A strong and calculated drive with a late charge has seen PremiAir Racing secure a top ten finish in today’s race 30 of the Supercars championship.
The PremiAir Racing Camaros started from P17 (#31 – Jimmy Golding) and P21 (#62 – Jayden Ojeda) following the morning’s qualifying for what was the first of two 250km races to be held at Sandown Raceway this weekend for the Sandown 500.
When the lights went green, both racers had a strong start, with Golding settling in at P17 while Ojeda elected to drop back while he found his rhythm in what is his first weekend in the ‘main game.’
Ten laps in, Golding was punching out consistent laps still in P17, while Ojeda had found his feet and climbed to P22, with both cars putting in a strong and measured performance for the start of what was always going to be a busy race.
While pit stops started to be had from lap 15 by other teams, the PremiAir Racing Camaros elected to stay out a little longer while managing their tyres. Ojeda would be the first to stop for the team on lap 21 from position 18, while Golding followed ten laps later on lap 31 from the front of the field, with smooth stops for both.
As the race reached its midway point, things were tracking well for the team, with Golding running solidly in P14 and Ojeda not far behind in P16. Soon after Ojeda would have a small off while pushing hard, but he would make a quick recovery to continue to demonstrate strong pace aboard the #62 as he worked towards his second stop on lap 51 – taking on four tyres and 15 seconds of fuel.
Golding meanwhile was continuing strongly, again moving to the front of the field as pit stops unfolded across the field before making his second trip to the lane with 23 laps, taking on for four tyres and 16 seconds of fuel before rejoining P14.
From there it was all eyes forward for both sides of the garage, with Golding in particular on a charge, moving to P11 with seven laps to go with a great pass by Cooper Murray, before battling James Courtney for P10 – pulling off a successful pass with two laps left on the board.
Golding would go on to cross the line with P10, while Ojeda meanwhile brought the #62 to the checkered flag in P20 after a smart, safe and considered race for what was another big learning day for the Series newcomer.
The final day of the Sandown 500 for 2025 (Sunday 16 November) will feature qualifying at 11.20am, the Top Ten Shootout at 12.10pm, and a final 250km race, starting at 3.20pm. For full event and scheduling information, visit www.supercars.com
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QUOTEBOARD: SANDOWN 500, SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2025
Ludo Lacroix – Competition Director, PremiAir Racing
“It was an interesting day. We didn’t qualify where we wanted to qualify, I don’t think we did the best job in qualifying unfortunately, for reasons A, B, and C you don’t know. Like last year, we had a very strong car, and I think if we were doing the 500 here this weekend like we did last year, I think we would have got back to the podium. Jimmy had the pace, to be on the podium the two in front, Mostert and Brown were the fastest, but Jimmy was probably only a couple of hundredths off them.
“We are happy with that, he came from P17 after one lap to be back to P10 and it was a strong performance there, definitely going fast and overtaking people on track, so that is pleasing.
For Jayden it was a very strong first time race, we are very happy with that. He did have a little mishap at the exit of turn three which cost him five or six spots, but that is okay. It is not a big mistake, you roll onto the kerb on the outside trying to open up turn four, which you will do, and then all of a sudden his tyre rolled on the other side of the grass and he couldn’t keep it and half spun the car, so lost some time there. But he kept going and came back strong with good pace and I am very happy with that. It pleased Peter and all of us.
“Tomorrow we need to qualify well and hopefully race in the rain like we did at Bathurst: cleverly, and fast.”
Jimmy Golding – #31 PremiAir Racing Camaro
Yeah, it was very good — pretty speedy today in the 31 machine. Bit disappointing after qualifying; we didn’t quite get the setup right for the super soft tyre. First time running it today and we just didn’t nail it, struggled a bit for turn and couldn’t get the lap time out of the car, so we started P17.
Settled in at the start, didn’t make up too much early, just focused on looking after the tyre, saving a bit of fuel, and thinking about the long game. The car was handling much better in the race.
We boxed a bit later than most, had a bit of a tyre delta on them, and just drove up to the pack and worked our way through slowly and steadily. Got back to P10, so a solid result in that one.
Jayden Ojeda – #62 PremiAir Racing Camaro
So, first day wrapped up with PremiAir Racing, with a race thrown in at the end — a long 250km for me and my first time doing a triple stint.
Qualifying was interesting. It was my first time switching from the soft to the super soft, so there was a bit of learning there and understanding what I need from the car on that tyre to get it right in quali.
In the race, we were trucking along pretty well and looking good for maybe a top-15 finish, but I had a small moment at Turn 4 on one of the laps.
Nonetheless, there’s a lot of learning to take from today that we can build on for tomorrow and Adelaide. Positive day overall.
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