A YOUNG GUN, a Le Mans victor and a man who has stood on the Mount Panorama podium multiple times - the second prong of Earl Bamber Motorsport's attack for this year's Bathurst 12 Hour looks sharp.
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On the back of revealing Craig Lowndes will join Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor in a Porsche 911 GT3 R which shapes as a strong contender for outright 12 Hour honours, EBM has announced who will steer its second entry.
Jaxon Evans, the 2018 Carrera Cup Australia Champion, will team up with experienced amateur and 2017 Bathurst 12 Hour class David Calvert-Jones plus former Le Mans 24 Hour winner Romain Dumas.
It's a combination that should push for Pro-Am honours at Mount Panorama.
"Very excited to not only re-join David Calvert-Jones, but to team up with the experienced Romain Dumas and the Earl Bamber Motorsport crew for this year's Bathurst 12 Hour," Evans said. "It's the perfect way to kick off 2020 in the new 911 GT3 R."
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The team will also be joined by key staff members from the hugely successful Queensland-based outfit McElrea Racing, who supported Evans during his successful Carrera Cup campaign.
"A mixture of new and familiar faces with some of the McElrea Racing crew joining the team will hopefully put us near the pointy end come Sunday," 23-year-old New Zealander Evans said.
Calvert-Jones will be making his seven start in the past eight years in the Bathurst 12 Hour. He already boasts three podiums - as well as his second outright three years ago he finished runner-up in class in 2014 and 2018 - and is hungry to add another.
"Great to be heading to Mount Panorama with Earl Bamber Motorsport alongside some key staff from McElrea Racing," he said.
"We think this is a proven and successful combination and the Bamber crew certainly know what it takes to win at the mountain. Great to have Jaxon back with us and a proven racer like Romain just rounds things out perfectly.
"After a great test in Kuala Lumpur recently, we can't wait to jump in the car for first practice at the 2020 12 Hour and see what we can do."
Last year saw the EBM team secure their first 12 Hour outright victory, in what was in one of the last race appearances for the previous generation 911 GT3 R.
