After a shock withdrawal from Cameron McConville, Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport has now confirmed that young Aaren Russell will climb behind the wheel of the #3 VF Holden Commodore in Townsville this weekend.
McConville was meant to contest two rounds for the team, Darwin and Townsville, however he informed team owner Lucas Dumbrell that he was unable to dedicate the substantial amount of time that is required to compete in Supercars and had no other choice but to withdraw from this wekeend's Townsville event.
McConville's new role at Zagame Motorsport competes in four separate categories; one of which includes McConville acting as driver of the Teams Porsche Carrera Cup cars.
“There is simply no other reason than I am overcommitted for the next couple of rounds,” Cameron explained. “I spoke to Phil Munday on Sunday and I didn't wat to pull the pin last minute but my work load at Zagame Motorsport is too much. It is not fair to my employer so I need to focus on Zagame and continue to grow my business.”
Aaren Russell, who drove the #3 entry at the Sydney Test day in February, will be back behind the wheel after a prolonged stint out of the Supercars Championship. The last time the 24 year old was in a Supercar was in 2016, co driving with Andre Heimgartner for the LDM team.
