After a promising start at Calder Park last month, the Australian Production Touring Car Championship's ranks are set to swell further, with the addition of two more manufacturers to the category in time for the second round at Wakefield Park this coming weekend.

The track action that took place during the three-race opening round at Calder Park action quite frenetic, and the 'street-legal' championship racing philosophy of the new Production Touring Car Championship C seems to be an excellent potential recipe for close racing. BMW, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Nissan and Peugeot were all represented at Calder Park.

Round two at Goulburn's Wakefield Park this weekend will see some extra new ingredients added to that recipe. As two additional manufacturers will be involved on track in the form of Alfa Romeo and Proton. Alfa Romeo will be represented on track by two different recent high-performance models - the Alfa 156 GTA and the Alfa 147 GTA - both of which have in recent years earned excellent track pedigrees. The series has already seen one Alfa Romeo involved on track - the official 'safety car' is an Alfa GT Coupé, supplied by Alfa Romeo Australia.

Jason Sinai Motor Sports will campaign a red-liveried, 2004-model Alfa 147 GTA. The Class A Alfa 147 GTA features the classic 3.2-litre V6 engine, and boasts around 184kw of power in 'standard' format to adhere to the PTCC regulations. With its 6-speed gearbox, the Alfa 147 GTA is sure to suit the Wakefield Park layout very well. Driver Jason Sinai has a background in production car racing in South Africa and more recently has been Club racing in New South Wales, Australia. In the finest traditions of the fledgling championship, the Alfa 147 GTA will be driven by Jason to the track.
 

The other Alfa Romeo to be entered into the Production Touring Car Championship is an Alfa 156 GTA which will be campaigned by David Capraro, and as is befitting the Alfa Romeo brand, the Alfa 156 GTA will also feature bright red paintwork.

The opening three 12-lap encounters at Calder Park last month were dominated overall by the Class A BMW130i, with Peter Kelly (Kellbi Developments) and Luke Searle (David Searle Motorsport) monopolising the victories between them. This weekend the 3-litre German cars shouldn't have it all their own way with these two new Alfa Romeo entries expected to add genuine bite to the proceedings. Increasing diversity this coming weekend will be the addition of a Proton Satria, entered by Lenlock Racing. The Proton will be driven by Graham Roylett and is expected to be a strong contender in Class C.

Wakefield Park is a 2.2km racing circuit that operates under both a CAMS National Circuit licence and also under the Department of Sport and Recreation permit scheme. The circuit is located 2 hours drive from Sydney and about 1 hour from Canberra, and is positioned 10km south of Goulburn on 130 acres of cleared land. There are no trees or natural obstacles near the track. Safety is paramount and ripple strips, tyre walls and gravel traps have been positioned so as to make Wakefield a very safe circuit.