Carrera Cup grid locked in for Townsville

A competitive field of drivers will be standing between Cameron Hill and an impressive fourth straight Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia round win this weekend in Townsville.

Hill has been in blistering form this season – of the six races held thus far across Sandown and Tailem Bend, the Canberran has five victories and a second.

Just three drivers have won four straight rounds in Carrera Cup Australia history: Craig Baird (2008), Jim Richards (2003) and Alex Davison (2003/04).

Travel restrictions associated with the ongoing COVID-19 situation in Sydney has ruled Tim Miles, Jackson Walls, Drew Hall and Indiran Padayachee out of the action at Townsville.

There’s no shortage of proven performers, however, with David Russell, Luke Youlden, David Wall, Dale Wood and Craig Lowndes all boasting extensive Supercars experience.

Youlden enters Townsville with a newly serviced 911 GT3 Cup car.

“We’ve stripped the whole car down and actually found a couple of issues that we have now rectified and that should hopefully give us a bit more speed at Townsville,” said the 43-year-old, who will partner David Reynolds in the 2021 Bathurst 1000 in October.

“I’m looking forward to getting back to Townsville, that was where I made my debut with the team 12 months ago and we have come a long way since then.”

In the Pro-Am class, Stephen Grove will be back in action after missing The Bend.

Two practice sessions on Friday will kick off the event for Carrera Cup, before three races across Saturday and Sunday.

Entry list: Round 3, Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia

#	Name	Surname	Class	Sponsor
4	Stephen	Grove	Morris Finance Pro-Am	Grove Group
8	Nick	McBride	Mobil Pro	Porsche Centre Melbourne
9	Marc	Cini	Morris Finance Pro-Am	Hallmarc
12	Harri	Jones	Mobil Pro	Helimods
13	Sam	Shahin	Morris Finance Pro-Am	The Bend Motorsport Park/HTFU
20	Adrian	Flack	Morris Finance Pro-Am	AGAS National
21	Matthew	Payne	Mobil Pro	Team Porsche New Zealand / Earl Bamber Motorsport
22	Dean	Cook	Morris Finance Pro-Am	Zonzo Estate Yarra Valley
23	David	Russell	Mobil Pro	Lago Racing
28	Luke	Youlden	Mobil Pro	Tekworkx Motorsport
36	Cooper	Murray	Mobil Pro	Phase 8
38	David	Wall	Mobil Pro	Paynter Dixon / Shannons
48	Geoff	Emery	Morris Finance Pro-Am	Force Accessories
74	Kyle	Gurton	Mobil Pro	Dutton EMA Motorsport
76	Christian	Pancione	Mobil Pro	VCM Performance
77	Michael	Almond	Mobil Pro	Sonic / Bob Jane T-Marts / PSA Australia
78	Aaron	Love	Mobil Pro	Sonic
100	Dale	Wood	Mobil Pro	Timken / ASM
111	Cameron	Hill	Mobil Pro	Squadra Bespoke
222	Scott	Taylor	Morris Finance Pro-Am	Scott Taylor Motorsport
338	Craig	Lowndes	Mobil Pro	Paynter Dixon / Shannons
777	Simon	Fallon	Mobil Pro	Bob Jane T-Marts / Sonic