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Tom Drewer is an Australian motor racing driver. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He currently is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

'''Early Career Highlights '''

Drewer started go karting at an early age. His talent was soon recognized by Nikki Lauda and the young driver was awarded sponsorship by Lauda's aireline, Lauda-Air.

After karting Drewer stepped into Formula Vee, winning the South Australian FVASA Driver’s Championship. Then his aggressive drives and competitiveness in the National Saloon Car Championship led Drewer to being selected as the Australian factory driver for the American based WEST Race Cars.

Drewer made an immediate impact dominating the Australian Thundersports category and winning the 2006 under 1400cc Championship and the 2007 Outright Australian Thundersports Sports Car Championship.

His performance in the WEST sports car further led to selected drives in the Fujitsu V8 and V8 Giant Supercar Series, the feeder categories to Australia’s premier motor racing series and equivalent to NASCAR, V8 Supercars. In only his second ever drive of a V8 Supercar, Drewer took out pole position and the Round Win in the V8 Giants category.

'''IMSA Lites '''

Drewer’s performances in Australia caught the eye of WEST Race Car’s factory USA Team (formally PVM Racing). He moved to Atlanta, Georgia to race for West in the 2008 IMSA Lites L2 Championship as part of the American Le Mans Series.

He won ten out of twelve races including his first ever race in America at the famous Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring event in Florida, and his first ever race in Canada at the historic Mosport circuit. He won the IMSA Prototype Lites 2 Championship in 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMSA_Prototype_Lites

Along the way he qualified on pole 11 times and now holds lap records at five North American circuits; Sebring, Miller Motorsports Park, Lime Rock, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca.

Wheels Magazine has named Tom one of the ‘Hot Half Dozen’ to watch out for next year, and Auto Action, Australia’s premier motorsport publication, has named Drewer ‘2008 Best Rookie- Australian’s Overseas’ in its annual motorsport awards. Over the off-season Drewer was invited to test both Star Mazda and Indy Lights by top teams and successfully completed a test with the 2008 IMSA Lites Championship winning outfit Comprent Motor Sport. In early January 2009, Drewer signed for Comprent, remarking that ‘IMSA Lites 1 is a logical step in my motorsport career, towards achieving my goal of reaching the top levels of international motorsport and winning both the IndyCar Series and the Le Mans 24 Hour.’

IMSA Prototype Lites 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMSA_Lites#cite_note-7

Personal

Drewer has coached drivers including Jim Garrett and USGTC Champion Steve Loudin. He resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Drewer is also a spokesperson for the North American Road Racing Association, the US GT Championship, and the Whelen US Time Trial Championship.