“In order to keep racing, we looked at more state level competition in the Hyundai Excels,” Brad explains.
“We were glad we did this before going national, the Excels are cheap and competitive, so much so that we still race them now.”
Once our border opened, Brad raced the Toyota series in 2021 and picked up 2 x podiums, one in Townsville, Qld the other in Sydney, NSW.
“After a successful year, we were gearing up for the 2022 season, that was until I had a phone call from Michael Anderson (who I had never met but knew of within the race scene) asking if I wanted to drive his ex V8 Supercar in the Super3 Series,” Brad explains.
Super 3 is the official third tier in the supercar series, with Super 2 being the stepping stone towards driving the V8 Supercar series.
“It was an easy yes,” Brad beams, “and before I knew it, we were on a plane to Sydney for our first race.”
Having never raced a V8 Supercar before, this was Brad’s first test to see if he was any good. That day he won three out of three races.
“Going into the last race in the Adelaide 500, we were 66 points behind the leader.
“We managed to win the championship in style when our main rival found the infamous turn eight wall.
“This was enough to secure the championship and spray champagne on the podium on the stage that I have watched ever since I can remember.”