THE car in which Clay Richards will make his TCR Australia debut this weekend has been revealed.
As first reported by V8 Sleuth, the third-generation racer will join the TCR field at Winton for Round 3 spanning June 9-11.
The 23-year-old, who is a Toyota 86 regular, will be behind the wheel of a Melbourne Performance Centre-run Audi RS 3 LMS sporting Shannons Insurance backing.
Richards enters the SpeedSeries event on the back of two test days last week at Winton, one of which was in the wet.
“This is a great opportunity for me to taste TCR racing for the first time,” he said.
“It’s a whole new experience for me with front-wheel-drive race cars, racing against lots of drivers with plenty of experience in the category and with these cars.
“My aims for the weekend are simple; to be consistent, continue learning every time I go on the track and clock up plenty of laps across the event.
“Naturally, I’m hoping this weekend is something we can build upon for the future.”
Richards’ father Steve and grandfather Jim have 12 Bathurst 1000 wins between them.
TCR practice begins on Friday ahead of qualifying and three races across the weekend, the first of which will be broadcast live on 9Gem. The remaining races will be aired via Stan Sport.
A full entry list is yet to be released for TCR Round 3, although one notable omission will be 2019 champion Will Brown.
