American driver, Robert Noaker will join Dream Racing Australia for the upcoming National Trans Am Series rounds at Race Sydney and Supercheap Auto Bathurst International.
The US Trans Am competitor will add some further international flavour to two already diverse Shannons SpeedSeries events, which will also feature Kumho TCR World Tour and Touring Car Masters New Zealand competitors.
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Noaker made his National Trans Am Series debut at the world-famous Mount Panorama Circuit in 2022 under the DRA banner, but will this time double his stay and compete in both of the final rounds of the highly competitive series.
He will take to Sydney Motorsport Park and Mount Panorama behind the wheel of a DRA Chevrolet Camaro previously piloted by Tim Shaw, which will be fitted with a new engine to maximise his potential and ensure he can find himself at the pointy end of the field.
Captured at 2022 Adelaide Hill Rally on 20221112 by Jack Martin Photography.
The 19-year-old from Pennsylvania is no stranger to competitive racing, having competed in three US Trans Am rounds this year against the likes of two-time National Trans Am Series winner and former DRA driver, Nathan Herne.
He has also previously competed in the highly competitive Mazda MX-5 Cup, where he went on to finish seventh outright for the year, including a season-best second place finish at Mid-Ohio.
Ahead of the New South Wales double-header, Noaker was excited to have another crack in the Australian series and looked forward to the change-up in format.
“I’m super excited to be back racing with Dream Racing Australia for a second time, competing at Sydney Motorsports Park and Bathurst in the #333 Camaro,” Noaker said.
“After doing Bathurst last year and having some bad luck, I was hoping to be able to come back again. Earlier this year when we were setting Bathurst up, we found out Sydney was going to be the weekend before, so we decided to do that event too.
“I definitely enjoy the multi race sprint format, a different experience than what the single 75-minute races are in the U.S.”
Captured at 2022 Adelaide Hill Rally on 20221112 by Jack Martin Photography.
Dream Racing Australia Team Owner, Craig Scutella believed Noaker can make a real impact in his return to Australia.
“Robert is an incredible kid,” Scutella said.
“He’s competed in three races of Trans Am in America where he competed head-to-head against Nathan Herne and he more than held his own.
“Robert on his home tracks has done an incredible job and at Bathurst in changeable conditions did sensationally well before a tailshaft took him out of the final race with one lap remaining. Given that experience and the knowledge of Bathurst, I think Robert could sneak a placing.”
The National Trans Am Series will round out its season with back-to-back rounds at Race Sydney and Supercheap Auto Bathurst International, where the title fight expected to go right down to the wire.
Fans who can’t make it to either round can catch all seven category races live, on demand and ad-break free on Stan Sport.
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The National Trans Am Series will take to the track at Race Sydney on 3-4 November before returning one week later for Supercheap Auto Bathurst International on 10-12 November.
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