Dubbo’s Tyler Everingham has enjoyed a sensational start to the Formula 4 season but now he will change vehicles to take part in the Bathurst 6 Hour on Sunday.
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The talented 16-year-old is used to open-wheel racing but will get behind the wheel of a Renault Megane for the Easter endurance race.
Everingham will be partnered in the Osborne Motorsport entry by veteran racer Bob Hughes and the pair are viewed as a good mix of youth and experience.
The Dubbo talent said he was looking forward to the challenge of making his debut at Mount Panorama and was hoping to get plenty of seat time over the weekend.
It isn’t just a one-off chance either. Everingham will drive at all six rounds of the Australian Production Cars series.
“From what I have seen and heard the Australian Production Cars is a great series – not only do you have a great mix of well-known drivers from all kinds of categories but you also have close racing across a range of different classes and skill levels,” Everingham said.
“I am definitely fairly nervous, but this is a dream come true – any chance you have to race at Bathurst is a chance you take, and I am really happy to be able to race not only at the mountain this weekend but at all the APC rounds in 2017 with Osborne Motorsport.”
Everingham has previously said he was keen to give tin-top racing a shot, even though his racing so far in his career has had him focused on the single seaters.
“Up until now I have been karting, racing open wheel, and undertaking a test day here and there in a Kumho car where I can, but I haven’t had the chance to race in a car before now,” he said.
“I am very happy to be able to do this with such a professional and experienced team such as Osborne Motorsport who are well-known for their quality drivers and also their crew. It will be great to learn off them all as I come to grips with the car and all the different tracks across the year.”
Team owner Colin Osborne said the Australian Production Cars would play a vital role in Everingham’s development as a well-rounded driver as he seeks to move through the ranks.
For Osborne, a key objective for the team’s nurturing of Everingham is to help him learn about endurance racing – the key formula of the APC.
“Endurance racing is a very different beast to what he would be used to,” Osborne said.
“It is a completely different mindset and it is our hope that we can help him develop that. It is about giving him exposure to a completely different discipline of motor racing and hopefully being able to let him experience and develop different skills and approaches.”
