2 DRIVER ENDURO FORMAT FOR BATHURST ARG eSPORTS CUP FINALE

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The 10th and final round of the carsales ARG eSport Cup next week will be a two-driver touring car endurance race at Mount Panorama, Bathurst.

The unique race will see the 40 regular competitors in the ARG-run series chose their own co-drivers for the event, with double points on offer that will ultimately determine the champion.

Using the popular iRacing software, two drivers will share one car, regardless if they are sharing the same simulator, or live on the other side of the world!

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The regular ARG eSport Cup drivers can chose any driver – real world or pro sim racer – and leading drivers in the series are already starting to lock in their partner.

Ahead of tonight’s penultimate round at Imola, Dylan O’Keeffe has already secured his co-driver. Currently third in the series chase, O’Keeffe has signed young karter Jackson Souslin Harlow to drive his #33 GRM entry.

“Once I found out the news, I knew I needed to lock away the best sim driver as I could to keep my chances in the series fight alive,” said O’Keeffe.

“I’ve raced against Jackson before numerous times. He is definitely quick and consistent, and he’s one of the fastest drivers in the Audi. He is really enthusiastic about being involved and has already started to test to ensure that he will be fast for the event.

“We’ll have to see how tonight goes, but I’m in the title fight, and with the double points, who knows what can happen.”

The two driver race will also give a unique opportunity for fathers and their sons to compete together. The Johnsons (Steven and Jett) and the Bargwannas (Jason and Ben) have already confirmed that they will pair up for the visual touring car endurance race.

The race will be over two hours, where each driver must complete one hour of racing.

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More co-driver announcements will be made ahead of the final round at Bathurst next Thursday night.

Tune in from 8pm AEST tonight for live coverage of the penultimate round of the series at Imola, Italy, where the drivers will use both the Audi touring cars and the Dallara F3 cars in two important races. You can watch via TCR Australia’s Facebook, YouTube or website, as well as other supporting partners.

International F3 racer Jack Doohan, son of world motorcycle legend Mick Doohan, will compete as the guest driver, while Harley Haber leads the series from Kiwi Jaden Ransley and TCR Renault racer O’Keeffe.

See below for the full entry list for Imola tonight.

Car #	Category	SPONSOR	DRIVER	STATE
1	TCR AU	HMO Customer Racing	Will Brown	QLD
2	TCR AU	Melbourne Performance Centre	Chelsea Angelo	VIC
5	Trans Am	Retractable Tarps	George Miedecke	QLD
6	TCR AU	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Jordan Cox	VIC
7	TCR AU	Team Valvoline GRM	Michael Caruso	VIC
8	Trans Am	Harris Racing Pty Ltd	Aaron Seton	QLD
9	TCR AU	Ashley Seward Motorsport / AWC	Jay Hanson	VIC
11	TCR AU	HMO Customer Racing	Nathan Morcom	NSW
12	Trans Am	RTC Motorsport	Peter Herd	NSW
15	TCR AU	Wurth	Michael Clemente	VIC
17	TCM	True Blu	Jett Johnson	QLD
18	TCR AU	Team Valvoline GRM	Aaron Cameron	VIC
21	V8TC	United eSports	Harley Haber	NSW
22	TCR NZ	Track Tec Racing	Jack Milligan	NZ
23	S5000	UCS Group	Tim Macrow	VIC
24	TCR AU	Wall Racing	John Martin	NSW
27	S5000	Barton Mawer Motorsport	Barton Mawer	NSW
29	Trans Am	Gulf Western Oils	Nathan Herne	QLD
31	S5000	Team Valvoline GRM	James Golding	VIC
33	TCR AU	Renault Sport GRM	Dylan O’Keeffe	VIC
35	V8TC	Unit	Ben Gomersall	QLD
36	Wildcard	Tony Leahey Motorgroup	Cody Burcher	NSW
38	TCR AU	Wall Racing	Tim Mcreynolds	NSW
39	ARG	Michelin	Ben McMellan	VIC
47	TCR NZ	Track Tec Racing	Jaden Ransley	NZ
48	Trans Am	Melbourne Performance Centre	Nic Carroll	VIC
49	S5000	ACT Fence Hire	Thomas Randle	VIC
50	TCR AU	Wall Racing	Tony D’Alberto	VIC
55	TCR AU	Signature Homes	Rhys Gould	NZ
61	Wildcard	Real Equity Real Estate	Jordan Mazzaroli	VIC
64	TCR AU	Garage1 / Morris Finance	Tim Brook	NSW
67	TCM	Bilstien/JMG Racing	Jeremy Gray	NSW
68	V8TC	Turbo Brisbane	Jonathan Beikoff	QLD
75	TCR AU	Melbourne Performance Centre	Garth Tander	VIC
77	TCR NZ	Track Tec Racing	Stan Van Oord	NED
89	S5000	Braydan Willmington Motorsports/SignageOne	Braydan Willmington	NSW
92	S5000	Motum Simulation	Ricky Capo	VIC
99	Trans Am	TPS Group	Brett Holdsworth	VIC
116	TCR AU	Panta Racing Fuel	Ash Sutton	ENG
117	TCR AU	Burson Auto Parts Racing	Ben Bargwanna	VIC
133	TCM	Juice Plus +	Cameron Mason	NSW
148	Wildcard	Track Tec Racing	Andrew Waite	NZ
333	TCR AU	Red Bull Junior Team	Jack Doohan	QLD
777	TCR AU	Declan Fraser Racing	Declan Fraser	QLD

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