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Heavy Haulage Australia New Erebus Sponsor

17 Jan 2013
After yesterday's shake down of the Mercedes- Benz E63 AMG V8 Supercar, Erebus Motorsport announce their new naming rights sponsor...
3 mins by James Pavey

Australia’s largest heavy lifting solutions company, Heavy Haulage Australia (HHA) has signed aspartner with Erebus Motorsport and will be the naming rights sponsor of Tim Slade’s #47 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG V8 Supercar.

Erebus Motorsport CEO Ryan Maddison said the introduction of a new naming rights sponsor to thesport is pertinent to the new era of V8 Supercars.

“In 2013 Erebus Motorsport represents a new team and a new manufacturer to the category, so thetiming is ideal to also introduce a new full-time stakeholder to V8 Supercars.

“The driver of the #47 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG V8 Supercar is Tim Slade and he is considered, bythe industry, a rapidly developing driver in the series with multiple podium finishes in 2012; he isdelighted to be representing HHA on the grid in 2013.

“Erebus Motorsport is new to V8 Supercars but incorporates a family tradition, similarly HHA are afamily based company and like Erebus are located locally in South East Queensland.

“New team, new car, new sponsor; all represent an exciting time ahead in 2013,” said Mr Maddison.

HHA founder and CEO Jon Kelly said the company is thrilled to partner with Erebus Motorsport forthe forthcoming 2013 V8 Supercar Championship.

“This partnership with Erebus Motorsport, particularly with their move to Mercedes-Benz willprovide us with massive national and international exposure and coincide with our recent entry intothe Western Australia and Northern Territory markets.

“We are proud to be one of few logistics and transportation companies to support V8 Supercars andwe are extremely excited to partner with Erebus at such an exciting time in the sport.

“Heavy Haulage Australia has been built on the sound business principles of focus on customersatisfaction and pride in our equipment.

“As a result we now operate one of the biggest, most professional and well known fleets ofimmaculately presented trucks and trailer combinations in Australia that specializes in heavy haulagetransportation.

“We continue to experience massive growth and building our profile and brand is critically importantto maintaining this growth,” said Mr Kelly.

Erebus Motorsport Driver for #47 HHA Racing Tim Slade said:

“I’m really looking forward to the possibilities that 2013 may bring with the COTF programme, and tohave HHA backing me will really motivate me to perform the best I can at each and every race eventthis year,” said Slade.

About HHA:

The HHA Group has combined decades of experience from the industry’s leading operators alongwith the best equipment money can buy to create the biggest heavy and oversized project logisticsprovider in Australia. We specialize in providing complete heavy project logistics solutions from loadand lift engineering through to execution of lift and shift tasks up to 3,000 tonne. We have nationalcoverage with major depots in Brisbane, Perth and Darwin (opening soon) and satellite depots in allother states which gives national reach for all of our customers.

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