Name: Amin Chahda

Age: 40

Hometown: Lebanon

Category: Touring Car Challenge

Racing Number: 18

Race Car: BA Falcon Future Tourer

Racing Debut: Calder Park Thunderdome in Auscar

Best Result: Won the Hard Charger award at Bathurst 99, have won numerous rounds in Future Tourers, finished 19th at Bathurst 24hr 2003

Best Racing Memory: First time around Bathurst in a race car awesome but scary at the same time.

Why/how you got into racing: Love the whole race car thing.

Plans for 2009: Having some time of to help my sons career in gokarting but will get back to racing asap.

Sponsors:

• Falcon Spares and Repairs
• Western Oil
• FordInsurance.com.au

Favourite Car: 355 Ferrari

First Road Car: 82 XE Falcon 351 Interceptor

Current Road Car: AU XR8

Favourite Circuit: Bathurst

Racing Hero: Peter Brock

Favourite Food: Pizza

Favourite Movie: Top Gun

Favourite Music: R & B

Hobbies: Motor racing, watersports, pool parties

VS COMMODORE SUPERCAR

Chassis: Ford BA

Engine: 5 litre V8

Power: 430 hp

Gearbox/Diff: Super T10, Borg Warner

Suspension: Coilover Bilstein

Brakes: 355mm front Harrop rotors and Calipers

Wheels: ROH rims

Tyres: Dunlop 235/45/17

Weight (kg): 1400

Top Speed: 280 kph