Despite losing factory funding from Nissan heading into 2019, Kelly Racing is keeping up the fight with its four Altimas with the form of its unsung young-gun André Heimgartner highlighting the stellar job the team is doing.
As the only non-Ford and Holden entrant in Supercars, it can be easy to overlook the efforts of Kelly Racing in 2019.
The four-car Victorian-based team persisted with its Nissan Altimas despite the loss of manufacturer backing heading into this season. Changes were made to the rear wing Gurney flap and front splitter of the Altimas during the off-season, in a bid to extract more speed from the car that debuted in Supercars in 2013.
This story is from the June - July 2019 Issue 111 edition of V8X Supercar Magazine.
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