TCM began as the only father-son team competing in their own Formula Ford, racing together for over five years. We then evolved into TCM Race Services, extending our family legacy to support others by offering track assistance and event preparation for various forms of racing. After two successful years, founder Sam Woodland returned to the track with a father-son-built Hyundai Excel.
TCM for the 2025 season and onwards are expanding to a 2-car team as part of a collaboration with Quinn Racing.
Driver - Car #95
Driver - Car #73
Lead Engineer
Lead Mechanic
Lead Mechanic
Data Analyst
Team Coordinator
Team Coordinator
Commercial Partnership Manager
Media Manager
Both locally and nationally, Circuit Excel racing is one of the fastest growing categories of Motorsport in Australia, with competitors attracted to the category by its low-cost base, tight racing, a manageable platform to learn car development and setup, and a tight knit friendly racing community.
Since Circuit Excel’s debut in South Australia with 7 cars in 2011, the category has rapidly grown to feature the biggest fields at the SA State Motor Racing Championships, with interstate teams now regularly traveling to contest the series. The final round of 2024 in South Australia featured 53 car entries.
With many cars being accompanied by a small team (consisting of anything up to a driver, crew chief, mechanic, observer/spotter), plus family and friends who spectate or casually follow via social media, plus individual connections to sponsors, mechanical workshops, specialist aftermarket parts retailers, and fields being mixed in with other categories in the pits/paddock area at events.
Circuit Excel is an opportunity for your brand to easily reach and establish a genuine connection with thousands of people for very a modest outlay.
Each season in South Australia hosts 5x championship race meetings.
In the season there are often additional non-championship events throughout the year, such as the Summer Series, the Endurance weekend, and Passenger Days.
A championship race meet is a 3-day event from Friday to Sunday:
Friday
Practice 1
Practice 2
Practice 3
Practice 4
60 minutes
Saturday
Qualifying
Race 1
Race 2
51 minutes
Sunday
Race 3
Race 4
36 Minutes
*Sessions can vary between race meets.
The excel category often runs its races as ‘support races’ for larger categories. In 2024 one of the excel category race meets were broadcasted as part of the ‘Lamborghini Super Trofeo - Asia’ series.