Matt Mingay can be among the many contingent of Australians welcoming the Stadium Tremendous Vehicles again to his dwelling nation when he enters the Adelaide 500 in November. He’ll race a truck sponsored by Nulon Merchandise and his longtime associate Scorching Wheels.
Mingay has been concerned with SST for the reason that sequence first arrived in Australia in 2015, scoring two third-place finishes on the inaugural spherical in Adelaide. He ran each Australian race weekend that season, scoring a win at Gold Coast.
Nonetheless, his profession got here to an abrupt halt throughout his SST American début on the 2016 Detroit Grand Prix when he rolled and suffered extreme facial accidents. Makes an attempt to return to the sequence have been deserted when he couldn’t be medically cleared in time, leaving him sidelined till the 2020 Adelaide 500. In what could be his newest SST begin to date, Mingay completed on the again in Races #1 and #3 on account of spins and mechanical bother and sixth in between.
SST continued in Australia by way of 2021 earlier than being axed from the Supercars Championship‘s assist card. A deal to return was reached in Might.
“It’s been years since they final showcased right here in Aus, and I can’t wait to really feel that adrenaline rush once more and placed on an awesome present for all of the followers,” wrote Mingay on Monday. “Stadium Tremendous Vehicles are essentially the most thrilling type of racing on the market! It’s all about making your self identified to the opposite drivers—contact is a part of the sport, and with the reverse grid format, something can occur! You by no means know who’s going to take the win, which makes for some heart-pounding motion each single lap.”
Outdoors of SST, the 47-year-old is a stunt performer. Though he has not raced within the sequence in 4 years, he has his personal stadium truck that he makes use of for his reveals.
The Adelaide 500 will happen on 14–17 November.
