Brett Youlden, one of the select racers sponsored by SuperPro, recently took the prestigious honour of receiving the Rare Spares Hard Charger award. Youlden, who is widely known in the Australian racing scene, has done consistently well in his years on the track. He returned after a 9-month to the scene during the Touring Car Masters, once more behind the wheel of his Autolite/Mother’s 1971 Holden HQ Monaro GTS Coupe.

After finally nailing support from sponsors, Youlden finally had the resources to make a comeback, much to the delight of his family, team and of course, his supporters here at SuperPro. Despite taking a 9-month break that was spent improving the performance of that ever familiar mean and green machine, and knowing that additional funding was necessary to have the vehicle performing at its best, Youlden never gave up on his ultimate goal of revamping the HQ. Youlden knew that giving his machine an edge over his suped-up competitors was a step to winning, but it meant having to lighten his vehicle and installing new premium performance parts that sponsorship deals could make possible.

Youlden’s wait was not in vain. Returning just in time for the fourth round of the Touring Car Masters, Youlden more than proved his skill and commitment to winning not just for himself, but for everyone who supported him along the way.

Despite suffering setbacks during the practice race due to HQ suffering from a broken down throttle cable and fuel realy problems, Youlden and his team managed to work through the pressure. On the final race, the Autolite/Mother’s HQ got off to a great start, gliding through the track smoothly and moving up five places and landing inside the top ten racers.

With a great performance at the Touring Car Masters, Youlden clearly proved that a solid contender is back on the track.