Ambrose headlines GRM driver ‘combine’
Six young drivers will further their development towards careers in professional motorsport this week when they participate in the inaugural GRM Combine – Driven by Marcos Ambrose.
Held across Tasmania’s Symmons Plains and Baskerville circuits over five days, the Combine will provide drivers the opportunity to experience a variety of high-level racecars run by Garry Rogers Motorsport.
Participants will receive extensive briefing and coaching throughout the Combine from professional racing drivers led by GRM Competition Director, Marcos Ambrose.
GRM TCR drivers James Moffat and Dylan O’Keeffe and S5000 front-runner James Golding will be actively involved in the Combine as driver coaches.
“It’s exciting to have the first GRM Combine up and running, on two great circuits in Tasmania with six young drivers all keen to test themselves in a range of machinery and against the benchmark of GRM’s pro drivers,” said Marcos Ambrose GRM Competition Director & Combine Leader.
“The GRM team is in Tasmania all week to really get involved in giving our Combine participants a thorough learning experience.”
The Combine participants represent a cross-section of national and state level competition.
Formula Ford racer Winston Smith, Victorian Hyundai Excel drivers Harry Tomkins and Mason Kelly, and Tasmanian up-and-comer Campbell Logan will gain extensive track time in GRM’s cars as raced in the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series and the Turtle Wax Trans Am Series.
Relative to their counterparts in the program, Trans Am runner-up Edan Thornburrow and leading Aussie Racing Cars driver Kody Garland are two of the more experienced participants looking to evolve their motorsport skill sets.
The final day of track running will see Combine participants sample the high-powered Rogers AF/01 V8 S5000, with the benefit of preliminary running in a Mygale Formula Ford.
The Combine is the brainchild of two-time Australian Touring Car Champion and NASCAR Cup Series race winner Ambrose, who witnessed similar programs in the USA during his nine-year stint in elite level stock car racing.
Richard Craill (administrator)
Working full time in the motorsport industry since 2004, Richard has established himself within the group of Australia’s core motorsport broadcasters, covering the support card at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix for Channel 10, the Bathurst 12 Hour for Channel 7 and Porsche Carrera Cup & Touring Car Masters for FOX Sports’ Supercars coverage. Pretends to be a PR guy / Journalist and sometimes photographer to make ends meet when not yelling at a television in a padded room.
