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Bates Targa Tas top ten Mazda is Bathurst bound |
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Monday, 28 January 2008 |
The Mazda3 MPS Rick Bates drove to a top ten outright finish and a comfortable
class win in 2007’s challenging Targa Tasmania event is on its way to Bathurst
for the 2008 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour.
While it will be steered for its WPS
Bathurst Motor Festival debut by Jake Camilleri, Timothy Sipp and Scott
Nicholas, the car is relatively unchanged since its Targa Tasmania success and
is sure to give the fans something to keep their eye on over the race around the
clock.
Not only was the Mazda in the top ten, it was the top placed standard production
or showroom car by the end of the gruelling five-day April event, outperformed
only by race specification or rally cars, a result which bodes well ahead of its
date against more of its standard showroom counterparts in February.
Lead driver Jake Camilleri, General Manager of Grand Prix Mazda
Caboolture, said he couldn’t wait to get back to Bathurst aboard the tried and
tested Mazda.
“I have driven at Bathurst once before in the HQ series,
and so I can’t wait to get back there and have another go,” enthused Camilleri.
“Starting in go karts as a young kid then progressing to HQ racing and
taking the QLD State Championship, then moving onto Saloon cars, sportscar
racing and some endurance events, it is every racer’s dream to run at Bathurst
and to be heading there with this car that has been proven on the hard tracks of
Targa Tasmania just feels great.”
Joining Camilleri in the Mazda will be
Timothy Sipp and Scott Nicholas, who competed in the 2007 WPS Bathurst Motor
Festival aboard a Wilson Brothers Subaru.
The 2008 WPS Bathurst Motor
Festival will be held at Mount Panorama on February 8-10, incorporating the WPS
Bathurst 12 Hour on Sunday February 10.
Tickets can be purchased from
Ticketek on 13 28 49 with discounted pricing available to patrons who purchase
prior to the event. All patrons receive free entry to the Bathurst National
Motor Racing Museum with each ticket, and children under 12 are free when they
enter with a paying adult.
Access to the top of Mount Panorama will be
open throughout the three day Event, with patrons able to catch a shuttle or
drive their own car to the Mountain top for a unique viewing point of the track,
with the Big Screen ensuring they miss none of the action.
Ticket
Details:
Friday GA Adult – $30 (Pre-purchased - $20)
Friday GA
Concession - $25 (Pre-purchased - $15)
Saturday GA Adult - $35
(Pre-purchased - $25)
Saturday GA Concession - $30 (Pre-purchased - $20)
Sunday GA Adult - $35 (Pre-purchased - $25)
Sunday GA Concession - $30
(Pre-purchased - $20)
3 Day GA Adult - $70 (Pre-purchased $50)
3 Day GA
Concession - $55 (Pre-purchased $40)
3 Day Covered Grandstand Adult - $100
(Pre-purchased - $80)
3 Day Covered Grandstand Concession - $80
(Pre-purchased - $65)
*GA = General Admission
*Children under 12 are
FREE with a paying Adult
*All ticket prices include booking fee and are
inclusive of GST
*Transaction Fees Apply
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