Hayman unbeaten in Trans Am at QR

by yu5s7 | Jan 11, 2024 | Latest Race

Hayman unbeaten in Trans Am at QR

With victories in Races 3 and 4, Tom Hayman was unbeaten across the weekend in the National Trans Am Series fourth round at Queensland Raceway.

Race 1 was declared a non-event before he took out Race 2 on Saturday. He also won the first on Sunday ahead of fellow Mustang driver Lochie Dalton and Elliott Barbour in his Camaro. The latter was second in the last race in front of series leader James Moffat (Mustang).

Hayman was confident in his performance. “If I had to fight them, it might have been different, but I felt I had them covered,” he declared.

Second for the round, Barbour praised the performance. “Two family-run teams, it’s great to be able to take it up to the big teams,” he enthused.

Moffat was third overall and enhanced his points lead over Dalton, while Hayman holds third.

Hayman led Race 3 from the start, with Thornburrow and Moffat vying for second when they clashed at Turn 3. Moffat spun while Thornburrow was able to continue, albeit behind Dalton and Cody Gillis (Mustang).

Then followed Elliott Cleary (Mustang) and Ben Grice, who had made up many places quickly in his repaired Mustang. His charge came to an end a few laps later when he stopped in front of the pits and brought out the Safety Car.

A second Safety Car interruption came when Thornburrow pulled up after his brake pedal to the floor. Moffat had fought back to fourth ahead of Brett Holdsworth (Camaro), Gillis, Tim Brook (Challenger), Cleary and Mark Crutcher (Mustang) as the race finished with full course yellows still in place.

It was a similar tale for Hayman in Race 4, where again, he led from start to finish. Throughout the duration, Barbour held second ahead of Moffat. Gillis had fourth in the early stages before he let his teammate Cleary through and later retired with a broken axle.

Cleary later had the power steering fail which put him off at Turn 2. The fluid deposited caused Brook and Grice to travel through the gravel trap and for Crutcher to spin.

After the race went green again, Dalton chased Moffat to the chequered flag ahead of Thornburrow, Brook, Crutcher and Grice, who had made a quick pitstop. Josh Webster, Craig Scutella and Brett Holdsworth, in their Camaros, completed the somewhat depleted field.

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Hayman dreaming of racing both home and overseas

by yu5s7 | Jan 11, 2024 | Lastest News

Hayman dreaming of racing both home and overseas

One of the brightest emerging Trans Am talents is teenager Tom Hayman, who is dreaming of the possibility of not only racing on home turf at Newcastle, but also overseas.

At just 18 Hayman has cemented himself as one of the category’s top stars in his first full season of Trans Am racing.

The Newcastle boy shot into championship contention by smashing the field at Queensland Raceway, winning all three races in the weekend of his life. Not a bad effort from a youngster driving a family run car out of a team just made up of his father, uncle and sponsor.

Despite a strong second in race one, Sandown did not go Hayman’s way. He was spun at the start of race two before being caught up in a separate tangle at turn 12 with Edan Thornburrow brought the weekend to an early finish, but still sits fourth in the standings.

“It has not gone our way this weekend,” Hayman told AUTO ACTION.

“We had a podium in the first race which was great, obviously the pace from Queensland translated to Sandown.

“But it was very frustrating to get caught up in incidents and a shame we could not show it up front.”

It was a step back down to Earth for Hayman after the high of Queensland Raceway which he rates as the biggest moment in his career.

“It took a week or two for it to sink in that we had won all three races,” he reflected.

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Family Driven Trans Am

by yu5s7 | Dec 21, 2023 | News Updates

Family Driven Trans Am

Tom Hayman is the perfect example of a family-backed driver taking it up to the larger teams in National Trans Am.
Following his debut last year as part of Beric Lynton’s squad, Hayman and his family have gone it along, with his Di Prinzio Concreting Ford Mustang being prepared in the garage at his home as a new workshop is being constructed in the backyard.
The first event for the new team was at AWC Race Tasmania where the general experience was great, albeit there was disappoint in Race 2 when Hayman had a collision.
Hayman believes the environment of being within a family run organisation will come as an advantage.

“It’s busy,” Hayman described the opening round.

“If you get a little damage you have to fix it yourself, but other than that it’s a lot more enjoyable because the weekend is spent with the people you love and with guys that you’ve chosen.

“The crew that work with me have been for a while, it’s very much a family-run team.”

Hayman scored a podium in just his second event at Sandown last year, but with the change team of structure the young gun realises the challenge of matching the multi-car teams.
At AWC Race Tasmania, Hayman did punch above his weight and his recovery drive in Race 3 following a misdemeanour earlier capped off an impressive performance.

“As a team running it ourselves we were a bit behind the eight ball, but as you know we worked hard and qualified in the top 10, which was what I was hoping to do,” said Hayman.

“Race 2 wasn’t a highlight as I had a shunt. It was the low point for the weekend, especially for myself. I bounced back in Race 3 came back to finish fourth as I stayed out of trouble and the heavens opened in front of us.”

Phillip Island is next and Hayman is a rookie to the circuit, albeit in real life.

“I’ll be fresh to the track,” Hayman quipped.

“I’m looking forward to it and have been on the simulator, but you can do so many laps around there, though it’s only when you race there that you get the proper experience.

“It will definitely be a fun track, but hard to learn.”

Finishing inside the 10 is Hayman’s target as further into the season experience will be on his side where improved results will be aimed for.

“It’s the goal of ours to be inside the top 10, if not fighting for top five or three and I think further into the season we’ll get there,” he explained.

“We’ve got a bit of experience at the tracks coming up, but Phillip island will be a big learning curve, so we’ll take it as it comes.”

The next round of the National Trans Am Series is at Phillip Island as part of the Shannons SpeedSeries on May 12-14.

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