Shannons Nationals Sydney Motorsport Park

After torrential rain havocked the first 2 days of round 8 of the Shannons Nationals at Sydney Motorsport Park, the final day of racing (November 15) and the final round on the racing calendar looked promising, Alek Hoskins went trackside to cover the action for P42…

Tony Ricciardello lived up to the hype as the best driver in the Kerrick Sports Sedan field, winning his ninth title and across the other championships, Liam McAdam delivered Eggleston Motorsport back-to-back Kumho V8 Touring Car series titles in a chaotic weekend of V8 racing.

Mark Laucke piloted his Australian Sports Racer Series rocket, closing out the title win by mere 10 points, despite starting race 2 from the back of the grid by carving this way through the field of drivers to fourth by the end of the first lap.

The main event of the day was the Australian Manufacturers Championship 4 hour enduro. Dylan Thomas and Stuart Kostera joined forces to top the podium in their Mitsubishi Evolution, Whilst Grant Sherrin in his Sherrin Rentals BMW took the overall victory for the season. It was a great end to an action-packed year.

Round 1 kicks off at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne on 1-3 of April 2016.