{"id":25220,"date":"2025-07-27T04:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T04:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/25220\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T04:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T04:57:10","slug":"ben-bargwanna-and-clay-richards-combine-for-ta2-endurance-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/25220\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Bargwanna and Clay Richards combine for TA2 Endurance Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TWO famous names in Australian motorsport are set to combine for the upcoming TA2 Muscle Car Series endurance race at Queensland Raceway, with Ben Bargwanna and Clay Richards likely to be a front-running pair.<\/p>\n<p>While Bargwanna has been a fixture in the Trico Trans Am series since the start of the season, Richards only recently took delivery of his Mustang from Mark Crutcher, with this weekend being his first run in the car.<\/p>\n<p>The third-generation racers will share Bargwanna\u2019s regular Hangcha Forklifts-backed machine for the event.<\/p>\n<p>It is a reunion of sorts for the two families, after Jason Bargwanna and Steven Richards started the 1998 V8 Supercars Championship as teammates at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-354-Garry-Rogers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garry Rogers<\/a> Motorsport, before Richards departed to the UK and linked up with the Nissan Super Touring squad.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH HERE: TRANS AM HIGHLIGHTS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/driven-the-john-bowe-story?utm_source=SRBuyButton&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/driven-jb_1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be really exciting, a two-driver event in these cars, like, I love these cars so much,\u201d said Ben Bargwanna.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClay is having his first run at Sandown this weekend, and to team up with him is really special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe grew up racing together, we raced against each other for quite a few years, especially in TCR, and obviously our fathers raced against each other too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be really special out there all together, Dad and Steve will be on the tools, Clay and I will be driving, we\u2019re going to have an absolute ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to learn a lot, we\u2019re both still learning these cars, so it\u2019s going to be like a big test day for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be using my car, it\u2019s going to have Hangcha Forklifts on the side\u2026 both cars are the same anyway, either car, it doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At Sandown this weekend for Richards\u2019 debut in the class, the two outfits are buddied up, with the pair cooperating in elements of their preparation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working together a little bit, each running our own shows, but we\u2019re just going to scratch each other\u2019s backs when it comes down to it,\u201d said Bargwanna.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it hits the fan, we\u2019re all going to jump on and help each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just going to help learn together, it\u2019s good to have some feedback from another car, learn off and bounce off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/lowndes-to-partner-erebus-prodigy-in-ipswich-enduro\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In other teams already announced, Craig Lowndes will make his TA2 debut when he lines up alongside Jarrod Hughes, while Tim Slade will share with Alice Buckley.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, George Miedecke will line up alongside Joshua Webster at Marcos Ambrose Motorsport.<\/p>\n<p>The event is set for August 15-17.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH HERE: TRANS AM FULL RACES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TWO famous names in Australian motorsport are set to combine for the upcoming TA2 Muscle Car Series 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