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CAMERON McCONVILLE APPOINTED KUMHO SERIES DRIVING STANDARDS ADVISOR
May 15, 2012

Experienced V8 Supercar driver to oversee drivers in emerging category

FORMER Bathurst 24 Hour winner Cameron McConville has been appointed Driving Standards Advisor for the Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series.

The highly experienced Victorian driver becomes the first ‘DSA’ appointed to the Kumho Series –run for ex-V8 Supercars - since it began in 2008.

McConville will dovetail the role with his driving standards work with the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, which like the Kumho Series, races on the Shannons Nationals program of events.

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Feb 6, 2012

MOTORSPORT LEGEND’S SON JOINS KUMHO V8 TOURING CAR SERIES

REIGNING CHAMPION STEPS DOWN TO GUIDE ROOKIE RACER

BOBBY Jane, the 21-year-old son of Australian motor racing legend Bob Jane, will make his car racing debut in this year's Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series.

Jane will drive a Ford Falcon BA for Victorian-based Image Racing in the six-round national series, which starts at Sydney's Eastern Creek Raceway on March 9-11.

While the youngster has a famous surname, the Falcon he will drive is also packed with V8 Supercar history.

It is the very same ex-Stone Brothers Racing Ford driven by Russell Ingall in his now-infamous 'road rage' stoush with Mark Skaife at Eastern Creek in 2003.

Ingall also drove the car to second place in the 2004 V8 Supercars Championship, completing a 1-2 result that year for Stone Brothers Racing with now-NASCAR star Marcos Ambrose crowned as champion.

The Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series, first held in 2008, is part of the Shannons Nationals motorsport tour, and utilises Fords and Holdens formerly raced in the V8 Supercars Championship.

Jane Jnr won last year's Formula Rotax Heavy class in the Victorian Superkart Championship.

His father is one of Australia's most recognised figures in motorsport.

A four-time Australian Touring Car Champion, he also won the inaugural Armstrong 500 at Bathurst in 1963 – the race known today as the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 - as well as being a member of the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame.

The addition of Jane to the Image Racing line-up means that team principal – and reigning Kumho Series Champion – Terry Wyhoon, will not drive in the 2012 series, instead electing to focus on the progression of his expanding team.

The team, which is in the final stages of completing a brand new workshop in Korumburra in southeast Victoria, will prepare four cars in this year's Kumho Series for Jane, Mark Shepherd, Michael Hector and Michael Bartsch.

For further information:

Aaron Noonan
Kumho V8 Touring Car Series PR
Ph: 0438 316 148
Email: an1media@bigpond.com