Liam Hooper has added another time attack victory to his resume after dominating the 2021 Time Attack Tasmania at Baskerville Raceway.
 
With 41 competitors from around the state taking part in the annual event, Hooper proved too good for the competition with his winning lap time coming in at 56.0249 seconds, more than two seconds faster than the next driver in Ayrton Richardson.
 
Behind the wheel of his well-known 1990 Nissan Skyline, Hooper put on a show throughout his 24 laps of the circuit as his fastest time came during his 20th lap and final session of the day.
 
While Hooper took out the outright fastest time, he also came away with the Modified Class title, beating Richardson by two and half seconds – the Toyota Aurion A driver’s fastest lap coming on his 27th.


Finishing in third place was Club Class winner David Walker, who steered his 1985 Datsun 1200 Ute to a 59.2408 second lap, beating fellow Club Class driver Peter Nowell by just seven tenths of second.
 
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Rounding out the top five and the last driver to post a lap time under one minute was Street Class winner Omar Hasan in a 2017 BMW M2 – his time of 59.7603 seconds just two tenths shy of Nowell who finished fourth outright.
 
The battle for second place in the Street Class went right down to the wire as Michael Watt just edged out Ashley Bell by four hundredths of a second after posting his best time of 1:01.6289 on his 39th lap.
 
Other notable results saw Scott Wyman clinch a Modified podium and sixth outright ahead of Philip Hooper, the eighth placed Richard Thimm finish third in the Club Class and James Rapley as the fastest Baskerville 1000 entry.


 
Despite claiming an unsurprising victory, Hooper was more impressed with how the day panned out as a whole and paid tribute to the organising club for their efforts in building the discipline.
 
“We had some great weather, it ran faultlessly and there were heaps of competitors there, which was good considering the current climate, so overall it was just a great day,” Hooper said.
 
“Days like these are really fun because you’re racing against the clock and it’s super friendly where people can get advice on how to better fix their car. I was always confident the car would be fast, but it was nice to have people come and seek help.
 
“And that’s the beauty of these Tasmanian time attacks. It attracts grassroots racers and gives them inspiration for where they can end up and how they can improve.


“Another great thing about the weekend’s event was the amount of laps people were getting in. There were people posting more than 60 laps for the day and by the end, they had exhausted their cars – that’s what it’s all about.
 
“A big thanks to the Hobart Sporting Car Club and their volunteer officials, not only for another great day, but because they make this event what it is and they are helping build Time Attack in Tasmania, as well as changing the perception of it down here.
 
“Finally, all credit to my car goes to Brad Sherriff at Racetech. He is the best in the game hands down and makes the cars as perfect as they can be under any conditions.”