With almost no chance to practice in Australia's fastest category of race car Stockinbingal farmer Tim Berryman came sixth in the new S5000 championships at Sandown Internaional Raceway last Sunday, averaging speeds over 280kmh.
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Berryman, who has been driving race cars as a hobby "on and off" for the past 20 years, was called in at last minute to replace the scheduled driver.
The cars, a brand new V8 category developed over the past three years with the aim of providing a more exciting race than the "processional" races typified by Formula 1, were due to practice at Phillip Island last week.
The practice sessions were cut short after two huge crashes, so Berryman had to start with barely any practice in a car made deliberately to be "very tricky" to drive.
Berryman explained that Formula 1s have a massive amount of down force with aerodynamics so effective they can't be closely followed or easily passed, whereas the S5000s have reduced aero.
He was part of the three-car Team BRM, with team mates Rubens Barrichello and Alex Davison.
