ADC and Vees bring quality grids

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Two regular national open-wheel categories will appear with the Hi-Tec Oils Super Series at Sydney Sundown, both the Australian Drivers Championship and Australian Formula Vee Championship have plenty of talking points this weekend.

The visit to Sydney Motorsport Park will be the very first for the Hyper Racer X1 machines that make up the Australian Drivers’ Championship.

The ground-effect open-wheelers will be very well suited to the fast-flowing nature of SMSP.

As for a form guide, well, very few of the seventeen drivers have ever driven anything at the Western Sydney track.

Reigning champion Damon Sterling is on a great run of form, he has won the last eight races leading into the round this weekend and certainly has a target on his back.

Across those two rounds his closest challenger was the inaugural Hyper Racer series winner Dean Crooke who sits second in the standings and previously raced a Superkart at the venue many years ago.

New South Welshman Hayden Crossland is the only person to lap a Hyper Racer around SMSP, but don’t let that con you into thinking he has an advantage, it was a single demonstration lap in very wet conditions. He has had recent Sydney experience, albeit in a front wheel drive Hyundai.

This will be the third event in the Australian Drivers’ Championship for former Trans Am driver Kyle Gurton and second for Mitchell McGarry, both have impressed greatly, fighting right up the front of the field.

Gurton has already bagged a couple of top three finishes, while merchanical issues hid McGarry’s true pace at The Bend last time out. The fact SMP is a new track for the series levels the playing field, so look out for these two to spring a potential surprise.

A large majority of the regular are also competing from Lucas Stasi, Niko French and Hamish Leighton, it is certainly an event you are not going to want to miss.

A dozen Formula Vees will descend on Sydney Motorsport Park, while it may not be the biggest field, the quality certainly makes up for that.

With Michael Kinsella and Daniel Reynolds entered it is bound to be competitive and hard fought for victory.

The Vee competitors have come from far and wide to compete in the event, from South Australia and even Western Australia.

Like the Australian Drivers’ Championship, the flowing nature of the track will create traditional slipstreaming duels which is what has made Formula Vee racing so entertaining for over six decades.

The Sydney Sundown will be shown live on SBS Viceland, Fox Sports and Kayo on Friday and Saturday from 17:00 to 21:00 AEST.

More action can be seen on the official Super Series YouTube channel, from 14:00-22:00 AEST on Friday, and from 13:00-2200 AEST on Saturday.

Tickets to the event can be bought here.

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