runners.
Sweeny finished less than half a second off the top spot - with just 0:00.4078 being the difference.
SWEENY FAST OUT OF THE BLOCKS - GOES 8TH QUICKEST - PRACTICE 1
HMO Customer Racing TCR driver Bailey Sweeny has gone 8th fastest overall in the 20 car field, during the opening practice session, on Day 1, of Round 1, of the Supercheap Auto TCR series at Symmons Plains in Tasmania.
Sweeny clocked the circuit in a time of 56.3029 to sit half a second off fastest overall.
The session was red flagged at one point due to the heavy crash by newcomer Cody Garland who escaped uninjured but who sustained severe car damage.
STRONGEST SUPERCHEAP AUTO TCR AUSTRALIA FIELD EVER ASSEMBLED TO CONTEST AWC RACE TASMANIA
The opening round of this year’s Supercheap Auto TCR Australia at Symmons Plains is guaranteed to be a hotly contested affair.
A field of 20 drivers representing seven different marques will open the season at AWC Race Tasmania.
Bailey Sweeny will race for HMO Customer Racing this season driving one of the team’s three Hyundai i30 N TCRs featuring expanded support from the Korean marque’s performance brand N Performance.
ANNOUNCEMENT - SWEENY JOINS TCR IN 2022 - CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING TEAM
Bailey Sweeny Racing is proud to announce that he will be racing for championship winning team HMO Customer Racing, in the brand new Hyundai I30 N, in the 2022 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series.
The Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series is a domestic variant of the hugely successful Touring Car Racing formula adopted in more than 30 countries and regions worldwide, including the FIA WTCR World Touring Car Cup.