JAMES Golding will utilise the experience of a Bathurst native in the final round of the ARG eSport Cup at Mount Panorama on Thursday night.
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Golding, a regular in the VHT S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship, has called up sim expert and kart racer Brad Newman to co-drive with him in the two-driver, two hour endurance online endurance race around the famous circuit.
Newman was born and raised in Bathurst, and according to Golding, has done more laps around the Mount than most.
"Brad is a former Bathurst local, and he tells me that he has driven around the track a million times, so he definitely knows what way the track goes," Golding said.
"He is currently karting and also does a lot of sim racing. Also, we are housemates, so we'll be sharing my regular simulator and I reckon we should be in with a good chance."
Golding and Newman will go up against the 40 regular ARG eSport Cup entrants, along with the co-drivers that they have all selected to take part in the unique race.
The list of stars to compete are deep, including Supercars stars Scott McLaughlin, Shane van Gisbergen, Fabian Coulthard and Andre Heimgartner.
Also, former Bathurst 1000 winner Chaz Mostert was confirmed to race with TCR Australia regular Nathan Morcom in the HMO Customer Racing entry. That duo won the inaugural editions of the Bathurst 6 Hour.
The broadcast will kick off at 7pm on Thursday, streamed live on the TCR Australia Facebook and YouTube pages.
