Rallyman Eddie Maguire joins TCR Australia’s opening event

Local Tasmanian driver Eddie Maguire will join the TCR Australia field for the opening event at Symmons Plains, driving a Melbourne Performance Centre-prepared Volkswagen Golf GTI.

An experienced rally driver on both gravel and tarmac, this weekend marks the first time Maguire will enter circuit racing, albeit the venue is where the majority of testing is done in preparation for events he contests Australia-wide.

“We’ve done a lot of gravel and tarmac rallying with quite a bit of success, but after winning Targa Tasmania last year we just wanted to look for some different things to do in motorsport,” said Maguire. “I haven’t got any circuit racing experience at all and I’ve never driven a front-wheel-drive race car. I’m hoping I can get my head around it in practice and we’ll see how we go.”

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