Motor Trader eMag August 2017

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MTAQ CONNECTS
WITH THE FANS AT
IPSWICH SUPERSPRINT
IT HAS BEEN a busy month for
MTA Queensland on the motor
racing scene. At the beginning of
the month, the 2016 Apprentice of
the Year, Jamahl Byrne, was in the pit
garage at the Townsville 400 working
with the Team Vortex crew and Craig
Lowndes (see page 38 & 39); the last
few weeks has seen the MTAQ Racing
Team work hard to prep the Excel race
car for the big meeting
at Queensland Raceway
this weekend (see page
20) and, at the end of July,
and also at Queensland
Raceway, the Association
attended the SuperSprint
event of the Supercars
Championship.
Area Managers Andrew
Bear and John Robinson
manned the MTA
Queensland booth across
the weekend, fielding
questions from the public
about the Association as
well as enquiries about
automotive training, and
the duo brought with them
a couple of extra items
that caught the interest
of the race goers. The first was the
MTAQ Racing Team car which, even
in the presence of the thundering V8
supercars, garnered plenty of interest
from race enthusiasts. The second was
a video game racing simulator, and
there were plenty of petrolheads eager
to try their hand at the wheel in an
effort to set the fastest time.
Attending events such as the
The racing simulator and MTAQ Racing Team car attracted plenty of attention.
Supersprint is a great way for MTA
Queensland to engage and connect
with the motoring public and the
industry, and the Association’s booth
received plenty of visitors.
“The traffic was heavy throughout
the weekend and there was plenty of
interest from the public keen to find
out what MTA Queensland is and
what we do,” said John. “On the Friday,
MTA Queensland Area Managers John Robinson and Andrew Bear flank Aynslee Bell,
an administration assistant with MTAQ and track marshal for Supercars events
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