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5th September 2013

YOUNG GUNS ANNOUNCED FOR THE RACE OF STARS

A huge field of drivers will line up in the Cadets category for the Race of Stars (Pic: AF Images/Budd)

The capacity field of 32 young Cadet drivers for the inaugural Race of Stars at the Xtreme Karting Facility in Queensland on October 19 has been confirmed today.

With the Race of Stars a joint initiative between Karting Queensland and V8 Supercars to kickstart the festivities for the ARMOR ALL Gold Coast 600, the starting grid will be fluttered with drivers from all across Australia and New Zealand.

A total of six karting categories, along with a ProAm race, will be contested at the event with more than 150 top line karting drivers expected to converge on the Xtreme Karting Pimpama circuit.

The drivers in the Cadets category are aged between seven and eleven years old. While winning may be a focus, the skills in car control and driving gained by these youngsters as they race in a controlled environment in excess of 80kmh is invaluable.

Lachlan Hughes is one of five Gold Coast youngsters set to line up on the grid (Pic: AF Images/Budd)

In the Cadets category, no less than five Gold Coast youngsters will lead the charge for the drivers from the home state during the Race of Stars event. Also included in the entry list are a number of young drivers who have starred on the New South Wales, South Australian and Victorian scene over the past 12 months along with reigning New Zealand Champion Callum Hedge.

Detailed below is the list of invited competitors for the Cadets category in the Race of Stars.

RACE OF STARS
Cadets
Adrian Haak (Sydney, NSW)
Allisa Sidnell (Mt Isa, QLD)
Austin Wells (Gold Coast, QLD)
Bayley Douglas (Brisbane, QLD
Benito Montalbano (Sydney, NSW)
Blake Purdie (Adelaide, SA)
Broc Feeney (Gold Coast, QLD)
Brodie Davis (Cairns, QLD)
Callum Hedge (New Zealand)
Charlie Ploetz (Kingaroy, QLD)
Declan Matthews (Caloundra, QLD)
Holly Espray (Sunshine Coast, QLD)
Jac Preston (Gold Coast, QLD)
Jai Brown (Coomera, QLD)
Jasper Ellery (Geelong, Vic)
Jaydon Wilcox (Parkinson, QLD)
Jayson Eves (Mount Low, QLD)
Jordyn Sinni (Melbourne, Vic)
Josh Butler (Gladstone, QLD)
Kasey Szymkow (Sydney, NSW)
Lachlan Hughes (Gold Coast, QLD)
Mack Nixon (Emerald, QLD)
Oscar Targett (Cornubia, QLD)
Riley Le Garde (Mackay, QLD)
Sean Bolger (Cornubia, QLD)
Tomas Gasperak (Waterford, QLD)
Tristan Lambert (Townsville, QLD)
Valentino Astuti (Melbourne, Vic)
William Seal (Sydney, NSW)
Zachary Heard (Sydney, NSW)
Zak Lobkow (Newcastle, NSW)
Zayd Tones (Gold Coast, QLD)