Round One of the brand new AASA Production Car Championship will burst into life at Goulburn's Wakefield Park circuit this weekend.
The PCC will feature near-showroom standard Production Cars, in hard fought on track action - ultimately showing which is the best performing manufacturer. And the manufacturers are well represented, with no less than NINE manufacturers fighting it out at the opening round - Toyota, Renault, Ford, Nissan, Proton, Hyundai, BMW, Mazda and Mitsubishi.
The new surface at Wakefield Park, and the number of new drivers and cars makes picking a winner just about impossible - the action is sure to be frenetic, and looking at the field, there are a plethora of potential winners: Anthony Soole should make a strong showing in his new Celica ZR, Bryan Fitzpatrick just keeps getting faster in his Renault Clio, Jeremy Gray is a newcomer, and has the strength of an AU Falcon XR8 behind him, John Willmington will be hoping to impress his new sponsors in his Nissan Pulsar, another newcomer - Shane Tanner will drive the proven Proton, Daniel Flanagan seems to make his Hyundai Sonata do things it was never intended to do, Hans Riehs has a new weapon in the form of a BMW Mini Cooper, while Malcolm Rea returns in his Celica. Clark Stott is a new driver in a brand new car - the very fast Mazda 3 MPS, and Neil Byers will be driving a Mitsubishi, but not his regular steer, he'll be in the ex-Natalie Willmington Magna as his 380 is not quite race ready.
All in all, it's set to be a cracking start to the season. The cars hit the circuit for unofficial practice on Friday. Official practice and qualifying is scheduled for Saturday (1 March), while the races will take place on Sunday (2 March). Head to Goulburn's Wakefield Park to see it all live, and if you head to the pits, you can get a look at the cars up close.
If you can't make it to the track, stay up-to-date here at www.productioncarchampionship.net.au, with the News page, and Live Gallery due to receive regular updates during the weekend.
