Tusi se faaauauga mo lenei palakalafa - E lua vaega tetele o taavale femalagaaʻi na taufetuli i Ausetalia i le 1997, o le V8 Supercar ma le Super Touring. I le va o i latou sa i ai 26 malaga taavale tuuga fonotaga faia i le taimi o le 1997; se sefulu-taamilosaga faasologa mo V8 Supercars, le 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); se valu-taamilosaga faasologa mo Super Touring, le 1997 Australian Super Touring Championship (ASTC); se faasologa lē aloaia fa-taamilosaga mo V8 Supercars, le 1997 ARDC AMSCAR faasologa (o le lomiga mulimuli o AMSCAR); lagolago polokalama mea na tutupu i le 1997 Ausetalia Grand Prix
ma le 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival ma ni tuuga se tolu e tuʻu toʻatasi, e taʻua o le 'enduros'.