2 Days of Thunder schedule released
The schedule for Round 2 of the Hi-Tec Oils Super Series, 2 Days of Thunder at Queensland Raceway from May 1-3 has been revealed.
The three-day event has an endurance theme with multiple categories running endurance races, in total there are eight categories making for jam-packed schedule.
The event will be headlined by the TA2 Muscle Car Series Tag Team Enduro in which some of Australia’s most well-known drivers share the TA2 machines with the series regulars.
The 2 Days of Thunder will also contain the season opening round for the newly renamed Australian Endurance Championship (previously known as the APC Enduro Championship) and endurance racing for the Australian IRC Series.
It will be a packed schedule with the Yokohama AASA Australian Formula Ford Championship, TFH Hire Legend Cars Australia Series, AASA TT and a couple of local categories, Queensland Touring Cars and Queensland Superkarts also taking to the track.
The TA2 Muscle Car Series Tag Team Enduro format is unique. On both days the regular drivers and the guest stars compete in a sprint race each, the results of which set the grid for the 40-minute mini-enduro in which the drivers share driving duties.
In total this means that the thundering TA2s will hit the track to race on no less than six occasions.
Last year many notable stars featured including seven-time Bathurst 1000 winner Craig Lowndes, current Supercars Championship leader Brodie Kostecki, Bathurst 1000 winners Paul Morris and Todd Hazelwood, as well as current Supercars drivers James Golding and Declan Fraser.
The Australian Endurance Championship will contest a single three-hour endurance race on Saturday evening. The race will commence in broad daylight and end under full darkness, taking place from 17:25 to 20:25.
The Aussie built Innovation Race Cars will have four races, two sprint races and two 50-minute enduros in which a second driver is an option. The longer distance affairs consist of a compulsory pit stop and will see strategy come into play.
The Yokohama AASA Australian Formula Ford Championship will run four races across the weekend, two on Saturday and a pair on Sunday. Sunday’s qualifying format will once again be a full field Shootout which debuted very successfully at the opening round.
As always, TFH Legend Cars Australia will be get straight into the action. On Friday they have a sole practice session, qualifying and two races. The pocket rockets then contest two races on Saturday and three on Sunday. Totalling seven across the course of the three days.
The Queensland Touring Car Championship and AASA TT will share the track throughout the weekend. They have two practices and qualifying on Friday, two races on Saturday and a pair on Sunday.
The ultra-fast Queensland Superkarts add diversity to the schedule; they rock up on Saturday and kick off the day’s schedule with their sole practice session. They then go qualifying before running two races on Saturday and a couple on Sunday.
The full schedule can be found here.
You can enter to compete in the 2 Days of Thunder by clicking here.