Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge

Townsville Street Circuit

Clay Osborne

Clay Osborne #15

Pro, Michelin Junior
Race Engineer
Andy McElrea
#1 Mechanic
Rob Clark
QUAL
P2
R1
3
R2
3
R3
7
Rnd
4th
Clay Osborne #15 racing at Townsville Street Circuit 2024
Clay Osborne #15 racing at Townsville Street Circuit 2024
Brett Boulton

Brett Boulton #84

Pro-Am
Race Engineer
Andy McElrea
#1 Mechanic
Shaun Simpson
QUAL
P1
R1
1
R2
DNF
R3
6
Rnd
5th
Brett Boulton #84 racing at Townsville Street Circuit 2024
Brett Boulton #84 racing at Townsville Street Circuit 2024
Ayrton Hodson

Ayrton Hodson #28

Pro, Michelin Junior
Race Engineer
Leigh Geyer
#1 Mechanic
Tim McCumstie
QUAL
P7
R1
5
R2
9
R3
8
Rnd
6th
Ayrton Hodson #28 racing at Townsville Street Circuit 2024
Ayrton Hodson #28
Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Round 3 @Townsville Street Circuit 2024
Ayrton Hodson #28 racing at Townsville Street Circuit 2024
Caleb Sumich

Caleb Sumich #14

Pro, Michelin Junior
Race Engineer
Leigh Geyer
#1 Mechanic
Stewart Notley-Smith
QUAL
P11
R1
DNF
R2
10
R3
5
Rnd
11th
Caleb Sumich #14 racing at Townsville Street Circuit 2024
Caleb Sumich #14 racing at Townsville Street Circuit 2024

Summary

Prior to the weekend, we were looking forward to our Michelin Sprint Challenge team's first opportunity to race at the challenging Townsville street circuit, as support for the Supercars. Much like our race weekend at The Bend last month, we didn’t get close to the results that our drivers were potentially able to achieve.

Despite the lack of trophies, highlights from the weekend included Clay capturing the Michelin Sprint Challenge lap record in race 2 on Sunday morning. Caleb's storming drive from last on the grid at the start of race 2 to take 5th in race 3, Brett's pole and race 1 win in Pro-Am and Ayrton’s continued growth and second top 5, racing at this level.

And a huge shout out to the amazing effort from the awesome MR crew who only had 2 hours sleep on Saturday night after a massive effort to replace the front tub on Caleb’s car after heavy impact in race 1. Again proving the AMRC are the best in the business - if we do say so ourselves!

McElrea Racing crew at Townsville Street Circuit 2024