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Dale Andrews to replace Jayden Ojeda in Tigani Motorsport’s Adelaide GT entry
Dale Andrews will replace Jayden Ojeda in Tigani Motorsport’s #66 Mercedes-AMG GT3 for the Adelaide race.
Andrews will drive alongside Paul Lucchitti, while Ojeda focuses on his Supercars commitments with PremiAir Racing.
Andrews has raced Mercedes-AMG GT3 cars in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and GT World Challenge America.
The Adelaide event will be his first time racing there.
Lucchitti remains 40 points behind Brad Schumacher but is still mathematically in contention for the GT World Challenge Australia Pro-Am title.
Two replacement drivers are still to be confirmed for Schumacher and Steve Brooks, who need stand-ins for Broc Feeney and Ryan Wood.
Dale Andrews will replace Jayden Ojeda in Tigani Motorsport’s #66 Mercedes-AMG GT3 entry in Adelaide.
Andrews will race alongside Paul Lucchitti.
Ojeda will miss the GT event to focus on his Supercars commitments with PremiAir Racing.
Andrews has raced Mercedes-AMG GT3 cars in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and GT World Challenge America.
Lucchitti remains mathematically in contention for the GT World Challenge Australia Pro-Am title, 40 points behind Brad Schumacher.
- Who
- Dale Andrews will replace Jayden Ojeda in Tigani Motorsport’s entry, alongside Paul Lucchitti.
- What
- Andrews will race the #66 Mercedes-AMG GT3 in Adelaide.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- Adelaide.
- Why
- Ojeda will focus on his Supercars commitments with PremiAir Racing.
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Andrews joined Tigani Motorsport for the Bathurst 12 Hour alongside Sergio Pires, Marcel Zalloua and Brendon Leitch.
Andrews was named as Ojeda’s replacement for Tigani Motorsport’s Adelaide GT entry.
- Replacement driver
- Dale Andrews
- Car number
- #66
- Car
- Mercedes-AMG GT3
- Teammate
- Paul Lucchitti
- Title deficit
- Lucchitti is 40 points behind Brad Schumacher in the GT World Challenge Australia Pro-Am standings.
What people are saying
Firstly, I’m very excited to race in Adelaide with Tigani Motorsport,
It will be my first time racing there, and a bit of a lifelong dream too.
I have big shoes to fill taking over from Jayden and I’ll give it everything to make sure Paul finishes the year on a high note.