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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