WILL BROWN JOINS S5000 FIELD FOR SANDOWN

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Young Australian racing star Will Brown will join Rubens Barrichello on the Sandown grid for the inaugural S5000 race event on September 20-22.

Regarded as one of Australia’s brightest and most talented young race car stars, Brown will suit up for Eggleston Motorsport in the all-new wings and slicks racing formula.

Eggleston Motorsport will take charge of at least one of the new S5000 cars, adding to its impressive fleet of Supercars and GT race car competition.

Brown’s drive of the brand-new S5000 will be a return to his roots, having learnt his craft in junior open wheel racing.

The 21-year-old Toowoomban was a star in Formula Ford, finishing second in the 2016 Australian championship, despite missing the opening round of the series.

In the same year, he won the Australian Formula 4 Championship and the Toyota 86 Series, cementing his place as a future star of the sport.

Brown has enjoyed a busy 2019 season, headlined by his dominating start to the inaugural carsales TCR Australia Series. Driving a Hyundai i30 N, Brown currently leads the series and has won half of the races contested this year.

He has also dovetailed his Hyundai TCR campaign with his entry in the Super2 Series, driving for Eggleston Motorsport. Brown took a race win at Barbagallo Raceway earlier this year and sits ninth in the title.

Adding to his busy 2019 commitments, Brown will co-drive with Anton De Pasquale in the Supercars endurance races later this year.

The maiden S5000 race meeting at Sandown is shaping up as an historic weekend. Not only will Australia see the return of a homegrown open wheel class, the TCR Australia Series will make its first visit to the suburban Melbourne venue, as well as the Australian GT Championship, the popular Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, Production Cars and the Super3 finale.

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