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Elliot wins 2009 Porsche 944 Challenge Championship November 2009
2009 - Elliot wins the Porsche 944 Challenge Championship. He is believed to be the youngest driver ever to do so. During the season he achieved 3 pole positions, 6 race wins and 3 round wins from six rounds, including 5 fastest laps in a race (3 at Winton and 2 at Sandown).
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Elliot had a successful test drive in a V8 Supercar – September & November 2009
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Outstanding 6th place – Philip Island “Island Magic”
21 November 2009 – Elliot joined Keith Kassulke in his Nissan GTR Skyline achieving an outstanding 6th place finish in the Philip Island ‘Island Magic’ Sports Car event against V12s and V10 world class sports cars.
Role model for young car enthusiasts
Elliot is a role model for young, impressionable car enthusiasts by demonstrating how to participate and enjoy high powered cars safely.
With recent young driver car accidents, Elliot’s safe driving skills and message for young drivers is well sought by the media. Elliot is praised for adopting a responsible attitude towards fast cars. Coupled with Elliot’s driving success, Elliot is an ambassador for young drivers.
Media
Elliot has a respected media profile which adds considerable value to any sponsorship.
The media’s interest in Elliot boasts TV interviews, articles and photographs, He has been featured in a number of newspaper and magazine articles focusing on his driving talent and confidence.
- Motorsport News / eNews - 28 September 2009
- Coxy’s Big Break – 15 August 2009
- In car TV coverage on Foxtel and SBS on Inside Speed
- Vic State Racer – article and photograph
- The Age (News) – 11th of December 2007 page 2
- Historic Touring Car Association of Victoria – Issue February 2006
- Racer Australia – Issue April/May 2007
- Auto Action – Issue December 12-18th 2007
- KartSportNews.com – February 2006
- Foxtel and SBS television – Inside Speed
An integrated PR program will continue for EBR this year offering further opportunities for sponsor exposure.
Testimonials
“The Mercbits team helped Elliot on his next step up the ladder in Motor Sport from Karting to cars. Elliot didn't have the budget to run a car and at 16 years old, 6ft tall and a young man’s build, he had definitely outgrown karts and wasn’t going to fit into a formula ford.
We decided to put him in a HQ Holden, probably not the given choice of a prospective world champion, but one of the hardest classes in Australia to be neat, quick and clean and an excellent learning curve for a young driver.
Elliot is a rapid learner; after showing him how to adjust rear brakes, he then adjusted them himself to suit his own driving needs. We only had to show him how to put front pads in once. His knowledge of the mechanical workings of a car is quite advanced for someone so young.
This Young fellow is still learning, will drive the wheels off it, but will not do anything super silly and will try and bring it home in one piece.
As a young bloke, my wife Sue and I are proud to be associated with the boy; he is polite and still refers to us as his other Mum and Dad.”
Merc-Bits
“I am lucky enough to have made a career and a very good living out of my hobby, “Motor Racing” in the thirty odd years I have been racing I have been fortunate enough to work with, and for the very best in Australian and International motor sport the likes of Larry Perkins, Denny Hulme , Win Percy, Jim Richards, George Fury and Fred Gibson to name but a few in that time. I have also worked with and seen some young “guns” come onto the scene including Russell Ingall, Mark Webber, Mark Skaife, Glen Seton and Craig Lowndes.
I have been extremely fortunate in the last couple of years to have a young guy called Elliot Barbour come to our team and drive one of our cars, his enthusiasm is to say the least infectious, but his car control and speed are something else again, not since Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife have I seen a young bloke so fast and yet so in control and well organised. He is not just a maniac who can drive fast, he genuinely has an understanding of the car and what is going on underneath him, a rare quality in one so young.
It is my honest opinion that he has all the attributes of a top race car driver and with a little bit of polish and guidance can go all the way to the top of Australian Motor Racing and perhaps further.
The other very endearing quality of Elliot is that he is genuinely a really nice kid and presents extremely well to both children and adults alike I hope that his endeavours to become a full time “racer” are successful and I will certainly be doing everything in my power to help him achieve that goal. If there are any potential sponsors out there that would like to talk to me regarding Elliot please don’t hesitate to call me on 0428 328 646.”
RSR
Rod Smith Racing Australia
