Matt Neal tests ahead of Phillip Island

Two-time British Touring Car Champion Matt Neal has recently tested a Supercheap Auto Racing Commodore at Queensland Raceway.
Winner of the 2005 and ’06 BTCC titles, drove Russell Ingall’s Commodore in preparation of him joining the team for the two V8 Supercar Championship enduro events at Phillip Island and later at the legendary Bathurst Circuit.

The current BTCC VX Racing pilot is aware of his last visit to the V8 Supercars in 2001, destroying a brand new race car at Oran Park.

“Last time I was here I really didn’t crown myself in glory and I didn’t think I would get another opportunity to come back,” he said.

“When Paul [Morris – team boss] rang it was great, I thought ‘fantastic, I get to have another crack at a V8 Supercar’, and I jumped at the chance.”

“It was fantastic, I really enjoyed my time behind the wheel of Russell’s Supercheap Auto Commodore – it’s really a proper race car,” Neal said.

“They’ve now got a sequential gearbox, the chassis are stiffer and they’ve got loads more grip – they’ve really taken another step.”

Neal’s team mate for the two events will be NASCAR racer Boris Said. Although he admitted he had not met his new team mate, he is confident that they can work well together and produce the results.

“I’ve never met Boris; I’ve seen pictures of him, that’s about it,” he said. “He looks like a pretty wild guy, but you just need to look at his CV and you can see he is a pretty handy peddler.”