The Brabham name is once again in the spotlight after 18-year-old
Matthew Brabham won the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship powered by Mazda and the Rookie of the Year recently at the Virginia International Raceway.
The third generation driver secured his first championship by finishing 8th in the final round of the hotly-contested series.
Having only to finish higher than 14th to win the title, the Boylan Team Safety youth ambassador carefully negotiated the first corner and drove just quickly enough to stay out of trouble and bring the DTE Group, Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing #83, home safely. However, his race was not without drama as the car he was following started leaking oil all over Matthew's visor.
By the end of the race he could hardly see where he was going, which made the last few laps very difficult.
The win earned Matty Brabs a $375,000 cheque to put into the next rung of the Mazda Road to Indy ladder. All the top teams from the Star Mazda series have expressed interest in having Matthew drive for them next year, and he hopes to be able to announce next year's plans in the near future.
Boylan-sponsored driver Daniel Holihan is set to make the switch from go-karting to Speedway's US Legends Series.
The 23-year-old currently races for the Kosmic Racing Australia Team in the CIK-KF1 Pro Light class.
However, he is seeking additional sponsorship for his next move into the US Legends Series at Sydney Speedway. He will also be racing in the US.
The US Legends Series started in 1992 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The concept was born from a need for a fun and low-cost "spec" class of racing that was affordable for everyone. Since that time, the Legends Cars have become one of the fastest growing segments of motorsport .
If you can help with sponsorship for Daniel, please email him at talent2_racing@hotmail.com
Boylan-sponsored driver Jack Le Brocq has walked away from Round 6 of the Australian Formula Ford Championship at Sandown Raceway by further extending his championship lead to 50 points. With a possible 122 points on offer for the remaining two rounds, Jack could potentially wrap the championship up at Bathurst with a complete round remaining. Jack finished the weekend 2nd overall after being very close to claiming the round victory.
"It is an amazing feeling having this advantage with two rounds remaining," Jack said.
"We all know that anything could still happen, especially with the next round being at Bathurst - so we have done exactly what we wanted in case the unexpected happens."
It was a tough weekend for James Moffat at the recent Sandown 500.
The Boylan-sponsored driver finished race 20, the opening race of the endurance season, in 26th place after a difficult day at the track.
Two eventful qualifying sprint races on Saturday left co-driver Alex Davison finishing 10th and James finishing 11th in the final qualifying race.
Sunday saw the duo starting 16th with Davison taking the first stint and James taking over the #18 Falcon FG in Lap 60 - two laps down after a piece of air box that jammed the throttle had to be removed - and re-joining in position 27.
James finished Sunday's race 26th overall and remains 23rd in the 2012 V8 Supercar Championship with the iconic Bathurst 1000 just around the corner.