ABBIE EATON HAS A THREE YEAR PLAN FOR SUPERCARS

BRITISH RACING Driver Abbie Eaton has completed a Super 2 Supercars test day at Queensland Raceway today in the Ford Falcon FGX of Matt Stone Racing.  Eaton has clear intentions on running in the series for 2019 and has already completed a test day at Winton Motor raceway with Walkinshaw Andretti United Racing.

A program of a couple of years in the Super 2 series before making a move to the main game are Eaton’s current Supercar goals.

The 26 year old and star of the British hit car show The Grand Tour where she is the test car driver told the media at Queensland Raceway; “It’s looking pretty good at the moment in terms of getting a budget and getting things in place for 2019.”

“The thing that draws me into Supercars the most is how close and competitive it is,” she added at todays test.

“The cars are so raw, they’ve not got traction control, ABS and stuff like that.

“If a driver makes a mistake it’s going to keep him or her honest, and they’re going to pay for it.

“That’s why the drivers are so good, because they’ve got to minimise the amount of mistakes they make in the car.

“I just think they’re the best drivers, the best cars in the world, hence I’m in Australia.”

Eaton completed a number of sessions in the car and was working with ex-Supercar driver Ash Walsh who was brought in as the driver coach for the day.

While Eaton is hoping to race in the Supercars’ main game, she stressed the need to learn the craft in Super2 first.

“The plan that I’ve got is to spend two or three years in Super2, get the rookie errors out of the way and fine-tune the skills,” she said.

“The amount of competition in Super2 is super, super high.  “Do a couple of years in Super2 and then hopefully move into the main game and see how I get on in the main game.”

The MSR Falcon was also tested by Aussie Racing Cars series winner Joel Heinrich along with James Masterton, son of former Sydney privateer Steve Masterton.  Gold Coast security firm Eximm has sponsored Eaton’s test with Matt Stone Racing today.

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