HMO Customer Racing is aiming to regain the TCR Australia title with a three-pronged attack, beginning at this weekend’s opening round of the 2022 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Championship at Symmons Plains near Launceston.
The Sydney-based team heads to the tight and technical 2.41km Tasmanian circuit full of confidence after a productive off-season in which its fleet of Hyundai i30 N TCR racers were fully refreshed, now featuring a striking new-look livery, and a positive pre-season shakedown test at Wakefield Park recently.
Nathan Morcom leads the team for a third consecutive season and hopes to be a consistent front runner in his bid for the title while Josh Buchan is looking to build on the race-winning performances during his breakthrough rookie season last year to mount a forceful championship challenge from the outset.
HMO Customer Racing will expand to a three-car team for the entire 2022 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia championship with 18-year-old rising star, Bailey Sweeny, who is a member of the Erebus Racing Academy, joining the outfit to give it a formidable blend of youth and experience.
Nathan Morcom
“I’m really excited to get racing again and I’m confident that I, and the team, have never been better prepared for the start of a season. The cars look fast in their new livery, and we’re starting bigger and better than ever with three fully-refreshed Hyundai i30 N TCRs.”
“We had our ups and down last year, and we’ve taken what we learnt from the positive results and look to put those lessons into practice this season with consistent podium results to keep us in the hunt for the championship throughout the entire year and get these cars back to where they deserve – up the front.”
Josh Buchan
“The goals for 2022 are pretty simple; get out there and if anyone is in front of me then pass them. And hopefully that will be good enough to claim the series, or at least a couple of race wins along the way.”
“The value of scoring points is very, very obvious; going into the last round of the 2021 series we had a mathematical chance of taking the title but it fell apart. My aim is to be consistently up at the pointy end of the grid and take some gold.”
Bailey Sweeny
“This is undoubtedly the biggest weekend of my racing career so far; a new car, new competitors and a new track that I’ve never physically raced on before. But I’m really excited for the challenge and have been watching plenty of on-board videos and using my simulator to familiarise myself as much as possible.”
“The test day at Wakefield Park was really positive and I managed to get a lot of laps in. The Hyundai i30 N TCR is nothing like what I’ve driven in the past but it feels like a fantastic race car. I’ve got a steep learning curve ahead of me and I know that I’ve got a great team, and team mates alongside, to help me climb it.”
