{"id":998,"date":"2022-08-31T15:40:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T05:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nswproductiontouringcars.com.au\/?p=998"},"modified":"2022-08-31T15:40:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T05:40:44","slug":"ardc-super-70-hosts-nsw-ptc-for-round-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nswproductiontouringcars.com.au\/ardc-super-70-hosts-nsw-ptc-for-round-5\/","title":{"rendered":"ARDC Super 70 Hosts NSW PTC for Round 5"},"content":{"rendered":"
The NSW Production Touring Cars Championship resumes at Sydney Motorsport Park this weekend, with Round 5 to be held as part of the ARDC Super 70 event.<\/p>\n
While the race meeting is only offering points for the NSW PTC Club Championship (and not the Motorsport Australia State Championship), there is still a good variety of cars on the entry list.<\/p>\n
Following his lap record-breaking performance in the previous round, Simon Hodges will be aiming to add some more race victories to his tally aboard the Secure Wealth Advisers BMW M4.<\/p>\n
The similar M4 of Anthony Soole should also be one of the front-runners in Class X as well as battling for outright honours.<\/p>\n
The other Class X car is Matthew Kiss\u2019 VF HSV GTS. Other HSVs in the field include the VE of Robert Coulthard, and the older VX of long-time campaigner Paul Wilbow, who makes a welcome return to the category.<\/p>\n
The all-wheel-drive brigade is represented by championship contender Dimitri Agathos in his Subaru WRX STI, along with Matt Boylan who took out the one-hour enduro in June. Also in an Evo X is Chris Sutton, who moves across from the Subaru WRX he drove to second outright in the Sydney 300.<\/p>\n
One manufacturer with an increasing presence on the NSW PTC grid in recent seasons has been Volkswagen, and there are five in the field this weekend; the Scirocco of Robert Bryden, Polo of Oscar Butt and a trio of Golfs for Stephen Muller, Michael Ferns and Sean Cade, who takes over driving duties from his state championship-leading son Liam.<\/p>\n
Other notable entrants include category sponsor Allworth Homes owner Stephen Thompson (in a Toyota 86) and Stewart Follows, who had some fine performances at Wakefield Park in the wet earlier in the year and will be one to watch if it rains.<\/p>\n
The weekend\u2019s format will consist of four sprint races \u2013 two on Saturday and two on Sunday.<\/p>\n
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