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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAustin Cindric. Image: Team Penske<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAustin Cindric. Image: Team Penske<\/p>\n
Team Penske Cup Series driver Cindric is the first NASCAR racer to commit to an Adelaide wildcard, set to tackle the November 27-30 event aboard a third Tickford Racing Mustang.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old will arrive in Melbourne on Friday morning and head straight to Tickford\u2019s Campbellfield workshop before joining the race team at Sandown.<\/p>\n
Four days at the venue will culminate in his first drive of the car he\u2019s set to race in Adelaide.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter he lands we\u2019ll get him into the shop for a seat fit and take some happy snaps with the car, which we\u2019ll hopefully launch on Monday,\u201d Tickford team manager Matt Roberts told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen we\u2019ll try and get him out to Sandown [to observe] by Practice 2.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s obviously with us throughout the weekend, the ride day on Monday, then we\u2019re at Tailem Bend on Wednesday and Thursday testing with him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully we can get him up to speed in that time. He had commitments with Team Penske this week, so we\u2019re flying him out as soon as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n
Van Gisbergen\u2019s blunt Supercars advice for NASCAR wildcard<\/a><\/p>\n While Cindric will have to wait until Monday to get his first Gen3 laps, Roberts says there\u2019s plenty to be gained by being embedded in the team across the weekend.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to get him immersed in the team as quick as we can and as much as we can,\u201d he said of the weekend ahead.<\/p>\n \u201cSandown is the only opportunity we have for him to hear what Cam [Waters] and Thomas [Randle] have to say, to get him involved in pre-briefs and debriefs, just trying to immerse him.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve had plenty of phone conversations and Zoom calls with him, but there\u2019s only so much you can do when they\u2019re 15,000 kays away.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s excited. He wants to learn as much as he can from the Sandown weekend and use it.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s going to go out and have a red-hot crack at Adelaide and hopefully surprise a few people. I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll do a good job and we\u2019re looking forward to seeing what he can do.\u201d<\/p>\n Adelaide reveals three-car NASCAR wildcard plan<\/a><\/p>\n Cindric tested Car of the Future era Supercars on Australian soil in 2014 and \u201916 and has also experienced a Gen2 Mustang that Team Penske has in the US.<\/p>\n Gen3 Supercar mileage so far has been limited to simulator sessions, which have been fitted in around his NASCAR commitments.<\/p>\n Cindric is an experienced road racer that Roberts is convinced will have no problems handling the Gen3 Mustang.<\/p>\n The Supercars sojourn will, however, involve trying to switch from his favoured left-foot braking technique to the right-foot, heel-and-toe method preferred by Supercars teams.<\/p>\n \u201cHe wants to give it a go, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d said Roberts of right-foot braking.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s been trying to teach himself as much as he can. Hopefully the boys can help him with it over the weekend and we can try and teach him in the time we\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n For more of the latest NASCAR news stories, visit MotorRacing.com<\/a><\/p>\n
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