2011 Rising Stars Announced
Karters once again will make up the CAMS Rising Star program. Jack LeBrocq and Trent Harrison will contest the National Formula Ford series in a team of red and white cars, while Rhys Newman, Jon Collins and Callum Mitchell will contast the Vic State Series in a trio of black and white cars.
The AMSF official press release below:
The Australian Motor Sport Foundation [AMSF] has revealed the drivers that will be taking the CAMS
Rising Star program into the 2011 national and state championships.
2010 CAMS Rising Star Jack Lebroq will be joined by emerging star Trent Harrison in twin red and
white Minda Motorsport prepared Mygales for the Australian Formula Ford Championships, whilst
Rhys Newman, Jon Collins and Callum Mitchell will represent the program in the Victorian State title.
For Lebroq and Harrison neither are strangers to the rigours of the blue ribboned national
championships, and both excelled during the closing rounds of the 2010 season - interestingly - both
were top five contenders on the tricky streets of Surfers Paradise, one of the toughest circuits on the
calendar.
For 2011 a new challenge emerges for the Rising Stars team with the introduction of the Mygale
chassis to the Minda Motorsport run operation, something which will play strongly into the hands of
Harrison who gained valuable experience with the marque last season.
AMSF General Manager Martin Stillman admitted that he was very excited about the prospects for
both Lebroq and Harrison after what was somewhat of a 'rebuilding' year for the program in 2010.
"I am very excited and looking forward to 2011," he agreed. "2010 was a development year for our
program, and we have high hopes and expectations for all our drivers in 2011 and expect to be
battling for podiums throughout the season in both the state and national series.
"I would also like to extend our thanks and best wishes to our 2010 drivers - Liam Sager, Garry
Jacobson and Matthew Brabham for all their future endeavors."
Whilst Lebroq and Harrison will carry the flag of the CAMS Rising Stars program into the national
series with the familiar red and white Rising Stars livery, for Newman, Collins and Mitchell, they will be
hoping they can carry their new black and white AMSF Rookies mounts through to the pointy end of
the state championship.
The AMSF Rookies are not strangers to open-wheel competition, Collins comes into the series as the
pre-2000 NSW Formula Ford title holder (Formula Ford 1600 cars built prior to 2000), and such was
his pace in the series, he was also classified third outright in the outright championship with some
stunning podium results in the process. Newman too has a strong background in open wheelers as
one of South Australia's leading young karters, the 17 year-old also campaigning a number of rounds
of the CAMS Aussie Young Gun program during the 2010 Aussie Racing Cars series. Mitchell comes
into the program with some very impressive results having only 4 years of Karting experience and will
be looking to make a big impression in his maiden season of Formula Ford.
