Michael Caruso weekend started well as he recorded the fastest time during Friday Practice, as the #23 Drive Racing entry clocked a 1:19.7105 around the 3.0km Winton Raceway circuit. Celebrating his 150th Championship round start, Caruso began the weekend in the best way possible – leading a Nissan 1-2 ahead of Saturday’s first race of the event.
Caruso claimed a Top 6 result at the end of 40 laps of racing on Saturday afternoon. After leading practice earlier in the weekend, the #23 Drive Racing entry converted that speed into a 3rd placed grid position for this afternoon’s race. Moving up to 2nd on the opening lap, Caruso pitted early and would unfortunately get jumped by some competitors employing longer opening stints.
The #23 Drive Racing driver finished Sunday’s 200km event in 5th, as he backed up yesterday’s 6th placed result. Qualifying on the second row of the grid, Caruso leapt to 2nd by the first corner. Before eventually dropping back to his equal highest placed finish of 2018. The next round of the Championship is at Darwin’s Hidden Valley – the location of Caruso’s 2016 race win.
MICHAEL CARUSO – #23 DRIVE RACING
“We got a good start and spent the early part of the race in 2nd. It’s a shame we weren’t able to hold onto it. It’s been a solid weekend with two good results for my car, so we’ll head to Darwin now and enjoy the sun. We have achieved some success up there, but just getting in the car is motivating in its own right. We’ll keep working on the path that we’re on and hopefully have a good showing up north.”