A new dawn, a new Day for Alex in Touring Trophy

Touring car team HMS Racing will run Alex Day in the new Touring Car Trophy with an ex-rob Austin Audi A4.

Day, 19, has been sharing the Audi in the Britcar Sprint Class this year with his father Robert. BTCC race winner Austin has worked with the driver pairing before and will continue to have an input.

“I’m really excited to be joining such a prestigious team which has such vast experience of the touring car scene,” said Day. “My dream is to one day race in the BTCC, so this is a fantastic opportunity to draw on the experience of HMS and learn all I can from Rob [Austin] and the team.

“TCT also provides me with a perfect stepping stone towards my long-term ambition so I know 2019 is going to be an exciting year, and I will be working as hard as I can to make it a successful year as well. I am very fortunate to already have experience in a British touring car, at just 18 years of age, and I am relishing the opportunity to build on that in a more competitive environment.”

The Touring Car Trophy is new for 2019. It is the brainchild of former BTCC racer Stewart Lines and starts at Donington Park on April 14.