Kiwi Jordan Michels joins Wall Racing

Wall Racing has signed New Zealander Jordan Michels to drive its third Honda Civic Type R at Round 4 of the TCR Australia Series this weekend at Queensland Raceway.
The 21-year-old will take the wheel of the #38 Civic that Jordan Cox drove with great effect at the last round at The Bend Motorsport Park.
Michels, from Invercargill, joins the team’s regulars Tony D’Alberto and The Bend race winner John Martin for his TCR category’s debut at the Ipswich venue.
While this marks Michels’ first race meeting on Australian soil, he is not a TCR rookie. The reigning New Zealand Formula Ford champion raced a Mark Petch-owned Hyundai i30 N in two NZ endurance series races alongside Gene Rollinson.

“It’s very exciting. It’s all a bit last minute, but I’m genuinely looking forward to the weekend,” said Michels. “The amount of hype around the category has been unreal, so to have an opportunity to be on the grid is just amazing. I’ve done a couple of races in a Hyundai in New Zealand, so I have a few miles in a TCR car, but they were different circumstances, completely different tyre, so this weekend will still be a steep learning curve. The opportunity to be a part of Wall Racing in this category is awesome, so I want to soak it all up, enjoy the experience and see how we go.”