Year: 2023

Hansford Finishes 2nd in Tasmania, Symmons Plains
Ryan and the team did a fabulous job to finish round 1 in 2nd position last weekend at Symmons Plains.

Team owner Rod Dawson drove straight through from Brisbane to Geelong, with the Multispares Torana on a trailer, to catch the last ship on Thursday evening to make practice 1 on Friday morning. When the new JE pistons did not arrive from the US to rebuild the team’s engine, they were very fortunate to be able to lease the engine out of their first Torana, …

Multispares and Hansford Aim for Consecutive Championship Victories
The 2023 season really started on the Sunday afternoon in Adelaide after winning the 2022 TCM championship the day before. Ryan had cruised to the series win being careful not to get involved in someone else’s crash and started race 3 with the Multispares Torana tuned up to catch and pass Steve Johnson. After starting 4th he was soon into 2nd and believed he had the speed to do it, but coming down the back straight, the Torana went onto 7 cylinders. Ryan quickly shut it down and coasted into the pits.

The …