Bob
Middleton has been involved in some form of speedway and circuit
racing for thirty years. In this time he has raced oval track speedway
various cars and circuits including an EH, Torana, Pontiac, Corvette,
Camaro and even a go kart just to mention a few !
Bob
competed in the 1994 Australian Grand Prix Thundersports in a Chevrolet
Camaro and also ran in the inaugural 2000 Le Mans on the streets
of Adelaide.
Bob also competed in numerous sport sedan meets taking out 3rd in
the S.A. Title and the Dennis Dix Memorial at Mallala.
Bob commenced racing Nascars as they were known then, in 1995 at
which time it was commented that the S.A. driver was one of the
fastest “rookie’s” in some five years having qualified
at his first meet at 28.66 but doing laps as lows as 28.2 during
the course of the race at the Thunderdome.
Sporting
magazines at the time said his first meet was a fabulous debut race.
In
each season Bob has finished well up in the top 10 for the series.
Along the way he was won numerous awards including:
• Best presented car and crew several
times
over
• Nascar encouragement award
• Hard Charger awards
• 1st place Thunderdome - round 6 in the 96/97 season
• 96/97 Formula 1 GP in the Nascars & Bathurst in 1998
• 1999 raced as co-driver in a BMW at a 3 hour endurance race
at Bathurst finishing 2nd in the class.
Bob has also been driving in the Super Truck Series for co-drivers
with several podium finishes.
In
January/February of 2002 bob competed in the New Zealand championship
of the supertrucks,
driving for Inky Tulloch Motorsport in the second super truck.
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