Tony Quinn and Matt McCutcheon will reunite at next week’s GT Festival Sandown with the pair confirmed to race the Keltic Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO 2 together in the fourth round of the 2025 GT4 Australia season.
Quinn and McCutcheon last teamed up in the series at last year’s Queensland Raceway event, where they enjoyed an impressive victory on the Sunday behind the wheel of the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 MR CS 1.
The pair will once again tackle the Silver-Am class at next week’s visit to Sandown; however, there will be plenty of new learnings for the incoming McCutcheon, who is yet to drive the Toyota GR Supra GT4 or race at the famous Victorian circuit.
Although he hasn’t had any experience in the Supra, McCutcheon is quite familiar with the Toyota marque itself, having won races in the Toyota 86 Racing Series – the first coming in his rookie season in the popular category.
“Obviously the last time I was out with Tony was the Porsche last year at QR where we got the win, so it’s pretty cool to get the call-up again to jump in the Supra as part of the Tony Quinn Foundation,” McCutcheon said.
“It will be my first time at Sandown, so since I got the call-up, I have been trying to get some laps on the sim to get myself best prepared – it’s all very exciting.
“It’s been a crazy week getting everything sorted, as it was a late call up and just coming off a trip to the US to watch SVG at Sonoma.
“I just enjoy racing with Keltic Racing as a whole because Harry and Donald – the two mechanics – are awesome. We have fun driving the car and focusing on the basics, which makes it great.”
Outside of that, McCutcheon has proven to be a race winner in many of the categories he has contested, which includes an impressive runner-up finish in New Zealand’s 2020/21 Formula Ford season.
That breakout season caught the eye of both Supercars legend Shane van Gisbergen and Quinn himself, with the former taking him on as a protégé and the latter offering a scholarship to the Tony Quinn Foundation in 2022.
McCutcheon is the third driver to sit alongside Quinn in GT4 Australia this year, with fellow New Zealanders Hugo Allan and Chris White having each enjoyed good weekends themselves.
“Racing in Monochrome GT4 Australia this year will be a big difference compared to last time out as the field has grown substantially to almost 30 cars and there are so many talented drivers in the category, so it will be a big challenge but one I am really looking forward to,” McCutcheon said.
“All in all, I am just really excited to race in the Supra and at Sandown for the first time, so a big thank you to Tony and the Keltic team for the opportunity again. Hopefully we can get another win.”
The 2025 GT4 Australia season continues at the Shannons SpeedSeries’ GT Festival Sandown at the famous Sandown International Raceway on July 25-27.
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