theracer120 wrote: ↑3 years ago
The Phillip Island round has been postponed to a yet-undertimined date due to the 5-day lockdown in Melbourne.
That race is now rescheduled for this weekend obviously back at PI.
Thomas Randle , who leads the title chase after the opening round held earlier in the year at Symmons Plain in Tasmania, has launched a new livery for the rest of the year encompassing title/naming rights sponsorship from Castrol. I think the car looks great.
Randle was on course to go full-time in the Supercars Championship this year.
However, the was unable to make the transition from the Super2 Series to the main game after Tickford Racing failed to secure a Racing Entitlements Contract.
Randle has been signed to co-drive in this year’s Bathurst 1000 with Tickford Racing off the back of winning last year’s Supercars feeder series.
Busy time for S5000 over the next couple of weeks with this weekends race as part of the TCR Australia meeting, and the following weekend they are on the Supercars programme at Sandown.
I wish Thomas all the very best.... lets not forget that his career prospects were thrown into turmoil at the end of last year with his diagnosis of testicular cancer. It all started when he had terrible pains from the harness straps 'down there' at Newcastle in the final Super 2 round last year. Tests showed his problem was more than a harness issue.
Randle first went public with his cancer fight in January when he had surgery to remove the tumour. Since then things have changed.
IInitially there was a lot of confidence that a bout of surgery would stop the cancer in its tracks, and that Randle would be on the grid for the (subsequently cancelled) Super2 opener in Adelaide. Troubling numbers from tumour markers subsequently sent all that out the window.
The cancer proved to be more advanced than first thought. Not untreatable – Randle's chances of survival are still north of 95 per cent – but advanced enough to require proper chemotherapy. He underwent a chemo programme prior to Symmons Plain.
The guy is just 24...... apparently testicular cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer after skin cancer in men aged 20–39. In Australia alone, about 850 men are diagnosed with testicular cancer each year.
So yeah, best wishes for his progress in Motor Sport and of course fingers crossed for a full recovery from the cancer.